this is d.w. news live from berlin and snap elections out of the velvet revolution i mean ian's head to the polls today and prime minister nicole passion now swept to power on the back of popular protests now if you want to parliamentary majority to push through his reform agenda also coming up. assessing the damage in paris to move on and protests yellow vests demonstrations demanding further reforms while the french government promises to keep donald dollars. and the pitch turned into

a battlefield is attempting to play out in germany's mother of all dobby in the end dortmund down shall could take a plan nine point lead at the top of the table. i'm rebecca riches it's good to have you with us on medians are going to the polls today in snap palm tree elections triggered by reformist prime minister nicole passion after he took office earlier this year president has them cast his ballot early and urge fellow citizens to participate in the election earlier this year the country went through what's being called its velvet revolution it was the most sweeping transform ation in the landlocked caucuses country since its independence from the soviet union nearly thirty years ago. elections weren't shuttle to be held until twenty twenty. to the snap polls being sane is an attempt by passion to

cement political foresty ahead of a planned reform drive. to his supporters he's a true man of the people a former journalist a turned politician nicole passion jaan has a way with words and an unassuming style that has won the hearts and minds of many armenians. was elected prime minister by parliament in may after galvanizing a civil disobedience movement to protest a power grab by the country's prime minister sergey sarkozy on donning his trademark backpack and baseball cap pushing and led weeks of mass protests that ultimately forced sarkozy on's resignation. but the longer willing republican party retained its majority in parliament in october pushing on step down as prime minister to trigger early elections during his campaign he blasted the old elitist corrupt and pledged to revive the economy in a country where a third of the population lives in poverty principally some i grew up in the

economic agenda is our priority you we have a very important and ambitious plan transform i mean you're going agrarian into an industrial country. into a technological and duster all states is a city avoid a strongly. pushing on remains popular few doubt that his my stuff alliance will come out on top of the race among eleven parties and political blocs. isn't doing the usual powerboat for nico passion on his virtue as an honest during his seven months in office his hands were tied because the former ruling party still dominated parliament. until he gets rid of all the corrupt thieving politicians from the previous government he won't be able to do any good news. the capitol yerevan may look gloomy shrouded in december fog but on the streets there is real hope among armenians that this election could mark the advent of real democratic change. for more i'm joined by journalist joshua good chere who is in the capital

yerevan joshua what's the turn up a mike so far now to some other stories making news around the world. leading russian human rights activist mood miller alexei uber has died she was ninety one and among the last soviet era dissidents still active in russia and next year was expelled from the communist party in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight for highlighting soviet human rights abuses she continued to hold the kremlin to its human rights organizations until the end. china has demanded canada release arrested huawei executive among one job all face consequences mung is being held in vancouver faces extradition to the united states where she is accused of violating sanctions on iran on friday she appeared before a court which adjourned

a decision on whether or not to allow biol. france is reeling after another saturday of violent protests by the so-called yellow vests movement police detained almost two thousand demonstrators as i'm one hundred thirty five people were injured in clashes fronts as prime minister has called for dialogue and the government is signaling it will take it will make further concessions to protesters in the coming days it's already scrapped a planned increase in fuel taxes that triggered the demonstrations. another night of unrest on the streets of paris. shops. banks nothing new as anger fled across the city sounds of extra police were out paris practically on lockdown it wasn't quite the chaos of last weekend still officials are dismayed at what played out this saturday. and we called upon once

again every citizen to come back to dialogue and this is because i want to be very long term submission by sees you know these i'm starting. with a clean up operation in full swing on sunday parisians pools to take stock. there have but normal reaction of the people there with the french people writing for. the president. it is difficult for many people in the country but the fear also is not the government says it's listening to demonstrate his scrapping its plan to hike fuel taxes but president emanuel mccrone hasn't yet met with them that has ignited their fury. the yellow vests movement is less than a month old but it has already brought hundreds of thousands to demonstrations

across the country like here in the south western city of bordeaux clashes between writers and police and then barricades set on fire outside an apple store. they w. correspondent lisa lewis is covering the protests for us they say you've been reporting from a neighborhood which saw clashes yesterday was the same than now. well absolutely i mean the eighth only small that's not far away from the shows in the day and a lot of the damage has already been cleared up but they still some left as you can see just behind me there's a french bank the windows of which have been smashed it'll take a bit longer until we wait to see the damages of lot of yesterday's protests really i've been talking to people here you've been telling me you know we have a chalk by what happened over the kind of care are getting used to that because

that's what french precious are like many here understands why the demonstrations. have gone to the barricades and they also understand that they're having difficulties making ends meet but there are some who are now criticizing strides in the movement and say you know actually we're quite well off in france why what is will this about really however the large majority of the french three quarters of the french still support the movement and this is the fourth consecutive weekend of unrest in france put this into perspective for us how serious is this violence. well it is quite serious but we can say that yesterday was not as bad as the week before last you know saturday one week earlier the subtle before that there were real scenes of urban guerrilla yesterday it was different the police can change strategy instead of keeping

a distance to the protesters and they pull little sports that we're actually getting at the protesters and arrested instigators at very early states also from the morning on the very controlling costs that were coming to paris taking way possible possible a weapons arresting lots of people more than one thousand seven hundred people got arrested in one day that's a record here in france and that actually apparently helped to prevent the worst from happening because there was a lot of talk about a very very serious violence that could happen yesterday now listen to the brink if you can a man you might call spokes person says he'll announce new measures in response to these protests what's being discussed. in macaw is said to talk earlier next week so tomorrow on tuesday really and he might announce that people will get have more money in their pocket this talk about they need to employ yes the tax free bonus there's also talk about implementing

a tax catch on how saying foster really so that could happen we don't know exactly what he's going to announce a base in the us in paris thank you for that analysis. in the bundesliga on saturday dortmund defeated a fierce rivals shall in an employee would be the black and yellows class shone through as they continued to consolidate their late at the top of the table. shell because their reno was boiling over with excitement ahead of the much anticipated roar darby. but it was visitors dortmund who made that energy pay off first time is still a knee making it one meal after just six minutes his first ever goal for the black and yellows and how sweet it was to score against their arch rivals i. after that things got heated keeping the referee on his toes. to many go to desk zero shock i needed to get their attack going. but that didn't happen after the

restart the dortmund defense look stare out. but then i mean went down in the penalty area and after play continued for some seconds the ref consultant the video assistant. marco toys had stepped down out its foot an unfortunate but correct penalty or was it crazy daniel college already fired home to equalise for shaka in the sixty first minutes of. the bitter rivalry was bubbling over i kept attacking and eventually hit paydirt jade in sand show putting them back in the lead by the english ace with acres of space to net is fifth goal of the season i didn't manage to increase their lead in the waning minutes but it didn't matter i won the final score and the mother of all

darby's half as one of my supposed to do was talk smiling we tried everything and. so. that was a real game. it wasn't always pretty but intense with lots of jewels and tackles maybe not pretty but winning this darby for the first time in three years means much more than just the three points. fine munich also grabbed all three points against lowly nuremberg the defending champions are still recovering from a horace start to the season but showed their quality in a dominant victory. the last time by and celebrated a win at home was september fifteenth the fans have not enjoyed the drought in their own backyard. but it gets nuremberg there was cause for celebration after just nine minutes eleven dusk even the early opener the polish strike is a goal of the season. coach nico covert selected the same eleven that defeated

braman last weekend it seemed to be paying off as live and dusty went close again. promoted side nuremberg have been too passive in defense all season and live in those key punish them again a brace inside half an hour. directs goal weight close but finds top scorer finish the job. plenty for the management and the fans to enjoy. after the break by and resume their dominance the man in acres of space river ian mart three nil by game over after less than half an hour. it could have been more it not for some wasteful finishing. but first order lish today was ok i would say fantastic although we had some good chances that. we wanted a commanding victory today and we succeeded on that front. by and celebrates a long overdue home win a boost their title chances in the process. christmas came early in the spanish

capital after thousands of men and women dressed up as a cause and it was all for a good cause the five kilometer charity race. turned madrid into a sea of bread in light of the few joining in on the fun it's the largest rice of its kind in the world money from that would be raised money from it rice will be donated to a cancer charity. as a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. people in armenia heading to the polls and snap column entry elections triggered by prime minister nicole passion young avoid being seen as an attempt by passion to cement his political. profile and drive. and the yellow vests protests event to their full weekend from at least one hundred thirty five people were injured and almost two thousand are rested as the demonstrations turn violent on saturday protesters are demanding further concessions from the government after

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