witnesses starts december 13th on g.w. . player . this is d.w. news live from berlin and keeping up the pressure thousands of pro-democracy protesters filled the streets of hong kong marking half a year of demonstrations with the biggest march in months organizers are calling it a last chance for the city's probation government or tourist fondant will have the details also coming up a major fire engulfs a factory in india's capital delhi really mourning plays leaves more than 40 people

dead most of the workers who were sleeping inside the building. i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong are staging their largest anti-government rally in months thousands of people are throng the streets and what's the 1st large scale march to be approved by the city since august after half a year of protests demonstrators say they want to show the world they're not giving up city authorities and protest organizers are calling for calm ahead of the rally police announced they'd arrested several people on weapons charges correspondent phil is in hong kong and she joins us now for the latest hello to you charlotte so

it does seem like in the last couple of months things have quieted down at least since the city's elections recently there's been far fewer demonstrations we can see a lot of people behind you there how big are today's demonstrations. pounds into the streets to join protests over the last couple of weeks since the results of that district council election which we know you saw a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates people here generally trying to take stock of those results and waiting for. anything movement for almost dorothy's here who said that they are prepared to listen to the results but haven't made any concessions haven't met any of the demands the 5 demands from protesters since those election results not going some way to expelling just why so many people have taken to the streets today we've seen thousands of people of all ages marching for

several hours now jaring this protest as you said this is the 1st rally that's been organized by the civil human rights front which is behind a lot of the major massive peaceful protests that took place during the summer is the 1st time one of their rallies has been approved by police and not just explains why you got so many thousands of people on the streets today official numbers aren't yet out but this really is very reminiscent of the protests that took place 6 months ago tomorrow the 1st time that a jury in this movement that a 1000000 people took to the streets of course a rally i'm sure you remember which which got the whole world's attention. charlotte we've seen lots of violence over the last couple of months and now the government and the protesters are urging calm do you have a sense that things could never the last turn violent today. it has largely remained peaceful so far today that was certainly something that

authorities here also who are headed this march they called for calm they said that they were prepared to use a hard and soft response that's what they called it self when dealing and flexible when dealing with the peaceful protests but they said they were prepared to crack down if it did start to become violent now we know we've seen so many times during these protests it can start off very peaceful for hundreds of thousands of people on the streets and then when when the vast majority go home and they leave some of the the more radical protesters behind that's when you can start to see clashes so father today has remained peaceful police though issuing its wheats warning that rather the rally is authorized people another out to gather at the end point of this march route that is then on with the rise we are still waiting to see what happens is this march truly draws to a close all right charging the child some pill in hong kong for us we thank you very much. to india now where at least 43 people have been killed in

a fire in the capital delhi the blaze broke out in a workshop building in the crowded old city center early this morning most of the dead were workers who were sleeping inside the factory. sent us this update. we're at the location where a massive fire broke out in old delhi this morning rescue work has been concluded but the dramatic loss of life is continuing to hold the attention of precedence over here as well as law enforcement services early this morning at about 5 am local time the 1st call was made reporting the fire and toti fired and those would rush to the sports however the loss of life is well over 40 reported already several people have been injured many authorities have come to the sport the chief minister off new delhi has announced compensation and has also introducing an inquiry trying to find out within 7 days what exactly caused the fire but what is

important to note is that this is a very congested area which also has suggested that she complexes and the fact she was not really a big factory but a collection of small workshops there are concerns that these may not have been legal which is why a fire ceased enormous when not being for lord the laborers most of whom who lost their lives were actually sleeping at the location and a reason for that also might be that they were migrant workers it's cheaper to live in the factory and to get to work faster there and again if the factory was actually illegal labor safety norms may not also have been followed right now the focus is on ensuring that those who have been rescued are being are being treated but the in the inquiries into the incidents we'll try to find out what exactly may have happened this is not the 1st such incident in delhi just last year in january 17 people lost their lives to a similar fire incident in a illegal firecracker factory so the action that the parties need to take should

not be limited just in this incidence it would be what's watching what exactly they will do to ensure that such incidents do not keep repeating themselves in the capital. in iraq anti-government protesters returned to the streets of baghdad and cities in the south of the country on saturday as despite fears of more attacks on friday more than 2 dozen demonstrators were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen stormed a protest science some lawmakers are calling for an emergency session of parliament to address the violence against protesters. in. the aftermath of one of the bloodiest nights since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations in iraq protesters returned to a car park block they had occupied and a bridge they had blockaded for weeks up until friday night police over to the injuries that we saw were mostly people shot in the head the chest and the upper

body. we were not able to save the very badly injured as they were already dug the house by the difficult cases they were transferred to the hospitals i worked on the 15th this is the this is the. i was told this video circulating on social media allegedly shows protesters being attacked by unidentified gunmen it's not clear who the gunman were and whether they were backed by the government iran or other factions. among the dead protesters and members of the police the united nations condemned the attack on the demonstrators and called it an atrocity. that was 6 set in the jaffa holy city for shia muslims supporters of an influential cleric gathered outside his home the compound wehrmacht lives was bombed by

a drone on friday night the rocket damaged an outer wall assad himself was not there at the time he has been calling for fresh elections in iraq since. and. back in baghdad protests is a show starts in broad daylight the violence that has claimed the lives of over 430 people since october continues. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world north korea says it carried out an important test at a rocket testing site this comes as the country appeared to shut the door on further disarmament talks with the united states. warned that it wouldn't restart the nuclear negotiations unless washington eased sanctions. new details have emerged about friday's fatal shooting at a u.s. naval base authorities say the suspect showed videos of mass shootings at a dinner party the night before the attack the gunman killed 3 people and wounded

several others before being shot dead by police he was a saudi air force officer who was training at the base no links to terrorist groups have been discovered. fire fighters in australia are racing to contain almost 100 bush fires in the east of the country weather conditions have eased but a heat wave with strong winds is forecast for early this coming week which will likely mean even more severe blaze. now berliner rolled out the red carpet this weekend as it hosted the 32nd edition of the annual european film awards and one film took center stage the athlete named the favorite the tragicomedy directed by your ghost lanty most winning 8 awards including the top prize but the lead up to european cinemas big night was not without controversy . night of glamour and celebration as europe's film industry gathered

in berlin for the european film awards and there was one winner to rule them all. the winner. is the braver. the period drama about 2 cousins vying to be the court favorites of queen and haven't won 8 awards including best european film and best actress for their vehicle. i'm so touched and throat and i've been delaying their new video except what happened what happened with hip the 3rd i'm really excited antonio banderas was awarded best actor for his role in pain and glory. the kind of. thank you very much to everybody who dreamy feel with gratitude is very important to me. and portray to the lady on fire one best screenplay. away from the night successes the ceremony was also subject to

controversy. the e.f. a's decision to nominate roman polanski's period drama an officer in a spy in 4 of the main categories grew condemnation from those who see polanski primarily as a man accused of sexual assault and rape but despite the nominations the film failed to win any awards and the ceremonies focus remained on one of celebration it was saturnalia night to celebrate the german directive and i had saga he received a lifetime achievement award. corporation of european countries has made it possible that countries that are too small for sustaining a big film industry all of a sudden make wonderful films and become visible all of a sudden we have phenomenal films coming from those countries because a european solitary t.v. made it possible. a fitting tribute for a night of spotlight on european cinema. well

there are christmas trees and there are christmas trees hundreds of them packed into a german couple's home in the country's north west if one a world record for their collection and they say they are ready to add to the festive family have a look. it's all looks perfectly innocent from the outside then do. christmas trees not one not 2 but 350 of them in this house in the small german town of feeling town the brains behind this flurry of fake christmas trees is really quite modest about his world record title. i thought of king when you mean for me it was never about the record it was all about the christmas decoration just such record of course this record is

a nice perk that's clear but it was all about the decorations my idea was to do it like everybody else does it outside you always have to go out to see that on the set of the new them with them are always going on with those in every single tree is different and this is the man who made the family's christmas tree was come true i got a speech here in. it's all about the world record for the most decorated christmas trees in one place the place in this case is the family home and i've actually counted 350 decorated christmas trees here in the house and that's a world record for us when we are in lines although there's no stopping the world record holder he's already planning some new additions to his festive family the 4th there's more coming and i don't know whether to be 500 next year but in that direction but see. indeed we will.

in soccer one team is racking up points at the top of germany's main leak will bring you all the thrill that still this table toppers gladbach might buy and we'll have that and more coming up next in our ballistic to show. you're up to date now on t.w. news will be back again at the top of the hour. omarion and his team are meet and the entire team is in berlin thanks for watching. i'm not nothing out of the germans because sometimes i am but mostly i'm nothing with the german things deep into the german culture. muted seem to take this grandma until he goes it's all out there no i'm rachel join me for me to get on the golf course. in the. climate change.

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