the, the business data we news line from berlin. george's parliament approves a controversial law that a spart weeks of protest. thousands block, a major traffic junction as lawmakers agree, restrictions on media and other groups which get funding from abroad. mr. nations warren, the locker jeopardize rate relations, also coming up america's top diplomatic text message that's important to you, crane. and to me blinking says more military 8 is on the way. and in 5th rush, i must pay for the destruction. it's amazing has cost and authorities in france, $100.00 gunmen who ambushed a prison band to free a convicted drug dealer and killed 2 officers.

the village. welcome to the sho, opposition. leaders in western nations have denounced a so called foreign influence law passed by george's national parliament. thousands of demonstrators have blocked the major traffic junction in the capital. tbilisi. critics fear the law will be used to stamp out, defend, and will den georgia's hopes of joining the european union. legislation requires media and other groups to register as pursuing the interest of a foreign power. if they get more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad, the european union and the us have criticized the last thing, it could jeopardize trait relations to banks in georgia is parliament descended into an old mountain bruise is the so called

russian more past. it's food and find reading. another milestone for a controversial bill which has sparked weeks of mass produce the outside crowds again, voice bill positions arguing the little will be used to suppress political, the st. moving georgia a when you from it's a u. s. variations and towards russia. thing is we're protesting again, brushing low, but in reality we are protesting about, again, instruction as in because we've been through this. georgia has been through this in organizational pressure, physically and mentally, always for centuries. and we're not going to let our government finally decide this . when you want to go to your role and your friend, you will tell us, you know, to take just a little issues and say, just low. so the ruling georgia, dream pass. he insists it's committed to european integration and projects comparisons between this bill requiring organizations receiving more than 20

percent of funding from a broad to read just as agents of foreign influence and roles in russia is opposite branding or labeling the slow as a russian low doesn't include to a constructive engagement because this law has nothing to do with the, with the russian law having passed. it's 3rd reading. the bill now goes to the president who has said she will retail raised, but that will likely only cause a delay on the government says it plans to use its majority to override any veto before the more is officially adopted. or correspondent maria cut so much as been following the protest in the georgia and capital tbilisi and send us this update a little earlier. i didn't

the, the view of the i was our correspondent murray a couple of months of speaking from tbilisi earlier. you were the secretary of state anthony blinking is in keith to reaffirm the bible ministration support for you. crane lincoln has acknowledged that delays in congress passing a military aid package of menu cray,

more vulnerable to russian attacks. america's top diplomat also insist of the kremlin must pay for the destruction. its invasion has cost us secretary of state anthony, blinking piece a symbolic visit to military pain. pizza, re run by veterans and keys to reassure ukraine. more aid is coming soon. all of us admire your extraordinary resilience, your endurance, your strength, your leadership, and we know this is a challenging time, but we also know that in the near term the assistance is now on the way. some of this already arrived, more of that will be arriving. and that's going to make a real difference against the ongoing russian aggression. a president zalinski thanked americans for the aid package worth over $60000000000.00. said ukraine's air defenses. we're still in need of a boost. really,

we need to day to petros 40400 can region because they are the people on their attack. surveillance, and where is everybody? they are brushing spears cross border attack on ukraine's harkey region is forcing thousands to flee. it's here that's the lensky says us made patriots. surface to air missile systems could help protect civilians in the city of har, keys more than a 1000 people were reportedly injured when a russian guided miss. so hit a residential building, some 30 kilometers away. locals from both chomsky describe constant showing 6 total deer shooting from everywhere. yesterday there was a hit in the front of our house, burned down. then the house opposite. a bit caught fire as well as 4 or 5 other houses to smoke is everywhere. a nightmare. it's very bad or too low.

back in keys. urgent aid for heart keys is high on the agenda. many hope more timely assistants can help you. creams out, gunned and out. numbered forces fight off rushes. ground. defensive authorities in france are hunting gunman who ambushed a prison van to free a convict. a drug dealer to jail guards were killed and 3 wounded. the inmate nickname the fly was being taken back to prison from a court hearing. as the suitors came late in the morning and struck at the toll booth in northern france, a car filled with several people, ram, the police comm boy, and then they opened fire. this footage, taken by a passenger and a passing bus captures the moment on camera. the attacker set free a prisoner under investigation for kidnapping in homicide. in another city, he was being transported to every jail after a court hearing in norman dis,

capital in the lead police unit and hundreds of security forces had been deployed to search for the gunman. i want to say that everything, and i mean everything will be done to find the perpetrators of this despicable crime to the 16 you so these are these people for whom life means nothing. they will be arrested. they will be tried. they will be punished according to the crime they have committed suicide. sit idle to see the french national assembly hold a moment of silence for displaying officers. frances prime minister also spoke on the floor is where do you feel so that sound on know this morning and the region

from the republic was attacked to see law? is there a public, an older that is being targeted? how justice not causes refusal of impunity? tuesday's convoy attack mark the 1st time prison officers have been killed on the job in 30 years. a massive search for suspects continues. we can now look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today. israel's foreign minister says it's up to egypt to reopen the rafa crossing to allows humanitarian relief into gaza. israel has controlled the crossing for the last week. the adoption government has denounced would have caused an effort to shift the blame for blocked a deliveries. a german state court has convicted one of the best known figures in the far right alternative for germany, party of knowingly using a nazi slogan in a speech you on how good was ordered to pay a 13000 bureau fine. he's planning to run for governor of the eastern state of their india and elections. later this year,

donald trump's former lawyer and fixer and michael cohen returned to a new york court for a 2nd day as the star witness against the former president. the testimony as linked trump directly to a hush money scheme during the 2016 campaign. trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up payments to a point after china is vowing to take what it calls all necessary measures after the us on bills plans to raise harris on electric vehicles from 25 to 100 percent. washington will also increase terrace on other products, including computer chips and solar cells. it's as the measures are needed because china is flooding global markets with artificially cheap exports. of the 77th cat and film festival has opened in the south of france. the movie world's annual january will highlight work by hollywood veterans such as francis ford. coppola is also hopes. the rainy and director mohammed russell will be able to attend the

premier of his new film. he's been sentenced to 8 years in prison for an alleged security offense. but as managed to flee as homeland and recent 40 years of preparation, a budget of a $120000000.00 among you men to film the scifi drama. megalopolis was a labor of love for its director and one which drove him to the brink of ruin. megalopolis by legendary hollywood director of francis food popular tells the story of an architect played by adam drawing. so he wants to rebuild new york as a vision of the future, following a devastating disaster in the screenplay re written countless times, couple of drawers on no less than his childhood in new york, a series of novels and roman history make a lot of us, a stroke of genius or a massive failure,

the world of cinema will know more about that in just a few days. there are high expectations to direct a yoga salon to most of the light is feeling kinds of kindness sees the award winning greek to make a team up once again with us. gwinnett m a stone land to most his life is what tells 3 loosely connected stories surrounding to man and a woman in contemporary america. this is at the moment of truth. little is known about the film, so fox only this emma stone dense and how in addition to sophisticated or to a cinema and legendary direct is politics is also playing a major role in can this yep. the right name, director mohammed russel still is in competition. but a few days ago, back home, the director was sentenced to ag is in prison and lashes by the islamic revolution

records for collusion against national security. the director has since fled, ron. it's like a rustle of we'll make it to the premier. if he's film the seat of the st could fee, this is can also has of me to overall the want or see moment actress of an activist, you do to go to rush will be presenting a short film more or see that highlights the stories of victims of sexual violence, go to rush, has accused to will know, infringe direct cause of abuse triggering and you, me to weigh in. france. will, revelations can be expected at $102020.00 for canadian rider ellis, monroe, a winner of the nobel prize. and literature has died at the age of 90 to one row was best known for her tales of small town women and her native province of ontario . she was labeled master of the contemporary short story by the swedish academy

which awards the nobel prize. it was only later in life that her reputation began to rise or under state of the stories of everyday people and under maddox, small town canada, amassing a raft of international awards. that includes the 2013 nobel prize. before we go, here's a quick reminder of our top story is that the south thousands of protesters have blocked the major traffic junction. and then george and capitol to police seats are angry about a new so called for an influence long affecting organizations which kept funding from abroad. critics say the legislation is anti democratic and dense george's hopes of joining the european union. the enemy of lincoln isn't came to reaffirm american support for ukraine. the us secretary of state says delays and congress passing a military aid package of meat ukraine, more vulnerable to russian attacks. so for now, coming up after the break, close up needs a chilean ma'am. his father and brother disappeared like thousands of others under

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