aeration to a person or to computer in this case. if you listen let's feelings of the instruments that steer us and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us to compatible algorithms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w. this is d w news live from berlin thousands have been protesting against germany's far right a.f.d. party police moving in to disperse street demonstrations in the northern city of hanover inside the conference holding

a f d voted for the new leader is likely to hold the party even further to the right. also on the program. to the u.s. president's former national security adviser admits to having lied to the f.b.i. attention is now turning to other members of donald trump's in a circle including his son in law. and napoleon bonaparte writes again in the czech republic enthusiastic times being reenacting the battle of austerlitz one of the french emperors greatest victories. my name's christopher springer thanks for joining us thousands have been protesting in the north german city of one of a where the far right a.f.p. is holding a party conference several people were injured when police used water cannon to

disperse the demonstrators the injured included policeman and at least one protester the clashes occurring as the a.f.p. elected new leaders at the two day conference the protesters were demonstrating against the f.t.'s anti immigration and. platform. and standing by for us after a party conference in hanover make a look mckayla this party conference tasked with electing new leaders for the two years i mentioned or to the results tell us about the direction of the party. well that shows us that this party is always good for a surprise there have been some resistance from the more centrist stream of the party brewing throughout the week actually seeing a delegate from mr pitts step in one thing to clinch that leadership title along with york morton who was reelected as party leader well there were two votes

that were inconclusive and then i'll xander go and the parliamentary party leader stepped in and a very well known figure within the f.t. and that was pretty much a high noon situation that was what i would see as the nuclear option because he had before said he would only step in if absolutely necessary but the bottom line is that this really is a victory for the more rightist wing within the party because these two leaders now at the top both support and are against the exclusion of york he's become synonymous with the right wing extremists in the f.t. ok so a move towards. the far right nationalist wing as it were taking a step back for a moment mckayla how much influence does the f.t. have on national politics at the moment here in germany. well on paper it only has thirteen percent in parliament ninety two delegates that really isn't

a huge influence but they've already successfully changed the tone it's become more aggressive debates they would say a lot more lively but really they changed the whole math within the system of the political system here in germany on the one factor although really a significant one why it proved so complicated to actually see a more conclusive election result of the last one and actually form a new governing coalition so clearly one of the tensions a key intention of the a.f.p. to just drop the political system is working out although it's not completely by their own making and the big question now is is this robson enough or will they really start shaping policy like a make of the many thanks for that mckellen the halting problem. the government in honduras has imposed a ten day curfew off the violence broke out over a disputed presidential election at least one person has died in street protests

opposition leaders have criticized the curfew which is extra powers to the army and to the police. the wait for the final results of last month's presidential election is proving a tense standoff protesters have blockaded the streets amid reports of looting and injuries in clashes with riot police both candidates in the disputed election claiming victory but the people are indignant about what is happening we are peaceful people we want peace foreign tourists peace can only be achieved when all the corruption is stamped out there is no other way. with ninety five percent of the vote counted election officials say the incumbent president one orlando one and it has a narrow lead. is that all these acts of violence and arson are completely unreasonable the cancel of ministers has declared a curfew to ensure the security of the country. being there were. the

unrest broke out after the opposition candidate salvador nasrallah claimed election fraud demanded a recount and called his supporters out onto the streets a ten day curfew is now in place while the counting continues. to the u.s. now where the senate has narrowly approved a sweeping tax overhaul the critics say will mainly benefit big business and the rich will make his first by fifty one forty nine. vote takes person trampin to the public is a step closer to what will be their biggest legislative victory this year democrats have condemned the legislation calling it a giveaway to the wealthy and staying in the u.s. president all trump has been reacting to the news yesterday that his former national security advisor michael flynn lied to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia trump tweeted that apart from lying to the f.b.i. and to the vice president things actions were otherwise legal since he was working

on the president's transition into the white house on friday flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the f.b.i. . michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters. those words hark back to last year when flynn led chance for then democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to be locked up in his plea deal flynt said a senior member of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with reston officials unconfirmed us media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jared cushion or if true the investigation would move that much closer to trump himself but the president told reporters he's not worried about potential fallout you know. there's been absolutely. no collusion so we're very happy trump later weighed in further on twitter saying

he had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the f.b.i. he has pled guilty to those lies it's a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful there was nothing to hide that tweet is drawing particular scrutiny now it raises questions about what exactly and when the president knew about flynn's lies to the f.b.i. . well we've been getting more on this from michael in washington i asked him why democrats and other critics of trump have been focusing so much attention on this latest tweet well until now president trumpet said that he fired michael flynn because flynt had lied to a vice president like pens while in this tweet he said that he fired michael flynn because he lied to the f.b.i. . well since president trump was reportedly earlier reportedly trying

to get james cole me the former f.b.i. chief to back off his investigation of michael flynn that could raise questions of obstruction of justice if if trump. told basically a former f.b.i. chief told me to back off his investigation of michael flynn knowing that flynt was being investigated by the f.b.i. that could be construed as construction of john. s. of obstruction of justice. as michael coming in there reporting from washington and we're going to catch up now with some of the other stories making the news around the world at least thirteen people have been killed and scores wounded in a suicide bombing in northeastern nigeria a woman in a queue for food handouts detonated explosives and crowded crowded market in the town of view a second female bomber kills only herself but wounded many others nearby. around

twenty thousand people have been gathering intel of eve to protest against government corruption and prime minister binyamin netanyahu he's being investigated for receiving gifts gifts from wealthy businessmen the demonstrators opposed to draw floor that would bar police from publishing their findings into investigations of natanya. or thirty's in southern albania have evacuated hundreds of residents amid heavy rainfall that has caused flooding in the region the waters have inundated thousands of homes and led to at least one death albania's ports are a standstill and flights from its international airport have been suspended. now the right livelihood award has been presented at a ceremony in the swedish capital stockholm recognizing global efforts in the fight against injustice this year the award went to four people an investigative journalist from azerbaijan. and engine human rights lawyer colin solvent and ethiopian yet no bash. campaigns for the rights of the disabled us environmental

lawyer billet one prize. they aren't famous but the winners of the right livelihood award known as the alternative nobel prize have dedicated their lives to social justice human rights and government transparency four people were awarded it this year and environmental lawyer from the us a human rights lawyer from india a disability rights activist from ethiopia and investigative journalist from azerbaijan i am honored by the immensely pleased that i present twenty seventeen right like going to war my friend. for courage and tenacity in exposing corruption at the highest levels of government to outstanding investigative journalism in the name of transparency and i probably will. but it is my lova couldn't leave azerbaijan to accept it despite international protests her country's government has

kept a travel ban against her in place she could only appear via video since the prices founding in stockholm in one nine hundred eighty the right livelihood award has been given to one hundred seventy people or organizations from sixty nine countries . some sports news for you know in rugby league australia have edged out england to retain the world cup title in front of their home fans in brisbane boyd chord not breaking through to score the only try of the game as the tournament hosts won an absorbing final six nil it's the eleventh time astray have lifted the rugby league world cup and more success for a stroller stephanie gilmore winning the final event of the world surf league championship in hawaii the six time champion from down under sealing her twenty sixth world to a victory the winner of amalia money well in the final show showdown despite some

impressive moves though it was enough to take. this week high low right and well finished twelfth in the overall ranking. residents of the sleepy czech town formerly known as austerlitz might have felt they'd been caught in something of a time war when they saw one thousand soldiers clashing on the outskirts of their town now these troops are wearing nineteenth century uniforms though they were all part of a large scale reenactment of one of them poland's greatest victories the battle of austerlitz. the attention to detail is impressive from weaponry to facial here it all just screams evil five. the thousand people who converged on ost are lit on the outskirts of but no in the czech republic to recreate arguably napoleon's most stunning victory have taken great pride in doing so why. well who better to ask than the little general himself. so

we're hoping to not only show people the tactics and the strategy in the uniforms of the day and to remember this day but also to remember all of those that fought and died. also known as the battle of the three emperors most ellipse involved over one hundred fifty thousand soldiers and pitted napoleon's french army against russian and austrian forces led by side alexander and austrian emperor francis with his troops heavily outnumbered napoleon's tactical wizardry when the day. onlookers here would have been impressed by the event's authenticity although unlike many in the original bottle all of today's competent lived to reenact another day. a quick reminder of our top stories at this hour several people have been injured in the north german city of hanover off the police used water cannon to disperse a protest against the far right a.f.p.

team the party has been electing a new leadership team at a conference in the city. and u.s. president told trump is under scrutiny after a tweet suggesting he knew his former national security adviser had been lying to the f.b.i. on friday michael flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators. watching the news in by then more from us at the top of the al as ever up next chris harrington with the reaction so far this weekend in germany has been the three. nationalists are on the right you know what. i am. sorry to highlight different shades of nationalism and to find out what this nation me to you. the

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