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a conference with the german chancellor. mister abbas said israel had committed 50 holocausts against palestinians, sparking an outpouring of anger here in germany. it was this moment at the very end of the press conference that caused outreach long summer in since 1947 for to come back to the present day. can feel israel has carried out 50 massacres in belda for the, for me in 50 palestinian village of the elephant flora. 50 massacres. 50 holocaust hill. and until to day every day, every day our people get killed by the israeli army. this about germany is needing tablo bait. cost is a holocaust scandal at the chancellor's office, but it wasn't only about comment that spite outraged it was also this reaction from olaf choice. the press conference was concluded as planned with no visible attempt

specialists to contradict albert he should have told him to leave tweeted conservative opposition, lead ethically to vic mats. you shouldn't go into a press conference vista of us without having sought before about publications of this kind, which shouldn't be expected. and then you know that you have to react because it's berlin, it's a german chancellor. and as a german chancellor emmett, growing pressure shows responded with his own tweet for us germans in particular, any relative i zation of the singularity of the holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. during wednesday's press conference showed, spoke 1st and took the blame for the lack of immediate reaction and made it clear there would be consequences. the women's cancer ever that the german chancellor expects the palestinian president to recognize the singularity of the holocaust

without any qualification his gaff yesterday caused. so dark shadow over germany's relationship with the palestinian authority mackwood abbas toned down his message, a new statement that his holocaust remarks have already strained german palestinian relations. let's go through this with d. w. political correspondent need a hasa welcome, nina. so we'll start with it, but german reaction then to mr. abbas is comments last night and the indeed the way the chancellor shots handle the situation where yeah, the reactions have been very strong indeed. hill. many politicians have called about his comments, outrages some said it was the biggest derailment at chancery in history, even angler mac or we'll remember her. the former chancellor who's been keeping a low profile for the last year published a statement saying, such relative a zation of the holocaust was something that germany would never tolerate. but yes, a lot of the outraged today was also directed at how the current german chancellor

shows handled the situation. i was at the press of phil and there were 2 moments where we really held our breath. first, when our boss spoke of apartheid in his country now, so as quickly distance himself from that. but then later ron, when he made this holocaust comment, everybody knew that was the last question. an answer, but the word holocaust lingered in the room and so they begin to frown. it look to me and to others as though he wanted to respond. but then he didn't. and his spokesperson ended. the presser showed, shook hands with our boss and left. so he should definitely have responded there and then right now and we've, we've heard from that booster, so government spokesperson, who's taking the blame for ending this press conference. so abruptly i'm, i'm guessing that's not going to do anything to dispel the pressure on the chancellor smile. in actual fact, who spokesperson, stephanie was tried, went on the record to day repeating what he told us on tuesday after the presser. so when he came back to us journalists yesterday after the press a he said already that his boss was upset with him. that shows was angry. that he

was right at the end of the president soon, and that he'd wanted to say something. but of course many a now saying that a german chancellor can, of course, always overrule his own spokesperson. in these situations, the chance would have been there, but shorts didn't. right. you, perhaps you could explain why these comments are provoked, such a strong reaction here a germany well, when ever there is a debate about holocaust. people here in germany are extremely sensitive that has to do with our history. and of course, there is a difference between legitimate criticism of some of the actions the israeli government stands for on the one side and using words that relative eyes what the nazis here in germany did during the 2nd world war. that is just a no go and germany and everybody, every diplomat knows that around the world and relative isaac and what will hold the cost is even illegal here. so the feeling is that my, what about strategically used the political stage here, he must have been aware that it was going to be a tremendous provocation to use that word for israel's actions at the chancery. and

of course, it's not going to do is cause any favors to provoke the chancellor like that relations are going to be strained. and the other is of course, the other scandal that choice didn't immediately challenge this undiplomatic language. i thank you for that. i need nina. hasa, a strong reactions to those comments in israel as well. let's bring in d w's tanya kramer in jerusalem. welcome a tanya. a talk us through what's being said there while there was clearly also shock and outrage here and in israel among you know, is very politicians across the political board about the use of the holocaust. and the statements made by palestinian prison mahmoud abbas standing there alongside the german chancellor, olaf shawls such as 2 an outside, a crow to few in our prime minister. your ill, a pete said in a statement on twitter that while, and that's a quote,

standing on german soil. it is not only a moral disgrace, he said, but a monstrous lie. and he added also that history will never forgive him. our defense minister benny guns, who had actually recently met with the palestinian, our president mahmoud abbas, and said that our bus words are despicable and false. his statement is an attempt to distort and rewrite history. we also heard from the head of from danny diane, the head of d r. holocaust memorial. yet for sam and gruesome who also called are, you know, his statements to speaker and appalling. and we understand our sin reports israeli media that the r caretaker government here would expect an apology from the posting in president. and the palestinian president has indeed issued another statement now in response to the criticism. what's he been saying? that's right. and the are after the backlash. now d r,

palestinian authorities official of off a news agency carried that statement that was released by the palestinian presidency. our clarifying darts are the holocaust is the most heinous crime. that's also quote from that statement in modern history. and that our boss was stressing out that his answer was so quote, not intended to deny the singularity of the holocaust that occurred in the last century that he was condemning it in the strongest terms. he also stressed however, you know that the crimes he was referring to are committed by israeli forces that were crimes committed since 948 since at the foundation of the state of israel. that a statement came out, of course, a couple of hours later after this backlash from ramallah here in the morning. okay, thank you for that to target on your cremmit in jerusalem that a ukraine under russia has replaced the commander of its military fleet in the

black sea a day after the russian held. the crimean a peninsula was rocked by explosions. lawrence taken responsibility for the massive blasts that are weapons depot. a buddy cranium present. vladimir savanski says russian incompetence is to blame. moscow however, is binding saboteurs. i rush an appointed authorities in crimea, se fires at the sight. i still burning, bringing that dw corresponded gun philip, but shots in kiva. welcome yon philip. what makes present zalinski so sure that russian incompetence is to blame for these explosions? well, it's definitely a part of a strategy. it's part of a strategy to spread. so confusion, president lind scared repeatedly urged his senior officials not to reveal too many details about military operations. nobody here really believes that it has been a strange series of accidents on the russian. cy, it's

a lot of different explanations are discussed at the moment, and some of the salenti presidential advisors have also hinted at some form of ukrainian involvement. even the involvement of some kind of special forces have been discussed here. but it's all speculation at the moment. the russian side even claims now that it has so broken up some cell offer local islamists route that might be involved in the attack. so there are, there is a lot of confusion, probably a lot of wanted confusion around the topic and a lot of russian tourists actually currently leaving the region. right. i'm elsewhere, been fighting around this apparition at nuclear plant has been causing particularly particular concerns. but what's the latest there? well, from what we have heard there haven't been any new attacks in the past 24 hours.

but indeed, in the past days, the area around the nuclear power plant has been hit several times by a tillery strikes. the situation is very alarming. we spoke to an engineer yesterday who used to work at the plant and she said she is very, very concerned about the situations. a lot of workers are leaving the plant at the moment, and it's not clear how opperation can go on. so yeah, the situation is where is some, in theory, ukraine and russia agree that there should be emission of international inspectors that says, should be allowed at the power plant, but they disagree on conditions to let the observers travel to the plant and a quick look ahead to thursday's meeting between our president zalinski i turkey's president irwin and un secretary general antonio, good cherish. i'm what's likely to be on their agenda. i think

the safety issues surrounding the nuclear power plant and supper this year. we'll definitely play an important role. but the agenda will probably be dominated by the so called grain deal. as you know, cherokee and the united nations have both been involved in this a great deal that allows now the resumption of grain exports from from the parts at the black sea. and this is also the reason why we cherish is planning to continue to the port city of odessa after his meeting tomorrow. thank you for that. d. w correspondent, young phillip shots in keith. small store is making headlines around the world now or sausage shall unco where the former president go to buy a roger packs. it will return to the crisis stricken country later this month. as according to sir lankin, media is to roger pack for fled. the country,

after tens of thousands of anti government protesters overrun his official residence last month, protest this have demanded that he and his family are investigated for corruption. 3 people have been seriously injured after jumping from a train that was engulfed by wild fires and eastern spain around 20 suffered burns when the service to valencia was caught in the blaze. for long heat ways, of course, almost $400.00 wildfires in the country this year declared that president elect of can you, william router says there is no time to wait after his election when the runner up rather dingo says he'll challenge legality of the result. 4 of 7 electoral commissioners opposed. a boy. this is dw news live from berlin, still to come. chairman phil, director of gun patterson, the man behind the african world war, 2 drama passport has died. h 81. take

a look at. he's a wide and varied legacy for so veteran us politician, at least jamie has lost her seat as the republican congressional candidate for wyoming. she lost it to lawyer harriet hargum, and he was a supporter of donald trump chain. he's been an outspoken critic of the former president and was one of a few republicans to vote for his impeachment in her concession speech. she said that she would do whatever it takes to deny mr. trump a 2nd. 204 defeated year, but also defiant, saw las cheney had run a campaign like, based on her opposition to donald trump and preventing his influence over the republican party is dead to both her and her supporters. the loss did not come as a surprise. 2 years ago i won this primary was 73 percent of the vote. i could easily have done the same again, the path was clear,

but it would have required that i go along with president trump's lie about the 2020 election. that was a path i could not and would not take those conclusions on this committee investigating the january 6 attack on a capital. chaney was one of just 2 republicans on the panel, investigating trump's role in the attack. and her earlier voting for his impeachment put her at odds with her own party. in typical style, trump put out a statement celebrating her defeat in the primaries. this is a wonderful result for america and a complete rebuke of the unselect committee of political hacks and thugs. lish cheney should be ashamed of herself. now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion. trump said, but standing before her supporters in wyoming, chaney vowed to continue her fight against trump. signaling that her political career is here to stay. i to nigeria where kidnapping for ransom has become

a thriving industry with the government, seemingly helpless to stop it. many families are laughing no choice, but to meet the criminals demands as the w's elisa. chuckle, a chuck wumer i found out. ah, this is ye who said gisele, you don't often get some meets people who do what he does. he's a kidnapper ransom negotiator. he works out deals with bandits, so families can pay to get their loved ones. free. mandatory anti murphy in madeira had become a lucrative business much more than the oil business. and i want to tell you it is explained is called by by the they don't care why they don't care, the family you come from, they don't care whether you original he says, when a kidnapping is reported, he contacts the families, an offense to help for free he knows many gangs haven't researched various crime

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he calls hassan to we still recovering all we really miss you. no, no seriously is a terrible 4 months was what i really miss in ice hockey. you and i verify cry, and i really miss you. bra may 1 knows how many people are currently being held for ransom around the country. what a security situation nigeria kidnapping has become quite common. and families who fall victim i left with no choice, not to negotiate. which in most cases means plain ransom. dove meant security forces are clearly not winning the challenge posed by the kidnapping bandits. it's become a thriving industry. if you are docked and you're paid money if an incentive unto did at what happened in the eye, doctor seed money and they able to spend up money. all the 3 elements of the crime

triangle available. none of them have been changed or blocked, but that's why you see the group in kit enough or on from the crime. a crime that can hit any one at any time. making normal life in larger area, less search for everyone. oscar nominated to germany. filmmaker off gung patterson has died at the age of 18 while he shut the phone with his world war to a submarine. epic. gus bought in 1991. his 1st english language film was a never ending story. in 1984, he then went on to direct a string of hollywood heads, including a thrillers air force, one of the war epic. troy wolfgang peterson built a career like few german directors ever achieved. his trademark elaborate, powerful thriller, movies. his 1981 film thus bought the boat was one of german cinemas great

successes. at the time it was germany's most expensive production yet and picked up 6 oscar nominations. leave by loving stories, love taking people by the hand, taking them to a world and keeping them there for hours. psychological depth and strongly defined characters. these elements were already evident in his early works for television, like the german language crime series ta taught. after his success in theaters with dusk boards and the fantasy film, the never ending story in the mid eighties, peterson moved to hollywood after an initial dry spell, one of cinema's biggest stars, clint eastwood wanted peterson to direct him in the line of fire, packed with action but profound was a triumph with rave reviews and a smashing success at the box office. peterson established himself as one of the hollywood blockbuster directors. his films often carried

a patriotic message in air force won. the american president of single handedly saves his plane from terrorists. the biggest stars wanted to work with both gunk, peterson. the budgets for his movies soon exceeded $100000000.00. his biggest commercial success was troy. the epic. historical film with brad pitt peterson belong to the small circle of directors who were granted the final word in hollywood with complete creative control over their own work. in 2016 for the 1st time in 30 years, he directed a movie in germany. fig. in the bank for against the bank a crime comedy. i mean when i went to the u. s i had the feeling and so did others. who said to me, you need to make a comedy film again because they think i'm funny that i have a sense of humor, which is true. please laugh with ms. lamb wolfgang peterson. unexceptional director

. a man who never forgot his routes or who lived out his dream, above all in hollywood. mm hm. oh then on a woke up edison from david levitz from d. w culture. welcome david. what made this man a stand out from other filmmakers? well, for, you know, all filmmakers went their films to be successful, but voice compared us and was obsessed with the idea that his films had to be for every one. and it happened this way. he came upon this obsession as a young so maker. when he went, he snuck inside the cinema and he saw people walking out of one of his movies. and that for him was the worst thing that could ever happen. so you vowed that that would never happen. again and his formula for keeping people in their seats through his films was really a sort of a special mixture of action and humanity. on the one side, he was very good at capturing action, very realistic action, of course,

heightened and cinematic, but all of his films are very character driven as well. and they're not about superheroes. they're about normal people who are in extraordinary situations and have to have to deal with that. he also, within the action movies on right, is incredibly versatile. it's mind boggling to think that the same person who did air force one this movie with harrison ford is the us president beating out terrorists in flight is the same person here did never ending story, which is this very sensitive children's fantasy film about the power of literature and this fantasy world of, of a magical book. and so how did he get from making films in what was then west to germany, to working with the, the biggest stars in hollywood? well, it really comes down to this break through german film that he made dust board, which was nominated for 6 oscars, and the board was really sort of an unlikely success. if you look at it at the face

of the plot of it, this story about german soldiers or submariners in world war 2, told from a german perspective about their suffering is not a movie that you would think would have had a great international success. especially at the time and actually even in west germany, they were critic saying, this is a movie that glorifies war, but that's not what the audience is saw. and that's not what he meant. the audience is saw that this was a movie about real men who were caught in a horrible situation, but they didn't want to be end and that they were loyal to each other and trying to make the of it. and now this movie is seen as one of the best anti war movies ever made. and so he was born in germany 1940, once a, grew up him in a post war split country. how did that impact him and his career? we're in a way, it's actually what led him to movies because growing up in postwar, germany, he, he knew that most of the grown ups around him had been loyal to hitler and the nazi

regime. and he didn't feel like there was any one that he could really look up to as a role model. and he actually looked to hollywood films to find his role models like high noon with gary cooper. this story of a man who is willing to do the right thing, no matter what the consequences. and he decided at a very early age that he wanted to make movies. and he wanted to make that kind of movie. he wanted to make movies about people who are going to do the right thing about about good guys in the end it led him to hollywood, led him to work with clint eastwood and brad pitt, and george clooney, and the biggest the names in hollywood. thank you. for that, david levitz on the life and times of vulcan pettis. thank you. just want to remind you of our top story. at this hour, german chancellor, olaf shalt says he is disgusted after palestinian leader mahmoud abbas on a visit to germany, accused israel of committing 50 holocausts against his people. and the statement

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