d.w. . this is the news live from berlin a guilty verdict and very long prison sentence in a murder trial but will it calm public anger here in germany this iraqi asylum seeker has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a 14 year old girl the case has been fueling a heated debate about migration and violent crime. also coming up the battle for

breakfast at the 2 contenders to become the next british prime minister and take britain out of the loop make their cases on public t.v. the winner will have just 3 months to meet the threats and deadline at the end of october. and the dangers of being a journalist as experts gather in london to review their situation we go to mexico where journalists put their lives on the line reporting on drug lords and human traffickers. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us a german court has sentenced a failed iraqi asylum seeker to life in prison for raping and murdering a 14 year old girl. admitted he had killed the 14 year old suzanna but denied raping her the case prompted an angry public outcry because bashar was

supposed to have been deported after his application for asylum was rejected instead he was allowed to remain in germany where the murder was committed. let's bring in our senior political correspondent melinda crane covering this story for us among of the court has just handed down a life sentence but what does this verdict mean in detail. this is pretty much the heaviest sentence a german court can impose the prosecution had asked for a life sentence and also asked that the court find that because of the particular severity of the crime that there would be no parole after 15 years and from what we have now just heard from the court in fact the court has excluded the possibility of parole after 15 years what's important to note is that a life sentence here in germany is not necessarily until the end of a convicted person's life occasionally in very severe cases for example

a serial murder people have served as long as in as nearly 50 years but generally speaking most defendants most criminals are released after 15 to 20 so in this case there has been a verdict of life without the possibility of parole in 15 years meaning this is a very grave sentence indeed ok you know linda this case has been closely watched across the country and it's also sparked a fierce debate about germany's turn asylum system in its failure to deport rejected asylum seekers even those who broken the law what's been the political fallout from the us 1st of all as you note in fact it generated a great deal of controversy with a tabloid newspaper like the build newspaper germany's largest showing headline saying if he had been deported she would still be alive with of course pictures of

the who has just been convicted and the victim of the crime also far right made much of this and other crimes committed by migrants and there was a great deal of outrage about the fact that this defendant had in fact been denied asylum along with his family and yet was still in the country what followed from that was in fact a very searched. look by politicians both in the cabinet and in the parliament at the procedures for deporting migrants whose asylum requests have been denied and in fact those procedures have been significantly tightened up since since this case not only in reaction to this case but it certainly was part of the process can you give us an overview as to the statistics concerning a commonality among asylum seekers here in germany again a much debated topic since the influx of migrants in 2015 you may remember that about a year ago president trump even got into the debate with

a tweet that said that germany was expecting experiencing a massive uptick in violent crime that is not true in fact crime rates in germany have fallen continuously since the early ninety's and in the past few years have been amongst the lowest ever the fact is though there has been something of an increase in violent crime in some regions since 2017 and the big question has been to what degree is that attributable to the inflow of migrants migrants generally speaking don't commit more crimes proportionally than germans do but the fact is that if you look at one particular group there certainly is a greater propensity to crime and that's young men and that the demographics of migration are such that there isn't an over proportional representation of young unaccompanied men amongst those who enter the country hence there is to some degree

amongst them a greater prohibited crip proclivity to crime and that in fact is much of what we're seeing in the numbers linda thanks very much for coming in on this this morning. let's preview now and some of the other stories making news today the united states wants to build a military alliance to safeguard the strategic waters off of iran and yemen the u.s. says it aims to guarantee navigation in the strait of hormuz and. both crucial trade routes this comes as tensions between washington and tehran escalate the former u.s. presidential candidate ross perot has died he won 19 percent of the votes in 1902 that's a strong showing for him and the founder of computer company e.d.s. was also noted for rescuing 2 of his employees from iran in a commando raid in 1979 pro was if you know. the right healing service guber has launched its 1st helicopter service in new york

city the chopper will shuttle passengers from kennedy international to manhattan the 8 minute ride will cost about $200.00 uber lost some 1000000000 dollars in the 1st 3 months of this year while journalism is becoming an increasingly dangerous profession and locations around the world journalists are facing a growing number of attacks or murder global conference on media freedom will be taking up the issue in london today reporters are not only at risk in war zones but also in countries like mexico has. got a call at desperate voice saying we found body sick and the reported knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now it's become a search for bodies. reports life but then we went on the more hello we're in one i was a leo's with the searches of. this they were told that there might be secret mass

graves here they have to scuppered one of these women's loved ones have disappeared here we can see the cone side of whistles playmobil said about it was like the. well the manager has been reporting on the searching mothers for years in the vast majority of cases it turns out that their children were abducted and killed by the c.n.n. while drug cartel. by covering the story puts herself in jeopardy she regularly receives death threats. a few years ago the threats almost became reality. was kidnapped are yes i was going to be almost my life was in danger i knew they'd either kill me or let me go but i had already seen their faces. get back there so i was sure they would kill me or know

that you know this yeah one of them said it was time has been made this gesture. called on everyone to either one asked me if i had a last wish. there would be more there so i said god bless you. for joining the care and turning my daughters into orphans was there in the diocese of this there in the us and let god like your password and may you be well get they will mean that look i mean rick i asked him for a boy really and the words moved the kidnappers to let her go. see yes and i mean once you're on the cartels list they can kill you at any time with or without a bodyguard as escort that's just a few days later a colleague of hers was kidnapped she knew him and had researched the drug scene with him as well 2 weeks later his body was found in black plastic bags. to see nice family is constantly aware of the danger she faces every day. her

sister allowed and daughter always worried about her isn't. killed there. i'm sad because i know that something can happen to her that i'm. so in because i know that she's not safe when she's working grow up you. still see both are very proud of. yes but i'll go she's always given 100 percent and 100 percent extra. it's to britain now where the 2 remaining contenders to become conservative party leader of the next british prime minister faced off in a televised debate their big clash coming on their different approaches to bracks it former foreign minister boris johnson is expected to win the ballot apart big party members if he does we'll have just about 3 months to take britain out of the

you. as a tough negotiator germy hunted previously accused barsa johnson of being a coward for not meeting him in a t.v. debate earlier when the 2 finally fronted up hunter came out swinging the current foreign secretary house johnson if you would promise to resign as prime minister if britain didn't leave the european union by the 31st of october johnson says doing that now would simply be a gift to e.u. negotiators. deliver a deal i think it's very very important not to envisage any circumstances in which we would fail to come out of the e.u. on october 31st i don't want to hold out to the e.u. the prospect that they might encourage my resignation by refusing to agree a deal hunter accused johnson of being motivated by personal ambition i asked for a straight question and he said very clearly before that it was leaving on october 31st to do or die and i think it's do or die for the country but not

a prime minister who put his own neck on the line and that is not leadership the candidates with then asked if they were prepared to bypass british parliament if it rejected leaving the e.u. without a deal and parliament i think would be a rather curious thing to do if this is about taking back control for parliament to actually shut it down so my answer to that is no how about your course well i'm not going to take anything off the table any more than i'm going to take no deal or no answer off the table at least until then came perhaps the toughest question and the lightest moment of the evening. what one quality do you may start in your opponent as a future prime minister. i thought. i was you know i die i greatly admired his ability to change his mind although i am campaign for brits it now hans response i really admire boris his ability to

answer the question. so there's this great openness and you ask him a question he puts a smile on your face and you forget what the question was the final question now is if this debate changed any of the voters' minds or if it's too late many of the 160000 tory party members eligible to vote a thought to have already done so post. we have some sports for you now and in wimbledon tennis the women's semifinal lineup is complete with some very familiar names in the last 4 syrian williams beat fellow american alison risk tuesday in 3 hard fought sets williams going for her 8th wimbledon title meanwhile the number 7 seed simona halep of romania made for work of china's shoei sharing the men's semifinalist will be determined in today's match is. well the u.s. women's football team and its captain captain megan rapinoe are in for a big party in new york in just a few hours it's

a homecoming for the world cup champions who beat the netherlands sunday in the cup final organizers have prepared about a ton of shredded paper to service confetti for the ticker tape parade through lower manhattan. carrying the most prestigious trophy in women's 1st football just as they did after winning the 2015 world cup. well he started as a you tube sensation and now snowball the sulphur crested cockatoos making scientific history researchers say the videos of the birds. head movement show for the 1st time that another species can spontaneously. no ball has developed 14 moves without training or coaching maybe birds really do.

all that birds certainly wants to have fun up next doc film reports on china's new silk road the for good you can always get more on these stories our website w dot com i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being here. freedom. documentary.