this as you know we use live from berlin outrage and frustration president donald trump orders american troops out of syria and provokes a storm of protest the president declares victory over so-called islamic state but senior republicans condemn the pullout as a costly mistake we'll find out how america's allies in europe are reacting also coming up the nightmare before christmas london's gatwick airport suspends flights and leaves a festive travelers stranded that's after two drones were spotted flying nearby. if yesterday the whole society is collapsing guns you suffocating goes on all levels inside the anti war bond demonstrations on the streets of budapest we meet

the protesters demanding an end to new labor liberate you ations and a return to the rule of law. and back to earth based before landing for the crew of the international space station but their six month long mission was marred by technical problems three. thank you so much for your company everyone. we begin in the u.s. were present trumps a surprise decision to claim victory over so-called islamic state and would draw american forces from syria has been met with criticism from both parties in congress leading republicans are calling it a premature and costly mistake one that would benefit iran and russia others question whether the i asked most or a group has in fact been defeated two of america's allies britain and france say

i.r.s. isn't finished yet and the battle to clear them out must go on. if president trunk gets his way the american troops currently in syria will start leaving the country as soon as possible trump posted a video on twitter explaining his move i've been president for almost two years and we've really stepped it up and we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly we've taken back the land and now it's time for our troops to come back home i get very saddened when i have to write letters or call parents or wives or husbands of soldiers who have been killed fighting for our country it's a great honor we cherish them but it's heartbreaking is no question about it it's heartbreaking now we've won it's time to come back they're getting ready you're

going to see him soon these are great american heroes about two thousand american soldiers are currently stationed in syria officially as instructors and advisers to rebel forces that includes kurdish troops with the sitting democratic forces the s.d.f. who have that the fight against the so-called islamic state. the move has sparked surprise and outrage from republican lawmakers who called charms actions rash and dangerous. it's a terrible thing for our nation it's a terrible thing for the. for the allies that we've been working with this terrible thing for the s.t.'s and it's just. it's hard to imagine that any president would wake up and make this kind of decision with this little communication with this little preparation i mean my understanding is we're. beginning to move out right now. yes. entirely. the withdrawal of u.s.

troops is also called the other nations involved in the anti i asked coalition offguard britain for its part said it continued to view i asked as a threat. well president move to pull troops first syria blindsided advisors and allies to talk more about the fallout now i'd like to welcome journalist and syria analyst kristen helberg occur so good to have you here i'd like to get your insight into this of course president trump just said as we heard in our report that so-called islamic state has been defeated can american troops now in all honesty say mission done mission accomplished well i says dramatically we can definitely they are being cornered in this trend of land between iraq and syria it's two thousand fighters they are left but the problem is that the so-called islamic state lives on ideologically because the u.s. is just militarily fighting it bombing for example the ex capital of the islamic state into rubbles and there were not ready to even rebuild the lot of young men

millions of young men in iraq and syria without a perspective they are not politically engaged they cannot they are just oppressed by these regimes so this is the these are the conditions that extremists look for to another extremist groups it's just a question of time for another isis to come up what you're talking. about the power vacuum effectively that is going to be left now in syria talked a little bit more about who is going to fill that power vacuum how effectively yeah it will be very quickly be filled in the north by turkey that are trying to attack the kurdish autonomous region in the north east of syria it will be filled by iran very happily because iran tries to bid its shiite axis of resistance so-called resistance from iran through iraq and syria to lebanon where it has its ally hizbollah and sends their arms to hizbollah which very much that it's for it because from an israeli point of view obviously iran is the biggest threat to israel's security and you have obviously with iran and russia the sunni regime that

will be happy you know to recon troll to regain the control of the whole of syria let's talk about the kurds because this is affecting them arguably the most the us relied heavily on kurdish forces on the ground to make those gains against us with president trump announcing pulling out troops from syria is effectively a green light for turkey now to move in and do what they want to do with the kurds i think so and the kurdish forces the syrian democratic forces very much feel betrayed by the us in this case because it was the kurdish fighters who fought against isis in the name of the west and now the americans are letting them down and i think that all this all has to do with a phone call between mr trump and mr adam on the touch president last week and there is a deal a weapons deal between turkey and the us the test just agreed upon by the u.s. administration shortly before the suspension of withdrawal because turkey will buy american air defense systems worth of three point five billion dollars this is what

out of one pace to get the green light for mr trump so that the souls that really mr trump has no interest whatsoever in the strategic policy in the middle east is just looking for short term economic gains that tell us his presidency at home circus a fair. so you correctly because of cold hard cash this transactional thing that's happened with turkey buying arms from the u.s. the u.s. has said well that's good enough for us we're pulling out i think that this is the major reason for mr trump to do this actually to let the kurds in the end and this will lead to the kurds making a deal with damascus so in the end soon they will go back to the northeast of syria they will call a broker some kind of deal the kurds and the moscow's and in the end we will have syria falling back into the regime hands that is dependent on russia and iran christine helberg syria analyst and journalist always good to get your insights thanks for weighing in thank you. drones flying near london's gatwick airport have

grounded flights and cost travel chaos at one of the busiest times of the year a pair of the remote controlled devices were spotted near gatwick on wednesday night prompting the airport to cancel all flights over four say the british army has now been called in to remedy the situation thousands of people are stuck trying to reach loved ones for christmas. the mystery drone attack could hardly have come at the worst time with hundreds of planes grounded or being rerouted tens of thousands of passengers are now facing major disruption at one of the u.k.'s busiest airports we're meeting a family and it might be that they stay. in the area the best the best christmas and commonly believe this because this seems to be then the thanks we could possibly find any information. several hours. helplessness

for people on the ground and increasing frustration for officials trying to catch those operating the drones in the air. by two different members of staff and since . as we speak the police. bring to justice under british law it's illegal to fly a drone within one kilometer of an airport or airfield boundary or above an altitude of one hundred twenty metres which increases the risk of a collision with a manned aircraft sussex police say there's no indication of terrorist involvement but they've called this a deliberate act to cause disruption at. the train operators are acting illegally and there is a punishment of up to five years in prison for endangering and. with so many people stranded at gatwick and many more still arriving even once the drones are stopped

it's expected to take days before things can return to normal. all right spring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. a new york judge has ruled that the sexual assault case of the disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein can go ahead his lawyers have called for the charges to be thrown out saying that police had acted improperly in the investigation that led to his arrest. officials in the democratic republic of congo say sunday's presidential election has been postponed the out toral commission cited an ebola outbreak ethnic violence and the shortage of ballot papers as reasons for the delay voters are said to elect a successor for joseph kabila in the country's first democratic transition of power . russia's vladimir putin has used an end of the year press conference to rail at western sanctions he also said that allegations about

moscow's covert operations such as the poisoning of a father and daughter in the u.k. were made up it was a typically strident performance at an event designed to showcase their russian leaders strongman image. its build like a blockbuster a president holding court before a nation running up the year and cost into the future with a live broadcast press conference in front of some two thugs in charge noticed. there's a lot to me a putin and marriage from the wings the ripple of applause belied any notion that this would be bruising the session began with something off roy greenslade. so it is from let's begin and we will give priority to the kremlin journalists. we should always begin with those who are close to us quips the president because nobody knew as an immigrant you will be dealing with close to four hours of questions this is more

a taste of an jew and the mental agility despite nuclear threats and war zone. and abroad question after question dealt with the country struggling economy even state broadcaster. the russian economy is in stagnation but it's going round in circles. we can't provide strong economic growth unless we change the structure of the economy that's what we're doing with national projects we want to put it ahead of everything else we want to innovate or economy and see greater rates of economic growth and more opportunities for development. every ten years it's an annual showpiece meant to project strength and prosperity but with rising poverty in russia the ostentation touches were fewer this year and the economic strife is hard. his popularity among the people has plummeted and.

whatever the signs here may suggest. or is government has ruled out changing an unpopular new law on overtime which critics have dubbed the sleeve law that's despite a week of protests in the capital budapest targeting prime minister viktor orban government our correspondent funny fisher traveled to budapest to find out exactly why demonstrators or braving freezing temperatures to take their message to the streets. protester symbol the past usually starts here at the hung parliament this afternoon i meet a couple of students preparing for an anti or band demonstration. hungary has experienced a wave of protests in recent days and normally of course this young people like gossip are like if you come here to the course with square to say void which means it's enough what exactly is enough well there are certain amount of things that we have experienced the the destruction of health care the destruction of education or

the slave law which is going to make people work overtime for in the hours before the whole society is collapsing around us it's suffocating us on all levels unlike past and government protests recent ones have not ended and to past they have shifted to the countryside we are in need in the north east one of the poorest regions of hungary and the stronghold of feet as the governing party. i want to ask people about the new labor law that has triggered the protests it allows companies to ask their employees to work four hundred hours overtime every year but snow wants to talk on camera afraid they may lose their jobs i meet. who may not be afraid but he's angry his job is to drive five hundred kilometers to hungary every night for a shipping company. if i start work every night at eight o'clock and have to sign that i finished at four thirty in the morning that they're making us committed them

in fact he says he works twelve to fourteen hours every night for four hundred euros a month in. government says there are other options that's not true there aren't many jobs and that's why you're forced to accept working overtime. bottle is concerned that employees will be exploited even more and he's taking his anger onto the streets hundreds of others have come to the city center to protest. what they call a sleigh flay brule where i'm from it will be here where we kick out the brick of the wall that represents the system of picture our banner for our. organizing different opposition parties that are cool for a peaceful protest so they don't want clashes with the police they're chanting or bad alex we don't want your slave lol this crowd here is very energized because all of a sudden the very much for a glance at opposition the opposition parties are united against orbán and they

want to keep this momentum alive. it's freezing way below zero the protesters here are determined to fight in the streets beyond christmas the big question is how many people will support the new wave of frizzy stance. five fish are reporting from hungary are three astronauts now have returned safely to earth after spending more than six months on the international space station while their mission proved to be problematic for technical reasons but german commander alexander their set their return trip at least went smoothly. back from space after spending months in zero gravity alex on the gast had to be helped out of the tiny so us capsule that tarried him and his true back to earth. were thirty to fifty feet is that it feels like coming home although i am in kazakhstan in a place i haven't been to before but it still feels like i'm coming home with him

on our you know all the people knew his fellow astronauts russians procopio and american serina and chancellor both seemed exhausted but all are said to be doing well. the catcher was docked onto the international space station the i s s which has been home to the astronauts for the past six and a half months the crew performed dozens of scientific experiments on board alex and i guess later became the first german to take over command of the s.s. . airbus antarctica not always an easy task the replacement teams failed launch meant that many experiments could be carried out and gassed had to extend his mission and russian astronauts also had to carry out a grueling repair on a mysterious hole in the so used capsule the craft that would ultimately bring them safely back to earth. during his mission alex and i guess stayed in touch with people on earth through social media he used his unique perspective from space to offer insight on scientific and environmentalists sick before he left the i s s he

sent a message to future generations. when looking down to earth i feel that i have to apologize. it looks like my generation is not going to leave the planet in the best shape. i wish i could look into the future with your eyes. look into your world and understand how you see it. as. fortunately i can do that all i can do is try to play my part in giving you a future and the best possible version of it. yes is expected to be home in germany tonight. back on earth just in time and by the way guest said a new record for a german astronaut three hundred sixty three days in space all together and with me now is the man whose record guest broke thomas reiter his core data for the

european space agency and a former astronaut himself and he's joining us from training and education center sir it's a privilege to have you here with us on the show talk to us i mean you've been through this yourself how does it feel to return after such a trip. you know the feeling being in space having this beautiful perspective which alex was just talking about having the perception of weightlessness is always something absolutely remarkable but i can tell you after half a year you're also looking forward to come back from ground under your feet and i'm sure alex is looking forward for some freshly prepared food do you think i mean how was it for you is it an easy task to adapt to mother earth after such a long time. well actually the haitian take sometimes however i have to say it looks like being in space at all the way he was coming out of the

capsule he looked very energetic very dynamic. for myself i can say for the first minutes or even the first one and a half hours i didn't feel too good the body adapts very quickly but i think it will take him also a few weeks until he returned to his same physical performance like before the mission now it wasn't always smooth sailing for him or an easy mission for i assess that commander dare say how serious are such incidents in space when they take place. well you know every off nominal situation is off cause a challenge for the crew but that's why we have extremely well trained up there and you know there's always the discussion is it not possible to replace human beings by artificial intelligence and i think specifically these situations prove how important a human being with us pacific capabilities. to be around when things like that

happen they have much more possibilities to sense what has happened to you know to take to find a solution to be intuitive sometimes so that challenges the crew on one side but they are very well prepared for it and i think all of these. excellent yes they were definitely very are resourceful is the mission now completed or do you think that there's a lot more are still to do. well certainly for the scientists it will take a couple of weeks to go over all the data. and his crew has collected in this huge spectrum of scientific work that they have done i'm pretty sure in a couple of weeks we will get a first overview of the results you know it has been in all different disciplines like in medicine in biology in materials sciences in physics and we know. some

very rough results you know that the experiments were very exact results now the scientists need to work on oh right now this is such an exciting time in your field of because china is interested in the dark side of the moon and nasa is exploring mars where space travel are going from here. well i think we will see humans on the surface of the moon in the second half of the next decade i have no doubt about it of course i am very hopeful that some of my european colleagues will be part of it the moon is still very important. this nation really learn a lot about you know further space travel it's scientifically very interesting and therefore that will be the next steps right thomas reiter thank you so very much prefers talking to you. already garrett here is here now in the markets have been

very jerry today because of that interest hike most jittery is putting it mildly world equity markets actually fell sharply on thursday especially after comment the comments by the us federal reserve about future interest rate increases that was after the fed announced the fourth interest rate hike this year and said it expected to more increases next year markets were despondent in tokyo the nikkei plunged almost three percent to fifteen months low amid investor concerns about the pace of u.s. monetary tightening he's in shanghai london frankfurt and new york also slump and. now let's bring in our financial correspondent ali bar to frankfurt stock exchange that rate hike that was widely expected should have been should have been priced in by the markets. it should have been priced in and i think it was i think what the market reacted to was the wording used by chairman jerome powell looking into the

future he sounded surprisingly confident about the fate of the u.s. economy and that of course suggests that the u.s. central central bank will not hold back with further interest rate hikes next year that was something i think people were hoping to hear somehow and that's what brought the market under pressure but the person i talked to a capital market strategist said the fed can raise rates next year because the u.s. economy is in pretty good shape considering all things will be coming back to germany there's been some news on the bank germany's biggest lender of course it's bad news one has to say what is it this time yeah and it's brought the bank share down to a new all time low just over seven euro's we don't know for sure it's the georgia bank we don't know the other banks involved either but the e.u. commission says that it's investigating against four banks for fixing manipulating prices on dollar denominated bonds and the deutsche bank did respond to the news

and said it's working code proactively with the commission together and doesn't expect to find so perhaps it was the whistleblower in this case avoiding billion euro fines but still with a new scandal. christmas present for georgia investors that thank you very much in frankfurt. a german court has ruled that i phone maker apple infringed the hardware patent of chip maker qualcomm the munich regional court said apple must no longer sell some of its i phone models in germany including the new iphone ten but the ban will not take effect immediately so apple can appeal the ruling last week a chinese court also ruled in favor of all come in the same patent dispute. right hayling company has to pay a four hundred thousand euro fine in france for a wide ranging leak of user data french data protection authorities say that the

company did not do enough to protect the customer details hackers stole information on fifty seven million users and drivers in twenty sixteen in france alone around one point four million people were affected the company already had to pay a penalty of one hundred thirty million dollars in the u.s. for the same incident. a japanese court has thrown out a bit by prosecutors to extent that this detention of the former c.e.o. of. this of a comic mr colors gold is now in a japanese detention center since his arrest in november for alleged financial misconduct he's accused of having under declared his income by some forty four million dollars between twenty ten and twenty fifteen pounds arrest raised concerns about the future of the alliance between japan and french. as fire girl has retained him as a c.e.o.

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