>> this is dw news live from berlin. great to have you with us. >> hello. headlines for you at this hour -- leila: on a visit to st. petersburg, the greek prime minister says he intends to return greece its sovereignty as negotiations in luxembourg continue over greek debt. >> the suspect in the u.s. church shooting massacre is taken to a detention center, and the people of charleston grieve for the nine people he killed. anchor: danish voters oust their centerleft government. a eurosceptic anti-immigration party makes huge gains.

greece and russia just shook hands on a billion-euro gas pipeline deal that could not have come at a better time for athens. anchor: prime minister alexis tsipras is left in tough negotiations with his eu counterpart, and there are fewer than teen of weeks to go before athens has to come up with reforms if it wants to secure loans. anchor: the european union is darkening. with europe at odds with russia, the deal could backfire on the greek government. we will talk to frank and moscow but first this report. reporter: in st. petersburg, the greek prime minister signed a deal worth billions. russia and greece have moved a step closer in a deal which will connect the two countries for years. we're starting a new era of greek-russian relations.

the turkish stream type line is planned to run from russia through the black sea turkey, and greece into western europe. when it's finished, it will come 50 billion cubic meters of gas. greece will receive transit fees, and russia will finance the pipeline's construction but greek creditors are silent despite the source of income. yesterday, a talk broke down once again. they expected a plan on budget cuts. instead, tsipras flew to russia. yet, there's another sticking point -- the new pipeline will avoid ukraine, which is currently profiting from transit fees. the ukraine has political sympathies with europe. anchor: let's talk to marcus in st. petersburg. this gas pipeline deal could not have come at a more crucial time for greece. marcus: that's absolutely right

but i would not call this loan from russia a lifeline. this is rather a loan to get russian gas via greece to western europe. greece will profit from the transit revenues, but russia is reluctant to commit to further loans to athens, as they are in a deep economic crisis as well due to western sanctions and low oil prices. anchor: as you know, just this week the eu has extended sanctions against russia. greece is at odds with europe. moscow is at odds also with europe, with brussels especially. some say vladimir putin is using this strategy to pursue a divide and conquer method. is there something to that? marcus: this is very much the impression we got here in st. petersburg. it seemed that putin and tsipras seem to feel they can

help each other overcome the isolation they are in. mr. tsipras praised russia's idea of a multipolar world order and set a world older -- order dominated by brussels and washington is over a long time already and we have to go to new shores. that's what he said in the world economic forum. that must have gone down very well with mr. putin, who for a long time already tries to secure loyalty among individual european states and who has tried to present himself not that much as isolated as the world wants him to be. anchor: thank you. anchor: surely an interesting day also for the markets. greece, we hear, can look forward to some nice transit fees with the turkish stream pipeline. also, the ecb has decided to keep the money flowing through

the greek banking system. but when i look at the graph behind you, does not make any difference on financial markets, does it? reporter: it does not make a difference in frankfurt, but it does make a difference in athens. stocks increasing their at least a little bit. people are taking their money out of their bank accounts on a big scale. we're talking about one billion euros that went out of the banking system yesterday alone so it was very important that the ecb increase the amount of money that can flow to the greek banks now, even though this seems to be a solution to the problem, or at least seems to be a solution for keeping the banking system. this is just a temporary step. we will see what happens after the next meeting of european leaders on monday. anchor: what then is laying on the dax? the day did not too badly. reporter: exactly.

the dated not start that bad. we had many factors working towards making the dax go up or down these days. one of them is the development of the united states. since we had a bad start on wall street that had an impact here as well, let's look at how the markets are doing right now. the dax losing 0.65 percent. euro stoxx flat at this moment. in the u.s., the dow jones now slightly down, as is the euro against the dollar at $1.13. anchor: thank you very much. anchor: the nato alliance needs to become faster, more flexible, and more powerful -- that was the conclusion from nato's recent summit in wales. anchor: the new spearhead force adopted the high readiness joint task force as part of the new face of nato. it has just begun its first full training exercises in poland, sending a clear message to russia. the alliance is ready to defend

eastern europe as the standoff over ukraine continues. reporter: these military drills are supposed to look as realistic as possible. nato soldiers pumped up on adrenaline did ending their territory against unidentified attackers. in a large-scale exercise in northwestern poland, nato's new rapid response force showcased new abilities. the trip unit was sent to be a necessary reaction to the conflict in ukraine, despite opposition by russia. >> the important thing is that nato is increasing its readiness and its preparedness, and that we are able also in the future to protect and defend all allies. reporter:100 soldiers from nine nato states took part in the drill. the aim -- to react to global crises more quickly and efficiently. the german defense minister was on hand to watch the exercises.

joining her polish, dutch, and norwegian counterparts. her position is clear -- berlin fully supports a strong nato presence in eastern europe. >> it is an appropriate defensive measure because it is important to all of us tht we reassure the baltic states poland and bulgaria that their concerns are also our concerns. reporter: see also signaled support for u.s. plans to deploy heavy weapons to nato allies in eastern europe. >> the nato secretary-general on the line in poland. nato will continue to strike for dialogue with russia, but nevertheless, the reinforcement of nato's high readiness level is the biggest after the cold war and shows how military competition has overtaken diplomacy in east/west relations. anchor: we now want to take you to the u.s. where a shattered

community in the state of south carolina struggles to come to grips with the loss of nine black people massacred in a church. anchor: stunned residents of charleston white and black held vigils to commemorate the victims gunned down during a prayer service. investigators are investigating the attack as a hate crime. anchor: the incident has reignited heated discussions about race relations and gun violence in america. >> ♪ we shall overcome ♪ reporter: members of his congregation remembered the pastor who was also a democratic state senator in south carolina. he was leading a bible study class at a historic lack church in downtown charleston wednesday evening when a gunman opened fire killing in total six women and three men. >> not only did it break my heart to see someone of great stature like reverend pinckney to get killed like that, but to

hear how the five year old girl pretended to be dead so that the shooter would not shoot her. reporter: police arrested 21-year-old dylann roof thursday in north carolina. they found the suspect at a traffic stop after a manhunt lasting some 14 hours. he is now in the custody of the f dei -- fbi. there has been speculation that roof was given a gun recently as a gift. a friend called authorities after pictures were broadcast on television of roof. >> it was a race thing because he told me that black people were taking over the country and that he wanted it to be segregation. white with the white, and black with the black. reporter: this latest shooting has shocked the united states. vigils to remember the dead have been held across the country.

clearly frustrated u.s. president barack obama said it was a tragedy his nation had endured too many times. president obama: we don't have all the facts, but we know that once again, innocent people were killed in part because a person who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting there hands on a gun. reporter: dylann roo was charged earlier this year on to it of separate occasions. he's due to appear in court via video link for a bail hearing later on friday. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch said the attack would be investigated as a hate crime. anchor: let's talk to richard walker now in washington. there's a new news, i hear. richard: that's right. the legal process is kicking into gear today with the first

hearings as we just heard, and we are heard -- we have heard that the suspect has been charged with nine counts of murder. there are some reports that he has confessed, but that is unconfirmed at this point. the governor of south carolina has been doing arounds with the media talking about this on television. she has been calling for the death penalty to be sought by prosecutors. anchor: this latest incident shines a very harsh light again on race relations and gun violence in america. richard: absolutely. two of the most highly charged issues in america again revealing the deep fault lines that exist within american society. to take race, this happens after a year of extremely high profile police shootings of unarmed black men and now we have a case where it appears that a young white man has gone into a black church killed nine

people, and talked about wanting to set off a race war in the process. that means that this act looks too many like not a mere mass shooting but an act of racial terrorism. there is a sense of frustration among many black commentators that in the public discourse there's a reluctance to use the word terrorism whatever you are dealing with a white perpetrator and to reach instead for an explanation such as being a loner, having psychological problems, using drugs, and so on. they point out that if there had been an islamist extremists running into a white church and killing nine people and talking about jihad that there would have been no doubt whatsoever about using the word terrorism. as far as guns are concerned, we heard from barack obama in the report. it was interesting that while he talked about uncontrolled, he did not make any explicit calls for political moves to enact that. that's because he has learned

that he is essentially helpless to do that. there was an air of kind of weary frustrated if he does them and what he said, merely saying that at some in america will have to reckon with the fact that these kinds of shootings happen in the united states on a scale that is unseen in any other advanced country -- there was an error of kind of weary, frustrated defeatism in what he said. hillary clinton has called for action but no specifics. it would certainly be a very risky move for her to take on this kind of banner issue in the service -- the 2016 election. anchor: thank you for your comprehensive reporting. we want to apologize to viewers. there has been a delay in the sound, but you got richard's full of analysis. anchor: we are taking a very short break. we will discuss the latest election outcome in denmark when we will come back. anchor: don't go away.

we will be back in just one minute.

anchor: welcome back. in europe, there's been another election victory for the populist right. anchor: the block secure the 90 seats needed for a majority in parliament, but to form a new government rasmussen needs the backing of the right-wing danish people's party. it made big gains with its anti-immigration message. reporter: denmark has populist right dancing the night away after winning 21% of the votes. a record result for the danish people's party. even its own leader was taken aback. "i'm really surprised about this result," he said. "where probably not doing as

well in the big cities, but no matter what, this is a marvelous result for the danish people's party." the dpp wants to curb immigration and bring that controls on the borders, which is controversial in other european countries, but the ideas are gaining ground among the danes. the opposition leader, likely to be denmark's next prime minister, believes migration must be controlled. "we want a denmark," he said, "where we can control the flow of immigration sewing danes look into the eyes of someone with a different ethnic background on the train in the street or at work, they look into the eyes of a person who wants to be danish. for the social democrats it was a sobering election. the prime minister had called

the election early hoping to capitalize on her country's economic recovery. "good leadership," she said "is also knowing when to say stop and that moment is now." she was the country's first-ever female leader, but she has now resigned. anchor: let's get you now more background on the selections in denmark. a political analyst with the german institute for international and security affairs joins us now. wonderful to see you here. how much of a hot button issue is immigration and denmark? >> it certainly is one of the hot topics, and it was one of the hot topics in election campaigns. in particular, the popular

movement, the people's party that brought this up and wanted more restrictions for people to get into denmark and tougher criteria for them to get permanent status. the other parties kind of played into that, basically taking on the rhetoric of the danish people's party, so overall, the migration has become tougher and after this election result might become even tougher in the future. anchor: people outside europe watching what has been going on in europe in recent years in france, to some extent in germany, and now in denmark -- they will see populists are gaining ground. how worrying is that? >> they do in most of the countries in europe. it is worrying in a way for the overall idea because it sets a tough stance.

the governments cannot negotiate any more as they did in the past, as they wanted to. particularly as it relates to migration. there are now negotiations for refugees, and governments are probably more afraid now because they know the populist party will probably gain even more if they give in. anchor: let's talk a little bit more about that. in the u.k., the british prime minister, david cameron, recently reelected. he promised a referendum. now you have this eurosceptic party coming into power. is this a new ally? does the eu now definitely have to reform? reporter: the pressure might be growing now. david cameron had always been isolated but he does now in a stronger position.

now also denmark and perhaps also finland -- and they announced actually already before the elections that they might support a big cameron -- david cameron in his stance on negotiations, and of particular support him in this idea not to form a social europe. one of the core claims of david cameron. anchor: thank you so mh fo breangt all do for u greatly appreciate it. me to goo the moes becau tonight, germany's film industry is gathering in berlin for the 65th german film awards. anchor: the award is the most

highly endowed german cultural award with a cash prize of 3 million euros. anchor: here's a look at some of the front runners. reporter: two films have collected seven nominations each for this year's film awards. the experimental "victoria" and historical drama "13 minutes," which is about a man who tried to kill hitler. despite its many nominations, it missed out in the best home category. but first, to the hacker thriller "who am i," which has six nominations. in germany it was a hit with cinema goers. now hollywood is planning a remake. nevertheless, a thriller has never won the best picture award, and there's no reason to think this year will be an exception.

now, for our personal recommendation -- "age of cannibals." the intimate drama landed just three nominations, but all in the top categories -- best feature film, best direction and best screenplay. >> that's why we recommended to our customer to move reduction to pakistan. >> pakistan? reporter: three business consultants go wherever there's money to be made, countries where human rights are bitten small and profits large. by the time they are honest, they have the prophets and the people they leave the hind have nothing. >> corporate structures that no one asked or voted for a taking more and more control of civil society, and no one fight back. reporter: but this movie does fight back with biting sarcasm and first class dialogue. at the very least it deserves the award for best screenplay.

reporter: now to the film we have tipped with strong chances of winning -- "we are young, we are strong." it has three nominations for best feature film, best cinematography and rest supporting actor. east germany 1992, a reaching mob attacks and asylm seeker's home -- a raging mob attacks and asylum seeker's home. the police stand down and look the other way. the film is an essay about state

authority yielding to mob rule. unfortunately, it's a true story with fictional characters. >> you have to put your energy into it to build up that kind of frustration, to get into your role. you talk about him like he was your best friend. it starts subconsciously. at some point, you start hating foreigners, at least for the duration of the take. reporter: but there is a film we think hasn't even better chance of sweeping the board. this brings us back to "victoria." among its seven nominations are best feature film, best director best actor, and best actress.

it's the story of a single fateful night that starts quite innocently in a berlin techno club and ends with violence in a dingy parking garage. thrillseeker victoria goes out partying and gets more than she bargained for. the production itself was an adventure. the two-hour 30 minute movie was shot in one night in a ingle unedited take. >> it could have all gone wrong and there were moments when it looked like it might but at last take, everything came together. afterwards, we patted each other on the back. the actors, the cameramen, myself. that's how the film came to be reporter:.

"victoria" is an experiment that worked, a film that made history and may very well deal the -- steal tehhe lola for best picture. anchor: if you are lucky and a berlin tonight, put on your evening gown, dust off your suit, and head off to the 65th german film awards. anchor: we will have to stay here. you can find more on all our stories online at www.dw.de. thanks for joining us. anchor: goodbye. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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