respect. this is deja vu news live from berlin poland bids farewell to the popular liberal mayor of cadets who died monday after being stopped at a charity event. mourners remember pavel adama bitch whose murder sent shock waves across europe is being laid to rest in the city where he was born where he governs. the death toll rises to sixty six in mexico

after a gas pipeline explosion the blaze north of mexico city in gulf people who had gathered to fill up containers with fuel. plants byron munich kicked off the second half of the bundesliga season with a strong statement against hoffenheim byron are hoping to get back to the top of the league by the season's end. next vice or welcome to the program leading figures in poland and the european union are in good debts today paying their respects to the city's late mayor pavel a dam of each was fatally stabbed while on stage at a charity event last sunday the murder of a liberal politician is believed to have been politically motivated. is remembered for his civic engagement in his hometown and for his willingness to speak up about

his convictions. not even the cavernous and middies church could provide enough space for the mourners and get done sgt thousands lined the streets to pay their respects to pavel of the movie their former mayor and a man who embodied liberal values at a time of political rancor in poland some wept as they watched the service on specially erected big screens amid the sorrow there was fear for the future. it's very sad that we come together here under these circumstances we can to lower society to be divided the assassination last sunday show does exactly where that leads. i'm here to take a stand against aggression in our society and because i want to on the men who was out for twenty years. for this. society is rife with aggression nationalism and then if i see it every day.

inside the church the polish prime minister looked on as the archbishop of danced echoed the calls for unity seeing the move which is death was a bell calling for alarm. the presence of european council president and ex polish prime minister donald tusk himself native was a reminder to the to move which is continued belief in the european union. he was a good done a poll but also a european who believed in european values above all freedom and solidarity. to move it was laid to rest on saturday in the city in whose service he had spent his life many hope that his violent death allegedly at the hands of a political opponent will prove a catalyst in healing the country's divisions. earlier i spoke with correspondent monika. and asked if it is too early to talk about this event having a wider european significance. i'm sure that has

european significance of many reasons not only poland is a country which is deeply divided but also many other countries in europe. divided these political divisions. are something which for many politicians in poland and in europe. in their opinion it can be dangerous it can cause lead to. hate which can lead to such. like this political martyr in poland six days ago so there's the reason also why different from other countries are here today also the polish high ranking politicians like prime minister and president are attending but also. who was a close friend assassinated. is now the president of the european

council he is here and also the former president of germany many and many mayors of other cities in europe this is a message going here from poland today from. a warning to many european people and call them and political divisions and to have more tolerance and understanding. ok thank you for that monica. turning to mexico now where at least sixty six people died and dozens more were hurt when a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded according to the government the disaster happened one hundred kilometers north of mexico city residents of the town of tal leapin were siphoning fuel from a nearby refinery run by the national oil company pemex they did so by tapping into a pipeline which later exploded sparking a huge fireball the blaze has been put out but rescue services are continuing to

examine the site. hundreds of people could not resist the temptation of free gasoline the fuel was spraying from a pipeline connected to a nearby refinery run by pe mix mexico's state run petroleum company it says thieves had illegally tapped the pipeline people soon crowded around the fountain to fill their pails and jerry cans. a couple of hours later an explosion and a fireball and gulf the scene. an official says nearly two dozen people died instantly. dozens more suffered burns as they fled for now it's not clear what triggered the explosion but gasoline and its fumes are highly flammable the single spark is all it takes but. it wasn't just ten or twenty people there were hundreds of people collecting gasoline which was coming out of the pipe on the one hand they needed it but it was also bad judgment. we know the risks of gasoline it is very

explosive they were young people who didn't realize the risks with. this tragedy comes just weeks after president lopez obrador launched a crackdown on theft from mexico's vast network of fuel pipelines on a late night visit to the scene he vowed to press ahead with that policy. is that as you know i mean unfortunately what this show is is that we have to end this practice which has led to this tragedy that. there was nothing. the government says thieves drilled more than twelve thousand illegal taps in the first ten months of last year. those taps often lead to fires and loss of life the last night's tragedy is the deadliest in recent years. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world violent protests have erupted in the

sudanese capital khartoum police clashed with hundreds of more. following the funeral of a man shot during a protest on thursday witnesses say officers fired live ammunition and used tear gas against demonstrators who threw rocks deadly anti-government protests are now in their fifth week. colombia has reactivated arrest warrants against leaders of the leftist guerrilla group living in cuba it comes two days after a deadly car bombing in bogota which left at least twenty one dead the government blames the rebels for the blast it said peace talks won't resume unless the group stops its attacks. and germany's c.s.u. party has elected a new chairman marcus he will replace german interior minister horses for at the head of the party chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats are closely allied with the c.s.u. who suffered heavy losses last year in state elections. and to the u.s.

now where the latest twist in the russia investigation has taken place special counsel robert muller's office has disputed a news story on the web site buzz feed is suggesting u.s. president donald trump tried to obstruct justice the story alleges but the president directed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about his business ties to russia the report cited two unnamed law enforcement officers the story made headlines across the world following its publication on thursday but then came this denial buzz feed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterize ation of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate mahler's office is investigating alleged russian interference in the u.s. election and whether any trump campaign figures were complicit the statement is a rare intervention from the special counsel's office which is known for being extremely tight lipped. the buzz feed reporter claimed to trump ordered cohen to

lie about plans to build a trump tower in moscow last year trump's former lawyer pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the russian realestate plans president trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with russia here's his press secretary sorry hon sarah huckabee sanders speaking earlier. that's absolutely ridiculous i think that the president's outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today this categorically false that one statement those two words sum it up better than anything anybody else can say and that is categorically false buzz feed though is sticking to its story editor in chief ben smith tweeted that he stands by its reporting and the sources who can inform that he has called on the special counsel to make clear exactly which facts he is disputing. defending blueness league champions of byron munich travel to hoffenheim on friday

to kick off the second half of the season byron trail league leaders dortmund who had lost on their last two trips to often on hoffenheim had beaten by and here in both of their most recent attempts the hosts were hoping to make it three home victories in a row against the champions but by and had a point to prove in the thirty fourth minute. power on the power each had to make it one new smart finish from the germany international. just eleven minutes later scored again. this time he latched on to the end of a topic i live across. it's the midfielder's first ever does need to brace. post stuff and i'm came out with guns blazing in the second half and early counterattack culminating in this brilliant strike by nathan shoots his first league goal of the season one to remember. but the hat trick of home wins against

by and wasn't to be so but never dusty champions beyond sites in the eighty seven minute. job done for by and they've returned from the winter break looking shop and they've got to an end in sight. thanks that performance by move then move them three points of league leaders dortmund but that club is up against leipsic today after an impressive first half of the season dortmund reckons it can finally end via new next run of six consecutive lintas league titles. there's plenty of anticipation in dortmund for the second half of the season. sitting atop the league where their biggest rival may be complacency not to because he is going to lose it's a good situation to be in but we know there are seventeen more games and that it's still a long season ahead pressure to perform dortmund dominated the opening half of the season with fast paced entertaining play. they'll have to hit the ground running

though against their first opponents of the second half of the season fourth placed leipsic dampening the mood somewhat is the recent illness through captain marco royce and passer is only just coming back from injury together they scored twenty three goals in the first half of the season more than half of dortmund's total to the team looked a bit shaky in recent friendly matches the mouth of the fine if you've got the christmas season then new year's eve then you spend time at a sunny beach in dubai or somewhere and you look at the table and everyone is passing you on the back of your model so perfectly normal for the tension to lessen them but we can't let that affect us. statistics point toward a successful second half of the season for dortmund a club that has led the league three times at the halfway mark and each time won the title. australian open tennis now and germany's alexander's

fair is looking like a title contender he moved into the round of sixteen that with an easy win today tara is building on his biggest ever tour victory at november's a.t.p. tour finals when he beat both roger federer and novak djokovic on the way to the trophy the women's top seed simona halep defeated venus williams to set up what could be the best match of the turning it against serena williams. and now winter in the northern hemisphere means every imaginable competition for those who can quickly and stylishly get from the top of a mountain to the bottom free riding is one such competition for skiers and snowboarders who make their own way down all kinds of terrain and without any serious rules this is from the opening a vent of the free ride world a tour today in the heart of what's called the japanese outs it's known among free riders for heavy snowfall and conditions were perfect for this year's event.

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