this is d.w. news live from berlin a spectacular heist at one of the world's oldest museums thieves break into the royal palace in the german city of dresden and make off with treasures and jewels that could be worth as much as a 1000000000 euros. also coming up hong kong's leader of vows to listen humbly to voters after they send a clear message to beijing pro-democracy candidates make massive gains as a probation in both collapses and business of elections the vote was seen as a referendum on hong kong's political terms. on the un says international day to

oppose violence against women we hear about one french woman's fight for justice for her murdered daughter france as the highest murder rate of women in europe and leaked documents shed light on the chinese government's mass detentions a week of muslims and a network of prison camps beijing insists they're simply voluntary reeducation troops. i'm sumi someone's going to is going to have you with us we start with some breaking news here in germany of thieves have reportedly pulled off a spectacular heist at one of europe's most renowned museums police in dresden say the break in at the green vaults in the city's royal palace took place in the early hours of monday morning there's been no immediate word of what was stolen about the price collection of historic treasures includes crown jewels and royal bowls carved

out of crystal. let's bring in our correspondent maximillian acosta is following the latest on this story for us i'm actually on it what can you tell us about what happened here yes so police for a taser still investigating the crime scene in one of the royal palaces which is famous for its big treasure collection is it indeed a treasure as you would imagine is the grain of old one of the most prized possessions of the state but also a big tourist attraction and this area has now been cordoned off by the authorities there investigating as far as we know this has happened in the early hours of monday morning and the thieves seem to appear to have entered through a corner window which is of course a very spectacular small entrance and this must mean that this has been a premeditated heist not the 1st in that scale in the last couple years in 2017

reso a very big fest here in berlin in the german capital where 100 kilo gold coin had been stolen from the boden museum which is a historic ostentatious museum here in berlin this specific collection in dresden does have an impressive history tell us about it. yes so the collection dates back to the 18th century has been established over time by the then empress of the state of sex and the especially or the strong woman as he was called at the time and the collection host vide range of articles over 10 very also officially used for the decorated rooms there's over 3000 different artifacts made of gold made of important gems made of ivory that has been in this collection and after the 2nd world war this area had been heavily bombed and a lot of the treasuries have been taken to moscow by the very red army were brought

back in the mid seventy's and after a big reconstruction in 2006 this greenwald's treasure chambres have been reopened to the public we're talking about treasures and jewels that could be worth as much as a 1000000000 euros a lot of people might be wondering how could this happen. yes so as far as authorities in the moment can reconstruct an alarm that is important course to god such a treasure chamber has not been setting off and that was due to power generator that has been. sabotage so police are currently investigating if the sabotage has to do with the heist apparently a fire had been breaking out and then damaged that generator so that the alarm didn't go off and they're currently investigating to what scale this was premeditated and we understand that one of the most valuable exhibitions was actually on loan at the time is that right yes so it seems that one of the most

prized possessions and we're talking here of our professions for example there's one very interesting there are several very interesting ones but one of the most priced ones the so-called dressed in green diamond which is to have ornaments so it's a golden sun broche with a $41.00 carat doll humans it's a green color as part of that ornaments that was currently unknown to the metrical museum before to do york as part of an exhibition that was looking at the kind of treasures that have been hosted in the green vault and that's treasures currently unknown and wasn't in the vault. the treasures for example a 648 sapphire has been in the vault our correspondent maximillian a question bring us up to date thank you very much. now to hong kong where pro-democracy supporters have won a landslide victory in municipal elections the pro-democracy camp has been celebrating after parties sympathetic to their cause one almost $390.00 council

seats compared to less than 64 probation parties hong kong residents turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots in an election that was widely seen as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement after nearly 6 months of protests hong kong's pro beijing chief executive carrie lamb so the government would quote listen humbly and seriously reflect. let's get the latest with our correspondent charlotte shells from phil she's standing by for us in hong kong hi charlotte how are home congress reacting to these results. there's been a send degree of astonishment here on both sides at just how resoundingly the victory was for the pro democratic camp given the fact that there was a huge voter turnout democratic figures had told us that they were hoping for a bit of a boost but it has to be make clear that in these district council elections pro establishment parties have always dominated now we've seen

a total reversal those democratic candidates have been able to flip a number of seats now one of the 1st time today those elected democratic council is gathered here i'm outside the holy you university here at the moment this is been the scene of over a week long standoff between an unknown number of protesters still inside the university holed up there afraid to come out because they fear they will be arrested by police who are still surrounding this university and now in the past acts these democratic counselors say that they want to show their support for those protests is and also that they want to encourage them to leave the university and with this down dog and peace we know that really is a marker of how emboldened a lot of these democratic biggest feel off to this election result which as you said is really being considered by so many here is a referendum on the popularity of this protest movement almost 6 months in now so

an important symbolic result try look at this is a municipal election so how much will it actually affect hong kong relations with mainland china. the foreign minister in china has issued a statement saying no matter what happens hong kong is still part of china he's warned against anything that ever threatens the start of prosperity and stability of hong kong and now no one is really expecting beijing to to soften its stunts they all watching very closely though to see what. happens next we know that a number of the pro stablish mint candidates here a licking their wounds trying to figure out exactly why they did lose so much support as you said the district councils here usually have a huge amount of clout what we could see though is that they do feel more emboldened going forward we spoke to one legislator who told us the leader of the democratic party in fact he told us that he felt that as the confidence in your

thirty's dwindles he thinks that these democratic councillors could take on an important new role going forward in trying to negotiate some sort of a peaceful solution to this crisis has been engulfing hong kong take a listen to what he had to say. if the government really really. try not to respond to the people to munt i can imagine that. the council we'll pick up even more popular support and make use of the power for to further a push the government and make the government even look more acri social and just quickly is this result what pro-democracy protesters have been looking for. they are taking the day today to celebrate this victory for that camp but what they've all been telling is not just

today but over the course of more than 5 months is that they really need to see that 5 demands that include universal suffrage and an independent investigation into the way that the police have handled the unrest on the streets they are now demanding that there is dumond's are at least addressed by chief executive carla. reporting for us in hong kong thank you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world pope francis a celebrated mass in tokyo as part of his 4 day visit to japan earlier he met victims of the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster and voiced concern over japan's continued reliance on nuclear power in the health of wiki leaks founder julian assange just so bad that he could die inside a british jail that's according to doctors who've written an open letter saying he requires urgent medical care as on just fighting extradition to the u.s. over espionage charges that could carry out 175 year prison sentence. south korean

police say the k. pop singer and former car a member of goo hora has been found dead at her home the 28 year old was reportedly suffering from depression and had been targeted by abusive comments on social media . that today is the un's international day for the elimination of violence against women one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations of our time the u.n. estimates that every day around $238.00 women are intentionally killed across the world most of these murders are committed by their partners or their own families now more than one 3rd of women worldwide have experienced some kind of physical or sexual violence in their lifetimes and the numbers they are particularly high in parts of africa were almost every 2nd woman around 45.6 percent. has experienced violence but this aggression against women is also

a power problem in wealthier parts of the world here in the european union for example one in every 3 women is estimated to have suffered a violence or abuse in their lifetime and france has one of the highest murder rates for women in europe now the government is working on a law to better protect women. lewis examines one particular case that helped prompt the new law and you good he describes it as a life sentence she says there's a gaping void inside of her ever since march 27th when her daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend so there and we need to pure soul. they had split up 6 weeks earlier he had her arrest of a since the one morning he was waiting for her at the whole stable where she worked and tried to convince her to take him back the more you know when she refused he pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the heart and the lungs could my brain is still blanking

out on what this really means. i think it is trying to protect me otherwise i'd go crazy i still can't imagine to never see my daughter again i'm obviously sick. but doesn't only blame her daughter's ex-boyfriend she's also furious with the system that she feels that her daughter down this main level 2 weeks before he killed her he broke into her house through the window he wanted to frighten her he was convinced she was seeing someone else elaine went to the police station to press charges but she came up crying the police downplayed things and didn't take her seriously they didn't recognize how dangerous this man was they later decided to drop the case i am so angry at this patriarchal system where men shield other men and which doesn't protect women sees them but. the family could put this by the fam. l.n. is everything but an isolated case every year more than $120.00 women are killed in

france one group has started counting them and is tagging their names and stories on walls across paris to push the government to finally act. but the government says it is taking the matter seriously it's been holding weeks long consultations with victims as a say sions across the country and it's working on a new law to better protect women against domestic violence. in some of the mortgage the government is working with lawmakers from all across the spectrum and we are ready to act. the new law will introduce electronic bracelets to keep violent men at bay and judges will be able to issue restraining orders within 6 days and more women's shelters will be opened. unified you know i make took part in the country talks and course the measures

a good start but she says more needs to be done and that one crucial point is missing from the new legislation that we have more go forward. for it's really important that the police get proper psychological training they should have to come off their high horse and really listen to women who are asking for help if a woman says she feels threatened that they need to take the necessary measures to protect her. small but we know that there are many women who went to the police asking for help but were turned away and are now dead. she still hopes the government will change the law to include this so that at least some women will be saved and their families be spared the suffering she now has to endure. leaked chinese government documents have revealed details about the massed attention of weaker muslims at least a 1000000 people from the minority group are believed to be held in internment

camps a group of investigative journalists has published a paper which contradicts china's claims that the camps are voluntary reeducation facilities in response the chinese embassy in britain called people in the camps trainees and said their personal freedom was fully guaranteed these confidential chinese government documents lay bare the control and repression that reign in the internment camps of xinjiang province at least a 1000000 muslims are thought to be detained in the camps. to change an entire minority population it's a cultural genocide. experts believe there are more than 1000 such camps the key leaked document lays out how they should be run it states the inmates are not allowed any contact with the outside world owning a mobile phone is strictly forbidden the camp should be under constant video

surveillance to prevent escape the papers also describe a scoring system that grades detainees on how well they speak mandarin and memorize state sanctioned ideology the documents back up testimony of former detainees like . the business woman was detained after being stopped by police and questioned over a u.s. visa in her passport or. in class they would tell us that we had been poisoned by religion. that islam is an infectious disease that came from abroad. and that if there needed to be a religion in china it must be buddhism. former detainees have also confirmed the harsh disciplinary regime detailed in the leaked papers. we had to talk into a speaker to get permission just to go to the toilet but there were 10 minutes of toilet time each hour for all of us some were able to go this time somewhere we

didn't waste water to wash our hands. we only had 2 minutes to shower with cold water every month. in. beijing has always described the camps as voluntary re education facilities. at a news conference in london china's u.k. ambassador dismissed the papers as fake news the documents. disappear fabrications if you want to have the documents but. we have the 7 white papers published but that dismissal food no one the so-called china cables coupled with witness testimony are impossible to ignore. we can speak out. in beijing who has reported extensively on these camps. talk to us about these leaks what more information do we now have on what is happening in

these camps. these cams these documents they do not reveal a lot of new information a lot of it was known already but they provide a link between the government and what people have seen on the ground what who witness is working the victims and why scams have reported before they reveal a number of names of response people who are responsible for these cams including. a name that was previously not discussed before the name off to high loan and the official rules of the ranch since the john who grew up there part of the who school the school. into the and knew of the culture and who rose up the ranks into deputy secretary off the communist party in 3rd region and who used his intimate knowledge of the culture to wage a campaign against this college so much as what impact you think these leaks will

actually have these documents they prove the government wrong who states that these are not detention facilities but voluntary vocational training camps so this is one important thing that they are part of evidence growing evidence that has been collected about these counts and the names that we see inside these leaks they will of course play a role when it comes to for example sanctions against the people who are responsible for this internment system sanctions have been discussed there are no before by the u.s. for example. paying for testing has taken us from beijing thank you very much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world at least 26 people have

been killed in a plane crash in the democratic republic of congo the aircraft came down in a residential area in the eastern city of goma authorities say the cause of the crash was pilot error. demonstrators in the democratic republic of congo of set fire to the town hall in denny in the east they were protesting against the killing of 8 civilians in an attack by militants residents accuse local forces and un peacekeepers of failing to stop militia violence. the inventor of the world wide web tim berners lee has launched an action plan to stamp out online threats such as mass surveillance and misinformation berners lee is calling his plan a contract for the web and he sets out principles for governments companies and individuals to follow. to sports now in bundesliga soccer on sunday struggling have to berlin travel to oxford where they were given a lesson in soccer take a look. on to chair of it was under pressure his berliners hadn't won in 4 outings

opponents martin schmidt and outs borg were in even deeper water but soon wipe the smile off the head coach's face phillip maxwell the free kick in the 17th minute no one touched it and it bounced freely into the net to make it one nil i 9 minutes later burling keep on a yosh john got tangled up with lucky and need alicia and the ball fell to santo cordova who doubled outboards lead. and to make matters worse yosh dunn was sent off for lunging at the venezuelan. substitute keeper denish marsh then made his 1st bundesliga periods and early in the 2nd half he conceded his 1st league goal. with way too much space and a bit of luck 3 nil for outboard. and 10 minutes

before the end cut had to flat footed with a cleverly disguised free kick which he had made a left now slotted home for neil the final score and the heat will only be turned up on that show village. huff and i missed the chance to jump to 4th in the table after they lost at home to minds on sunday the visitors had to play more than half the game with 10 men after a back who was sent off for this dangerous challenge here but they still tore the home team apart going up to nil after half time thanks to a bizarre own goal by possehl cut iraq. but the goals kept on flowing cameroon midfielder care could him along scored 2 and completed the 51 rout for mines and their new coach. let's return to our top story. now a thieves have staged a daring heist at one of europe's most renowned museums at

a press conference police and dressed and say the break in at the green volts of the city's well palace took place early on monday they've broken through a side window and targeted gems and one of the glass cases of the world famous collection they have launched a manhunt for at least 2 suspects now. so let's go back to our correspondent following the story for us maximillian acoustic hi max we've been listening in to the press conference what more do we know now. we know now that the oath for his have been alerted that around 5 o'clock this morning for there being a suspected break in the greenwalt which is one of the biggest treasure collections in europe located in the royal palaces indure stone and authorities after they've been alerted have been trying to cross on the highway. like stop at the highways and so like security checks as soon as possible because as the palace is only 10

minutes away from the highway it is now suspected that the 2 suspects as authorities are currently considering have been am getting away with a car that has been waiting for them as we've already heard the authorities trying to reconstruct the. heist now so they believe these 2 suspects have entered through a window aiming straight for one cabinets and taking out valuables the authorities haven't been able to disclose for now what valuables have been taken now are these the green vault as i said is one of the biggest european treasure collections it has value bill said like being collected since the 18th centuries but often date much older and there been items very valuable for example 640 a carrot sapphire that has been given by the to the 1st to the then the sex and the empress and another very valid bobbin which currently is not on display in the collection these so called dressed in green diamonds of 41 carries diamonds that is

very particular famous because it has a very particular green hue and that is currently on exhibition in the metro museum of arts in new york and therefore the authorities are quite sure that that one hasn't been taken but they're currently still looking into what can and has been taken from the highest interest and. correspondent maximiliano kosik with the latest thank you. reminder now of what we're following here on w. hong kong's pro-democracy movement has won on land mines victory in municipal elections it's a curate almost $390.00 council seats compared to less than 60 for probation parties the election is seen as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement after nearly 6 months of protests. coming up next our environment show eco india looks at the country's heirloom

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