you. know. this is you know he was lying from berlin raising a red flag germany's top security official says the political assassination of a local politician is an alarm bell for german democracy or say off for germany's interior minister calls the fatal shooting of a politician fall to the because the earlier this month repulsive and says it's evidence of the dangerous new face of right wing extremism also coming up a fresh apology from hong kong's leader kerry last for the unrest sparked by her controversial extradition bill but despite taking responsibility for the crisis she

refuses to resign protesters meanwhile are still calling for her to step down and the former head of european football should bettine maintains his innocence after being detained by police in france investigators are looking into the awarding of the 2022 world cup soccer tournament to the gulf state of qatar. where hard thank you so much for joining us everyone it's an assassination that has sent shock waves through germany a regional promo politician shot execution style on the terrace of his own home well now 2 weeks later police have a suspect in custody a man believed to be a far right sympathizer federal prosecutors have taken over the case sent. day

germany's interior minister calls the attack an alarm bell directed at all germans . the heat is on germany's interior ministry and federal investigative agencies have come under pressure since yesterday's revelations that politician about his death may have been a political act a statement by far right extremists many questions are still unanswered. whether the perpetrator acted alone or as part of a group or is just part of a network is not clear at this time for you so be it so you can cite. authorities have about 2700 violent right wing extremists on their radar the suspect in this case stefan a from the city of castle has a record of extreme right crimes he was known to federal police but was not under active surveillance his previous convictions date from almost 10 years ago. but in islam is just as we categorized islamists as sleeper agents we have to imagine

a similar scenario is possible for right wing extremists the experts on extremism are assuming that the perpetrator acted alone and they say the far right scene has evolved. i'm afraid that lapses in survey islands can happen if police are only looking for the classic group structure when these groups or early advertise themselves as such so far police have not located the weapon used to kill luka instead they've relied on d.n.a. evidence to charge the suspect. well the interior minister horsey hoffer cautioned that the killing of great is a crime that should be taken as a warning signal melinda crane our chief political correspondent told us what he meant by that. well he went on to say that this crime and crimes like it are a danger for our entire free society so clearly his message is that society needs to take this incident very very seriously indeed he's also sending the message that

of course he as interior minister is doing so and that's partly in response to the fact that german security officials and political officials have in the past been accused of being a blind in the right meaning blind to the risk of political violence from the right to some degree that certainly would apply to the interior minister himself he went on in his remarks to say we're seeing a brutalization of political discourse we're seeing the decline of ethics and morals in our public language and frankly many people would see a certain irony in that statement because the interior minister in his long drawn out battle with chancellor merkel over her open door migration policy use some very harsh language indeed and many would say poured fuel on the fires of xenophobia in

germany. in the crane there was some background for you and the interior minister say hoffer who have cautioned she was explaining what happened there well here in berlin german chancellor angela merkel has welcomed ukraine's the recently elected president of lot of mirrors alinsky for talks he is in the german capital for bilateral talks and to discuss ongoing efforts to bring peace to eastern ukraine america has expressed support for extending sanctions against moscow for supporting separatists there but reject insolence he's plea to expand those sanctions even further are right we have got to team coverage of this bilateral visit we can talk to our correspondent in berlin our political correspondent. and in kiev an economy is standing by a very good day to you both want to start with you nick in kiev what is the significance for the ukraine's new president this this particular bilateral visit

why is he here. well 1st and foremost this was an opportunity for the 2 leaders to really set eyes on each other for the 1st time normally at this level in politics people will have come across each other by the time they get to office but with a newcomer like selenski someone who wasn't on the political scene just a couple of months ago this really is the 1st time that they will ever admit there was a lot of head scratching after he won that landslide victory back in april people really not clear the establishment politicians not knowing how to deal selenski what kind of leader he would turn out to be so that's 1st and foremost broadly there's a lot of agreement on a whole range of issues between germany and ukraine but there are the as you mentioned the issue of sanctions against russia some fear here in ukraine that there are a growing voice in germany for ending the sanctions on russia while chancellor merkel herself has said that she will fight to keep them in place there have been growing voices across the political spectrum to end those then there's gas the

pipeline that russia is building to germany which goes past ukraine which ukraine says undermines its energy security so there were some contentious issues there but i think more than all of that the really important thing for today was about the mood music these are 2 leaders who really couldn't be much more different in terms of style and temperament and this is an opportunity for them to show that they can work together and also it will bring peace to donbass which is of course the most important issue in relations between ukraine and the e.u. as a whole all right well let's find out if the 2 leaders hit it off well let's go to emma here and land so how did it go. well what i can say indeed. they got on together it was their kasian for a chance language america to show germany's support towards ukraine she saved germany was supporting bose the economy development and democracy development of ukraine saying that germany was welcoming the reform steps undertaken while those

where i cannot it acknowledged to be difficult and i got america so too and a fair. process agreement she said as long as there is no a progress on this front of the sanctions cannot be lifted and thank chance related to crimea can only be lifted if crimea a return to you question so a clear stance of from the german chancellor of germany would only be open to lifting the western sanctions against russia if ukraine sovereignty were to be restored and of course germany very very keen to see some progress taking place on the peace process what canceling the offer on that issue remind us again what the minsk peace process is for those of us who don't know. well that was the form that basically froze this conflict in the form it is now that prevented the fighting continuing and spreading across ukraine these were talks

that were held in the capital minutes with the russian side the ukrainian side and then representatives from europe from germany france there on hand to see that happen basically we've seen very little progress towards a political negotiated solution to that conflict the front line hasn't moved but the continue the killing continues soldiers on the ukrainian side but also on the separatist side dying even in the last few weeks i think selenski will very soon find that he's not able to change as much as maybe he's been hoping to promise in his 1st months in office he spoke very eloquently in his inaugural speech about wanting to prevent ukrainian soldiers dying at the front and doing everything he could to do that. except rather. giving up ukraine's sovereignty to crimea not all this in his hands the kremlin is the place that is the main player that isn't hasn't been engaged in these talks currently they are very influential

in terms of what the separatists do and even if selenski were to find some kind of compromise you could make to really move things on there is a very active civil society here in ukraine hundreds of thousands of people who have the front thousands of people who've lost their lives there so there's a big picture of the constituency as it were who are really watching his back and will not allow him to make any compromise that they see being against ukraine's interests and emma finally had to go back to the meeting greet something happened there can you tell us what. exactly and of america during. play of the 2 in national and sense and seemed visibly to too shaken she was shaking visibly and she was trying to come tain the situation but that led to some questioning to the house of the german chancellor and he is a watch out to say to downplay the incident and to reassure people. i've drunk at least 3 glasses of which i apparently needed it so now i'm doing very well.

ok all is well it seems and obvious a little correspondent reporting here in berlin and in kiev for you as always nick calmly thank you books. are let's bring up to speed on what some of the other stories making news around the world. there are some court has ruled that a toll scheme germany wanted to introduce for the use of its autobahns or highways violates anti discrimination laws it was due to come into effect next year and would apply to nonresidents using the autobahn austria had filed a lawsuit to stop the tolls a new zealand court has sentenced a crazed church businessman to 21 months in prison for showing video of the massacre of worshipers at one of the city's mosques the church said that philip r. ce had committed a hate crime a video had been recorded by the gunman who killed 51 people back in march

a powerful earthquake has struck off the northwest coast of japan triggering a tsunami warning officials ward coastal areas in the northwest to expect a wave of up to one meter after the magnitude $6.00 tremor the quake has knocked out power to thousands of homes but no injuries have been reported so far. former your way for president michel platini has maintained his innocence after being detained in connection with an investigation into the awarding of the 2022 soccer world cup to qatar in 2010 well the t.v. was being held for questioning by french authorities at the anti corruption office just outside the capital paris where the decision to award the tournament took atar has been controversial petunia originally said he was going to work for the united states but then changed his mind after a meeting with the leader of the gulf states. let's get you more on

this developing story i'm joined now here in the studio where mark meadows from the sports desk mark good to have you here with us we've already heard from a shop within his legal team what that they say about this arrest well 1st of all they've said he's innocent and they also very clearly stated that this is not an arrest rob of being heard as a witness now the will report earlier that you've been arrested but actually under french law he's allowed to be questioned now for a set amount of time and then he can walk away or they would have to charge him with some sort of offense but as the lawyers are saying he's been heard as a witness at this point does seem unlikely still not a great position to be in for him what does this development mean well it's come out of the blue really especially as it's come from french authorities because we've known for quite some time that swiss authorities have been investigating the awarding of the will cook to qatar that's because you weigh 5 and future of both based in switzerland obviously the huge scandal we've had in the last 5 years kind

of came to a head in the u.s. because u.s. authorities went after people because money being transferred into u.s. bank accounts in dollars meant that they could have some jurisdiction so now suddenly the french are involved and what was very interesting in actually the statement from lawyers was he said he was also questioned with regards to the warding of euro 2016 to france so that is another reason. why that is maybe why the french getting involved at this point because they're investigating a tournament that happened in france so it's all kind of shredded in mistreat them over going to have to wait and see when actually the french authorities say something concrete where investigators are zoning or homing in to is of course that meeting that took place in 2010 what exactly happened well we all thought ahead of the vote for the 2022 world cup that platini then head of your way for was going to vote for the united states now the x. states are going to have a world cup now in 2026 alongside mexico and canada but suddenly he then voted for

qatar and there was a launch basically 9 days before the vote which was held by nicolas sarkozy who was then french president and the emea was there and politically was there and then 13 and that voting for qatar now he says there was nothing untoward going on that was just a normal meeting what is strange is this was 9 years ago and we knew about this 9 years ago so why suddenly now are the french authorities getting involved again this meeting happened in france so that is why the french and you could choose officials involving themselves but it's taken an awful long time and we must say again and again cannot of qatar have always denied wrongdoing ok but fist on investigation back in 2014 found no evidence of any corruption taking place. is this world cup still going to take place in 2022 in qatar can it still i mean it's shrouded in controversy i mean could they call it off i mean we've got

a little over 3 years now and if you don't have any evidence then they can't if they've had their own investigation and said look you know there is no reason why kotov should not host as world cup then it's difficult to see any change coming about and even if prosecutors came through of some evidence then time is ticking i'd say there's only countries like england maybe germany that in this short time frame could. suddenly take on a tournament of that size but he wanted to go yeah i mean this is going to be the 1st world cup in the arab world so it should take place at some point asia hasn't had a will cup since 292002 japan and korea so that's a long time so really it is time for asia it is time for their world but obviously with all these allegations going around around around people very worried about it all but qatar have always denied any wrongdoing mark meadows from our sources thank you and we're going to turn our attention now to hong kong because that territories

leader kerry lamb has apologized for handling of a controversial extradition bill that has sparked mass protests which is not offer to completely scrap the bill or to step down as protesters are demanding. after provoking the biggest protests in hong kong history kerry lamb couldn't put up with a finger pointing and longer the city's embattled chief executive took to the stage and took the blame. i personally have to show them much of the responsibility. this has led to controversies this and then societies in society. for this i offer my most sincere apology so all people of hong kong. it was an unusually humble appearance by a lamb but for critics the apology was too little too late. caroline just curious. it's

a story and best for and post only ignore the request of hong kong citizen. demonstrators had called for lamb's resignation amid protests against a controversial new law that would allow extradition from hong kong to mainland china. a law they fear will remain on the table as long as the beijing backed leader stays in office. that they must go it's to spend that even indefinitely the bill could be revived some day in congress since government incur have lost all credibility she says one thing today another tomorrow which is look trust in god she should step down to saudi charge of none of us here feels the sincerity in her most sincere apology. we have set a deadline for the government if they don't answer our demands by june 20th our protests may escalate. but there was nothing callous and i. just

this morning hong kong slowly started returning to normal government offices resumed work and roads reopened to traffic but with anger refusing to fade this could also just be the calm before the next storm. and our correspondents mathias a billing her is covering the protests in hong kong and he says lambs in the latest message is not where demonstrators want to hear. this press conference today and this apology will not appease the protesters here most of them say they did not expect an apology from her but some substantial action like retracting the bill formally or even stepping down she did not do either of them and so who woods are either going to ignite the protesters further we will see how much energy they have left but we can be prepared for more protests in the coming days as he has been reporting from hong kong next up to egypt where former egyptian president mohamed

morsi has been buried in the capital cairo a day after his sudden death morsy had been in prison since being forced out of office 6 years ago and human rights groups including amnesty international are calling for an independent investigation into his death early on tuesday morning mohammed morsi was quietly buried at this cemetery in cairo in a private ceremony his family said their goodbyes requests for a public event in honor of egypt's 1st democratically elected president have reportedly been denied by the country's authorities authorities that are increasingly coming under fire after morsy sudden death the former leader known to have to diabetes was often held in solitary confinement and barred from receiving visitors the muslim brotherhood blames the egyptian government for the untimely loss of one of their own. the how have all been mostly of the military regime is responsible for mr morsi his death. so to those who imprisoned him unfairly and

deprived him of medication and contact with his family. what happened to him is a crime and we call for an international investigation though to be by john. they're not alone in their claim human rights groups are also calling for an independent probe into the detention conditions and death of the ousted president. we believe. that. busy president morsi isolation and treatment might amount to torture according to the un convention i think ceases government have shown up for. contempt for the basic human needs morsi had been behind bars since 2013 when he was toppled in a military takeover led by egypt's current president of del fatah el-sisi he was serving a life sentence related to the killing of protesters and demonstrations against his

leadership he was facing at least 6 other trials. egypt's chief prosecutor has released a statement saying medical experts will determine the cause of more death a death many believe could have been avoided. well earlier we spoke to correspondents at ruth michelson in cairo and i asked her how people in egypt are reacting to mohamed morsi is death she remembered that this man was extremely controversial and decisive state. he was a freedom of democracy as symbol of freedom and democracy he represented a time in our resolute that had operated underground for many many years to others he was an enemy of the state and remain that way and probably will remain that way to them. moderately as opponents including the people currently in power this day is in treason as difficult but somewhat uncontroversial events. and you

know his eyes or excuse me in our eyes this man was a criminal who died in prison some of his supporters or even other political figures from across the political spectrum in egypt do you feel that his death was unfortunately somewhat inevitable given the lack of poor treatment he's me given the lack of treatment that he was suffering from his ongoing medical conditions while in prison and they say that he was his death was essentially symbolic of the treatment of political prisoners in egypt today. michaelson reporting earlier well the u.n. security council is meeting today to discuss syria where intense fighting continues between pro-government and rebel forces as the conflict drags on the u.n. warns that the humanitarian situation is worsening particularly in the rebel held province of idlib some 3000000 people live there many of them are refugees from

other parts of the country it libya has been the target of nearly day of near daily bombings in recent weeks and as our next report shows families with children are some of the worst affected by the violence. so obama is very nervous as he waits for the big news his wife is giving birth in this clinic men are not allowed to enter the pediatric ward it's one of the few places pregnant women in northern england can go. after 10 hours of waiting the moment has finally arrived so boss wife has given birth to a boy mahmoud. the proud father can hardly believe his luck he sends the 1st snapshot of the newborn to all his friends and relatives. we came here to northern syria say my wife could safely deliver her child i'll stay here until tomorrow and then we'll bring our baby to our hut. but a bleak existence with no prospects awaits the family there the camp in italy

offers refuge to 800000 people they come from across syria fleeing assad's bombs now they're stranded here and the country's last rebel held enclave they have a vain hope for some security. there practically no jobs there's not enough food water or medicine. saddam and his loved ones have already lived in the camp for 2 years 4 people in a simple room with tarps there's no protection from the heat his daughters suffers from bronchitis but no one can help here they prefer to go back home to hama but that's simply impossible. we're on the move but we can't go back because that is permanent fighting bombing and shooting whenever we tried to return there were grenade attacks and barrel bombs. and the families from across it hope to get

a little help in the clinic one of the few medical centers that has not been destroyed by bombing. 126 children are treated here every day but the clinic has long been unable to treat all of them it lacks doctors and medicine newborns in particular are quickly released and do not receive the protection and the care they urgently need. a city unfortunately the newborns often live in tents and barracks instead of houses and the parents often bring them back to the clinic in very poor condition after just a couple of days because they're living situation is so bad. i think that's abbas son mahmoud could also share his mother is still weak herself after giving birth the newborn is extremely vulnerable an uncertain future awaits him and syria's last rebel stronghold. are what to tell you now about

our top story that we're tracking for you this hour germany's interior minister has warned that right wing extremism poses a serious danger to german society or say offer was reacting to the execution style killing of a pro migrant politician earlier this month police are investigating a suspect who has links to the far right thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us we'll be back a little headlines at the top of the hour. i'm

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