this is live from berlin tonight a security scare at an airport in southern germany police say they have massively boosted security at stuttgart airport that's after reports suspicious individuals were called on camera scoping out the premises also coming out the whole society is collapsing on us is suffocating us on all levels inside the anti-war demonstrations on the streets of budapest we meet the protesters demanding an end to new labor

regulations and a return to the rule of law. and grounded by the drones london's gatwick airport suspends flights and leaves thousands of travelers stranded after two drones were spotted flying near bought. off it's good to have you with us police here in germany say they have massively boosted security at the airport in stuttgart that's in the south of the country elise have reviews to confirm reports that a group of people were seen acting suspiciously at the airport a police spokesman says that other airports across the country and have been informed about the heightened security situation. are let's bring in. who is following the story for us tonight good evening to you.

what else do we know so far about the situation in stuttgart five well what we know is that the police are looking for four people the two of these people are actually known to the police they are a father and son couple one of whom is in fact on a watch list of the german internal security service somebody who is known as a islamist sympathizer and these two people are also said to have been observateur at a paris airport at charles de gaulle airport in france in paris where they were also apparently taking photographs of the terminal buildings and the security arrangements there this information was passed on to the german authorities that then discovered that a similar sort of. behavior had been observed by these two people in stuttgart and that is how this raised this alarm was raised in addition there was information coming from morocco from the secret service of morocco which appears to have

followed internet conversations between people in germany and elsewhere who have been talking about the possibility of some sort of islamist attack around christmas time in the region between germany and france so it's a serious alert at the moment but we don't know really how far this is going to go and no one's we have any idea you were reporting that there was suspicious activity maybe they were trying to scout the premises do we know exactly what it was that they were doing that got the attention of the police well they were caught on video at stuttgart airport taking photographs of the building from the outside and they were also said to have been hanging around the security checkpoints inside the building without you know making any attempt actually to board an airplane or something like that police try to apprehend them at the time but did not manage to get there in time one has to presume. that these people are now being looked for

instance one of the suspects is actually known to police we must assume that they need it to his home or whatever but so far. so far this is just a raised security situation without any further developments all right a correspondent hons brant on the story for us tonight on that heightened security alert at airports in southern germany and thank you here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world officials in the democratic republic of congo's the sunday's presidential election has been postponed the electoral commission cited and ebola outbreak ethnic violence and the shortage of ballot papers as reasons for the delay voters are set to elect a successor for joseph could be locked in the country's first democratic transition of power morocco's a general prosecutor says the suspects in the killing of two scandinavian tours

pledged allegiance to islamic state four minute been arrested in connection with the killing the bodies of the danish and norwegian women were discovered near their tent in an isolated region of the atlas mountains a new york judge has ruled that the sexual assault case of disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein can go ahead his lawyers had called for the charges to be thrown out saying that police had acted improperly in the investigation that led to his arrest. u.s. president donald trump's decision to withdraw american troops in from syria has been met with criticism from within washington and its major allies germany france and the u.k. have joined both democrat and republican politicians in washington disputing trump's claim that so-called islamic state has been defeated they say the battle to clear out the terrorist group should continue. these u.s. soldiers may leave syria very soon the u.s.

president says the so-called islamic state has been defeated so it's time for them to come home. the move has sparked surprise and outrage from lawmakers who called his action brush and dangerous none of us believe that this has been defeated. two democrats and one republican saying. the war has not yet been won the twenty two hundred in syria are performing vital national security functions for us washington's major european allies also disputed donald trump's claim of victory over the terrorist group france germany and the u.k. are part of the u.s. led coalition they are worried that washington's withdrawal will allow militants to regroup. with the light against the terrorism is not finished or there's been a lot of progress in syria with the coalition but despite continues to your. facing criticism from many sides trump defended his decision on twitter. does the

usa want to be the policeman of the middle east he wrote getting nothing but spending precious lives and trillions of dollars protecting others who in almost all cases do not appreciate what we're doing do we want to be there forever time for others to finally fight. suggested that by august he was referring to the military alliance faltering russia iran and the syrian government . is seeking to take back control in a country by fighting against the opposition and i.a.s. the u.s. pullout is likely to strengthen in syria's future and president vladimir putin was quick to welcome trump's announcement. is the presence of u.s. troops necessary there no it's not let us not forget that the presence of u.s. troops in syria isn't legitimate that it has no u.n. security council resolution to rely on. the timeline for the withdrawal is not yet

clear some officials have said it could be completed within sixty to one hundred days which means scenes like this could soon be a thing of the past in syria. or russia vladimir putin has used an end of the year press conference to rail that 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 now it was a typically strident performance designed to showcase the russian leaders strong man image. its build like couple. a president holding court before a nation rounding up the year and casting to the future with a live broadcast press conference in front of some two thugs in charge noticed. 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

there it is 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. with close to four hours of questions this is more a test of in june or in the mental agility despite nuclear threats and wars are home and abroad question after question dealt with the country struggling economy even state broadcasters piled on him. the russian economy is in stagnation it's going round in circles. but also 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 her economy and see greater rates of economic growth and more

opportunities for development. every temperately it's an annual short piece 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. whatever the signs here may suggest. well hungary's president has signed into law unpopular new rules that allow employers to increase workers over time that's despite a week of protests in the capital budapest targeting prime minister viktor orbán and war protesters call his slave law our correspondent charge traveled to budapest to find out exactly why demonstrators have been brazing braving freezing temperatures to take their message to the streets protester simply the past usually starts here at the hunky parliament this afternoon i meet a couple of students preparing for an anti or bond demonstration. hungary has

experienced a wave of protests in recent days and normally of course young people like gossip are like if you come here to the course with square to say elie good voigt 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 on us it's suffocating us on all levels unlike past antigovernment protests recent ones have not ended in the past they have shifted to the countryside and we are in need of 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 a girl 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. to get his wife 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 is committed to me and. the fact he says he works twelve to fourteen hours every night for four hundred euros a month needs to shouldn't have to the government says there are other options that's not true and there aren't many jobs and that's why you're forced to accept working overtime to send out on appeal so that the tillis 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 at what they call a sleigh from a brutal. it will be here we can have the wall that represents the system of.

organizing different opposition parties cool free peaceful protests they don't want clashes with the police they're chanting orbán alex we don't want your slave lol this crowd here is very energized all of a sudden the very much for the magic 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 who support this new wave a resistance. or even charge reporting there from budapest you're watching news still to come another chinese artist ends up behind bars we look at the uncomfortable truths on show in luke long's work that made him a target for beijing. but first drones flying near london's

gatwick airport have grounded flights and caused travel chaos a pair of the remote control devices responded near doubt work on wednesday night prompting the airport to cancel all flights police say they have ruled out terrorism but the british army has now been called in to help deal with the situation thousands of people are stuck as they 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 family and it might to set a date. but overall maybe it's so you don't even need to say syria you know the best the best thoughts christmas any company leave this kid because she seems to be there any case we could possibly find any information they can get several hours.

helplessness for people on the ground and increasing frustration for officials trying to catch those operating the drones in the air on o'clock last night a drone seen by two different members of staff and since then the drone is a. hole through the noise to the close now there is a drone on the field as we speak and the police twenty police units are looking to bring that picture 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 meters 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 gatwick airport. the train operators are acting illegally and there is a punishment of up to five years in prison for endangering. which so many people stranded at gatwick and many more are still arriving even once the drones are

stopped it's expected to take days before things can return to normal. well i'm joined now by. the president of the british air traffic control. i want to ask you about the army being called in to help deal with this situation sounds very serious hell serious is it. well it might not mean to say safety that the frederik these any event has been a date of the cruise and of the. c.d.c. by those in both especially when it really does the supply let them think of a money and they'd ration of this in thing they need. if that morsi is funded by the ek. you know people looking at this story are asking how is it possible for two drones to shut down airports we've heard some viewers today saying

that are they're asking you know aren't drones just like birds i mean how much of a threat can a drone be. a lot of research has been done and they don't think he found the precisely the right said the middle class and the drone on they then. area bought a thirties that is so. much more serious than that of a burst from leeds explains why they don't break over on that at the mouth of a sydney airport and what did what did what do you do with the possibility that what we're seeing at gatwick maybe could be a trial balloon by people who would want to cause even more travel chaos i mean in theory if you could bring down if you can put one airport bring it to

a standstill would just to draw means you would just need a small fleet of drones to bring an entire country's airspace to a standstill what you. well first the measures we have on the one side with the relations don't know us they don't the other is them for me by the way so a report in the u.k. led on with. one thing only they don't there ever boundary of the four hundred feet of the lay zeta being extended because of this i don't know this on the other side because you're always going to find a noble use as we need the method of enforcing those regulations be fancying don't raise ration don't do the action and so forth so out of the attention of the race is there that is there a net is just for for us or through out safely implement the method of and from how

. it certainly seems as if there is room for action or maybe perhaps an improvement . or president of the british guild of yr traffic control officers we appreciate your time tonight thank you oh i get. well to china where campaigners are hoping to secure the release of a photographer famed for his work covering issues that china's government controlled press prefers to avoid gong had been missing for more than a month but chinese authorities have now confirmed that he was arrested in the shin young region where there's been a massive crackdown on the wiener muslim population. these photos show the tragic face of china images that tell the recent history of the most populated country on earth and the high price it has paid for its rapid industrialization decades long environmental damage and the careless poisoning of

its own people. the man who captured these pictures is. coming to us with the shit when they make a mistake i have to report on it. they tried to prevent me from filming with their president has often been caught taking photos on will i would use various tactics to get away. with and who got in november luck ran out he was traveling in the she was young province where a vast number of muslims and other minorities are being held in reeducation camps an area where press are not allowed here he was arrested. been not just for the state the lure is flexible and tree like inching jiang today where a million people are being detained oh who's crying is now one of them that's very troubling. the photographer has won numerous

prizes his documented chinese infected with hiv through blood transfusions drug addicts condemned by the state villages suffering from cancer and pollution since the early one nine hundred ninety. luke has been highlighting their misery. the space for criticism in china is getting ever smaller most of the people i know who have dared to criticize in prison the rest of fled into living in exile like me or they don't dare to speak out anymore. photographs are uncomfortable viewing for the chinese state too close to reality to clear in their depiction of failure and injustice in his homeland. his wife and human rights organizations are campaigning for his release so far without success.

art is overdue kristoff now bad news for the tech giant apple that's right brandon bad news for apple's most important product line a german court has ruled that apple infringed a hardware patent of chip maker qualcomm the munich regional court said apple could no longer sell some i phone models in germany including the i phone ten the band will not take effect immediately and apple can appeal the ruling last week a chinese court also ruled in favor of qualcomm in the patent dispute. right hurling 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 enough to protect customer details hackers stole information on fifty seven million users and drivers back in twenty sixteen and france alone around one point four million people were affected the company already had to pay

a record penalty of one hundred thirty million dollars in the united states for the same incident. according to pan has throwed out a bid by prosecutors to extend renaissance former c.e.o. carlos goans detention going. been held in a japanese detention center since his arrest movember is accused of having under declared his income by some forty four million dollars between two thousand and ten and twenty fifty his arrest has raised concerns about the future of the alliance between japan's nissan and french make around zero. has fired gone by no has retained them as chief executive officer. the city of my circle in india has a population of just under a million people that can be considered as small by indian standards of the least but it has the distinction of being one of the cleanest cities in the country which is no small feat in india struggling with sixty two million tons. of the break of

dawn every day an army of civic workers has been going all out to reclaim their city status as the cleanest city in the country. misrule was given the cleanest city award by the government two years in a row and then we came in third in twenty seventeen and this year we're eighth the whole administration all these workers all of us are trying very hard to go back to number one. produces about four hundred tons of waste every day fifty percent of this is treated accomplice plant well a quarter of it is processed by recycling units the national figures however aren't quite as impressive as india produces about sixty two million tons of waste every year one of the largest generators in the world eighty two percent of it is collected only a quarter gets treated most of the waste invariably ends up in landfills and open

dumpsites two decades ago the local government here decided to set up a zero waste management plant in the north. waste management plant was going to set the stage for the rest of the city. always management does like norway's. company money. even different water. as you can see we have rainy day waste collection. and we have also had this we gave our venice to the public in about forty civic workers employed at the plant developing a detailed way segregation module has also created an opportunity for family employment for the. workers most of whom were part of a large network of informal rockers the city corporation is now trying to bring more and more of them into the a fold the city of my subaru may or may not be awarded the cleanest city again next year but it's well on its way to achieving so much more in its endeavor towards

building a sustainable future. from india to scotland and researchers there have tested rare and collectable scotch whisky as for their real age and found that a third were fakes investigators used carbon dating to sample some fifty five bottles of scotch bought on the secondary market they discovered that twenty one of them were forgeries or at least not distilled in the year declared they looked at minute levels of carbon absorbed during the making of whisky to determine its age collectors see rare desolations as a good investment in october a bottle from one thousand nine hundred twenty six was auction for a record one million dollars. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour german police have . airport after reports of a possible security breach german media say islamists were spotted at the site scoping out the building and facilities and thousands of christmas travelers are

stranded at london's gatwick airport flights there have been grounded since wednesday evening because of two drones seen flying over the air. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin after a short break we'll be back to take you through the state time.

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