now some al-shabaab terrorists are being offered a chance to leave the group and rejoin society d.w. spoke exclusively to some former militants trying to come to.

now some also about terrorists are being offered a chance to leave the group and rejoin society d.w. spoke exclusively to some former militants trying to come to terms with their violent past and also coming up only in hong kong begin arresting people after pro-democracy protesters stormed and ransacked the parliament earlier this week more than 20 are already in detention and the number looks set to increase. drama and heartache as the netherlands and sweden go into extra time for the women's world cup we'll get more from the host city friends. i'm sorry so much going to it's great to have you with us the somali terrorist group al-shabaab has been waging a campaign of violence in somalia for more than a decade their aim is to replace the u.n. backed government and impose islamic law and african union force has seized back control of the capital mogadishu but al-shabaab still controls around 20 percent of the country and the government is offering amnesty and rehabilitation to some militants who leave the group melanie was given rare access to one rehabilitation center in profits she spoke

have explicit nationwide bantz now germany wants to become the 4th country to ban the practice d.w. spoke to one man who underwent conversion therapy. haven't i think i 1st became aware that something was different during kindergarten but of course i didn't know what it meant mike is just one of thousands of people in job many who have undergone a controversial therapy in an attempt to repress a human sexuality christianity shaped mike's life from an early age but as puberty hit he began to have sexual experiences with men. this published issue it was a nice time in life but then the conflict started to grow because at the same time i felt at home in christian circles where it was made very clear god doesn't want that you should lead another life. how can you stand before god this is a mortal sin. and other similar comments came from all sides. after voluntarily seeking out so-called conversion therapy might committed himself to ending all contact with homosexual friends and partners for a decade he was abstinent the loneliness brought him to the brink of suicide. i reached the point wher

to gondor now awaits sentencing he faces up to 30 years in prison or earlier d.w. spoke to maria elena been your only from a human rights watch and she told us why the conviction of. significant. today is a very important day for for justice today at the verdict against boston tech and that really provides finally provide some measure of justice for the thousands of victims of the crimes committed by himself and by his troops and it also sends a strong message to other perpetrators even though it's believed to be untouchable like boston said and that was that justice will one day catch up with them but we should not forget also other victims of other crimes committed not only by boston to get but there were criminals in that into congo that have yet to be brought to justice and the recent resurgence of violence in a turi district of the democratic republic of congo also sharpness to need to address the impunity gap that still exists in congo and this means so one hand for it the i.c.c. for the i.c.c. prosecutor to really are have a strategy a clear strategy to address th

security talks the. 130000000 euros to help fight violent extremist groups such as stylish green spoke to d.w. news. called us the international community to be at their site. in the same lot of respects and so because it's also in our self-interest if this area of the word. states. becomes less present in parts of territory this could be an easy place where terrorists from. could move after the territorial defeat of the action in syria and we definitely do not want to give. another place where they can build their territorial. electric better for the environment under market for them is booming experts predict that by 24 to 35 percent of global new car sales will be electric in ghana the compact electric pickup van is being tested to meet the specific needs of african countries. the 1st prototype of the a car was presented at a ceremony in ghana 2 years ago. the king of the ashanti people received the german developers of the electrically powered truck. then the pickup was put through its paces to see if its robust enough to cope with the challenges of ghana's roads. there are now 4 prototyp

spices the 15 nations 50 story. 50 very personal tips on berlin's very best deter the 1st spoke now flip really fun d.w. . look at a book of. play . this is to be. from berlin the united states all the women's football world cup champions again they beef in their lives to nil in the final in france to lift the trophy for a 4th time also coming up. the end up in the air right in greece official results show the tack you see is conservatives win with 40 percent of the 1st left wing.

the attack is war on drugs close the this week i spoke with philippines researcher carlos condor in the newsroom mr condit thanks so much speaking to d.w. news asia and our human that's what is roughly 12000 in fact more than 12000 filipinos have been killed in about 3 years of this war on drugs who would you say this campaign's biggest victims. obviously the family the filipinos who ended up dead or harmed by this campaign no but really when you look at the longer lasting impact of the killings it's going to be the families of those victims and primarily children keep in mind that majority of the victims in these drug war are the poorest of the poor and so every time the police kill a breadwinner that's not going to have a ripple rippling effect on the family of the victims are there any plans in the governor from the government to try and support these families whose main breadwinner has been killed in this so-called campaign well that's just the thing because we found that the government does not have a specific plan to help the families of this if it does particularly children know there are existing programs but a government for s

d.w. correspondent max hoffman has been assessing the mood amongst you lawmakers and he spoke with the vice president of the lines conservative group and the european parliament david mcallister mr mcallister we're trying to guard the temperature a little bit here which is which isn't easy to you think things are turning into the direction of was it off in the light yes some rather optimistic that we'll be able to get a qualified majority tomorrow here in the european parliament of course it's very exciting this is a secret ballot and nobody knows exactly what will happen but my impression is more and more every piece know exactly what's at stake and of course more and more n.d.p. is also what's the alternative if it isn't elected tomorrow we will be in deep trouble for many many weeks and what we need now is a new commission president which can take action immediately can she expect all 182 votes that's a number of seats that your party her party the european people's party has oh i'm very sure of all any piece from the european peoples party will support but as you just said we're only 18