this is d.w. news live from berlin, french police under scrutiny. prosecutors in france call for criminal charges against officers who work filmed, beating a black man to earlier this week. the incident has prompted outrage. also on the show. record temperatures gripped southeastern australia the scorching sheen fuels more and more wildfires in new south wales authorities call for caution and vigilance. and to the saga of the mysterious to still object

appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the desert then vanished just to suddenly without a trace. but look what it's there and why the event has prompted a host of conspiracy theories to a reporter. we'll tell you more american . evan steen. it's good to have you with us. prosecutors in france are calling for criminal charges to be brought against 4 police officers who were filmed, beating a black music producer earlier this week. a paris public prosecutor said 3 of the officers will remain in custody pending an appearance before an investigating judge . a 4th officer who arrives at the scene later has been freed bond suspended from duty security camera footage of the beating, led to accusations of institutionalized racism within french police ranks.

the video also helped drive opposition to a draft security bill that is working its way through the french legislature and has caused concerns over civil liberties. one clause in the bill makes it illegal to post photos or videos online, and that might cause police officers harm. we asked paris correspondent lisa lewis, how serious the threat of violence was for french police? well, there is a general trend towards more violence towards the police, according to figures from the police themselves. they're saying that the police officers on active duty that got injured actually, that the number of these incidents doubled within 15 years to reach about 77400 in 2019. there hasn't been any major incident recently, but many people obviously agree that police officers here in france need to be

protected when they are on duty. however, the big question is, is this law, especially the article 24 that would limit the rights to broadcast images of police officers? is that really, really proportionate? is it justified, or would it actually take away the right from people who want to protect themselves against police? of a lot of violence are that's have a check. now, some of the other stories making headlines this hour. if he'll be in prime minister on the ahmed has declared the government's offensive in the northern region over after the armed forces capture the capital mckayla international observers say the conflict is likely to continue to grind. forces have the means to keep on fighting . refugees who fled to sudan have also dismissed. that's claims. the united nations says more than 100 people have been killed in an attack in northeastern nigeria. men on motorcycles are said to have gunned down civilians in

the town of call show bay and other villages in borno state. no one has claimed responsibility bunch, the militant group boko haram has attacked the area in recent years. thousands of people have been evacuated from the slopes of an erupting volcano in indonesia. officials have created an exclusion zone around the area on the bottom island and close the nearest airport. indonesia has more than $100.00 active volcanoes due to his position above a seismic hotspot. david prowse, who played darth vader in the star wars movies, has died at the age of $85.00. the bodybuilder turned actor who stood nearly 2 meters tall, played several film and t.v. roles before being cast as the star wars villain. the character's voice, however, was that of another actor, james, earl jones. parts of australia are in the grip of

a record heat wave in the southeastern state of new south wales. the mercury rose above 40 degrees celsius for a 2nd straight day on sunday. scorching temperatures are already fueling wildfires and officials say the risk of more breaking out is high. authorities are urging residents to stay alert this fires in the sydney suburb of north me. it's just one of dozens of wildfires that have been burning across the state of new south wales. it's also reminiscent of the scenes, the plato during the devastating bush wars in australia. last summer. huge swathes of learned were destroyed then. and the authorities are warning australians not to become complacent. this time around we can watch fall into why false sense of security the community out there unfortunately thinks that after the last season we were at we have not at risk of bush fall. the reality is 90 percent of the state is

still untouched by bush. far these waves are not unusual in australia at this time of year. but with the late november temperatures 13 records, residents of australia's most populous state are being asked to be extra vigilant. the state's fire service to total fire ban for large areas of the station over the weekend, saying there was a very high to severe fire danger. residents of new thought wales will have to stay alert with high temperatures for cost in parts of the state. for several days to come, a steel monolith that was recently discovered in the american desert has now disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared its model. it was the 1st found was 1st found earlier this month by rangers in the utah desert during a wildlife survey. no one knows for certain who created the object or what it was intended for. those areas have ranged from an art installation to

a prank or even extraterrestrial origin. now the 3 metre, tall object, has vanished. state officials have confirmed that the object disappeared at some point late last week, though they say they don't know who or what may have removed it. and a reporter, aaron tilton, has been following this story for us. aaron, this is a really strange story. yes, it certainly is really, really bizarre. i mean, do we know anything about this thing? i mean, where it came from or where it, when, or what it's made out of. no, actually told that we know absolutely nothing. we know we know it's made of steel. we don't know who made it, we don't know who put it there. we don't know why they put it there. i mean, there's been a lot of theories. i mean, just looking at it, it looks like a prop from 2001, a space odyssey. now it's made of steel or it was made of steel, disappeared at this point. and there are theories that it could be a prank. it could be no monish to the 20012001,

the famous movie from stanley kubrick. it could be a used prop from a science fiction movie that we just haven't seen yet, or it could be an art installation. i mean, these are all the theories that are floating around right now, but this point all we know is that it was found in november 18th and it disappeared late last week and more. we don't know at this point, but there were several people who tried to, to hunt out where, where this thing was located, wasn't i and i read that the authorities didn't want to tell people where it was, but they figured it out anyway. can you tell us a bit about that? oh, sure. one, it's located on federal land and it's out in the desert. and because of you know, some of the peculiarities and dangers of traveling to the desert, they didn't want to let people wear it, no know where it would be because that encouraged incurred some people to go out there that could get lost and does are dangerous things could happen right now, a lot of people are trying to focus on what it actually could have been, and most people seem to think it was most likely an art installation. there are a whole series of sculptures in america who are very famous for making a monolith like this,

making objects like this and hiding them in the high desert in the hopes that somebody will eventually find them. but so far, although some names have been floated, no one has confirmed that it's a piece of their artwork. and you know, that's not entirely surprising. you can't actually install a piece of artwork like this on federal land in the united states. it is technically a crime, so it's no entirely surprising that you know, if someone installed this, you know, under cover of darkness that they're not claiming it. but all signs of the moment really do kind of point towards an art installation. and aaron, just quickly, what's your theory? do you think it's an art installation or a prank? or is it a u.f.o.? do you think somebody from outer space, you know, personally, i mean, i would love there to be some type of connection. i mean, a lot of science fiction movies have filmed out in this desert very nearby. so it would be interesting if as a prop left over from that i don't think there's a real extraterrestrial connection, even though some people like to claim that i do think it's awarded work of art. but if nothing else, i mean as a great roadside attraction, it's a great story. and tilton, thank you for looking into this very strange story. thank you. thank you. well,

thousands of people have demonstrated a white house iris to reject a bill to legalize abortion presented by a president that often and is earlier this month. the procedure is still illegal throughout most of latin america. this is the 9th time that such a bill has been introduced in the argentinian parliament. light blue scarves have become the symbol of the anti-abortion movement in argentina. these protesters want legislators who will vote on the bill to legalize abortion, to take their views into account. the role of their role is to represent the people, they should not be acting on their own convictions, but in acting the will of the people. argentina has already said no to abortion. and today we say that again, they must respect our will. abortion is a crime in the south american nation except in cases of rape or when the mother's life or health is at risk. argentina came close to legalizing abortion in 2018,

but the bill was narrowly rejected by the senate after a campaign by the catholic church. this time to pope francis has encouraged argentinian women to protest the proposed law. in a handwritten letter circulated on social media. he urged us young people to go out and make noise, and that's what we're doing here today. illegal abortions are the primary cause of maternal death. in argentina, the government estimates that up to half a 1000000 women undergo illegal procedures in the country. each year. president alberto fernandez pledged to legalize abortion during his election campaign, saying it's a question of public health. but it remains a controversial issue in the homeland of pope francis while following the death of football legend, diego maradona police in argentina have reportedly raided his doctor's office. mary

dunn died of a heart attack at his home and went on as i. it is on wednesday. witnesses have reportedly seen the struggle between methadone and his doctor just days before his death. local media cited a source on sunday saying the searches were ordered as part of an investigation into culpable homicide. all right to the bundesliga now and all of the weekend's matches have been played. so let's take a look at the results in sunday's early game leverkusen and head to berlin ended in a draw in the late game minds. and hoffenheim also finished in a tie on saturday. byron munich were too much force to current. it was, a poor result for a host dortmund against cologne, leipsic b. to b. . when you're in berlin and frankfurt, finished all square, oxford and freiburg also ended in a draw burress image. bloodbath thrashed shall come on friday. voice for the

tibetan braman are in 8 goal thriller in boxing this so-called battle of the ages between mike tyson and roy jones jr. didn't and to packing much of a punch. the exhibit on saturday night between the over 50 boxers was ruled a draw. tyson was the aggressor during the bounty and was in control the entire way . but jones did a great job staying away from tyson's punch-out power. the 54 year old tyson said he'd like to fight again after going 8 rounds with jones to pakistan now, where an elephant has finally been freed. after spending around a decade alone in a zoo called cava, he spent most of his 35 years in chains and is said to have been showing signs of severe depression. but that all changed on sunday. dubbed the world's loneliest at the front for many years,

kevon was forced to entertain the crowds of his 2 in islamabad. his story could melt, the hardest of hearts. living on a barren patch of learned his handlers would prod and poke of on with rusty hooks to force him to perform. the pull at a fence lost his female partner. in 2012, she died of blood poisoning after her skin became infected and then going to have on has been grief stricken and single have a sense of his plight reached an international animal welfare group. cavani is now looking forward to a peaceful and loving existence in southeast asia. we are eager to give up on the podium where we live. so we see a bigger place where we have positive reason we are here, maybe even what we wish, not to see. extravagant audiobooks, it would be, was that it would be awesome to see if we could live without the $5000000.00

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that is what i call inclusion being probably the only person in the race with this impairment is no problem that i can take part with people with no impairment. and i picked the event by chance is right for years i've been able to somehow go beyond my physical boundaries. and i know as a joke, someone said i should take part in the tough mudder. coronavirus came and i was the mud master. taking part in the mud masters makes me want to show that

everything is possible if you want it. so maybe i can help a few other people with a similar impairment do something they've never had the confidence to try before i'm going to best of luck on sunday into my daily routine includes a lot of working out. so over 5 days i complete around 30 hours of training and the most masters is a classic obstacle race. an obstacle course through mud. there are 37 obstacles over 16 kilometers and some in water or mud. you have to climb up walls, swing along ropes and cross the bars, hand-over hand and also crawl through mud under wires with electric shocks.

but also see if you go yeah, my feet need to get past the word now competing with me, did me persuading they were up for it. the only question was getting a couple more to complete the team. we knew we'd need 6 helpers, plus me a team of 7, but it didn't take long. and one senses almost half of the team who'd be doing the run with me and my regular helpers and the others are just participants. in this we are entering the most common discipline, managing the obstacle course. we haven't set ourselves a time. i just worked out roughly how much time we'd need, as it could take up to 5 hours. of our goal is simply to make the finish line and achieve something amazing that theoretically no one else in my situation has done

it often when i think 21 hours ago when you know better. definitely it's looking good. really feel good because it would be bad if you could make it. i'll make my daily target of one of the that's not really fit in. we thought about special techniques, like the best way for the guys to carry me. and it's going to be 12 kilometers for them. and it needs to be relatively comfortable for me to when i let him sniff it because they will use the army technique carried across their shoulder and 100

well, if it's hard to turn my hands the right way around and keep swinging as i'm unable to fully stretch my arms, my hold would depend on muscle tension. so they have to be to help us with me on the bombs in the night and in one second, 100. so i head for a minute. ok if it's not working as i expected and it's too risky, then i have the climbing project. i've got planned in a couple of months in the back of my mind. and i will be careful to keep that risk

as low as possible. so i don't know if i'll take care of the music or you i just have to work out what we're taking. otherwise it's we're taking journey to isengard on a continuous loop, which we have anyway for the sport is my passion and he's ok. so it's not an issue of m.x. loves it. yeah.

however tough it is on sunday i'm going to make it yeah, i got it completely. it's amazing being here, after not knowing for the last 6 months, whether we take place. it's amazing having this team and the weather's good. sure, we'll get dirty. but that's the point. the guy lit up on yeah, i guess last night was the 1st time i was nervous. i didn't go to bed, but i couldn't sleep thinking, well whatever. i've got to do it was a god it's cool that i get to take part with people with no impairment. that's what i call

inclusion. even you know what, he will have plenty of motivation and if i start flagging, the guy says shouts at me. so i have to carry on and i figured i could do 500 metres sections at a time using my hands. after those 500 meters, i get carried by my 16 mates to one and a half kilometers. and we do the obstacles together. what i think he wants with the slot, i thought i'd never try that on my own, but he had, i mean,

stefan honest. i wasn't worried because stefan has tons of experience for the impact of the bottom was a surprise. it really hits your back, but it was cool. it was this month, march, this is really good preparation for my climbing project in rio. and it's a massive test of my body. giving my all for 5 hours is an incredible strain. even when i'm being carried, even then i have to keep my muscles tense. you know, my issues with your thirty's won't end as long as i'm dependent on them for

assistance. and i don't, i hope one day that will no longer be the case. as for the situation at the college, i'm sad to say that nothing has changed in terms of how people treat someone with my impairment and just have to start if anything, i have the feeling that if you win medals and perform well, then people like that there have been times when i've told myself it was just my subjective opinion, even if i didn't believe that. but there have also been cases where i thought, ok, it can't just be in my head if there's an official inclusion he wants me in his course and asked me

a few days later if i didn't have the time. but actually i did have the time. i just hadn't been informed and i question whether my feelings are really subjective at all. just an also picked on. i need help, johnny come on. you said it would be a piece of cake. this is my nice one johnny one. congratulations. we made it through every single obstacle. that's really it. i'm so proud of my team . it was so much fun. i could only have made it with

a great team and these guys were the real deal doesn't help people think. oh god of the think, it's fantastic that we made the finish. i do it all again immediately. you know. everyone clapped when the source didn't matter when i was being carried. it was down in my hands. no one thought it was stupid. it was a message for the rest of germany. i haven't thought this is integration. it makes me feel like a regular person. johnny is also fighting for his health, has to be paid 12 hours a day. his next adventure scaling sugarloaf mountain in rio in the summer of 2021.

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