>> welcome to the journal. these are the headlines this hour. a huge crowd rallied behind turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan after a police crackdown on protesters. a clash of personalities in germany's main opposition party ahead of national elections. formula one star tests his endurance in berlin.

we will begin in turkey, where prime minister recep tayyip erdogan has rallied tens of thousands of his supporters as he tries to quell the largest unrest turkey has seen in decades. police cleared a protest camp and sealed off the central square. antigovernment activists remained defiant, but authorities say they will take a hard line against further protests. >> the protesters gathered once more, responding to calls by the solidarity group. security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the crowds. witnesses say the violence went on for hours in the streets surrounding the square. elite units attempted to cordon off the district and keep the protesters from regrouping.

they quickly responded with force to the slightest challenge. the rage and sheer numbers were too big. the night after the eviction from the park, the demonstration seemed to grow in size. >> we are not afraid. we will topple this dictator who calls himself the prime minister. growingrt is throughout turkey. protesters took to the streets of the capital on car as well -- ankara as well. right police reacted harshly -- riot police reacted harshly. at the same time, recep tayyip erdogan addressed a massive crowd just outside of istanbul. officially billed as a political rally, recep tayyip erdogan said protesters forced his hand by defying warnings to exit the park. he said cleaning up the park was his duty as prime minister. with a cheering sea of

followers, it was a stark contrast to the ongoing violence just a few kilometers away. he faces the biggest challenge yet to his islamic government's 10 year grip on power. >> for more, we can cross to our correspondent in istanbul, dorian jones. a big show of support for prime minister recep tayyip erdogan in istanbul. what did he have to say? >> his speech was basically on two themes. he started off by talking about the international media, stoking up the discontent at accusing them of working with dark foreign powers. he then suggested that they are conspirators inside turkey. a possiblegests purge by saying he no longer wants to see them in their jobs. he went on to play the islamic card. he then went on to accuse the ongoing unrest as being anti-

islamic. a very powerful, uncompromising message and likely to fuel further escalation in the ongoing crisis. >> you are in central istanbul right now. what is the situation there? >> i'm about 300 meters from the square. following the end of the speech, there was a cacophony of people banging pots and pans from their was as and then there large number of protesters trying to enter the square. they were beaten back by riot police. a large amount of tear gas. number of people detained are believed to be foreign. surrounding buildings have been opened to them by people living here. they regrouped and are trying to get back into the square. this has been going on all along the square in all the different neighborhoods. >> dorian jones reporting from

istanbul. somewhere else following developments in istanbul is claudia, one of the top leaders of germany's green party. to her a short while ago and she said the situation there is like a war zone. she says europe has an obligation to back democratic forces in turkey. >> i think it is of vital importance that we do not identify turkey with erdogan and his policy or government. we should make a difference. i think europe has more than ever made clear that these democrats in 88 provinces, hundreds of thousands of people fighting for fundamental rights the right of demonstration,

freedom of expression, they need support. erdogan would blame the democrats and say, because of you, europe is closing the doors. i think we should criticize german government, european union very heavily and criticize what is going on because there is no human rights not violated in these hours. onto other news, at least 30 people have been killed in a series of attacks targeting many shiite regions of iraq. a car bomb struck a marketplace with several children reported among the dead. officials said it appeared to nearly one dozen bombings in shiite areas were courted native attacks. violence in iraq has spiked to the highest level in five years,

raising fears of renewed sectarian conflict. the united states says it is open to direct talks with north korea, but has stressed that discussions on nuclear disarmament must result in actions, not just words. north korean state tv reported that the country's national defense commission proposed talks to secure peace in the region. the offer comes days after talks with neighboring south korea were called up. tensions have been high on the korean peninsula since february, when the north redoubt its third nuclear test -- carried out its third nuclear test. expressed hope for improved relations. supporters of hassan rouhani celebrated his victory in toronto on saturday. on saturday. the president-elect promised iranians freedom and stability

and called on them to support him in that quest. hassan rouhani takes office in august. german elections are coming in september. not much time left for angela merkel's main contender to turn things in his favor. so far it does not look too good for the social democrats, who lacks far behind merkel in recent polls. even support within his own party isn't out. >> just 100 days before election day. the social democrat and his chancellor are struggling to present a convincing image of unity. the party maintains support of internal division -- reports of internal division are unfounded. >> regardless of what is being written about us, there is no internal bickering going on. >> in a previous interview, he did: gabrielle to show more loyalty. -- call on gabrielle to show more loyalty.

>> you mentioned in your own reports that the party leadership needs to come o together more. in that way, you have answered your own question. >> so far, public appearances have not gone particularly in his favor. by an interviewer what he was fighting for, he was left .truggling to define words >> while negative media reports and angela merkel's seemingly unfailing report seemed to be putting a strain on the party's leadership, a lot can change in 100 days. vladimir putin has defended his decision to continue providing weapons. he made his comments after a meeting in london with david cameron.

prime minister cameron is hoping to forge an international consensus on handling the syrian conflict. it will be a major topic of discussion at the g-8 summit beginning on monday in northern ireland. greek prime minister samaras has dismissed calls for fresh elections. a move split the already fragile coalition and had threatened to derail the government which took office last year. he has vowed to relaunch a scaled down version, and argued that a total shutdown must happen first. a meeting with his political allies has been scheduled for monday. sports news now. wimbledon just around the corner. a good time to win his first tournament of the year. he beat russia in three sets at

the open in germany. >> it was the end of a long, barren run. it had been 10 months since he lost a tournament -- one a tournament. he did not have it all his own way. the two players battled through the tiebreak with the russian just like prevailing. in his semi final match, he held himself back into the match. he put on a dominant performance. it was the same story in the final set. a score line of 6-7 gave roger federer a tournament victory. he chose the perfect time to improve his form. with wimbledon just round the corner, roger federer will be

hunting and eight title. on sunday, three sets to win. last year's wimbledon runner-up bounced back brilliantly to win 5-7, 7-five, 6-3. queens is the traditional warm- up to the only grass court grand slam of the year. lorenzo has won the catalonia grand prix and closed the gap. danipanish rider overtook pedrosa and hung onto the lead for the entire race.

temperatures on the track hit 50 degrees celsius. another sport star in action today was formula one driver jenson button with a reputation as a leading fitness fanatic. he competed in the first-ever ironman triathlon. >> is breaking records again, but this time on two legs. he clocked four hours and 20 minutes in the ironman. it was a full 10 minutes up of his personal best. >> i really enjoyed the bike. 1100 participants took the plunge on a sunday morning with amateurs and professionals competing in different age groups. each wore different swimming caps. after the swimming, the bike

section before a final punishing run. the quickest over the 113 kilometer course, a former two- time world and european champion one backup for bold margin of four and a half minutes -- won by a bold margin of four and a half minutes. >> i'm going to collapse like a wet sack. >> i came here all the way from bahrain to germany to make my country proud, to represent bahrain. >> jenson remains the fitness celebrity freak. >> finally, two different worlds met in rome today when a contingent of harley-davidson enthusiasts attended a mass in st. peter's square. pope francis rode his rather

more sedate vehicle to greet the and inspect their gleaming machines. the american company is celebrating its 110th anniversary. stay with us. >> parts of north and east germany continued to battle flooding this week. thousands of people were forced to evacuate after a dike burst in the state of saxony. chancellor angela merkel visited some of the worst affected areas and promised aid to flood victims and paid tribute to the thousands of volunteer workers. >> we can take pride in our country and how people have stuck together in such a difficult hour. >> emergency crews set up sandbags to protect homes, with residents in areas further north, hoping that flood defenses would hold.

water levels started to fall over the course of the week, but the levees were still .eeling the strain the extent of the damage is starting to emerge further south, where the floodwaters were receding. streets, bridges and buildings are in need of repair. the federal and state government latched to provide 8 billion .uros to fix the damage >> a former cia employee went to ground on monday after revealing himself as a force of links about top-secret -- leaks -- source of leaks. he fled to hong kong last month. >> more than 70 people were killed in a series of attacks across iraq on monday, the worst

violence struck the north of the country. at least two dozen people were killed when suicide bombers .argeted a police post attacks were also reported in areas further south, including .ut kuba united nations says violence in iraq has spiked. there were 1000 people killed last month alone. >> germany's defense minister came under more pressure under a canceled surveillance drone deal. he faced yet another parliament year -- parliamentary hearing on monday. he admitted he made mistakes, but rejected calls for his resignation. >> we did not manage the product as carefully as we should have. that includes myself.

but the flawed process nevertheless ends with the right outcome is in my opinion no reason to resign. >> the opposition says he waited the costly drone project -- axe the costly drone project. tensions between turkish authorities in antigovernment protesters escalated on tuesday. officers in riot gear and third the square in install -- istanbiulul. the crowd was angry over a construction project in the .ark >> no matter how many police officers come, we will continue to struggle. we will continue to fight.

we will not withdraw. rogerger federer took -- federe took a hard line against the protesters. pledged to suspend the park project until the court had issued a ruling. he said on kara was open to a referendum on the issue -- ankara was open to a referendum on the issue. germany's constitutional court started hearing a legal challenge to the european central banks involvement in the eurozone crisis and whether the bank overstepped its mandate. last year the ecb under

president mario draghi offered to buy unlimited government wants to help struggling euro toe member states -- bonds help struggling euro zone member states. >> we have to clarify whether the european central bank is taking on responsibilities that have not been assigned to it. >> critics see the bond program as a form of financing for governments. it is something the bank is not allowed to do. the plaintiffs say german taxpayers would face risks without any parliamentary input. the judges are expected to decide the matter in the fall at the earliest. >> a bill that would clamp down .n russia's gay community the measure aims to ban so- called homosexual propaganda and would punish anyone who distributes information about same-sex relationships. the bill won approval in the lower house of parliament on tuesday. activists fear it will be used

to go after anyone who supports gays and lesbians in russia. >> greece shut down its public broadcaster midweek in one of the government's most drastic measures yet to cut costs. athens said the station had squandered huge amounts of cash. the news took the employees by surprise. many presenters said their .oodbyes on life tv -- live tv two and a half thousand people lost their jobs. some kept working in protest. thesands of greeks took to streets in solidarity with major unions calling a nationwide strike. >> we live in poverty. and now they are cutting freedom of speech and freedom of thought. >> the government says the broadcaster will be relaunched as soon as possible, but with a

slimmer budget and fewer employees. laid they's president cornerstone for berlin city, marking the official start to construction work. it was badly damaged during the second world war and later torn down by the east german government. the rebuilt palace will feature a baroque façade and will house .he humboldt forum berlin the city and capital city of germany is getting its historic center back. >> critics oppose what they see as the reconstruction of the monument. they take an issue with the price tag. it will cost an x-men --

estimated 600 million euros and take at least five years to complete. >> three activists from the women's rights group who staged a topless protest in tunisia were sentenced to four months in prison. the judges said the women from germany and france offended public decency and threaten public order. they were protesting against their rest of a tunisian activist outside the country's .ain courthouse in the capital >> former argentinian president was sentenced thursday to seven years in prison for smuggling weapons into ecuador and croatia in the 1990s. an appeals court overturned a lower court acquittal and found him guilty of violating international embargoes. the 82-year-old is a member of argentina's senate. he will not be jailed unless his .ellow senators

>> the permanent installation is for theoa shoa, hebrew word holocaust. >> we come from jerusalem to .ommemorate stand here today with the survivors who lived through this hell. this is a special occasion and i am very moved. wasock 27 of the auschwitz closed for two years to prepare the exhibition. helped curate the new display, which featured a book identifying 4 million victims of the nazis. >> on friday, the united nations called for an

investigation into u.s. claims that the mask is used chemical weapons against rebel fighters. a day earlier, the white house said it had conclusive evidence that up to 150 people were killed by agents. accused washington of lying. president barack obama has said that the use of chemical weapons constituted a red line. 'se u.n. estimates that syria civil war is killing 5000 people each month. the u.n. raise the overall death toll to nearly 93,000. >> the killing of close to 750 thousand miners, including at least 1729 children under 10 .ears have been documented there are well documented cases of individual children being tortured and executed, and entire families, including

babies, being massacred. believed tol number be much higher. >> the german parliament honored those who took part in the uprising against the communist regime in the former east germany six year. were called in to break up the crowd. more than 50 people were killed and many protesters were imprisoned. the german president grew up in eastern germany. he was just 13 when the protests broke out. anger at rose up in the million injustices they had to endure every single day. blue-collar workers, students, farmers and housewives. >> the session went beyond remembrance. german parliamentary president

drew parallels to current freedom movements around the world. >> in syria, iran, or belarus. >> he said the east german protest marked a key day