this is d w news live from berlin tonight donald trump says the u.s. government shutdown will last as long as it takes the president preparing for another showdown with democratic leaders in congress also coming up in india breaking a centuries old have two women had entered a sacred hindu temple sparking violent clashes that simple will now undergo so-called sure of rituals and storm force winds hamper rescue efforts in denmark's

worst train accident in decades six people died after our truck trailer was apparently blown into the path of a passenger train on this bridge. good to have you with us tonight u.s. president donald trump is digging in his heels and elsie that the u.s. government shutdown could last quote a long time i. told his cabinet today that he will keep the government shutdown for as long as it takes he's meeting with top democratic and republican lawmakers this afternoon to discuss the impasse but he's sticking to his insistence that the budget needs to include funding for a border war with mexico something that democrats are refusing to support the partial shutdown has now entered its second week its twelfth day here's part of

what the u.s. president had to say just a while ago. the united states needs a physical barrier needs a wall to stop illegal immigration and to halt deadly inflow of drugs and crime. where in the shut down because of the fact that the democrats are looking to twenty twenty they think they're not going to win the election i guess a lot of signs point to the fact that they're not going to win the election i hope they're not going to win the election but they view this is that election point for them i actually think it's bad politics but i'm not thinking about the politics of thinking about what's right and what's wrong that's the u.s. president there talking about politics let's take the story now to the u.s. capital w stefan's among those on the story for us good evening to you stefan so trump is meeting with the probably the next speaker of the hells nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer their last meeting about two weeks ago it devolved into

an argument in front of the cameras that we all watched what can we expect today. it's to be expected that this is not going to be repeated so no live cameras there but it is hard to imagine why they actually have this meeting because as you pointed just out. the president is the get in his heels he's not budging he wants this five billion dollars for the border wall and for border security and on the other hand democrats are also not budging they have a plan of course to end the shutdown the government shutdown here with. specific votes on specific senate loss and they think they can pull this off but of course they can't really because donald trump can veto this this measure they're going to take or want to take again and then where basically back to scratch one so why is this meeting happening maybe the location is an indicator it's happening apparently

in the situation room and normally those meetings happen don't happen in the situation room that makes for a good show. so everybody's kind of waiting now when this starts and what will come out of it but nobody's expecting actually really to anything come out of this you know we talk about should be shut but at the end of the day these are real american lives that are being affected by this is especially in their pocketbooks right. yeah absolutely i mean there are hundreds of thousands of people here who would didn't get a paycheck last week and. will probably not even next week i mean that's speculation we'll see how long this lasts but however there is hundreds of thousand three hundred thousand people who go to work now every day and do not get paid so. i have to say that in all fairness the senate before this all started has passed a law that as soon as the shutdown is over those people will be reimbursed those

government workers and then there are the others who are said to be just stay home and don't come to work and it's not absolutely clear if they get ever the last salaries back which they now usually don't have because they're told to be at home so that's really really unfortunate and doesn't make really any friends. in the in the general population with with washington second aspect is of course that now all washington museums and the zoo is closed so tourists or anybody who thought he can have a good time in washington museum they weren't you know they all for free or at the zoo no that's not going to happen this is all close now stuff on the muslim story boards tonight in washington stefan thank you back here in europe authorities did mark say storm force winds are hampering rescue efforts in the country's worst train crash in decades six people were killed today sixteen injured after a truck trailer was apparently blown off a freight train into the path of

a passenger train it happened on a bridge linking denmark's to maine on its. the accidental occurred early in the morning on the western side of the bridge it looked like a strong storm had loosened up cargo being transported on a train belonging to the german rail operator deutsche of bonn degree was then ripped loose and smashed into the oncoming passenger train the police weren't able to give any further details at a press conference they held later because to force high frustum the most important thing for us is to help the passengers and crew on board we ask everyone who was on board the train to contact their next of kin shipments or if someone doesn't have a cell phone so they should ask to use someone else's b.b.q. if i obviously am even in the meantime cell phone footage taken onboard shows some of the damage the police have now confirmed six dead and sixteen injured at the time of the crash the bridge had been closed to car and truck traffic because of

the strong winds it's there for unclear why the freight train from door was allowed on to the crossing considering it was also hauling trucks semi trailers. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world parts of finland have experienced the strongest winds ever recorded in the country a powerful winter storm swept through from the north tens of thousands of people have been without power cell phone and transport services have been disrupted authorities are urging people to stay indoors the death toll has now risen to twenty eight after a suspected gas explosion caused the collapse of an apartment building in russia thirteen people are still missing officials say that the chances are slim but they will find anyone alive underneath the rubble. the first detailed pictures of the space rock all to much to lot have been sent home by now says new horizons probe images there you see right there they show two connected spheres which nasa

described as an entirely new kind of world the frozen rock at the edge of our solar system is the most distant object ever explored by human come back here on earth two women in southern india have defined a centuries old have been entered one of hindu wisdoms holiest shrines that has sparked violent clashes between women's rights activists and traditionalists the temple was later closed for what were called purification rituals. under the cover of darkness scored by police two indian women wearing black and to the shopping mall or temple. they offer prayers and quickly depart it was more an act of defiance and devotion. the women were claiming the right to enter given to them by india supreme court but so far blocked by protesting hindu traditionalists . by let me actually have women and shapley mala today isn't

a story when for us it's a victory of the movement for quality and women's power because after the verdict of the supreme court some people were still opposing the entry of women today that protest has failed because the women have entered the temple. the shop or temple is visited by some fifty million to vote his each year but it bans women aged ten to fifty conservative hindus believe women of menstruating age would defile the temple which is devoted to god believed to be celibate india's prime minister narendra modi has sided with traditionalists who are against the supreme court ruling. harvard is much. india is of the view that everyone should get their due rights in the stomach was among there are some temples in india which have their own traditions that men should not enter a temple and men do not go there in this shot remodeler i women judge in the

supreme court has made certain observations. the issue has sparked an outcry in india on tuesday and the five million women formed a human chain across the state of carla making a stand against gender discrimination. you don't mind what you want know what. we've been getting why did i get this. but the activists face fears opposition from the traditionalists their anger spilled onto the streets where protesters clashed with police. while in protest are expected to continue as both sides voice their outrage. well two thousand years off to a rocky start if you're netflix the streaming giant has come under fire for withdrawing an episode of the popular comedy show patriot act in saudi arabia perhaps understandably the solti are not understand why this all the ground prince was not

amused at a joke about the killing of journalist jamal to show arnason is you know the tell us more about this happy new year carla. so what is the problem with the crown prince why is he so it didn't know was that just a joke right i mean wasn't so this show was hosted by us comedian. gets quite political in one of his first episodes that focused solely on saudi arabia particularly the crown prince mohammed bin samana and his alleged involvement in a show she's killing we actually have a clip from the episode if you haven't seen it take a look just a few months ago from prince mohammed bin some on m.v.s. was hailed as the reformer of the arab world needed but the revelations about to show this killing have shattered that image in a booze my mind but it's about the killing of the washington post journalist for everyone to go oh no i guess he's really not a reformer meanwhile every muslim person you know was like yeah i know. he's the crown prince of saudi arabia. yeah ok why would he filed and he didn't find that

funny this. he's didn't like it the country's communications watchdog brant they've basically forced network netflix to remove this episode in saudi arabia as you can't see it there were news of that got out people around the world were not happy they saw this as censorship and then here's what some people were saying at least on twitter this is the executive director of human rights watch in the middle east she says netflix is claim to support artistic freedom means nothing if it bows to demands of government officials who believe in no freedom for their citizens not artistic not political not comedic even jamal assured she's former editor at the washington post speaking out here she says when he wrote about the need for free expression in the arab world that freedom is not just about journalists it's about freedom for artists comedians activists anyone who wants to express their views on society a few others are taking a more nuanced view here one person says look if they want to operate a country they have to obey the laws better position maybe for netflix would be to

boycott saudi arabia altogether that might help increase pressure for reform as for netflix defending its decision actually in a written statement the company said we strongly support artistic freedom worldwide and only removed this episode in saudi arabia after be received a valid legal request and to comply with local law but they did have to remove to begin with so much oil that reform in saudi arabia we know that the saudi kingdom it's known for going after its critics yeah not the thickest skin perhaps from the leaders there and you know if the saudis don't like something they'll ban it they'll censor it right we know that as you mentioned overall the state of media freedom there it's not very good and we can show you that here with a report from reporters without borders they rank the country one hundred sixty ninth out of one hundred eighty nations in terms of press freedom it does not allow independent media i'm actually surprised netflix is available there at all it uses a very broadly written cybercrime law they use this to crack down on what they call

blasphemy insulting religion. chaos endangering national unity i mean that could mean pretty much anything they wanted to mean and defaming the king that might have been what actually flag this episode of the netflix is about the only media company that is having a tough time right we've heard facebook in the news a little bit. you know there's a bigger issue here right when these big tech companies these media companies when they expand globally netflix now when i'm almost two hundred countries so you have to deal with different laws there and there becomes a choice do you prioritize your profits or protecting freedom of speech and we saw what side netflix came down on here another country on the rise in vietnam they just passed a similar cyber crime bill so we could see more tough decisions for these companies and twenty one thousand all right i mean not to mention how difficult it is if you're trying to be a reporter in saudi arabia as always thank you. in just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you at the present double trump

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