this world argument starts in january thirteenth on w. d w is live from hundreds of german politicians fall victim to a massive data breach of politicians documents private phone numbers and credit card details have been published on twitter we'll bring you the latest on this developing story also on the program aid agencies voiced concern about the health of nearly fifty migrants stuck on board a rescue ship off the coast of malta as european governments refuse to allow the

fasten to dock despite requests from the european union. hong kong's famous neon signs have been lighting up the i'm a victim trades but with cheaper alternatives becoming more popular we meet activists trying to protect the territories neon heritage. i'm phil girl welcome to the program we'll come to those stories in just a moment we'll start with some breaking news richness and. reports of shots being fired in the german city of to load police have searched a building and detained one person in connection with the shooting asking people to stay away from the area near the central train station and bring them more story as we get it. to our top story the personal details of hundred. of

german politicians have been stolen and published on twitter german security agencies are now investigating data breach which include cell phone numbers and credit card details the government says law makers at all levels have been affected the identity of the hackers has not been established. even german chancellor angela merkel has been affected the leaked data includes a fax number e-mail address and several letters purported to come out of her office it's not clear yet if the leaked documents are authentic said sim file however even if a large part of the data concerned where authentic experience is that in such cases falsified data might have also been on extends to. hundreds of other german politicians were targeted by the hackers from every german political party except the right wing populist party the cyber terrorists then use twitter to make public personal data such as phone numbers id documents chats invoices and even photos of their children germany's justice minister catalina barly condemned the leaks as an

attack on the country's democracy the left's parliamentary party co-leader says he's deeply shocked. that it's an attack on the social cohesion of a country. i've read and heard that many artists journalists and politicians are affected. the aim is obviously to create a climate of fear a climate of insecurity in our country and the leak was first discovered thursday evening however it appears the first document started appearing in december with a twitter account releasing information daily in the style of an advent calendar none of the internal documents that were released are reported to be highly sensitive at the moment there is no known suspect nor motivation. and let's not deceive ourselves we are obviously transparent and at the mercy of such attacks. this is intolerable to the far side. it's not the first time the

german politicians have been hacked russia was accused of a series of cyber attacks that stole data from computers in the german parliament in twenty fifteen and last year the german government network came under a fresh attack russian hackers were allegedly also to blame. chief political correspondent linda crane welcome and despite what we just heard the government says no sensitive data has been leaked what do they mean they mean that so far what we know is that most of this data is data of a personal nature as you heard in the report that means maybe credit card numbers private e-mail addresses apparently a chat or two now the authenticity to city of the data that has that has been seen could not yet all be confirmed it may be that some of. these items are in fact falsified but any rate this differs from those previous attacks as we just heard

those were attacks on the physical infrastructure of the german government of the parliament that is not the case here so that's why so far at least it appears that the information is of a personal nature and doesn't for instance relate to diplomatic or political sensitive information and so what has been the german government's response. well the cyber defense coordinating body which is essentially a unit that brings together security agencies from the federal the regional level agencies responsible for domestic security as well as agencies that look at international security all of those are under the roof of this cyber defense organization which is now conducting a very comprehensive investigation but this is early days as as the report said the theft only became evident apparently yesterday evening so so

far we don't know that much about how they're proceeding or what they found out. as we've just been hearing and you've been telling us that this is not the first time the german political establishment has been at. who is the other fingers being pointed out this time. well last time around let's start there there seemed to be pretty clear indications that the group behind the hack was known as a p twenty eight it is a russian based hacking organization that is very closely linked to the russian spy agency the g r u naturally one of the first suspicions when this newest attack came to light was that perhaps this once again might be might be due to russian hacking now though some cyber experts say they're not so certain some cyber experts are saying perhaps this is coming from the political right here in germany one reason

to believe that is that so far it appears that no politicians from germany's right wing a.f.d. party were affected by this hack but again it's early days we don't know for sure others other cyber experts are saying possibly this hack was something that that's called hacktivism a somebody who's trying to make people aware how easy it is to breach private data and perhaps somebody who's putting this out there as a as a wake up call melinda crane thank you so much. let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world a third woman has entered a sacred hindu temple in the southern state of. the first visit by two women on wednesday triggered protests across the state traditionally women have been forbidden from entering the south from out a shrine but india's supreme court lifted the ban last year. jeffrey activists in

bangladesh have been protesting a good results of sunday's parliamentary elections claiming they were subject to fraud and intimidation prime minister shake a senior was declared a landslide winner of american and e.u. officials have also raised doubts about the votes in tennessee. at least one person has died after tropical storm made landfall entire amount of storms moving quickly across the south of the country bringing heavy rain and storm seas despite the high winds patricks actually weaker than expected and is likely to be downgraded to a tropical depression. aid workers say they are concerned for the health of nearly fifty migrants on board a rescue ship off the coast of molson they were rescued over the last two weeks but authorities in boulder spain and italy of all refused to allow them to disembark the activists say many are suffering severe sea sickness brought on by rough seas and heavy weather. imagine being stuck on a boat in such rough seas not knowing well you'll go next since they're dramatic

rescue of the libyan coast in december this is spending reality for about fifty migrants they are in limbo in the narrow confines of the two ships operated by eight organizations and c i q a p n countries have so far refused to let them disembark but mayors of several large italian cities refused to obey the country's official tough anti immigration law slamming it as unconstitutional. and other cities we apply the laws only if they conform with the constitution thus the constitution prevails are the ordinary laws if people's rights are restricted according to the color of the skin the constitution must provide. and this official letter to majesty offered to let the watch come to the harbor of naples assuring them that the refugees will be able to disembark. but according to see watch this is easier said than done official rescue centers have to assign

available ports and the weather conditions are simply too bad deeply affecting the people on board. but the biggest problem is also that. the thirty two people that we have here on board already for thirteen days. show mental problems. florence and palermo as well as several german cities have also offered the migrants refuge as more and more official to unite in solidarity with the refugees hope increases for those in desperate need of help. well the russian scandal continues to cast a shadow over. doping a lab failed to meet an end of year deadline for submitting data to the world anti-doping agency wada about was a condition for a ban on russia to be lifted. now sports bodies and athletes are pushing for wada to impose further sanctions. the world anti-doping agency wada is again under

scrutiny the criticism first flared up in september following its surprise decision to reinstate recess under the condition that the russian agency provide access to data by year's end what his handling of the scandal and lax response to russia missing that deadline has sparked anger among athletes in anti-doping agencies it is a joke and frankly in the barest minutes for all of us not just water themselves but all of us who are in the global fight to protect clean athletes because you know athletes are wondering what the world is going on i'm after time after time after time there's a lot of talk but no action criticism has an only come from outside of what is rain the anti-doping agencies own athlete committee and waters vice president who voted against the september reinstatement expressed their disappointment with the agency's response to the situation it was suspended in two thousand and fifteen following a report from wada investigator richard mclaren which concluded that widespread

doping by russian athletes was state sponsored shortly before missing the deadline the head of the agency made a plea to russian president vladimir putin. we're on the edge of a new pair and i ask president putin to protect the present and future of clean sport present and future generations of athletes. critics want risotto to be panda mediately for failing to comply with the conditions outlined in september twenty eighth what is compliance review committee will me in montreal and generate fourteenth and fifteenth so a final course of action could be determined then. hong kong he's famous for its iconic neon signs which have been lighting up the island's shops and restaurants for decades but as modern alternatives increasingly popular say the territory is at risk of losing the bright lights and signs unless aussies and some activists. mucci car is one of the last to master craftsmen of neon signage in hong kong

business people bring him there hand drawn designs that he makes the neon signs that hong kong is famous for he works with glass tubes which he painstakingly bends into shape it's precision work who found his profession by chance. it was the summer holidays when i was eighteen my father thought i was doing nothing so we got me a job with the neon sign make. who was offered the opportunity to stay on and he decided not to go back to school it's quite a challenge to form the complicated chinese characters the work has remained the same bending the glass attaching the ignition coil. i'm filling the chub with fluorescent gas all is done by hand but for wu much has changed. up until fifteen or twenty years ago i worked every day for seven or eight hours

making me own troops so. today it's maybe four or five days a month. so the. his income now comes mainly from other jobs the neon signs that used to be hong kong's trademark are becoming a rare sight card in china has been documenting those that remain in. business closer to. the hong kong i used to. she runs a group that hopes to protect hong kong's neon heritage many old signs have been taken down because of new safety regulations and a cheaper alternative to neon is replacing those that remain. here until the blue and yellow one here. after the l.e.d. one day i think i just don't need. to educate. the signs symbolize wealth in a city that once set trends for the rest of the continent for chan

a part of hong kong's identity is fading. he talked reminder about top story this hour shots have been fired in the german city of cologne police say they've detained a suspect on the shooting made involving biker guards. and up to date small at the top of the hour and of course around the clock on the website i stay w. dot com have a good. stand for. lawyers. language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w. .