for good news eco africa people and projects that are changing the environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference listen school each other. be committed to the farming magazine. long d.w. . this is the only news line for berlin to europe she thousands of refugees including children and sick people are being forced to live in atrocious conditions on the greek island of less boss news use a hidden camera to film the plate of the migrants stopped in their tracks by the

e.u. steel with turkey also coming up. turkish german journalist michel or two who said set to walk free that's after it and istanbul court orders her release and that of five others but they still face terror charges will get you the very latest and austria's new chancellor is sworn into office having a race between coalition he's pledged to get tough on immigration but downs that turned out in protest. i'm well arrakis a pleasure to have you with us turkey has released german journalist masella to go after nearly eight months in prison but german officials say she has only been let go on the condition that she doesn't leave the country to who was charged with

being a member of a terrorist organization and publishing terrorist propaganda following a failed military coup in july twenty sixth. a day of celebration for mashallah tolu supporters and legal team after more than seven months in custody in turkey the judge has decided to release the thirty three year old german on bail. now i am happy again but this has been a bad year for me i certainly won't forget twenty seventeen it will help me michelle atoll who was arrested in her apartment in istanbul in april she's since been held in a women's prison along with seventeen other defendants she was accused of being a member of the extreme left turkish communist party which the authorities classify as a terrorist organization mashallah tolu denied all the charges when the trial began in october. she should have been freed earlier even the public prosecutor asked for

her release he knew the allegations against her were not sustainable. we're happy that inshallah toluene has at least been allowed out and we will continue the legal fight to have her acquitted here richard that is the damages the judge's decision is only a temporary release until a verdict is passed the trial is due to continue in april next year in the meantime mashallah tolu is not allowed to leave turkey. also your heart is standing by for us in front of the prison where mistletoe who was being held for the past eight months there were expecting her to come out any moment yulia. well yes right a crowd of journalists of supporters of family members have gathered here at the gates of the women's prison that's the facility michelle too was staying in for the past month as far as we know she is now packing her belongings together she will

come out hopefully make a statement here and then she will be brought to a police station where she will be signing the final release papers and then she will be free pending trial of holes as you mentioned she is not allowed to leave turkey we talked to her father who is here as well who is of course a very excited to see her again he said after the court's decision and now he is the most happy man in the world and he'll be even more happy when he finally can harvest or to again so there are family members here her little son not even three years old he was here before as well he is waiting for his mother to finally be out of prison so i will be an emotional reunion where you are julia when does her willy's mean for the other german prisoners while observers of all of course are hopeful that the court's decision today will

also mean more hope for the other german citizen still behind bars allegedly for political reasons here in turkey we have heard german officials saying for example the german foreign minister mentioning that they will continue to fight for the release of those german nationals so there is of course as a sign of hope especially also for german turkish journalists then as you joe who is behind bars for more than three hundred days now all right and julia now as you've reported in the past german turkish bilateral relations have been at their lowest point is this a sign that maybe the tide is turning. well it might be a sign of hope that the tide is turning but i wouldn't go as far as saying that this could solve the current crisis between the german and the turkish government a loss of a lot more remains to be done here but that's of course what people are hoping for

michel atolls father for example he said he hopes for better relations between turkey and germany any time soon hard giuliana reporting from istanbul thank you. last year's deal between the european union and turkey drastically cut the number of refugees coming to mainland europe but it left more than fifteen thousand migrants stranded on five greek islands and all out to move until their asylum applications have been processed more than six thousand of those people are stuck on the island of last boss in a camp called moria they are living in appalling conditions and up until recently the local population was sympathetic but as did over you over sell it reports the mood is changing. can be early move his fingers it's the morning after another cold night on the greek

island of lesbos. a man and his friends ran out of firewood long ago. and they'll use what's left of this cardboard box to heat today's first cup of tea . that's cool. from iraq he's been here on the island of lesbos for two months now in a makeshift camp just outside the morea refugee camp. we don't talk of a water. course. we are many a man or woman you are through but we don't have. a different here just for emergencies. next door is the official camp morea it looks like a high security prison made for refugees that have come to the greek islands in the hopes of continuing on to north and europe they have to wait here until their

asylum applications have been processed authorities strictly for bit filming here. who are ever you'll look you'll see garbage and fee says and people living right in the midst of it the refugee camp is full far beyond its capacity and with more people arriving than leaving conditions here are getting worse every day. wants to show us what's happening inside the camp so we follow him with a hidden camera. the air is filled with the stench of smoke garbage and feces the united nations high commissioner for refugees or u.n.h.c.r. recently said that moria was dangerous for women and children but they are the ones who must stay here. it seems like a miracle that epidemics haven't spread within the camp yet. please

don't give. me just. security what. you see. many refugees have taken matters into their own hands to stay warm knowledge that it's getting colder they simply lied old trees. these trees belong to local residents feel this and still use visits his fields he has to struggle to maintain his composure. well off to come in then about all these trees are burnt anybody there's nothing left up a bit of these trees won't grow again they're finished there one hundred twenty trees and now there's only four of all of the others and nobody cares the authorities won't stop this they got in a fight or compensate us every night these people cut down the trees and burn them . the village of moria is in

a state of emergency. in other villagers me to regularly to discuss ways to deal with the situation with. the local mayor nikos truck haley's has just returned from talks with the greek government in athens the news isn't good. if the situation goes on like this it won't take long before we have physical confrontation up to now we are tolerating the looting of people's assets and it's fortunate that things haven't become violent yet. but it's a matter of time before that happens. ahmed al majid left his country to escape long island's he doesn't want to be lumped together with lawbreakers he wants to leave lesbos but for now a ferry ticket to athens remains just a distant dream. aren't

to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. in india the hindu nationalist b.g.p. has fended off a major challenge by holding on to power in good it's the home state of prime minister narendra modi and has been under b.g.p. rule for two decades it was the first real test for who gandhi the new president of the opposition congress party and for. the israeli military confirms it's carried out airstrikes in the gaza strip targeting a hamas training compound it's in response to new rocket attacks from the palestinian territory militants have stepped up rocket fire since u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the belgian trial of a key suspect in the twenty fifteen attacks in france has been spawned the delay is

meant to give his newly appointed lawyer time to prepare the slum is currently in a french prison for his alleged involvement in multiple attacks that killed one hundred thirty people in paris. a new government has been sworn into power in austria which includes a far right party for the first time since the early two thousand well that's because the new chancellor sebastian kurtz has teamed up with the populist freedom party together they're pledging to tighten immigration policies while maintaining a strong commitment to the e.u. but the inclusion of the freedom party in the government has sparked protests as thousands gather in the capital vienna. while our brussels correspondent max hofmann is covering this story for us and he told us earlier what a far right party and austria's government means for europe well it means

a for the european union that there's a mixed message coming from austria there's potentially some good news in there for example there seems to be a clear commitment by the new coalition to the european union saying for example in their program that a strong austria can only exist in a strong europe and that involves a party of the freedom party that only a couple of years ago played with the idea of exiting the european union altogether but on the other hand difficult message also because this will most likely deepen the rift that we already have between eastern europe and western europe on the topic of migration relocation now countries like germany italy greece are in favor of a quota meaning that every country in the european union would have to take in migrants according to a certain quota in other countries like hungary in poland are strictly against that and now with this new coalition in austria they most likely will be on the side of hungary and poland because their program indicates that they will toughen up

generally speaking on immigration. they're a little earlier. now you may not expect a basketball player to let his feet do the talking but that's exactly what cleveland cavaliers superstar le bron james did on sunday the four time m.v.p. has been an outspoken critic of u.s. president donald trump and were a message on his shoes and what he called the man at the helm at his most recent game in washington d.c. while his eye catching shoes one black one white were emblazoned with the word equality although james didn't mention trump by name when asked about his footwear his target list clear while the game was played just as mile from the white house and the player has repeatedly criticized trump calling him unpresidential and devices to. world surf league champion john john florence

remains on track to defend his title the american edge through to the fourth round of the billabong pipe masters in hawaii courts came out on top of a tough battle with australia's ethan in the third round while the american held his nerve when the pressure was on to produce some stunning surfing on the only man now capable of stopping florence is gabriel medina the brazilian defeated josh care to keep his hopes of the second title alive. all right that does it for us will be back at the top of the hour on my herat can deliver on behalf of all of us here thanks for spending this part of your day with us. troops from an isolated. images from the korean. any tell us a toddler from captured fascinating shocks every day life in the regiment it's a sight. on north korea diary stuff.