this is the news live from berlin poland bids farewell to the popular liberal mayor of contacts who died monday after being stabbed at a charity event. mourners remember whose murder sent shock waves around europe is being laid to rest in the city where he was born and governor also coming up. the death toll rises to sixty six in mexico after a gas pipeline explosion in the blaze north of mexico city engulfed people who had

gathered to fill up containers with fuel. plus millions of women around the world take to the streets to protest inequality but controversy is threatening to overshadow the third annual women's march. spicer welcome to the program leading figures in poland and the european union are dance today paying their respects to the city's late mayor pavel a dam of age was fatally stabbed while on stage at a charity event last sunday the murder of the liberal politician is believed to have been politically motivated and damn a bitch is being remembered for his civic engagement in his hometown and for his willingness to speak up about his convictions. even the cover innocent babies church could provide enough space for the mourners and sq. this. streets to pay their respects to pavel of the move 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 desoto 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 honor the men who was our mayor for twenty years. we're going to. see a society is rife with aggression nationalism and then if i see it every day just. inside the church the polish prime minister looked on as the archbishop of danske echoed the calls for unity seeing at the moment just death was a bell calling for alarm. the presence of european council president and ex polish

prime minister donald tusk himself a dance 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 which 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 monica and asked if it is too early to talk about this event having wider european significance. i am sure that has a why the european significance of many reasons not only poland is a country which is deeply divided but also many other countries in europe are now

divided these political divisions. are something which for many politicians also in poland and in europe. in their opinion it can be dangerous it can cause lead to an atmosphere of hate which can lead to such criminal. acts like this political martyr in poland six days ago so this is 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 german and other cities in europe this is

a message going here from poland today from. a warning to many european people call it. political divisions and to have more tolerance and understanding. ok thank you for that moniker. in mexico at least sixty six people have died and dozens more are missing after a fuel pipeline exploded the disaster happened one hundred kilometers north of mexico city officials say residents from the town of twelve and were collecting fuel from an illegally tapped pipeline when it exploded in a huge fireball 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. and. a couple of hours later an explosion and the fireball engulfed the scene. witnesses said many of the victims were covered with flames as they ran for their lives for now it's not clear what triggered the explosion but gasoline and its fumes are highly flammable a 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.

this in the name of the unfortunately what this show is is that we have to end this practice which has led to this tragedy. the little. 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 though last night's tragedy is the deadliest in recent years. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of hunger ariens have taken to the streets in cities across the country for fresh protests against prime minister viktor orban government they're serious about a new labor law allowing employees to ask workers employers to ask workers to do have to four hundred hours of overtime a year critics say the last actively introduces a six day work week. in the democratic republic of congo hundreds of people have

rallied in the streets of the capital kinshasa to support president elect. katy protest comes with congo's top court poised to rule in the country's disputed election just a katy one up in late december but his victory has been challenged internationally and at home. in france police have clashed again with yellow bus protesters on the streets of paris security forces used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators early rocks and bottles it's the tenth weekend in a row of anti-government protests in france president a man who had met coal has launched a nationwide listening tour to address the protesters is. across the globe today millions of women have been taking to the streets to protest against inequality violence against women and sexual harassment the so-called women's march began two years ago in washington the day after donald trump's inauguration but this year the u.s. movement has been overshadowed by controversy our reporter alex forrest whiting

joins me now in the studio tell us what's going on today well they have been demonstrations the munches in such countries across the well where women are on to modern day rights such as equal pay protection from violence and these pictures that we're seeing now from a much of the stock of the capital of zambia where they've been calling for justice there was also another very big gathering. in central london in the u.k. where women have been demonstrating against a variety of issues including austerity measures which they say unfairly impacts women and of course in the u.s. where the very first march was held in washington back in twenty seventeen the day off to donald trump was sworn in this year as saying that there's marches are a chance to celebrate the wins men and women made in the twenty eight hundred congressional elections which obviously was good particular for the democrats but which they think has been something to celebrate this year for

a good situation for women generally at least in terms of political representation some problems within the women's march itself however it's birthplace washington united states yes that's right and in washington there's been a bit of a backlash actually in particular against the official women's march because they've been claims that those women at the top of the organization are linked to anti semitism now a woman in particular to mika mallory who is the co-chair of the movement movement she's been criticized for having links with the controversial leader of the nation of islam louis farrakhan and he has a history of making anti semitic and homophobic remarks about as well as that in a t.v. interview to make a mockery was criticized for refusing to affirm israel's right to exist and that has not gone down well with with many women who have been angry about it it's caused this place actually in the marches have been splinter groups that have set up an even counted demonstrations this year and some women say that they don't want

to march of tools so it has been so straightforward far be it for me to interrupt a woman on this particular day briefly if i may is the american problem likely to hurt the global movement or does it matter that no and there have been marches across the world we're beginning to see pictures from all over the place including including india and remember that a lot of this is because of the me two campaign where women got together particularly in the last couple of years to say that they're not prepared to be exploited sexually and that this is a chance for them to show that women mean business ok thanks for that insight. the early satterlee saturday of bonus league games are done and dusted so let's take a look at the results snuck past the liver queues and to hang on to third place once beach stuttgart frankfurt nominated freiburg dusseldorf downed out spork and braman one against head over by

a new nick and hoffenheim on friday night in saturday's late game leipzig where locking horns was. on sunday nuremberg take on hertha berlin and battle walls. in a motor sports mick schumacher the son of seven time formula one world champion michael schumacher has joined ferrari's academy the move would see him link up with the team where his father became a legend of the sport as part of the training program he'll take part in ferrari's pre-season testing. it's the most successful name in motor sports. carries while on the way to following in the footsteps of his illustrious father michael. liked at the start to downton coughing he raced on to his mother's maiden name in an attempt to avoid any unwelcome attention but by the time he arrived in formula for the fourth

level in single feature racing everyone knew who he was. two years in that series were followed by a season in formula three and with its european formula three title breaking three with the premise becoming famous in his own right. it's unbelievable when you think this is just for me i'm somehow a bit ok i'm not used to it and. this season make sure america will compete in formula two with premier known for its links to ferrari. that's the same ferrari team with which father michael won five of his seven formula one world titles success pacts were sleeping giants of motor sports and was a door stripped by the team's legendary fans of course with the shoe macca name comes pressure even though his manager has for years been trying to keep that in check. from my point of view obviously i must ask that people don't set their expectations too high state and most moment at the moment he has so much to learn

that it's really a question of gaining experience on the race track and putting the media attention to one side. all right point to me as eventual progression to formula one in the school the might hold so many. good. paying success. now winter in the northern hemisphere means every imaginable competition for those who can quickly and stylish get from the top of the mountain to the bottom and free riding is one such competition for skiers and snowboarders who make their own way down all kinds of terrain with very few rules this is from the opening event of the free ride world tour today in the heart of what's called the japanese alps it's known among free riders for heavy snow fall and conditions were perfect for this

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