Loved ones he was about to leave the bar just wanted to finish his meal hit just past his exams a week ago we were going to work together. Plus iranians are voting for a new parliament will explain why the opposition is urging people to boycott the poll and what the consequences could be for the countrys hard line leaders. Plus a murder mystery that goes right to the top the Prime Minister of the african kingdom of le soto is to be charged with killing is a strange wife. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today thousands of people across germany have been attending vigils for the 10 People Killed by a suspected far right extremist in the western city of how now authorities have identified the attacker as a 43 year old German National and they are investigating this as an act of domestic terrorism the attack is fueling debate about the extreme right in germany where people have been coming together to mourn the victims and also call for action by the government. Fear and disbelief in hanau people gather to stand up to hate and xenophobia one of the mourners germanys president. Peacefully and theres going to be a member im standing with people who are threatened by hate and violence when were together we stand side by side nightgowns are against violence and language that degrades and excludes people. All too often paves the way for violent acts. In big. One night earlier in her now a 43 year old German National killed 9 people on a shooting rampage most of them of turkish and kurdish descent the suspect was later found dead in his home his mother also shot dead he was a member of a gun club and was not on the authorities radar germanys attorney general has taken over the investigation he said the suspect wanted to send a provocative message of. Home page theres more suspects web page contained a video message. To kind of manifesto the art of money fist tell it if you need full of confused thoughts and conspiracy theories almost healed me in all sorts profoundly racist mindset it should be seen on all flights and in berlin chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the violence thats this was racism is a poison hate is a poison and this points in exists in our society and is responsible for far too many crimes in fabrication we dont distinguish citizens according to their background or religion. We stand with all our strength and determination against all those who try to divide germany half an inch last night and. Berliners gathered at the Brandenburg Gate to show solidarity with the victims. Even more marched through the multicultural districts noid called to share their courage anger and grief. Denied to the pilots 11 of those injured it is a good friend of mine what has happened has really affected me and them it sent them out then that. The bar was a place i had often been too young and we had to match not because it gives me heartache weve experienced violence in our countries weve come to germany as refugees machine youre going to experience it again here in germany and you know here in judge john its over there and that really hurts just the time we missed him the problem is getting was that germany is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really didnt understand it. Many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. Lets talk about this more now it did obviously go correspondent on strands here in the studio with me and are part of so c. Joining us on the ground in hono for us as well good morning to both of you art can you tell us whats happening where you are and where are you right now. Right now im outside the 1st place of the shooting and its the midnight sports bar over to my right there on the other side of the street and right now investigations continue there i didnt see any forensic officers this morning but they were very busy here yesterday combing this entire part of the street and of Course Police are have still cordoned off the area and so its still an active investigation and of course this was a very busy place here yesterday also because we had the president of germany from my here and also the minister of interior paying their respects and on each to the victims and so a lot and its a very emotional area still people groups of people still coming out talking and very much affected by what happened. As we heard there not only in cross the country this been an outpouring of public sympathy is this in some ways a watershed moment for germany thing lot of politicians a lot of people talking publicly yesterday have described it as that house if this is such a severe attack germany hasnt had something similar for a very powerful quite a long time at the same time we have a right wing populist party if you prefer germany being very prominent in parliaments moving representative in across the country in regional parliaments these tools factors together. For many people it is a watershed moment we have to see however whether it is the recognizable as that in the future in other words we have to see what developments follow on on this. Whether in the in the end you can in fact describe it as such a watershed a break ok the countrys top attorney general the federal attorney general is taking up this case is looking into whether this was an act of domestic terrorism were an attack fueled motivated by racial he treated whats the distinction well i mean the fact that the. Federal attorney is taking on this case means that it is regarded as an act that threatens in some sense the term state in other words its a potential act of terrorism thats how it is being investigated and the attorney general himself has said that race is not to be high on this so theres no question about this being a racist as in a phobic attack. The distinction lets say the definition as a terrorist act i think depends to some extent on whether this person was acting on his own and whether he was acting within the framework of an ideology a racist right wing extremist ideology and he things are starting to get a little bit unclear at the moment the investigation is focusing on whether there was a network behind those whether he was connected maybe online to some groups that may have encouraged this act that he may have informed before hand of on this act. So i think that is why officials at the moment reticent in calling this a terrorist act but its clear that it was a racist attack everyone has been saying that whats the sense where you are from people youve been talking to and how now whats the sense of their threat level do they feel more risk today. I would say they definitely feel more at risk today theyre wondering that some of them whove been here for 3040 years were actually born here because their parents 1st emigrated here. Have they not been accepted yet do some german still not look at them as germans as equal as they are. Theyre there theyre upset they they dont know anymore whom to trust thats an often thats a big theme here how can we even be sure where we go now you know we go to a sports bar we want to watch a Champions League soccer game which was one reason why a number of people went to the bars on that night and you get shot up and theres theres one theres a number of wounded now talking about what happened one very brief example here he said he had gone to the other bar not the one behind me but the other one the 2nd player as the shooting area it was called the arena bar the man look the gunner came in the shooter came in looked everyone in the ice just started shooting and they started falling on top of each other the victims and one the man who was talking about this experience said one man said above im shot in the neck i cant breathe i cant breathe and he yells out everyone pray everyone pray and then all of a sudden theres silence because no ones answering theyre all shot either dead or terribly wounded. Once these shootings have united all of the countrys Major Political parties against the right wing populist alternative for germany the f. T. Cooperation with the which was already in question over the last few weeks at any level now unlikely for the foreseeable future well certainly all of the other Political Parties represented in parliament have said that has said that under these circumstances against this background against the party that encourages racism that in itself is. Has an anti immigrant has. Issued statements that come close to right wing extremist positions that under these circumstances theres no possibility of ever cooperating with these but if the prepress enters and it in the various product parliaments in germany i think at the moment certainly that. Is out of the question these parties will not cooperate with the f. D. A. In any way the party itself is obviously defending itself saying it does not encourage terrorism it doesnt encourage crime such as such as these but i think theres no question that some of the positions taken publicly the perpetrator of these acts are close to those positions taken by representatives of the. Unsprung for us in the studio art so see for us in hot out thanks very much to both of you. Well these killings have of course absolutely shaken the community. As weve been hearing from our pod now has a population of just under 100000 with a wide range of various ethnic backgrounds the confederation of kurds and germany has confirmed that a number of the dead did have kurdish organs a report of a family members of those killed in the attacks. Many members of the Kurdish Community have gathered at this Cultural Center on the outskirts of hama in shock and in solidarity with the family who lost their eldest son on wednesday night the grieving mother and father of the victim needed medical attention they havent slept since they learnt about the death of best son ferat one close relative tells us what happened in the she should all put out this michaels or found out is my cousin i said i only know i got a call at 11 pm from his friends that he was taken from us for us to be honest. He was about to leave the bar just wanted to finish his meal he had just passed his exams a week ago we were going to work together. Weve been talking about that a lot. What upsets him in the many here is that they are still seen as outsiders despite living in hama for generations as an opal his grandfather came here in the fiftys as a construction worker and helped build him now his father grew up here for hart was born here he graduated and went to a German School the only thing that differentiated him from the germans is how he looked but if now we are just reduced to the way we look that has nothing to do with democracy but they will cut. Across town not to use project nasm to run echoes that view is if that in fact that there is none of these then a phobia has reached the center of our society and we germans with a migration background we feel this. Mostly i feel german i was born here but i see from my appearance that others the real germans think i dont belong here on the map this is just so thats all call it. Longer preparing plaque calls for a vigil in. Nasm and his friends were shocked when they 1st heard of the attack happened and that she should ball in the city center its a place they regularly meet and hang out for the future is global and i dont think i was there at the shisha bar 2 weeks ago. We were there with friends smoking shisha of all. Months later it makes me tremble it could have been me my sisters and. My niece mr massey and told us 3 people he lost a close relative in the shooting and that terrorist attacks always seemed like something that happened to other people but sadly now its a reality that has touched many here. We have to make sure this is not for nothing i am not going to shout his name he wouldnt want that either he would simply want this to never happen again and we dont have pain we just have 34 different skits you briefed on some of the other stories making news today the irish Prime Minister leo varadkar has formally resigned but is staying on in a caretaker capacity move came as parliament convene for the 1st time since the election 2 weeks ago thats left 3 parties wrangling to form a stable irish government. Bolivias electoral board has disqualified exiled former president if home at all us from running for a senate seat in mays election the court said morales did not meet residency requirements he fled libya in november lets protest following his disputed reelection. Vote carry 91 migrants has reportedly gone missing in the mediterranean after making a distress call the rubber dinghy carrying mainly african migrants set out from in libya a Migrant Support Group says the boat shared some kishen before contact was lost. Talks on the next joint e. U. Budget order resume in brussels today after european leaders failed to make any headway thursday the u. K. s departure from the e. U. Has left the blocks budget with a massive gap Member States are struggling to agree over funding for Climate Investment farm subsidies and border security. All polls have opened in Irans Parliament reelections in which many moderate candidates have been barred from standing around Guardian Council rejected almost half of the candidates the countrys Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei was the 1st to cast his ballot he called for a big turnout describing the vote as a religious duty for all rainy. But many are expected to boycott the polls in protest against the countrys leaders election comes and its continuing Economic Hardship under crippling u. S. Sanctions. That have used recent proper is in toronto he says voter apathy is high the contrast to the parliamentary elections 4 years ago couldnt be any big back then the nuclear deal had just been signed and people here into iran were hopeful and optimistic about their future now they are angry angry at president rouhani and the reformists were not keeping their promises about a Better Future but also angry at the Guardian Council for not giving them much of a choice this to. Im with more than one home of the candidates back from running many people here open to criticizing the countrys leadership something that does not go without a risk here in the Islamic Republic of iran and since many people feel it doesnt make a difference if they vote or not this time around they plan to stay away from the ballot box for shattering what is expected to be the lowest voter turnout in the. Still to come on the show as the Berlin Film Festival gets underway we turn the spotlight on a film adaptation in which literature itself is taking center stage in the. First the small african kingdom of the so throw has been gripped by the drama surrounding the murder of the Prime Ministers exwife at the start of the year his current wife the 1st lady was charged in the killing now police say they will bring charges against the leader himself thomas to bonnie has announced he will step down as Prime Minister at the end of july. As been following the story though. Early Tuesday Morning the 1st lady appeared at court in this sort of care but to my cereal only to every hearing postcodes the Police Needed more time for the investigation. She has erupted from the 1st ladys supporters it was a bizarre reaction to someone accused of murder. Now since friday he is also facing charges Prime Minister thomas tab on in 2017 his wife at the time was shot and killed the then 1st lady had been refusing to divorce her husband to the displeasure of taliban and his current wife my asya since the shooting speculation has been rife but even more so since the Police Brought their surprise murder charge this year after the Police Commissioner informed the Prime Minister about the investigations the Prime Minister tried to fire him but he did not succeed instead events took an unprecedented turn in the history of lizotte or with the police trying to force their way into the state house to arrest the 1st lady but at 1st she fled the country only later turning herself in we measure our Court Appearance but the 1st lady prefers not to speak instead she let an entourage do it for her political ally a member of the domestic staff 2 of the Prime Minister sons a close friend and the head of a foundation the main message. Oh this is something for my taste. If youre a family. Because i think lady has been a very quick person not only to be on the same effect with a nation interest her supporters accuse the Police Commissioner of a politically motivated investigation there are. Several high profile cases. We havent been given this much attention and one wonders why all of a sudden when this guy is being good and getting rid of. These interested in this best interest convinced of her innocence we were in the room right now where it is and she came with a statement of what we believe in the in the justice system. She believes in the. Political analyst Frances Marco our hopes the courts will remain free of political influence this time around unlike so often the past he says the country has been paralyzed by political disputes for years youve. Faced in the entire state. The social issues and other pressing issues will be addressed and this is what has been happening in this country will have time. Really has not been to get out of the country. Over and leachman the people awfully sort of hoping the courts will shed some light on the case and bring much needed stability to the kingdom until they do with the political situation and remains explosive the country only recently saw an attempted coup against in 2014. All the 70th edition of the bally nala has officially kicked off the International Film opened with the book turned film by salinger year and its a modern american author read Many American classroom a behind the scenes figure that j. D. Salinger. The festivals new director duo are beaming at the presence of their 1st big name guest Sigourney Weaver she plays a leading role in the film my salinger year and it turns out she has something in common with the barely know it festival i turned 70 this year the same as the pair so i feel its a great celebration. In the film weaver plays margaret the literary agent of the Great American novelist j. D. Salinger. Its the early ninetys one of margarets main jobs is to keep fans like these away from the reclusive writer of the catcher in the rye flour right now on the thought but enjoy herself an aspiring writer is in charge of reading and tossing his fan mail. But its rough going between the new hire and her veteran boss that whole time where writing was so respected and they such a profound difference to people where they were the writer is king or queen i think she feels in a way like the High Priestess to put her her arms around that world and keep it safe jerichos. Yes terry silencer is just a ghost haunting the film a guiding influence on 2 women the younger of which is still finding her way take a sound. I think its the moment in your life where you have aspirations and you have to find the courage in this trying to chase your dream. And i also think it talks about a moment in our history where things were changing it was just before the internet swallowed up everything it was a time where written or meant something is that on its a time when great writers were still flooded with emotional letters with the advent of email that tradition began to disappear. My salinger year is not quite the impressive start to the bell another that some had hoped but its a sensitive love letter to a bygone new York Literary world i dont know who these people are why they dont have more important things to do in their lives j. D. Salinger is the archetype of the 20th century writer seen by his fans as a mythic hero with god like status even today his reclusive life remains part of his enigma for millions the film isnt it all to the man and his work but even more than that its an almost to his readers and those who were called to the craft of writing through the example he set. We have some football now and the Europa League round of 16 the 3 german teams taking part thursday night played at home and gave their fans something to smile about im talk frankfurt flew past salzburg frankfurts di cheek a modern netting a hat trick in the 41 victory by a labor coups and defeated porto by 2 goals the want and it was also 21 as well as for. Our son jermaines chairman nasir all he has been charged by swiss prosecutors in connection with a corruption case. He is also head of the qatari channel b. In sports and is accused of inciting the former fifa number 2 Jerome Valcke to commit criminal mismanagement the case relates to the word rewarding of a lucrative t. V. Rights for tournaments like the world cup has been charged with accepting bribes. Some tennis news now Roger Federer will be out of action for a number of months after undergoing nice surgery federer has been struggling with his right knees and last months Australian Open the operation means fater a will again miss the Clay Court Season including the french open the 20 time grand slam champion said his doctors were confident that he would make a full recovery. This is deja vu news these are our top stories germany is in mourning for the 10 People Killed by a suspected far right terrorist in the western city of. The killings have triggered anger and questions about what the government should do to combat extremism most of the victims were of turkish workers to set. Goals of opened Irans Parliamentary elections with the countrys Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei casting the 1st ballot numerous moderate candidates have been barred from standing many iranians are said to boycott the poll in protest against the countrys leaders and. The irish Prime Minister overawed carr has formally resigned but is staying on in a caretaker capacity the move comes as parliament convened for the 1st time since the election 2 weeks ago it has left the 3 parties wrangling to form a stable government once. The 70th edition of the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival has officially kicked off opening with the book turned film my salinger year starring Sigourney Weaver 1000 films are competing for the coveted golden bear. This is the wus from berlin theres always more our website d w dot com im brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being here. Close. To the point showing the paintings clear positions International Perspective such as germany is actively looking abroad for skilled workers even wrongly deported other migrants whose temporary asylum has expired and meanwhile zina phobic right wing parties are on the rise open or closed is germany a country of immigration joined us on to the point to the point. Where somebody in 60 minutes on d w d q you know that 77 percent of my feet are younger but thanks scott. Thats me. And. You know what its time all voices. On the 77 percent. Got. From point a to see flashes from housing boom boom boom top this is where. Welcome to the 77 percent. This weekend t. W. Have fun in pyongyang. The capital city of north korea is reinventing itself. But only a few can enjoy the benefits of those the regime allows. Kim jong un introduced and insidious reward system to coerce allegiance to the regime. Those who dont make it into the fun metropolis are often told tom green. Have fun in pyongyang starts feb 28th on w. Tesla gets the green light set a course says the electric car maker to continue clearing trees from the site of its planned gigafactory near broke also on the program the economic contingent spreads vietnam has had only a handful of coronavirus cases but measures to contain covered 19 are taking their toll. On her school Barbara London is good to have you with us tesla has got the go ahead a court in germany has ruled