this is d.w. news live from berlin and asian leaders meet as a threat by north korea lose china south korea and japan hold a special summit and agree to continue close cooperation over north korea's nuclear program. also coming up. searching for answers after dozens are killed in honduras prison riots a state of emergency has failed to stop the bloodshed inside the most violent places in one of the world's most dangerous countries. and it's time to look back

at some of the best for tourists brought to you news this year cafe it's down to in the wrong capital tehran is run by people with down syndrome and autism he paid a visit and found out how big a difference it's making to their lives. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea in a bid to ease tensions over pyongyang's nuclear program chinese premier leaky chong japanese premier and south korean president one tree in the summit in chengdu in china against the backdrop of increasing threats from challenge young north korea has settled. take unspecified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the

end of the hear you. well to talk more about all this i'm joined in the studio now by good of you correspondent bob encroachments who is based in beijing good to see you so what is likely to come out of this summit to will we see any new initiatives to ease u.s. north korea tensions will there be concrete steps taken now so far what we've seen coming out of the summit is more a symbolic message namely that all 3 nations want peace and do you know crews ation of north korea however i mean concrete steps i don't expect anything that is a breakthrough but we could see lower level communication channels opening up again however north korea has been really silent on any diplomatic effort recently so i mean the you know cough the conflict between north korea and the u.s. because there's a discrepancy on how to achieve nuclearization well just last week china actually proposed lifting some of the sanctions in place against north korea could this be

a possibility that's what north korea wants i mean they've basically given the u.s. a concession that's stopping intercontinental missile tests also stopping nuclear tests and they want something in return for that namely economic sanctions the lifting of economic sanctions washington however once north korea to dismantle its nuclear program 1st and they haven't you know i don't think that they can find anything like a compromise so i think the outlook 422020 is really gloomy all right so if washington is dead set against lifting any of these sanctions and north korea is threatening some sort of unspecified action as we've been hearing is there any way to prevent a new confrontation and i think at least in the short term it looks rather dark in that conflict and how that unspecified action could could look like i mean it's really open i mean north korea cannot just. satellite

a space missile overnight they need preparations for that and decide how we haven't seen any signs from the satellite images any activities on the rocket test sites but also i think there will be both sides the u.s. and north korea will step up the rhetoric and probably i mean the discrepancy is open and i don't see any sign how can how they can find a compromise that comes along with the tensions with north korea have actually been quite a bit of tension between the 3 countries taking part in the summit but did this meeting between these 3 countries actually improve their ties i mean the future will tell but i think this combination is really interesting because japan and china they have similar historic issues like south korea and japan has its name over the colonial past of japan and china and japan they've been able to overcome that pos and i think south korea could learn from that experience however you know sentiment against japan is much more deeply rooted in that among the south korean

population and if you look at surveys for example. south koreans use the ends of that state. even more unpopular than north korea to confront and that really shows something are right. and pressurize always great to hear inside thank you to the central american state of one during this which is in shock after 2 deadly prison riots in 2 days the death toll has reached almost 40 in clashes between gangs authorities have declared a state of emergency that has failed to stop the violence and may even have provoked more. despair written on their faces relatives gather at the morgue and to go seek out the one juror says capital their loved ones died in one of the most violent places in the most crime ridden country on earth one dear says giles on the tourist but even by

those standards the past few days have been green men date. if the family is the morning today. and the country is in mourning. after a weekend of violence many are also outraged that the authorities fauzia to prevent the massacres the prisons was supposedly high security. when the government to create emergency measures last wake it did side to stop the killing there but instead more violence followed. my brother's death hurts he had already served 10 years in a maximum security jail why did he have to die. the authorities are defending their policies they say gangs are trying to stop them cleaning up the prisons. and since the massacre is they've promised a point even more troops to the country's high security giles to fight the mafia's influence the. blues be out tonight over all the scales was

planned on behalf of organized crime. by having to avoid us implementing our reforms. soon. but it's not clear if getting even tougher will stop the killings of the few further anger and violence the united nations is calling for an investigation into these massacres it says the state must guarantee the human rights of prisoners especially their right to life. all right let's get you a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world at least 24 people have died after a bus plunged off a cliff on the intonation island of sumatra rescuers are still searching for any survivors trapped inside the vehicle which veered off the road above a 150 meter high regain. police in new zealand say they're suspending the search operation for the bodies of 2 people still missing after

a volcano erupted earlier this month police said crews had done all they could to search the area 19 people were killed by the eruption while visiting a popular tourist island. german carmaker b.m.w. has confirmed that it's being investigated by the u.s. securities and exchange commission the wall street journal newspaper reported that b.m.w. was being probed for allegedly manipulating its sales figures in the us the companies said it was fully complying with the investigation. about a dozen people have been injured in australia in a shopping mall stampede in sydney mall go worse bramble those balloons were dropped containing gift cards the event billed as the ultimate mega balloon drop resulted in fire. shoppers being taken to the hospital with injuries. now russia has launched a direct passenger train service to crimea using

a route that bypasses mainland ukraine to reach the annex territory people can now travel from st petersburg south to the crimean city of sevastopol the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the recently built crimean bridge the european union has criticized the opening of the bridge and rail line as a violation of ukraine's sovereignty. 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. this event is important for crimea for sevastopol for all of southern russia indeed for the whole country and for structure projects like this magnificent bridge we've built will have an effect on the entire economy. 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 strait 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 now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. the year 2019 is drawing to a close and over the next few days we'll be bringing you some of our best reports from the past 12 months d.w. reporter terry's atop our travel to iran and paid a visit to a cafe staffed by people with down syndrome and autism there she came across

a story of iranians discovering a new life and breaking some of the islamic republic's norms along the way. in. this completely in his element serving couple chinos to the guests in this case fate waiting tables this is 1st ever job and the 40 year old is loving every 2nd of it. i like the cafe it's big and it's nice. that's why i'm so grateful to the. that every night when i go to bed i thank. the others who work here have little chance of finding work elsewhere iran's job market is currently in such a bad state that over a 3rd of college educated young iranians are unemployed for people with special needs it's become nearly impossible to find work.

for most of those people there's nothing to do once they finish school they just stay at home but we're convinced it's good for them to show people that they have other abilities not just good for them it's also good for their families they're often sad because they can't do anything but here they can show just what they're capable of. more than 40 people living with down syndrome autism work here regularity everybody pitches in doing what they can brewing coffee waiting tables or entertaining the guests with music. they all get paid for their work except for the cafe owner he she runs a deficit every month there are very few government programs to support social projects like this one in the islamic republic more as. we've never received

support from any kind of organization it's a completely independent project founded and finance privately were totally self dependant negative. giving up is not an option because every day she sees just how much this work means to him run and the others. are used to just be with my father. you know but father look at me. i finally made it. i'm famous and go through life with my head raised high c. . with a positive attitude iran and his colleagues have created an atmosphere found nowhere else in the islamic republic.

no other can see here a new iran could get away with this level of frivolity iran and the others are making the best out being a little bit different and have to inform kofi down to into a place that's bursting with positivity. a truly heartwarming story and very inspirational that's the latest from d.w. news this hour but before we go we'll bring you some christmas carols german bundesliga club when you own berlin have hosted their yearly carolynn tradition with over $28000.00 fans joining in a festive sing along at their stadium in the capital omarion evanston for me and the entire news team thanks for watching. was the was the i am me. i. was not. was was

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