all to take some a, a valley and a 100 arrows and talk to we may contribute this architects to create conditions to the level of the field, the causing the and see if these are shortcuts. thoughts of quality studios be unscripted analogies, era. the car drives into crowds of the christmas market in germany. at least 2 people are dead and 68 inch the time. how much room this is alger 0, live from bill. how also coming up us diplomats hold their 1st face to face talks with syria's new liter, dropping a $10000000.00 bounty for his arrest. devastation in north and central gaza is really strikes target palestinian homes. children are among the debt and the us is

hours away from a government shut down. as congress remains deadlocked on a new spending, the . we begin with breaking news out of germany where at least 2 people have died and dozens are injured. after a car plowed into a crowd at a christmas market, in the city of the it happened in the city of mac, the board, the driver was arrested on the scene and an extensive police operation is underway . the german state premier says the perpetrator has been identified as a 50 year old doctor from saudi arabia. he was previously unknown to security services. the city of mike, the board, is located about 160 kilometers west of the capital berlin. police were called to the christmas market shortly after 7 pm. local time. the german chancellor,

olaf schultz has issued a statement on the situation in a post on x. he said, the reports from ogden board suggest something terrible has happened. my thoughts are with the victims and their families. we stand by their side and by the side of the people that make the board. my thanks. go to the dedicated rescue workers in these anxious hours. so i'm going to change his on his way to the christmas market . he joins us on the line now from brandenburg. now dominic, i'm told that you have been making your way on the autobahn to the scene of this incident. what more do we know from officials in germany at this hour? the thing that really stands out, here's what we are getting from the officials about the individual. they've got a friend this doctor from saturday or idea describe this building and it's 50 being in germany since the 2006 you have permanent residency. yeah. who was working here . he's described as in by some sofas in the,

the diverse soul and then showing use media as having lived in or haven't be living in a place. compound blog, which is a 50 to launch, is from mike to blog about the punch about boxes. but he was not known to the police and the security senses, we all told, for a criminal on this, the criminal tendencies are activities. so for our see the intelligence services. now they have them in custody, but we can try so establish most exactly. he had been doing today yesterday, but we just gone by just see how they can build up a profile of his activities. because obviously they will want to see if you had any kind of help for both the prime minister of the spaces. faxed me on how to find a housing off. the said that they've got the culprit and that he was acting alone. they will still be that fence from the investigation as to what, how did this man get this call?

we understand it was a rental car, but obviously there will be documentation that goes with that rent and we'll call them separately. we also know the casualty to people, at least 2 people that we know that one of them was an adult and author is the strongest being a small child of those $68.00 people who all was being wounded. we understand that somewhere around a quote of 15 have been less than a pool. so that's all for those who were wearing didn't describe just being very badly wounded the balls because the people who are injured and they so not described as having life threatening injuries. and then brown, default show of them of the other way to describe was being liked to be moving drugs, also reno batch, different politicians. so the interior minister on nancy, facebook and big trunk. so the old i've shots will be visiting the scene of the prime tomorrow. saturday to see for themselves what actually happens. and it's to express the some of the r t that brief hold. i'm shipping,

photoshop and listening to those. dominic, obviously the parameters of the suspects that attack will be emerging in the hours and days ahead. we're still seeing these live pictures on the scene and mark the board of an enormous security presence. we know that the chancellor, german transfer all off shots has things rescue workers for their efforts these past few hours. let me ask you, from your experience and from the fact that there was a previous attack at a christmas market in 2016 in berlin. what might the steps going forward be when it comes to the protocols of investigating all of this? the 1st things 1st, the interior administrators and the federal. so the whole stage handle federal interior ministry will be wanting to reassure people about the situation in the, in this country as true. is it safe for people to go to christmas markets? remember, there are many homes and cell phones up and down this country, many of which will be expecting on saturday. the last, especially before christmas,

to be welcoming many thousands of people to them. how many of them will go ahead? we know for himself in the city of alford, but backs christmas market at this point in time as a security, a fall shall be all set on the neighboring states of the ring. yeah, the police presence at all launch gatherings assemblies of people is going to be much higher the relevant frontier and industries as already, sadly and trans to that that that will be a much price. a police presence, obviously to try to reassure people that in so far as the investigation of a specific incident is consent. when it all comes down to how the police are able to build a profile of this individual was a half an hour in custody. who he was associated with and he worked with if he has been in this country since 2000, and since that time the, whether the machine was working with dr. then that's just what that will be. many people who will have been in this past patients and so o,

thoughts of questions of the police to try to law. so it should put together as it were. a jigsaw puzzle. different pictures as aware of this man's profile, of the cost of the last 18 years to try to get to the off of is 14, has major nation was full based incidents. and then that raise the other side to base, which is the way that society roll yet to go to another attack which is being reported as being fed by manage to is another attack on a christmas market remembering in 2016. but the too busy and honest, i'm ready, stall a truck and drove it into a christmas pockets inside shred clubs. that's the very well known christmas market area inside shreds. that's next to want to see by chronic buildings. all fun. and the condition is jessica. there were many people in that christmas market as the to have beat out this one and marketable. then they were talking to buy a man driving

a truck. and they said since by a man driving a car, a rental car drove for 400 meters of high speeds. i was but also all sorts of questions and police will be asking very edge of late. people will be wondering what can try to do to protect and against such a time. all right, dominic, obviously a lot more questions than answers at this hour. so a lot of details to emerge. i'm going to let you to continue to make your way to the scene, and we'll get back to you shortly to find out more as you get those details as i'll just here as dominant came reporting for us from germany. prophy, i'll boss long as a research associates, specializing in european internal security at the german institute for international and security affairs. he says certain security precautions could have been taken. this is unfortunately symbolic day because it's all only the last friday before then we did the final christmas evening, but of credit last week and before christmas. but it's 8 years since the last

very, very senior terrorist attack in germany is an attack on the christmas market. in berlin itself, in 2016, which kills about 16 people and was conducted with the laurie also just driving into the mazda of people. and this was very shocking. so unfortunately, this is a side on a verse 3 and i'm sure the perpetrator, it shows the space for that purpose to you know, bring up this memory that has been a lot of physical installations being put around these markets of different kinds of metal, a constructions but also some simple uh, concrete blocks. um, so really all the christmas markets i espied to, um, basically try to show that it was fully cordoned off from regular traffic. and so that no card could enter. um, as i said, i'm not sure how this could happen in the face of mark burke now. otherwise, yes. now if you know the precautions about banding knives off of the last here

would tech the summer and generally more police presence more surveillance cameras . but obviously if somebody is determined to do this, then those police patrols or additional cameras won't stop the person. so once again, i'm, i'm, i'm not rushing to blame the authorities, but in this case, it is striking that this kind of attack was possible. because as far as i know, all these traffics avenues to those markets should have been blocked off the us as taking a step towards legitimizing the new syrian administration by meeting its leader to shut off the top middle lease diplomat barbara lease lead the delegation to syria for the 1st engagement between washington and new leadership in damascus. following the meeting, she confirmed the us is lifting a $10000000.00 bounty for

a shut off. so is the head of hey, at the feet of shawn a designated terrorist organization. we've added washington, we'll look at the sanctions imposed on syria. however, she said the new leadership would have to be responsive and demonstrate progress before restrictions are lifted. and both parties agree to work together to find journalists, austin, ties, and other american citizens who went missing during the shot of a schedule. rosalyn jordan has more from washington dc on the diplomatic visit to syria in the us. the assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs barbara leave visited damascus. on friday, along with the presidential special envoy for hostage affairs, roger carson's adam bassinger, daniel reuben sing, who's going to be the new point person at the state department for interventions with the interim syrian government. all 3 officials met with a number of people from across syrian society, including perhaps the most important, the leader of h t. s. a head of shaw ha,

who has been effectively acting as the new head of the syrian government since the fall above shore? all those thoughts some 12 days ago. the conversation between the new syrian officials and the american officials was said to be productive. according to assistant secretary leaf. she said that the us made it very plain that so while the us was going to remove a $10000000.00 bounty on l shut off, had because of his involvement in h t. s. and other groups that led them on the state departments for and terrorism organization list. the us was going to be watching to see just how inclusive this interim government can be before it decides whether to lift the sanctions that have been imposed. not just on the former government of boston, our last side, but as well on the it organization

h t us itself. and mister hoshal independently, the message from the united states is that this is a critical moment for the cereal people to read or find who they are as a nation. and that washington is prepared to support them in that endeavor. possible in jordan, elders, era, washington for so sir there has been following the latest developments from damascus. it was quite an important meeting of the 12 years for the 1st time. and another combat edition was one of the official visits in damascus and meeting the city and officials. so here the statement that was values of the meeting is quite the closest one. so it says that the american delegation had been engaging with the city and people, including members of civil society, acted as members of different communities and the city of voices about the region

for the feature of the country. and then the statement goes on, seeing that the delegation has met the representatives of the patient. yes. as well to discuss the transition physicals. so based on this statement, it seems that the americans wanted to show the world. and of course, the new position in the city of the usa is not seen as just as the sold representative of syria, m. c williams. as soon as they met several other groups as well, see them also, stakeholders in new york city a that's definitely a could be a message is just saying it's too early to see you as on the last move problem in this country. so the, the, the, the, the, as the secretary, but i believe has confirmed that the us is not going to pursue a $10000000.00 bump the on july his head. however, she has not commented whether they should, yes,

jolanda himself and the all the east is offices are going to be removed from the taylor least or not the, the gods. and now where the north of this trip has been under is really military siege for more than 70 days. earlier, at least 10 palestinians have been killed. and it strikes the top good at home in jamalia 7 of those killed in the attack, our children. and then the center 8 palestinians have been killed and another is really attack on a residential building and, and they'll say it on the refugee camp. a father and his children are among the dead. israeli forces have killed at least 25 people across the strip since dawn on friday. the when we received the rescue called, we drove towards jeff is truth, and then you say your account apartments was targeted in the jeff, a building in the center of the spirit market. there were more than 25 injured

taken to hospital. most of the dead were children and body remains. i mean my mood has more from there, but i am central gaza on these really attacks across the street. this 5, the leagues about the seeds fire talks in cairo, the situations across the gods to remain very difficult and continues to evolve in a much more challenging and difficult scenario. as these really military continues to ride in the northern part of the script continue at military seas of the entire northern part of the golf game, including areas like your body of refuge, account value, town play, and based on where more people have been killed. and throughout the day as a result of the ongoing here strikes for people were killed inside a residential home in the city of a tunnel that the parents and 2 of their daughters at 3 were 3. but from on the rebels from the vicinity of canada and was possibly just showed you how difficult the situation in terms of safety and security of the vicinity of the house is that

as the tax continued to happen, we're talking about a distance that is very short but nobody was able, in the past week to rescue any of the people who were killed in the bomb home of the vicinity of 10100. it was not until early our our this morning at volunteers or from the surrounding community were able to remove or 3 of the bodies of 4 brothers were under the rebels for a whole week. from the time the house was gone, just the past hour. this really military carried out a deadly attack on a rather than sort of flood you're in your account. this is the market street of the heart of the republican where people were killed, including 2 children who were transferred to the hospital. the 5 of the casualties were transferred right away to a loss. the hospital here and the 3 we're allowed the hospital. but given the over crowded space at this small host facility and the rest of the cabinets allowed the joy to both health facilities, everyone was evacuated here too. i left the hospital and they are now at the more

of a lot of hospitals. these situations continue to repeat itself across the guster with known that up and size, and i know respite in the tax despite all what we hear about a potential a ceasefire that might happen any time soon. honey. my more do buff from gaza strip palestine. the still ahead on out 0, an italian court has acquitted deputy prime minister mateo so many of legally detaining migrants on a risk issue. the examining the impact of today's headlines know for empower, liberated decisions. and this is, syrians has to determine how the future looks like setting agenda for tomorrow's discussions. if you all people from across the world can collaborate, why can't our world leaders international filmmakers, some world class journalists,

bring programs to inform and inspire too many to justin pratt and much is this should be on the agenda. barnowski sierra. i'm counting, the cost of global trade is transforming but why, how will the move for the goods across the board as be we shaped in the future to terrace hikes on to the 2nd. the trump administration sponsored international trade will include technology play, a role in restructuring supply chains, counting the cost on that which is 0 over $27000.00 her wing photographs as a kimberly until they can do that task. the evidence in this case is frankly even stronger than that that we had against the nazi sitting there in the in the 1st of a 2 part series out to 0 photos, powerful cases of all crimes against civilians allegedly kills by the syrian government. with photographic evidence from the seas of files lost souls of syria

on outages, era the the you're watching out a 0. a reminder of our top story is this our at least 2 people have died in dozens . others have been injured after a car drove into a crowded christmas market in the german city of mug to board. the perpetrator has been identified as a 50 year old doctor from saudi arabia, who appears to have exit along the us as taking a step towards legitimizing the new syrian administration by meeting its meter to shut up top middle east diplomat barb relief left. the delegation to damascus, she announced the us as lifting a $10000000.00 bounty for a shuttle and gaza at least $25.00 to needs have been killed across the strip since

dawn friday, striking jamalia in the north killed at least 10 people, including several of us politicians are embroiled in a chaotic battle over government funding, which is hurdling towards a friday midnight deadline. the could see parts of the government run out of money . a deal was on the table wednesday, which democrats and republicans were willing to vote through. but president elect donald trump killed it at the last moment. instead he backed a hastily written a replacement that was put to the vote on thursday night. it didn't pass with even some republicans voting it down. if politicians missed the friday deadline, parts of the government deemed non essential, like student loans and early schooling will largely stopped functioning. that's happened at least 20 times in american history. the dispute this time is the trump and his powerful ally, you on must want the bill to include less than government spending. he also wants to abolish the country's debt ceiling. some analysts say he fears it being used

against him by democrats. after he takes office, as even some republicans came out against the trump version of the bill. yeah. so i think this bill was better than it was yesterday on certain respects. but to take this bill to take this bill yesterday and congratulate yourself because it's shorter and pages, but increases the debt by 5 trillion dollars is as in, i am not say precisely what republicans are doing are absolutely 2nd by a party that campaigns on fiscal responsibility and it has the temerity to go board of american people. it's that you think business basically responsible. it is absolutely ridiculous. earlier we spoke to senior fellow in the government affairs institute of georgetown university laura blessing. she says the handling of this latest deb ceiling crisis is typical of the previous trump administration. the top is in an office yet, but we're seeing the return of the trump new cycle and what really kicked off this

this latest doozy of a past couple of days. uh was uh, messages from from you on mosque helping to schedule a detail a deal that have been put together with democratic votes. a few, a few things to remember is both how types of margins are both in this congress and in the incoming ones. and given that a we've seen historically weak republican speakers unable to control all the votes of their members, they will continue to need democratic vote even though they are in the majority. so that's a key context to have um, the other context is that we're going to see a dust human politics again, historically, this is a very unusual development, but it's not an unusual development for the incoming trump presidency. given what we have seen from the wall tile governance style um, out of mr. and, and soon again, president trump, who has put this on both the patterns for your mercurial temperament as well as

a relative lack of policy detail. this has been a political football, basically since its inception, we've seen partisan fights over the debt ceiling since 1953. i actually testified to congress on this a couple years ago. and it's turned from being a partisan football to one that's been perilous and not just partisan from 2011 on an italian court has acquitted deputy prime minister mateo solve any of illegally blocking migrants on a rescue ship in 2019. when he was interior minister silva and he has strongly denied the charges, edward simmons has more he said, as deputy prime minister had arrived for the verdict anamosa gate. mateo salvi seemed calm in the media crush, but he had to wait a whole day before hearing. he'd been clear, i don't know charges. now he's elated and feels vindicate said so could you say

that it's only has one and so has the concepts that defending board is defending the homeland opposing human smugglers. traffic is all foreign in jose, and protecting our children is not a crime, but of right. it took us some time, but we got there. solving a have stopped a spanish charity rescue boat from duncan unit tally in 2019. with a $147.00 microns and asylum seekers on board. they was stucco show for 93 weeks before a court order and evacuation and criminal charges followed. what stage the american actor richard had visited the boat and spoke of the conditions on board. so vini was interior ministry at the time, the band charities for bringing migrants to the country, accusing them of making over crowded conditions, was particularly on the island of land produced. it's, it is just the system has long been as holds with the right wing government over

its immigration laws. got it to you. prime minister, georgia. my loan is plans to send to solomon, so it goes to pena has only recently being questioned by court in room. maloney has given her full support to solving with solving he found innocent, it's possible that his government may well look again at sheltering it's pulse. so the few charity ships that still help us on them. so it goes trying to cross the mediterranean. andrew simmons alger 0, a canadian prime minister justin pseudo has shuffled his cabinet, changing one 3rd of his top team. on the same day, the leader of the party that's prompt up to those liberal minority, said he plans to trigger a no confidence vote to bring down the government. is the latest and a series of blows. prichardo is deputy prime minister christie, a freelance resigned on monday. she publicly slammed his economic policies at a time when us president elect trump is threatening to levy massive terrance. one

child has been killed and several injured and a knife attack at a primary school in croatia. police say a 19 year old male suspect attacked a teacher and several students in the capitol, zagreb emergency services rushed to the scene and the help to the wounded. the suspect injured himself during the incident. he's being held in police custody. a people have been convicted for their involvement in the be heading of a french teacher in 2020 samuel potty who was killed outside of paris school after debate on free expression where he showed students cartoons of the prophet and how much the person who carried out the killing was shot dead by police at the time. 8 others were convicted by frances anti terrorism court on friday for their part, including helping to purchase weapons. scientists say they've discovered 27 new species, improved amazon rain forest, an area known for its rich bio diversity. the team of scientists identified new mammals, fish, and fabian's and butterflies. scientists say the discovery highlights the need for

sustainable conservation efforts in the amazon that's it for me. how much enjoyed the news continues here on al jazeera, after counting the cost. thanks so much for watching the the hello sat so they might see some of those this in the southern hemisphere in australia looking glossy, hot, and dry. but notice of tools that northeast and coolness some really violent storm, severe weather here, and right close to him. a car around 5th, the columbus has to the west of the car. we have $276.00 millimeters afraid in just 24 hours. the stalls remain in place here. quite a crop of stones this around northern parts of australia, northern queensland in particular. but even up to what was the top hand,

this stormy weather will continue to trip this way. a little further east was out into the car. will see you as we go through saturday into sunday, but the risk of flash flooding very much remaining as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours on the side. that'd be good to go on into sunday. dry weather coming in behind is that much of a straight or was a problem whether the heat wave we are looking at some very high temperatures, po, for example, 41 degrees faulty and alice got to was a se, files. good to cool. here i've been refreshing up. what was we go through monday? what's the weather coming in across the victoria and tasmania. you're basically pushing over towards new zealand. we've got some weather. and so when do you want us to able to snow into what west and parts of japan on saturday i most so the sunday of the,

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