this is deja news live from germany to russian diplomats over an alleged murder of plots this was the victim. gunned down in broad daylight in a. german prosecutors suspect russian. involvement moscow says it will retaliate also on the program of public infighting nato leaders in london attending the alliance's 70th anniversary meeting common ground and agreed that china presents them with new challenges. and as the u.s. moves to punish china for its mass detention of muslims. in the united states. beijing is trying to erase

a culture and his religion. i'm phil gallo welcome to the program i suspected murder cases renewing tensions between germany and russia has expelled 2 russian diplomats over the killing of a georgian citizen in the city in august former chechen rebel commander. really was shot dead in broad daylight in a public park a suspect named only as friday and has been taken into custody prosecutors suspect russian or chechen state involvement russia denies involvement and says it will retaliate against the expulsions. german chancellor angela merkel has defended her government's actions at the nato meeting in london reporters asked if she discussed the matter with her nato allies. be meeting the

russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts. and contact. all that up in the. german chancellor angela merkel now as are some of the other stories making news around the world they use new commission president on the liar says she expects a fair and independent investigation into the murder of multis journalist daphne i don't want to get it's you was caught i want to believe she was killed in a car bombing in 2017 on her reporting on high level corruption in multiple attacks on economy. why police elaborate on her fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the capital beirut people had gathered to protest against the nomination of

prominent businessman a summit team to replace the country's outgoing prime minister and to government demonstrations began 2 months ago. iran's president hassan rouhani has called for the release of innocent people arrested in protests last month demonstrations broke out across the country after the government raised petrol prices despite his announcement the president said protesters will use weapons should be dealt with by the law. nato leaders wrapped up a 2nd day of talks as they mark the military alliance the 70th anniversary divisions between member states have surfaced over a number of issues but today national leaders adopted a joint statement that played down fears of disunity it said the organization has to look to the future together and ignore all its the challenges posed by china's growing economic and military power the 1st day of the gathering tuesday saw the emergence of sharp differences between the american and french leaders. they term

secretary-general and stoltenberg however said members have recommitted to the alliances core defense goals and agreed to share defense spending more evenly bawly were very clear we stand together all for $1.00 and $1.00 for all our commitment to article 5 the collective defense clause or our alliance is iron plant allies further recognized the unprecedented progress we are making to achieve fairer burden sharing this is the 5th year of rising defense investment in fact european allies and canada and that $138000000000.00 us dollars and by the end though 2024 that figure rise to $400000000000.00 us dollars. this is a president that nato secretary general younes stoltenberg now to the united states

where the house of representatives has passed a bill to impose sanctions on chinese officials over the crackdown on we go muslims more than a 1000000 we go around other muslim minorities have been detained and what beijing says are reeducation camps the legislation calls for an end to what it describes as arbitrary detention torture and how recent of the minority community china says the bill is a smear and that the camps provide vocational training but many with this have fled abroad to avoid persecution. it will be another long day for brown center the weaver exile spends hours in front of his computer poring over satellite images of his native jang all the more so now living in the us he had to flee the chinese province to avoid arrest or worse. this is. program documents the destruction of mosques part of an alleged government effort

to eradicate muslim religion in a weaker culture he says 10000 mosques have already been destroyed. means the war in egypt islami know who region so this is a crime this of war against muslims is very important to the international community who understand this and do more pressure on china. beijing regards china's muslim population as a security threat its response to this perceived threat has been severe over 1000000 muslims are reportedly in concentration camps scattered across chain yank most of them are weekers. the government claims these are vocational training centers but there is strong evidence that incarceration in these sites entails torture rape and brainwashing 11000000 weekers live in chain yank the security

apparatus there combines facial recognition cameras and sophisticated surveillance technology with enough press of police presence even small expressions of identity can result in arrests one of the victims this program's father the editor of a weaker newspaper he was detained and put in a cab his son has not heard from him since. so i have to fight back if i choose silence and then. so many pain in my heart if i fail fight back i could feel a little bit better because fathers fate means problems fight for weaker rights it's personal. now the news largest ethnic minority in this city and roma her face centuries of discrimination and remain marginalized today no e.u. country can claim that its cindy and roma population has achieved equality d.w.

reporter cristina kirchner has been to the north macedonian capital scapa where she battled activists who wants to improve health care for young roma has. some media back here halim is often the only hope for many women and sculpey is roma quarter she and her assistant advise women on reproductive health issues the activist often finds herself counseling pregnant women as well because few of them are able to visit a policy find gynaecologist think of course it will pose for them period women who have no identity papers are often turned away from their health services when they get pregnant they don't get the medical care that they should be entitled to them not even during childbirth or be buying it that's one consequence of north macedonia's marginalization of the roma and it's why hellene aspiring for better access to health care for local women. she visits

a woman who urgently needs help. this mother already has several children and has just given birth to twins but she isn't producing enough milk to nurse her babies. the children often go hungry we've already been to several aid organizations we've even been to the neighborhood administration but no one has helped us what do you know. how lame and her team are now assisting the family. but i think. since the birth of the twins we've contacted various organizations that donate food and milk for newborns. doing to you there are many similar cases here about 8000 roma women of childbearing age live in the district and until recently there was not a single gynecologist but how lame has helped change that she went all the way to

the u.n. in geneva and got local authorities to set up a mobile gynecology clinic we're not allowed to film inside but it's clear that there is high demand for it services. almost the movement i've seen all kinds of problems for example when new born babies or mothers suddenly dying as the result of home births. babies have even been born on the street that motivated me to set the clinic up here. was murdered and some of. the activist and her team work across the street from the clinic and people come by every day seeking advice today for example a young couple asking about medicine. patience and stamina are needed for this work despite the successes there are still many unresolved issues such as doctors who demand illegal fees from romany women. but

honeymoon doesn't let that discourage her. but it's you know. i'm terry happy each time i can help my neighbors especially when i see babies growing in pregnant woman's bellies under cause seeing a healthy baby being born here thanks to the advice i've given to the mother. the infant mortality rate among them burma is about 10 times higher than in the rest of the north macedonian population back here halim and her initiative have a long struggle ahead to improve health care for women and mothers. for a look at some more of the day's top stories google founders larry page and sergey brin are stepping down as heads of the internet giants parent company alphabet they'll be replaced by current google chiefs and our pitch pichai google facing growing criticism in europe and the u.s. over its previously policies like leave well known japanese doctor has been killed

in an attack in afghanistan tatsu naca more devoted his life to helping the afghan people and 5 others were killed by a gunman attack his vehicle in the city of jalalabad in october doctor not to move were awarded honorary afghan citizenship. and if you know the nigerian city of lagos then you probably also be familiar with the slum city of m a cocoa known as the world's biggest floating city to about $300000.00 people but despite its size mark o'connor has never appeared on any city planning documents or maps but that's about to change. welcome to my cocoa a floating slum in the nigerian mega city of lagos officially this part of the city does not exist you won't find these dingy canals and ramshackle house indicated on any city maps but john and his team are trying to change that on to their location tracking smartphones they crisscross the old ways with the aim of pushing the cocoa

and its approximately 300000 inhabitants on the map where are you. made up of girls from. actually. collected went of interest within the neighborhood within the houses so what is on them up so we can have more. points of interest on this in my book on city streets and have is enough to get. all of this going to be under money for free. john works for south africa based ngo code for africa the organization behind this drive to map out the slums and improve the lives of those who live here. every point of interest is carefully entered into the system like what a floating barbershop. grew up with in your undermine. to be part of the point of regional food she wanted to come up with whom are those who want someone who without property deeds or in many cases even illegal existence the inhabitants of makoto live with a permanent threat of addiction for this local traditional leader appearing on

a map for the 1st time is a step towards cementing his people's place here. nancy before in marco cole we were in the dark but now with the work you have done we traditional chiefs can see that you have done a good job we are only fisherman we didn't know how to mark out the different neighborhoods as you know we are very happy. john believes that inhabitants of this part of the city should have access to the same knowledge of the neighborhood enjoyed by those who live elsewhere in lagos. all of these we have to walk in on our way. if we look like the rest to go here where you cross the street to see different is the public will not be able to see this neighborhood differently as the map is ready to go online and it's one of south korea's biggest cultural exports k. pop and the 3rd death of

a young celebrity in recent months has highlighted the intense pressure as faced by k. pop stars the latest is actor char in ha who started out as a k. pop performer and it seems likely that all 3 deaths were suicide. the deaths of expose the dark underbelly of south korea's entertainment industry with cyber bullying and video pornography rife. in happier times like a pop star a popular face of the band karo. but a few years later at just $28.00 she was dead suicide the only way out from the constant stream of vicious cyber bullying. normally when you were injured from physical violence you can go to

a hospital to get treated and recover but online violence is a bigger problem because it can't be treated that way and sometimes it can even lead to death or. this led to the death of solely one of 2 harras friends a vocal critic of south korea's rigid ideals on how women should behave the social media backlash was cruel member of parliament parks and soak wants to address the issue through legislation her bill aims to make it possible for anyone to ask web portals to take down malicious or false comments. i am proposing defines a discrimination as illegal information and allows anyone not just the victim to request comments to be taken down celebrities who are engaged in public culture especially those who are young are defenseless lee exposed to cyber violence now it is time for the law and society to protect. the laws still hasn't been passed meanwhile the crimes continue but there is some forward movement as

former boyfriend and another man both k. pop stars were recently handed in jail terms for raping a woman and sharing videos of the ordeal the case exposed to toxic culture of illicit video sharing in. industry. working i am very sorry. i committed an inexcusable crime i admit my charges were the. but such admissions are rare meanwhile women are left to shoulder the burden of hate and vicious online attacks and for some it is too much. the u.n. climate conference currently underway in madrid has sharpened the focus on cutting global emissions of carbon dioxide. is in taiwan or stepping up efforts to clean up their energy sector c o 2 emissions there are 10 tonnes per person per year well above the european average of 7. here in taiwan electricity is very cheap

but most of us is still generated in coal and gas powered plants that's despite the fact that the government offers subsidies for solar panels. chan hooping is the co-creator of a green energy crowdfunding platform called sunny finder she was determined to make use of the state's support for solar but there were challenges the most difficult. place flung 0. because no one. and i wonder if anyone will ever believe us of. even joining us. i thought to myself and i told of to myself. if you don't actually you will have no answer turned you paying his champion the range of renewable energy

projects he or she is talking to residents in a long term care center where sunny find her helped install solar panels on the roof the center receives renewable energy certificates for the green power it produces this is by far the largest. charity project we have call founded and this project sponsor was sponsored by taiwan mobile company and come by in the donation effort with over 30000000 individual environmentalist say taiwan still needs to do a lot of work to improve its share of renewable energy there are plans to set up a number of offshore wind farms. but nuclear energy which accounts for about 15 percent of taiwan's electricity remains a contentious issue. the government wants to phase it out though last year a majority of voters said they wanted to keep it in a referendum organized by this man. nuclear week

because it is unsafe the high level ways to. spend for you is all storage of nuclear power fred inside foreigners so it doesn't effect the people's living a wrong or nuclear power price. communities living near the nuclear power plant receive subsidies and officials don't appear to be too concerned about the risk of earthquakes. and one of the contemporary art world's most prestigious awards the turner prize has been shared between the shortlisted artists helen keller oscar miller shani and lawrence that will share and get 47000 euro the prize between them the artist formed a collective and asked the judges not to choose just one winner the aim was to show solidarity at a time of global division. to basel is one of the world's leading showcases

for contemporary art 1st held in switzerland back in 1970 it's expanded into hong kong the asian markets and into miami to attract american buyers this year's event in miami has seen even more on sale than ever before. a traffic jam sinking into a world famous speech miami beach this is one of the public installations at this year's miami art basel it's made completely of sand the 60 cars are already hit with visitors who like to snap selfies with a freakish a beautiful sculpture stumbled upon a. traffic jams as it pushed. who knows who knows where the office flags. maybe we should ask the artist landau erlick from argentina his installation is called order of importance gaelic wanted to highlight the fragile nature of miami each of which is located on

a barrier island when it comes to witnessing climate change the coastal resort city could be in the front room. deals with. our relationship with environment and the car seat ses is a metaphor a symbol of what we are. capable in time soft. as a suspicious us in terms of construction in terms of building manufacturing the cars symbol of freedom technological progress and mobility are stuck in terminal gridlock with nowhere to go. i think this is something that goes beyond the egg or the ego or the out these they think this war that some public space is successful to all and hopefully. you know we. bring. some meaning to others the car sculpture is one of

a number of public installations at this year's miami art basel that are going on display a few days ahead of the official launch. a former basketball star do not get to know if it's chaos receive germany's highest civic honor in a ceremony in ballot german president for. from fish die in my present to the order of merit for his sporting exploits and charity were. used to keep it tight in april at the age of 40 after playing 21 seasons for the dallas mavericks in the n.b.a. in 2007 was voted the league's most valuable player and later led the mavericks to an n.b.a. championship in 20 in that. the baseball is america's game but it's also loved in latin american countries like venezuela but u.s. sanctions against the government been affecting the sport now the u.s. reportedly plans to examine to venezuela's baseball be from sanctions and there are

thieves couldn't come at a better time because the country usually sees an influx of major league baseball talent fleeing the american winter. a night at a baseball stadium a classic past time for many venezuelans but their national league had been under threats in august sanctions imposed by the trump white house block us players from signing for venezuelan change during the off season the decision led to do in dealing support an addict in the league's quality since it resumed in november. but . the level of a play has gone down. and attendance at the stadium has also gone down quite a lot. but it's still an activity that the public enjoys. the environment are still good it's nice to come and have a good time. for many and they'll be stars the venezuelan leader offered an ideal solution during the off season a competitive environment and

a chance to stay in shape. always heard about the vince why the league always wanted to calm down experiences. another situation is pretty. amazing here to play baseball i want to play baseball i want to come down here and play baseball and. a lot of ugly. i wanted to come and play with the south american nation does have a lot of great players and the best often head north for big money and started one was even world series m.v.p. and 2017 now with this exemption fans of players from both nations should be able to see once again across political borders and enjoy the sport they love. that christmas is still 3 weeks away but father christmas and tiredness around the world are already pulling on their red suits their white beards on their 1st divers dressed as santa claus and this mermaids as family fishes in sting rays coats aquarium and south korea's accomplice so they decorated the coral tree for

a 15 minute underwater show the visitors company asked if news. is a reminder of the top stores a germany has expelled 2 russian diplomats over the killing the georgian citizen and brown the former chechen rebel commander said big time can't push bill he was shot dead in broad daylight in a public park in august a suspect is in custody russia denies any. nato the use of a doctor the joint statement it seeks to play down fears of disunity within the alliance on a 2nd staff summit talks of member states acknowledge the challenges posed by china's growing influence the 1st day so sharp differences between the american and french leaders. this is d.w.i. up next the d.w. news asia on death row in china but in a sense the records of 4 men who managed to regain that lead. to

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is your ball speaking when i come to the show with a ding dong ha come search. with the mistress gifts. and then incredible location. tonight crews. on t.w. . it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult the speech by calling tristan on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. the mideast tense the crown clamors for german unity journalist tim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the

most interesting. stories december 19th t w. this is the doctor there was a shot coming off a death sentence for committing no crime. and spent 14 years on death row wrongly convicted of murder he was eventually freed but how many more like him languishing in china secretive prison system plus. the dark side of fame cyberbullying in south korea is pushing the country's music stars to take their own lives. and the foot soldiers.