and andy murray is through to and andyhe semi final after a wr joe will free -- wilfrey.ll play -- who knocked them out in straight sets. and a reminder of the top story we are following. the former british prime minister tony blair declares the iraq war made the world a safer place and of those killed in the conflilict did not die in vain. his comments, as an inqry criticizes his decision to join the coalition that ousted saddam hussein in 2003. his oscar pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing his girlfriend in 2013. it could -- he could have been sent to jail for 15 years, but the judge said there were reasons to give him a lighter sentence. ok, you are watching "dw news" and after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. we will leave you now with a whole lot more kisses. it is world kissing day, after all. see you soon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> hello, and welcome back to "live from paris" with me, thomas water -