the last time the world has ever seen if people are lames is that demonstrating here. because sometimes change we'll keep watching. d. w. made for mine. this is e 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 it liberation turkey'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 appears to have been reelected by a narrow margin in the long delayed results from september's election but his rival of beloved warns he won't concede. plus it's halftime in the bundesliga sunday saw the final 2 matches of 2019 look at how the teams stand as they walk off into a winter break. and wave glue cruft thanks for joining us syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the liberation the last major bit of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people tens of thousands are fleeing the violence heading towards turkey turkish president heir to one fears they could

eventually enter turkey which is already home to $3700000.00 syrians it's the largest refugee population 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 what they hit here was a busy market. we were here when the missiles hit 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. 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 shot. if the violence towards the people who would live does not stop this number will increase even more . case turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own. the negative impact of the pressure we will be subjugated to will be something that all european nations especially greece will also feel. that. at the moment there is 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 afghani appears to be heading for a 2nd term preliminary results show he won september's election with just over 50 percent the announcement had been delayed because of irregular. is and a recount gunnies closest rival abdullah bill a says he doesn't 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 danny hailed the announcement as a victory of the whole country. that have cared about it we are going towards national trust. us that we are moving from division towards national unity. the results have been repeatedly delayed admit 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 live up to 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 johnny could carry on with his demand to lead peace talks with the taliban over the past year the president has 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. australian

firefighters have begun to make progress against hundreds of bushfires after cooler weather ended 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. the firestorm 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 i had actually built myself

a. cool and threw it in there for. 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 until january january february. still talking 4 to 6 weeks. before we start to see a meaningful reprieve in the. committee that. 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 of the nickname smoke for

not being present during the country's worst of a fire emergency he said he was sorry if his absence it caused offense a response many have branded as inadequate. challenging weeks still lawyer for the public and the firefighters who are battling not only the flames but also extreme exhaustion. and now for some of the other news making headlines around the world. as presidential election is heading to a 2nd round left former prime minister. topped the 1st round on sunday he'll face incumbent conservative. in january the winner will lead croatia as it takes over the rotating presidency of the your council. indian prime minister narendra modi has defended the new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against muslims addressing supporters in new delhi he said there was no need to

worry for muslims. 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. the secretive artist banksy has unveiled his latest work and activity seen with a political twist it's on display in a hotel in bethlehem they traditional birthplace of jesus today both bethlehem and the hotel which banksy is involved in find themselves in israeli occupied west bank and in banks he's nativity scene so does baby jesus. at the 1st glance this new bag the 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 show hole on a demo concrete wall a reference to the east really built up area they could be seen from every room of this hotel. you called this amazing piece of or the score. and it's a scar on it's it's a play on the worth of growth this photograph lands called. the artwork it's a metaphor for how palestinians live today in bethlehem and the rest of the police team in territories. walls 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 poke.

old situation through art to make the palestinian voice richer word through art and science is creating a new model of resistance through art. a typical thanks the artwork provocative and disturbing. german soccer now and welcome to only on burley in the final match day before the bundesliga heads into the winter break after a rough start to the season oneone have been performing well but struggling dusseldorf got the better of them on sunday. last season distilled off one of the over achieving new boys in the division this time around that has been the story of new ones campaign still it was the home side who drew 1st blood in the 38th minute . goal kick was helped along by oliver fink and driven henning's how much home his

11th of the season. one foot to from the very top drawer and this will go 1st go for game. on you and came out on the front foot after the break though and just 3 minutes after the restart the guests were level parkins and reacted quickest to punish a smoky clearance from matthew simmons and give the travelling supporters something to cheer about. just past the hour no but under the age was denied by stephan who stopped this rebound before just to go finally managed to clear their lines when you were knocking on the door of a 2nd away when overseas but those hopes were dashed by eric tommy in the 90th minute when he stole 3 points for 14. substitute tell me with a speculative effort that when you stop

a rafael kev each off guard and bounced in off the post. a gutsy and to the 1st half of the season for the visitors crucial relegation battle points for the house. to warm the school as just to go finally put an end to this 6 game with this run in the publicity. sunday 2nd match saw frankfurt with a golden opportunity to end their slump they faced bottom of the table potter ban but the freshly promoted side dug deep to pull off a surprise when. the last one displayed a match of 29 team. coach audi which has frankfurt have been banged up by a heavy schedule meanwhile. stephan baumgartner petter born want to keep the hope of leaving the drop zone and i got off to a strong start. trying his luck from distance in the 9th minute and he hit the target frankfurt keeper felix speed could only watch it go in the last place where

having a better game and they made it to nil shortly before the break defender sebastian heading home a free kick patter aborning command out after. he heard his men try to erase the deficit after the restart but the most they could manage was a consolation goal from past doest 21 the final score batter born with their 3rd win of the season and the newly promoted team haven't thrown in the tel just yet. and now let's take a look at the bonus league standings of the halfway point of the season air bay lights they leave the way followed by byron munich dortmund and shell in the bottom half does the door move up to the playoff spot while braman and padded on go into the winter break in the direct relegation places. now back here

in berlin several 1000 people gathered sunday night at the brandenburg gate to mark the start of hanukkah the jewish festival of lights lighting the 1st candle on the 10 meter high menorah was the head of germany central council of jews yosef schuster hanukkah is an 8 day festival celebrating a jewish military victory over greek forces in ancient israel it falls any time between the end of november and the end of december. coming up after this break doc film in our series the big bang that created today's world meanwhile don't forget you can find out all the headlines at t.w. dot com that's all for now when the cruft in berlin thanks for watching. because time to take one step further and face the impossible. time to search the home and to fight for the truth. time to

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