the invisible visible opus might violence against children. this is d.w. news live from valley celebrations as the world welcomes twenty h.d. thousands of rent this tunnel to new york's count down on times square despite direct cold and low temperatures and tight security let's take a look at the festivities that around the world. but in north korea twenty eighteen

begins with the threat dictator kim and jo mona warms the u.s. its entire territory is within range of his new kim miss isles and that he has the bots and on his desk that he office and all of branch to south korea will get the latest from so. and iran's president hassan rouhani warns there will be no tolerance on record as new deaths are reported in anti government protests. somehow in the humphrey it's good to have you with us new year's ravenous around the world have been treated to spectacular displays of pyrotechnics as the world welcomed the new year security arrangements were tight as people assembled at iconic venues around the world we begin our report at the brandenburg gate here in bout it. germans may have

a reputation for being reserved but not at new year the country goes firework crazy and nowhere more than the capital berlin thousand strong the streets around the brandenburg gate to welcome two thousand and eighteen and t w reporter rebecca rivers was there to soak up the excitement. despite something here and even then this year business entities have gone off without a hitch and despite all the out little they can seem to night is the maid here he's friendly and fun people just want to have fun. just ten hours earlier the sky above sydney harbor was a blaze with colors as australians greeted the new year. another harbor another wonderful spectacle this time in hong kong. there were

no fireworks in dubai this year they settled instead for a breathtaking a laser display at the city's eight hundred twenty eight metre high burj khalifa tower. to another tower now and london's famous big ben rang in the new year in the british capital. and france perrie's and looked on from the show as easy as fireworks soared above the uk to tell us. of course rio's copacabana beach in brazil is never one to skip a party. and revelers in new york's times square watched the iconic crystal ball drop. this year's new year's eve so. the second coldest temperatures on record and lovers

were outlawing lips to keep warm. and some even decided to seal the deal as they said goodbye two thousand and seventeen hello two thousand and eight. well north korean leader came joe on huston evident new year's address with a warning for the united states he said he has a nuclear button on his desk at all times to be able to respond to any u.s. attack came said the u.s. would be unable to wage war against north korea because it was within range of pyongyang's nuclear weapons but it was more constant say a tree towards south korea saying he was open to talks and hoped to know a minute tree tensions between the two nevus. for more on this let's bring in

correspondent josh smith he joins us now from seoul josh came sent seems to be sending mixed signals so what is the south korean government making of the statement. the south korean government repeated to searching today that it is willing to talk to kim in the north korean government any time anywhere if it would work towards resolving the tensions that are really taking over. in new ways here on the korean peninsula in some ways does seem to be specifically beaching out to the south korean government which has a lot riding on these upcoming olympics and has been hoping that they would serve as some sort of catalyst for us because we didn't work. josh i think it's safe to say that twenty seventeen will be remembered as a not be a serious a bit saber rattling between north korea and the u.s. so what is the outlook for twenty eighteen so came in his

speech did not make any more promises either to halt his weapons programs or to develop any new specific technology however he did say that he would continue working to make sure the weapons he has operational and as you mentioned he reiterated the fact that he has a button on his desk either figuratively or literally underscoring that he plans to wield an operational nucular force into the future and wants to make sure the world knows it now in his speech can also addressed economic issues how is his country dealing with those increased u.n. sanctions this is a very important issue for kim he needs to be assured specially his domestic audience that he is able to pursue these weapons programs at the same time to protect their economic security which has started to suffer under increased

economic sanctions and so this has become a major part of us peaches and we can definitely expect twenty eight keen to continue his focus on the economic side of things as well that they just make him sell thank you. now some of the other stories making news around the walls eight people have died off a speed boat capsized off indonesia's part of borneo island fifty one people were on board the vessel when it overturned and sank police are investigating the cause of the accident which was not immediately. protesters in hong kong have accused the mainland chinese government of violating the territories autonomy this after beijing said part of a hong kong train station would come under mainland nor beijing insists the move would make travel more convenient and will not impinge on hong kong's special status. investigators in costa rica are working to establish what caused

a charter aircraft to crash in a wooded area in the country's northwest a plane crash soon after takeoff killing all twelve people on board ten of them u.s. citizens. will soon more people have been shot dead in iran as a wave of protests spread across the country for a fourth day on sunday the regime responded by blocking social media sites and making arrests at least two hundred people are in detention since protests began against corruption and inflation have since turned into wider protests against the country's islamic rule this. despite warnings of a government crackdown demonstrations have continued across the islamic republic the protests have been serious enough to warrant a response from the president hassan rouhani. one point must become clear to everyone that we are a free nation according to the constitution and people are absolutely free to

criticize or even to protest however we should also be mindful that criticizing and protesting should be done in such a way that will improve the country situation but others in government were less diplomatic. hammy afro do you get that in all those who join the protests in recent days and those who provoked it behind the scenes their relations and connections those who misuse cyberspace and spread violence are absolutely known to us and we will definitely confront them in due time has meant. but protesters have had support from u.s. president donald trump. he took to twitter to warn the iranian government against human rights abuses rouhani however cast doubt on the sincerity of trump's concerns in all you can lose that this guy in america who wants to sympathize with our

people today has forgotten that he called iranians terrorists a few months ago let it. but if he was looking for a reunion backing trump need only have glanced out the window. before the white house dissident group the people's mujahideen of iran showed their solidarity with protesters in tehran back in iran the protests rejoin the next few days will show whether demonstrators heed rouhani is call for calm or trumped call to action. as a more on this now we're joined by athey correspondent eric randolph in teheran eric and two more protest is has been killed what more can you tell us about that. but we are quite limited information they were shot. because. media coverage and travel restrictions we don't know exactly how you died we also

know that. reportedly turned down of protesters stolen fire and drink in another town quests. but again with social media. it's quite difficult to verify information. it was hurt those warnings from law thorson's threatening to come down hard on protesters what does that mean and is that the sign that that's happening but so far from what we can sell the police have taken a relatively soft approach to the protesters the government does accept the president except on the chance of economic grievances driving the. rest so they want to see taking those seriously even bogus you draw the line when it comes to using the islamic system as a whole out carrying out why that's or damage or other problems to be done however ports or government buildings that religious asunder is being attacked in some

places and nights that would be a red line for the regime whether or not they actually bring the revolutionary guard really crack down remains to be seen eric where can we expect protests to go from here and do they have broad support in iranian society. it's hard to tell there is a that of any kind of leadership structure or clear demands there's a there's a reckoning many people out economic problems in this country unlike the last mass demonstrations in two thousand and nine there are clearly does that can directly these protests it's hard to see how something this amorphous can continue along but addressing those academic consigns to people out is going to be a very difficult situation for the government for the president. so it's likely that the disquiet and the frustration. is going to continue it won't form or

another all right erica randolph monitoring the situation for us from tehran thanks for that. fast and furious chesney strong show of the past week at a well rested and blitz chess championships the saudi arabia playing host to most of the top players on the planet politics and human rights control the seas were also an element of the competition they use the german word blitz as in lightning quick but there is no thunder and blitz chess it was quiet in the massive hall that saw world number one magnus carlsen power through more than a dozen opponents to win for the women it was not. of georgia taking the blitz prize but she acknowledged that the favorite had skipped the event ukranian an amusing check said saudi arabia's record on women's rights was the reason she would not defend her blitz and rapid chess world titles she wrote it's

a fight for being myself for my principles for the dignity of the women but the saudi royals have recently pushed for social openings even moving to permit women to drive cars in twenty eighteen they reportedly were granted hosting rights after paying one point five million dollars to the world chess federation four times the standard annual fee but then they refused israeli players visas to get to the tournament one expert in middle east studies said about the championships it was all about internal and external saudi politics but it did declare international champions for the new year. you're watching did over the news still to come with the main shopping season over how retailers in germany do it and what's the strategy to compete with online ventus we'll talk to an expert in our business segment coming up off to break. that and more coming up in the

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