returning to our web special you can take the refugee journey like germany and the prospects for those returning. join the discussion on t w dot com and on facebook. prospects for returning. to w maybe. this is the only news live from berlin honoring the victims of the terror attack at bragg lots of saumur ceremony in the heart of berlin the city's mayor and build a memorial to the twelve people killed when a truck plowed into

a christmas market year ago today we're at the scene also coming up. eric and first. donald trump who lives out his vision for national security u.s. president signals that america will play hardball in pursuit of its own interests and. will look to the upcoming games in the german cup this high flying shall the post be rejuvenated cologne in the round of sixteen. on little rock it's good to have you with us it's one year to the day since terrorists struck at the very heart of berlin survivors and dignitaries have gathered to remember the victims and to unveil a memorial for the twelve people who died in the dozens who were wounded when the attacker drove a truck into crowds enjoying the festive season. the attack on the berlin

christmas market happened exactly a year ago relatives of the victims gather to commemorate their loved ones alongside those who had come to the aid of those injured at the scene a gash in the ground filled with metal along with the names of those who died here serves as a reminder of the tragic events there are. good dimensional islams of our media attacker told loved ones from our lives whom we bitterly miss his actions affected everybody they struck at the core of humanity and freedom which is the foundation of life lived in peace. levens in. the injured and those left behind after the attack had accused chancellor angela merkel of neglect in an open letter it has taken her a year to officially invite the relatives to the chancellery today she acknowledged that mistakes had been made and promised to allocate more money to those affected

via in their off news and all it was a very open and on the part of those affected brutally frank conversation that showed up the flaws in the government. like the. plots the scene of the attack was completely cordoned off and snipers were positioned on the top of nearby buildings the annual christmas market here was temporarily closed and access to the public tonight but many passes by stopped to watch the ceremony. we were here last year at the christmas market exactly a week before the attack so it's very moving. i'm very sad the whole world should be sad. yard youngsters i mean there's more fear you afraid when you go to the christmas market all places where lots of people are. also mentioned. the

christmas market here will open again tomorrow and things will go back to normal but for those left behind nothing is normal it's well i did obvious thomas there is at the scene of last year's attack at thomas a very moving ceremony earlier what's happening now where you are well as you can probably see we're standing right where the memorial was unveiled earlier today and people have been coming here to pay their respects to bring flowers to bring candles also true just spend a minute in in silence remembering what happening here and honoring the victims this obviously comes after a big event here earlier where this memorial was unveiled way chancellor angela merkel was here among many other german politicians the focus today is on the victims of focus today is in honoring them. met yesterday for example with some of

the relatives of the victims as well she also came here last week to the site of the attack again the focus today is not necessarily on all the political mistakes that were made the focus is mostly on those who were affected by the attacks on this memorial right here precisely on of those victims right but we heard of course chancellor merkel admitting earlier that the official response to the attack sell short how much has that criticism of the government overshadows overshadowed today's events. to a certain extent it has overshadowed today's event the victims wrote an open letter before these events here criticizing angela merkel describing her political inaction as she put it in saying that the attack was a consequence of that political inaction as a result i'm going to call today right he said that obviously action must be taken

other government will improve the way it handles not only the current relatives of the victims of the attack in projects but other other people who might be affected in the future as well by similar cases among those things among those measures that will be taken for example increased financial assistance or centralised units to help the victims in the immediate aftermath aftermath of such an event so certainly germany not only looking at what happened a year ago and commemorating what happened also trying to look to the future and preventing similar mistakes aren't thomas sparrow are reporting from catch up plots thank you so very much greatly appreciate it and i just want to tell you about a programming note of for a more in-depth look at this story there's a documentary coming up right after the news that's titled the attack hell terrorism came to berlin that's right after this broadcast we want to turn our attention now to turkey that country has will least

a turkish german journalist pending trial for terrorism michel to los case has tested the already strained relations between berlin and ancora to lou was arrested earlier this year and what human rights organizations have called a targeted crackdown on free speech in turkey mischler tolu can finally embrace her family members again she'd been in a women's prison since april when she was arrested in istanbul her three year old son also spent time with her behind bars. this is a big place i'm very happy but also very exhausted and this is been a huge sacrifice that i still have to process. thank you steve in the coming days i'll get a clearer idea of what actually happened and be able to say more. but told those new freedom only goes so far turkish authorities have refused to return her passport the charges against her membership in a left wing group turkey considers

a terrorist organization remain her trial is still set for spring. for the german government to those release is a good sign but not a final resolution. and as. we aren't in place yet where we can say everything's being. definitely not and there are still many existing difficulties but this is a clear signal towards the easing of tensions that a step in the right direction or of course very happy for ms tolu point. tolu is one of several german journalists or human rights activists arrested in turkey this year the german government considers them political hostages to lose release comes on the heels of another turkish court ruling in a german detainees favor the sociologist is now free to return to germany after nearly two years detention that leaves eight german nationals still behind bars in turkey. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around

the world. saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic rocket fired by humans who think the group to work riad this video posted on social media shows that by witnesses it shows a cloud of smoke but there were no reports of damage the rebels said they were targeting the royal palace and the saudi capital. thailand's ruling junta us says it will use a special order to allow political parties to prepare for elections prime minister . made the announcement on tuesday a ban on political activity has been in place in the country says a twenty fourteen coup ousted the civilian government. of south africa's oscar pistorius will appeal after judges increased his jail term for murdering his

girlfriend last month prosecutors successfully argued the olympian's a six year sentence for fatally shooting reeva stinko was too lenient and had it increased to thirteen and a half years while now the country's constitutional court will make a final ruling. a detained chinese artist who filmed housing evictions in beijing has been released in time for his daughter's birthday police detained while young at the weekend after he filmed authorities demolishing housing they called unsafe but which was home to migrant workers amnesty international confirmed wa has was released yesterday on bail. u.s. president donald trump has laid out his foreign policy strategy in a speech that outlined a shift from past administrations his focus on protecting american interests first mirrors washington's changing role in the world all the plan focuses on dealing

with threats from iran and north korea and challenging china and russia both moscow and beijing say they'll welcome u.s. cooperation but one confrontation could bring on losses for all sides. in a wide ranging speech donald trump unveiled his new national security strategy once more he used the blunt language the his supporters love and his detractors loath. with every decision and every action we are now putting america first with the strategy i am announcing today we are declaring that america is in the game and america is going to win is dropping previous mentions of climate change trump instead focused on four main pillars boosting homeland protection including building has wall on the mexican border promoting american prosperity by rebuilding

infrastructure demonstrating military strength he said he would and mandatory defense spending limits and advance u.s. influence in the world. trump called china and russia are great rivals saying they were determined to challenge american power this has angered beijing china's foreign ministry said the new strategy was a step backwards. one pins to me we urge the u.s. side to stop intentionally distorting china strategic contentions and to abandon outdated ideas of cold war mentality and the zero sum game. the kremlin also called trump strategy imperialist and said it cannot accept that it's treated as a threat. despite naming russia and china as the primary threats to u.s. economic dominance trump said he hopes to build

a great partnership with them. the german cup round of sixteen gets underway this evening with a standout match bringing together two teams with contrast in fortunes will shock or have been flying high this season are in our unbeaten in twelve games while cologne meanwhile endured a dismal campaign at the bottom of the bundesliga but they did bag their first league win this season over the weekend. christmas came early for shock of this year they have lost since september and will spend the winter in second place putting them in a festive mood. on saturday they showed their fighting spirit against frankfurt coming back from to kneel down to seal a draw was but coach dominico to desk zero is wary of a rejuvenated cologne sign it. does from phones you on the exact he i don't see them as lacking confidence but as a team with nothing to lose playing against teams with nothing to lose it's quite

uncomfortable swimming in him it took them seventeen games but cologne finally won in the bundesliga on saturday but they've shown better form in cup competitions with strong performances in both the europa league and german cup. with several key players back fit new coach to from gutenberg thinks his side have a chance against shall go i was able to munch of a top there a great chain among the top five in the bundesliga and plots but every game has to be played and we can beat anyone has done ok we know shall career strong team but we've got our chances for sure mike every game we've played by the form book often goes out the window in knockout competitions and cologne players will be hoping they'll be repeating scenes like this on tuesday. all right the first winners of a japanese lottery have collected their prize in tokyo but it wasn't money that they won instead the chance to catch a glimpse of this six month old panda baby was sanctioned as

a mischievous female couple whose mother she has her work cut out for trying to keep her young ones out of trouble on the black and white ball a for has been causing as expected pandemonium at the japanese capital's. and with that we've come to the end of this edition of the daily news the news continues at the top of the hour see that. images from an isolated country images from the north korea. any tell you so thomas captured fascinating shocks of everyday life in a regimented society. a north korean diary

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