w chief. political correspondent, melinda crane, has always much thanks. melinda. today, march the anniversary of beijing's 989, count him and square massacre. and on this 32nd anniversary, police and hong kong have arrested a prominent pro democracy activists chow, hong kong who you see with a pink mask here, usually leads a massive visual on this day for the child have been victims. hong kong authorities have banned the commemoration for a 2nd year in a row. it was the last place on chinese soil where people gathered to remember the bloodbath. we have team coverage of this story from phoebe kong and hong kong and mathias ballinger in beijing. phoebe, i'm going to start with you. you're near the park where people normally gather. are people still determined to commemorate gentlemen square, even though the events organizer has been arrested? while you can see i'm standing at the entrance also talks, but now is last the field off by the hong kong police officers say they're now blocking seal coating off the hope hoc with my whole barriers that we along along that we

and let's bring in our chief political correspondent, melinda crane for more on the story. good morning, melinda. i know germany initially, it only really planned to grant refuge to staff, to ask, and to help the german military over the past 2 years. but it does now seem that the interior minister is prepared to go further. so why is that, and how far is the minister willing to go? indeed, the interior ministry said a week ago that it would extend refuge to local hires who had worked for the born to spare any time since 2013. and the interior minister cited the danger to the local hires that we have just seen in that report. and indeed, the fact is that the taliban has called local staff mercenaries and slaves of the invaders. and although it's now saying that they should stay in the country and pursue civilian professions, obviously many do feel endangered. but that's been known for a while. the fact is that the government, the federal government here has until now been reluctant to admit the scope of the danger from the taliban because in fact in its overall immigration p

according to this parliamentarian, 2 political correspond melinda crane. thank you. attends european union summit meantime has wrapped up in brussels after 2 days of heated discussion . leaders from the member states discussed various matters, including economic recovery after the pandemic. but the meeting was overshadowed by disagreements on russia and hungry. most member states expressed strong opposition to new laws, passed in hungary that impact the l. g b t q community there. meanwhile, a joint france and german plan to hold meetings with russian president vladimir putin who shot down german chancellor angle americans says she is disappointed at the proposal that it failed. duff getting up from there, he has taken a very different view of what's being proposed. it doesn't matter whether it's speaking with the russian president or the us president speaking with him. he didn't offer the russians any gifts. if i may put it like that, i am saddened by that because it shows that we don't have the trust amongst ourselves. that need to know that we do have t

and she political correspond that melinda crane joins us for more. now, melinda, what are you hearing from your sources? any confirmation on this? what is the german defense ministry saying? we got a confirmation from a speaker for the commando, for the deployment to the deployment. in molly, who told us that he could only confirm that german forces were involved in an attack, he even withheld or restrained himself from using the term soldiers. and he also was not able to tell us how many had been wounded. german media are quoting sources within the defense department here, saying that up to 12 soldiers appear to be wounded. there have been preliminary reports. the 3 of them may be severely wounded, but again, we don't have official confirmation of that. and we're also told that the german defense minister under great come con bower is following the details very closely and will be speaking in the course of the afternoon about this attack. and melinda, what can you tell us? just so that put this into the broader context now about the book fair mission

when the troops leaf and we could talk about the story with our chief political correspondent, melinda crane. hi, melinda. a julie. germany had initially only planned to grant refuge to staff who would help the drum and military in the past 2 years. but it does now seem that the interior ministry is prepared to go further. so why and how far that's correct. the interior ministry said a week ago that it would extend the right to asylum for afghan civilians who assisted one to span deployment back to 2013. and the interior minister conceded that it's not only the most recent local hires who are in danger. and the fact that taliban have called these helpers, mercenaries, and slaves of the invaders. so there is no question about the danger that's been known for a while. but the fact is that the government has been reluctant to concede the extent of the risk because in a way it partially contradicts its overall immigration policy. germany is still deporting, rejected asylum seekers, not these local hires, but, but people from afghanistan in general whose applications have been rejected back to th

melinda crane, d. w. as chief political correspondent, thanks so much. now, authorities in munich, se $14000.00 fans will be allowed to attend each match at footballs. european championship, which starts next friday. the german city is one of the 11 hosts, so the pan european tournament, and had until now refused to give guarantees on numbers or reports. max merrill went to munich to have a closer look at what's in store for fans. munich. one of the original hosts for the postponed euro's you a for wanted old 12 cities to guarantee fans could attend matches. dublin then bowed out. bill bow was replaced by seville, and the bavarian capital was love to confirm its participation. meaning kept of guessing for a while, but eventually they gave the green light for 4 matches to be played here. so let's take you inside one of the euros venues. fans arriving at the leon. serena will undergo a number of strict hygiene controls. wondering in like this won't be possible on match days. this is germany 2nd biggest stadium. the exterior is covered in nearly $3000.00 in