this is d.w. news live from berlin police identify the attacker who killed 2 people in london the man had previously been convicted of terrorist fences and was released from prison passers by restrain the attacker armed with a knife and wearing a fake suicide vest before police arrived and shoot him dead also coming up. thousands in malta 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. i'm jarad rated welcome police have identified the man who carried out friday stabbing attack in london they say it was 28 year old man khan who killed 2 people on london bridge he was later shot dead by police condit been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and was released from prison about a year ago meanwhile several onlookers captured friday's incident on their mobile phones being praised as heroes for disarming the attacker. 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 they're right quickly it's just been

about 5 shots there's another one. with. 10 i phones 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 heard the gunshots i just don't know what to do with kweisi gunshots going off in london again. london's mayor denounced the attack terrorism as 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 most 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. well media

in malta are reporting that prime minister joseph muscat will resign court imminently his government's become increasingly embroiled in the political and legal crisis botched by the murder of journalist daphne. 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 gave a press conference he was upset by the investigation into death. 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 actually did everything possible to solve the murder of journalist carra want to 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 go ahead researched suspected corruption at the highest government level this week many demanded most cuts resignation they say he has blood on his hands because he trying to protect officials elise recessed a 3 ball feasible one sentence we investigate. found no evidence and released him they want us to believe that according to maltese media most cut intends to announce his resignation soon. well the murder of cutter on it and the ensuing scandal has exposed a swamp of corruption and organized crime in malta. is there we are asked what it would mean if the prime minister has to go. that would just be

a mere beginning i mean of course people here want justice that's what they all were screaming at those demonstrations now justice justice they want people to go to jail for the murder bought everybody here knows that. the disease goes so much deeper there is this mafia like concrete action of people being sort of doing business together and doing favors for each other and doing criminal favors for each other and covering up money laundering is rampant on the island there is a whole casino economy that has developed that is laundering illegal money from russia from the near is from from everywhere really and is streaming through the island passports are being sold to russians to chinese to all the guards from wherever who want to european passport for big sums that there are no controls in place this goes on and on and the whole economy and the political elite here are sort of totally in connected and there is this network really that is just an

crusted in society and all this will really have to be torn and people the normal citizens here in malta really want that and they say we have lost our dignity we need to regain it and we want to be a democracy. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and perused opposition leader canker fujimori has walked free after more than a year in prison she's been held in pretrial detention pending an investigation into alleged money laundering the country's highest court ordered her released on monday by the corruption case against her can still go ahead i in south korea pops genuine young has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for raping a woman with another pop star also secretly filmed the rifle and shared the video online k. pop star choice woman 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 corruption and structural problems problems the project is also billions of euros over bodges. fee to iraq now where prime minister abdul mahdi says he'll present his resignation to palm meant the offer just stepped down comes a day after 40 people were killed in the latest clashes between security forces and anti-government protest is the death toll since on wrist broke out in october has now surpassed $400.00. a victory for protesters celebrating in baghdad the prime minister says he'll resign amid relentless protests they've been demanding change since october in some of the country's most sustained and deadly

clashes. over 400 people now dead many of them on 2 young men and a staggering 17000 have been injured. most of the dead were killed by iraq's security forces. on thursday alone over 60 people were killed after protesters set fire to the rain in government building the protesters see the political class as corrupt and a puppet of outside forces especially iran. i off to thursday's bloodshed iraq's grand ayatollah alsa stanny used friday prayers to urge the prime minister to go. genius and no way out. or on the members of parliament from which this current government has emerged to reconsider their options in this regard oh archie he may

have the sharon. but for the protesters it's just the beginning they do want to limit their sentiments such that the resignation of prime minister margaret is not solving the entire problem the problem is about the system that brought him in they would be delusional if they think they can use him as a scapegoat and that the people will withdrawal from the streets after his resignation was the most. violent clashes continued on friday in the holy city of new jeff just as new circulated that the prime minister was resigning the funerals continued to testament to the government's brutal response to this protest movement . or young climate activists around the world have protested in the 4th global fridays for a future strike demanding that government step up their efforts to cut carbon emissions here in berlin 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 was and why are we here well there is a massive climate crisis unknown is doing anything it's crazy not to the small 30 in the u.s. 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 that it made today we're holding a funeral to demonstrate to the public and to my leaders everything that we're going to lose in the 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. 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 we feel it is really really important for 200 big parts in the movement not just right is. all about this is tim jeanes it's about finally getting away from is about to moving this next you know environmentalism. 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

a global. well media freedoms in poland have been under attack in recent years as a law passed in 2016 and gave the government of the populist law and justice party control of a state broadcaster has reporters without borders says this is turn them into propaganda channels here in germany polish journalist. has been honored for his commitment to upholding press freedoms in his home country his mole. 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 honored 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 does probably remember the problem in poland is that we no longer have proper public broadcasters. give the former public media outlets have been completely taken over by the government and the ruling party and. we 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 poland i'm really happy that they took a guy who worked for german. media and also for polish media any builds bridges and i think he really deserved 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 bowl go was a night to celebrate in style. you're watching think of the news from berlin up next year's world stories i'm tired but by. playing. a historical trimming forging budgets business the militia leader. in iran the people of the islamic revolution. 4 the bands are making its initial flirtation was.