you want to become sitting. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is the news live from berlin an unprecedented and unexpected meeting in north korea the 1st the treat on a lot of structures a lot of friendships and it's just this is the 6th bridge so i just think 3 critics notice that. donald trump becomes the 1st sitting u.s. president to cross the north korean border where he shook hands with the country's

leader kim jong un is stuart photo op for what's been called a handshake for pete's also on the program. ensued and reports of sniper shooting at a major pro-democracy rallies sparked fears of more deadly unrest in khartoum which here from our correspondent. and in turkey is stumbles l g b t community defines a band to rally for gay pride but the event is broken up by police using tear gas and rubber bullets. i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us. it's being called in a historic event u.s. president donald trump has met with north korean dictator kim jong un in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea where both leaders shared a symbolic handshake trump is the 1st sitting u.s.

president to enter north korea described today's events as without precedent. this has never happened before an american president stepping foot in north korea crossing a line that has divided the peninsula for nearly 70 years trump said he did not know until the very last moment whether the meeting would take place. this point handshake is all it was supposed to be when trump made his surprise off while at the g 20 summit in osaka. but then there was more kim said he hoped the moment would signal and new beginning after the breakdown of nuclear talks in february. but even still that she wanted or she wanted it i believe that just looking at this action as an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and opening a new future. on the markets but. then trump went further saying he would

invite him to the u.s. and the white house. minutes later at a joint news conference he said it was the personal friendship between the 2 need is that helped to diffuse tension you develop a great relationship i really think that if you go back to whatever years and you look at what was going on prior to my becoming president it was a very very bad situation a very dangerous situation for south korea is a good career for the world. in the end what was supposed to be a brief encounter turned into a 15 minute meeting also involving the president of south korea kim and trump have agreed to start working talks on pyongyang's nuclear weapons but it is unclear whether down the line this will remain any more than a photo op for president keen to leave and nothing legacy here or was the 1st year there are growing fears of a renewed military crackdown in the sudanese capital khartoum after reports of

a sniper shooting at a major pro-democracy rally tens of thousands of. pastors have taken to the streets across the country calling for civilian rule nearly 3 months after the army forced out long ruling autocrat bushehr talks between the 2 sides over power sharing agreement collapsed earlier this month when security forces used deadly force to break up a protest camp in khartoum. joining us now from nairobi is d.w. correspondent melanie curd the ball who was there recently for the protest melody thanks for joining us the deputy head of the dunns ruling military council says unknown snipers shot up to 6 civilians what's happening on the ground right now as far as you can tell while we have to rely on some information that at least appears to be given by mom and you know who is also known as hamad the the deputy head of the transitional military council he has been

saying that snipers why shooting at people both members from the rep it support forces but as also to civilians the issue is that we don't know if that is true he has appeared on state television saying that and he did not give any further information on whether people had been killed or not just the fact that it did happen but we have not been able to independently verify it and love it a lot of sudanese people might be worried that all makes the exit doubt what he has been saying because he has been seen as the man behind the violent crackdown on june said and a lot of people don't think the activists are the ones who are the violent ones but it is in fact the record support for says so we will have to see and of course cover that for the from you as more information is trickling in slowly over the protests still going on tonight. as far as we know the protesters are still on the streets and that's tens of thousands we don't know how much

information they have been given if a lot of them os gad at the moment oh not but i lot of people have been scared before and they still went out on the streets which is so impressive to see a lot of people are still traumatized by the violent crackdown in june there were raping rapes killings people were beaten and still people went out today in protest of that violence and also in protest of the military council which seems have attend or actually reluctant to hand over power to civilian rule. knowing as you know these demonstrations came amid a long standoff between the ruling military council and protest leaders what's the political situation now that has been a stalemate between the 2 sides for weeks for months now as of this moment if we can say that the african union and its which have both been trying to mediate in

this conflict they have put forward a proposal this week which asks for a sovereign council divided between equally divided between civilians and the military council and they believe that that proposal could be something that both sides except and in fact protesters seem keen on it and the transition the transition military council has also said that it would be ready to consider this proposal but a lot of people on the street said what the people i have been able to be in touch with have been telling me is that they doubt that the traditional military council is in fact serious and means what they have been saying so we'll have to follow up on that and see where this is going especially in light of what's happening on unfolding tonight melanie crewed the ball thank you so much for joining us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in hong kong tens of thousands of people rallied in support of the city's police some marchers carried

chinese flags showing their support for beijing's government the rally follows weeks of mass opposition protests in hong kong during which critics accuse police of using excessive force. here you leaders are in brussels for a special summit to choose who will fill the blocks top positions following european elections but french president emmanuel meth clone and german chancellor angela merkel are at odds over how to allocate the e.u.'s top jobs merkel says difficult talks lie ahead and that finding a compromise won't be easy. in turkey police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a rally by people marking annual gay pride day in istanbul gay rights groups and activists had defied and official ban on the event to gather in the city the pride event has been banned in turkey since 2014 when 100000 people took part in the march the turkish government outlawed prime describing l g b t community as

objectionable to society. w.'s correspondent dorian jones was close to where the events unfolded and had this information. for where i am is where the l.g.b. t. private would have ended if it had not been found but it was banned and despite a very heavy police presence which is still continuing now hundreds possibly thousands of people covered in the back streets around where i'm speaking initially the police did allow the price celebrations to go on but then they decided to break it up using large amounts of gas snatch squads and for the last hours or so they have been pursuing that people all around the streets and that is still continuing they're still using gas as we speak now it's night squads are still in operation where i am there's a very large police presence building up with the expectation that people still will try to mop right here later on the seafront. thousands of people have been

donating money to cover the legal costs of a german woman arrested after the humanitarian rescue ship she captain docked in italy with dozens of migrants on board. was arrested on saturday after her ship rammed an italian border police boat that was blocking its path german t.v. celebrities have appealed for financial help from the public joining me here in the studio in studio abuse alex force widing alex we've been reporting extensively on this arrest but please remind us of the events that led up to it. carol a rocket was the captain they spoke the. humanitarian rescue ship sea watch 3 which has been in the mediterranean and she had 14 migrants on board and was desperate to try to duck on the italian island of lampedusa but she was banned from doing so by the italian interior minister fini she said that she had to do this and

so she actually dashed through a path. that was in the poor. you know i'm just trying to get you get these people off and for that she was they were arrested she's facing up to 10 years in jail she's facing a huge fine and she's been accused by a salvini of staging an act of war for planning this so it's very serious against her my mom's the stuff of movies goodness so so tell us about this german celebrity reaction yet it's been led by a t.v. presenter and satirist called yanbu and and he's been on social media appealing to members of the puppet to donate to the captain's a legal fees and so far just this weekend they've raised almost 600000 euros this is what he had to say. about. unionists if you are one who saves lives you're not a criminal if you risk your own life to save other lives you will never be a criminal no where in the world of course not on your friendly free democratic and

human country where ever says the opposite isn't right is just not right. price. 600000 euros and backing like that so what's been the political reaction to all this well interestingly the foreign minister for germany heiko maass appears to have criticized the italian government over this arrest and in a tweet he said saving lives is a humanitarian obligation sea rescue must not be criminalized it is up to the italian judiciary to resolve the allegations quickly and he's been supported by all the politicians in germany as well as the head of the protestant church in germany but italy itself is saying that we've taken more than our fair share of migrants so we have done our part that we're actually 5 other nations within within the e.u. who were offering to help with this and to take the migrants but the captain of the ship decided she couldn't wait any longer there was a humanitarian crisis that was about to take place on his ship so she had to duck

and she isn't the 1st person the 1st german should i say who is facing a prosecution in there was another person called appear clem who is also facing prosecution for a very similar to the trying to rescue migrants that see so now it is up to the judiciary and of course the politicians in italy to decide whether they will take this forward and one gets the impression that this is not a story there will be resolved any time soon i think i think that is definitely the case i was forced forced wording thanks so much for joining us sports now and germany or heading home from the women's world cup in france after going down to sweden in saturday's 2nd quarter final the surprise 21 loss is left many in shock as the german woman failed to take their chances and struggled to hold off sweden's attack. the german women lined up for a shot of the world cup semifinal in the absence of jennifer matters shaan but her

young teammates withstood scorching french heat and an early swedish onslaught to take the lead up to 15 minutes one nil to germany. being a model with her 2nd goal of the tournament and one of the best in front 6 minutes later however the swedish women used the direct route to find an equaliser a mistake by germany at the back and sofia jakobsen school. one old at the break yacob sent a shim to roll is the most dangerous forward on the pitch in the 2nd tough she was involved in a well constructed build up before seen a black stimulus netted sweden 2nd to give his side a crucial lead was germany had plenty of time to find the level but despite some close calls in the dying minutes the 2 time world cup winners are heading home and sweeten a marching on to a semi fun. the austrian formula one grand prix has wrapped up with red bull's mats 1st up and claiming his opening win of the season it's the 1st time or sadie's

haven't triumph this year 1st up and jostle for position with ferrari's child he held on to seal victory and survive the stewards inquiry after a collision between the pair overall leader lewis hamilton finished in 5th. that's all the news for now we'll be back at the top of the hour with more news as always you can get all the news any time and i web site e.w. dot com if you are watching d.w. news. staying up today don't miss our highlights. program. w dot com highlights. the energy. they. were off you know this 5 minute minute.

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