this is data really news live from berlin and sri lanka goes to the polls in presidential elections voters have a record number of 35 candidates to choose from national security is it can campaign issues down south of the devastating 8 to somebody attacks also coming up did write. a threat. did you. feel threatened. or did the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says she felt threatened and intimidated by president trump

karim evanovich testifies during the 2nd round of public hearings in the trump and penchant inquiry also coming out to the end of an era when this latest columbine munich president please nurse has stepped down and this was by top executive for 40 years during which time the club developed into the powerhouse in german football. and rebecca read his welcome to the program sri lankans are going to the polls to elect a new president has have a choice of 35 candidates this time around a record for the island nation of nearly 22000000 people former defense secretary rajapaksa who oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists 10 years ago is facing government ministers. in. close contest. data. file has

been taking a look at the role different media have been playing in the run up to this vote including in the spread of misinformation. the presidential election is here and part of our social media timeline is flooded with political content most of which she says is negative nor online campaigning is permitted in the period before the vote and election day but proxy just about part of customs does not pink that the government should monitor let alone shut down forceful media. that will close when the web sites are restored after a shutdown all the content and accounts are available again not everything can be reported or taken down so what's the point people need to be discerning enough on their own but to be safe she has already downloaded an app that they let her access the websites even if they're blocked. she longshots election commission is aware of

the challenges. the votes come in the shadow of this year's deadly easter sunday blast but it isn't just focusing on the physical security or borders the commission is also keeping a close eye on provocative social media content. what we find and complain about hateful or fake content to facebook and google we've told them to immediately take it down. but its reach and other limited. social media is far from the only source of mis information here prominent newspaper has an channels in sri lanka how big science and i'm willing to go to shocking lengths to back that candidate this is a media analyst not going about them there has plenty of dangerous examples of this people declared that a prominent almost politician was asking the ethnic minority to back sodje premadasa one of the frontrunners major t.v. john has picked this up but the politician never. said that in another incident

a major to reach on the shore the muslim politician saying that goes. the other top candidate should be killed he said his sound bite had been doctored the politician had said rajapaksa should be defeated both politicians filed defamation cases but neither news outlet apologized the government's hands were tied since that contract elite private media if something was owed on television and radio then it covers practically the entire population broadcasts never actually respects the right of reply deniers are very often completely ignored or deny odes are carried with strong rebuttal from the station which makes it worse. she lankans face a sea of propaganda and false reports navigating their way to the balls with the correct information certainly won't be easy. and the mission giants are joins me

now from sri lanka's capital colombo the mission tell us more about the choice sri lankans are facing today. well director as we heard there are 35 candidates whining for the presidential board the ballot paper a lawn as 2 feet long but there are 2 clear frontrunners we have a good. move because of his military history is considered a candidate who is very strong because he is he's assuring that national security would be looked after by our will be centralized and this is very appealing to waters in the aftermath of the easter sunday bombings however it is also important to point out that there are minority would person wants to do would close to 25 to 30 percent of the water who would also be concerned about its military past because he was overseeing the defense of the country when a lot of inforce disappearances allegedly happened soon after the war his brothers

military boss also is not a great oh it's not a great boost for him so for minorities he would be a concern in canada and sergeant being with us are all sort of the charter to stand her but this is seen as more effort by the minorities and now there was a lot of talk about the impact the social the media platforms social media and traditional media we just heard about in your report that how they have that in the campaign tell us more about that. welcome back our social media is being watched very closely and even after the easter sunday blast the group was actually shut down for close to 10 days because there were concerns that he had speech in provocation to weiland world being spread on social media the media itself over here is very partisan it's clearly picking sides but what's also interesting to notice any past efforts to control of regulate private media have received a very strong pushback and this is for the reason that the government also has a history of crushing dissent the presidential candidate good but says brother my

him the larger parks are has been accused of crushing the center very strongly during the storm and journalists have also faced lash back and have disappeared so this is why the media is very protective overthrow all but however critics have pointed out that it's not utilizing this freedom responsibly by picking sides and pushing their agenda or i know just briefly if you can what outcome is predicted today. well it is definitely a close race if there is a clear frontrunner we would might even find out about tonight but if it's too close to call the runoff might take a day or 2 more dimensions as well in columbus thanks very much. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world the teenage suspect in thursday's california high school shooting has died in hospital the 16 year old allegedly fired at random at a high school near los angeles killing 2 students before turning the gun on himself

. there be more violent clashes in chile more than 20 people have been killed after nearly a month of civil unrest which is showing no sign of abating it comes after the government announced plans to hold a referendum to replace the country's constitution a key demand of the protesters. in bolivia 5 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of exiled x. president evo morales protesters say with authority has opened fire on them around us is in exile in mexico after resigning last sunday over allegations of election fraud he says he wants to return to bolivia as soon as possible. or thora he's in bosnia threatening to impose a lockdown on 2 large migrant camps in the north west of the country to press the central government to relocate people to the local mayor says the camps near bosnia's border with croatia dangerously overcrowded. shocked appalled devastated that's how you have all of it she described feeling

after she learned president trump had denounced her in a phone call with the ukrainian president the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was abruptly removed from her post earlier this year the issue is whether that happened because trump wanted to appoint someone else or if it was only to help him investigate his political rivals which could be in a picture bill offense. good morning everyone it's only the 3rd time in modern u.s. history that impeachment proceedings have got to this stage the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine mary event of it publicly testifying against the president to the house intelligence committee. event of it says trump his lawyer and his allies derided and smeared her while she was still ambassador undermining american diplomacy president appoint and remove had passages but usually done publicly criticize them as donald trump has and in real time during impeachment proceedings

as we sit or testifying the president is attacking you would twitter what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing. it's very intimidating. i want to let you know sure that some of us here take witness intimidation very very seriously later trump hit back. so you know what i what i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do regarding the central accusation of the impeachment inquiry evanovich wasn't in post when trump withheld aid to ukraine allegedly to get ukraine's president to investigate joe biden trumps political rival whose son was paid significant amounts on the board of ukrainian gas company. in the run up to the 2020 presidential election what everyone is watching for is whether the threat of impeachment affects trump's popularity right now the polls say it doesn't

. well meanwhile as that hearing is going on a court not far away reached a guilty verdict in the trial against a former trump advisor roger stone the longtime trump ally was convicted of lying to congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering an effort prosecutors say was meant to protect protect the president the case grew out of the more investigation which concluded russia did interfere in the 2016 u.s. election evidence showed that stone had tried to get information from russia to hurt hillary clinton and serve donald trump. so sport now and it's the end of an era in german football buying music by munich president has retired after 40 years of management at the club he's considered one of the most influential figures in german football and is responsible for transforming buy into a football powerhouse but one of his also a defy safin clashing publicly with many of the bundesliga clubs over the years he

also served time for tax evasion earlier this decade but he remains a hero upon where he bade his final farewell at the annual general meeting on friday. tried to fight back the tears. since i was reelected in 2016 you have given me 3 wonderful years thank you so you. it's hard to imagine by your munich without really highness' he was a 3 time winner of both the bundesliga and european cup in the seventy's with byron he also won the 1974 world cup in 1972 euros with west germany the success didn't slow down when he transitioned into management 1st as general manager and later as president tennis helped mold byron into the powerhouse they are today he steered the club to 2 champions league titles including the 2013 treble and 20 bundesliga championships tennis's over

a 40 year reign hasn't been without incident he was the sole survivor of a private plane crash in 1902 and in 2014 venice was imprisoned for evading over 28000000 euros in taxes he returned straight to his post after his release 3 years ago his stature not diminished in the eyes of bahrain players past and present. we're going to see if to believe when us is byron munich what he achieved as a president and also as a player at the club is unparalleled there'll never be anyone like him again like inside it's like even just in contests and only i think someone likelihood us will never stop he's got a byron heart. and a football heart. so he will always stay connected to us little to have to run the more forward. with byron chairman carl hines women to get nearing the end of his tenure when it says retirement heralds the closing of a chapter backfire munich. tennis now on of the 80 pay finals alexander's

verite has booked his place in the final full set of big rushes danielle medvedev in straight sets in the final match of the group stage the german took the 1st set 64 and then won the 2nd in a tie break to set up a semi final clash against austria is dominic team set up when also knocked out world number one rafael nadal. researches in japan has been looking into creative ways of reducing the number of flybys that cows get scientists from the i ching agricultural research center painted cattle in black and white stripes they found the cows received fewer than half the bites of the unpainted control group producing fly by its would help to control the spread of infectious diseases and reduce stress in the animals officials expect the results to apply to other livestock as well. as a reminder of the top story we're following for you sure lankans are going to the

polls to elect a new president so it will be counted soon after polling stations closed but results and the expected before sunday. you're watching news live from berlin out in culture program up next don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website that's d.w. dot com i'm rebecca it is in the land thanks for. the. logo to the euro max you do. most good morning stories. with exclusive. go 1st see concerning sports and culture to europe.