this is news live from berlin and the crime that shocked germany goes on trial the man charged with murder after attacking a synagogue on judaism's holiest days makes clear his views he tells the court i have no problems with religion but i have problems with some protests and. also coming up u.s. president donald trump changes track on the coded 1910 dam act he warns americans that it will get worse before it gets better and he says people should wear face masks plus the women and children stranded by the collapse of the so-called islamic

state many of them are your opinion citizens we need a frenchman fighting to bring his daughter and his grandson home. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a man accused of attacking a synagogue in the german city of hama last october then murdering 2 people has made clear his anti-semitic and racist sentiments as his trial began he told the court that he had quote no problems with religions but with semitism he also made racist remarks. under armed guard and wearing a coronavirus face mask 28 year old stephan b. was led into court to answer for one of the worst anti semitic attacks in post-war

german history it left 2 people dead but prosecutors allege he intended to kill many more $43.00 victims and relatives have joined the trial as co plaintiffs they want answers but there are concerns the suspect could seek an opportunity to spread more anti semitic hatred. because. of this case is that the perpetrator has already confessed he doesn't deny what did i have learned from the files that in the end he only denies he's killed by arguing that he believes that armed struggle is necessary to achieve certain political goals. phobic and related to anti semitism. yet it was your last year judaism's holiest day when an armed men tried to storm this

synagogue in halla 52 worshippers were inside only the stood innes of the door prevented what investigators say would have been a massacre. the man then shot and killed 2 people nearby this video was filmed by a member of the public the perpetrator live streamed footage of his attack on an internet gaming site. the case has drawn huge interest the start of proceedings was delayed for 2 hours while dozens of reporters and others passed through security. across germany people are concerned about a rise in the number and severity of anti semitic crimes according to official figures such attacks rose by 13 percent last year the interior ministry says right wing extremists are to blame despite that context the authorities say they're reacting to violence with fairness. there and get this time that the defendant is presumed innocent until

a final judgment has been made his statements in the investigation and the videos which are supposed to show parts of what happened did not change anything the presumption of innocence applies without restriction i'm saying. the suspect told the judge today that he liked using the internet because people could talk freely their bad chimes with warnings for instance from the government's commissioner for protecting jewish life that social media gives a new outlet to hatred as just one of the aspects to consider as the call tries to understand an attack that struck not only against jews but against german society as a whole. and for more on this trial let's bring in political correspondent thomas sparrow who is in baghdad bergner hala where that trial is taking place thomas walk us through what happened on day one and what we can expect going forward. this is a trial sorrow that is being watched closely here in germany but also internationally and that was absolutely clear from the 1st day of the proceedings

it was the 1st opportunity for those attending the trial among them many of the coke plaintiffs on their relatives to hear directly from the alleged perpetrator about their own his guy but also his his motives it was also an opportunity for people outside of the court to protest to commemorate the victims not only of the attack in khalid but also of right wing violence in germany in the last few decades i actually spoke off the 1st day of proceedings to one of the co plaintiffs who said that certainly off hearing that what the alleged perpetrator had to say he did not belong in germany he did not belong in dozens fired to here but at the same time they said it was a difficult day for co-pay tapes abattoir where they could have at least an initial sense of closure and they believe that that is particularly important in this time when it comes to judging to do this trial here in the city of marjah and the defendant i mean really making some horrific statements we have to say tell us

a little bit more about him. most of the day yesterday was discussion of question or non so between the judge on the defendant that was the goal of the 1st day of proceedings i mean that 1st day of proceedings it was possible to clearly find out from him what were his motivations as you mentioned he did not hide his political views he repeated some of those conspiracy theories that were clear also from the money faster that he published online before the attack actually happened i did one point the judge said he could be shut out of proceedings if he continued or if he expressed hate speech and so at times it was certainly very controversial what he had to say but he did not show any remorse any emotion when he was explaining the day in holland in october last year how he planned it why he planned it and what his political views and motivations are

thomas where you are there is a lot of international attention for this trial just walk us through why that is. not only many international media outlets but also the proceedings are being interpreted into various languages for example english or russian and there are reasons why this is particularly important from an international perspective one is the fact that the alleged perpetrator published everything online so he live streamed the events and this has being seen as an event that is linked to other similar attacks like for example quite sure she new zealand in fact but he found that said for the 1st time on record that you felt inspired by the events in christchurch new zealand in march 29 team so this is something that is seen not only important from a german perspective but also internationally nor to understand how these people actually work their scene obviously as actors but they have connections on they have networks online so this is why this case is also understood as

a president when it comes to these kinds of events thomas ferro joining us from back to bourke as day 2 of this trial begins thank you thomas. u.s. president donald trump has made a shift in rhetoric over the coronavirus crisis and his 1st pandemic briefing in nearly 3 months trump told reporters that the virus will probably get worse before it gets better noting quote a concerning rise in cases in southern u.s. states he has previously refused to acknowledge that there is a problem and trump who has been reluctant to wear a mask himself in public also change his stance on facial coverings by encouraging americans to wear them america's youth will act responsibly and we're asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance wear a mask get a mask whether you like the mask or not they have an impact they'll have an effect

and we need everything we can get. well correspondent stefan simons is in washington d.c. and has more about the possible motivations behind president trump restarting coronavirus briefings absolutely appears as the pres if the president really turns around here does i wonder how did they do create turn and now is facing the coronavirus crisis which many people call here coronavirus coronavirus disaster in the making some experts say we're not even halfway in america half way in the 1st wave however the president is for sure for sure having 2nd thoughts why he's doing this and that is a political motivation of course there is because he is down in the polls specifically when it comes to how american see the president handling the coronavirus crisis or disaster whatever you like he is really in the basement in terms of his numbers ratings are not great at all of poll numbers not good and he

knows even the president knows he has to do something though this is him trying possibly to get in front of the way again and increase his chances of reelection in november because as of now when it comes to handling his management of the coronavirus it really doesn't look too good for the president. stephan simons in washington u.s. secretary of state my comp a.o. it's visiting denmark a year after president donald trump's offer to buy its territory of greenland from pale wants to discuss another bone of contention the north stream 2 gas pipeline being built between russia and germany and denmark has just approved the work on its north stream to its waters despite pressure from the us to stop the project. work on the baltic sea gas pipeline north stream 2 is still moving forward albeit slowly the u.s. has threatened sanctions for companies participating in the project so right now

there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers the pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the united states says germany is making itself dependent on russia earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o. warned against continuing to build the pipeline this action puts investments or other activities that are related to these russian energy export pipelines at risk of u.s. sanctions it's a clear warning to companies aiding and abetting russia's malign influence projects will not be tolerated get out now or risk the consequences germany has rejected the criticism and says sanctions would be contrary to international law now denmark has given permission for additional vessels to work on the last phase of the pipeline

within its territorial waters that means work on the project may soon pick up speed angering pompei oh and the white house. now let's get more we are joined now by. the european policy spokesperson for germany's pro-business free democratic party welcome to you. and lou thank you for having me the u.s. as we've just heard is on the offensive against the pipeline they raise major concerns about security why is germany moving ahead well 1st of all that's a question you should ask the chairman government because they approach it it was the approach of various governments but opposition is free democrats always criticize this project as important as it might be to have trade with russia should be going to european way coordinated with allies including in nature too and not

being done by that really by germany so there is indeed a problem in this project talk with us a little bit more about that coordination because you know you have partners you have poland for example a member of the e.u. you also have the ukraine which is concerned that this new pop up pipeline could out not only impact german security but also enable russia to cut them off when it comes to energy these are some really really big concerns aren't they. they are indeed and that is why we criticize the german government why they didn't coordinate better with poland with the baltic states with the nordics in the 1st place the fact that secretary kerry is going to denmark speaks volumes he is going to a country which is not not known as in any way aggressive or going to conspiracy theories with other countries but it's a country which is very very much learned prone to coordination and the german

government failed. several times in several years to really cool or to meet this project with either and inclusive of course not only poland but also with other allies like we like like denmark so explain to us because you brought up denmark we just heard that it's now changed its mind about allowing north stream to be built in its waters why do you think that was. well. in the lace in the latest phases of faceplates project there are a blessed still of course to block it now therefore recently it was going there ok that's understandable i think this bill they still have some objections but in the end the key question is is this project something of course which is really building confidence in the europe and among allies or not and as critical as we are to u.s. counter sanctions and we are very critical because we think they are illegal we

should see the cold war because the core problem the underlying reason and cause of this problem is not the us sanctions as bad as they are the cause is the fact that this project has been done but without coordination in nato and in the european union if this project does indeed come come to fruition it's seen all the way through and just look into the future for us if you will because i mean we do have increasing russia russian aggression around the world and even in germany its own backyard of thinking about the invasion of crimea and thinking about that the 2015 cyber attacks on the german parliament which have been. blamed on russia just look to the future what could this mean for the country. well on the one side of course we try we try very much course to have relations with russia which is not a bilateral one germany or russia but a really european one e.u.

and russia and that is why we need to find ways on the one side to speak very outspoken with russia especially of course with the russian leadership which is increasingly offered to him which is increasingly assertive and which is increasingly as you rightly put it is really interfering in many places inside the e.u. this should be addressed in no uncertain terms on the other side we need to trade we need exchange we want to know aggressively want to have the goods getting along but not at the coast of being silent on human rights and you said in the beginning that we are pro-business well indeed we are very much but we are very much pro market and especially pro civil liberties and you can never trade business against civil liberties therefore we should and needs to be critical when we speak with the russian government and they have georg link european policy spokesperson

for the free democratic party thank you. thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world a 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off of the coast of alaska in the u.s. state of alaska off of the peninsula there now authorities have issued a tsunami warning for the coast south of anchorage. the u.s. city of portland oregon has seen further clashes between protesters and federal law enforcement officers sent by president donald trump to end he racism protests there night and rallies have been held in the area since the death of george floyd in police custody and may. thousands of israelis have protested against prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government's handling of the corona virus pandemic business owners and anti corruption activists marched here's yet netanyahu fishel residence in jerusalem then yahoo has been under pressure amid an ongoing

corruption trial and surging infection it's. also a dilemma for many european governments what to do with citizens who joined the so-called islamic state in syria and iraq among them women and children many of them are living in kurdish controlled refugee camps their status in limbo european countries are reluctant to bring their citizens back home preferring them to face trial in the region instead but human rights groups say that governments should repatriate their citizens especially the most vulnerable and deal with them on home ground. and the biggest group of citizens are from france including 400 women and children and our next report we will need a twat who is fighting to bring his daughter back and his grandson to france i know he asked us not to use his real name. on trying is used to standing

his ground the former trade unionist has defended workers' rights his whole life but when 5 years ago his 26 year old daughter suddenly left to join isis in iraq she had dropped bottom. more ready to go also. it was my house came tumbling down on top of me. she had always been a good student and we didn't see this thing coming at all her family is ignore steak but she converted to islam without telling us what i told to do you know what you're getting yourself into and who these people are that you're joining he. last year his daughter was captured by the kurds and brought to the whole camp he kept in touch with her until she and her baby born in syria that is 5 weeks ago on one is today showing his face on camera for the 1st time he says he has nothing left to lose. i don't know exactly what she did but i'm not the judge she should

be held accountable for her actions and she has the right to a fair trial like everyone else that's the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship we're creating a 2nd guantanamo there and what about my grandson he's 18 months old he's responsible for nothing more. the french government has only repatch rated about 30 children from the camps and refuses to bring back women and men. and we are proceeding according to international law people should be judged in a country where they are alleged to have committed crimes we take back young children if and when the mother agrees that we should take charge of them. but this lawyer representing the families of 14 women in the camps says that approach actually goes against international law. so the kurdistan doesn't exist so there are no judges anti as people are being arbitrarily detained plus

their crimes started in front of it i think they are accused of joining a terrorist organization good movement should be judged here and these children are in mortal danger 300 of them died as all whole than 29000 jews. living conditions france has an obligation to protect them but since leaving them there to russia. france is not the only country reluctant to repeat the trait its citizens who left to join the so-called islamic state about $1000.00 western europeans are still being held in syria and iraq only a few of them have been brought back so far together with other families on to and has gone to court to force the government to bring back his daughter and grandson he believes repatriation is actually in the government's own interest. in the recent attack on one camp the kurds just open the gates and some women escape to

join us so leaving these people in the cabs is a lot more dangerous than bringing them back. if they manage to get away there is a real risk they might commit more attacks here in france you know he's determined not to lose hope so that one day he can finally meet his grandson. and let's bring in now correspondent lisa lewis in paris who brought us that report good morning to you lisa just walk us through the rationale why the french government is not bringing these women and men back home to face justice. well it's all down to public opinion of course there's one poll from february last year saying that 80 percent of the french i know favor of having these people go to court in iraq and syria when it comes to the children it's not a lot better 2 thirds of the french think that the children actually should stay down there because their freight they might get radicalized or be radicalized

already so it doesn't really look that good for twan because going against public opinion is very difficult in any country but especially here 2 years ahead of the next presidential elections where all the parties are already preparing that comparing really so then tell us i mean given that given what you've just said and one says that he's now going through the course to try and secure his daughter and his grandsons return what is he facing well basically you know is that it's an uphill struggle even i mean the french justice system is notorious for being incredibly slow and but although obviously one of these procedures that are ongoing that 2 procedures ongoing could be taken in front of the european court of justice everything might take a lot of time and even if the european court of justice condemned france that doesn't necessarily mean that the country will act accordingly and quickly so in

the path france has been condemned in various matters for example environmental matters if we ever pollution by the european court of justice and that didn't mean that the country would take swift action really so it's not clear if this will work out for the families here in france lisa lewis in paris thank you. for latin american girls turning 15 is a very special birthday it's known as a kenson yetta the rite of passage into womanhood but coronavirus pandemic is adding some hurdles to this year's celebrations but as our next report shows lots of girls in cuba are finding fashionable ways to attack it. schick and safe it's the way to go for young cubans the likes of fia who are celebrating their king thing i knew it up or 15th birthday during the penn demick. i designed my 15th birthday dress and the mask was very important to me it's

a symbol of an important stage in my life which was the pandemic i had to design my face mask to fit the colors of my outfit and it was not just about the combination of colors it was also for security reasons. across latin america turning 15 is seen as a special milestone in a girl's life it's the moment of transition from girlhood into womanhood latinas often mark and yet us with large celebrations including with glamorous photo shoots and d.c. year face masks have become an integral part of their party outfit. for young women this contrast between the mask and the dress the combination is striking it's a fashion that i think will stay. they take selfies and it's something that's part of the whole show the whole experience of the photo shoot of their.

cuban maid wearing masks compulsory early on and credits them with helping the island to contain the spread of the virus. but for these girls face masks will also remain a symbol of coming of age as an extraordinary time. all group of high profile names have invested in the funding of a new los angeles football team for the 2022 national women's soccer oblique investors including tennis star serena williams and her husband hollywood actress natalie portman and dozens of former u.s. women's national team players are also on the mix the team has no name yet but the ownership group is called angel city there is currently no and w. s. l. team in california. quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here and the man charged with attacking a synagogue in germany on judaism's holiest day has made his anti semitic and

racist views clear stephon he was speaking on the 1st day of his trial on charges of attacking the place of worship in the city of hama and murdering 2 people. don't forget you can always get more now website if you dot com i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching take care.

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