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britain holds a memorial service of some poles configured well for the victims of one of the country's worst peacetime tragedies at least seventy people were killed in the tower fire in central london six months ago. vladimir putin mocks allegations that moscow meddled in the us election and you will not have the news conference russia's president also claimed to be puzzled by what's going on in the united states. i'm still gale welcome to the program european union leaders meeting for a summit in brussels could be heading for a showdown over the issue of migration in the run up to the meeting you council president donald tusk called for the quota system whereby refugees are supposed to be distributed across the block to be scrapped. described it as divisive and

ineffective germany's chancellor angela merkel has said the e.u. countries could not show selective solidarity another difficult topic on the agenda the two day summit will be present. d.w. correspondent matus is at that summit at welcome again. leaders still trying to find common ground on the migration issue can we expect anything concrete to come out of this no council conclusion foreseen on the debate of migration phil so it will be in much of a fin formal debate over the route that has been going on for two years now their spin some concrete announcements however the number of eastern european countries former communist countries who are very much opposed to taking in refugees have announced that they would like to donate twelve thirty five million euros into an african e.u. fund that helps that aims to curb migration already in africa and that has been

welcomed by a number of leaders who arrived here but i'm glad america as many others also pointed out that selective solidarity is nothing that will move europe forward she said it's good that we strengthen the external borders but we also need to show solidarity within the european union when it comes to relocation of refugees so let's talk more about two years they have been talking about migration let's hear from the president of the european council donald tosk on this divisive issue. the truth. and falling for the geographical simplification. between love and love when it comes to migration. between east and west. these divisions are compounded by emotions. we each make it through to find even a common language russian argument for this debate and this is life we should.

even more intensively and more effectively than before. matters how likely are you leaders to find a common language it does seem to be these three european countries against the rest of them and. i think the council president is very accurate when he says this is an emotional debate although having said that one needs to say as well that he didn't help a great deal in his invitation letter to your leaders to say that the so far the relocation a mechanism has failed basically in the sense of stating the obvious but declaring it as as failed is another thing so yes it will be very difficult to paper over the differences here they are very much emotional for these eastern european states it's all about not taking in refugees mainly for cultural reasons because for religious reasons because they are predominantly muslims on the other hand everyone

agrees on strengthening our external border so it will stem the massive flow of refugees we've seen during the refugee crisis and working out a mechanism how to relocate people who have already made it into the european union will be the key challenge of all leaders in the months weeks maybe years to come. in the process we'll leave it there we managed to get through it without talking about well that us. although that's not going to last because britain's hope is that their summers in brussels will pave the way for the second stage of breath to negotiations the deal was hard fought and almost collapsed before a british prime minister to rescind the head of the european commission announced a breakthrough charlotte chelsea sufficient progress sufficient progress the months hearing those words have been top of negotiators christmas lists the e.u. have refused to one last phase to have talks until they've been sufficient progress

in phase one then after a last minute scramble and a dash in the dead of night by to reason made to brussels finally a break three negotiators have reached a deal on three key issues citizens' rights the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million citizens living in the u.k. of a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u. on how much money the u.k. owes the e.u. after some tough conversations we've now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer some forty billion years. and all of this instantly veiled threats from each member islands the european union is a family and families stick together there's a guarantee there will be no hard border dividing island and the u.k.'s northern island. last week's deal was like christmas come early for the british prime minister now with the e.u. heads of state expected to formally approve the deal here on friday this summit was meant to be another chance for celebration instead they we're seeing something

quite different this week is don't blow after blow for project breaks it really dampening the festive spirit. london's brags that minister david davis was the first to burst the bubble he caused an uproar in brussels after indicating the u.k. could legally back out of everything promised in phase one this was a statement of intent more than anything else it was much more so that it was a legally enforceable in all opinion that is really undermining. the trust that is necessary in such negotiations the ghost of brics its future is also hanging over this summit phase one was tough enough but phase two is expected to be even tougher with the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. still to be hammered out let us remember that the most difficult challenge still ahead we all know that breaking up is hard but breaking up but. it's much harder and to make things worse the reason mase been

forced to give parliament a very is on any final deal potentially derailing a future agreement all in all the prospects of what's ahead is drawing very little christmas cheer of course nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. i. now had six months and seventy one people were killed in a fire in a high rise apartment block in central london today members of britain's royal family and government attended a memorial service some poles cathedral for the victims of the grenfell tower fire but in the aftermath of a tragedy that's become a byword for social inequality in the u.k. so vive was all complaining about being neglected by government. a moment of silence for the seventy one people who perished in ground felt our survivors and their families stood shoulder to shoulder with members of britain's royal family as

well as politicians and religious leaders in a multi-faith memorial while the service was an opportunity for quiet reflection anger at the disaster is still simmering the deaths in the tower block fire highlighted extreme disparities in living conditions between rich and poor today we remember with sorrow with grief with tears. and we pledge that those we have lost will not be forgotten. today we are asked why warnings were not heeded. why a community was left feeling neglected and cared for not listening to the fire that broke out in the middle of the night on june fourteenth quickly gutted the twenty four storey building it was home to a multi ethnic community living in a poor area within one of london's richest boroughs police are investigating the

fire and say charges may be brought against individuals or organizations a separate public inquiry is underway and what caused the fire and how authorities responded six months on the people affected by the fire are not only grieving many are still without a home despite promises by prime minister to resign may that survivors would receive new homes within weeks the majority of families needing re housing are still living in emergency accommodation. now to some of the other stories making news around the world german police have launched raids on properties linked to suspected members of so-called islamic state offices such multiple locations in berlin and other parts of eastern germany the raids targeted four individuals three of whom i believe to still be in i asked held territory. in somalia's capital mogadishu a suicide bomber disguised as a police officer has blown himself up inside the police academy at least eighteen people were killed and twenty wounded the bomb a targeted offices

a gathering for morning exercises the terrorist group al shabaab says it carried out the attack. tanzania has held a ceremony to honor fourteen of its un peacekeepers killed in the democratic republic of congo last week it was the deadliest attack on the blue helmets in almost a quarter of a century one soldier remains missing and another forty four wounded. russia's president vladimir putin has been holding his annual marathon press conference in response to an american reporter's question about collusion between the kremlin on the trump campaign trail the russian president said the story had been invented and was hurting the u.s. political system today's event comes just a week after mr putin confirmed that he would stand in next year's presidential election and he had this to say about his potential challenges. when we talk about the opposition it can't just be about politicians who make a lot of noise about an anti democratic regime. the opposition has to come up with

something concrete proposals on how to make our lives better. of course people are dissatisfied with a lot of things and indeed it is justified because we could have done better but when we look at the leaders of the opposition especially the non-system opposition we have our dogs as to whether they offer a concrete alternative. with them let's get more from today because one of the euro shatter in moscow welcome europe we just heard president putin being quite dismissive of his political opposition how do ordinary russians view his critics i feel well i've got the latest opinion poll from of the leave center that works independently it says that seventy percent of the people surveyed to there said that they would vote for that and it putin which is still pretty high number and to most important the highest number compared to the other candidates so what do you put in there remains very popular here and his critics have to do a lot of their seeding to convince of the masses with their criticism the biggest

role plays certainly russian state propaganda and russia's fight against independently working media state t.v. channels praise let me put in daily we while critical reporting media have to claw also are being blocked by the government russian president used his any old mother home press conference today earlier to reinforce his reputation as the country's guarantor of stability and to blame at the same time the russian position on destroying the country. that this is an annual event what struck you about this year's. well my highlight was at the turn of a lot of impudence opponents stop chuck rushes first female presidential candidates who used to be a t.v. presenter here in the country and now she is a political journalist so she has joined the press conference as a reporter and ask mr putin on whether the other politician opposition politician alex in a volley was being oppressed in response let me put a reminder to the audience of turbulent times that russia experienced experienced

after the collapse of the soviet union and compared to the recent protests here in moscow streets with machinations of the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili is really in russia's neighboring ukraine what would you want to dozens of saakashvili surrounding around in our streets asked chuck in response and this was the cynical answer of course and looked like a political debate off the two presidential candidates maybe a taste of what the russians can expect during the election campaign in the next months you're a shutter in moscow fan here this is daily news live from berlin still to come and football in midweek borders legal action shocker we're hoping to take second place with me and the train i was booked but the visitors came to town ready to play we'll bring you all the highlights. this issue's been physically now and relief on financial markets a fairly smooth day no turbulence because the european central bank has left its

benchmark refinancing rates at historic low of zero percent and it will stay that way for an extended period of time that's despite policymakers demanding the bank's president mario draghi increase rates to match an ongoing recovery in the european economy or the eurozone economy rather the e.c.b. is right setting council plans to continue its bond buying program at thirty billion euros a month from january until at least the end of september. over to frankfurt to get the reaction from mad all the training for daniel cope i guess the c b is justifying its actions based on those growth forecasts that are coming through. here this is very controversial actually banned because many people here on the trading floor but also experts are saying that the economy and the inflation data is already at the level where it's supposed to be but no the e.c.v. is saying that for some when you talk about the consumer prices they are afflicted

to go up next year from one point two to one point four percent but still the target the goal of the e.c.b. off a true percent inflation rate will not be met and till at least twenty twenty and even though the e.c.b. as predicting it to perth and growth also for next year they are saying this is all not enough for our high interest rates and also for a cut off the bond purchasing program ben ok so good news for home buyers but not so good for all those germans who like squirreling away their money. yeah exactly this is also going to mean that you know putting your money aside on a bank account also in the future still is not going to make any sense with zero zero percent interest rate those going to be interesting for people investing in shares also after the news was breaking off the e.c.b. we saw the blue chip index going up again now it's going a little bit down this is also because we are seeing

a very weak euro at the moment but in general shareholders here at the frankfurt stock exchange were appreciating the news of the day is that we could see investors packing into equities and markets going even further even higher when are we going to see those interest rates go high alert. well certainly not in two thousand and eighteen this is going to be for sure some thing that might be the case in two thousand and nine hundred two thousand nine hundred also going to be a mario draghi last year there's no doubt that this monetary policy will have to change at one point so maybe just before he is going to retire some people think that then he might introduce and you know have higher interest rates for the euro zone enforced the latest financial news there from daniel cope. well the u.s. federal reserve has now raised rates three times this year the world's biggest

economy continues to strengthen but that's not the only reason for the divergence in monetary policy the central bank structures of both economic giants over that side of the atlantic and on the outside a very different e.c.b. is a european union institution in which eurozone member countries have voting rights the fed is regulated by u.s. law but his own by private banks it's governors and chip person chosen by the president the e.c.b. is objective is to maintain price stability keeping inflation inflation a close to below two percent the fed doesn't have those obligations its job is to prevent financial crises but it does like to see inflation around two percent as well the e.c.b. doesn't take the jobs market into account when making policy the fed i's employment extremely closely it's supposed to ensure full employment which it defines as no more than six percent of employees will americans to make

a deal in the entertainment industry disney is to spend fifty two billion dollars to buy a big chunk of twenty first century fox the deal will see disney take over its film and t.v. studios as well as cable and international t.v. operations before the buyout folks will separate its broadcasting network and stations into a new listed company that will be spun off to shareholders the announcement comes as entertainment companies struggle to compete with online services disney is hoping the addition of fox's assets could help promote its streaming services. greece says it'll have enough wiggle room to cut taxes come twenty nineteen that's when the nation exits its third multi billion euro bailout until then the austerity will continue and greeks will keep taking to the streets like in today's general strike against the budget the parliament votes on next week. the turnout of sixteen thousand here in athens was enough to bring public transport and government

services to a standstill boats stayed docked and flights grounded. these workers feel betrayed by their government. their choking us exterminating us draining us in terms of population and culture. our children go to foreign countries to find a job this can't go on it has to stop. them no not that we have nothing to eat what else can they take from us there are no jobs there are no pensions there's nothing. only do is pay but the government doesn't tell us how we're supposed to pay from where we going to find the money. the e.u. and international monetary fund have approved greece's spending and saving targets that part of requirements under a bailout review programme the country is still deeply in debt but is cutting

spending and holding taxes high in efforts to reach a budget surplus of over three and a half percent next year still consumer confidence has yet to return to pre-crisis levels the greek parliament will vote on the latest batch of reforms next week vital medicine for the economy say the cabal of creditors but for thousands of greeks it's a bitter pill to swallow. german carriers a mounting a joint rescue for stranded passengers of the insolvent airline nikky its a subsidiary of bankrupt air berlin lost tons of was going to buy it but was blocked by competition authorities now the austrian based low cost holiday carrier has collapsed. there's still hope that someone could step in someone like nicky lauder perhaps the former racing driver who founded nicky and then sold it. i'm still interested in nicky it's important to secure jobs and i want to fly with

nicky again but it's more complicated now because we're looking at insolvency again because nicky has a thousand employees and up to ten thousand frustrated passengers with worthless tickets the austrian government is considering offering the airline a bridging loan. and i think we should help but we need to work out how that will look exactly and what it will really mean it it or. aviation giant loved ones offered to buy nicky following a berlin's insolvency but then said the european commission is conditions for the takeover were too strict and withdrew its bid the german government has given air berlin a bridging loan of one hundred fifty million euros and so if no new bidder can be found to nikki german taxpayers could be hit hard. now a story that's hit hollywood hard and government corporate bosses thinking the mitsu accusations continue to ask don't continue thank you so much this concerns an actress who has joined the ranks of hollywood women accusing the movie producer the

foreman the producer harvey weinstein of sexual misconduct in an opinion piece for the new york times was hired described mr weinstein is a monster she accused him of sexual harassment and threatening to kill her more than fifty women claim harvey weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them over the past thirteen years he denies allegations of known consensual sex. said he took her more than fifteen years to build up the courage to speak out on what she has said echoes what others have also been saying actress and writer cynthia coude has tweeted i keep thinking we've heard the worst of harvey but then more stories manage to reveal new terrible depths to his monstrosity a powerful and heartbreaking essay by sam the hierarchy is a pop culture journalist and jennifer armstrong if you're wondering why it's a big deal when there's a new first or a breakthrough for women it's because of stories like sound the higher compare what she went through to make the movie frida with what

a male producer director or star does for his oscar nomination. there's a high expert trail of mexican artists of frida kahlo landed her six oscar nominations she took home to meanwhile the me too movement shows no sign of slowing down the question is who's next bollywood director viveca agnihotri has tweeted feel pain for all the victims like salma hayek i'm proud of her speaking up hope some actors takes leadership and exposes the underbelly of bollywood's establishment as well. well to football as they go leaders by and munich were licking their lips at the prospect of winless cologne coming to town last night but the basement side put up more of a fight than even their own fans might have thought possible after a school us opening half cologne started on the offensive and could have taken the lead and lucas are cleared no not lost his cool. by ns rather than dusty kept his one nil the final score in munich and still no with below sixty matches into the

season. shocker went into their match against looking for a victory to push them up to second place in the standings but far from easy prey these days let's see how it played out. the felton's are a no was rocking is shaka hosted their last bundesliga game of twenty seven tane an early christmas present of second place was on offer shaka should have taken an early lead after good work from. butts western mckenney couldn't produce the finish. the youngster just inches away from a maiden bundesliga goal. shall cause dominance eventual paid off though i mean how it's fancy footwork found frank de santo. the engine tinian showing off his own smooth moves. and with good reason it was

a classy finish. a short break and then shall go back at it in the forty seventh minute bergdahl reacted quickest to notice header. sunil to the home side. but after a defensive showing auk's book woke up. cut you'd be rising high for his fourth goal of the season two one. and book one a penalty ten minutes from time. corage stepping up. to two. but shell code words of a tonight hurried joining a fella from marvin hits. daniel caligiuri doing the rest. three to the final score shell can now guarantee to go into the winter break with

their best points tally in six a zens. to have the stats our top story this hour a u. latest made him brussels heading for a showdown over the issue of migration you council president because the. refugee quota system siphoned by germany asked if i save on ineffective germany's chancellor merkel has responded by saying that the new countries cannot show selective solidarity. on russia's president vladimir putin has multiplications of moscow to meddle in the u.s. election as he said i knew a lot not if a news conference also praised the achievements of donald trump but instead of wanting to stage the. news on the go just download from google play it for me still have a few access to information is news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use it to send this photos i'm sure. i set you up today at the top of the hour i would.

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