all right well for more on this i'm now joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda gently of course already has legislation in place that puts the burden on the internet companies to delete or block offensive content how will these new and more stringent measures take on on line hate speech well this is a whole raft of measures which is the reason that you saw 3 ministers presenting them together today the central ones and the ones that were also outlined in your report do relate to these new requirements for online platforms to report to the german authorities and the police on any hate speech content on their platforms and also to disclose the ip addresses of users if those users appear to be inciting violence online and those measures do go further than the ones that are currently in place they would then also be buttressed by additional measures that include for example stricter gun control laws denying any gun control gun license to anyone who is on the authorities list of right wing extremists and thirdly financial measures that would aim both to essentially p

brent: i'm joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane. rmany already has legislation in place that puts the burden on internet companies to delete or block offensive content. are these new and more stringent measures going to take online hate speech? melinda: well, primarily by requiring the same online platforms to go a step further and to report any content that is either inciting violence containing death threats or otherwise part of the general category known as hate speech. and they would also require the online platforms to disclose offenders' ip addresses. that is a significant step further. beyond that, there were a number of other measures introduced as well, including the establishment of a new hate- crime unit in the security authority and also increased funding for deradicalization and prevention as well as protection of local politicians, and tighter gun control measures. brent: how is this being received? these new proposals, are they popular? melinda: well, there is commendation both from civil society groups, ngos, and from

minister and a great care and from the significance of this here's our chief political correspondent melinda crane this kind of a proposal for a military initiative in northern syria is pretty one of a kind coming from germany but certainly germany has acknowledged that it needs to do more in the area of security and defense as you know it's been under a great deal of pressure among amongst others from president donald trump saying germany needs to pay more for defense it needs to pay more into nato and i think there is a sense in that in this country particularly with the pullback of the united states from international responsibility that europe and germany need to get more directly involved that said there's still a long long way to go and you can watch that interview in full here on news on tuesday at 1045 u.t.c. that's 12 45 am yes that and also some other stories making news around the world. in northern ireland abortion and same sex marriage have become legal for the 1st time a last ditch attempt by conservative politicians to block the legislation failed the changes to northern ireland's l

brussels to the new incoming president of the commission and then we will see what she does with them melinda crane in berlin and dorian jones in istanbul thank you both very much for your reporting. here watching the news still to come the ukip on a mentality in the news quite a lot lately but what does british street artist banksy think about it. point here is the regression of this the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world into tribalistic animalistic behavior. the painting depicting the house of commons as a parliament of apes has gone under the hammer at some of these options for washington now i think 1000000 pounds that's the new record for his for act. but 1st to iraq where the country's top cleric has called for an end to violence and both sides with more anti corruption demonstrations taking place in the country at least $42.00 people have been killed in the violence iraq's prime minister says he will respond to the demands of protest says authorities have imposed curfews and internet blackouts there's growing anger over unemployment corruption and a lack of basic services. 6 in cit

brussels to the new incoming president of the commission and then we will see what she does with them melinda crane in berlin and dorian jones in istanbul thank you both very much for your reporting and. street artist banksy has been sold for more than 11000000 euros the highest some ever for one of his paintings the piece is called devolved upon him and it was painted 10 years ago but now some us think current events in britain's parliament have given it a fresh relevance have a look. with britain's parliament in turmoil over the fast approaching breck that deadline this was the painting fetching millions at southern bees london auction house on thursday. bank fees taken to debate in the house of commons was originally titled question time when it was painted back in 2009. but the artist has renamed it devolved parliament in a damning critique delivered just off to m.p.'s arguments over breck's it to send it into what some saw as dangerous and inflammatory rhetoric. what he's pointing to here is the regression of this the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world into tribalistic animalistic beh

brussels to the new incoming president of the commission and then we will see what she does with them melinda crane in berlin and dorian jones in istanbul thank you both very much for your reporting. tunisians are going to the polls this weekend to elect a new bottom line the 3rd rejected many establishment candidates last month when they voted in the 1st round to elect a new president now a new independent body has launched a campaign to win of a voter is fed up but political elites and. this is not your typical political campaign here in the tunisian town of a self-proclaimed anti-party is hoping to get attention with hunchbacks for beating corruption and symbolic yellow cards against the system i used to see started about organizing cultural events before moving into politics now their goal is very serious they want to enter parliament after october 6th. sense i suppose you are going to live with which to me joins in a different way we wanted to approach tunisians with 5 culture we wanted to do activities where there was culture and joy for tunisians who express themselves give their opinion and

brussels to the new incoming president of the commission and then we will see what she does with them melinda crane in berlin and dorian jones in istanbul thank you both very much for your reporting. let me bring you up to date but some most stories making news around the wild the president of ecuador declared a state of emergency after violent street protests over the government's decision to end fuel subsidies demonstrators clashed with police while transport workers blocked the streets in major cities around the country at least 19 people were arrested in the clashes it's the worst unrest ecuador has seen in here as. government officials in haiti have distributed food and school supplies to crowds of people struggling to survive the island's economic crisis shortages have become more cute amid weeks of violent protests over unemployment soaring inflation and alleged government corruption another mass protests is planned for later on friday . authorities in ukraine say a chartered plane has crashed near the western a city off event killing 5 people and injuring 3 the plane apparently ran out of f

our let's bring in our chief political correspondent linda crane she's on the story for us tonight good evening to you melinda so take a kid what exactly is she hoping to achieve with this proposal. well i think 2 things 1st in terms of defense and security policy she said very clearly look europe has to start stop talking and start acting she essentially said we have to get out of the position of being a bystander and really start to initiate action and i think that comes against the background of. of a feeling that europe often although it is directly affected by events in the middle east is in fact not actively involved and she has said elsewhere in the last couple of days our interests as germany as europe are absolutely affected by what's happening there and we need to be part of it so i think that's one thing the 2nd thing i think she's still relatively new in her post as defense minister and i think that this proposal is also all about establishing her credibility both domestically and also within the circle of european defense ministers she said she will be making this proposal formally on the margins