daily life in a regimented society. an exclusive peek behind one of the last iron curtain is. a north korean diary starting december twenty eighth on t w. this is the w. news line from berlin the return of the far right in austria the conservatives strike a coalition deal with the anti immigration freedom party and in the control of key ministries europe's youngest made a promise is that governments will crack down on illegal immigration and strengthen

the economy but what does austria has moved to the right mean for the continent also coming up. south africa's ruling african national congress crossroads party leader jacob zuma warns internal divisions pose a threat to the a.n.c. in the bible as delegates meet to elect his successor. and a dream in saudi arabia where women are testing the boundaries as a conservative came don't stop to give women the right. thank you for joining us also is set to make a shop turn to the right with a new governing coalition taking office on monday now austria thirty one year old political shooting star sebastian quits of the conservative people's party will

become chancellor making him the youngest head of government in europe he'll govern with the far right to euro skeptic freedom patino the two patches of promise to tighten the country's asylum and immigration regulations but they also affirmed austria's commitments to the european union. a day after concluding their negotiations the leaders of austria's new governing coalition met the press the people's party will receive eight ministerial positions the far right freedom party will get six the leaders of both parties said they're pleased with the results. we have agreed on a clear pro european course with the goal to strengthen the subsidiarity in the european union a european union which should be stronger in bigger questions but takes a step back and small topics we've agreed that there will be no new taxes but we need to save money within the system and. this pro-u. stance marks an about face especially for the euro skeptic freedom party according

to insiders austria's green laming president alexander fund bevan was crucial in getting this policy point on the new government's agenda both members of austria's new coalition have been outspoken in their desire to end illegal migration freedom party leader. laid out the government position at saturday's press conference. when it comes to immigration we have clearly defined that we want to stop illegal immigration but also stop immigration into our social security system so the benefits for asylum seekers will be reduced to three hundred sixty five euro. sealed. and with the interior ministry and with that the control over austria's police going to party it's expected that the new government will move quickly to crack down on illegal migration is already announced plans to add over two thousand

new police officers to the force. two rosy weights from australia's public broadcaster. we asked what austria's relationship with the look like in the future. we think that the reaction is going to be muted we don't expect there will be sanctions us there were when the freedom party was last in government and that's really due to the rise of other far right parties and anti establishment parties across europe for example the f.t. getting into parliament in germany and the front national making france's presidential runoff the new government will be pro european although it's going to seek increased devolution of power from brussels so could set the e.u. should focus on few a task such as securing its borders and hand more powers back to member states far right populist from around europe gathered in prague today to demand an end to

the european union get filled as from the netherlands and france's marine le pen of the fun last year now also took part in today's rally and said she was encouraged by the freedom party of austria's recent success and called it good news for all of europe failed us also renewed his call for europe to clamp down on migration and described the as a threat for all nations states. south africa's ruling african national congress is fighting for its future the words of party leader and the country's president jacob zuma now zoom up to the party to unite as thousands of delegates gather to elect his successor the race to replace the scandal hit president has caused deep divisions in the a.n.c. observers say it's in danger of splitting the two into rather the a.n.c. led the battle against apartheid and has governed south africa since the country's first democratic elections in one thousand nine hundred four zuma spoke a little while ago and this is

a bit of what he had to say legislate and it is situations have been put in place by the a.n.c. government to dictate good absalom in the public sector. since two thousand and nine the president of the public has signed eighty four proclaimed missions but totalizing the special investigating unit to investigate. administrative and put option in government and state institutions. and the a.n.c. unself has been plagued by scandal and corruption allegations nevertheless it's almost certain to win the elections next year we spoke to philip divot his agenda for the mail and guardian in johannesburg and we asked him why the a.n.c. is still so popular votes on the ground tell us that they have

a reasonable and that they could vote full so it does look like the a winner in coalition or not it will retain at least a great deal of policy. that this extraordinary speech by president jacob zuma showing us that he realizes just how much trouble he's using it was a very angry figure on that saying she was talking about how the media had turned against south africa in a certain trait cool docs made this with tears in his own party alliance hotness the judiciary holiness people who he says is to begin the a c. so now for the first time we're getting the sense that president jacob zuma realizes that he and his pontius very trouble and that it's becoming unified a good time for between two nineteen elections my theo a very tough job. let's now have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world clashes have erupted between police and palestinian demonstrators in the west bank the violence

followed the funeral of a disabled man killed by israeli forces at a rally tensions have been running high in the region after u.s. president donald trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. european royals have joined tens of thousands of romanians at a state funeral for the country's late more like king michael died in exile in switzerland earlier this month had ruled romania twice before being forced to abdicate in one nine hundred forty seven under romania's former communist regime. german chancellor angela merkel's bavarian conservative sister party has reelected . as its leader but with his weakest support so far has been under pressure since his party's poor performance in september's election earlier this month he announced he would step down next year as a variant governor but remain as party leader. in india who gandhi has taken over as the leader of the main opposition congress party the forty

seven year old becomes the sixth member of the country's political family to head the party gandhi faces a tough task of resurrecting a party that's struggling to make a comeback from its worst ever election showing in twenty fourteen earlier we did speak to the editor of the quotes india website to go shell in delhi and we asked him what the main challenge would now be for a whole gandhi. the main challenge will be reviving the electoral fortunes of the congress party after the jobbing in the twenty forty general election which was the party's was never performance where they want only forty four seats the parties also lost a string of provincial elections for a hold on the you know house to overhaul the organization that's something he claims he's been doing for some time now but specifically he needs to reject the leadership the need to infuse new life into the rank and file he needs to sort of re-examine the craft the party's electoral strategy and essentially rebuild the

communist party. into a force to be reckoned with for decades saudi arabia has had some of the world's tightest restrictions on women its new crown prince has been shaking up the kingdom and acting new reforms including more rights for women for the first time women there are allowed to drive but many barriers still remain we have this report so about a kickboxer who is teaching saudi women one way to flex their new found muscle. and on usual sight in saudi arabia. is a kickboxer she gives private lessons to other women in this city of jeddah. and her gym women are free from the constraints of conservative society all of them trained here fail free. everything is. behind closed doors. and this is definitely i closed doors i mean i have you know

i'm on the street my glasses fogged out from the outside the only indication that this is a special place of a women arriving for training not many vo know about her studio the women who come here are affluent and aspirational they're part of a select group in saudi society. these women are not part of it this is a course for women from less privileged backgrounds organized by applying it to charity students and young professionals all of them veiled like most women in saudi arabia the course is designed to boost her self-confidence and help them assert themselves among male bosses and family members each participant gives a presentation and then receives feedback. perhaps it is the candidate that had once different to talk well nothing can stop you from expressing yourself not even avail what it. government reforms are

also slowly beginning to improve conditions for women in saudi arabia a new economic reform plan called vision twenty thirty aims to get more women into work since all prices tom would vote government can't afford to exclude half of the population from the labor market women cannot be seen working in retail or in engineering disapproval of years ago this would have been unthinkable. harney kickboxing isn't just a sport she sees it as the way to women to break the chains of patriarchal society . you see her her self going from some very self-conscious to someone who's like standing up a little bit taller you know walking out of the space a little bit you know happier you see you see it it's insane how that can happen it

can happen in our. house to put on a veil when she leaves her gym she doesn't wear a black one instead of shops for more colorful design. there's been some big drama in the bundesliga today and here the match day seventeen results so far bottom side cologne manage their first win of the season against false bug minds come back from to kneel down to secure a draw as did second place shocker who scored in the ninety fifth minute alberg and high book shared a thrilling draw missed a late penalty to lose to leaders by in three games are left to play. and in friday's action mentioned were hoping to end a run of three games without a win when they hosted lowly hamburg and back did not disappoint brazilian striker rafael struck two goals within five minutes late in the game four of the deal for. three one the final score a big day for bloodbath and a big day for

a fire. well this is the season to be jolly at least that's the case for one syrian teenager spanish football giants boss alone i gave stuff for the surprise of her life the club sent their very own bus driver to germany who then took me into the company there she got a tour of the stadium and met a favorite soccer player of course none other than lie no messi the first made headlines after making the long journey from aleppo in syria to germany and twenty fifteen she was born with cerebral palsy and her story has inspired many around the world and in skiing norway's. dominated the slopes in the downhill event involved. a single charge to a convincing victory for his second world cup don he'll win this season now tops

the overall standings in the world cup earlier american lindsey vonn powered to victory in a super g. world cup race in neighboring france she now takes her record tally of world cup wins to seventy eight. and a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you. conservatives have struck a coalition deal to bring the far right freedom party into government could will become the continent's youngest head of government the new cabinet will be sworn in office on monday. this is. thanks for watching. losing your homeland because of persecution new york city five people wounded a new home in a foreign land with their stories and. these built bridges to the past.