borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on covered 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world south korea says its troops have exchanged gunfire with north korean forces along their tents 4 to a statement by the military said north korea fired multiple gunshots towards a south korean guard post early on sunday and south korean troops responded with 2 rounds of gunfire no injuries have been reported. the pandemic has forced thousands of south africans to queue for food resident residents of a township waited as an aid agency distributed food masks and disinfectant the government is spending 24000000000 euros on emergency aid. the mayor of man hours in brazil's amazon region is asking the climate activists grettir to help this city to fight the virus he says p

borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on called 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17 freedom of speech award laureates on our website that's did have a dot com forward slash freedom. now before we go new world record in deadlifting has been set by icelandic actor half door bjornson . 6 destroyed homes for his role in the t.v. show game of thrones lifted an incredible 501 kilograms at his gym one kilo more than the previous record for your insane who won the world's strongest man competition in 28 team said afterwards he was absolutely speechless. and you are watching news i'll be back with more news headlines at the top of the hour on the sparser just watch. and. language courses. video and audio. w. media center. freedom of the press during the corona crisis. the pandemic has changed the world

borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on called 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. one of those countries where it's becoming more and more difficult to work as a journalist is right here in europe that's hungry and funny fresh our data correspondent joins me from the capital budapest funny hungary's been condemned by the for attacking media freedom what's the situation there like there during covert 9 tain . well if you look at the world press freedom index according to which hungary's ranked 8989 out of 180 countries worldwide it gives us one indication about the state of press freedom in this country which has been challenged not by only the current government but by any government ever since that democratic election since 1900 what makes a current amendment of the criminal code so worrisome to some of the joys here that i've sp

borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on called 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17 freedom of speech award laureates on our website as d.w. dot com forward slash freedom. we're at a sport now and german football's bid to resume matches has received vocal backing from germany's interior minister horses for does have been raised after 3 positive tests for the coronavirus at blunders leader club cologne mark meadows from sports is following this story so what did he have to say well he gave an interview to the built newspaper men can actually have a look at what he had to say the the main frost of it he said i find the shed jeweled proposed by the german league plausible and i support the restart in may now he is the interior minister but sports also comes under his portfolios effectively the spo

borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on covered 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. now as we're just same campaigning journalists often find their work obstructed by governments would rather keep certain information from the public we hear from 2 reporters who've fallen foul of the authorities at the very highest level in brazil. to meet the investigative journalist glenn greenwald in rio you need to know someone a middleman his home address is a secret cameras and electric fences security is of the utmost importance that's because the u.s. american has received death threats for his work in brazil. we only leave the house with security we fortified the security in our house so every kind of pressure from legal threats from the government including the president himself greenwald's investigative website the intercepts had released

borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojasas detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on covered 19 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17 of our freedom of speech award winners on our website dot com slash freedom. now to some other news germany's cologne cathedral has held its 1st sunday service since the start of the lockdown but the number of worshippers was limited by social distance and regulations a safety screen separated the cardinal cardinal from the congregation. and students in israel are returning to school after 50 days lockdown at home the oldest and youngest are the 1st back the remaining classes will return later this month. now to south korea which is one of the 1st countries to start up a major sports league again during this coronavirus pandemic the korean baseball organization is taking a number of precautions to protect the playe

borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on covered 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17 of our freedom of speech award winners on our website that's a date every dot com slash freedom. now to south korea which is one of the 1st countries to start up a major sports league again during the coronavirus pandemic the korean baseball organization is taking a number of precautions to protect the players and a fans will not be in the stands they'll only be able to watch on t.v. still both players and fans are pretty to go. inside the chioma heroes home field players ease themselves into shape because of the coronavirus pandemic they had to wait over a month but now opening day may 5th is almost here still because of the virus there will be one big difference no fans you know when you're in the 6th inning