that styris and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us to. tell the rhythms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w. this is. from berlin a deadly accident in france a school bus and a train have collided in the south of the country at least four children are dead several others are injured the calls of the crash is not known also coming up the leaders of the european union's twenty eight nations are meeting in the final

summit for two thousand and seventeen european council president. is warning them to prepare for a bruising battle plus. britain holds a memorial service at st paul's cathedral for the victims of one of the country's worst peacetime tragedies at least seventy people were killed in the grenfell tower fire in central london six months ago. it's good to have you with us we begin with a fatal accident in the south of france where a train has collided with a school bus or it happened near the spanish border in the interior ministry says at least four teenagers were killed after the train hit the bus splitting it into.

crash occurred in the village of milan some fifteen kilometers west of pipping on another seven people were seriously injured the french prime minister is traveling to the crash site at this hour. we want to go now to correspondent on elisa betts mortagne she joins us from paris on these vets do we know anything yet about how this accident happened. we know that the bus was a stark or a level crossing of the one of the lowest level crossings in the country there are increasingly replaced by bridges or colonels but not enough. that has been speculation that they will have to study the remains for some reason it stalled and could not start again and then the train hit it it hit the back of the gulf but the bus was was split in two and. this happened about four hours ago at four o'clock

in paris. they're still trying to tease unpacked. to to get people out of the remains of the man who was completely crushed into into rescued from which you have to extract the young people. train itself is retool training it was travelling at about sixty or seventy you know which is that. it will do this new year inkling that the train was doing anything that was. and we know that this is an accident that shocked the entire country what kind of reaction are you hearing to the accident there in france it when it's it's a horrible accident it's also a horrible accident because it's a school because. it's senseless and it shocks people. this doesn't explain you attentive to. the feelings of french that come off to

the presidency doesn't always seem to be on the goal but the prime minister is doing that by going to call preacher to go out for the speaking. to should move going south of coming to the school walking to be horribly shocked by the number of i don't lessons. in there in school not it's taken it's something that's taken very seriously and we just want to remind people it's just joining us now and the number of fatalities right now is for teenagers in this accident and again that the cause there we know basically the bus stalled on the tracks is that correct. yes on all the level crossings yes normally the level crossing the barrier is down the calls are through. but if you get there and that can start again especially you know you know even at four pm. it's dusk and you don't see much at the time of year

so it's not it's horrible but it's understandable that this is a train possibly could not break from. a horrible tragedy there correspondent on these and that's what jane reporting. from paris tonight thank you . you leaders meeting in brussels are heading for a showdown over the issue of migration e.u. council president has angered some nations by describing a mandatory quota for refugees as divisive and ineffective germany's are going to america has responded by saying that member states cannot pick and choose and the refugee crisis is not the only controversial issue on the agenda over the next two days another difficult topic will be brics. despite a friendly gesture to kick off the summit many see him as a divider rather than a unifier that's because european council president donald tusk wants to get rid of mandatory refugee court says his suggestion that e.u.

countries be allowed to voluntarily set their own refugee card says faces strong criticism. i don't believe in selective solidarity among european member states and the countries certainly on the e.u. border have a great responsibility and that's why we also need e.u. wide solutions. yes to solidarity no to quotas that's the message from some eastern european countries they were draw the pay to protect their border as thirty five million euros that solidarity according to hungary and prime minister. we we should go out for countries are ready to contribute. considerable sum of money to help to defend the border of the outside world of european union and to contribute to the actions of european union initiated into territory of libya countries like austria say buying their way out of the some e.u.

resolutions shouldn't be tolerated in these days and it's unacceptable of that someone bows out when they disagree with the union european cooperation and want one. british prime minister to resign may is all too familiar with what bowing out feels like. she's hoping for brussels to greenlight talks on a future trade deal with the u.k. it's still unclear what this would look like but one thing's for certain the u.k. wants stay aligned with the e.u. on security although the british people took a selfie decision to leave the e.u. that does not mean that we were going to be leaving responsibility is intense if you have to in security the remaining e.u. members also want to bolster security at least here does the same line. here is some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the head of the islamist militant group hamas has called for fresh global protests against donald trump's controversial recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital

and speaking in gaza city at an event commemorating the group's thirtieth anniversary. demanded that the islamic world make every friday a day of anger police in germany have launched raids on properties linked to suspected members of so-called islamic state officers searched multiple locations in berlin and other parts of eastern germany the raids targeted four individuals three of whom are believed to still be in held territory in somalia's capital mogadishu a suicide bomber disguised as a police officer has blown himself up inside a police academy at least eighteen people were killed twenty wounded the bomber targeted officers gathering for morning exercises a terrorist group al-shabaab says it carried out the attack. well it has been six months since 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 the government attended a memorial service at st paul's cathedral for the victims of the grenfell fire but in the aftermath of a tragedy that has become a byword for social inequality in the u.k. survivors are complaining of being neglected still by the government. a mournful tune played on that include a traditional instrument of the middle east and north africa where many grunfeld residents have ties. emotions will grow as survivors and families mourn the seventy one people killed in the fire. the multi face memorial reflected the diversity of the grand folk i'm unity. they were joined by politicians and members of the royal family. while the service

was an opportunity for quiet reflection anger is still simmering the disaster highlighted the divide between rich and poor in britain. 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 uncared for not listening to. the fire that broke out in the middle of the night on june fourteenth quickly and golf the twenty four storey building it was home to a multi-ethnic community living in a poor area within one of london's richest bar-s. police are investigating the fire and say charges may be brought against

individuals or organizations a separate public inquiry is underway on what caused the fire and how authorities responded six months on the people affected by the fire and not only grieving. we see is that what we see is striking to. see that even in the old schools. when i get my permanent house i would be moving straight away and get back to my normal life despite promises by prime minister to resign may that survivors but receive new homes within weeks the majority of families needing re housing a stone living and emergency accommodation. russian president vladimir putin says allegations the kremlin interfered in donald trump's election campaign have been quote invented to undermine the us president during his annual marathon press conference today what putin said the collusion allegations are hurting the american political system the exchange with reporters comes just

a week after putin confirmed that he will run in next year's presidential election he brushed off opposition politicians as unfit to lead russia saying only he but we can guarantee continued stability ability. all right we want to poland now yuri richard so our moscow bureau chief he's on the story for us tonight good evening to you're easer why is it president putin open to a more vocal opposition i mean does he feel that they could pose a real challenge to him i think so brand. doesn't feel to hold the position of course he is very popular across the country and he also doesn't view this so-called systemic opposition but he fear is a one the real a position petition that he's name is alex a novelli this man can't win the election as he's very controversial for many russians but he can damage putin's image as the country's guarantor of stability

stability not only fights corruption in this country the corruption of the russian elites he also can mobilize young people to the street protests in the valley is popular in the internet he gains more and more young fellow as the while the kremlin is rapidly losing touch with the younger generation to whom belongs russia's future actually and putin is saying that trumps domestic opponents in the u.s. that they are undermining the u.s. political system but isn't that what the alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election set out to achieve in the first place. well this is actually the popular strategy of the creative stuff with the kremlin brand it means simply turns the tables we are facing this strategy with all topics whether the alledged russian interference in the us election all persecution of minorities whether muslim freedom of expression or other issues will even the build

a fake news and disinformation and all the accusations that the west makes to the russians of russians simply return following with the slogan you do the same if not worse as for the alledged meddling no matter if that's right not to moscow's goal may have been to make americans think how powerful and influential the kremlin is no matter if that's right on the lot and briefly before we run into armor putin also spoke about russia being penalized ahead of the winter olympics because of der big or did he have to say well he has said surprisingly that some russian athletes would have a job but athletes abroad do that as well and to may nevertheless compete in the olympics so they have. the best balance of russia's athletes from the olympics just a damaged russia even more from putin's point of view accuse ations on the russians doping system were and meddling in russia's domestic policy particularly now ahead

of the presidential election next year in march our moscow bureau chief yuri rasha there on the story for us tonight yuri thank you very much. you're watching. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i can join is that. the media center. of a. discovery. podcast in language courses. in the media center at media's.