it's not very much because he never seems. to believe. you're watching the daily news live from berlin the violent demonstrations on india's streets despite a government ban against the gatherings protesters that urging others to raise their voices against a controversial new citizenship law as they say marginalized as muslims look at the latest from delhi also coming up australia tases another day of pass the stuff that

fought as the north star sees a warning that high winds and scorching temperatures could make the emergency aid in the us. and in germany's bundesliga the big question lingers who will come out on top of the table before the players go on holiday we will discuss which teams have the best chance to take the lead. di manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining us india has seen fresh protests against a controversial new system ship nor despite a government ban on the public gatherings in the capsule delhi demonstrators took to the streets with the slogan don't be silent don't be violent more than a dozen people have been killed in clashes with authorities and police say more than 600 people have been arrested the new law gives illegal immigrant. this led

religious persecution a chance to apply to indian citizenship but it does not apply to muslims critics calling it discrimination and say the law violates india's secular constitution. and for more let's bring in correspondent niemi should die as well who's in delhi in the show reports are suggesting that more people have died in these protests can you confirm that for us well yes on now there are more deaths that have been reported yesterday but over the last 10 days there have been all but a dozen people killed in violence around the protests against the citizenship amendment act now yesterday as deaths were reported from the neighboring state of looked at the issue but even in the national capital while no deaths have been reported there were protests held today yesterday there are also protests planned and being held today as well yes this part are centered on the john mommas should grand mosque and were largely peaceful but later in the evening that did into

weiland protesters allege that the police started about on charge and started using water cannons against the protesters without any problem but the police they have of the protesters had started burning vehicles which is why these started using force that have also been allegations of excessive use of force against the police to the spirit and also protest over prostrate to the government is not trying to do more and that this heavy clampdown including internet shutdowns in different parts of the country is basically to squash the scent and that the government is unwilling to listen however protesters insist that they will keep at it that they will come out on the streets every day until the government arises this law they're also hoping that if not the indian supreme court may be able to strike down this law as unconstitutional ok so increasing levels of frustration and violence what's the government's response to the situation. well so far now the government has spoken very little about this they're saying that people must remain calm they must

not take to the streets as much and they're trying to assure people that their prime concern that this law will affect indian muslims is unfounded they're saying that this law doesn't have anything to do with indian citizenship as an indian citizen that has to do with granting citizenship to migrants from other countries people of course are not agreeing with this as much they want dialogue with the government they want a delusion but the government's stance is also clear and in other aspects they have come out your leaders have come out and said the law has been passed that is what it is and also just yesterday of the government put out a media why is that it getting media channels in india to stop showing divison of anti a national content that while it's india's national integrity it was deafening to the protests so clearly the government sees the protests as just the doings of miscreants and what they call anti-social elements and large representatives of ballots civil civil disagreement civil unrest so there's definitely

a quantic tapping here and the government will have to ignore it but exactly how they would do it if they were actually listening to both us theirs is still something we have to wait and watch for thank you know me as well reporting for us in delhi. a company lang pipes for the nord strain to gas pipeline between russia and germany says it has stopped construction the subcontracting all things says the move was in response to u.s. sanctions on friday president approved sanctions against companies involved in the pipelines construction the us has criticized the project for handing too much power to russia. the sanctions on the north stream to project are included in a wide ranging us defense spending bill president signed the legislation into law at a ceremony held at andrews air force base just outside washington. now my honor to . sign the 2200

a national defense authorization act into law. the sanctions target companies involved in the almost 10000000000 euro project to double the pipeline capacity carrying russian natural gas to europe's leading economy germany most of that pipeline has been completed all seized the company building the unfinished section through danish territorial waters announced it was holding its work in anticipation of the new law washington had made it clear in advance that noncompliance would have consequences. you know senator cruz who is the sponsor of the bill wrote a letter to the c.e.o. of aussies today basically saying as soon as this bill is signed into law you're out of compliance and you are subject to sanctions so it's a it's a it's a hot topic. the u.s. move has angered germany a longtime ally. bourdin rejects the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties the. next coming up we have known been against

extraterritorial sanctions we have the same problem with iran in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks with against letting these extra territorial sanctions take effect. despite the anger in berlin germany is not planning any action against washington that's not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president vladimir putin has threatened retaliation moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the united states does. massive bushfires all raging across australia new south wales state with 2 blazes around sydney burning at sea levels and i didn't see services have now also confirmed 2 firefighters died on thursday night high temperatures and strong winds have created catastrophic conditions with firefighters battling more than $100.00 fires across new south

wales several roads heading out of sydney it closed and also received austin people to delay travel plans at the start of the christmas period at least 3000000 hectares of land have been torched across the country in recent months people wildlife property are all in danger and there is no significant rainfall expected in the next couple of months. joining me now from sydney is james morris he's the spokesperson for the news of the new south wales rural fire service james thanks so much for joining us authours he say things have reached a catastrophic level sydney which is where you are is surrounded by raging bushfires can you describe to us what this means for people living in the affected areas. good evening and you look terrible conditions he for areas across new south wales today as you mentioned catastrophic fire danger declared for parts of new south wales for us that makes it easy as bad as it gets we still soaring

temperatures today up in the mid to high forty's winds in excess of id to 100 kilometers after a southerly buster southerly wind chimes coming through a number of areas which even at the moment i was doing new far as in central and northern new south wales flaring up threatening homes due to that wind chimes we've seen a number of areas threatened our right across there is in western sydney and through the blue mountains through northern sydney through our whole sri area and even down on our new south wales south coast as well we do have reports of a quarter number and widespread areas of hinds lost and damaged today and unfortunately have reports of one person that he still unaccounted for it will be some days unfortunately before we will be able to confirm just how much devastation these was to die along with days wings and soaring temperatures have coles and james how off fire fight his and emergency personnel coping with this incredible

situation of course many of the volunteer that the firefighters are volunteers. all it takes i think tremendously well given the circumstances are here in new south wales we've been battling these blazes since the end of july up in northern and western parts and and obviously it's coming down now through central and eastern parts of new south wales so look so far far as our top ha a lot of our emergency services workers are exhausted but we've up seen a lot of relief coming in from back into state counterparts raud across australia as well as international far as coming in from america and canada and they he for 38 to deployment which will lay out our crews to have a bit of rest but certainly we've got a long road ahead and they saw it as as you mentioned that have burned out more than 3000000 helped his will not be extinguished and it won't be reduced down to where you get significant widespread rhyme which of these studies and on the full cost of at least mid to late february all right james morris from the new south wales laurel fly a 7 thank you so much for talking to us and it's very very difficult time.

now it's the final weekend of blunders league of matches before german soccer takes its annual winter break on friday hoffenheim beat dortmund $21.00 dorman scored 1st ashura a kidney crossed for mario good to make it one nil in the 17th minute of some time had to wait until late in the match to reply saga's a dummy on a level the score in the 87th minute and very crime r.h. scored the winner with just 3 minutes left. and the loss will definitely keep things exciting at the top of the bundesliga table with league leaders are the light so they are a shipment and buy in munich all playing later today and joining me to talk about this more is the new sports correspondent tuckey alina thanks for joining us tell me who do you think has the momentum right now to finish. before the winter break

ok so in germany they have a name for the team that finishes top of the table in the 1st half of the season and that is here and in english that just means for all autumn champions now here's where it gets interesting for the 1st time in 9 years my sister that's not going to be by and munich or dortmund it's going to come down to 6 and mentioned. and the table doesn't lie if we look at it we see just how tight everything is safe and tight on $34.00 points each but it's like 6 on top because of the bed goal difference that all can change today if sick of course win against. lose against our work and win against her tyrrell and then that would go on top and as we also saw in the table by our nick in throughout their training by 4 points and i think it's refreshing to sit here and to not be talking about bio and dominance for

a change and i think it's. also a sign of how healthy the league has become and how competitive it has become this season now as we said the league goes on break up to this this weekend's matches tell us a little bit about the sort of the biggest talking points that we've had so far as so many to list i mean we just talked about it in just a few seconds ago the competitiveness for black box making that surprise title run who saw that coming at the beginning of the season and another great talking point worthy of a mention is high work and their coach to stanch times i mean. where i mean he gets really emotional on the sidelines that's always a bonus but there are right now in 7 planes and at one point they were even in 4th place and that was so special for the up and they made a really big deal out of it because put the 1st time in their history their way ahead in the table ahead of by and munich so that was something really historic for them also were the mentioning of course china and david wagner for example he's

transformed this high from a team that was just last 2 years in fighting against relegation to perhaps possibly finishing in the top 4 this season so that's all good but there's always the also a bit of bad and a bit of uglies so the bad of course i think here has to go to dortmund i mean they just haven't been able to close games and it makes you question could this be another missed opportunity when it comes to the title run and the ugly i mean this is probably not going to be a surprise house to go to v.a. are video assistant referee still a lot of controversial decision still a lot of decisions that confuse the players and the fence alike and i think we're still not at the point where we expected it to be where there's a lot more clarity and consistency or it is a limited tuckey thank you so much. now 2 massive cruise ships have collided off the coast of mexico injuring several passengers take

a look at this footage the carnival glory rear ended the carnival legend as it docks on the caribbean island resort of cozumel in a statement carnival said 6 passengers had presented themselves to the on board medical center with minor injuries which sounds like a lucky outcome and given the size of both of those ships. you're watching news from berlin up next reporter looks at the legs some families will go to in their quest for the perfect christmas tree don't forget you can get all the latest news on a website that's called thanks. will .