the at. the at. this is d w news lawyer from baghdad and germany's chancellor remembers the victims of one of the worst crimes against humanity angela merkel makes her 1st official visit to the auschwitz death camp passing beneath the infamous slogan what except she for the nazis murdered more than a 1000000 people it gets most of the juice. swedish climate activists cater to baggage when thousands of young people on a march through madrid and demanded world leaders take real action on climate

change. celebrations in india after police shoot days for men suspected of raping and killing a young woman in the office is it being hailed as heroes but there are concerns that they may have taken the law into their own hands. and germany's social democratic party can found its 2 new needers who are skeptical about the party's governing coalition with chancellor back as conservatives. i. climbed out of the home free glad you could join me german chancellor angela merkel has made her 1st official visit to the former auschwitz death camp now the site in poland was the nazis largest death camp during the 2nd world war chants of americans visit marks the 10th anniversary of the foundation that preserves the memorial she paid tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of

remembering the atrocities committed that. it's almost meat day when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other. auschwitz former concentration and extermination camps the murder machine. by 945 as many as 1500000 people had been killed here by the nazis silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister. at this wall the germans shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked through this gate beneath the sign with the cynical slogan work sets you free a survivor who recalls the cruelty he experienced as a child at the hands of the germans tells merkel how much these prisoners to be

free and that they're going to vote for trying since the beginning since august 1944 when i 1st arrived we were all sitting when it is that we can be free. you know be a cop on the cap. and say well if you want to be free. and you see the chimneys. that is how you will be free. sure can go tricycle mean merkel says she feels deep shame at the horrors of auschwitz. the crime should be silently remembered she says but this shouldn't be the only response. she's also featured once this site obliges us to keep the memories alive you know we have to remember the crimes we have to identify the perpetrators and to commemorate the victims in a dignified manner that is i mean cheering responsibility it's not open to

negotiation and keeping these memories alive is becoming more difficult as fewer and fewer survivors remain that's why this memorial site is so important the german chancellor promised to make 60000000 euros available for renovations this will go towards repairing barracks gas chambers and fences so they remain a visual reminder of germany's crimes. well the already correspondent tom aspira was at the memorial ceremony and he sent us his impressions on the chance of the speech this was a close 1st visit to auschwitz birkenau since she became chancellor 14 years ago he was also the 1st time that a german chancellor visits this site in nearly 25 years this explains why i'm going to visit was described as one of historic dimensions. gave a speech today in which he stressed germany's guilty germany's historic responsibility and how that responsibility is a very important part of germany's identity as

a nation but she also stressed the lessons that can be drawn from the past in particular lessons for today's context and that context today in germany and europe is marked by a rise in 97 it is a. thomas sparrow there in auschwitz well we can talk more about this now with political correspondent emmanuel shaz good to see a man who you know many people are asking why it took medical so long to visit in an official capacity i mean she's been chance for 14 years and this was her 1st visit to auschwitz and in fact it has been even 24 years since chancellor a german chancellor visited auschwitz so it was a long and a long of a jew visit and america is no stranger to such ceremonies though she visited a concentration camp in germany of how. i haven't spoke so federer a president of germany i find by this time i was in poland for to come immigrations of the beginning of world war 2 earlier on. in september but has turned out this

visit was long overdue it comes at a time where did. we have fun days and he said of raising its 10th anniversary and i'm glad america came with that announcement that a german government will give go get a gift a 60 more 1000000 euros afford to fund a show and so long overdue a visit but at last does happen so that was one facet at least of that visit but it also comes at a time when anti semitism is on the right here in germany she touched on that didn't she yes she does she talks about it and you know. italian writer primitive a who is us who was a survivor of auschwitz concentration camp had sayed these has happened therefore it can happen again and i was very much in the spirit that i go america or warned against the rise of n. to semitism she said auschwitz teaches us that we can't turn a blind eye to do those who are persecuted today at a time of rising and to semitism and increased attacks on liberal democracy and

here in germany indeed we see the rise of anti-semitism see we saw a few weeks ago only did the attack in harlow where 2 people were killed in front of the synagogue and semantic. attack so definitely the president is very much was very much here out of his today and it's almost hard to fathom because of course the horrors of the holocaust here in germany all well so what is behind this rise in anti semitism well you know while i was watching the ceremony today i was also talking to a cd cunningsburgh who is one of the representatives of the jewish community here in germany and he was telling me that. jewish the jewish community here in germany wishes for more education more. work in german schools so as to tell people what has happened 18 years ago you know like the there were survivors of the desk camps today at that ceremony but for how much longer they are and and ninety's they

were soon there will be no one who has actually witnessed the horrors perpetrated by the nazis to testify to say that that had happened and that's why does coming more asians are paramount not only for germany but does so for the rest of the world to remember and to understand what happened so that it never happens again right i mean there has been commemoration here in germany set up until this point without taking a look at how germany needs to move forward on that how has germany dealt with its past and its culture of remembrance to this point the reason culture of remembrance like i haven't seen in many other places there is a monument to that to what actually ended up america named a subject of shame for germany in 2008 as she stood at the easterly apology and the knesset and she say that for for us germans i quote her for us germans this is this is a moment of shame in our history and she say that again today when she said we cannot

undo the past we have to be able to remember it so as not to repeat it and i think that's why she's she it took her a long time to attend that ceremony and also she is a. traveling to poland so objective of attending a ceremony out it took a long time but at least today she had a very strong words and she really stood against anti-semitism especially since it's on the rise here in germany absolutely a strong message indeed from the german chancellor d.w. political correspondent a man who had a chance thanks so much indeed. well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world france is facing more disruption as the country's largest public sector strike for decades and has its 2nd day it's already caused severe disruption to public transport schools and hospitals workers are protesting against president money remark hans plans to reform the pension system. a teenager has admitted attempting to

murder a 6 year old french boy who was thrown from the 10th floor viewing platform at london's tate modern gallery in august jonty bravery from west london who was 17 at the time of the instant admitted the charge at the central criminal court he'll be sentenced in february. 3 people have been killed by an aviation student at a major u.s. navy base in pensacola florida the shooter who was a 2nd lieutenant in saudi arabia's air force was shot dead by law enforcement 12 more people were hurt in the attack which is the 2nd deadly shooting at a u.s. military site this week. well young a climate activists have taken to the streets in madrid as the city hosts the u.n. climate conference the cop 25 now they're demanding urgent action from world leaders to tackle the climate emergency swedish activists created to invoke join them during the demo now she'll be taking part in the u.n. summit after making the journey to madrid across the atlantic by catamaran and she

refuses to fly due to the carbon emissions now at the end of the march she made an impassioned plea to the international community take a listen we are in the middle. climate and ecological emergency. and we need to start treating this crisis like a crisis and we need to step out of our comfort so. and that is what we are doing right now we are stepping out of our comfort zones telling the people in power that they must take their responsibility and protect huge jury present generations. great to tune their their well caught a fleeting take choice now is head of climate science an impact and a scientific advisor to climate analytics he joins us now from the great thank you very much for joining us now climate strikes like those taking place today may have helped jolt the climate crisis to the top of the agenda but for many people you

know is there enough action concrete action well thank you very much for having me and greetings good evening from madrid. well you know climate action needs to happen on different levels i'm currently be a definitely not seeing enough climate action by governments so it is a matter of fact and the science is very clear that if the climate targets that we are currently seeing by governments we all failed to achieve the $1.00 to be target so we need to have increased. over the next year and by 2020 countries around the world need to establish new climate targets in order to get us on track for the person we need them but on from the ground swell from the bottom up and this is i think you know the youth is really championing that you have the if scene of an unprecedented movement of the global populace speaking up for climate action so this is also next into the 2nd it was definitely affecting governments and also there's plenty of chairs and you do have to wonder why governments aren't taking a greater steps you're a scientist do you feel that the scientific community is being listened to or not

when it comes to climate change. well they're different governments around the world and one special thing about these you and you know she asians and really a thing most of all very much appreciate is that more and 190 countries come here and let's say the vulnerable hundreds the small island states the least developed countries coastal developing countries they all calling for climate action many of them actually taking and bush's climate action at home trying to become climate neutral trying to really you know get themselves on track and they are also here since since the chain's calling big emitting countries little addiction so if you talk about governments which publish right or even be a little bit more specific and speak of those who are actually causing the climate crisis of course those who are you know most affected are taking the biggest steps in terms of those countries that all the big image is causing the bulk of the problem what should they do they should.

i think scientifically we can even say they should take to the climatological in such a deeply and even economically prudent position because that is by no renewable energy sources and alternative technologies are becoming competitive even in many countries the cheapest options for energy so investing in those rather than investing in fossil infrastructure also have all the negative side effects of air pollution and what have you is the way to go is the future is the technology of the 21st century and i think this transition needs to happen it happens in some states it happens in some countries faster than another's but we really need to have a great great push to double down our assets there right. now from climate analytics thanks for your insights thank you very much for mitt accused of raping and killing a 27 year old woman have been shot dead by police in india authorities say that the men were killed as they try to escape custody now that the case is spock's nationwide protests over violence against women and some people have been

celebrating the suspects deaths. a hero's welcome hundreds gathered to shower police with gifts as news of the suspects death spread people across india have praised the actions of these police after years of anger over authorities slow response to rising sexual violence against women on the beat of what bush i will many are all glad today the victim was the daughter of our societies so we have all gotten justice from now on whenever someone even thinks of doing such a thing they will think long and hard before doing it to me it's a lesson learned 3 years authorities say the men were brought to the suspected crime scene to reenact their alleged killing police say the suspects then tried to seize their weapons and escape the officers responded by opening fire for the family of the victim who cannot be named for legal reasons justice has been served

'd. but i would like to thank and congratulate the regional government police and all those who supported me i hurt my daughter so it's now in peace. with. the men were suspected of raping murdering and burning the body of a 27 year old woman last week she was found under a bridge the next day. but not everyone is celebrating the suspects deaths 7 family members of the accused man were distraught at the news the 4 men had not been formally charged with any crime opposition groups accuse police of taking the law into their own hands to pacify the public they are calling for a store investigation. now for a look at some of the day's top stories the united nations says at least 208 people have been killed and at least 7000 arrested in iran must demonstrations broke out

in november when the government suddenly increased fuel prices the u.n. has called for the immediate release of anyone in arbitrary detention. saudi arabia's state owned oil company around coke has completed the world's biggest share sale raising more than $25000000000.00 for just 1.5 percent of the firm around coke is now confirmed as the most valuable company in the world. germany's a social democratic party has confirmed its new leadership do you owe know about a boy and saskia aeschines a new leaders want to change the party's coalition agreement with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives now merkel's c.d.u. party is expected to find their ideas on palatable prompting speculation that the governing coalition could be in danger the s.p.d. says that is a discussion for another day. the s.p.d. in celebration remote now it's official saskia s can and no but vital boyens are to

usher in a new era for the social democrats. 75.9 percent of the delegates voted for s. can and about a boy runs got 809.2 percent of the vogues a mandate for the 2 grand coalition skeptics rather nice to know that and i stood for election so we could help be a speedy return to the values that the social democrats once stood for recognizability credibility steadfastness. with a week ago party members nominated the a decision that rocked german media leading s.p.d. politicians expressed concerns that s been invited boyens would try to dissolve the grand coalition with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. but no one will be talking about this on the 1st day of the party conference and now all division and tension are off the agenda is in we are in this coalition and we are in a democracy and we must be prepared to make compromises but they have to be

justified by the muslim what we stand for in. the new leadership team is keen to appeal to its left wing supporters but only to a point. they don't want to make a sudden break with the union be smart i was and still am skeptical about the future of the grand coalition i haven't changed my mind but with this proposal we are giving the coalition a realistic chance of being able to continue no more than that but also no less meaningful now there will be meetings with the c.d.u. c.s.u. to discuss possible tweaks to the coalition contract but young social democrats skeptical i wonder if that will happen the signs we're getting from the union is that it won't but at least we will have tried. the missing it's by now we've got to look at what we haven't yet achieved and what we could do in the next 2 years that should be the basis of any decision we make about continuing with a grand coalition. and so the grand coalition has been given

a new deadline and the s.p.d. another chance. and our chief political editor is following yesterday's party conference for us this evening in burlington even do these new leaders mean the party will shift further to the left. well they're certainly sounding more to the left on key issues like the minimum wage also the climate change package they were packed they want to reopen and also they want more investment at the same time they're making a lot of noise but they simply don't seem to have the stomach both in new leadership and the delegates here to crash out of the so-called grand coalition was going to americans conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. so what could have been the beginning of a deep government crisis simply was called off the revolution didn't happen but that undertow is part of the rebranding the s.p.d. is certainly striving for so what does that potential lean to the left mean for the

governing coalition with angela merkel's conservatives that. while it means another simmering crisis let's face it 2 years into this coalition the cold. deal already foresaw reassessing what had been achieved or what needs to be changed yesterday is somewhat up the ante here they will be sitting down with the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. of uncle americal and both sides most likely will have to get something out of it to save their own faces but i think that what we might see is yet another tough wrangling a lot of noise and the bottom line is a still less stable but continuing government let me tell you when we last spoke last week there was this idea of dropping out of the grand coalition all together that idea appears to be scrapped for now but certainly the youth the way they were very much behind it so will they be disappointed. but they didn't sound

disappears when i spoke to them here and that's mostly because kevin 2 was the mastermind behind this new leadership duel here the wild card really winning this he himself has now become part of the s.p.d. leadership he's a deputy in that board so he's somewhat switched sides he says he's 30 now he needs to take more responsibility i think the next couple of weeks will so whether even the youth organization has become more tame faced with 13 percent in the polling and a claim to government power that nobody here really wants to give a. system of a chance for schools and hospitals have been seriously disrupted. france's high speed trains at a standstill confusion at the stations in paris as travel show jewels are disrupted for a 2nd day in fact transport as a whole has been hardest hit by the public sector strike with nearly

a 3rd of all workers staying home. pens are down at schools too with more than half of public teachers walking out that means no extra curricular activities and after school child care. trade unions are calling for continued protests piling the pressure on president emanuel mccraw to back down on pension reforms but the strain is taking its toll across the board as somebody who is just another wasted day like yesterday you can't go to work and you can't go to school i went be able to catch up that annoys me actually you know wolf it appears. life is difficult i see people right here living on the street i'm concerned about the pension and the unemployment so i'm in favor of the strike. move persia's suits off and i am supporting them i'm not taking part because i have to go to work but i am behind them this was all for. the unions and risk not being in tune with the public if the

strikes carry on without bearing fruit but the government cannot afford to see the country ground to a halt indefinitely at the moment it's a battle of who can hold on the longest. tennis star and i was the accu will retire from the game off to next month's australian open the former top ranked player in the women's game one that event in 2018 but later announced she has rheumatoid arthritis now she is currently ranked $37.00 in the wild and a social media announcement was an iraqi said her retirement has nothing to do with her health and everything to do with starting a family. turning to football now the biggest game of the born disney get season awaits fans this weekend with leaders mention bloodbath hosting champions by munich blood back when their last game with relative ease after by and suffered a shock to feet they skirt be a crucial match up in the title race. it will be the biggest game in years for

barouche him and she got back to surprise leaders of the bundesliga all relishing the visit by in munich knowing a win would put them ahead $57.00 points ahead of the champions off to 14 games. are used to fighting for food spot and the champions league places but this season they are off light friedberg well that makes his victims last sunday it was their classy display in the 4 to win which really stood out well what's goes are becoming a key feature of top best play and coach marco who's a says there will be no change against by. that but on supply yes we have to stay true to ourselves stay true to our principles and our way of playing well and that's very important but of course against byron you also needed to be your lucky day has to. be such that he wasn't by ns lucky day last weekend day lost 21 at home to buy and later p.c. it was a 1st defeat for injury coach pansy flick but they created plenty of chances in the

game so no one 4th placed by and is panicking just yet. the man soft the team has enough experience and they have enough quality to be able to rectify the situations with us to come. but another buy and slip up means gladbach could end the weekend as a clear front runners in the bundesliga title race. and are minded out of the top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel has made have 1st official visit to the forum at auschwitz death count can pose and clocking the 10th anniversary of the foundation in charge of preserving the morial auschwitz was the nazis not just death count during the 2nd while. you're watching the news i'll be back in just a few moments time to take you through the day to educate the. we'll get the latest news on our web site that is e.w. dot com thanks for your company and sings versus.

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