this is where. the 77 percent this weekend on d w. this is d w news live from berlin police identified the attacker who killed 2 people in london police confirm he was a convicted terrorist being released from prison passes by tackle the man armed with a knife and wearing a fake suicide vests vest to befall police arrive and shoot him dead.

thousands in mall to demand justice as the crisis box by a murder journalist threatens to bring down the country's political elite prime minister joseph muscat is reportedly planning to resign. and friday's future glows global again thousands of young people tank party rallies around the world the call to action comes ahead of next week's un climate sometimes. i'm jarred read welcome police have identified the man who carried out friday's stabbing attack in london based say it was 28 year old was monk khan who killed 3 people on london bridge he was later shot dead by police condit been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and war. was released from prison about

a year ago meanwhile several onlookers captured friday's incident on their mobile phones some being praised as heroes for tackling khan to the ground. members of the public pin the attacker to the ground. one of them taking away the knife used in the attack. police are called and a riot quickly it's just been about 5 shots there's another 1. 10 am on to me who i. moments later the police shoot again. on my course. as you would expect judge of the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist related i'm now in a position to confirm that it has been declared a terrorist incident. by witnesses were visibly shocked.

it was extremely frightening yeah but if you don't know what to do you know you have done so i just i don't want to think twice gunshots going off and not to make it. london's mayor denounced the attack. terrorism is cowardly and evil we must and we will stand united and resolute in the face of terror those who seek to attack us and divide us will never succeed and the british prime minister said he wants sentences for serious crimes to be more strongly enforced again i have long argued that it is a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals especially for terrorists that i think the public want to see. this is the 2nd terror attack in

this part of london in a little over 2 years earlier this month british authorities lowered the national terror threat level from severe to substantial questions will be asked in the coming days whether that decision was premature. welly we spoke to eyewitness a living is over in london she told us what she saw or as police responded to the attack. well i was on my way towards the bridge and i was coming out on my bike i had explosions but at the time i didn't we assume that it was gunshots but then the police came and stopped all the cars and i thought it was the construction i wasn't really thinking and then continue going straight on to the pavement and then all of a sudden floods being well to be panic people were just holding towards me and literally sprinting for their lives and i was just so confused and didn't know what

was happening until they started running with them and sort of asking what was going on and one of the people screaming it was gunshots it was gunshots and so then more people started running and it was just a massive. will multi media sources are reporting that prime minister joseph muscat will resign imminently his government's become increasingly embroiled in the political and legal crisis box by the murder of journalist duff need. she was investigating government corruption when she was killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago. at 3 in the morning prime minister joseph move scott gave a press conference he was upset by the investigation into death. as murder and the alleged involvement of his close colleagues for us this was not just a murder this was a major case that shook our democracy many people greatly doubt that was cut

actually did everything possible to solve the murder of journalist. she was killed by a car bomb on october 16th 2017 last week the investigation into who contracted the murder led to the maltese energy entrepreneur your can finish allegedly he had transferred money via dubai to companies in panama these companies apparently belong to muskets tourism minister conrad miti and his chief of staff keith embry both resigned earlier this week. co want to see it had researched suspected corruption at the highest government level this week many demanded most concert resignation they say he has blood on his hands because he trying to protect officials ollie's recessed a 3 ball feasible one sentence we have. found no evidence and released him and they want us to believe that according to maltese media most cut intends to announce his resignation soon. now to some of the other stories making news around

the world today and iraq's prime minister. has announced his intention to resign it follows the deaths of over 400 people during weeks of anti-government protests iraq iraqis have been demonstrating against government corruption and unemployment. in south korea k. pop star. has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for raping a woman with another k. pop star. secretly filmed the ripen shared the video online. june who was sentenced to 5 years in prison. and it's been announced that berlin's new international airport will finally open at the end of october next year it was supposed to open 9 years ago but it's been plagued by mismanagement mismanagement corruption and structural problems the project is also billions of euros over bunches. well media freedoms in poland have

been under attack in recent years a law passed in 2016 and gave the government of the populist lauren justice policy control over state broadcasters reporters without borders says this is turned and turned them into government propaganda channels here in journal in germany polish journalist yet has been for his commitment to upholding press into press independence in his home country has more. germany's president joined politicians celebrities and high society for what's considered the biggest event on balance social cand the german press bowl. the evening's highlight was the award ceremony d w correspondent chata cliquey was on it for outstanding journalistic work. lives in warsaw in preparation for the ball he and his wife worked up their dance floor

moves. for years to the polish press agency. fighting for independent press coverage but since the nationalist conservative p.a.'s party came to power in 2015 his job has gotten more difficult because. the problem in poland is that we no longer have proper public broadcasters. do you think the former public media outlets have been completely taken over by the government and the ruling party and. you will nominate last year began working for deutsche of ls polish department for a morsel. he and his colleagues remain committed to fighting for freedom of the press in photo and i'm really happy that they took a guy who works for german. media and also for polish media any builds bridges and i think he really deserves it and i'm also

a bit happy that they took a guy from virtual reality. for yes check a.p.r. the award ceremony was a great honor and for the rest of the bogo was a night to celebrate in style. with the football and shaka have climbed to 2nd in the bundesliga table after $21.00 win at home to a new on belin. the scoring midway through the 1st half thanks to a thunderbolt by benito or amman this was the 2nd goal of the season invites an equalizer in your home with a penalty before half time and the match was headed for a drawer into shelters germany's internationals wants it done pumped up with the winner 4 minutes remaining giving the hosts a just treat the end well on saturday bruce the adult woman travelled to berlin to face him to berlin well.

there remains under pressure the bigger headlines this week focused on the club's rising star jade and censuring his relationship with dortmund has turned very rocky which she could see him leave the club earlier than expected. jaivin san show's been criticised for a lack of discipline before their recent champions league match against barcelona sensual arrived late for a team meeting yet he didn't dortmund's only goal in that defeat prior to that misstep head coach lucian fiver supped off sand show indorsements top clash against biron after showing poor form early in the match something which reportedly left the winger feeling humiliated and scapegoated dortmund sporting director downplayed the proceed drop. this to my stopcock with that the topic is over we're looking to the future jaden is a normal part of the team pushed on them and just despite the convincing appearance

and show seems to be a problem case the club rejected a january sale of the youngster ahead of their match versus here to berlin. to name a dolphin up i don't have the impression we're preparing in inverted commas a month for a transfer this when town and i know that's according to the conversations we've had with him and his agents. if i'm not going to work that contradicts recent reports suggesting dortmund are open to selling the winter they valued at 140000000 euros this winter as it stands lucian fivers job security is on the line and being an able to get the most out of his brightest star doesn't help the victory come saturday could steady the ship for both sanchez and fiver. well young climate dr vest's around the world took to the streets in the 4th global fridays for a futurist strike they're demanding that government step up their efforts to cut carbon emissions here in berlin the thousands of young activists protested in the

city center. in berlin it might have been the consumer frenzy of black friday for some but on the streets here and around the world people were on strike for fridays the future a party atmosphere pervaded alongside the placards some took a dip in the city's river spray to draw attention to rising sea levels others simply felt compelled to demonstrate that it is and why are we here well there is a massive climate crisis and known as doing anything it's crazy not to the small 30 in the us washington to have the younger generation on the streets although perhaps not in such numbers. but the message was the same. we're asking leaders to take action on the climate crisis cynically today we're holding a funeral to demonstrate to the public and to a leaders everything that we're going to lose in a climate crisis and everything that we've already lost. on the other side of the world in australia the call to arms of our house is on fire led to protests

a metaphor for some but for others here in sydney it's a painful reality. break . in india the roots of this movement were clearly evident in the turnout with an impassioned call to galvanize the youth into something of a revolution. if you feel it is really really important for today but not just right it's. all about the system seemed it's about finally getting away from is about to moving this next you know an environmentalist. forward to nobody's remake of. south africa to had demonstrations with some laying their bodies on the ground to make a statement about the impact that black friday's rampant consumerism is having on

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