this is the, the news live from that iran says one of its top nuclear scientists is assassinated and blames israel. western governments have long suspected president of playing a leading role in iranian attempts to develop nuclear weapons program. germany's coronavirus caseload passes a 1000000. so how bad is the situation in the country once seen, leading the way in europe's fights against the human cost of ethiopian conflict, thousands of refugees left about basic sanitation armed with little food. the

country's prime minister describes international calls for dialogue as interference in ethiopia affects them using chemical weapons against civilians in syria. one of the worst crimes of that country's conflict. human rights organizations are hoping a german court can deliver justice for victims until gal. welcome to the program. so we begin with breaking news from iran, where the government says one of its leading nuclear scientists has been assassinated. well said factories that there has long been suspected by the west and by israel of masterminding, a secret nuclear weapons program. his car was reportedly targeted outside the capital to the ministry. no claim of responsibility. iran's foreign minister mohammad chaffetz every 1st tweeted that there were serious indications of an

israeli role in the attack. israel has made no comment. we're going to look at this closely with coding this ad about he's with a german council on foreign relations and an expert on iran. welcome to the topic, but what do you make of these developments that even falls into a period that we see with the u.s. transition going on, which is a very delicate period as it appears. and the outgoing president, head out to crush iran with maximum pressure strategy. and he has mused about a military strike, just people he is due to leave office in january. and so this is a particular moment. israel is alleged to have carried out these attacks. but israel is a close ally of the united states and certainly from an iranian perspective, this will look like a joint enterprise. so how big a blow will this be?

just outline to us the significance of fact. a fire is a valet, not send for president, just outlined his they his significance for us. well, he's, he's the mastermind behind iran's nuclear program. more precisely, behind iran's attempt to build a nuclear weapon. these were officially halted back in the 200-2003, but is suspected to have gone on all the while until the present day. so he is a senior figure from the iranian perspective, and he's hailed termly as a scientist. but he's also with the iranian revolutionary guards, which is a military organization. so it appears that at least for the israelis, they had him as number one on their most wanted list when it comes to iran for the

of strays. he was certainly the prime target and it looks like they have achieved or they have aimed at this target now. and so remind us, what is the current state of fear on nuclear deal? well, it's barely a life still. it is a hidden thing. i mean, by the threat if you like the united states with drew from it in mid 2018, but all the remaining powers have made sure that it stays in place in power. and so while iraq has also reduced its own commitment, it is gone way beyond the limits when it comes to nuclear fuel, for example, and rich uranium. it has gone beyond these that it's, but it still allows inspections. so there is certainty over what is going on in iranian nuclear installations, and it does singlet that it would really enter the deal. as soon as the united states 3 enters the deal. this is something that many people hope for could start

at the beginning of the year with a new bite at ministration, but events like this one killings like this one certainly make this much more difficult. and so should we expect a rainy response that goes beyond tweets? i think we should expect one that the iranians have been careful in the past weeks and months, not to respond to any provocations it read. it looks like they want to, to keep it quiet until a by an administration takes office, but the more attacks they have to suffer, the regime has to suffer. the more it will be pressed also domestically to strike back nuclear scientists. and as i said, he is portrayed as one nuclear, scientists are held in high esteem in iran by the population. and they are the sons of the nation, as they are often called because the nuclear program has a high value, the nuclear energy. the civilian program has and i reckon reputation inside iran.

and so this is not only a matter of the regime, but it's also one of our next support oil. the public may be calling for a response. so we are looking at an increase in instability in this this region again, most most probably and definitely the time until the general inauguration in the united states ones in your 20th will be one of the relations in particular in that region. ok, good. talking to you. thank you so much for joining us. according to a sad about the german council on foreign relations. thank you. now to ethiopia, where the conflict between the government and the forces of the people's liberation front is having a devastating impact on civilians. prime minister has been meeting and voice from the african union to discuss the fighting that has so far refused dialogue with leaders from the region. 3 weeks of fighting with driven tens of thousands of

people from their homes. many fled to sudan where they have ended up in camps that lack even the most basic facilities. on friday, the u.n. said the 1st of 4 humanitarian airlift for refugees landed in the sudanese capital khartoum. you don't lose not report from the border between sudan. we are at the year end camp called village, ate up to $12000.00. refugees live here under harsh conditions. running water and food toilet facilities have yet to be built. here there are many refugees who fled from the town of my cabinet across the border in ethiopia. according to records by rights group, amnesty international, a massacre took place there. early november, 600 people were slaughtered with machetes and knives, says, according to witnesses, forces loyal to the t.p.o. f. were responsible for killing ethnic. i'm her residence. but reportedly, the m. herrick army and its european forces retaliated and also kill civilians. it's very hard to very fight either side as if your government doesn't allow any journalists

inside to cry. refugees here tell horrific stories of a family in mourning 13 days ago. they lost their home. who was husband, father and brother, a brutal killing committed by am herrick's soldiers. the victim's brother believes he didn't have a problem with anybody. he was an old man. he was killed just because he's too good . i am really said they believe his death was part of a revenge attack by him. herrick soldiers after 2 grain militias killed over 600000000000. the victims was still in shock. i'm afraid i'm afraid of war. i'm afraid of these people who killed us was nice, machetes and axes, both sides the, its european army, indeed. forces have been accused of committing atrocities against civilians, but both sides have rejected any responsibility for the my cadre massacre. suffa doesn't understand why the killing started. so suddenly, the m.

haro, whether friends and neighbors, she says that right now had a between the, to green, you know, and the, i'm horror, there was no problem before. we are born together living together and marry each other. but suddenly they came and start killing the children and youth and the old people. and now more than the day yet, she fears for the 2 grain people and the children who are now displaced. these children have no future. they don't have anything here in my car, we had everything we needed water medicine and treatment, but not here in this camp. and what can i do? there's a big problem in my country. her biggest hope now is that this war will come to an end soon and that she and her family can go back home and rebuild their lives. number of corona virus cases in germany has passed a 1000000. this week the government announced that tougher restrictions would be introduced after a partial lockdown failed to bring numbers down sufficiently. this by positive news

about potential vaccines, politicians are warning. there are still tough times ahead. another somber milestone for germany as covert 1000 cases in the country passed the 1000000 mark. germany also registered a record daily death toll of 426 higher than any level reached there in the 1st wave in the spring. after almost 4 weeks of a partial lockdown, the country is still not out of the woods. the increase in daily new cases appears to have leveled off over the past few days, but it hasn't dropped significantly. germany's federal health agency, the roberts institute also reports some other worrying trends. above all, the growing proportion of coronavirus cases among older age groups and more outbreaks in senior and nursing homes. in light of the situation, the german government decided this week to extend the partial lockdown until december 20th. people in berlin think it was the right thing to do

but i think it's good that we have these measures. the incidence rates are worrying . so i think that what we are doing in the right direction. and i think that if we just follow these simple measures, wear masks, keep our distance, don't travel when it's not really necessary. then we'll get the situation under control. and get it up to this point. germany has come through the pandemic fairly well compared to most of its neighbors in europe. but with christmas fast approaching, the government is trying to strike a balance between allowing friends and families to get together and containing the pandemic. some restrictions will be eased over the festive period, but it won't be a big free for all. chancellor angela merkel's chief of staff even warned that

restrictions could stay in place until march. well, the world health organization is warning that africa needs to increase its readiness to have any rollout of coverage. 19 vaccines. 40 countries took part in the w. h o's self reporting analysis, which revealed the continent has an average score of only 33 percent readiness. well below the recommended 80 percent, the africa centers for disease control says that mass vaccination against covered 19 is unlikely to start until halfway through next year. months of intense research have brought a coronavirus vaccine even closer. but experts say that's just one phase done. getting a vaccine out to the most vulnerable across africa will be expensive and the world health organization is concerned about the logistical challenges ahead and the constant need. guns is bringing all that they are. different.

action will be brutal. also the effectiveness of the dozers will need to be monitored and the public educated many on the continent simply want the best deal possible in so much being read 19 issues their way to hundreds in nigeria. so it would make me to be a week's skeptic in any sense to come up with it. while the continent has reported relatively low infection figures, the coronavirus is on the rise again, prompting calls for greater urgency in the response

which competing pharmaceutical companies are trying to get their vaccines on to the market house race, concerns about safety. so would you take the vaccine if one was available? now, news wants to know what you think, and we have a survey for you to take part in. click on the community section to answer the question, would you take a vaccine when it becomes available? you can also leave a comment once again, that's the community section of channel. and that's where you'll find the same thing. here are some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. at least 6 people have been killed in a suicide bombing. in the somali capital mogadishu,, according to local officials, happened just hours after the acting u.s., secretary of defense, because this is the city to meet the u.s. ambassador, the al qaeda linked extremist group. al-shabaab says it carried out the attack

transistor, impose a new tax on big tech firms from december. the digital services tax. it targets companies earning more than $25000000.00 euros a year in france like u.s. giants and google, apple and facebook. the move is to go ahead despite u.s. threats of increased tariffs on french imports. spain's health minister says the country's population of 47000000 will be vaccinated against a coronavirus by the summer. he said the programme would happen in 3 stages, starting in january with the most vulnerable argentinian football legend. diego maradona has been buried on the outskirts of this coffin had been due to live state of the presidential palace for 3 days. while sources cut this short after scuffles broke out and those crowds of mourners just like to get inside the human rights activists are trying to use the courts here in germany to prosecute the perpetrators of 2 chemical weapons attacks against civilians in syria activists

want syrian president bashar al assad and members of his regime to be held accountable for the trust is committed in 201320178. president assad denies involvement. opponents say there is enough evidence to bring an indictment. they also say they have evidence that the syrian regime has carried out more than 200 attacks over the last 7 years. despite agreeing to destroy all the country's chemical weapons back in 2013, rights groups have now filed a criminal complaint with germany's federal prosecutor, reporters from d w. a german newsmagazine, desh beagle. i think, given exclusive access to some of the facts. the screams of 3 teams who died in the sarin gas attack in ghouta to this day, still echo in the ears of syrian news, a man she wants nothing more than syrian president bashar assad and the perpetrators of the attack to be charged. she and her husband,

one met our witnesses of a criminal complaint filed in germany by human rights groups. they wish to remain anonymous because they fear for their family's safety. wise, i fear for my mother and my sisters who are still living in syria. and because the regime is my real and unjust, and it has no mercy, if it had a conscience, they couldn't have done these things. on august 21st, 2013, at least 4 rockets loaded with sarin gas warheads struck rebel held parts of eastern culture. i am more than a 1000 people were killed, many of them children. among them was eman and my meds, eldest son, they too were exposed to serin and were unconscious for days to this day. the syrian regime denies any responsibility for the attack. i would hope that one day i

can stand before a judge and tell them what these chemical attack did to us. it was not arable scene that i cannot describe to you were lying on the ground like ants being killed by bug spray. these images never leave my mind. hardly a cut, it was convinced that the syrian regime was behind the attack. for years his organization, the syrian archives, along with 2 other human rights groups, have meticulously analyzed the attack from the suspected launch sites to the rockets used. their falso documented undisclosed chemical weapons facilities, including west air and was hidden after 2013. we think from our investigation, most probably plans, 450, a network of different entities that are responsible for the coordination and

execution of these attacks. the w.'s investigative team, along with german news magazine, their spiegel was given, exclusive access to parts of the criminal complaint. it includes testimonies from 50 defectors was 1st, hand knowledge of the chemical weapons program, and names suspected perpetrators such as special assad and his younger brother. we have one witness who described the request for the marra and communicated to the presidential powers where it is approved. we believe it is approved or ordered. the criminal complaint was filed in october with the chief federal prosecutor and council, where while crimes unit has been investigating atrocities in syria for years. federal prosecutors here in germany confirm to us that

a criminal complaint was fired, but they would not comment on its contents. instead, they said they would independently appropriate evidence before deciding whether to open a case against individual suspects. but that can take weeks or even months. a man was traumatized by the events she suffers from depression and needs medication to make it through the day. but the investigation in germany has given her strength and hope that the people responsible for all the suffering will finally be helped to recount more from investigative reporter, louise sanders, who has been covering this exclusive story for data. welcome. why is this case being filed here in germany? good evening, phil. the plaintiffs saw an opportunity in 2002. germany adopted the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows german prosecutors to go after the perpetrators of the most grievous

violations of international law. we're speaking about crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes. and this has become part of germany's legacy in a way in the wake of world war, true of contributing to the rules based order at the global level and but there are challenges. of course, there have only been a handful of cases in which universal jurisdiction has been applied and only one is a conviction which was later overturned. so the plaintiffs have an uphill battle ahead of them to get that. i mean, just does anybody really expect, but even if german prosecutors that take this case will turn up in a german coat. well, that is the question of the hour in a way the wing. we've spoken to german prosecutors at the war crimes unit. they basically told us, look, we can't tell you anything more than we've received the evidence and we're

reviewing it. now. there are other challenges that are obstacles in to seen a successful indictment and later prosecution for example. but it remains a acting head of state, which means under international law, he enjoys immunity, but for the plaintiffs. for them they see this as an opportunity, even if it doesn't result into an indictment. they see it as an opportunity to contribute to a corpus of evidence that has been validated by authorities for, for one day. hopefully a process in syria that would lead to transitional justice. so talk us through some, some more of the evidence behind his claims. well, there's a plethora of evidence and a lot of the documentation that we've seen it's, it's quite, it's extensive. we're speaking about more than a 1000 pages that are accompanied the criminal complaint including witness testimony. but there are also things such as chemical analysis which looks at,

for example, impurities or what they would cost signature compounds which are unique to this area produced by the syrian state. now, when o.p.c. to the investigators or others, for example, for you in teams, they've been able to isolate using crews and recognize them. unfortunately, these aspects have been a part of their mandate so they can attribute the attacks. we're talking to you. thank you for joining us. investigative reporter, louis sadness, kremlin critic, alexei, the valley has called on europe to impose sanctions against russian president vladimir putin's inner circle. speaking to the european appollo and foreign affairs committee, mr. the valley urged the e.u. to redraw its relationship with moscow and to stand up for democracy in russia. he's currently recovering in germany after an attempt to poison him with a nerve agent in august own nation for free. alexei navalny did not beat around the

bush, asking european politicians to take concrete action should parliamentary elections in russia next year. be marred by manipulation. i asked european parliament then every politician to treat a russian forthcoming election election in the very simple way. if some people not allowed to participate, the results of such election will never be regarded. nice. now valmy is in germany, where he was treated in hospital after collapsing on board a flight to moscow from the siberian city of tomsk last august. laboratory tests subsequently confirmed, he had been poisoned with a novacek nerve agent. the main question that we should ask ourselves why people for reasoning and probably gates. and the answer is very, very simple minded. so european union,

russian, oligarchs, of all exhibit of each of the kremlin, has denied any involvement in of on these poisoning. he is only the last in a row of russian quinlan. critics who have been gunned down or poisoned in recent years. if not the 1st 2, and unfortunately it will not be the last one. boy is killed or treated in this way despite surviving the poisoning attempt, the hassles for nevaeh in the may not be over. russian police raided the moscow offices of his anticorruption foundation earlier this month, despite what appears to be a coordinated campaign to intimidate him and other kremlin critics. now if only intends to return to russia. european countries which have significant economic ties to russia, including a gas pipeline project in the works, will have to decide how to shape their relationships with the kremlin and with its

critics in the future. oh, it's time to remind you of our top stories at this hour. iran says one of its leading nuclear scientist has been assassinated in a targeted attack in the west, near the capital attack. western governments have long suspected process. president of playing a leading role in the country's attempts to develop nuclear weapons. germany's confirmed coronavirus case such as power a 1000000 according to data compiled by the country's public health. i can see some say that i'm going to map both sets of possible lock down is likely to be extended into next year. so to get, you could always get the w. news almost go just down, no doubt from the google play, from the op still. i will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications. because i mean breaking news story. i'm so used to some photos and video of what's going on

in situ up today. the whole feel of the top of the hour. i'll stay around though, because i'll be back in just moments to take you through the death toll. so what's the website? don't call of the can

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