the c.w. newsline from berlin soldiers in mali launch as coup attempts they are arrest the west african country's president and prime minister and seize a key army base thousands of anti-government protesters take to the streets as leaders from africa and beyond the call for calm we'll get an update from the mali in capital also on the program a u.n. back trying to juggle country banks to hezbollah militant of murdering lebanon's former prime minister the port and the netherlands says the cell in my yard

orchestrated the 2005 truck bombing that killed rafi careen and 21 others but his 3 fellow defendants and the cases are acquitted. and as more people enveloped groups join protests calling for president lukashenko to resign german chancellor angela merkel tells him his government must free political prisoners and avoid violence. welcome to the show we start with breaking news from mali where soldiers have a rest said both the president and the prime minister of the west african nation this comes after shots were heard earlier in the day at a military base trucks carrying mutinous soldiers for met by cheering crowds as they drove through the mali and capital bomb a ko both. president to ever again go back hurricane to and prime minister boosie

say are thought to have been sheltering in the president's private residence when they were detained the u.n. security council will hold an emergency session on wednesday to address the crisis . we're trying to get in touch with our correspondent on the ground we can't reach him at this moment but we'll bring him in as soon as we have a line to bomb marco but for now let's continue with another headline from this day a u.n. back trying buno has convicted a member of the lebanese militant group hezbollah for the assassination of the country's former prime minister rafik hariri the court in the netherlands says salim yosh orchestrated the 2005 operation to kill her rear with a massive truck bomb 3 other defendants were cleared due to a lack of evidence hariri assassination appendant life and levanon setting the stage for years of unrest. a suicide truck bomb blasts

ripped through beirut some valentine's day 2005 an explosion so powerful it was heard and felt across the city. 22 people lost their lives that day including the targets of the attack lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri it was an assassination duck transformed levanon removing an influential sunni muslim leader and allowing shiite forces led by the militant group is the law to come to domination lebanese political life now over 15 years later it guilty verdict in connection with the killings but this will find mr irish guilty beyond reasonable doubt as a code perpetrator of the intentional homicide of mr referee career. the same evidence also establishes beyond reasonable doubt his knowledge and his intention

to commit the intentional homicide of 21 other people the ruling was handed down by a un backed tribunals in the netherlands set up to try those suspected of involvement in the 2005 attack the judges found there was enough evidence to show. helped carry out the bombing he has never been arrested and was tried in absentia 3 other defendants were acquitted. among those present to hear the verdict rafik hariri son saad hariri. your role today because of the special tribunal for lebanon or the for the 1st time in the history of political assassinations that lebanon has witnessed the lebanese find the truth and for the 1st time. the tribunals delivered through justice.

hariri who's also a politician serving as lebanese prime minister until earlier this year said the judge just supported his view that his father was assassinated for his opposition to syrian interference in lebanon on. the role of hezbollah remains murky though the tribe you know found i asked was affiliated with the group it said there was no evidence that hezbollah leadership ordered rifi career is murder. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 10 people have been wounded and a shelling attack on the afghan capital kabul authorities said more than a dozen mortars struck central kabul including the presidential compound injuring 6 guards the attack came on afghanistan's independence day as the afghan government for parents to start peace talks with the taliban. china's southwestern sichuan province has issued its highest ever flood alert for areas along the young

sailor river tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes after days of heavy rain authorities say this year's rainfall has been the highest since record keeping began in 1961. authorities on the indian ocean island of more riches have a rest of the captain of the japanese own ship which ran aground off its shores spewing tons of oil into pristine waters the spill spread over a vast area of endangered corals fish and other marine life in what some scientists have called the worst ecological disaster in the country's history. and the historic anti-government demonstrations to show no signs of dying down once again today protesters took to the streets to ask for authoritarian leader alex i'm going to step down the country has been gripped by on breasts and it's president lukashenko is widely disputed election when earlier this month these protesters

gathered outside a prison in the capital minutes where many of the people arrested during the demonstrations are thought to be held thank lou the husband of opposition candidates but. she fled the country after the election searing for her safety german chancellor angela merkel today urged the government to avoid violence and start a national dialogue with the opposition. tomorrow the european council will hold a video conference on the roots i spoke with russian president putin today once again make clear that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest political prisoners must be released on the house to be a national dialogue that enables the situation to be resolved peacefully and ballerinas we will discuss that further tomorrow. earlier we spoke to de w's nick connelly and minsk and asked him about strategy and dealing with the protests he's

just in survival mode now i think the individual promises or the individual details of these heady days less important than the mood the mood is in it really has changed. a few times over the years and you really sense. disappearance of fear people are openly challenging this government people discussing rumors that maybe members of the regime are planning an exit plan to take money and leave the country those may all be unfounded the fact people are speaking about them openly is a big change the fact that members of the police have said they will refuse to serve will rule refuse to use violence against protesters that is a sea change something that we haven't seen in previous years here in belarus where this goes now with what kind of deal might or might not be possible between your position and i think that is all very difficult to tell now but you can see faces a real sense of glee at feeling that they now are in charge of that country. nick calmly reporting from there the israeli and german air forces have begun military

exercises in the skies over germany marking the 1st time israel's fighter pilots have trained here the forces began nearly 2 weeks of joint exercises with a fly passed over the sign for 9 members of the israeli olympic team were killed at the 972 munich games they died in a shootout after palestinian militants had killed 2 israelis and taken others hostage the military information also flew over the site of the former concentration camp. where tens of thousands of jews were murdered by the nazis. or lens renowned jewish museum is getting set for a big relaunch this sunday the museum and its new director will open a new corps exhibition the show called jewish life in germany is the product of over 2 years of work at aims to give visitors a fresh take on the jewish experience here and germany while also addressing previous controversies. what's life like for jewish people in germany today

what challenges do they face and what makes them happy better than jewish museum has been thinking about this for the past 2 and a half years and offers up some answers in a new exhibition. a collection has been created in which jews can recognize themselves in their living environment it's also known jewish visitors can read unlearn a lot of the wealth of jewish and german jewish relationships. a new start in the management of the museum. baird. sees the new exhibition as a long overdue reaction to cultural changes. first of all the audience has changed there are less and less people that have experienced the 2nd world war personally and many people came into germany they don't have

a personal relation to the history of the 20th century in germany and of course many jews came to cheer many so there's also a revival of jewish life how has jewish life changed in germany and where to problems still exist a video installation encourages dialogue about the ever present search for identity . through virtual reality visitors can see destroyed synagogues restored to their former glory those who see what has been lost feel the loss particularly keenly. the museum has taken center stage in germany's capital for 20 years a spectacular zigzag building by daniel levy scanned from above a crow can star of david insight a desk in starting pass through german jewish history in 2018 the exhibition welcome to jerusalem made headlines many thought it was too anti zionist when it a marriage that then director peter schaffer also supported the palestine related

b.d.'s organization the scandal was spare fact schieffer resigned hetty baird never accept the challenge and is looking forward to stimulating debate the jewish museum in berlin stands in an interesting field of tension on the one hand it has to present the history and culture on the other hand it has to reject. all the dynamic developments in society. and show the jewish perspective on this from sunday the museum will finally be open to every one again. some sports now and paris who are one step closer to winning their 1st champions league trophy after hammering german bundesliga side airband life safe in lisbon a is j.s marking as opened the scoring early in the game before the half time whistle and then the mighty yet made it to nil and outclassed line takes fate was

sealed with pay and chase 3rd goal a disappointing result for the band as they got signed for him playing in their 1st champions league semifinal ever. after the game we spoke with correspondent andy may and less and let's have a listen with no supporters allowed inside the stadiums here in the portuguese capital there were a few cheers in the bars in the restaurants in the capital at the full time whistle perry sent your man a through to their 1st ever champions league or european cup final but it is the competition they want most of all this current team this squad has been assembled at the cost of around $800000000.00 euro the kid sorry owners crave it more than anything because they've dominated difference for the last few years and they were actually supported in the build up so the semifinal victory over leipsic one of the surprise teams of this year's competition by a message from pele the great brazilian given the brazilians in the p.s.g.

see in l.a. i'm sure will be looking to get back in touch to help out with the likes of neymar marchini often see argo silver in the final and that final will be either against by or munich who of course the favorites still here in lisbon or lead on the side that knocks out your ventus manchester city on brutes are making the semifinals it is their joint biggest game in history fully on the last time they played this far in the competition was actually against by and 10 years ago by a one ben and that the red hot favorites to do the same again to make yet another final but this time without spectators in lisbon. and american football fans will be allowed in the stadium when the defending super bowl champion kansas city chiefs start there and a sell season on september 10th as hosts local public health officials approved allowing the chiefs stadium to operate at a reduced capacity masks and social distancing will be mandatory the n.f.l. has allowed teens to make their own decisions regarding fans based on local

guidelines of health officials. are watching d.w. news life from berlin i'm nicole fairly and fortunately we couldn't get through to our correspondent in mali but we'll try next time around remember you can always get all the latest headlines on our website at www dot com and me and the entire team here in the newsroom thanks for joining us. every journey is full of surprising news coming out. to do something for you. to retrieve. in your current town to please treat. her. 3 times you want. to marry him until.