brent: this is dw years -- dw news live from berlin. russia still denies it ever interfered in any your selection, so is moscow listening? also coming up, deadly violence in sudan, protesters and clashes killed.

they accuse the ouousted presidt of dividing the country. and, our correspondent visits a police station in sri lanka that has become a refugee chauffeur -- shelter after suicide bombings. ♪ brent: to our viewers on pbs and united states and all around the world, welcome. we begin with the u.s., russia and iran. mike pompeo visited in sochi were he held meetings with sergey lavrov and vladimir putin. speaking ahead of the talks with the washington envoy, food and found words of praise for the recently publishshed mullah rept

on the 2016 presidential election. he denied that russia ever interfered in the elections. the u.s. leader to restore between the russians and the united states. let's talk about that a little more. joining me more is -- with more is sarah. it is good to have you on the show. the u.s. and russia, they disagree on many things. still, they vow to approve -- improve their relationship. how will they do that? sarah: they want to improve their relations because they are at an all-time low, but they do not have a lot of hand to make that happen. most areas they are talking about are conflicted, so it is

unlikely to happen. brent: the alleged russian meddling, it did a lot of damage between washington and moscow. russia's foreign minister has responded that russia was coble -- coble -- coble bull -- culpable. >> i gave out a memo and it lays out including the notorious law in support of the ukraine. the secretary of state is obligated directly through

working with russian ngos. brent: he is saying i gave mike pompeo a list of where the u.s. has meddled in russian affairs. sarah: the russian viewpoint is they are doing to the u.s. what the u.s. has been doing for decades to other countries. they say they are not response before any meddling in the u.s. elections, but still, that is a way to also say you are doing the same, so were just doing what you're doing. -- we are just doing what you're trying to do. [no audio] sarah: the viewpoint in russia is quite different. all the funding for

organizations and civil society organizations. brent: it is interesting. the perceptions are different. let's talk a little bit about iran will stop -- iran. >> we are looking for iran to be like a normal country. we fundamentally do not seek a war with iran, but we has all -- we also been clear that if american interests are attached, we will most certainly respond in an appropriate reaction. brent: the u.s. and russia are on opposite sides. sarah: both sides want to

prevent a nuclear program. russia still see a ukrainian deal as worth it and they want to uphold it, the u.s. quit the deal last year and wants to put more pressure to get another deal. brent: is it possible to say the u.s. is pushing them into each other's arms because of what is happening? we could argue they are closer than they have ever been. sarah: yes, if we have u.s. sanctions, they are one of the remaining allies, but still, russia is not powerful enough to make up for the lack of u.s. influence. brent: sarah pagung thank you.

turkey's military has launched a massive exercise for the second time this year. the dissents -- the dedefense ministstry says almost 20,000 members of armed forces are involved. security forces have -- the national assembly has come underr increasing pressure from nicolas maduro. a california jury has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed that monsanto caused cancer.

[inaudible] this is hours after protesters reach an agreement to transition to a new, elected government. they have men -- been demande>>f force. protesters confront security forces who brandished guns they are not afraid to use. >> these images show when things turned violent. tensionsns escscalated when secy forces began clearing

roadblocks. a redline for demonstrators who have been defying the military for weeks. these are not just warning shots. some of the bullets hit their mark. a number of sudanese protesters and an army major were shot dead. the protesters have been out all day to increase pressure on the military council which took over after further omar al-bashir was pushed from power. >> the old regime is not falling yet, so we are staying. you have seen with their own eyes the oppression. we have escalated our protests we have blocked the street to pressure the government. we want to ensure our voices are heard. we hate what they are doing. ththey even use whips onon us. reporter: on monday, sudan's military council and opposition

groups finally agreed to a power struructure overhehe countrieses transition.. protestersrs want to civiliann rule. but the makeup of the government bodies has yet to be agreed. at a news conference on tuesday, the ruling generals blamed bashir's rulers for the violence. >> the situation has been excluded by other factions and sleeper cells of the regime and others who are still targeting its resolution. reporter: heightened tensions between n the military and siblg prprotesters are often plain to see. while the demonstrators refused to go quietly, talks between the two sides continue. brent: in sri lanka, anti-muslim mobs have killed one person and attacks mosques and muslim-owned businesses. the government extended a curfew to a second night as they try to contain the violent. sectarian anger has been building since the easter sunday bombings by islamists. those bombings killed more than 250 people.

in the city of, hundreds of muslim refugees, most he from afghanistan and pakistan, have now fled their homes because many of their sri lankan neighbors see them as a threat. our reporter spent time with a group of refugees taking shelter in a police station, where one of the easter sunday attackers killed more than 100 people. abby: nightmares do nonot compae to this ordeal. more than 150 people are crammed into this makeshift shelter. she is only 12 but has feared for her life before. >> in afghanistan, it was bombs and terrorists and those things be because o of that left afghananistan anand we came her. it brings a lot of problems. here also it getets bomb blasted and the people blame it on us. now we a are in the polilice station. abby: they came to this police station for their own protection. all have been renting homes here

for years as t they waited to go to thihird countries.. they say locals have generalally been friendly. but after the easter sunday bombings, some call them terrorists. several refugees were attacked at home and on the streets. >> there were some people that were standing. when they saw me they shouted, oh afghan, afghan. after one hour, he told me to leave the house because we cannot guarantee, we do not have any responsibility about you. abby: landlords scared of being tatargeted themselelves asks the refugees to leave, but other sri lankans have come to their aid. actitivist ricky fernando has sn helplping them butut feels moree neneeds to be done. >> the government needs to take initiatitive to inform the local people that these are refugees and asylum seekersrsho are fleeing prosececution in their countries. they have trusted sri lanka. we hope that other countries willll expedite so they can gogo quickly. abby: some families have now

been in the space for more than three weeks, a space meant for police vehicles. not parents with small children. there is little protection here, and conditions are only getting worse. >> i worry about all the children, not only my children, but all the children. what will happen to them if they get very seriously sick? if we lose one of them it will be right now, the condidition is vy bad. very diffificult situatition. even we could not believe that we would face such kind a situation. abbyby: there are just a few toilets for everyone to use, and these stalls are also where people bathe. deportation is a reality for this catholic family. they say they face deathth if st back to muslim-majority pakistan. >> first they won't save our life. so now the sri lankan government

rejected people, we sent back to pakistan. but we cannot go back. we don't have any more time. so pleasase do something for us. abby: nearby, she sits with her mother in the parking lot. instead of a a school with her -- in a school with her classmates. >> actually i am really worried about my future because i have lots of dreams for my future but after those things that aree happening g here, i realally dot have any dreams. i just want to stay alive. abby: what are the dreams? >> i hope to become a doctor. actually, it is really hard. it is really hard to live here.

brent: that report from dw's abby kuhathasan in sri lanka. hate crimes often motivated by religious or anti-foreigner sentiment are also a problem right here in germany. according to the government, hate crimes increased 20% last year. that includes anti-semitic crimes. the government says the far right is to blame. reporter: demonstrators burning a self-made israeli flag. an attack against a jewish restaurant. a banned symbol. these are signs of a worrying problem in germany, and one that is growing, according to new figures released by the interior ministry. >> anti-semitic crimes have increased considerably, by 19.6% in the last year. the vast majority, and this finding is important for the evaluation of these offenses,

mainly 89.1%, can be attributed to the white -- right-wing spectrum. reporter: parties described as far right such as alternativive for germany y haveeen acaccusedf downplaying germany's nazi past and normalizing hate politics, something that they reject. german chancellor angela merkel's government, meanwhile, has vowed to fight the rising problem of anti-semitism. last year it appointed its first anti-semitism commissioner, and it set up an office to document hate crimes. >> this is a very problematic develop. it is therefore good that the government now has an anti-semitism commmmissioner. i will discuss with him and with my ministry what we can do in the way of prevention, so that

we can reduce these problematic numbers in germany. reporter: but officials have added that given germany's tribal history, fighting anti-semitism is not only a challenge for authorities, but for society as a whole. many children are living in miserable conditions, but one is fighting to bring to orphan girls to begin a new life in germany, a life can safely. >> these children are being held in the syrian refugee camp. their motherers d dead. according to a lawyer, the children should be brought to germany as quickly as possible.

>> the medical carare is by no means guaranteed. there's a a danger of academic - epidemics, especially for defenseless children. it is no place for children to live. >> this is where the children are living, the refugee camp in northern syria. many children live in confinement. their parents come of who joined the i.s.. the german ministry y says they cannot offer help in syria, but there are exceptions for humanitarian aid.

brent: we have some breaking news coming in. british prime minister theresa may says she will put the brexit withdraw agreement bill for a vote again in june. this will be there for throat on theresa may's brexit plan. she says talks have been useful and productive. again, the prime minister say that a brexit plan will be put to a pararliamentary vote next month. there's increasing pressure now on governments to do more to slow the pace of climate change. last week, france and other countries announced they would halt almost all of their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. germany has been falling short of its own declared targets.

angela merkel said germany will be joining the initiative. >> many expect her to send a strong signal. she admits germany has not met its goals. >> we have agreed d on quite a t and have set targets, but there is a gap for the first goal in 2020. >> back in 27 -- 2007, gerermany was ahead. she talked about global warming as a crucial issue. government leaders agreed to a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, but in germany, things look a bit different. the goal to reduce by 40% will

nonot be met. instead, her government decided to continue ususing call -- coa. a 2050 goal to reach google seo to is a no go, but she i is up o the idea stop >> how can we achieve thihis objecective by 2? the quesestion is not whether we can do it, but how we can do it. if we can find a reasonable answer t to this question, we cn join the initiative of the other member states. >> for many young people, it is simply not enough. many of those who take part were only toddlers when angela merkel came to power and greenhouse gases have hardly decreased.

brent: changes to the climate are monitored by scientists. one other projects is to measure the arts surface and groundwater. the satellite record changes in the earth's m mass caused byy movements of b bies of watater. >> this is how birth looks. -- earth looks. this is how the twins satellite on the mission see it. a orbit the earth 15 times each day and monitor r s mass, which constantly changnges, especially the mass of water on the earth surface. satellites are the best way to observe the flow across the entire planet.

using microwaves, they measururd the distance between one another to the thousands of a millimeter. the gravitational pull changes the distance between the satellites. the water budget can then be captivated from the daily collect. every month, the satellites deliver a new snapshot of a constantly changing distribution on and in the earth. the data will help to better document the impact of climate change. fofor example, how quickly the polar ice caps are melting. they are shown that greenland's ice sheet melted faster than previously belelieved. every year, about 270 billion tons of ice are being lost.

with the satellites help, researchers can now monitor the global water budget and they can examine how far the ground water level has sunk or how climate change alters precipitation. sites from ourinto the processes . brent: earlier, we spoke to the director of the european earth space agency program. we asked him what missions {tell us about the s ste of ourr plplanet. >> it's an interesting mission because it provides i informaonn about rtaiain aspects of the climate and changes to the gravity. there are a number of satellilis

. in particular, you have mentioned water and ice caps, but there are other missions you are measuring the chahanges of e ice balalance and giving essentl measurements, , how much ice is melting and how to flex the water levels and the increase of temperatures as far as global change. brent: germany has announced its squad for the next world cup. there are a few unexpected players in the women's lineup, but surprises when the team announced the launch.

>> reporter: the germany squad announcement, fronted by coach, started low-key but was soon wrapped up with an eye-catching promo video. it outlined the difficulties women face in the football world. >> [speaking german] reporter: it was a tongue-in-cheek message to germany and the world. they are demanding respect as they target a third world cup title and have the fans behind them. >> we wish with all our hearts that many fans come to the stadium for our last friendly match and that we can take a world cup mood with us. now that the world cup is approaching, more people know that we are playing. reporter: the squad itself held few surprises. goalkeeper almuth schult was included despite injury problems. alexandra popp was named as team captaiain.

they are confident they can handle their tag as one of the favorites. >> we are number two in the world rankings. we know that on the one hand there is an expectation for us to do well, but we also know that it is a positive thing, because i do not think many teams want to play against us. reporter: now it is up to germany to show the world what they can do. brent: you are watching dw news. when would combat back, i will take you through the day, so stick around for that. ♪

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