if you get a bit of that but. this is due to the news live from berlin tensions flare in india two women make history by entering a sacred hindu temple that tradition has barred them from for centuries but there are fears of a backlash from conservative could you please leave a lot to delhi. also coming up john bolton our was sworn in as brazil's new president bound to liberate his country from socialism and political correctness the far right leaders election marks a radical shift after decades of centrist remove. a tiny survivor of the ruin the

collapse of apartment building in russia rescuers pulled a baby boy to safety for spent more than a day trapped in zero temperatures. plus we need a young aide worker who's asking is saving lives of crime syrian refugees sara hardy says she helped to save migrants from drowning at sea but greek authorities have charged her with people smuggling our reporter caught up with. her. i'm serious oh my god it's good to have you with us tensions are growing between conservative hindus and women's rights activists in india after two women entered one of hindu isms holiest shrines for the first time under police guard the pair secretly entered the subpar imola temple in the southern state of catering for centuries local tradition has barred women of menstruating age from entering the shrine. but last year india's supreme court overturned that ban

a ruling that enraged traditionalists on tuesday thousands of women and caroline formed a human chain to demand access to the building. let's go right to. who's standing by for us in delhi nimish a good to see you now hindu divo teams have been blocking women from accessing this temple so how did the two women manage to get in today well for me for the last two months since the supreme court ruling them and have been trying to end of the temple in broad daylight informing me and there were many traditionalists and of what is of the temple blocking them from even starting to make the trek up to the temple of the only we have these two women managed to flee meet cool and trendy is because of the start of the trek in the dead of the night at about twelve thirty am and they only made it to the temple actually forty five am they were dressed all in black they hot it and offered their prayers and had it

out for these two i'm a definitely did make history but they have to do with stephanie nimish this is an issue that really has divided indians and i want to ask you about what some people have been saying starting with the government now in an interview with the prime minister narendra modi appears to have sided with traditionalists who want to keep women out of the temple let's take a look at twitter what the prime minister's office tweeted every temple has their own beliefs there are temples where men are not allowed so as we said to the prime minister seeming to appearing here to side with the tradition traditionalists tell us more about some of the reactions you're seeing today. well the immediate reaction from the temple to me was to shut down from the temple authorities have shut it down for purification this is also a lead off the positives on the body which is finding the some hundreds more this party who has called for protests in the state to process these two women entering

the temple it's also worth noting that in the same interview with so they read interview the famous in the dream the more they gave to begin the silverheels says that temple should be allowed to preserve their traditions he also supported a ban on an instant instant divorce law that india has finally struck down under islam he said that was about gender equality but this is about tradition in the show for some people who are not familiar with this what is it such a controversial issue to allow women of menstruating age into this temple but for me for to understand that future nor about the shall be my left temple it is devoted to the law of the water he's all for naught i up of believe him to be celibate this is why it to be just spectacle of him been between the ages of ten and fifty i'm not allowed to enter that them but it made of walking off the lot i am not saying that women who truly believe in this god should themselves not want to end of the temple door to suspect this celibacy off the off the god them and of

course have come together we saw massive protests on tuesday and continued efforts but so far these efforts have of course been stealthy to be successful and to walk these are challenging the supreme court ruling supreme court to begin hearings on this challenge these are the small. deed of these divisions as well following the story for us from delhi nimish a thank you very much now to some other stories making headlines around the world danish police say at least six people are dead after a railroad accident on the bridge across the great belt straight west of copenhagen reports suggest that objects from a freight train flew into a passenger train the bridge was subject to strong winds at the time. chinese president xi jinping says it is inevitable that the self ruling island of taiwan will be reunited with china she delivered a speech marking the forty years since the start of improving ties and call for

peaceful reunification but he warns beijing reserved the right to use force if necessary. japan's emperor akihito has extended your screenings for the last time before he abdicates the eighty five year old appeared before tens of thousands of well wishers at the imperial palace in tokyo akihito has occupied the credit chrysanthemum ground since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine he's planning to abdicate in april which would make him the first emperor to do so in more than two hundred years. and celebrated sixty years of revolution amid economic crisis and political reforms the commemoration ceremonies took place in santiago de cuba at the foot of the tombs of the country's socialist heroes was a mighty and strong. brazil's new president has taken office in his first public speech at the helm of latin america's biggest nation the former army captain declared a crusade against crime corruption and left wing ideology his second name is

messias and many brazilians do see him as a kind of messiah also narrows rip supporters hope he can revive the economy and bring safety to the streets but others worry that his hardline policies could lead to an erosion of fundamental rights. was personnel's new far right president now officially in office also norah is vowing big changes in ways that have already polarized the country i may speak that she is a kid if asked i expect that he'll make brazil better and safer. than sonny i'm black and gay possum are says we're useless he does not represent me it is in the tens of thousands cheered also naro in the capital brasilia. was. yet. after being sworn in he set the tone for his term as president

i near to zero who will do that today is the day our people will begin to free themselves from socialism was sitting. by them to free themselves from false values from overreach by the state and from political correctness it's got to tickle her was also nora's cap and it is mostly white and male with only two women seven of its twenty two members are ex-military their agenda is staunchly conservative the foreign minister wants to break with alleged cultural marxism many back the incoming finance ministers pray for the market stance on his promises to privatized many industries foreign companies operating in brazil have also voiced support for his plans. but both are also has his critics and amongst the toughest of them is left wing congressman john willis he's openly gay and says he's receiving more and more death threats. i think it was

a ball he ever said and will really do is hunt minorities i consider him a political fraudster and a threat to the world with me. on twitter or has already announced plans to liberalize gun laws part of efforts he's making to show his supporters he won't delay implementing his campaign pledges. we will make sure that proper citizens have the right to own weapons and to defend their property for the fields of. the face of brazil's political shift to the right many a painting their hopes on him while others fear he threatens democracy. let's bring in journalist sam cowie he's been following the story for us from sao paulo good to have you with us so jarba also now it has now taken office what are his first steps and one of the challenges that he's facing. well he faces many challenges of course because despite being a popular president he's also

a divisive president so he will face challenges particularly in congress which is very fractious. will also face fierce opposition. first of all we've seen mr bowles on our has in fact given responsibility demarcation of indigenous lands he has given that now to the agriculture ministry which some critics say is a little bit keen to proceeding the fox is in charge of the hanes. house so that's one of the things that happened straight away and that was something that he's allies in the agricultural. school because we're very keen to happen it seems that he will move to loosen gun ownership for citizens that was not a bleep not a big pledge of his campaign the most important thing that he does that most people

agree on the left and on the right is some kind of pension reform and that seems that he will be the most difficult because nobody wants to reach violate in brazil so that's going to require the police who perhaps was get that one through sam as you said he's a very divisive president where the brazilians you've spoken to saying about what they expect from their new president. well. in general he's fattens they say they expect better security better corrupt certain less corruption some are not. that disillusioned some say corruption will continue but at least the left wing government in charge at least will be a more conservative government at least to be which you know gives importance to family values except or in christian values. while most people his opponents are more likely to say well we expect more bloodshed now he's given and

he wants to give police caught launched suspects he wants to open up the rainforest for mining interests so we like to see me more deforestation we're more likely to see more police killing suspects so this is this is what a lot of people are expecting at least in the short except just very briefly if you if you can among those opponents how concerned are they that this shift to the right will actually threaten the country's democracy. get that say and overrule opinion all from his opponents that if you have somebody with this very hard line all thoughts area starts even if you know people want less corruption people want less violence on the streets but if you will remedies to that very hard line policies then and then its ability as collateral damage and the most and all roads seems fine with that and many of the supporters do to morrow journalist sam

kiley covering the story for us from south paolo thank you so much thanks very much . now at least fourteen people are now reported to have died after an apartment block collapsed in russia on new year's eve dozens of residents are still missing authorities believe a gas leak caused the blast in the city of about seven hundred kilometers east of moscow but there's also been joy after rescuers found a baby boy a life under the rubble. it felt like nothing short of a miracle as a baby boy was pulled from the rubble a life thirty five hours after the collapse the. rescuers say he survived temperatures of minus eighteen degrees celsius because he was wrapped up warmly in a cradle but he does have some serious injuries amazingly his mother also survived

the collapse and has now joined her son at the hospital. it was a rare moment of joy in what has been a grim operation for rescuers. the only people they found otherwise were already dead. local residents are in shock many have come to the scene to express their grief openly. my colleague from work died here she was only young she's gone if you if. you told me read so many of us have lost loved ones we must be strong people. first responders had to temporarily hope their search on choose day while workers try to remove all stabilize sections of the building which were in danger of collapse the ten story apartment block was home to many ordinary families dozens of people are

still missing but given the freezing temperatures in russia's year all mandaeans region hopes are fading of finding them a life. saving lives a crime that is something aid worker sara martini is asking herself as she faces people smuggling charges in greece herself a refugee pardine was praised back in twenty fifteen for helping to save migrants from drowning at sea but this summer greek authorities arrested her for allegedly assisting migrants smuggling after three months in detention martini is now out on bail and back in germany where she studies but she still facing the prospect of many years behind bars. saddam or dean is relieved to be back with her college classmates in berlin the syrian refugee an activist was released on bail after spending more than three months in a greek prison. sorry was returning from last bus in august when police arrested her on the phone she had spent the summer volunteering on the greek island with the

pro refugee organization because of her work helping migrants authorities charged her with people smuggling money laundering and espionage she now faces a prison sentence of up to twenty five years i never regret anything. inside i have done that because i want to help people and that's government invasion. her arrest wasn't the first time that sarah made headlines she caught the world's attention in twenty fifteen but for very different reasons. she and her sister yourself were making the paralyse crossing from turkey to last bus when their dinghy began to take on water and sink being experienced swimmers they jumped overboard and pulled the waterlogged boat to shore by doing so they saved the lives of the eighteen people on board. they began a new life in germany. just a became

a goodwill ambassador for the united nations and was on the refugee team at the twenty sixteen rio olympics. site i want to scholarship to study social sciences in berlin but kept on returning to last us to help others. i believe when you feel something just go for it so i filled a place that i learned and i wanted to be on this ground again following sars arrest her college classmates campaigned for her release organizing protests in berlin boston athens and other cities her defense team is calling for greater protection for humanitarian workers are you going to do this you know we're going to go overseas right now because they recognize that a hospital is the cathedral for the brain and so benefit. for the. required in order to do you know to to establish the crime of my gun smuggling you cannot have smugglers without benefits and this is

obviously you have to exclude from some shows. and organization of law provides for one. until such safeguards are in place greek authorities can claim that site i was helping migrants enter the country illegally she's currently waiting for her. a case to go to trial she hopes it won't go that far but is determined to prove her innocence and that saving lives is not a crime. now for german chancellor angela merkel twenty eighteen was one of the toughest years of her career it took her months to form a new government she faced stiff opposition from populists at home and abroad and after taking a blow in the polls she stepped down as chair of her conservative party so will twenty nineteen be any easier here's a look at what's ahead for the german leader. so far i'm going to america as gradual exit from politics appears to be going to plan but remaining chancellor

over the coming year won't be that easy with a whole list of potential pitfalls. in adelaide come come and our america got the successor as party leader she wanted a k.-k. as she is known is a much needed ally who helped keep merkel's in a party critics say. but the political comeback of merkel's former rival of peter pace mats has loosened her hold on the party mats aimed to join the magical cabinet has been rebuffed for now but many back his claim to power direct threat to america. europe's crunch time elections in may could also be a turning point for the stability of germany's government. if angela merkel's coalition partner the social democrats take yet another beating at the polls they may see no other way forward than withdrawing from the government

that would most likely end i'm going to americans time as chancellor. those polls are expected to see a further rise of the populist right across europe an angle americal is set to feel those effects back home. here in germany the f.t. publicly closed ranks with the rightwing extremist during street protests in the eastern city of candidates last summer united by a determination to end the magical era the populist movement in germany make gain new momentum. with three eastern states going to the polls this coming autumn the a if t. will have to prove whether it can become the strongest political force in any of these states. if the far right alternative for germany manages to replicate its general election results from twenty seventeen it could

become the strongest political force in saxony a defeat for the c.d.u. and yet more state elections would also be seen as a rebuke for chancellor merkel's leadership. all of those factors will also play a role in the hof time assessment of the coalition partner of america's government the social democrats wrote an exit clause into their coalition deal if they trigger that. could crash out of her last term in office. reporting that now last year's financial worries haven't gone away yet have they know maybe they didn't drink enough champagne i don't know what's going on stock markets in europe certainly got off to a rocky start on the first trading day in twenty nine thousand and of course as fears of a global growth slowdown trade wars and rising u.s. interest rates rolled over into the new year germany's dax trading down more than

one percent that following the downward trend in asia hong kong's hang seng index lost almost three percent after figures showing that china's manufacturing sector contracted for the first time in almost two years markets in south korea and australia are also down while the tokyo exchange well that was closed for a holiday. album was cross over to. our financial correspondent in frankfurt powell we also expect some fresh data here in europe anything that could boost investor sentiment. well the data from china certainly did put a slump on. expectations. and today now they have a made for europe look not so bad as they did for china actually there is slightly positive expectation also data from the us coming in so that may lift them mood

a little bit will have to see what what exactly comes out of it is certainly a. put down this morning with the data coming from china shows us that twenty eight hundred just continuous twenty nine hundred just continues as the past year has with worries over a u.s. china trade dispute all right paul don't go anywhere stand by for a moment there's another story i'd like to discuss with you durham and telecommunications provided ajah telecom has filed a lawsuit against the country's network agency the company's protesting preconditions for the dissipating in a next generation mobile network frequency auction the agency stipulated that because for five g. frequencies must in this to expand to the country's mobile network and potentially allow the new entrants to use their infrastructure at the move means that all three of germany's main network operators have now sue to the agency seeking to determine the legality of those pre-conditions the deadline for the auction and submissions

is january the twenty fifth. with paul you're an expert when it comes to all new take what's this mean for five g. in germany. well the mobile internet in germany is already one of the worst in all of europe and this current situation on five g. doesn't bode well for the future the problem is that we're trying to kill two birds with one stone here by five g. getting the super fast internet that will allow for a ton of us drive being connected industrial machines and also trying to cover all those blank spots that we have in germany where there is really no decent coverage at all and that's what politics is trying to fix to get to get networks operators to also cover these rural areas now they may have taken a step too far telecommunications companies are now worried that their investments won't pay off if they have to share with other providers all right. from the from

the stock exchange thank you so much. indonesia wants to increase tourism a major pillar of the country's economy but is the government doing enough to prepare for natural disasters the tanjung liza long beach hotel was destroyed when a tsunami hit without warning on the even ing of december the twenty second tourists were enjoying a concert when the waves crashed ashore several members of the band and more than one hundred others were killed the government however still plans to invest heavily in this location and office. this beach had been one of the highlights of indonesia's push to draw more tourists the hotel that started before the tsunami struck advertised its views of one of the world's most famous active volcanoes. the government did a study and it concluded that ten year only song could be made

a top tourist destination because it was so close to crack a tour of. the volcano is in the middle of the sea and it's still expanding. into the shadow of it and that's why it became a major tourist draw. that volcano triggered the tsunami that killed more than four hundred people easily crushing the buildings of tanya lays on its the top location on the government's ten new policies program seeking to make other parts of indonesia just as popular as bali which attracts more than forty percent of indonesia's tourists every year but the hotel c.e.o. says the government needs to focus more on disaster preparedness. in the future after this disaster the government should construct more buildings that can survive strong waves like along with breakwaters but with so if there's a high wave it can be anticipated and its force can be minimized. and the should be put on the. indonesia's tourism minister brushed off concerns and says the town

should be rebuilt within six months i think and we happened. and it places it in in a nice scale what is important and the most important thing if we have to profile the mitigation plan. indonesia wants to increase its annual tourist from fourteen million to more than twenty million with its investment push but without disaster ready infrastructure included many fear the funds could be quickly washed away. you're watching news live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour see them.

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