but i do think that. this is deja vu news live from a fragile truce in yemen hangs in the balance the u.n. special envoy surging rebel leaders to respect the cease fire war and famine have left millions facing starvation in one of the world's poorest countries also coming up you know easing of tensions in hungary is thousands take to the streets to protest the country's so-called slain civil union late is a calling for a national strike stepping up the pressure on hardline prime minister victor all that.

i'm rebecca rate is welcome to the program the u.n. special envoy to yemen has arrived in the country to try to shore up a cease fire a grade last month since then they've been reports of repeated violations of the truce which applies to the port port city of had data a crucial entry point for aid shipments yemen civil war began in twenty four tane in a saudi led coalition intervened in the conflict a year later it's led to a devastating humanitarian crisis with millions on the brink of famine. he hopes to save what is a fragile cease fire un special envoy martin griffiths knows that the longer they can keep the guns silent the more precious aid can be delivered to the destitute country. yet both sides of the conflict report that the other has already violated the treaty with gunshots a daily disturbance in around the data. and

a dispute over the wording of the ceasefire could be its downfall the deal says the port should be turned over to local authorities the yemeni government interprets that to mean their own authorities the rebels however say it means the officials currently running who data support their allies. at stake are the lives of millions of yemenis who depend on aid to survive like the young patients at this clinic in her job in the northwest aber heem is struggling to survive. my flesh and i am none of the aid gets to us none of the organizations aid or food supplies reach us. i love them even when they stopped at the registration we didn't get anything. the war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the country back from the brink. since two thousand and fifteen the who the rebels with

backing from iran have been fighting against the yemeni government which received support from saudi arabia. the u.n. hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current ceasefire in the next few days but what small progress has been made since december is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. oh for more on this let's bring in his i see he's a political analyst on yemen currently in cairo thanks for joining me as we just heard the u.n. special envoy martin griffith is in yemen he wants to implement that pay still ray tracing and sweden one of the hopes. there's a lot of international pressure underfoot is out of the saudis as well to basically maintain the truce that has actually struck on today that unfortunately have been multiple violations by all factions and for the desperate of stock comp is being

strained currently with those violations u.n. employees and so now also talk patrick. who is the head of the u.n. observation team and they that observe the truce is also inside to salvage a deal. there's a lot of hope with the international community putting the pressure on the factions but the thing is that now with the violations with the actions putting new demands on table it's a very very shit he truce well if they do indeed succeed with this peace deal is it likely to end the conflict unfortunately know there's a there's a bit of a misunderstanding people think that this is a the list is not a peace deal this is just one step towards i don't define a peace map so we're very far from a peace and we're very far from ending the conflict it's likely took a few years and there's only a first step. ahead data that came pours port city is crucial for aid shipments how

drastic is the humanitarian situation in yemen. well according to the u.n. it is currently the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world you're talking about eighty percent of the population acquiring aid you're talking about fourteen million people that's almost more than half the population or our food in stick your and with her data online today as the lifeline for human seventy percent of the aid comes through pretty eminent imports almost ninety percent food and medicine which will also get through for data which is why the u.s. and international community prior to the first step would just securing a truce and today that but again even if they were talking about the current truce it is not the whole of they that it is only have three ports so when we say this is not a peace deal we're actually saying we still need to replicate this deal and twenty one other governorates across yemen which is going to take awhile hisham melhem

a scene cairo thanks for that analysis thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world an egyptian police officer has been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near a cult christian church in cairo several other people were also injured when the device exploded the incident comes just two days before the orthodox coptic christmas no one has yet claimed responsibility. in myanmar thousands have fled their homes off the clashes in the troubled rock and state thirteen police officers were killed in coordinated attacks by rebel militants on the country's independence day fresh fighting broke out in the state last month between government forces and separatists. coulthard he's in brazil have sent hundreds of military police to end a wave of gang violence in the northern city of will to live there have been dozens of attacks on banks shops and vehicles security chiefs say organized crime groups

are trying to block government plans for a crackdown in prisons. ukraine's new orthodox church has formally received a decree of independence and in more than three centuries of russian control the decree was handed over at a ceremony in istanbul ukraine's president petro poroshenko had campaigned for the split which has provoked anger in moscow. well union leaders in hungary are calling for a national strike later this month stepping up the pressure on hardline prime minister viktor orban opponents have again taken to the streets in protest at a so-called slave law the measure would allow employers to demand hundreds of hours of overtime from work is. braving icy conditions thousands returned to the streets of budapest with a message for hungary's president stop obama they want his right wing government's new overtime law to be repealed it allows a massive increase in how many extra hours employees can ask the staff to work from

two hundred fifty to four hundred hours it also lets employees take up to three years to pay the overtime labor unions say that slavery. hunger ians work too much already we just can't bear it anymore wall the problem is if the company goes under or if you quit then you lose all your overtime pay. hundreds overtime laws been hugely controversial ever since it was proposed when it came to a vote in parliament the opposition blew whistles and made noise to try to stop it from passing without success. since then thousands of gone out regularly to protest accompanied by an overwhelming police presence in one protest opposition politicians were thrown out of the state television station. people gathered outside for hours calling for free speech and freedom of the press the opposition of joined labor unions in calling for a year of resistance in hungary they hope to increase the pressure on the rightwing

government until something changes. well that's some football news now and the asia cup is underway this year's tournament features plenty of political side stories one of them is syria's game against palestine which kicks off today with turmoil in the palestinian territories and the continuing conflict in syria players from both sides would be forgiven for struggling to focus on football but instead they using those issues as motivation. sometimes football and politics simply cannot be separated the asian cup match between palestine and syria two of the most troubled and controversial teams at the tournament faceoff several of the palestinian players were born outside of the territories they see the asian cup as a chance to show solidarity with people in their ancestors homeland. it's something very nice to defend the people. to represent these people that are in

a constant battle out on the pitch i think it's good that we'll be there to defend them. likewise the syrian players are focused on bringing a small sense of relief to people in a country ravaged by civil war. we have to keep going with sports in order to put smiles on the faces of the syrians whether in football or any other game of sports bring syrians together in spite of their suffering during the crisis . syria's german coach benched on is avoiding talk of politics he wants his side to concentrate entirely on the sporting task at hand it's a great challenge for our soon football players and for our friends for syrians to play the greatest asian cup about this twenty four teams and for at least two of those squads they know how much more of these matches mean to the people watching back home. germany's bundesliga may be in its mid-season

break but that doesn't mean the teams can put their feet up and relax most have already started they went to training camps with title contenders don't land and buy in warmer temperatures as they prepare for the second half of the season. on spain sunny southern coast is a great escape from the dreary dortmund winter though the newly arrived league leaders will likely be pleased with the weather they're not in spain just to catch some rays and sign autographs head coach lucien father and his squad have their work cut out if they want to stay on top of the table they're just six points ahead of a chasing buyer in munich a serious injury to stalwart dortmund defender manuel the conjuring may mean the team will already have to dip into the sixty four million euros they received for selling christian pulis sic to chelsea. to london at the end of the season which could prove a distraction i hope you know people understand you know my decision and i also hope that you know they understand that i'm here one hundred percent and i'm very

focused you know finish out the season with are really excited by a munich are calling qatar home for the mid-season break it's been an up and down start to the campaign for the defending champions it was only a few weeks ago. that coach nico was under fire for his team struggles but an uptick in form to end twenty team has by are now in second place and back in the good graces of the club and its fans. the camp is also an opportunity for eighteen year old canadian whiz kid alfonso davies to show his stuff after arriving in munich he's aiming to break into the first team but if by and keeps up the momentum it won't be easy for him. as the new year gets under way we've been taking a look back at some of our reports from twenty eighteen that resonated moist with you our viewers in this despatch from the dutch capital amsterdam we hear about a bold new plan to tackle an urban minutes the blight cities around the world.

blowing bubbles with bubble gum it's a lot of fun and delicious to. win the fans over. in the netherlands about one and a half tons of chewed up chewing gum gets tossed on the street and that causes more trouble than most people think. the problem with chewing gum is not just that it sticks to your clothes or that it's a pain when it gets stuck to your shoes the real problem is that it sticks around a long time it takes twenty to twenty five years to break down. that's why the city of amsterdam has brought out the big guns against old gum the idea was to work together with a few designers to produce a shoe with soles made of up to thirty percent called chewing gum chewing gum in the soul instead of on the salt. in the future we're going to hang these balls in schools and train stations i think they even look like

a gumball one can just toss the old gum straight in then the entire bowl and the gum inside it can be recycled in one hit. the soles for the gum she within made out of this chewing gum and so that nobody forgets where. shoes came from the designers of cleverly incorporated a map of amsterdam into the mold for the soul the shoes are sold in shocking pink or plain black for the princely sum of two hundred euros. but first i thought i have to have a pass but then i saw the price and thought no way that comp be for real spears or goods to me then more kind of. i'm not ready to pass and for that even if i think it's a good idea. to beads. shoes out of cheering does that mean the whole city will come to a standstill because everyone in amsterdam will be stuck. well not everyone stuck on the idea of chewing gum shoes but the gum sure guys won't let that burst their bubble. you're watching news live from berlin well coming at the top of the hour

and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com i'm rebecca richards thanks for joining me. from. entering the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with kid players on the ground in the sense of. cutting through the rhetoric holding the powerful to account the conflicts. conflict zone with tim sebastian. d.w. .