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this is day the big news live from germany raises its security alerts after wednesday night's deadly right wing extremist attack as communities more on the 10 victims the government steps up the police presence across the country the interior minister describes far rights terrorism as a very serious threat also on the program south korea takes steps to contain the coronavirus the number of confirmed cases that has quadrupled in just 2 days the world health organization warns that time is running up to bring the disease under control. to rainsford for an impala once perturbs has been low following the
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opposition call to boycott the election we'll explain why this is working hard line leaders. i'm still going to welcome to the program we start with the aftermath of the shootings in the german city of 100 interior minister jose hoffa has promised a stronger police presence across germany to counter what he describes as a very high security threat from the far right in followers wednesday night's terror attack in the city in which 10 people many of turkish and kurdish descent were shot dead by a suspected right wing extremist the city which is near frankfurt has a multi-ethnic population of about 100000 d.w. husbands inmates a relative of one of the victims the kurdish cultural center and how now has become
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a place of grief and suffering many who knew the victims of the far right terrorism here have come to pay their respects to fear hot a 23 year old heating technician who was gunned down as he tried to buy cigarettes . just strips of us that's the worst of it fair wanted to do something good for the people of. his grandfather was a guest worker who helped pave the streets of havana. for had wanted to give people a warm place to call home noise that's no longer possible i didn't you can barely sleep he's a relative a fair hans who he says was a person who loved life. he wants politicians and civil society to do more to combat racism. it's and slow doesn't mean shit people know it's getting real people died young people like you and me lost their lives you know it's time to do something and it's high time just as theist. now there is also the question of more protection for immigrants and their descendants. most
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a firearm has lived in germany since 1988 but the shop owner does not want to be ruled by fear when they put it is really still have to protect my store why should they stand around for 12 hours just waiting for you live in fear then you will just stay home and never quite. 18 months to once to feel free and not lose the courage to face life in memory of the victims of far right terrorism. after all this is the tossed given to all these people and we won't be intimidated because i don't want to place protection wherever i go person i know i want to be able to walk freely to the market and smoke my shisha there. and to not let all the happiness be taken from life but 1st the pain must be put behind them. well what is behind this rise of right wing extremism in germany let's discuss it with john lives that is german politician from the green party is also
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a former member of parliament welcome back to d.w. mr mclean. we know violence is increasing in germany we've heard about i'm just amazed at times we had the interior minister talking about 3 right wing attacks in the last year alone why is this happening this is happening because the atmosphere and the climate which is especially caused by the hour if day is something like a call for people like the one who killed these 9 innocent people just their state so you have you have to keep in mind these kind of terror attacks are not seldom they are happening we had highly this guy when they were tried to enter is to not go and kill people were there inside this in just last week we had this group tonico which you planned 10 texts in 10 different. mosques in 10
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different cities to somehow start a civil war the reason why this is happening now is in the last years of the pullets politics and want to inside and secure security forces on the other hand side didn't keep an eye on right wing terrorism which is unfortunately now a reality in germany and we're going to hear now from what we know that leaders of germany's muslim communities i gave a conference a news conference saying believe me today we'll hear from i'm on my 2nd as head of the german muslim council. community border to us there is a lot of outrage in the community people are afraid they're angry many of them have long ago lost trust in the security services and the police to win back their trust we need concrete measures and we need a long term change in our discourse be the i'm a 21st century we cannot be debating whether or not muslims are at home in germany
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we are well integrated and have been at home here for a long time and it's always it's not an issue is in fact so. is the thing we had. we don't want special pleading with we all germans a sense that was the message that you were talking about the environment created by right wing extremists being able to effectively act with impunity but why germans voting for the why of germans looking at them and thinking i have to say that's what i want i don't know if i would have the answer to that question i would be somewhere else and fighting this the reason maybe is that of course 1st to asia and . job losses especially in the east etc etc but this is not an excuse this is not an excuse to blame at minorities point at minorities and point at
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muslims were meanwhile part of the society for decades i mean and this is the got the ones where we got killed just yesterday were mostly could and turkish they were muslims and this is a chain of terror attacks since the last 2030 years we have to remind on murder very turkish family was killed or insulting in the end as you murders there has been a history of this is that this didn't start with exactly or they didn't start out if they created a new climate the new. atmosphere where these kind of right wing ideologies can spread easily while our security forces intelligence was watching them has eyes closed on the metal from germany scream party thank you. that's what i saw on the corona virus outbreak the world health organization is warning
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that the world must act quickly to get the disease under control because the window of opportunity is closing the w.h.o. is concerned about a surge in cases with no clear link to china which is at the epicenter of the outbreak although the total number of cases outside china remains relatively small we are concerned about the number of cases with no clear epidemiology can link such as travel history to china or contact with a confirmed case. shows particularly concerned about the spread of coronavirus in iran which has confirmed 18 cases in 2 days travelers from iran have also carried coverage 19 to lebanon and to canada in northern italy 8 more people have tested positive in some towns and closed schools and other public places a cluster has developed in south korea where the number of cases has quadrupled to more than 200 in just 2 days. most
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teams dispatched in daegu to disinfect the site of the country's worst mass outbreak of the coronavirus. the shins church of jesus where 61 year old woman attended services while infected health authorities describe it as a super spreading event the mayor has advised people to stay indoors raising fears that this city of 2500000 is the next global hotspot for the virus. there. with more cases here in daegu than in seoul i'm worried the day going to become the 2nd we'll hand. it to the charge should have been more careful with. the church has a reputation as a cult and south korea and issued this apology we are deeply sorry that one of our
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members thought of her condition as a cold because she had not traveled abroad led to many in our church being infected and cause concern to the local community. this is day goes temporary treatment center where people are showing symptoms. more than 80 church members have confirmed infections. and there could be many more. far we have checked with 4475 church members and among them 544 answered that they had symptoms so they are undergoing the virus test we have obtained a list of remaining church members and are taking measures. so is also on edge over the virus health workers retrace the path of a coronavirus patient who reportedly used to train authorities have also banned rallies to fight the outbreak. some families aren't taking any chances
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missing big life events like this father's own university graduation and watching it online. with the explosion of infections hitting the country many south koreans worry the worst is yet to come. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a climate activist present totenberg has joined 20000 demonstrators in the german city of hamburg the fridays for future protests comes 2 days ahead of local elections and politicians also attended the demo. in the german state of to re-engineer politicians across the board are said to have agreed to circle stability pact it's a means to block the far right after the party playing a role in policymaking mainstream parties have agreed on a transitional government out and new local elections in april next year.
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prince harry and his wife maggie to drop in their sussex royal brown they spring that you can duchess of sussex or wanted to use the label the charitable foundation spoke station in clothing the move comes after the couple stepped back as active royals and moved to canada. voting in iran's parliamentary elections and it after having been extended by 4 hours because of the low turners many iranians boycotted the election not good by the country's leaders decision to bar almost half the candidates the vote comes amid ongoing economic hardship because of crippling u.s. sanctions. during the last election in tehran people stood in line for hours to vote at the polling station in this mosque but very few came here this morning whoever is voting clings to a desperate hope for a better economic outlook. even half a can back me if i vote i want the candidates to take effective action and do more
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than just talk we just want them to help us. but supporters of more moderate figures are out of luck the guardian council made up of clerics and jurists disqualified more than half of all would be candidates including well known reformers people like there was no mahdi a member of parliament hard. miners are likely to sweep the election. but if i think this election will decide the country's fate if people simply don't want to go to the polls for the opposing side yet. many voters are apathetic about the election but the country's economy battered by mismanagement and u.s. sanctions the downing of a ukrainian airliner in january destroyed what little confidence in the leadership has left young iranians in particular are staying away from the bad just look at the situation here why are we expected to go and express support for this many iranians believe the results will be of little importance to conservatives and
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hardliners will tighten their grip on parliament but voter turnout which could reach historic lows will be keen an expression of widespread dissatisfaction with government policies. it's bought for the want seems have been testing the new engines ahead of the start of the 2020 season next month things didn't go according to plan for team ferrari and german driver sebastian fattal in dos alone a fact was a 4 time champion and suffered engine trouble scott just stops on the track late in the kicks the crew confused he even climbed out to take a look but to no avail team ferrari haven't won a championship since 2008 and they say they will investigate the failure. in germany's blunders legal procedure dortmund fans will be banned from attending matches of hoffenheim for the next 2 seasons for unsportsmanlike behavior that's according to the german football association brasier dortmund fans insulted hoffenheim zona deep mohawk during the bundesliga much in hoffenheim back in
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december and that was the 2nd offense against the last season don't when fans held up offensive down as a tough and hundreds well i don't know and was fined 50000 euros and have to compensate half and hung from lost revenue during the back to business news with rob what's the game's next here on the w well world views of the top of the hour i'm going to. what secrets lie behind us why. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. t.w. world heritage 360 get the app now. to use crime fighters are back to africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season for
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