this is t.v. news coming to you live from berlin mexico signals tighter migration controls as u.s. tariffs loom record numbers of central american migrants are heading through mexico to the u.s. border but their numbers could windell as washington ramps up the pressure on its southern neighbor also coming up full board space walkers nasa says the 1st commercial visit to the international space station could take place next year but one of the rocket tourists will have to put that almost astronomical bill for the

trip. and a mystery did this german politician was found dead with a bullet in his head police say it was not suicide so who might have been behind his killing. fellow i'm terry martin thanks for joining us the white house says it plans to follow through on threats to slap tariffs on mexican imports that's despite signs of progress at ongoing talks between the 2 countries president trump is trying to ramp up pressure on mexico to stem the flow of central american migrants through the southern u.s. border by president mike pence says that although he's encouraged by his southern neighbors latest proposals the 1st wave of tariffs are set to hit mexico on monday . hundreds of migrants sent back into guatemala every day in the

future most of those coming from the south won't be able to enter mexico at all the government has pledged to deploy up to 6000 troops in the area to stop the flow of north bound migrants despair spreads fast among those being turned away. more do we going to go back to our country and suffer we have no choice like killing us back home. an agreement on illegal migration between mexico and the us could see an overhaul of asylum rules across the region with central american migrants having to seek refuge in the 1st country to enter after leaving their homeland it's thought that would drastically reduce the number of migrants reaching the u.s. border. mexico has repeatedly rejected the so-called safe 3rd country agreement but the increasing pressure could make the country buckle. i hope we

reach an agreement. i'm confident that we will reach a deal that. put in place the unilateral measures expected to start on monday. at noon this. due to its strategic location free trade agreements and low wages mexico has become an attractive destination for international companies companies that what all be hit hard by the tariffs. according to donald trump they would start at 5 percent and steadily rise to $25.00. minutes and if you go there this is because the decision makers they don't have a red line that the united states is violating the rules of the free trade agreement. that the. struggling to a piece u.s. decision makers mexico has broadened its migration crackdown in recent days not only turning back but also detaining hundreds of migrants and freezing the bank

accounts of suspected human traffickers. but there's a risk none of the measures will be enough for donald trump despite mexico's efforts many in washington still expect the tariffs to go into effect on monday. for more on the story let's talk to luis. she is a research fellow at the giga institute for a lot american studies in hamburg thanks for being with us thanks so much is planning to deploy an extra $6000.00 troops to try to stem the flow of refugees coming up through its country what impact do you think that's going to. 1st of all that's going to have an impact in the lives of so many people that live that make a living out of trans border. that's going to make life very difficult for them and that's going to of course make migrants very wary of trying to cross the border to mexico if you think it will actually solve the problem. arising

a border it's a problem. of countries triangle in central america if we don't address those costs is the problem with. what is driving migration from central america up through mexico into the u.s. because if we don't address those problems or the sources the drivers of course will be very difficult to stop what is driving a political crisis we have a government that has been posting. a big driver of migration from us it's the lack of economic opportunities for so many migrants is the widespread criminality. that is especially for young men young boys that's why. people. working with mexico and other countries in the region to address the fundamental

causes of it is not that is mexico to stop migration flow and that's the president plan to stop migration flow would be to address those causes more fundamentally by investing in the economy these 3 countries that the u.s. is not ready to join such a plan what options does mexico and its perch to to address the flow itself getting away from the causes now but to avoid the sanctions or the tariffs that are that the u.s. is threatening and looks like will now. be imposed will very few options if we just look at the economies of mexico and the us the the huge power imbalance the huge power of symmetry between these 2 countries it's obvious that mexico has very few options also because it's very powerless on the economic side because we have the mexican economy is very dependent on exports to the united states but the only

option that mexico has is to try to separate these issues and 2 they have mentally reject the connection of migration to economic policies migration is a social issue and that's what the current government government is trying to to portrayed as a social and economic issue not an issue that should be addressed with terrorists and we see thank you very much for talking with us today louisa pedro's a research pro at the institute for latin american studies in hamburg thank you. now are you ready to boldly go where few earthlings have gone before well if you've got a taste for adventure and money to burn you can start counting down now so has just announced it will open the international space station to commercial travel beginning next year space tourists as well as astronauts from private companies will be able to visit the station though only 2 short missions will be allowed each

year to charge for staying on board just $35000.00 a night but that's nothing compared to what it will cost to get you there to the space station that will cost a cool $58000000.00 so it really is one of the let's go to washington to speak to journalist keith cowing he blogs about space travel as editor for not so watch dot net good to have you keith 1st of all what does this mean for mere mortals like myself should we start saving up to go to the international space station is it going to become affordable at some point. it's probably going to be expensive but perhaps the likes of al would like to send you out to cover a story in the space station it's going to be spent civ and it's even way for a while i mean i'll go i'll go with you but it's important thing here is that it's now possible to walk up to nasa find out how much it costs write a check somehow and go what could space tourists expect from

a trip like this can well they have to go undergo training and squats or special tests before going into space. you know you will and actually some people have bought seats to go up before but before they got them from the russians but there are specific requirements in terms of health and training that anybody visiting the international space station has to go through you know what to do in an emergency they want to make sure you're not going to get sick up there and so forth so they'll be some tasks and not everybody can pass them but they tend to be pretty much straightforward if you can you know ride in a jet for a few hours you can probably go down or space you know a lot of people do that or are you surprised to hear about nasa announcement why would it be doing this kind of thing now. well as a journalist who covers nasa no i kind of knew this was coming but it was inevitable that they had to really look at how they're going to use the space

station they've got some things up there right now that allow some commercial companies to come up but they're limited to research and nasa has talked about an increased role for the private sector in things in addition to the space station like going back to the moon so it was inevitable that they had to start expanding and clarifying their policies and they have so it's just just the start of a beautiful friendship between tourists and space are we going to say an exploding industry in the future. not literally or course yeah well you know but there's already several private space companies that are going to be flying people to the edge of space and actually into space and if you look at the things that you and musk and jeff bezos and richard branson talk about this may be just to be our toes in the water within a 10 or 15 years and maybe maybe not commonplace but not unusual for you know somebody who actually went into space keith thank you so much as always journalist

keith cowing there the editor of nasa watch that in washington. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today ethiopian prime minister is in neighboring sudan in an attempt to revive talks between the country's military and pro-democracy movement that called for a quick to mock democratic transition after meeting with sudan's generals in khartoum he also said held protest leaders who say over 100 people were killed by a paramilitary group in a recent crackdown. thousands of protesters have been demonstrating in the liberian capital monrovia to demand action to curb rising food and fuel prices many accuse the west african countries president former football star george we of corruption observers say authorities have blocked access to social media. and swedish climate activists great to to him back has been awarded an mc international prime's

16 year old was named amnesties ambassador of conscience for starting a global student protest movement known as fridays for future back has announced she will take a year off school to focus on campaigning for action to limit the climate crisis. here in germany people have been both shocked and puzzled by the death of a popular politician in the western state of has a. was found dead from a single bullet to the head last week and he was a leading advocate for refugees and migrants stance that had brought him death threats over the past few days disturbing comments gloating over his death have resurfaced online one reporter travelled to loop his hometown of is 2 hours from frankfurt to find out more. it was a shot to the had at a very close friend here in front of his house c.d.u.

politician by to look was found by a family member early sunday morning since his death no clues have emerged about the perpetrator or the perpetrators and habitants of his home village easter has shocked. it's a very difficult situation for the town and for me too he had his own views views that you could run up against that you could debate with him. at a community meeting in 2015 look because stood up for refugees telling those who disagree that. you have to stand up for these values whoever doesn't represent them can leave the country at any point. audience members from the far right where i would very much by his words. look even received death threats afterwards now in the days after the killing disturbing commons appeared online you don't have to be sad it's a reason to be happy you get what you deserve he was

a trader of the people. many people are shocked by the commons german president franco desh steinmeyer condemns the hateful speech the muncher arctura the indians of the way that some individuals on social media are attacking his death taking satisfaction from it and applauding it it simply cynical tasteless revolting and offensive in every way. they are on a german t.v. show the police issued an appeal for everyone with information to come forward president they are hoping to find witnesses who went to a fair fight next to look because home the evening of the crime. yonder field from nothing we're obviously hoping to receive information that can help us solve the crime it's really a unique situation we're talking about a type of crime scene that hasn't been seen and has a for a long time so you can go up the killing of

a to look has left many of the people here in his home village in shock a german politician shot that on his own terrace to some it seems like a planned execution the case raises many questions which will hopefully be oncet soon by the police. on terry martin thanks for watching coming up next as business africa. what secrets why behind the smallest. find out if any 1st of experience and explores fascinating world cultural heritage sites. d w world heritage for 60 getting up. there super shy many hide themselves away super secretive then you'll.