to explore fascinating world heritage sites with the. world heritage 316 get kidnapped now. the boat . this is due to we news live from berlin boeing c.e.o. is forced to step down dennis wallenberg resigns following a troubling year that saw many of the company's jets grounded after 2 fatal crashes also coming up to a saudi court sentences 5 men for their roles in the murder of journalism jamal khashoggi on 3 others were given prison terms in connection with the grisly killing

of the washington post columnist at the saudi consulate in istanbul last year critics condemned a lack of transparency and see question news from a close a turkey warns of the looming crisis tens of thousands of syrians fleeing attacks it live promised turkey's president says any influx of refugees would have consequences for europe and the romania marks 30 years since his bloody struggle against communist rule honoring those who died and remembering the dramatic events as the country vanquished its dictator and turned his armies gun on his own people . are actor viewers in the united states on p.b.s. and our viewers around the world a very warm welcome to all we be. in this broadcast with boeing the aircraft

company's chief executive dennis mullen burke has resigned the company's board of directors set the move was necessary to restore confidence in the firm boeing has been struggling with the fallout of the 737 max crisis after 2 fatal crashes that killed 346 people. boeing has been mired in crisis ever since the loss of 2 of its 737 max aircraft crashes in indonesia last year and ethiopia this year killed all 346 passengers and crew on board investigators found that flight control software designed to stop the plane from stalling was a major factor in both disasters right after the 2nd crash in march the 737 mex was grounded worldwide 2019 has left the aviation giant facing massive costs a raft of investigations and potentially devastating lawsuits last week boeing said

it was temporarily suspending production of the 737 max the federal aviation administration says recertify cation of the jets would extend into next year suggesting there's still a long way to go there's been keen focus on the company's crisis management and particularly on chief executive dennis mule and leadership. he came under further scrutiny this month when the if i called management out for its overly optimistic timeframe for recertifying the mix the regulators say that created the impression that boeing was trying to quote force the f.a.a. into taking a quick correction that did nothing to shore up a mule and position. all right let's get more on this story chris serco were from debian years joins me now was this inevitable chris and can you clarify before you answer that question was he fired did he resign or was he pushed out. i think it was a mixture between getting fired and pushed out by the board i mean the talked about

. burke over the weekend and in the end they said he needs to go the statement says that company statement says he resigned but it also reason like a slap in the face to be honest it says that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the company meaning that under his leadership a lot of it was lost then as my limburger had said before that he wanted to stay at the helm he wanted to steer boeing through this crisis he said as much on capitol hill in a hearing in front of victims' families but it in the end he had little speaking in his favor so i guess it was somewhat in evitable why did boeing decide to replace their c.e.o. right now i mean they could have done it months ago what changed what happened well there are several factors here i think the main issue is that it's just so much pressure on boeing ron right now from from various sides we have the airlines saying all right we bought this product from you guys december does have max it's

a workhorse of our fleet and it can't go anywhere it's sitting on the ground is grounded around the world since march after the 2nd fatal crash and this is costing them just a ton of money. on top of the just problem that we have the regulators saying as we heard in the report when when boeing unilaterally said oh we're making progress on the research of occasion that certainly rubbed them the wrong way saying all right there's you know it's going to be until march before we give any thumbs up if at all so pressure on that side as well and we have the victims' families saying who can die on top of the whole organization stay there and 3 almost $250.00 people lost their lives and i think another pressure is right there the background picture $400.00 planes are sitting on the ground in seattle not going anywhere because they can't fly they can't take off so boeing said or halting production as of january and this makes just just a gigantic problem for them. tell us about his successor is he going to be the

savior that boeing is looking for or that's what they're certainly hoping for i mean david cooney has proven that he has steered big companies through crises at general electric at kadir pre-law so he has somewhat weathered the storm in these cases he's not an engineer though he has a finance background and he did call up the f.a.a. as a 1st sign of goodwill saying basically hey guys i'm the new one on the job let's work together but we'll see i mean he has proven to be crises crises experience but now but will he be able course chris will he be able to restore confidence in boeing is this the move that boeing needs basically we have seen before that a change in leadership at a better company can help in other cases but the fact is they need to get on top of the problem they need need to get the plane recertified they need to get the trust of the regulators saying we fixed the software this thing is safe again and even if

it does fly who says that passengers will feel the same way who says that passengers will get on board of this thing so even if they fix it this problem might still last a mammoth task there for the new a successor chris thank you so much for everything thank you. and we turn our attention now to saudi were a court there has sentenced 5 people to death for the killing of journalist democracy the saudi writer and washington post columnist was assassinated in reportedly dismembered incite the saudi consulate in istanbul over a year ago but his remains were never found on the spy today's ruling pression still linger the court proceedings were shrouded in secrecy and the identities of those who were sentenced today remain unknown. machines in a country that in force is far more than $100.00 death penalties each year the sentence against the suspected murderers of jamal khashoggi is no surprise but the

. 5 of the defendants will be sentenced to death and they are the direct and joint participants in the killing of the victim may god have mercy on them. 3 other men have received prison sentences totaling 24 years for covering up the crime but many questions remain following the announcement about the sentencing on sober 2nd 2018 jamal khashoggi enter the saudi consulate in istanbul for an official appointments inside according to both saudi and international investigators he was overpowered and strangled his body has never been found. the killing of a critic of the saudi royal family sparked international outrage the pressure has been growing especially on crown prince mohammed bin sama but he denies any involvement a year after killing his family does not believe that there was no political motive behind the crime. i feel he did i want to know what's happening to anybody i want to he's going to be relieved from jail

i will. actually. it's a wish that will hardly be fulfilled by this verdict for me yet the court did not even consider the crime to have been intentional or not the reason why 3 of the 11 defendants were acquitted among them the former saudi intelligence chief and a close confidence of the crown prince. well earlier we spoke with the column or the un special rapporteur on exits disallow or executions who delivered a report on the council to your case the back in june and we asked for a reaction to the outcome of the trial. there are there are many shortcomings we we said the trial some of which i can highlight now 1st of all and most importantly see the chain of command was not chain vege to get to it and nobody above the heat man has been charged and as been pushed secured to the post secure during self

identified one of some 1000 captain your personal advisor to the crown prince as as being incited the team before i left for turkey and yet the same house and captain the as not been brought to court as not being interviewed and has not been charged so that's 11 problem 2nd the trial was held behind closed doors even though there is no reason under international law for holding such a trial the conchords don't even 'd was to try to trying to do international attention and for which there was a need for justice that was beyond the boundaries of. saudi arabia the defendant at the trial causing to the information i have received and then she did they were obeying orders and yet. those who gave them the orders

nevil being brought to court. you know and so on and so forth to eat goes on those the they have been sentenced to death 5 of them are intentions 2 dead. but the cause that you told the church was said that there was no intention to kill under international law terms and can only be imposed on very trenchant conditions and one of which is that the truth. there must be intentional no one killer here that there aren't an easy call to all the bases of america that who aren't in pension know and therefore should not be the object of that sentence. you know still either some good reason for which reason why i did not believe. that was that and yes come are the un special rapporteur on extra traditional executions speaking with us earlier there's a round up now of the other stories making news around the world. thousands of

people have taken to the streets again in india to protest a controversial citizenship law if found strikes indian citizen ship for a number of persecuted minority groups but excludes muslims some critics call the lot discriminatory and unconstitutional others fear it will lead to mass migration into india we're going to 20 people have died in unrest linked to protests against the bill. thousands of pro-democracy activists have rallied in hong kong to demand an inquiry into alleged police brutality of the demonstrations now in their 7th month are expected to continue through the holiday season. algeria's military chief joe ahmed guide salata has died of a heart attack at the age of 80 saleh was seen as the country's de facto leader after protests toppled the rule of longtime leader of the seas with a flick on

a prior to his death sol had backed holding elections that were marred by mass protests and boycotts. syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the live region the last major part of rebel held territory in syria and home to some 3000000 people tens of thousands are fleeing the violence and heading now to the turkish border and the turkish president search of tiber one fears they will try to enter turkey which has already shown to nearly 3700000 syrians that's the largest refugee population in the world present aerator on wars there will be consequences for europe if that happens. the syrian army has been subjecting rebel positions to sustained attacks president bashar al assad wants to regain control of italy province tens of thousands of people have fled since fighting intensified many want to head north to safety in

turkey. turkish president heir to one says that more than 80000 people are on their way to his country. he warns that the situation is like the 2050 migration crisis. well above the mucker chance or champion if this violence against the people of it live does not end this number will rise further to pocono unity wash in this case turkey will not carry the burden of this migration all alone yet it's good she cheated the negative effects of this pressure on us will be an issue felt by all european countries especially greece has done over just about $3700000.00 syrian refugees are already living in turkey in difficult conditions. but most have come to terms with their situation and see no other option. it's the same here we can't endure living through the bomb attacks we have no

relatives left in syria. safety for the civilian population is just one of many problems the international community has yet to solve last friday the un security council could not even agree to an extension of the program russia and china blocked humanitarian assistance for the time being many syrian refugees move remained near the turkish border region. and i'm now joined here in the studio by multiverse s.k. a mideast analyst and managing director of the security consultancy firm up plan for risk to have you here with us present at all and we just heard him warn basically that turkey cannot cope with this is. flux that he expects to his country to. receive momentarily is this a plea for help or is this a threat well on the one hand president out of iran actually points to a severe problem that's emerging in the area and that is the an increase in the and

the refugee migration that's that's a point that he has on the other hand of course we know that turkey president has been in conflict with nato partners with the e.u. and with geopolitical issues over some time so that is of coals and other bargaining chip that he happened to use of what he does have a point there i mean he alluded to in the speech that we just aired that migrants reception centers in greece are already filled to capacity i mean that has been well documented can europe deal with another influx of refugees of that scale well that's going to be problematic in some european countries since the domestic atmosphere towards. a refugee influx all welcoming you refugees is somehow somewhat divided so hostilely even hostile yeah so there's there's still this kind of welcome culture but on the other hand you have hostilities going on against

refugees so that's going to create just add to the pressure that's already facing the european governments regarding that issue. let's talk about this country germany because of course said back in 2015 when the crisis the migrant crisis as we call it here started this country received 1000000 about 1000000 people what is the readiness the willingness the preparedness of germany now to shelter or give refuge to people safe from from it live well and technical terms it is doable of course the numbers in off itself there might appear. these are large numbers but technic the germany could receive more of those people but the the climate the overall opinion and society has developed since 2015 so you've got much

more criticism much more skepticism towards that so it requires a certain take that for example the leader of the green party has now tried by pointing out by using the subject in times of christmas to actually kind of appeal to the humanitarian sentiments but the political landscape is such that they're not going to roll out the welcome mat i think that's going to be more difficult than 4 years ago mr walters just came in east analysts a managing director of the security consultancy firm plan for us thank you for weighing in so far in france a nationwide real strike is well into its 3rd week and it's wreaking havoc on transport across the country the strikers are protesting president the plans to reform the pension system and it's disrupting travel right in the middle of holiday season. the hustle and bustle of the holidays is nowhere in sight at this

parisian train station nearly every other long distance train has been cancelled across france still many are determined to travel or go home for the holidays some passengers trying to rebook others give up. on your my ticket has been canceled as has my entire trip i won't be able to visit my children no member of his own for america it's just not normal to 10 percent of rail workers around 200 people are blocking the whole country so that. is the i believe in christmas miracle is that hoping for a train tomorrow. the french president who's a visiting the ivory coast isn't hoping for a miracle but at least for a gesture of goodwill from the unions the movement did the right to strike is an shrines in the constitution but i think there are situations where a temporary truce would be good. out of respect to families if any

but his appeal has fallen on deaf ears the unions plan to keep on striking over the holidays that means long queues and crowded trains as the countdown to christmas nears. our let's get you more on some of the other stories making news around the world. high tides in venice left much of the historic city center under water on monday the italian city is still counting the cost from floods in november which were the worst in 50 years then this is a unesco world heritage city. russia's envoy to talks between ukraine and russia backed separatists has announced plans for a prisoner swap between the 2 countries while their last such exchange shown here took place back in september and that appeared to herald a slight thaw in relations after russia's annexation of crimea 5 years ago. as speaking of crimea russia has launched direct passenger train service to work

crimea using a route that bypasses mainland ukraine and people can now travel from st peter's work southward towards the cry me in the city of us a best of all the trip takes 44 hours and crosses a new crimean bridge moscow is accused of building illegally. it's the leading story on russian state t.v. bloody near putin's opening of a controversial real way bridge that links annexed crimea to southern russia it's a major triumph for the russian president the bridge was built despite international protests following russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula in 2014 and. this event is important for crimea for sevastopol for all of southern russia indeed for the whole country infrastructure projects like this magnificent bridge we've built will have an effect on the entire economy and if you go to. the mega structure is 1000 kilometers long and took nearly 4 years to build

costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day the route bypasses mainland ukraine. the bridge spans the current strange although russia hopes to increase tourism in the area the bridge is mainly a display of power until now crimea could only be reached from russia by ferry or plane and now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law. in 2014. it's been 30 years is romania's bloody revolution when citizens abroad our longtime communist dictator nicolae ceausescu like much of eastern europe uprisings the transition was not peaceful hundreds of protesters died at the ams security forces our next report looks at the critical events of december 1989. romanians have been commemorating the uprising

that took place 30 years ago this month president klaus your honey's later reef to honor the line smallest in december 989 as demonstrators in the western romanian city of team each one to stepped up their protest of communist rule dictator nicolae ceausescu gave orders to kill them the 1st demonstrators led by romania's hungary and minority were shot in the middle of the city as more citizens dared to revolt against the regime the resistance game force to overturn the communists the night of december 25th. the next day 72 year old school made a last attempt to retain power and in a passionate speech but the people would have none of it chaos broke out as he was shouted down. just 2 and his wife and enough lead they want to team is a helicopter to fly him to safety in another country but the situation escalated soldiers abandoned him and shot ceausescu's party followers. the dictator and his

wife were taken prisoner on christmas day $989.00 they were sentenced to death and immediately shot but the revolution did not end of his death and bloody battle continued in bucharest over the next few days over $1100.00 were killed during the uprising few were held accountable of all the 1989 pro-democracy revolutions in eastern europe romania stands out as the bloodiest. football now and in england the professional players association is calling on the british government to launch an inquiry into racism all that comes after chelsea and germany defender antone or rigger allegedly faced monkey chants during his teens to know when over tottenham on sunday. the latest racist incident in the premier league chelsea defender antonio due to go faced monkey chants by some spurious fans after cashing with sunshine men who received direct caught for the fallen and who

did a complaint about the verbal abuse the referee brief he stopped play during the 2nd half and a public announcement was made in the stadium warning that racist behavior was interfering with the game chess eventually went on to win the match but the incident overshadowed the victory. i hate racism in society i hate racing and in football i'm disappointed that. since i like that to happen i don't know who's getting better or worse but if it is frightening shown to happen that it needs to be dealt with and punishment needs to be strong. is hopeful that the fans will be identified i really hope that the offenders will be found and in a modern football ground like tottenham stadium with dozens of t.v. and security cameras it must be possible to find and punish them. but this is not an isolated incident in the premier league earlier this month at manchester united mitri praed was targeted by a manchester city fan but the way to get incident seems to have set

a body in motion in the professional footballers' association is urging the british government to get involved and set up an inquiry into the game and tottenham have also promised to take the strongest possible action but for many that is exactly what snacking action. around another top story that we're tracking for you this hour. as saudi court has sentenced 5 men to death for their roles in the murder of washington post journalist to mark. 3 others were given prison terms in connection with the killing. that's it for the news this hour on layla her rock'n'roll and i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour up next is it of yours science program global 2000 it will take you to australia this time around were some farmers are denying the climate crisis even as drought and wildfires ravaged the country but would you want to leave you now with some christmas carols german

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