same stuff. this is d.w. news why but from berlin tonight remembering the victims of the berlin christmas market attack one year on the. church bells ring out at the exact moment and islam is attacker rammed his truck

into the crowded square at brightside plots twelve people were killed dozens others injured our correspondent who was on the scene last year is there again tonight will ask has enough been done to help those whose lives were destroyed by that attack also on the show republicans in the u.s. house of representatives passed dogwood trump's tax reform bill the first rewrite of u.s. tax laws in three decades is now set for a senate showdown and yemen's hoochie rebels fire a ballistic rocket at saudi arabia saudi forces say they intercepted it but is this a sign that the carnage in yemen is spreading we'll ask an expert for his and now. i'm off it's good to have you with the sea here in the german capital tonight

people have been remembering the lives lost in a night of terror one year ago a rejected asylum seeker from tunisia drove a truck into a berlin christmas market killing twelve people tonight the country and the world cast their eyes again on the scene of that attack where a series of memorial events has been unfolding. the bell tolls twelve times for the twelve victims of the terror attack one year ago. the names of the victims and the gash on the ground to mark the place where an islamist attacker rammed a truck into a christmas market in the heart of. three hundred people gathered here today in the afternoon to mark the anniversary among them relatives of the victims people injured in the attack and first responders all of them still feeling the shock of what happened here a year ago. at the attacker to

a loved ones from our lives bitterly miss his actions affected everybody and they struck at the core of humanity and freedom and which is the foundation of life lived and he said. it. was of the sleeves and i had just chancellor merkel that the first candle at the memorial in recent weeks some of the injured and the brief had accused turn in open letter often difference and big lect it took me a year to officially invite the relatives to the chancellery today she acknowledged that mistakes have been made and promised to provide material support for victims and their relatives. it was a very open and on the part of those affected brutally frank conversation that showed up the flaws in our government like. thank you. thank god. but i type lots the scene of the attack was completely cold and golf

snipers were positioned on the top of the nearby buildings the annual christmas market was temporarily closed and access to the public tonight many passes by stopped on the outs goods to watch the ceremony. here 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. there's more fear you're afraid when you go to a christmas market only places where people are. after the ceremony the memorial was open to the public many berlin is poured flowers and candles to express their grief the christmas markets will open again wednesday things will go back to normal one year after the terrorist. formal appears to be a relative word to you want to go now to our correspondents all over salad he was

one of the first reporters on the scene a year ago and tonight he joins us again from that christmas market in bright side plods good evening to you all over it has been a day full of emotions for everybody involved particularly the people there at the christmas market the site of that attack talk to me a little bit about what it's been like for you being back one year later. it was quite an uncomfortable feeling really an uncomfortable silence that we've witnessed here during the whole day we've just heard in the report about the area being cordoned off and that reminded me very much to how it was like a year ago when i arrived here when the whole area was cordoned off when this whole neighborhood here that is usually one of the most busy shopping districts of berlin crowded with people at this time of the year they're doing their christmas shopping when this area was completely cordoned off and it felt like being in a ghost town here during the whole day that situation of course changed later

tonight when people came to commemorate i'm standing right in front of the place where people just a little while ago put down flowers and candles to commemorate the victims but the moment that struck me the most was not being here the day after the attack but coming here when this christmas market reopened to the public when i accidentally mets. surviving vendor here the only victim of the vendors here. and his stall got drawn down by the truck and that the way he talked about it and explain to me the suffering he was going through gave me a very clear impression of how difficult this might be for many people that have lost friends and family here all that are the victims themselves i mean it's an interesting point the vendor there and how he has suffered in the last twelve months is similar to what the relatives of the people what they have said they've suffered and they've criticized the german chancellor saying that she has been

callous and that she has been reluctant to basically say i feel your pain is today the commemorative ceremonies we saw today was that a chance to turn the page for everyone. well the speech that anglo-american delivered here on the sidelines of the ceremony here was that was an appearance really that i have never seen before that way it was a very somber speech full of humility and a very emotional appearance that she's made and she's usually known for not being very emotional and we also know that it took her a year to invite the victims into the chancery to speak to them that happened yesterday that they spoke about three hours we don't know anything about the content of these talks other than she wants to re-invite these people the what she said to days that this is a day of grief but then also a day to look for ward and to to see what the government can change in order to

take the wishes and feelings off the victims' families better into consideration and this is basically the outcome of this today and it is now on the victims to accept this apology that came across very credible in a way that is not very typical farm in america and you know all of the people around the world may be asking tonight why did it take the chancellor a year to send her condolences to the relatives of the victims i mean do you have any idea i know people around the world are asking why did it take some long. well the government focused on a lot of things after this attack so there was a big debate a legal issues and how to make you know how to deal with the with the many of migrants that came into the country what kind of legal measures have to be taken how law has to be changed in order to prevent such attacks from happening and there is some tougher laws in place but what they apparently forgot is to think about how

to deal with that with the victims' families either and this is exactly the criticism they put forward and that's why it took them so long probably when the government also said that this was the first time such a terror attack happened and that they simply were not prepared. our correspondents all over salad on the story for us tonight returning a year later where that terror attack took place all over thank you here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world uganda's parliament has abruptly adjourned a debate on extending president yoweri museveni decades in power now that's after soldiers stormed the building and scuffled with police it was unclear what triggered the confrontation but it follows a similar incident back in september south africa's oscar pistorius will appeal after judges increased his jail term for murdering his girlfriend the last month

prosecutors successfully argued the the olympian's six year sentence for fatally shooting. was too lenient and they had increased to thirteen and a half years now the country's constitutional court will make a final ruling. thailand's ruling junta says it will use a special order to allow political parties to prepare for elections the prime minister made the announcement on tuesday a ban on political activity has been in place in the country since a two thousand and fourteen coupe ousted the civilian government. our time to talk taxes funny is here to do that exactly brian thank you so much indeed u.s. president donald trump is poised for his first major legislative success after eleven months in office the house of representatives has just passed the most sweeping we've ride of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades to mostly

party line vote was two hundred twenty seven four and two hundred three against the legislation to provide steep tax cuts for businesses out of the wealthy and more modest cuts for middle class and low income families the critics say the reform will trigger a ballooning deficit the bill now goes to set up for an expected vote and she said even a or early wednesday. let's bring in our correspondents in washington carson phenomenon school to sending in new york to both of you i'm going to start with you cost him first as is just good trops tax reform made it through the house what about the senate any doubts that it will be approved there as well. not really everybody expects that the senate will also approve the bill even though the majority there is very tight but there is no doubt here what is the u.s.

economy really expecting to get out of this i mean we have heard a lot of positive news when it comes to investors what are you hearing who would benefit. well the republicans say this means that money will go back to middle class families and companies who will invest the money which in turn will then create more jobs and raise wages the democrats of course say no this is just a handout for the rich and basically this trickle down effect the republicans are hoping for will never materialize for me there are three main points here first of all yes there have been a few improvements for the middle class in this final version of the bill but most of the tax cuts still go to corporations and to very wealthy americans secondly this plan blows a big hole into the federal budget and kind of mean twist the republicans have

now already announced that they will look into cutting welfare programs next year to address the budget deficit so basically tax cuts for some people and then less money for way for projects and the third point is that there is a provision in this bill which addresses the so-called individual mandate a central pillar of barack obama's health care reform if that mandate is gone if people are no longer requested to have health insurance many young people and healthy people will not have health insurance premiums will go up for many others and millions of americans might no longer be able to afford health insurance in school to let's bring in just it from cost and many companies many investors that the ritual is going to benefit so what's the atmosphere there behind in wall street . well wall street in anticipation of this bill has been on a sugar high for weeks if not for months just yesterday the dow jones industrial

average and finished the day on the seventy years high of this year so this has never happened before in wall street's in history that the dow jones within one year would send seventy. records today the market is really good mood even if stocks are falling a little bit but really we had been on quite a run in the past couple of months carson back to you what about the trump folders here after all donald trump has promised a lot for the middle class val what are you hearing i'll be disappointed. you know interestingly many of them not they seem to believe president trump and the republicans in congress that this plan will ultimately benefit them by providing more jobs and higher wages it's quite interesting although most opinion polls show that this plan is very unpopular in the general population almost seventy percent of republicans believe that this will benefit the middle class while at the same time ninety five percent of democrats think it does not so once

again we see how divided this country is and the way people see the world depends on whom they believe and where they get their news from and this tax reform may lead to further division costing phenomena washington d.c. and score to new york thank you both. and on a different story actually staying the story european companies are closely watching the developments in washington a lot of them trade with the u.s. or have subsidiaries or factory stare and other countries may follow suit corporate taxes to attract business as well. trade between the european union and the us is booming but will it continue to do so much of donald trump's tax reform package remains unclear for example it includes a twenty percent excise tax on companies purchases from foreign subsidiaries that seem to discouraging american firms from producing abroad but it could also hurt german carmakers with factories in the u.s.

that import their components from germany. i need to know there's another threat of higher duty on imports. that frightens us because they're unpredictable and don't comply with w t o rules. so nobody knows what effect they will have. there are now concerns trumps reform could trigger a global race to lower corporate taxes the e.u. average is around twenty two percent slightly higher than in the us after his legislation takes effect in many countries rates are much higher including germany where it's around thirty percent that could lead to german investment being diverted to the us. i know. one thing trump is certainly successful stimulating the american economy. and if you push through massive tax cuts in the us that will lead to german companies investing. in this. as

a result their profits and jobs could shift to the u.s. as well america first trumps favorite slogan might get a boost from a tax reform package. donald trump extend the music to trump's ears the u.s. trade deficit fell by nineteen percent in the third quarter to just over one hundred billion dollars it's just smallest imbalance in the past few years a smaller deficit in goods traded and a bigger story plus the services and income from overseas investments helped shrink the current account president trump has promised to reduce the trade deficit by attacking unfair trade practices now many doubt that strategy arguing it would spark trade wars. that's your business update for now brant the news right thank you very much fun to be want to turn to saudi arabia now the kingdom says that it has intercepted a ballistic rocket which was fired by yemen's rebel group towards riad the rebels

say they were targeting the royal palace in the saudi capital this is the second time in two months that a rebel rocket has managed to reach as far as riyadh so what's going on here to talk about the situation in yemen and saudi arabia i'm joined now by transfield it's good to have you back on the show you are a middle east expert at the for university in berlin with us talk about this latest missile fire by the who the rebels i mean how much has it escalated the situation in the region this one missile being fired yeah i don't think this one missile is causing the escalation it's it's much more the timing and the message that it's sending to saudi arabia and to the u.s. and what the u.s. and saudi arabia are making out of it what's the what is the message that it's sending to them of course two days ago they you and the american ambassador to the

u.n. presented evidence that the missiles that are being fired by the who think to saudi arabia are it raining and running of course and they using this to escalate to their rhetoric towards iran so this one missile is to be understood in this context where saudi arabia and also the u.s. are putting pressure on iran. so this also it's really important to understand that when you follow mainstream media you might get the impression that they have been what two or three missiles fired towards saudi arabia but if you believe what the who with the stuff and reporting them then they have been sending. very frequently across the border but saudi arabia seems to view seems to choose which missiles it reports on. and which once it doesn't i think that is part of the narrative here that what we're hearing in terms of rebel rockets is only part of the story did there have actually been more that have been fired. it appears that. there have

been more missiles fired i mean it's hard to verify right absolutely but you know if the who is are reporting this missile fire this most of them of course it makes sense that they would have fired him or missiles and saudi arabia of course when it doesn't make sense for them to shed light on that missile because it might look them might make them look weak in the conflicts then the cover it up but in this case it's of course i think for the pressure that they can put on iran because the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has opened this evidence and they're clearly creating this case that iran is behind the who thius and of course that is only partially true i mean what we have is yemen is part of this proxy war between saudi arabia and iran and judging by what we're what we're seeing what we're reporting today the hopes of any type of

reduction in hostilities and an improvement for the civilians there that hope is dash does that i mean do you see any change any time soon right now i don't see a political solution being possible i think so to review are going to push back towards against the fees and once they feel that they're in a stronger position they might be ready to talk with with you again have to see when that happens morocco turns out the middle east expert with the for university here in berlin all right thank you very much. for germany's defense minister ursula from the lyon is criticizing the withdrawal of international troops from afghanistan she says the reduction in troop numbers is happening too quickly while the security situation on the ground remains shake. defense minister under lyon honors german soldiers for their extended deployment in afghanistan just under a thousand personnel are serving in the hindu kush region most of them are camping

mazhar as shareef which is home to an international force. under lyon held talks with the generals at the camp but she also spoke to ordinary soldiers they're making progress in securing the area but also acknowledge setbacks. on the plus side afghan security forces and the government control two thirds of the country and protect two thirds of the population. but that comes as a heavy price the taliban orchestrate spectacular attacks in the capital kabul and especially also in places where the international community is active in kabul and inspire. the taliban know that that is how they will get global news coverage. but the state will the german troops main task is to train the afghan security forces not only instructors able to do their job because there aren't enough staff to

protect them the so-called guardian angels. the soldiers especially those who are training the local instructors tell me they could do a lot more if they had more security personnel to protect them if at the moment they can't complete their assignments and they regret that. inside out and here. until now the german government has refused to expand its mandates in afghanistan funding and i am hopes to be able to persuade parliament to look again at the harsh reality on the ground already fifty six german soldiers have been killed on duty in the hindu kush region sixteen years after the start of the afghanistan mission there is still no and inside on the lines stress time and time again that it must stay here till the afghan forces are able to provide one hundred percent security she wants more german soldiers to fulfill the mission but it's very unlikely that the parliament will grant her request any time soon.

a court in turkey has released a turkish german journalist pending trial for terrorism michele a total whose case has tested the already strained relations between berlin in ankara that was arrested earlier this year in what human rights organizations have called a targeted crackdown on free speech in turkey. michelle a total 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. 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 a step in the right direction or of course very happy for him is told to find. 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 national still behind bars in turkey are sports news now atletico madrid have reported barcelona to world football's governing body fifo over illegal contact with their star forward. the frenchman has been linked with a host of top european clubs but only barcelona are the subject of politico's complaint the catalogue club is accused of directly approaching greets months family members who also represent him now that would break his rule barcelona currently lead the spanish league by six points with their closest challengers. all right anti-doping authorities they have launched an investigation after an undercover sting from britain's daily telegraph newspaper called it world one hundred meter champion justin gatlin into question the american sprinters agent at

the time robert wagner offered testosterone and human growth hormone for a fictional client the undercover reporters were representing the meetings were secretly recorded on tape the american sprinter insists that he's clean gatlin has been banned twice in the past in two thousand and one in two thousand and six as a result of the undercover interview gatlin fired wagner who now says he was just playing along with the reporters. it is a reminder of the top story we're following for you berlin has been marking the anniversary of a terror attack on a christmas market that killed twelve people and injured dozens more church bells began reading out at the exact moment that a failed asylum seeker brampton struck into a crowded a christmas market one year ago today after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day.

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