♪ >> this is ew news live in berlin. tense negotiations. mexico signals tighter migration controls to stop looming terrace from going into effect on monday. -- tariffs from going into effect on monday. their numbers could dwindle as washington ramps up pressure on its southern neighbor. also coming up, all aboard space

walkers, nasa says the first commercial visit to the international space station could take place next year. want to be rocket tourists will have to foot and astronomical bill for the trip. and a brutal attack on a same-sex couple in london. highlighting an alarming rise in violence against britain's lgbt community. ♪ >> i'm laila harrak -- great to. signs of progress and ongoing talks between the neighboring countries. president trump is trying to ramp up pressure on mexico to stem the flow of central american migrants to the southern u.s. border. vice president mike pence says although he is encouraged by his other neighbors latest proposals the first wave of tariffs are

set to hit mexico come monday. >> hundreds of migrants sent back into guatemala every day. in the future, most of those coming from the south will not be able to enter mexico at all. the government has pledged to deploy of the 6000 troops in the area to stop the flow of northbound migrants. despair spreads among those being turned away. >> what are we going to do, go back to our country and suffer? they are killing us back home. > an agreement on illegal migration between mexico and the u.s. could see an overhaul of asylum rules across the region with central american migrants having to seek refuge in the first country they enter after leaving their homeland. it's thought that -- reaching the u.s. border. mexico has repeatedly rejected the so-called safe third country agreement, but increasing pressure could make the country buckle.

translator: i hope we reach an agreement. unconfident that we will reach a deal so they don't put in place the unilateral measures expected to start on monday. >> due to its strategic location, free-trade agreements, and low wages, mexico has become an attractive destination for international companies. companies that would be hit hard by the tariffs. according to donald trump, they would start at 5% and steadily rise to 25%. translator: this is bad because the decision-makers do not have a redline. the united states is violating the rules of the free-trade agreement. >> struggling to appease u.s. decision-makers, mexico has

broadened its migration crackdown in recent days. not only turning back, but also detaining hundreds of migrants and freezing the bank accounts of suspected human traffickers. there is a risk none of the measures will be enough for donald trump, despite mexico's efforts. many in washington still expect the tariffs to go into effect on monday. laila:laila: to talk more about this high-stakes meeting that is still ongoing i'm joined by our correspondent in mexico city. mexico promised to deploy 6000 troops along the border to control migrants. does the government think that will be enough to stave off you -- stave off u.s. tariffs? >> it does not seem enough. these measures, the mexican position part of the negotiation , the increase of police agents

in the southern border, it was already happening. it is very difficult to appease every new donald trump request. the head of the business council here in mexico said that the country has not the capacity to please the u.s. demand to reach zero migration. laila: what are mexicans saying about being strong-armed by the u.s. president, donald trump, in this way? how far do you think mexico will go to appease the u.s. president? >> [indiscernible] they don't really think the tariffs will be incremented. -- will be implemented. mexico will not accept to be a third state country.

that will mean -- mexico has more to lose in these negotiations. could cross this redline -- to save the government among the mexican people. laila: reporting from mexico city. thank you. let's get you the perspective from the u.s. to washington. helena humphrey, closely tracking this story. how much support is there for the president's plan to impose tariffs on mexico come monday? helena: we've known for a long time that the president has the backing of the republican party on the issue of stemming migration. when it comes to his medicine to treat the perceived ailment i think it's fair to say there he

runs into more problems, in the democratic camp and the republican camp namely, in that he is using an economic tool to treat a societal issue. republicans are concerned this could cost u.s. jobs. a study has estimated around 400,000 u.s. jobs could be set to go from this move. not to mention the fact that, at the end of the day, tariffs are taxes paid for by u.s. businesses and consumers. we can expect price increases on fruit, vegetables, crude oil, auto parts, and that is essentially the reason we are seeing the chairman of the house means and ways committee come out and say if these levees go ahead, he would issue a resolution of disapproval saying this is abuse of power because it would affect u.s. companies and the u.s. consumer and economy as a whole. laila: the u.s. and mexican negotiators are still working on the outlines.

what solution would satisfy the president? could crisis still be averted? helena: both of the u.s. delegation and mexican delegation, still negotiating. that said, there is a deadline looming for the president to sign off on that executive order of friday night. what could happen is he signs that order and rolls it back over the course of the weekend if there is a breakthrough. the breakthrough would have to be significant. we no-trump wants to see the asylum law changed. asylum seekers must remain in their first country of entry upon leaving their home country. that could be tricky to hammer out, not to mention the fact that the american civil liberties union has said it would sue. so this breakthrough may not come very quickly. certainly not quick enough to appease the president. in the meantime, he may keep the threat of tariffs looming. laila: really down to the

wire. these tariffs could hurt the american economy. how anxious are businesses? helena: they are very anxious. 75,000 jobs added to the u.s. economy last month. far fewer than expected. certainly concerns now about the robustness of the economy to withstand this. laila: helena humphrey reporting from washington. thank you. are you ready to boldly go where few earthlings have gone before? if you have a taste for the venture and money to burn you can start counting down. nasa has announced it will open the international space station to commercial travel beginning next year. space tourists as well as astronauts from private companies will be able to visit the station, though only two short missions will be allowed each year. the charge for staying on board will be just $35,000 a night. but getting to the space station will cost a cool $58 million. let's speak with keith caring in

washington, editor of nasa watch.com. what does this mean for mere mortals like you and me? should we start saving up? is space travel going to drop in price? keith: you may want to go to your producers and ask them if they would like to send you on assignment and if they have a few dollars left over. it's going to be expensive for a while. before, when people went to visit the space station they had to do it through the russians and it was a third-party and complicated. now nasa is making it clear what it would take to get a ticket to go to the space station. what you could do and how much it would cost us like any other trip to a high-priced resort. laila: what could space tourists expect from this kind of trip? will they have to undergo tests before going into space? keith: the people who visited

the space station before as commercial astronauts have had to go through physical exams, make sure you are healthy enough to go, basic safety training to make sure you know what to do if something goes wrong. i've done some of the training. if you can survive a transoceanic flight on a jet and be the better for it you could probably fly into space. you just need the money. laila: that is a big one. what is nasa cost motivation here -- what is nasa's motivation here? keith: one of the things nasa needs to do is find ways to put the spencer space station onto the private sector to use funds for congress to do other things like going back to the moon although president trump said on twitter they are not going back to the moon. that will probably change tomorrow. the idea is nasa needs to free up resources so we can move back to exploring while the routine stuff we do in low earth orbit

can be done by the private sector. laila: is this just the start of space tourism? what does the future hold? keith: the start of space tourism was when 2001 space odyssey came out and people got to thinking about what that would take. flash forward to about 15 years ago when a millionaire bought a ticket through the russians. this is not a new concept but what is new is nasa has a firm set of rules and pricing and so forth. making it much clearer and easier to buy a ticket to go to the space station. laila: editor of nasa watch.com in washington. thank you. to sudan now and the ongoing crisis of where the country's transition to -- jumpstarting talks between his sudan's military rulers and the pro-democracy movement.

talks between the two sides broke down early this week after a violent crackdown on opposition protesters that left over 100 people dead in the capital. civilian leaders insisting the military acknowledge responsibility for the bloodshed before talks can resume. >> terror on the streets of khartoum. images show security forces on the rampage dispensing violence as they seek to stamp out protests. carrying whips and guns, uniformed men for civilians to dismantle roadblocks. translator: this has become a city where the militias can do as they please. they are beating up people in the streets or in their houses. they came into the house of our neighbor and shot their son and leg. >> protests topper the audit --

topple the autocratic and put pressure to hand over power to the people. on monday, the military struck back. the militia accused of genocide in darfur -- in front of the army headquarters. violence has been ongoing since. and opposition group estimates over 100 people have been killed. hospitals overflowing with the wounded, staff say. >> many of the medical staff were beaten. there's at least one doctor killed that day. they were beaten, subjected to all sorts of violence. >> on friday ethiopia is prime minister arrived in khartoum in an attempt to stop the bloodshed. he met with the general, head of the transitional terry counsel. -- military counsel.

after the meeting, the prime minister drove to the ethiopian embassy to speak to leaders of the protest movement. since the bloody crackdown, it is not them, but the military that rules the streets of khartoum. laila:laila: some of the other stories making news around the world. thousands of protesters have been demonstrating in the liberian capital monrovia to demand action to curb rising food and fuel prices. many accused the president of corruption. authorities have locked access to social media. the united states has threatened to expel turkey from its f-35 fighter jet program. the pentagon says it will cancel turkey's order for the jets and kick out its training pilots, giving o -- two by russia's missile defense system.

the u.s. wants turkey to buy american-made missiles instead. warships from the united states and russia have narrowly avoided a collision in the east china sea. ships came within meters of each other while traveling at high speed. both sides have accused each other of making dangerous maneuvers. swedish climate change activist greta thunberg has been awarded in anise the international prize. named amnesties ambassador of consc conscience for starting a movement known as friday's for future. lundberg has announced she will take a year off school to focus on campaigning for action to limit the climate crisis. a leading russian investigative journalist has been arrested. ivan -- accused of illegal drug possession.

his employer the independent website medusa, says he is innocent. accusing police of beating the journalist and depriving him of access to a lawyer. a couple charged with planning a biological bomb attack have gone on trial in dusseldorf. prosecutors say the two were building a bomb combining poison ricin and shrapnel and planned to detonate it in a crowded area. ricin can be lethal, even in very small quantities. >> the prosecution says the 30 year old tunisian and his german wife were in the process of building a biological bomb containing the tocsin ricin and they identified with the aims and values of the foreign terrorist organization islamic state. > by the time they were arrested in the summer of 2018 the defendants obtained castor beans and extracted a small amount of ricin from them. they were in possession of the materials needed to build an

explosive device. >> this is where the couple lived. the prosecution says they bought over 3000 castor beans online, from which they could produce ricin. had they carried out the plan, it would have been the first terrorist attack with a biological weapon in germany. according to an expert report, it could have killed 100 people. the husband tried twice to travel to syria in 2017, allegedly to join the jihad. the prosecution says i.s. encouraged the couple to carry out an attack in germany. translator: we need to determine who was behind this and what their function was. >> if found guilty, the defendants could face 15 years in prison. laila: now to the u.k. and a worrying rise in the number of hate crimes against the country's lgbt community. the country says crimes targeting lgbt people have jumped more than 25% in the past

two years. during pride month an attack against the same-sex -- a same-sex couple in london is fueling outrage. joining me now in the studio for more is maya shwayder. tell us what exactly happened. my out: this is not a happy story unfortunately. two women on a bus in london and a group of young men got on the bus with them and when they discovered these women were in fact a romantic couple, the men began harassing them, telling them kiss for us. making crude suggestions. the women try to diffuse the situation but unfortunately it escalated. we have pictures of what happened to them. the men beat them up and robbed them. this is from one woman's facebook account. she is actually from uruguay. she posted these, told the story and this is how this took off. this is scary.

it is pride month, really sobering reality check, just because there are people living out of the closet, living their lives around the world it does not mean they are necessarily safe yet even in a relatively progressive place like london. laila: this also happened during lgbt pride month. how have people reacted to this? maya: the story may have an upswing on the ending. four male teenagers were arrested. we have the official statement from the metropolitan police. aged between 15 and 18, which is to meet mind blowing that they were that young. being questioned on suspicion of robbery and grievous bodily harm . this has drawn a lot of attention from various clinical figures including the outspoken mayor of london. he said this was a disgusting

misogynist attack posting solidarity with the victims. also jeremy corbyn, the leader of the opposition party and the u.k., he said this was shocking, a homophobic attack. this picture really stirred up a lot of emotions. it's been everywhere all over the u.k. news. the stonewall organization said you would think in 2019 these attacks would not happen anymore, but here we are. this is our reality. this woman put it the most assessing flea. a u.k. government employee. she said this is why we still need pride month because even though we have come so far the sorts of things are still happening. this is a persistent problem on the rise. as we were sitting here i got an alert on my phone that says the trump administration is not going to allow u.s. embassies around the world to fly the lgbt flag during pride month. so happy pride i gas? -- i guess?

laila: a lot more work to do. thank you. in tennis, the king of clay, rafael nadal, living up to his nickname against roger federer in the semifinal of the french open. winning the biggest matchup of the tournament so far in straight sets. nadal had never lost to federer at the french open and there were no signs of that changing here. the spaniard claimed the first set 6-3 and went on to claim the second set 6-4 and make sure there was no chance of a revival. powering through the third set. bidding for a 12 french open title. and staying with tennis, maquette avengers -- beating joh.

winning in straight sets to continue her stunning run. another teenager of the u.s. has denied her place in saturday's final by ashley barty. germany opened their women's world cup campaign on saturday against china. germany were champions in 2003 and 2007 but this year they face a big challenge if they are to lift the trophy again. it is a new look team and there is a new coach. for now, they are keeping expectations under wraps. >> a team reborn. germany's 2019 world cup squad. a new generation of players. for most, the world cup in france is their first big tournament. for the first time, the german team are not among the favorites. translator: we know what we want. we've all got the same aim.

>> in aim and they refuse to clarify. translator: we want to play attacking football and have as much possession as we can. >> the new coach is here to improve their style of play. she has been in the business for 20 years. translator: i am empathetic but ambitious. emotional and analytically objective. >> the players are being tested to their limits. translator: she is crazy about tactics. we've been practicing and training and it all has to be exactly right. we repeat and repeat and don't stop until we have perfected what we are doing. >> the star is midfielder jennifer -- if she stays fit, this could be her tournament. leah schuler is another top talent and a big goal threat.

the team looks carefree, doing their best to appear relaxed. a new image and one they prefer to the role of favorites. >> for me there is not a clear favorite. federal teams a lot of luck involved. it depends on how the tournament pans out. no one will get anything for free at this tournament. >> time to shine his germany's motto at the tournament in france. they will have to start on the front foot. laila: the world's highest-paid football player has made a statement to brazilian police, denying any wrongdoing after reportedly publicized intimate messages from a woman. an attempt to defend himself after she accused him of rape. the woman detailed allegations during an interview on brazilian television. >> name are had to make his way

through media scrum that she was there to give a statement denying the rate of a brazilian woman. he invited her to paris where he plays after exchanging messages on social media. his accuser appeared on brazilian television to acknowledge she expected to have sex with him but alleges that when he became violent and she said no he did not stop. translator: i had a desire to neymar every thing was nice. i thought it would be fine. when i got there, he was aggressive. totally different from the guy i chatted to in the messages. >> neymar left the police station on crutches. his dream of leaving brazil to glory has been by injury now he must face a different kind of

fight. >> i want to thank everyone for the support and the messages they sent. i want to say to my friends, to my fans, everyone who has supported me. i feel very loved. >> he drove off to an uncertain future. laila: you're watching dw news from berlin. i will be back in a few moments to take you through the day. hope to see you then.

t [inaudible] live. thanks much for joining us and we want to start tonight with a little update on the women's world cup which kicked off tonight right here in france. and the host nation is opening the tournament facing off against south korea in paris as we speak. currently france is leading three now we'll have more on the