as for. going to listen 2020 to 50000 the 1st 3 years on. the at. the at. this is that every news life from berlin germany calls us to honor the victims of a racist terror attack great now german leaders are joining survivors relatives and supporters for a memorial in the western town of qana out a far right gunman shot 10 people dead there last month sending shock waves to the country's minority communities.

thank you so much for joining us for our special coverage of the memorial service in the town of hono germany's leaders are gathering there right now together with thousands among them survivors and relatives to remember the victims of the racially motivated attack a far a gunman shot 9 people dead in shisha bars there 2 weeks ago he then went on to kill his mother before turning the gun on himself well the initial outpouring of grief in this city soon led to demonstrations not only in han alley itself but across the country people took to the streets to call on their governments to redouble its efforts in dealing with far right extremists well in the aftermath the german chancellor angela merkel described racism as a poison in society she's attending the memorial service today and. we will bring

you german president frank of the star meyers speech live. but as we wait for him to stay to address the crowd at the memorial like to introduce to you my colleague your political correspondent kate brady because kate you were there when the news broke of this horrifying attack how was the town coping now but of course the town is still in very much in a state of shock and certainly of course 2 weeks ago today that the attack happened and this is taken some time to sink in and about 15000 people are actually set to turn out on the streets of hanau this evening so that they can watch this memorial live on huge screens that have been set up and of course that's very important and it's part of the message really the locals to her now we're trying to send in the days following this attack is that they remain united and it was about coming together united in

a sign of solidarity against hate against far right extremism and showing that they remain united as a multicultural town and we're showing a live pictures now from the memorial service which will get underway momentarily but in the meantime kate the attack has been described by some as a wakeup call for this country germany what has changed in the meantime it's just been 2 weeks understand but still has the government implemented new measures well already at the end of last year we saw a draft of new measures coming in with the government announcing that there would be $600.00 new roles divided between the german and german criminal police office and also some for domestic intelligence the domestic intelligence agency. mainly to focus on networks far right extremist networks instead of focusing just on the signaller people but of course this issue of fall right extremist violence has been simmering for some time now because this. a shooting in hanau just 2 weeks ago the

deadly shooting was the 3rd deadly fall right extremist attack within less than a year of course you'll remember maybe just last june we saw the shooting and killing of a local politician votto live could who had advocated rights for refugees he'd voice on several occasions that he was pro refugee and also then of course in october we then saw they and to some mistake attack in hama pretty harrowing harrowing at time to see all of those things unfolding here in this country of us so let's go to the memorial service or where performance is taking place right now . so it's. supposed. to. show. and i'm

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singer here in germany with a very moving tribute. and. we're going to take a closer look now at the events that led to the tragedy and ha now kate prepared the following report for you have now a small town in western germany left in mourning after a far right extremist terror attack 9 people were killed on february 19th when the suspects to be as open fire into she was all of the victims were foreign descent. i'm returning home the 43 year old shot his mother twice before turning the gun on himself relatives and locals will last 3 laying. the word hero to you. my child was murdered here she was only 35 years

old she came here to eat a pizza and drink a coke and she was shot down. i ask all of have to understand what happened here a tragedy. where devastated and the children. who . all sources say the suspect showed signs of a quote deeply racist mentality in a video posted online just days before the attack to b.s. advocate a racist views and shed conspiracy theories in response to the killings the german interior ministry vow to up security around germany. since we will increase police presence across germany. and we will increase surveillance at sensitive locations particularly small. but they attack us spots a much bigger debate over germany's problem with racism and far right extremism now

locals and relatives want to see politicians condemnation of the attack bring about concrete action. the report by brady is with me here of course what made it the rampage just so poignant is the fact that a lot of people members of minority communities here in germany felt they are not safe anywhere i mean this in happened in eastern germany. and a very isolated place this you know these were people who were just went out for pizza or you know go to shisha bar and most laid back a place that you can go to so was that what you felt when you went and talked to the victims over there a sense. in the couple of days after the attack when when i was there spoke to a lot of locals and there was this sense of it could have been me i spoke to people especially of turkish and kurdish descent who have small businesses as well in the town of said you know do i do i certainly need to have police presence on my

doorstep do i need to be watching behind me when i'm walking down the street because i look slightly different or because my name isn't a typical german name do i need to be extra careful where i go do i need to go home before a certain time and so there is this sense of fear that came out of this attack which many people said they hadn't felt before they hadn't necessarily always not had any problems when it comes to racism even in hum now and that was something that was voiced as well that people had had small issues before because of their skin color or because of the name but they still never expected that someone would go and open fire on to she should bars in what is a racially motivated attack a far right terror attack let's talk about the gunman do we know more about what motivated him to go on that rampage well prosecutors have now said he had. a deeply racist mentality and that he also suffered from psychological problems and of

course we know that in the days ahead of this attack he actually wrote a manifesto he also posted a video online in which he condoned rather racist views and and supported races fuchsia say and and also voiced some conspiracy theories as well and we also know that he was actually already known to prosecution but it was actually he himself was last november filed a criminal complaint claiming that there was an unknown secret intelligence agency that was tapping into people's brains according to this man to control world events so clearly this. as someone who was very mentally unstable but also held very strong racist well right views and as part of the investigation is now authorities working to see exactly how he was radicalized of course nowadays online plays a huge role videos that are out that sometimes very easily accessible on you tube

as well and so those investigations are still underway to see exactly how and to what extent he was linked to the far right scene here in germany which of course we've seen grow in size in recent years and exactly how that was able to happen this radicalization which led to this deadly attack kate thank you so very much stick around because the memorial service is under way we will go to it as soon as president of. meyer addresses the memorial service there but for now i want to bring up to speed with some of the other stories that we're tracking for you where we are going to head to greece where tensions over migration have led to violence scenes on the country's border to turkey it was triggered when turkey said it would no longer stop migrants in its territory from trying to reach the european union while since then border guards have been using force to repel thousands of migrants

trying to cross into greece many of them are refugees fleeing war zones in syria and beyond but after finding europe's doors shut they've now become stranded outside the turkish city. or shots and tear gas at the greek turkish border tensions are rising here as a new chapter in the migrant crisis unfolds turkey accused greece of killing a migrant and wounding others on wednesday athens says the allegations are fake news people desperate to reach the european union are stuck in limbo wanted by both countries with no safe place to return to. in monte home i don't have a home i have nothing to go back to if i ever turned i would have to start from the beginning so going forward is the only option for me and my son. god i want to.

go to good as we've been here for 4 days there's no food nothing then they didn't open the border i need to go back it's been days. he you council president child michele met with turkish president wretch of tayyip erdogan in ankara for crisis talks europe has now offered an additional $170000000.00 euros for vulnerable groups within syria but he was officials say that this decision to open turkey's borders has not increased trust between the 2 sides. and we can take you now to our correspondent you'll johann she joins us from turkey just across the border from greece a good to have you with us. the the situation along the border is very much an ongoing situation but there have been some very disturbing reports of the greek border patrol fighting with tear gas and even shooting at migrants last refugees what can you tell us about these reports. well these incidents

happened earlier today at one of the main border crossings between tacky and griese where apparently hundreds all the migrants are still waiting demanding passage to greece to european union territory we were in the area but as journalists we are not to allowed anywhere near this border crossing so we hurt the shots that were fired we saw smoke and later the reports as they were coming in we understood that greek border police was again using tear gas to hold people back but the greek side also says tear gas had been fired from within the crowd of migrants towards the greek side and later videos have been shed on what's up apparently filmed by refugees apparently showing how injured people had been carried away turkish officials have shared similar videos with us and they are now saying one palace and was killed by the great border guards who according to officials had been using

live ammunition now that's something the greeks strongly denies they dismiss this as fake news and that's basically the problem here reporting about the situation at the border the 2 sides turkey and greece are trading accusations and blame and it's very difficult to understand the facts to understand what's actually true and what's not yes exactly i mean that's what they say don't they in war the 1st casualty is the truth what does this mean for migrants this escalation that we're witnessing unfold right now. well at the migrants and refugees here in the area it seems are constantly being moved or they moved to other places so it's difficult for us reporters out to actually follow them and to get axes because turkish authorities are somehow restricting that as well but i assume since there are apparently according to the figures we have still thousands

of people here in the area they are now preparing for another. tough night here at night to get some very cold people have nothing more than a few blankets they light fires to stay warm yesterday we've seen many families here still with small children it's very tough for them but we also saw a lot of bosses today offering rides back to istanbul for 80 turkish lira which is like 12 a euros so some families particularly families with a small children they have returned to istanbul either people we talked to say there are determined to stay here and wait no matter if it takes days weeks or months they say we have nothing to lose we want to go to europe so we have prepaid prepared to wait here all right now turkey wanted to use attention it's certainly security are right now so today's top diplomat promised an additional $170000000.00 euros in aid to turkey to deal with the refugee problem is this

a problem the thing you can buy or pay off. i think it's not really about the money i mean this strategy of prison ed on basically you know trying to ramp up pressure on the european union by sending refugees to the border i think it's not really about the money this is about the situation in syria's. prison edwin's forces are fighting russian backed syrian regime forces there have been deadly clashes that have been losses and he has been warning europe for quite some time now that there is a human catastrophe in the making hundreds of thousands of people in it live have fled to war it's the turkish border they are seeking safety in turkey possibly in europe and that's and once argument he wants international support over the situation there in he wants a no fly zone there and i think this is what this is about this is what he's trying

to get and he's been. in europe and actually that's what critics and observers are generally saying europe has not paid enough attention so far to this issue they have to have more action here on the situation it live and this is what prison edwin wants yulia han not reporting at the turkish greek a border thank you for your continued coverage. now many of those refugees on the border with greece are fleeing the conflict in syria over 1000000 people have been displaced in the country's north amid a surge in violence there well comes a film offering a movie account of people's lives during the war for sama is the debut documentary from self-taught filmmaker wildcats she filmed life inside the city of aleppo over 5 years of war after winning awards at film festivals around the world for some is now being released in germany. some. time soon.

now continue to make sure you can nominate engine. was a university student you know lead. and. in 2012 she joined the uprising against syrian president bashar al assad. she became a citizen journalist documenting the resistance. and the crackdown on the election in a vocal about love of trying to find. some solace. kind of shield him from him on an aversion to. how to make on time you can. consistently you can't move. but get it she captured scenes of suffering.

and moments of joy. amid the chaos. yes her daughter some i was born. you know. some on a modest income to from a child to sleep with. their children she wrote the. mom to come to you from odd. was hard to decide whether to stay and hope for peace. or flee the bombs and bring her daughter to safety.

for summer has one dozens of prizes including best documentary at the british film awards and an oscar nomination. some. subsumption in. a story made for one child now affecting audiences around the world. and tomorrow for some of the oscar nominated film is released here in germany and i am delighted to have the film's narrator producer and co director with me here wide and could see a very or warm welcome. you have decided to call your film a love letter to your daughter why it was like so complicated to know like where to start and how tall like 35 years off this year and like people suffering and hold

at the same time in one story but for me and i have to say it for some of us something at a present thing and affecting the whole struggle that we have a syrians we were looking for a better future for us for our children for the future of our country and for someone like us someone my daughter she is really presenting that in one point now . you started filming very early on when the 1st protests started breaking out on campuses back in 27 you kept filming i wonder did you know what the time it was going to evolve into what it is now like never at all and we at the beginning of that evolution we thought that this is going to be like months or a like you know 2 or 3 months 6 months maximum when the syrian people would be all of all of them in the street and they were chanting for freedom democracy and so we thought like whatever that is human that they were outside is watching and they were stopped and then like it's been 5 years since that time when we were displaced out of our lives and unfortunately 2 years of fighting on the phone at the same

time to see if there's were displaced and now as we live just speaking on the senate now everyone knows what's happening right now and of unfortunately. in 2015 very crucial period in your life you are in aleppo bombs are raining on you incredible things are happening that we can't even imagine you fall in love you meet your husband and you have a daughter there. how is that possible so it's possible because this is what you see it's just one story but it's like the story of every syrian who went through that experience and whole lived inside syria or even outside we needed to have like called we need to call he had that told me even if it's not existed one time when you see like all the death around you and all like the crimes that it's committed like from people like you like syrian people assad regime or one of these people who are committed these crimes and could just normal people who you want to look

for a better future for you and for your children and just try to defend yourself by all of that tate and make more make more whole just to create that space off life around you it's probably difficult to watch the film now when you've you've you want to possibly every word there is and you've been lauded what does it do to you to see you again why. it happened over a long period of time i would say like in one point i'm very proud of making the fed and i make it possible to the old people to know about syria but at the same time mostly i'm very disappointed that now it's been 3 years since we left and we were displaced it's now you can see like what's happening i think when it clipped 3500000 civilians forced to like and there at the attack by the regime and russian forces unfortunately also we are like a card to being between countries from tokyo to greece to the. like to the u.k. to the u.s. and no one is really care about the dignity and the life of the syrian people they

are all just like looking for their benefits and so like really hard to watch you know on something now here but as you've seen and next to the border in greece how many people they are just like literally dying in the cold because they are looking for a better life let's talk a little bit more about that because of course there is a fierce struggle going on there and it seems like persian regime forces are having the upper hand there does that mean that the struggle was for naught all those years all those people who died you know like when when when you think about this you should like think about the whole ward that it's fake about oil companies who speaks about freedom and dignity are fake i don't want to say about this i'm really hoping that this all is targeted whatever it's like i've been looking now for 9 years i believe that freedom and dignity and democracy is part of precious and that's what i'm trying to keep thinking about because every person and syria has

like sacrificed so many soldiers and people and it's all will never be the not for nothing what you make of the fact that the european union now has closed its doors to people from syria i literally can't believe that i'm still alive thinking that there's something there must and that is something something and they will like kordic this big mistakes there's a big chart was coming out this today is about and. coming to syria and after they would war to and i can't believe that the same countries who are speaking about freedom and democracy they are closing their doors in front of kids from the front of like young people who are just looking for a safe place. where the filmmaker thank you thank you so much thank you for coming here. turning to the corona virus now china is reporting another drop in the number of new cases of the infection but the death toll in the country where the virus began is now nearing 3000 elsewhere iran's death toll has risen to 92 the highest

outside china italy has closed all schools and universities across the country for 2 weeks and german airline lufthansa has announced it will ground 150 aircraft due to the court of ira's while meanwhile criticism is growing of the u.s. government for failing to quickly implemented affective testing for the pathogen while knowing if a sick person is infected with the virus is the 1st step in finding out who needs to be quarantined and our next report looks at a testing method developed here in berlin now being used across the world. determining whether or not someone has the corona virus isn't as simple and straightforward as it sounds the process generally begins when a patient complains of symptoms like fever or a dry cough the challenges distinguishing a coded 19 infection from the flu or other respiratory conditions because the symptoms are so similar testing begins with

a swab sample usually taken from the mouth or nose although experts believe mucous coughed up directly from the lungs is a better indicator many of the various tests use a method known as the polymerase chain reaction or p.c.r. but it works like this if a simple contains the corona virus the chemicals in a test kit begin to react with its unique genetic material and start copying it over and over again the copies are tagged with the dye so even when loads of virus are in a sample they grow more and more detectable with each new generation of copies. one such test for the corona virus was developed in berlin back in january by dr coast down to austin and his team who can take several hours to get a positive for a negative result. so we'll look at all recipe orders some specific ingredients that they will receive after like 2 days at the same time order this

smaller cool for us that they will also receive within very short time. and then they can start testing in the last few weeks the w.h.o. has sent some 250000 have to austin's g.c.r. kids to labs across the planet the means to detect the virus quickly will play a vital role in combating it effectively but in parts of the world like africa the technology is still far from common. while many people in coronavirus affected areas are concerned about being stuck at home if they have to self quarantine and that is leading to people stockpiling food and other essentials a supermarket shelves in many countries have been emptied out because of people and buy in australia supermarket chains have had to start rationing toilet paper after shoppers started stockpiling. and he w. reporter all that the car was has that story you weren't in that story for us what

is going on yet so this stockpiling began over the weekend after the 1st coronavirus death was reported in australia and of most appalling of toilet paper in australia is not a not something that is necessary 1st of all it's not a product that stops the spread of the virus there's no shortage of it and it's not strictly necessary for survival you know in the apocalypse but then it buying a panic buying if the product is not a rational thing you might not be concerned about the outbreak yourself but you see other people's thoughts of buying this one product and then you start buying it and then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy people fear that there might be a source shortage and that can lead to a shortage now saying that there is no shortage in australia sources are saying that there are enough stocks of toilet paper but of course this has you know there's now a hash tag toilet paper gate in the trailer and people have been posting photos like this someone suggesting that if you direct your kids in toilet paper maybe they will be protected from the virus and the prime minister your heart.

although it is a bit baffled by by this happening but they do assure people that this new puncheons can meet this spike in money that's all really funny and they've got a great sense of humor but there is a really serious side to stockpiling there is in many places people have been stockpiling protective equipment and this is the problem the world health organization have been saying to many countries can be compromised because they wouldn't there isn't enough protective equipment like face masks and sometimes those for frontline health medical workers we have some examples in italy tortillas have started ceasing medical equipment as being sold at inflated prices online hand sanitizer is one product that is sold out in many countries here in germany there are examples of people stealing it from hospital waiting for. and of course the other product face masks and from the president's

a monument cohen has said that the government bureaucracy facemask stalks to make sure that health care workers have enough now experts say when it comes to face mask we shouldn't buy the stocks of the facemask they are not necessarily. effective in protecting us from catching the virus but healthcare workers really do need them when it comes to toilet paper the advice is don't panic this enough for everyone but this is now for a rerun so i was really frightened there is a bit of that i thank you so much greatly appreciate it. meanwhile e sports minister says it's likely all football matches in the country's top league will be played without spectators and a bit to contain the corona virus outbreak in the country while officials from the italian league series a are meeting in rome to today to discuss plans for staging games the outbreak of the virus has already resulted in several matches being disposed the latest fixture to be called off was not for these a talent cup game against inter milan originally due to be played on thursday.

let's take a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. forces have bombed toll upon targets in afghanistan after militants killed at least 16 afghan government soldiers in attacks north of couldn't do so well there's sumption of hostilities comes less than a week after washington signed a deal with the taliban. the german state at the center of a political earthquake last month has reelected former premier bodo rama low from the left party while delegates in the room from a chance on america's conservative c.d.u. party had found themselves backing the same candidate as the far right you have deep while it led to america's heir apparent step. down and city leader. running.

the southern u.s. state of tennessee has declared a state of emergency after suffering its deadliest tornado in 7 years at least 24 people died in the storms with the search for bodies continuing the worst hit areas around the capital city of nashville. and we're going to stay in the u.s. where projections from the super tuesday primaries show former vice president joe biden taking the lead against the other democratic candidates for president. joe biden now has 453 delegates after winning 9 of the super tuesday primary races so far but the race is not over for sanders his 4 wins on super tuesday put him at 382 delegates to clinch the party's nomination a candidate needs to secure at least 1991 delegates will billionaire mike bloomberg struggle to make any headway he only won the primary in the pacific

territory american samoa well due to his poor showing he's quit the race just 101 days after he got it. super tuesday proved that joe biden's campaign for the democratic nomination is alive and well. just a few days ago the press the pundits are declared a campaign gird. lose and then came south carolina deja vu save our must our charo our only got to super tuesday are over well it may be over the other guy. the former u.s. vice president can now claim to be the front runner for the democratic presidential nomination exit polls link his success to strong support from african-americans as well as older and suburban voters a moderate myself so i think his message can reach a lot of people who are in the middle reach both left and right by that if they can

he has since the obama administration senator bernie sanders is by no means out of the race for the democratic nomination votto not a hard sell you were the absolute confidence we're going to win the democratic nomination was andrew you are going to the feet the most dangerous president in the history of this country was sanders went into super tuesday as the front runner he's particularly popular with younger and latino voters it was good i think that bernie sanders has what it takes any as have all the people who i was hoping very would do better in some of the states he was a little exciting in depressing at the same time was due to other hopefuls senator elizabeth warren and former new york mayor michael bloomberg both performed poorly while one's campaign is still deliberating whether or not to stay in bloomberg has decided to drop out. by super tuesday is an important date in the presidential

election calendar but it only represents about one 3rd of the delegates that are up for grabs nationwide. the camp. now moves on to michigan and 5 other states holding primaries next tuesday 350 more delegates are up to be won. and was a monumental night for vice president joe biden let's take you now to washington to our correspondent see monson who has been following it all for you stefan talk about our rebound a comeback i mean i can't even think of you can think of a whole list of things to say about mr joe biden how do you manage to turn the tide i mean a lot of people have written him off yeah absolutely right that was an absolute game changer yesterday last night and if you want to predict that this as a political commentator on any air where she in the united states they would have declared. as crazy and of the t.v.

set probably anyway here we go joe biden it was his life and there's something like a joe momentum right now that means he really pulled through after saturday blowing south carolina the water remember 30 points lead there 30 points lead. that campaign which was as he said you clearly dead absolutely dead by everybody took off last night as you pointed out in the piece we just saw all black voters made all the difference educated college educated urban voters made the difference and do not forget women women remember women put change the dynamic of the house of representatives in 2018 women also put biden with the black vote over the line last night let's talk now about vermont senator bernie sanders i mean if this was for him to lose basically he is now runner up can he still make up ground and

compete with vice president biden in a meaningful way. well joe biden at the moment leads with the actual count of votes and delegates as soon as california is called and everybody expects and it's not cold yet but everybody expects it to be going to bernie sanders because bernie sanders scored high with latino voters and remember latino voters and black voters are the pillars of the democratic party so if sanders takes california he will have a leg up on biden in terms of actual vote count as well as delegates however there's florida there's georgia and other states coming and again joe biden has the momentum at the moment the democratic establishment is circling the web the wagons around joe biden and the hope this year that joe biden is the one who can get the independent vote sanders doesn't seem to have

a the momentum in convincing anybody that he is really not as polarizing as he generates himself right now it's good to get the progressive's and the liberals within the democratic party and the young people under 30 or 30 and up a little bit but if you can't get the independents and the average american vote and the soon to be maybe perhaps x. trump voters then you have no chance therefore my money is on by your money i'm going to hold you to that ok and that is there's a very that's a very dicey thing because there will always be to that let's talk i mean the meanwhile about billionaire mike bloomberg former new york mayor i mean he dropped out of the race after spending more than an eye watering $500000000.00 for only 44 delegates that so what half a $1000000000.00 buys you these days who will benefit the most from his departure. you know to make this just for a 2nd more painful and southwell painful bloomberg spending half

a $1000000000.00 joe biden spending $15000000.00 in his campaign ok bloomberg half a 1000000000 biden $15000000.00 bloomberg out now what will happen now 1st of all he came out cancelled his campaign or said he's going to quit why because the numbers don't add up he would never ever had made it to a significant delegate count number one number 2 he endorsed immediately joe biden which is not a bad thing for joe biden to get now the question here and the most interesting part is remember the promise of mr bloomberg to spend $1000000000.00 on whoever is going to be the candidate of the democrats to beat the man behind is sitting behind me in the white house he can't just write a check and transfer it to the buy and campaign so there's some legal issues which now have to be worked out he has to maybe do a super pac and then $1000000000.00 in the coffers of the democratic party to donald trump that's

a lot of money but definitely bloomberg in this campaign you saw the numbers he believes in data he said no chance so for let's talk about senator elizabeth warren because that has been such a painful night lots of setbacks for her she didn't even get to win her home state of massachusetts will she stay on if she doesn't stay on who do you think she will endorse. yeah that's a totally different story she has promised or said many many times that she will go all to the end however elizabeth warren campaign and herself they need to look now at what happened last night they need to look in the future and they're doing this they're evaluating where they are in the process here and there is no expert no political commentary and no political deep who is looking at this who says no you have more and we'll have a comeback or anything like this the beds are by the end of the day or

tomorrow morning this is going to be out and grill determined that it's not any more feasible to go further and then it's a 2 man race however little bit of trivia there that would make told see gabbert remember that name very obscure little bit obscure it's absurd to do this anyway but that would make. which had as one delegate so far the candidate number 3. to stefan siemens in a washington d.c. thank you. now in other news. swedish activists agreed a 2 burka has met european commission president or slot van der ally in as the e.u. published its draft climate plan committing the block to 0 emissions by 2050 but branded the plan inadequate saying europe needs to stop pretending that it's leading the world on climate while still building a new fossil fuel infrastructure. rescuers are searching for dozens of people

missing after landslides hit several cities in the brazilian state of south pollo at least 16 people are confirmed dead so far brazil's heavily populated southeast has suffered an intense rainy season this year causing flooding and landslides. the vatican's representative in mexico says 4 catholic bishops in the country have been referred to superiors following alleged connections to cases of sexual abuse it's part of the church's drive to gather information on abuse cover ups all vatican investigators will go to mexico later this month to examine the allegations . all right welcome back and now to viewers just joining us we want to go back to our top story on the memorial taking place right now to honor the victims and survivors of a racist shooting german leaders are gathered in hand out to pay their respects mayor klaus kaminski spoke of his city's commitments to tolerance and diversity and

he said quote the now is strong because it stands together in last month's attack a far right gunman shot 9 people dead in shisha bars he then went on to kill his mother before turning the gun on himself on german presence from costa steinmeier is expected to address the memorial and i see that he is actually taking the stations take a listen to what he is he's about to say. that's it isn't laid too many and yet not enough they're going to didn't cause who could comfort someone just leads to the numbers lost their loved ones. again they had to guess and even guess the relatives and friends guess do you think i did today was bad tribute to our fellow citizens who were murdered out and for how. it's a disk you know cityscape parts say that said that good abuse

good kind good good can go to can. comes out comes out cost of each. kind of young the hollow yonder cough. believe you. cite me saying nice i mean i shame me fatty fatty which are such a clue to be dimwitted as well as the mother of the terrorists to you that i can't really imagine is also among the victims seen mention 10 people. seen leading scottish 10 life stories seen leading store in the 10 dreams for the future gets you don't deliberately and brutally extinguished and i do wish that. terrorists struck up a while most of them were in a sheesh i bar and i didn't in a place where they felt safe. in which to live they didn't have to explain themselves to kate and he saw it they never came home from see tall on

their part numbers your parents children siblings call us and cousins and friends and colleagues. grieve for them when you meet in tal india on the people of hand i. would mention people in stores all over germany i listen i'm morning with them we are all deeply shaken by this terrorist crime the time of brutal acts of murder you know and but our mission grief is changed with bitterness and anger. relatives of a good friend just a few days later i want to say again i stand before you that's me as a fellow citizen to share your pain. that's understood and president of the federal republic of germany i have a clear message from every person who lives in this country we share with you must

be able to live in security under p.c. station our state has a duty to protect this right was immediate and it must do more to protect it must do everything it can to find this responsibility is born 1st and foremost by the institutions of our country. this responsibility is borne by the men and women in the top levels of leadership but it is not just they bear this responsibility it is a responsibility that we all bear we are called upon to stand together against hatred and incitement to hatred against terrorism and violence and we will be judged by how well we respond to that call it added on domestic then. uses because it is not just random chance that led to this crime being committed it's not that i knew the run up to this crime focus shifted and also because this could mean the exclusion and discrimination of people from ethnic minorities of muslims. and

of people read as other i suppose they're too far and i just got stiffed on the intellectual arson and racist campaigns led up to it as did hate relentlessly on going on targeting its victims on social media but not just there by no means just that and all focused. as if jesus kremer in this climate. in which. hate mongers become more and more of their events and site seems to hate shared increasingly overtly no longer feeling the need to hide it is this climate just that empowers terrorists to strike munches his son that he even to feel justified in murdering people. he's on a good basis on attack was an attack on all of us we use words like these to try to express our solidarity with the victims after terrible events like this one and

hand it in front of the illegals to put. it in let's enjoy the last few days. mine to get something but often ended on take soundings going to friends and relations of the communities under attack it started because loudly contradicted such when i know this is how it was not an attack on all of us i got in and it was an attack on people with dark hair people with a foreign sounding name and people with a different religion in peterborough his family has migrated to germany from the south side even if it was many generations ago. that's monument vice as a man with white hair and white skin. on the father came from the enough best blessed fraley of his mother came to the west germany from wasilla poland i never have to justify belong to a country i do not experience disparaging looks as i passed by for let's

don't hear anyone for insulting remarks upsets and if it's hard to grow up a tory jokes being made about mange really been issued before i don't feel like i'm running the gauntlet that job interviews when househunting spews and dealing with public authorities. and to be honest if i sneeze and phew i don't know what it feels like i've talked to be ostracized in everyday life long before long before this leads to violence and more to get this is discouraging it is to struggle all your life just trying to really belong. moving how do marlise in your days. in my view to be treated so much as other as far and again and again sometimes consciously sometimes not of life and so i can live free from the worry that my wife my daughter and my family will be attacked and that's just because they look different but i understood or have

a different faith i was just. being a diesel but it is the case that even those of us who like me do not experience these things. you need to get a sense of how it feels yes there is racism in our country and it's not just something that is common for the last few weeks yes there is widespread islamophobia mentioned but don't let the people of color cup 2 women and he job experience discrimination become victims of attacks of verbal abuse and of violence . in the way they all have a right to have their fellow citizens sympathize with them just it's known from them support them contradict their attackers intervene to stop these men aged these were all have a right to have their state take notice when laws to protect them are broken through acts of racism. that this state for looks closely

when these things take place prostitutes and punishes such violations that all have the right to a state that protects them i don't want and i didn't gentleman. and relatives they said tak was aimed at people read as far and i was. a fan. they get tough in that dimension but its victims were people need to keep him and so many people who are going to be different from one of the many women talked about music lovers sports families young people who lived here laughed here cried t.x. a major plans for the future here mentioned a few of the crew out here getting to become had children here. who studied here relaxed yeah he often told the booker people who worked hard on building sites fish to fish the people who wrote poems to get to initially were catholic the most part

the docs muslim protestant and some it's even practicing off to others his religion was just you know to john i'm going to take our god he would have got wives about politics that were pleased about planets and exceeded even to talk their heads off did he give the people who voted who got involved at all missions people who didn't . get destroyed see the people who are the pride of their parents students who have a big support to their families and friends found out there had been good and started his own company rep and like to rap music could see this stage is. was and i just heard the sound of a friendly up to meet woman the mother of 2 children see that as i said that owned a bar and light it couldn't hurt a fly by my count was a break of it does and what does a waiter stand used for just about to get engaged i'm sad enough for him so

i just started his 1st job after successfully finishing his training side to side nessa was a native in the 3 dimensions and always day after the people in ages help. galliani collar you know the support of his family how ever he cared. and klein was the father of a young son. was a courier driver feet up and down the road a lot and sickens on us his parents on a child fatty fatty almost babies was a reagan's but native disease i wanted to set up his own business and how. they were fellow citizens. and they were so much more than what the terrorist saw them as. i think it did for some of the victims that background may have been important for others less. diversity in our country and it has long since

become a reality spanning out of the tension between the established communities and a new comer communities was busy almost i was supposed to meet the interaction between the 2 on the parallel existence which mean that to something new has emerged as something that belongs to all of us again did this nation been and so we must not fall into the trap of those side who try to divide us. and using a simplistic view against them because that is the logic of terrorism that is the logic of hatred forcing people into groups so it's you know reducing them along the lines of ethnicity religion or race in and. taking away their individuality. just because you nakedness that characterize every human being is the going because that's the ticket and that's what article one of

our constitution is about. human dignity is inviolable and that is what we mean when we say these are and this is attack. just as an attack on all of us and gadhafi and hits is all it is and for that injures is all. opened up and we all have a duty to look it is an attack on our basic understanding of what it means to live together in a society like every human being has a saying and hair and dignity the same rights to get there are no 2nd class citizens and in particular there are no gradations of german lusts it is an attack on our freedom. men because every individual decides for themselves who they are what it is that makes them who they are who they belong to and how they change over time and insisted on this like often does actually does an attack on any social piece you ever see as an individual just as part of

a group that fosters the divide between us and then. them the others turning fellow citizens 1st into foreigners and then into enemies stores and 1st making interaction and and mutual understanding no longer possible hate sure if and incitement to get through it poison debates and exchanges and as we have experienced our painfully at the end of this road. and that is what is meant when we say it is a tax hit us all and we must all stand against such attacks and past majority of people in germany are against exclusion and discrimination against hatred and violence. as i should be but it's not enough to know this man and that we are in the majority should like it if your silence of the many of these

must not serve as encouragement for the few i did me no the majority must take a stand and site in my view again and again. in the sports club and the locals and the football stadiums once we go in. basic values our freedom my piece they are not counted without the efforts democracy does not exist because the basic law enshrines that it exists and in tears if one wanted it and i committed to it but i. was in it's own because you so long as you and if we are committed to democracy against those who question it or even fight against it you missed it we must actively defend democracy i give you and when i say we understand it i mean the state what is and i mean if you that myself and every individual. relatives say mentions and 10 people are dead i am unable to get this to be proud

of a lasting hole in the fabric of our society. with grief and anger in the language with determination and the message we are sending out from heaven out to just the rest of germany as we will stand to get answers only we will endure together because we want to live together and decide who and gets and that is why we're listening heinsohn and looking and seeing the individual you don't. envy i coping with different zones because we all belong to this country clued in the had on it see the scarcities care pitch. see that said that good abyss. and good good come good to get him i'm so cool comes the cost of each got to go on that kind of man that cough believe it would feel if you had a pound side to side with me we fight on track to so i shall tell you

so you can institute us here to each and the going their own way is unfair down below and it's the relatives we preserve them without and i'm memory as part of us. thank you. you're watching our special coverage of the memorial service in the town of hunt down these leaders are gathering there together with thousands among them survivors and relatives to remember the victims of the racially motivated attack that happened 2 weeks ago and we just listened to the german president frank author steinmeyer giving a very moving speech i'd like to now listen to this sister of one of the victims you can find of media and notes so let's have such dish which by the shop owners

1st of all i want to found this is to your honner that's wonderful citizens who have supported as tight as relatives of the victims in the last few days and have given us a feeling that we are not someone you have shown your solidarity and the citizens of hand have shown that your strength and have demonstrated that in our city there is no room for hatred and racism and we thank you very much for this. on the 19th of february 2020 seems as if the world and i know ground to a halt i saw my brother. has. 8 other young people became the victim a niece of a wish to speak to you who did not respect these people and their love for. you but hanna didn't just lose people who love their city very much on this day they were part of this city my brother their side mast i was born and. he grew up here and

he went to school when he had family and friends here and i was in the process of training to be a state certified technician and the other victims are much the same with many of us. when i was the hard work tear you had family and friends and you know. the victims were not other they were not strangers or foreign i says and the night of the crime and. puts i had when it's like a from. god we waited for hours until we knew where our missing brothers sisters and children were. it was 6 o'clock in the morning that our worst fears were confirmed. everyone had lost at least one woman her smile. when the names of the victims were finally

read out i heard the screams of grieving parents i saw the tears of grieving friends and for me it sounded mentioned as if it wasn't just the people in this hall crying and in this moment it seemed to me that all of it was grieving still this deep grief wasn't the only feeling that i was there you were also deeply disappointed disappointed in the fact that the media and the news agencies had false reports and rumors interfering with our grief that for example site. was it was kind was an afghan citizen he was always a german citizen to be exact he was a hot house it was and he and his much license plate had 454 devoted to one of these or that last 3 numbers of how

that district he wanted to write much demonstrate his close ties to his home. and this is just one of his declarations of love to his to our city of because that's what he did to. the city in which he was. and the people with whom he grew up he loved very much he was proud of being a native before he. made and these false reports that i referred to didn't just refer it to where he came from and his citizenship even his name which was often reported falsely nasa has shame. how often did i see the name syud nash ahead or how long did i see the false biographies of the victims set up here and at this point i would like to appeal to people to not just pass on this sort of information but to look at it

critically don't believe everything you are told. and. if we want to focus on the victims of this terrible crime today i have to ask a question of how it can be that someone could have so much hatred inside them not hatred that in assured that he took the lives of innocent people what motivates a person like that to commit this sort of crimes and how long must we tolerate this hatred there should be no platform for a scientist says everyone is born equal in kind of town everyone deserves to live in this country without fear we do not want to have to listen to our whole country in fear there will be generations that come after us generations to come after my brother will try to take the same path as he did they too will go to school here

stay to. pursue training here and then work here and they do not deserve to live in fear this crime doesn't change who we are it doesn't change what we believe in. stanch this is not the 1st such crime committed in germany but we pray and we hope that it was the last and at this point i want to express my. grief and compassion with all of the families of the victims and of the victims of earlier attacks we are not alone we are strong and we will hold together the hope that keeps me going in these difficult times here in the 1st row and that is my brother. say it is has she me. to survived the attack on that terrible day and i hope we'll achieve

a full recovery thank you for your attention. you're watching our special coverage of the memorial service in the german town of hunt out the country's leaders are gathered there as you've just seen there was a chance to america on the front row sitting with the victims' families and survivors and relatives were there to remember the victims of the racially motivated attack that happened just 2 weeks ago and we just finished listening to say their shaming the sister of one of the victims of the attack wouldn't survive sade's and the subhashini and brother we saw our brother one another brother of hers also seated in the front row who is recovering from injuries and there is a president who got a steinmeyer with family members of victims. paying tribute.

and laying a white roses to commemorate those whose lives were cut short in such a. cruel way. kate's. week. well it looks like those were the parents of one of the victims who perished in that terrorist attack on their own. in stuff that definitely does look like one of the parents of. the people.

so we see relatives paying tribute and that is the 1st lady of germany president func walter steinmeier is wife accompanying the father of one of the victims the inventor there joining. one of the victim's father.

chancellor chancellor merkel. and i don't believe keep that we've ever seen this senior german leadership joining relatives after a crime like this one to pay tribute to those who've lost their lives. because of the terror attacks they have seen leaders like chancellor i'm going to and from other stand by the president going in lane reads for victims but accompanying

victims' relatives is quite unprecedented here. for. think that the person that we see right now is volcker who feel he is and that's the the state premier of they say of has a while now is located in western germany. for the names of the victims very very prominent during this memorial service and being

referred to repeat it way during the president's address. face. to. face. to face to face. during in this terrain for.

him stark 000 also accompanying family members he's a junior a minister.