this is the news live from berlin austria and germany brace for boring screen weather mercy crews are ready for as much as another meter of snow fall meanwhile the death toll keeps rising from the worst winter storms that hit the region in two decades also coming up the u.s. ambassador to germany issues a stark warning to german companies to stop working on a controversial gas pipeline linking russia and germany or face american sanctions . and for some they were dangerous revolutionaries but for people like these they

were heroes one hundred years after carlin can send rosa luxemburg or murdered you look at the legacies of the german communist leaders. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us more storms and heavy snow are forecast to strike across the alps in the coming days and avalanche warnings are still in effect there as well at least twenty four people are believed to have died in weather related incidents across the region. after a short break in the weather the snowfall in southern bavaria has been relentless this mountain prost was closed after an avalanche swept down from the austrian side of the port it with germany emergency services rescued a group of skiis who took refuge in a mountain restaurant. this image of back with the mountain rescue team in the

police schoolteachers down in the past is closed you can't just make your own way down. most of the roads around the town of perth to garden have been cleared the biggest problem is the massive snow pressing down on buildings the thought followed by more rain or snow could destabilize some structures and would straighten the thing we only around two hundred rubes a short while ago we could have said that's it we've done the job now we have to reassess and say we still got the third we've two thirds to go before and. another five hundred firefighters have been brought in to reinforce the five thousand relief workers already battling the snow in the varian outs. austria two remains on critical avalanche alert links including the albert pass above the renowned ski resort of sent anton a shot an avalanche killed three german skiers on

a route that was closed because of the danger from the huge piles of snow now look at some of the other stories making news around the world the mayor of the polish city of danske is in critical condition after being stabbed in front of thousands of people a man rushed the stage and stabbed pavol other mortgage with a sharp object during the finale of a large charity event. at least fourteen people have been detained following massive german police raids against criminal clans or than thirteen hundred officers searched stores storefronts linked to arab crime syndicates in six cities across northwestern germany the raids were the region's largest ever and focused on bars cafes and gambling venues. greek prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament after his defense minister resigned it all stems from a deal to end a long running dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name. mentalists and his

party are a key part of cyprus is alliance with support is needed to approve the deal. washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline that would supply russian gas to germany while bypassing eastern european countries richard burnett reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the north's freen two pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector the u.s. has long opposed the pipeline saying it undermines european security. well max and he's been following that story for us he joins me now in studio with more max there's really a lot of breakdown here first just lay out for us exactly who did the u.s. ambassador right sue and what was in the letters so u.s. ambassador richard grinnell wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline and among the among these companies were the german firms winter show and you know prison well as the dutch british shell corporation now the united

states opposes the project and make clear to the companies involved that they could very likely suffer harsh consequences let's bring up a quote from the litter that he wrote here it says i therefore request on behalf of my government that your company consider the danger this product represents to european energy security as well as the reputational costs and sanctions risks associated with our i guess the key word there is saying sions right i mean why would the u.s. want to slap sanctions on germany over the pipeline yet the u.s. ambassador raised economical as well as security concerns connected to the north stream to pipeline and this pipeline is actually supposed to carry gas from the russian coast to germany. bypassing third countries and it is an addition to an already existing pipeline north stream this would allow russia to double the amount of gas sent to europe now there are fears in washington but also here in europe that this pipeline would give russia leverage over european countries and also do

away with the need to transfer gas via ukraine as it is doing now this is important because ukraine and russia have been in the conflict for the last couple of years largely over the eastern part of ukraine and despite the animosity until now russian gas still goes through ukraine retrain serves as a gateway for russian gas and ukraine relies on transit through some transit fees from russia and also has some political leverage by them so it's interesting though to hear those comments from the u.s. ambassador to germany how seriously are going else comments being taken so many have commented on the on the issue and say grinnell is overstepping his boundaries you're going hans who is the foreign policy spokesman of cd you can service opponent put it this way he wrote in a statement or he issued a statement which says that the us ambassador is now turning to german companies with direct threats is a new and unacceptable one sided tightening of the tone in the transatlantic

relationship so there has been no official reaction from the german government yet however the german foreign ministry said that criminals actions did not follow common diplomatic practice and berlin would address the issue directly with washington thanks for breaking that down max and thanks very much. one hundred years ago this week two icons of german communism met brutal and. clash and firebrand. died at the hands of rival paramilitary groups in the chaos that followed the end of world war one but for the communist movement the two became even more revered and death on the anniversary of their murder left wing activists have gathered in berlin to remember the revolutionaries. went to meet some of them i for these marchers rosa looks and karl liebknecht are real heroes so since turned out to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the deaths of the

communist leaders trudging fifteen kilometers in the rain to the couples memorial who just do it here. looks and work and. one hundred years ago the struggle still counts we can see that in the rise of militarism the problems that we have with racism in germany the swing to the far right those are all reasons why we're here. no doubt karl and throws them are the big ideals they believe they have to continue the struggle the socialists and communists started more than one hundred years ago. that's when the tradition began more than one hundred thousand followers flanked the coffins of the two revolutionary leaders look simberg and leap connect were captured and shot by right wing paramilitaries their deaths are still controversial today. julian take this

a target studying physics in bare then he's active in left wing student politics and an ardent admired her of rousseau look sumburgh. rosa luxemburg she was important because she was a revolutionary she was also a very strong feminist and one of the first women to find her voice and make make a powerful stand in a time. where even revolutionary discussion was dominated by men the marchers make their way to barry lynn central say metry it's a place of pilgrimage for the left in what was once communist east berlin wreaths and carnations are laid. tecla finds it encouraging that these historical figures remain so significant for us they represents how our fights to to improve conditions for all workers around the world and this is cited that we live in we still face the same conditions work is students. family is

a still exploited in the same way we have to worry about our rents having our job or becoming homeless and this has impacts all over the world nearby stans another memorial this one to the victims of communism it's often ignored but for this visitor it's important to lay flowers here. is think of the sea therefore. i think there's always a risk of the two of them being romanticized. in the us it's important to remember the other side of the story. that's if we want the whole truth to be told that. blots fit into it. it's debatable whether their colleague connect and rosa luxemburg were responsible for the crimes committed later in the name of communism but there's no doubt that the one hundredth anniversary of their deaths is being used for political purposes. it's been nearly five years since thailand's

army took control of the country following a political crisis military leaders have been promising a return to civilian rule ever since but now they've pushed back the date for elections yet again just one month before they were set to take place that's brought people out onto the streets of bangkok and boston hartsock was there to hear their demands. they've had enough enough of thailand's military rulers enough of seeing their rights curtailed enough of promised elections being pushed back time and time again. now these protesters in the heart of bangkok say they won't back down until the government makes good on its promise to let the people have their say we're living with the parliament that has no opposition opposition for the last five years without any you know good governance

on any no opposition like in the parliament so if this election is very important part thailand not only to go back to democracy but also do this on the country back again after five minutes and to get their rights as citizens back in the past five years the military government has used its powers to stop critics from speaking out . until recently protests like this one were prohibited by the strict assembly lot by this military dictatorship. now that law has been lifted but in spite of that demonstrators are still telling me that they're being harassed by the authorities that if i can do that in my face and. then you get the idea when this man find me not that he's. probably a title like. this put me on the kill the innocent thing is but

these tactics. aren't keeping active with the way they're afraid the government could play for time until the election deadline by tyrants constitution expires then there would be no telling when tide's would get to vote again. all right here's a question have you ever felt like smashing something after a stressful day at work than an anger room maybe just once you need it's a space designed to let people vent their frustrations by destroying every day objects a new one recently opened in the chinese capital beijing and it's proving to be a smashing success. if you're the kind of person who tends to both to not be over age then you may want to look at this. welcome to the anger room in beijing. it's a place where people can go to let off steam by smashing up every day objects this

custom explains why it's such a good crack. to the legal pool so this place gives you the pleasure of breaking things in other places after you smash the item you might find the stuff still there or you get fined but it won't happen here here you only need to pay the money. to belong. to beijing under him was set up by former p.r. executive john mangan. customers sign a safety form before being allowed to let to rip. jinsei as people visit the angle room for many different reasons but mainly to reduce stress. daughter show the brave cordial that almost all her wedding photos here and smash them all we encourage people to bring their own stuff to vent their anger because we also see it as a place to say goodbye to a stage in life the way they did. jim

says the new space is proving so popular with the chinese that she's already planning on opening up a second venue in the city. you're watching news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and you'll find the latest news headlines on our web site that's dot com. time for an upgrade. how about that grows all by. course with. design highlights you can make yourself. that will turn your whole special. upgrade yourself with g w interior design channel on youtube.