the ends justify the means. to james witnesses starts december 13th on t.w. . this means deal with the news line from berlin this history must be told over and over again the words of german chancellor angela merkel on her 1st official visit to the auschwitz death camp she says remembering the nazis bob darrick murder of millions of jews and others is a responsibility that never ends a pledge that congress at a time of growing and he semitism and nationalism also coming out. bushfires in

australia combined to form a mega fine nice evening which crusade is too big to put out the country's largest city is shrouded in a cloud with toxic smoke. climate activists created joins thousands of young people on a march through madrid is a mounting world leaders take real action on climate change. and germany's social democrats formally endorsed tooth new leaders who are skeptical about their party's governing coalition with chancellor merkel's conservatives. welcomed german chancellor angela merkel has made her 1st official visit to the former al. death camp the site in poland was the nazis largest death camp during

the 2nd world war chancellor merkel's visit marked 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 that were committed there . it's foremost midday 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 camp the murder machine. by 945 more than a 1000000 people had been killed here by the nazis. silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister this is the place where the german shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german

chancellor has put through his gate beneath the sign with the cynical slogan work sets you free a survivor delinquents the cruelty he experienced as a child at the hands of the germans tells michael how much these prisoners yearned to be free. and get a good. courtroom since the beginning since august 1944 when i 1st arrived we were asking when it is that we can be free. starvation novia cropland the cap law factor aster i would say well if you want to be free the judges that go there and you see the chimneys. that is how you will be free record you should go just a commune america michael 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 listed 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 a few and fewer survivors remain that is why this memorial site is so important the german chancellor promised to make 16000000 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 do tell your correspondent thomas barrett was at the memorial ceremony and he sent us his impressions of the chancellor's speech this was uncle of course 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 guilt 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 knotty semitism. thomas now to some of the other stories making news around the world tesla co-founder has been found not guilty of defamation by a court in los angeles a british cave explorer had brought the lawsuit against moscow after he had branded him a court. the plaintiff vernon unsworth was seeking $190000000.00 in damages from mosque. british opposition leader jeremy cool been and prime minister boris johnson have gone head to head in

a final pre-election televised debate koeppen argued that democratic socialism had worked well in britain in the past and it would again bring prosperity to the poor johnson said only a dynamic market economy would improve public services. crowds in india have praised the police off today shot dead 4 men accused of raping and killing a 27 year old woman authorities say the men were killed as they tried to risk a custody case nationwide protests. to australia now where several bushfires have joined together north of sydney to form what's being called a mega fire the huge blaze is burning out of control in an area stretching some 60 kilometers authority the authorities say the fire is just too big to put out bushfires a common in australia but meteorologists say climate change is exacerbating the fire season and therefore costing more hot dry and windy conditions in the coming

days. some of the flames the 30 meters high this footage was taken by a fireman on his phone east in australia has been plagued by bushfires for weeks now at least 8 smaller fires have merged into a mega fire 16 kilometers long fire patrols are being tested to the limit. for that if there's a 3rd rate of fire mortars i mean. bushfires are not uncommon in australia but this year they've started unusually early for years large parts of the country have suffered extreme drought in such conditions fires start easily and spread rapidly. you're very mournful those farms a huge amount of smoke the smoke is going to new zealand. communities that far away so those 4 hours are significant the. sydney's

famous skyline is envelop in a veil of smoke the city is just 75 kilometers from one of the main fire source says it's suffering some of the worst small get ever more heat drought and wind forecast and that means the fires burning. well change is coming that's the message to knit teenage climate activists. the world leaders who she says aren't taking the threat of global warming seriously enough she was speaking to a rally of demonstrators in the spanish couple's capital madrid that's where the u.n. is holding the latest round of talks on implementing the landmark 2015 paris climate accord. a clear demonstration of anger on the streets of madrid. tens of thousands of people gathered to demand politicians do more about the climate crisis. among them indigenous people from latin america including the from chile.

the climate conference was due to be held there but moved to madrid following social unrest. that he was glad was that women are a mist clear politicians need to be more ambitious and listen to the people that it's all about his this would settle a man he must miss about assignments in crisis we need a solution as quickly as possible and on this. the outcome of the 1st few days of the conference has been decided the mediocre industrial nations in particular are dragging their feet one issue has been the damage caused by global warming many affected countries are demanding financial support from wealthier nations some are even threatening litigation swedish climate activist where the tune berg was accorded a pop star's welcome. she too expressed deep frustration. the climate crisis is still being ignored by those in power and we can't go on like

this it is not the sustainable solution that children skip school demonstrators are hoping their efforts will put pressure on the conference delegates and provide much needed momentum for the week of talks. or germany's social democrats have formally confirmed the new leadership was a boy. the new leaders want changes to their party's coalition agreement with chancellor merkel's conservatives merkel c.d.u. party is expected to find their ideas unpalatable prompting speculation that the governing coalition could be in danger the s.p. day says that's a discussion for another day. i the s.p.d. in celebrates a remote now it's official saskia and skin and no but vita boyens are to usher in a new era for the social democrats. 75.9 percent of the delegates voted for skin and about a boy and scott 89.2 percent of the

a mandate for the 2 grand coalition skeptics never nice to know that and i stood for election so we could help the s.p.d. return to the values that the social democrats once stood for recognizability credibility steadfastness summit or it was a week ago party members nominated a decision that rocked german media leading s.p.d. politicians expressed concerns that esk an invite to boy 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 and they muslim what we stand for in. the new lead. team is keen to appeal to its left wing supposes but only to a point they don't want to make

a sudden break with the union be smart and 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 time now we've got to look at what we haven't yet achieved and what we can 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. will bundesliga football now in the 15th match day of the season kicked off on

friday night with frankfurt hosting have to berlin and then new coach you're going klinsmann the legendary player manager was looking for his 1st win and despite the run of play his team took the lead in the 30th minute don't you look at bank here with the goal to lighting teams run in fact how to talk a 2 nil lead but they couldn't hold the lead sebastiano border tied up in the 60 in the 86 minute for france 3rd to the final score. and looking ahead the biggest game of the bundesliga sees the no whites fans this weekend with the leaders mentioned bloodbath hosting champions by and munich won their last game with relative ease while by and suffered a shock defeat this could be a crucial match up in the title race. this will be the biggest game in years for. the surprise leaders of the blues league. all relishing the visit of y. in munich knowing a win would put them ahead 57 points ahead of the champions off to 14 games but are

used to fighting for food spot and the champions league places but this season day off light freiburg with their latest victims last sunday it was their classy display in the 4 to win which really stood out well what's goals are becoming a key feature of the best play and coach mako says there will be no change it gets by past. but 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 bayani also need it's be your lucky day was through it all to. be such that he wasn't by ins lucky day last weekend they lost 21 at home to buy and later keys i it was a 1st defeat for interim coach andy flick but they created plenty of chances in the game so no one 4th placed by and is panicking just yet.

the man soft 15 has enough experience and they have enough quality to be able to rectify the situations with us to come. but another by and slip up means gladbach could end the weekend as a clear front runners in the bundesliga title race. you're watching news from berlin christine one is up next on news africa you can follow us on twitter at news or going to d.w. dot com and our. literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see as the kids time struggle and growing up. right. to. work and. you know the books on you too.

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