rain. three part of human story starts in january thirteenth on w. . this is t w news coming to you live from berlin turkey sentences another journalist to prison d.w. reporter paling own credit is given a jail sentence of more than a year for reporting on a former prime minister and his alleged links to offshore companies in malta also coming up the british parliament begins a key debate ahead of a vote on the government's breaks a deal next week with the prime minister unlikely to get the votes he needs what

are the options for the u.k. . u.s. president on trump addresses the nation to tried to drum up support for his controversial border wall with mexico the democrats accuse him of misleading the american people and dealing in fear not. was tensions boil over in bangladesh where police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at garment workers striking for higher wages and better conditions. flowing terry martin thanks for being with us of course in istanbul has sentenced a reporter who works for d w two thirteen months in jail. faces faced insult and libel charges over a report on the former prime premiers times to offshore companies the allegations emerged from the so-called paradise. paper leaks about tax havens of major

international firms and public figures former prime minister bin ali and his sons sued in november claiming an attack on their personal rights. consortium of investigative journalists condemned because conviction as yet another disgraceful attack on free speech in turkey for more now we're joined from our studios in bonn by conn hourican he's the head of the w.c. turkish department first of all what more can you tell us about hailing the situation. well right now terry penn's face as you said to the sentence of in cuz of the report of the paradise papers right now she's preparing with her to appeal of this verdict and she holds that the next. judge will well apply her appeal and we'll see what's going on but right now she's a little bit upset of course but she expected this kind of verdict and she's well

prepared actually what does this verdict say about press freedom in turkey. tara to be honest this verdict is another slap in the face of journalism in turkey and it shows that a lot of journalists who report on the paradise paper's got many many prizes in their countries but only pillion in care is the first and only journalist who get sentenced to prison and then additional fine as well and that shows that journalism right now in turkey is not very secure and not very safe that means that everybody who reports any kind of critical way. well to the president out of line or through that turkish government should face any kind of problems especially problems with court and with prison actually unfortunate to say that so where can we expect this case to go now involving one of the w's someone who has worked forty

. actually with absolutely behind pillion in care and we tried to help her in any kind of ways and to be honest it's a very strange situation for us right now that d.w. member was sentenced to prison and you can be sure that d.w. will help in any kind of ways whether financial support or with the lawyers and we doing our best of course and we are as i said absolutely behind getting a cat. thank you so much for bringing us up to date there are a con there head of the w.'s turkish department speaking to us from ball. to the u.s. for the standoff over donald trump's proposed border wall continues after president trump used a primetime t.v. address to insist that congress fund the measure in his first ever address to the

nation from the oval office trump said illegal immigration at the border was causing what he called a humanitarian crisis and he said a wall was the only way to secure the country. this is just commonsense the border wall would very quickly pay for itself the cost of illegal drugs exceeds five hundred billion dollars a year vastly more than the five point seven billion dollars we have requested from congress the wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with mexico president trail speaking on national television last night well the u.s. government has now been partially shut down for eighteen days due to the impasse over funding for the border wall democrats accused of dealing with fear rather than facts and of misleading the public the fact is that women and children at the poynter are not a security threat they are humanitarian challenge

a challenge the president comes on call and counterproductive policies have only to bend and the fathi and president trump mustapha holding method people hostage might stop manufacturing a crisis and must reopen the government. well for now we're joined by tyson barker from the aspen institute germany based here in berlin good to see you tyson good to see you know president trump has used his first oval office address to the nation to drum up support for his border wall he said it was an appeal for common sense as he put it in a compromise in the name of national security what do you make of a well i mean we have to ask ourselves why now i mean you know he's been in office for two years this is something that he ran on this was kind of one of his big three catch phrases during the campaign and you know for a long time for the majority the entire time of that two years he had unitary control g.o.p. control of congress and for some reason this acute situation this humanitarian

crisis is arising now and i think that the reaction of the of the american public has been why now why does this seem so manufactured which is a word that you heard a lot from his critics and from the press now what he did not do is declare some sort of national emergency which would have allowed him to bypass congress affective lead to to deal with his wall why didn't he do that when reports coming out from the white house in washington are that they are preparing for that possibility to come and i think that that's something that they're still considering he's going to meet with house and senate democrats today to continue negotiations but the truth is this is a real separation of powers question because the power to appropriate money lies squarely in the hands of congress that's considered to shuttle issue and if he were to deploy money to build this border wall for anational security grounds then others might question what else can be justified to do to reappropriate money on

national security grounds what about health care what about education are these also national security questions what kind of precedent with the set this would clearly land in the courts now looking at what trump had to say in his address he made a number of assertions which fact checking teams are taking issue with anything. sure attention well let's start with first and foremost this definitely caught nancy pelosi in chuck schumer's attention he said that democrats support this deal slat option as opposed to a concrete wall which is factually not the case this is this is never been the case and this is definitely something that's not going to go forward and they've addressed the other thing is really context you know they took a lot of statistics for example that more people die of a drug overdose in the united states than died in the vietnam war that has an element of truth to it but the truth is that not all those drugs are coming from mexico and he said you know the border wall bill paid for itself not just because the money is coming from indirectly from mexico through a trade drill which is not exactly true but also because it will clear up the drug

drug epidemic in the united states and we know that making a border war will not clear that epidemic we need to address that through health care measures including rehabilitation in treating treatment centers and not through a border wall that's not going to solve the problem tyson thank you so much tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin thank you moving on to the u.k. now the british parliament has begun five days of debate ahead of the historic vote on the government's deal for top for taking the u.k. out of the european union prime minister theresa may told lawmakers that her government was still negotiating with e.u. leaders to seek assurances over issues that worry many in part of the vote was originally set for mid december but may postponed it when it became clear that deal does not have majority support. afternoon outlined areas in which her government is still working with e.u. officials as the crucial vote draws closer.

now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today walter and the european union have resolved the dispute over forty nine migrants who been stranded on two rescue ships since they were picked up at sea last month also will allow the ships to dock and the migrants to disembark will be transferred to locations in eight countries. the un has granted refugee status to run half moon she's the young saudi woman who fled to thailand saying she feared her family would kill her after announcing islam australia has confirmed it is considering a resettlement request in bangkok officials say has refused to meet her father and brother. and a crush of humanity in the philippine capital manila as millions of catholic worshippers reach for a centuries old statue of christ many believe touching or being near the figure and

cheer illness police estimate five million people will take part in the procession the black now sorry. australian police are investigating suspicious packages sent to a number of foreign diplomatic missions in the capital camera and other cities consulates and embassies affected include those of the u.s. and germany on monday as suspicious substance was intercepted at the argentinian consulate in sydney tests showed it was not dangerous. heavy snow and avalanches in austria austria and germany have claimed at least five lives some one point five metres of snow has fallen in the northern else in less than a week thousands of tourists are now stranded in villages and more snow is expected this week train services and roads have been disrupted authorities warn the risk of avalanches remains high. these forest rangers on patrol in southern bavaria this road has been closed since sunday the reason

trees buckling under the weight of snow defended those two trees over there are in a critical state if the top comes down on to a car or a pedestrian they're probably dead in many places emergency workers are out trying to minimize the risk. several people have already been killed in weather related accidents in the alps. but locals know full well it's not just the roads that's a dangerous the danger is that the masses of snow come down off the roofs when the kids are playing underneath it so we tell a child and to play somewhere else. in austria authorities have ramped up the avalanche warnings power lines have been brought down living large areas without electricity. there was some rest but for about two hundred tourists have been

trapped in the searing a ski resort authorities used alone in the snow fall to move back you write them. but with many roads impassable thousands of people remain cut off from the outside world. some football down by munich say as it will sign france world cup defender benjamin from stood god in july the twenty two year old joins on a five year deal has been out since two thousand and sixteen and at two steady seasons before helping his country to world cup glory in russia odds friends for a fee is reported thirty five million euros german media have also speculated that powell will be joined by and by france's other fullback lucas one and it's. now a hospital in alaska had an unexpected visitor this week

a giant moose wandered in through an open door and began chomping on the plants in the lobby workers were spellbound they say they never once felt threatened by the curious visitor who stuck around for about ten minutes before sauntering back out the moose calls no problems other than for the plants which fortunately were not made of plastic. before we go just reminder the top story we're following for you are today on the t.v. news u.s. president donald trump has made a televised address to the nation to drum up support for his plan to build a wall at the mexican border and democrats are refusing to fund the wall and accuse trump of misleading the american people by stoking fear of immigrants. and watching the news still to come we visit a turkish town that had an idea it was fit for a king but turned out to be

a royal blunder. penicillin from our business desk will be here with that story and much more you are watching news from berlin i'll be back at the top of the next hour with another full news bulletins of course and get all the latest news information around the clock on our web site at www dot com thanks for being with us. where is home. when your family scattered across the globe. that's not the case with you but it was a good it's a journey back to the roots which can mean a lot of the. shots family from somalia loser.