So deep laying to rest the legacy of colonize ation me take many years yet. For sports not a long wait is finally over for fans of german football here and around the world now in this stadium later today the new going to sleep a season kicks off of champions buying in extra their campaign against have to berlin and byron are aiming for a record 8 League Titles in a row this season but they will face some stiff competition they only narrowly beat dortmund to the title last time around and dortmund have brought in some new players including those who left byron to return to his former club. And we have tom the noise from the sports with us to give us the lowdown on the new bunch of sleep a season hi tom thanks for joining us by and they were champions last season but did they showed off weakness to give other teams some hope this time around i think so certainly yeah i mean obviously the headline is of course that they were champions last season for the 7th time in a row they finished the season very strongly a very sad strong 2nd half of the Campaign Just before christmas they were of course 9 points behind bruce you dont win in the table but they recovered back up came back won the me and of course won the german car. I definitely think of the teams can take it with the. This year they might get a shot thats hard some of the weaknesses the bind showed in the last campaign and due to the lack of a real star signing. Of course have in their hands and if they can correct themselves this season i think they will be very confident like i said. By munich have failed to make a real big name star signings so i think thats a bit of a worry for them and i think also quite worrying recently the very start of all this was of course the super cup against storm and their performance was very much less than satisfactory so with the season about to get on the whites and i think its fair to say that by munich are quite far away from where theyd really like to be. Lions 1st test this season could have brought their 1st trophy instead the super cup against dortmund in early august only frustration the champions have failed to significantly strengthened their squad and they were exposed by their closest rivals without direct replacements for departed robin and frank rebury a title defense will be anything but easy. The fact is that we definitely have to make another signing i said last year we had to serious injuries weve contract to lease so and. They cost as a lot of potential we have to be prepared for that if we want to achieve our goals we need a good squad not just enough players but real top quality players. Has received in the past few days attacking midfielder even paris each has joined on loan from him to milan. But even he accepts that the squad as it is might need further reinforcements. At least 17. If you want to be all you want to talk about through your solo during the season there is always some interest that there is always we need everybody parasites cant even play in buy and soap and i dont have to buy lean he suspended after picking up too many yellow cards in the italian top flight last season yet another headache for the champions last term Club President promised a preseason of spectacular transfers it hasnt materialized and by and will now have to make do with what theyve got against and maybe beyond. The right time some buying will have to make do with what they have no big signings but theyre usually pretty hot at the start of the day yet that much is definitely true the last on that they failed to win in their opening game of the campaign was 2011 so quite a while ago however that was also the last time they failed to win the title so you know if youre interested in portents and omens tonight a close eye on the result against belin had to have a brand new coach in and jovovich and they have actually made some pretty big signings over the summer including club record transfer dodi luka back you know for showbiz tonight no one level hes making possibly the toughest start to a career as a coach that its possible to have an away game against by munich on the other hand for him of course that relieves him of a little bit of pressure because like he said in the press conference this week even if heads are really at their best theres still no guarantee that theyre going to get a result however he did say that hes very pleased with how preseason training as gone and hes confident and very excited he says going into this opening tash. Im excited rather than a nervous because i think weve had a wonderful time recently in preseason. Weve worked hard with well we are well prepared for the game so well see what happens thanks again. Somebody else called their office itll be a tall task there for howard what do you think about the season on a whole what do you think will pan out this season well i mean like weve been saying for by munich the top 2 defense is going to be very difficult unless they get a new signing until the end of the transfer window on the 2nd of september of course dortmund are also going to be very close you know breathing down their necks this season once again and for bruce you dont mind another good kind of sign something that we definitely could be giving them confidence as they head into the campaign is that they have made some big new signings including up front. And of course much who was returning from by munich to strengthen their defense now i think after they came so close last season its really quite critical for you. This involve a part of me that he really takes his chance this season i think there is a sense that they really can do it. But you know well have to wait and see is a long season for games and it starts tonight exciting stuff all right im going to. Sports for us on the new bundesliga season thank you very much. Daredevil frenchman known for a climbing skyscrapers around the world has scaled a 62. 00 Story Building in hong kong and a plea for peace Alan Robertson dubbed spiderman scaled chung kong center using his bare hands and without a harness veiled a banner featuring both the chinese and hong kong slags now the stunt was part of an appeal for an end to the current unrest in hong kong. Or mine are not our top stories here on d w a us palestinian lawmaker who was barred from israel can now enter on humanitarian grounds or she will be allowed to visit her grandmother in the west bank the to live in another congresswoman had earlier been refused entry under pressure from president donald trump. And in a radiant oil tanker is preparing to set sail from gibraltar after being held there since early july the british territory house released the grace one despite a last minute legal bid by the u. S. To keep the ship in detention the vessel was seized under suspicion of bringing away any and oil to syria which would violate e. U. And us actions. Coming up next our show part 3 go on the kashmir crisis new era power grab thats in just a few minutes here and stay tipped. Good. Money good deep International Talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week punk or 3 to this week we focus on kashmir one of the most beautiful and most troubled places in the world now india has revoked the regions long held autonomy and suddenly it all lets hope is of conflict so how bad can things get find out on quadriga shore. Quadriga next on d w. Alexandr for homeowners in our series on tomorrow or today. We want to see what you saw to experience what drove. A journey through latin america following the footsteps of the great scientist. Our next stop the avenue of the moment you know him a ecuadorian and me. To morrow to do it in 60 minutes on g. W. As so as europe. Is in crisis. If its to have a future champion young champion. To vist from florida country. They are going to train every. Chance. They see. The future of europe start september 2nd d. W. Put on a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of berlin and this week the focus is on the crisis in kashmir a territory claimed by both india and pakistan making it one of the worlds most volatile flashpoints and in the latest Development Indias government has stripped kashmir of its long held autonomy saying its time to bring peace and prosperity to the region but the muslim majority is furious claiming that indias ruling hindu nationalist b j p Party Instead aims to change the demographics of kashmir tensions are running high and there has been talk of war. So question on quadriga this week is kashmir crisis new aero all power grab and to discuss not question im joined here in the studio by christiane the wagner a senior fellow with the German Institute for international and Security Affairs specializing on south asia these thanks a lasting solution to the kashmir question will only be possible if there are no border changes in the region also with this is George Wallace shawn said she lani olds p. T. W. Her to desk he believes that once the curfew is lifted the situation in kashmir can. Boil over and lead to violence and a very warm welcome to 2 another 3 w. s regional experts from our hindi desk additional argues that the process of Economic Development in the region cannot take place without including the local people and say you know feeling very in secure about their future. Thank you all free for being here today. If you issue a fundamental question why is kashmir so important to india. This is a report of a famous saying. Its you know its its here and that was written in the 13th century even the 21st century now but the emotion still remains the same so me more than just a day to day is an emotion for both india and pakistan and since 947 we havent left it its an emotion in such a manner that if i talk about my generation weve grown up watching a movie essential to the indian identity its essential to what india and pakistan so i would say for my generation weve grown up watching movies very celebrated for and weve taken a lot of pride in the fact that weve beaten pakistan and. For us is the equivalent of a cricket match that you have to even if you dont care that people are dying there and now its the same sentiment that you see after the article 370. 00 was revoked if you look at the language in social media if you look at the trends on twitter its sad in a way that people of kashmir when they were asked what they wanted but the rest of the country is really celebrating because its so much important to their identity that finally we have it. Turning the question around why is kashmir so important to pakistan. Well for pakistan it has been an undeserved issue from the time of partition when both pakistan and india were created in 1947 august on has shaped its Foreign Policy around the issue of kashmir it has had you know at least 2 direct wars with india and another military conflict in 1909 and cargo. So it has been central to Pakistans National security paradigm it has prevented both india and pakistan to become friends to have normal relations and for pakistanis it is an emotive issue because they genuinely believe that kashmiris are being oppressed by the indian army. For a long time pakistan was supporting. By arming them. But theres also this genuine believe that midis are muslims they identify with us given a choice davil joint pakistan and pakistan is believed that that choice was always denied by india so i went to a Christian Wagner has to say about all this i was talking to and it is an indian commentator here in berlin this week and she told me that things will never be the same after recent events the events of the last 2 weeks or so is that an estimation you share of the gravity of the crisis of the moment yes i would say things have changed fundamentally also i would argue that i see the changes more in the context of the indian or of injust democratic system because the decision of the Modi Government to vote a special status has far reaching implications not only for me yes but also on the debate in india on federalism in the way how this change has been done and. Regard to the ongoing debate on secularism in india from the International Side from the Foreign Policy side and yes position has changed. So they still see it as a bilateral issue pakistan but as weve seen over the last couple of years the new government is not interested to go into any formal negotiation with pakistan on any issue and not. On this issue especially as you know another 5 yeah i totally agree to him we do not see that although india has been saying that its a volatile issue and we have to talk about this and only then we can solve it but after this after revoking article 370. 35 now theres not going to be any discussion and that is very clear and that belongs to this narrative that not in the more they gave even before he was elected in 2014 that he is there to bring about changes