the last place . to place. this is do w. news live from berlin pro-democracy kong draw the largest crowds in months organizers say 800000 people took part in what they called a last chance for the city's probation government or tourist fondant has the details also coming up a major fire in a factory in india's capital delhi early morning blaze leaves more than 40 people dead most of them workers who were sleeping inside the building. and people in bellerose take to the streets to demand that their country stays independent as

russia pushes for a closer union. plague . plague. omarion evanston thanks for joining us. pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong have been staging their largest anti-government rally in months thousands of people throng the streets in what's been 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 that they are not giving up city authorities and protest organizers have called for calm ahead of the rally police and now that arrested several people on weapons charges. our correspondent charles until is in hong kong and she joins us now for the latest so charlotte we've been seeing that today's protest is the biggest that's been held

since hong kong's pro-democracy camp won those city elections last month is this a sign that the pro-democracy movement has somehow been reinvigorated. mariana yes we've had from organizes all of this march today that 800000 people took to the streets just to clarify police have put that estimate far lower they say over 100183000 people at the peak of this rally was on the streets but what it does appear to show is just how much support this still is for this pro-democracy movement there had been allowed in protest of the number of people taking to the streets after that district council elections when as we know pro democracy candidates won a landslide victory people that we've spoken to though today have been very clear they know that that landslide victory was not the end of this movement they've made

clear that authorities here have not been willing to give any concessions they've not met any of the 5 demands that protesters are still calling for since those district council elections including universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into the police handling of these protests for that reason so many people were back on the streets today has to be pointed out as well this was organized by the civil human rights for known for staging a peaceful protest that is something that attracts more people on to the streets a day when there are many that are put off by violence that is why we've seen such huge figures out on the streets once again today charlotte we have seen lots of demonstrations that took place despite being banned by authorities this march today was actually approved by city authorities as we mentioned it's the 1st time since march and they approved it is it a sign perhaps that city authorities are starting to listen to the protesters can

we see some concessions. yeah this is the 1st time since made organise that authorities police here have approved a march that has been organized by the civil rights front as to whether or not that means that any concessions are coming from most thirty's i think many people here would tell you simply that they aren't series that they think that that's very unlikely there haven't been any major concessions from austerities in the wake of these district council elections despite the fact that carry land the chief executive has said that she would be willing to she was willing to listen to the people in hong kong reflects on the results of those elections but as we know there is still no move from either the authorities his over all from beijing towards meeting the 5 demands that protesters have been calling for for so many months now charlie tell some tell in hong kong thank you very much. it's a fire has claimed the lives of at least 43 people in the indian capital delhi it's

believed an electrical fault caused the blaze which swept through a factory where workers worst thing. the fire erupted in the early hours of the morning turning the 6 dorie building into a death trap for laborers who lay sleeping inside. emergency services rushed to the scene but in a neighborhood where electrical wires dangle over narrow lanes lined with small manufacturing units their progress was slow this is a congested dress the densham area authorities have already set that fire plummets would not issue to these workshops and locals believe that morphed of these operations are largely illegal. in the workshop produced bags and wallets and brought flammable materials evidently fueled the fire as it swept through the building. local residents were quick to blame authorities for failing to enforce fire safety standards there's a device that i get with the authorities are clearly not doing their job there are

still exposed wires here highly flammable materials but no safety measures are implemented these incidents are bound to happen. this is the biggest problem here nobody listens to us we have complained many times but none of the authorities pay any attention. to my. side a hospital morgue desperate relatives wait to identify the victims many were poor migrant workers who had nowhere else to sleep between long shifts. some relatives said they'd received phone calls from their loved ones trapped by flames and crying for help before the line went dead. let's get a check now of 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 kyung yang war and it would not restart 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 by police he was a saudi air force officer who was training at the base. firefighters in australia are racing to contain almost 100 bush fires in the east of the country weather conditions have eased but a heatwave with strong winds is forecast for early this week which will likely need even more severe blazes. syrian opposition activists say at least 18 people were killed on saturday in airstrikes to the province the last rebel stronghold in the country's northwest observers say the bombs were dropped from syrian government and russian aircraft in a further violation of the 3 month old cease fire. hundreds

of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the belorussian capital minsk this weekend to protest against closer ties with russia today marks 20 years since the 2 countries signed a union agreement that in visit a close political economic and military relationship but which stopped short of forming a single nation but a recent push by russia towards the so-called union states has sparked anger and belarus our correspondent sent us this report from an sca. passions are running high here as plain clothes police try to keep this rally under control it's unusually large for bella ruse several 100 people are demonstrating against a closer union between moscow and minsk. protesters shout long live below bruce and some reports photos of russian president vladimir

putin. the demonstrators fear a closer union could mean a loss of independence some point to the war in ukraine and russia's annexation of crimea as a cautionary tale. russia. russia means evil russia means war russia means poverty we have to move towards a civilized world of course we should have some sort of trade relations with russia but only at a minimum level. this new char's countries around the whole world are respectful towards each other that russia acts. as a fog and as an aggressor. and this side of the board union we don't want to union let's be friends but live in separate apartments. on saturday bello russian president alexander look at shankar and his russian counterpart vladimir putin met to discuss deepening an existing union treaty between their countries fishley became a union state 20 years ago but so far the agreement has mainly existed on paper

moscow has recently been pushing minsk towards further integration both governments insist the negotiations are purely economic but the protesters in minsk don't believe that the rallies organizers say that demonstrators are defending their country they chant for independence. many here carry european flights and red and white flight of the 1st independent belorussian state. in the past 25 years the russification of the roast. it has gone so far that it's hard to say where our independence begins or ends and things we don't want to road my printer gratian with this card game of the fate of penrose's unacceptable we want independent study so most. unauthorized rallies like this one are rare and elevators and can be dangerous but the protesters say they will keep taking to the streets to fight for their country's future. all right some one to

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as the bundesliga title race continues to tear up the scripts. all right let's take a look at the bundesliga scoreboard for match day 14 including bloodbath win over by iron door bunt b. to descend or leipsic was the winner it was over was for a shot the last of leave a couzin and when you're in berlin and bit of braman host matches today well berlin rolled down the red carpet saturday night for the 32nd annual european film awards and the big winner of the evening was the athlete named period drama the favorite from greek director your the most. the winner. is the favorite thank. you your. best film best director best comedy and a fresh off for oscar winner the same role best actress for britain's

a livia holden best european actor accolade went to spain's antonio banderas for this role in pain and worry and he was recognized for his work earlier this year at the cannes film festival. it's the. that's the latest from d w news there's more at the top of the hour and of course don't forget you can always get the latest news and information at our website just go to www dot com we leave you now with some pictures of a house in this small german town of clinton that is packed to the rafters with record breaking 350 christmas trees.