contest of the rules starts. d.w. . you're watching t.v. news live from berlin honoring the life of public service britain prepares for the funeral of prince philip the late husband of queen elizabeth 2 will be laid to rest this afternoon in a small private ceremony at windsor castle also coming up. u.s. president joe biden orders flags lowered to half mast after the latest mass shooting in indianapolis he calls the epidemic of gun deaths

a national embarrassment. and castro steps down as head of cuba's communist party the nation enters a new era without a castro in command for the 1st time since 1959. on nick spicer welcome to the program. final preparations are being made for the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth which takes place later today their son prince edward and his wife sophie view flowers left by members of the public outside st george's chapel in windsor where the funeral will take place only 30 close relatives will attend coronavirus restrictions the funeral is being closely followed here in germany where the british royals trace some of the roots. and they still have many fans the. queen elizabeth the 2nd and

prince philip on a 2015 state visit to germany it was their 5th such trip but they were still greeted enthusiastically some traveled hundreds of kilometers to catch a glimpse of the royal couple. we had to do it and i'm very glad we did. and values tradition pride and the friendship between england and germany. the queen is something special when she's in germany you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany royal weddings are broadcast live on television and millions watch. visits republicans become royalists at least temporarily. people can project a lot onto the entire royal family because it is so present in the media but at the

same time the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them many people find the tradition the glamour the ceremony fascinating the castles the titles the carriages. but most germans don't want their own monarchy abolished in 1900. 2020 poll showed that 85 percent were opposed to having a monarch as head of state but germans are nonetheless very interested in the glitz and glamour of the royal hoess. prince philip's death also touched the hearts of many germans the newspapers around emotional front page coverage the day after he died chancellor angela merkel praised his integrity his dedication to duty and his friendship with germany. prince philip had a special connection to germany his parents were german nobility and he spent part of his childhood in southern germany to marry elizabeth he became british and

adopted the surname button prince philip had an infamous sense of humor that often crossed the bone duties of political correctness. but he always understood that his role was secondary to the queen's with loyalty diligence and wit prince philip and respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subject in the united kingdom and from royal funds in germany. american president joe biden has repeated calls for congress to pass gun restrictions after another mass shooting the president ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in honor of the 8 people who were killed at a fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on thursday at a press conference he said u.s. gun deaths were an epidemic. national. not all these mass shootings are occurring.

every single day. on the streets of our cities. it's a national embarrassment and must come to whatever. the gunman was a former fed ex employee after killing 8 people and wounding several others he shot himself dead police are still investigating a motive it's also emerged that the f.b.i. had questioned the shooter last year. it was shortly after 11 pm on thursday night when the police were called out to the indianapolis airports roads were closed and much of the airport placed into lockdown police said officers responded as quickly as they could but they arrived to light at the fed ex building morning. received a call reference shots fired to that location as officers who responded. say

they arrived to an active shooter incident. at that location. following morning information at this time is that the alleged shooter has taken his own life here at the scene. police say 8 people were killed suffering injuries consistent with gunshot wounds 5 others were taken to hospital one is said to be in a critical condition. witnesses at the scene say they saw a man firing what they thought was an automatic fire i. saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort automatic rifle and he was firing at and he opened and i immediately ducked down and got scared as day broke police was still collecting evidence trying to identify the 19 year old shooter's motive last night in the doubtless was revisited by the scourge of gun violence

that has killed far too many in our community and in our country although we will learn more about this case in the coming days. and in the coming weeks no piece of information will restore the lives that were taken. this is the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the u.s. after a period of relative calm during the coronavirus pandemic and it's already prompted renewed calls for stricter gun controls. and as we heard president biden is one of those voices calling for tougher gun laws carolyn achieve more tells us more about his plans to tackle gun violence some still hope for president biden to appoint a special envoy for this single issue for guns similar to john kerry the person he picked for the time of crisis but earlier today

a white house spokeswoman jen psaki here we checked at this suggestion arguing that the main impact in mentor addressing the crisis are the congressional republicans and not a lack of will in the white house nevertheless there are some small executive negotiations on capitol hill for example an expansion on background checks as for now people with dangerous histories can easily buy firearms online or in a gun show here in the states because a background check is not necessary to buy a gun and president biden has also appointed a new director of the poor for alcohol tobacco and firearms and explosives and agency a responsible with enforcing existing federal gun laws and executive actions and this agency has been without a full time director for the last 25 years because politicians who are being supported by the n.r.a. the national rifle association have been constantly blocking nominations arguing that

a strong leader of the agency would threaten the 2nd amendment here the states and that was the dubious carolyn achieved in washington let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. hundreds of people took to the streets in chicago after city police released body cam footage of an officer shooting did 13 year old out of toledo protesters held a vigil in solidarity with the boy's family the shooting is being investigated by the civilian office of police accountability. japanese prime minister. has become the 1st world leader to hold face to face talks with u.s. president joe biden china was top of the agenda for the one day summit 5 g. technology and climate change were also central to discussions. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border for a lot of years unless he met

a man you would not call in paris and angela merkel joined by video link selenski called for a summit that also included moscow. and we turn to politics now and the bitter feud in angola merkel's conservative party over who should stand as her successor and run as chancellor candidate in september's general election. the 2 contenders bavarian premier and c.d.u. party leader that continue to hold discussions on friday evening with the party already sliding in polls members have called for the dispute to be settled by the end of this week. and for more on this let's go to the chief political editor make it a coup for who's following all the latest developments here in berlin. how close are these 2 men to finding a decision. well we thought they were closer than they actually were we expect to see that they might come out on friday he think that deadline has passed now there

are calls from within the own parties if you screw calling for a settlement by the end of saturday by the end of the week is what they both have ballots and that interview taishan might be by the end of the weekend now this is a bruising battle which comes at a rather inconvenient time because as every day passes by the just going through the party signatures of being collectives 2 percent see have a next parliamentary group meeting and settle it that this is an ugly fight in a party that had kept stressing unity and it marks the end of stupidity politics within the cd you can serve it if c.d.u. c.s.u. count as we knew it for one half decades and that and america and elections are not far away and they are coming in the fall september so how damaging is all this for angle of merkel's c.d.u. party to have this you know what you're calling bruising battle between the 2 men. well whoever comes out of this will be damaged but the polling indicates that

michael's sudha who have the deficit sees many if he said to come forward at the last moment in claim to become ed to the magical throne might come out of this bets in any case and in russia too and he recently became the leader of germany's nast big tent party and was seen as pretty much a given to then also be on the election ticket on the 26th of september now that is no longer going to easily happen and even if he prevails if his majority in the institution the d.n.a. of the c.d.u. prevails he would be damaged and we can watch the green party just lean back and watch that even getting pity that's how bad this is so this conservative camp coming out of this bruised with just elections

a couple months away all right did abuse chip political editor nick elocution i thank you for that. bro castro has announced his resignation as the head of cuba's ruling communist party putting an end to 6 decades of rule in the country by members of the castro family raul who took over as president from his brother fidel in 2008 has said he is passing leadership to a new generation and will probably send a few as for me my task as 1st secretary of the central committee of the communist party of cuba before ends with the satisfaction of having fulfilled my duty and my confidence in the future of the country who are locked out there. with those words to the communist party congress castro announced his retirement from the frontline of cuban politics. the news drew a mixed reaction on cuba streets. i am sad it makes me happy to know he is going to

rest but i am sad because we weren't have him at the helm of the country. the continuity of the revolution is guaranteed there is use here to keep going after all the work they have done. they should have already taken a step towards a new mentality a new future. i think that given the situation they have failed a lot and i think that for artists and from the human side of things there should be more freedom so this change is better and perhaps there will be more freedoms coming. here that. this could be the man to bring that change make l.d.s. canelo took over the cuban presidency from castro in 2018. but even though he's stepping down as party leader castro said he wasn't going anywhere. it now. and no one should doubt it while i live i will be ready with my foot in the stirrup

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