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 of a suspicious individuals were caught on camera scoping out the premises also coming out u.s. president donald trump's decision to pull american forces out of syria draws almost universal condemnation lawmakers in washington and u.s. allies around the world say the move is premature and grounded the drawn so

london's gatwick airport spins flights and leaves thousands of travelers stranded after two drones responded flying nirvana. it's good to have you with us here in germany have ramped up security at stuttgart airport which is in the country's southwest they are refusing to confirm reports about suspicious activity there but one german newspaper is claiming that security cameras have captured four men scoping out the airport other airports across germany have been alerted and the city of stuttgart it remains on edge. the heavy police presence stood guard airport was hard to ignore. beefed up despite security officials saying there was no need to panic. in the.

following consultation with our security partners the federal police have decided to strongly increase their presence at the airport however there are no concrete threats to stuttgart airport and this means that air traffic will continue as normal as can come here and board their flights as normal so even if you can come but four people are being sought by police to them are said to be a father and his son from the german state of north rhine-westphalia they were reportedly identified after being caught on camera in germany but had already come to the attention of french police last week it's thought they were seen taking photographs of pirates says charles de gaulle airport but you're an authority as were first alerted to the suspects by their moroccan times or parts of. when the alert came from iraq and authorities the suspects were not yet known as potentially dangerous to german authorities but what's significant for the investigation is that these people were seen at the two airports there i believe this is why this

particular tip off was taken more seriously than others. by the police in stuttgart have told their kinder parts across germany to be on alert at the country's airports. our let's bring in the bronx who is following the story for us tonight good evening to you hons what else do we know so far about the situation in stuttgart for water knows that the police are looking for four people the two of these people actually known to the for these. a father and son couple one of whom is in fact on a watch list of the internal security service somebody who is known as islamist sympathizer and these two people. six to have. at a paris airport a child to go airport in france and 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 they 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 hurt 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 just scout the premises do we know exactly what it was that they were doing that got the attention of the police while 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 and since one of the suspects is actually known to german police we must assume that they are near to his home or whatever but so far. so far this is just a raised alert a security situation without any further developments on the other responders han's braun's on the story for us tonight on that heightened security alert and airports in southern germany and thank you. u.s. president donald trump's decision to withdraw american forces 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 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 isis has been defeated now two democrats and one republican saying the same thing 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 a victory over to terrorist group france germany and the u.k. are part of the u.s. led coalition they are worried that washington's pullout will allow the militants

to regroup. with the light against the terrorism is not finished there's been a lot of progress in syria with the coalition but despite continues to your hard 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. trump suggested that by others he was referring to the military alliance formed between russia iran and the syrian government under the u.s. pullout is likely to strengthen most schools throw in serious few chips 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 to past in syria. but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least eight people are reported to have been killed during protests in eastern sudan demonstrators are opposing price hikes and corruption there angered by worsening economic conditions after prices more than tripled this year a state of emergency and curfews have been called in these cities of the reef and bata officials in the democratic republic of congo say sunday's presidential election has been postponed for a week the delay was put down to we warehouse fire that destroyed thousands of voting machines the postponement has student protest in kinshasa where tensions

were already high after government crackdowns on opposition. morocco's general prosecutor says the suspects in the killing of two scandinavian tourist pledged allegiance to islamic state four men have 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 app was intense. drones flying near london's gatwick airport they have grounded flights and they have caused travel chaos a pair of the remote control devices responded near gatwick 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 try to reach loved ones for christmas. the mystery drone attack could hardly have come it's a worse 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 to set a date. in. syria the best the best christmas and calmly leave this because this seems to be that any place we could possibly find any information. at 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 then the drone is a. field as we speak police twenty. two 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 there is a punishment about to fall of years in prison for endangering. with so many people stranded at the gas weekends many more are still arriving even once the drones are stopped it's expected to take days before things can return to normal. hungary's the president has signed into law unpopular new rules that allow employers to increase workers over time that despite a week of protests in the capital budapest are targeting prime minister viktor orbán and the so-called slave wall our correspondent fun even charge traveled to budapest to find out exactly why demonstrators have been braving freezing temperatures to take their message to the streets. protester symbol the past

usually starts 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 these young people like gossip are like who 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 and hours if you like the whole society is collapsing around us is suffocating us on all levels unlike past anti-government protests recent ones have not ended in the 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 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. 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 the. 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 to. earn 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. one they call

a sleigh from april. it will be here we can count the fresh brick of the wall that represents the system of picture are bonded. over nice and different opposition parties for frankenstein so they don't want clashes with the police they're chanting or bon 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 off resistance. you're watching t w news live from berlin more news coming up at the top of the hour for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company will see you against.

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