this is d.w. news live from berlin a standoff in france travelers face more destruction through the weekend as trade unions falla to carry on their strikes as a planned attention to reforms but the government insists it will not back down look at the latest live from terrorist also coming up bush fires are burning out of control in australia several have combined to form a mega fire at me a sydney shrouding the country's largest city in a cloud of toxic smoke firefighters say it is too big to push out to do just

searching for most of us authorities launched an investigation after a deadly shooting by a saudi air force lieutenant at a u.s. naval base in florida to saudi national training as a pilot. i manicure you can thank so much for joining us. france is bracing for a weekend of disruption with yellow vest protest is expected to join striking public sector workers it is the largest strike in decades and it has crippled transportation across the country bus in his 1st comments since the strike began france's prime minister insisted the government to will not scrap its pension reform plans and that the changes he is proposing will be fair. high speed

trains standing still. massive traffic jams outside paris transportation in chaos as strikes run into the weekend polls showed a strong majority of french citizens supported the strike as it began over 800000 people took part in nationwide protests on thursday there is widespread popular discontent with the mccrone government and pension reforms are always a difficult sell in this country the present scheme allows some workers to retire much earlier than in other european countries the popular feature but the government says changes to the system are necessary and inevitable that to go and give your citizens know that the hugely diverse nature of the current 42 pension plans cannot continue. the french people know that one day they will have to give up these systems that don't make sense anymore of the illusions. mccraw was elected on promises to make the french economy more competitive on employment has

come down but many say they feel a new sense of uncertainty they say the proposed pension reforms are another example of out of touch government policy making but unions risk losing public support if people get tired of the disruption caused by the strikes and demonstrations as somebody who is just another wasted day yesterday you can't go to work and you can't go to school i went be able to catch up that's annoys me actually you know if it's. just russian is expected to continue over the weekend and unions are calling for another day of mass protests on tuesday as they test their mettle against the government and public patience. and we're joined now by lethal lewis from paris lisa we're seeing another day of nationwide strikes protests the unions are out as well as the yellow vests how likely is it that things will escalate today and get violent. well you said there is this

demonstration planned by the city union left wing union just behind me that will kick off a in a very little time there's also this the yellow bus that was jay joined the group later on there and if you look at this area around here there's lots of police presence police cars blocking the roads was actually quite difficult for us to get here this morning when we took the cab so yes there is more violence expected between the protesters and police although obviously they're less purchases on the road today compared to thursday now the trigger for these protests is pension reform president not call a thing he's trying simply trying to fight france's notoriously complicated pension system so why are people so angry. well the interesting thing is that a majority of french are in favor of reforming the pension system they know that this system which has 42 different regimes somehow needs to be simplified and

put back on be put back on track because it will be sustainable in the long run if that isn't done but they just don't trust him on a clock to do the right thing he hasn't really on the hill the details of his reform but they fear these protesters and many friends fear that what he will do is actually take away money from those people that are already struggling to make ends meet instead of taxing the rich more and give more money to those who otherwise would be very poor when they retire ok so a lack of trust and yet because of a thief standing who's likely to back down 1st will it be the protesters or will it be president michel. a man of our cause determined not to back down not to scrap his reform but he's also frayed that a weeks long or even months long strike might completely paralyzed the country and then force him to back down so he knows he has to negotiate. he has to talk to the protest says as i said the government will unveil the details of the reform in the

middle of the night of the next week but it's likely that they will keep talking to the unions to try to find some common points although it's quite sure that they will not actually move away from this the main pledge that is. $42.00 different systems into one pension system or at least the lewis and paris thanks so much. to australia now where several bushfires burning a north of the country's largest city sydney have merged to form what's being called a mega fire it is burning out of control in an area roughly 60 kilometers across and authorities say it is simply too big to put out bushfires are common in australia that meteorologists say climate change is exacerbating the fire season and therefore costing more hot dry and windy conditions in the coming days. some of

the flames the 30 meters high this footage was taken by a fireman on his phone east in australia has been plagued by bushfires for weeks now at least 8 smaller fires have merged into a mega fire 16 kilometers long fire patrols are being tested to the limit. of 30 metaphor and mortars. bushfires are not uncommon in australia but this year they've started unusually early for years large parts of the country have suffered extreme drought in such conditions fires start easily and spread rapidly. on. communities that far away so far as. sydney's famous skyline is envelop in a veil of smoke the city is just 75 kilometers from one of the main fire sources

it's suffering some of the worst small get ever more heat drought and wind forecast and that means the fires burning. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world there are reports of more gunfire in the iraqi capital baghdad a day after at least 15 people were killed and more than 60 wounded in an attack on anti-government demonstrators widespread protests of rocks iraq in the last 2 months of a corruption and the economy. in india a woman who was set on fire by a gang of men has died in hospital police say the woman was on her way to testify in her own rape case when she was attacked the case has sparked outrage in the country. or thora seas in samoa say almost 90 percent of eligible people have now been vaccinated against measles the south

pacific island nation has lifted a curfew imposed because of an outbreak of the disease measles has killed 65 people in samoa and recent weeks the thousands of others infected by the virus. germany social democratic party has formally endorsed its 2 new leaders they all critics of the policies coalition went with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives but fears the s.p.d. could quit the government have been allayed instead delegates of the party conference in berlin have voted to open talks with knuckles conservatives. ok u.s. authorities are searching for most of the off to a shooting by a saudi air force lieutenant at a u.s. naval base in florida the saudi national was training as a pilot he killed 3 people and wounded several others before police shot him dead the saudi government has condemned the attack. the saudi air force trainee opened fire in a classroom building at the u.s.

naval station in pensacola where a couple of 100 foreign students are in training in washington president trump said king salmon of saudi arabia could call to express his condolences. said that i'm sorry people are going to be angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the saudi people who love the american people so much the f.b.i. hasn't yet named the shooter or commented on his possible motives there are many reports circulating. that the f.b.i. deals only in facts but at the naval station florida's governor addressed latents concerns i think there's obviously going to be a lot of questions about you know this individual being a foreign national being a part of the saudi air force and then to be here training on our soil that to do this the station's commanding officer has defended the international training program saying it's important to train aviators of the united states partner

nations. some pundits think of football now in the 15th match day of the season kicked off friday night with frankfurt hosting have to berlin and then you go coach you can tend to have a boss was looking for his 1st win since taking over and his team went in front in the 30th minute to the new key back here school at the open and much to his coaches tonight went on to make it to note that were unable to hold on to the lead for buffy and the order type things up in the 86 minutes of frankfurt and that is how it finished to all the finals will. now the pirelli calendar is the most glamorous and well known marketing tool of a company whose main business is the unglamorous production of cars high as it's always featured women in the chalet they were scantily clad women but times have changed in the few years the italian photographer paolo reversi has snapped

hollywood stars like emma watson custom stuart and cliff 40 in a tribute to shakespeare's heroine judy at. photographer powered auto bessie and his model swapped the red carpet during the presentation of the new perelli calendar and verona. for the 2020 edition the photographer was looking for a modern juliet right here and romeo and juliet hometown. paid actresses took part in a fictional audition for the lead role and shakespeare's romantic tragedy. complement this story is still relevant for young people today. that's why i was interested in . every young woman today can very easily identify with juliet against a. 19 year old american actress jerusha he read william shakespeare's tragedies several times and school. my copy

of romeo and juliet has so many notes in it you can barely see the original text and so it was fun to revisit all the notes that i left and to figure out what passes along the other part of it was just like how was i going to embody juliet. is joined by fellow american actress kristen stewart. and british actresses clarify. and emma watson. am i studied english literature and is fascinated by romeo and juliet. for me it's so much about 1st love and it's about how close or live feel feelings are to your skin can be so. tender and painful. the photo shoots took place in paris and verona the city of romeo and juliet tourists come here from around the world couples promise each other eternal love

and the joy is famed balcony. 0 was a bit of nostalgia for me homesickness for italy for verona the opera and that is music. to the. for the 1st time a short film has been released along with the calendar it compiles interpretations of chewing it by the aid actresses. in the calendar itself is a 132 page book illustrated with 58 photos. of the actual dates are only printed on the book's cover the calendar function takes 2nd place leaving the stage to the many faces of the modern surely yet. it watching the news from berlin coming up next night groups stick stick around for that if you can and remember you can always follow us on twitter at c

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