becomes times change we'll keep watching. d. w. made for mines. this is g.w. news live from berlin turkey warns of a new refugee crisis tens of thousands of syrians have fled fresh attacks by russian and syrian government forces in the. church's president says his country wouldn't be able to cope with the influx warning of consequences for europe too. also coming up afghanistan's president awestruck gandhi appears to have been

reelected by a narrow margin in long delayed results from september's election but his rival of della bella warns he won't concede. and hong kong police cracked down on a city as activists call attention to china's reported abuse of its weaker muslim minority. i'm william good craft thanks for joining us. syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the region the last major bit of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people tens of thousands of them are fleeing the violence heading towards turkey turkish president right ship tayyip erdogan fears they could eventually enter turkey which is already home to $3700000.00 syrians it's the largest refugee population anywhere in the world now

if that were to pass everyone has warned there will be consequences for europe. the desperate search for people buried in the rubble left by another bombing in syria as strikes by russian and syrian forces continued throughout the weekend. they're aiming for al qaeda linked militants while they hit here was a busy market. we were here when the missiles hit and we have nothing to do with this gk we are all civilians here my son was wounded this is a civilian area what can i do. to smoke rises from another drop to bomb on for another family it's time to pack up and leave. is taking his family away from the violence. whistling again because of the heavy bombardment by the criminal bashar al assad yesterday more than 400 rockets hit this town. and they

set off while more family with nowhere to go. joining many many more fleeing the renewed offensive. checky say $80000.00 people are currently heading towards its border with syria and the situation is deteriorating. if the violence towards the people that does not stop this number will increase even more. investor case turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own some of the negative impact of the pressure we will be subjugated to will be something that all european nations especially greece will also feel. at the moment there's no option for this new wave of displaced people other than join half a 1000000 of those who fled to the turkish border this year already invited to safety but living conditions the u.n. describes as horrific. afghan president ghani appears to be heading for

a 2nd term for living our results show he won september's election with just over 50 percent the announcement had been delayed because of irregularities and. a recount gunnies closest rival abdullah abdullah says he does not accept the result . after months of political limbo preliminary results of the september election are finally out ashraf ghani appears set to win a 2nd term after securing just over 50 percent of the vote in a t.v. speech on sunday ghani hailed the announcement as a victory of the whole country. that have hit the market we are going towards national trust. as we are moving from division towards national unity. the resells have been repeatedly delayed at the technical issues and accusations of fraud in november the election commission tries to launch

a ballot recount that some claim would favor ghani. that attempt was halted by the incumbents main rival now to lock up the law. he eventually allowed a recount to go forward earlier this month but he's not content with the outcome and says the results are not legitimate. we want the election complaints commission to remove the fraudulent votes from the transparent and clean votes and submit the results based on the law. if they outcome stands danny could carry on with his demand to leap peace talks with the taliban over the past year the president had been sidelined in direct talks between the u.s. and the taliban. but the announcement of the final result could take weeks meaning what gunny now needs most is patience. earlier we spoke to a journalist or to fear kabul and asked him what another term for gunny means for

the people there. i think people are pretty tired of this election process you know they just wanted to be over it's been through 3 months since the election took place and people have been waiting for results and now we're seen again but there are questions of legitimacy receding that doctor of the law is refusing to accept the results saying that the clean votes were not counted that fraudulent voter counted that widespread fraud was committed that fraud in the election leaves as much damage as a suicide bombing would so really you know it's not resulting very much because it just seems to be leading to more electoral tension and more political drama for the people journalist ali latif in kabul now in australia firefighters have begun to make progress against hundreds of bushfires after cooler weather and the days of record breaking temperatures as the intensity of the fires drops the extent of the damage caused during the heat wave is beginning to emerge. the air is acrid the

dense smoke is causing serious health problems. homes laid waste in the town of lythgoe 80 kilometers west of sydney. out of a. lot of. logs lost in the. new me both. the fire storm all but wiped the village of balmoral southwest of sydney off the map the flames came so fast that steve harrison had no time to escape. the day before. saturday was catastrophic sunday. it was cooler and firefighters could make some

progress in containing the flames but the crisis is far from over. we've got to keep in mind that we're not expecting any rainfall to mike any meaningful difference to those farmers until january january february. still talking 4 to 6 weeks at best before we start to see a meaningful reprieve in the weather. has already been fighting wildfires for months extreme heat and drought gave this year's fire season an early start. prime minister scott morrison returned from a vacation in hawaii after widespread public criticism earning the nickname smoke for not being present during the country's worst ever thought. he said he was sorry if his absence had caused offense a response that many have branded as inadequate. challenging weeks still lie ahead for the public and the firefighters who are battling not only the flames but also

extreme exhaustion. and now a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. croatia's presidential election is heading to a 2nd round leftist former prime ministers or milan of it topped the 1st round on sunday he'll face incumbent conservative kalinda. in january the winner will lead as it takes over the rotating presidency of the european union council. indian prime minister narendra modi has defended a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against muslims addressing supporters in new delhi he said there was no need to worry for muslims born in india or to indian parents at least 23 people have been killed while protesting the law. bowing starliner spacecraft has returned safely to earth the unmanned capsule suffered an orbiting failure during a test flight preventing

a planned docking with the international space station the u.s. space agency nasa said the craft made what's called a bull's eye landing at the white sands missile range in new mexico. police in hong kong have broken up a sit in protesting china's treatment of its weaker ethnic minority the demonstrators accuse beijing of abusing over $1000000.00 of the weaker muslims it's held in camps which is something china denies the standoff between police and protesters marks the latest violence in more than 6 months of under arrest in hong kong. a rally for freedom of speech that ended like. anger and violence between activists emplace. bottles flies protesters respond furiously to the police action. and office appointees god demonstrate is. this is what activists are complaining about they say

china is threatening the liberties the people of hong kong still have. i think that basically we're all fighting against it's a totalitarian regime more or we don't want. china. to become this fun defeat to pull. through until. the rally started peacefully in hong kong's financial district hundreds of democracy activists staged a cd and to show support of mainland chinese ethnic wages some will masts with the flag of pro independence activists in the weakest province cian jiang on the dice a beijing once a silence pushing chang and hong kong. i know about the so-called re-education camps where over 1000000 wages have been kept and they feel something like that could also happen here. i come here today to support their you because they.

have to face. question from their communist government in china after months of protests for more democracy in hong kong some feel on the independence will guarantee they live with these otherwise high warry machine jacking of to die could be the hong kong of tomorrow. the secretive artist banksy has unveiled his latest work it's an attempt the same with a political twist it's on display in a hotel in bethlehem the traditional birthplace of jesus today both bethlehem and the hotel which banksy is involved in find themselves in israeli occupied west bank and banksy is nativity scene so does baby jesus. at the 1st glance this new banksy installation just looks like a typical nativity play now take a closer look it's not the christmas doll that is shining on to baby jesus mary and

joseph it's light that is coming through a shell hole on a demo concrete wall a reference to the israeli built beriah they could be seen from every room of this hotel. here called this amazing piece of or the score of bethlehem. and it's a scar on bethlehem it's it's a play on the worth of growth a sort of growth lands car. the artwork is a metaphor for how palestinians live today in bethlehem and the rest of the police t.v. and territories wools off just like the name of the hotel where the installation and many other banks are on display. banks is trying to be a voice for those who cannot speak simply like this and he's trying to cope. over

situation through art to make the scene and voice reach a word through art. is. this those through art. a typical thanks the artwork provocative and disturbing. write about your scratch cards the winners of spain's el gordo christmas lottery are celebrating tonight after taking a slice of the world's richest raffle a total of almost $2400000000.00 euros were paid out this year with $170.00 lucky ticket holders each taking home $4000000.00 europe's now as per tradition the winning numbers were selling out by schoolchildren live on television. el gordo or the fat one is a huge part of spain's christmas calendar instead of creating one big jackpot the lottery is designed to allow as many people as possible to win or at least break even. something to play in next year coming up after

the break it's the bonus league with nick mckenna kline closing out the last match day before the winter break. second to last dusseldorf took on your own berlin on sunday while last place padded on face frankfurt find out how they fared next on the bundesliga. and don't forget you can get more on the view dot com at twitter at t w news away in blue cross. thanks for watch. coming . on the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate alexandre from the worlds.