and. the reason why. the arctic circle starts december 21st d w. this is g.w. news live from berlin venezuelans vote for a new parliament known as the national assembly but the opposition is boycotting the elections alleging is rigged in favor of the ruling socialist party president nicolas maduro used the opportunity to tighten his grip on power also on the show.

violence and arrest on the streets of terrorist clashes break out in the french capital at another protest against police brutality and a controversial new security law police responded with tear gas. and a heavy way trying to remember and buddhist make a phone call to the top 2 teams in the league go the distance we'll tell you who came out on top of the green leipsic and reigning champions fighting munich. omarion evanston welcome venezuelan president nicolas maduro is expected to tie for his grip on power in sunday's parliamentary election the opposition is boycotting the vote claiming that it's rigged the country is in the midst of a deepening economic crisis that's now being stretched to breaking point. by the

coronavirus pandemic but some voters are wondering whether these elections can bring about real change and stop the country from sliding further into crisis. ways or. is afraid since falling ill with covert 19 he suffered kidney damage and now needs dialysis martinez became sick last summer even though he's receiving treatment he fears frequent power outages in venezuela could put his life at risk to that. one night was terrifying you could hear doctors and nurses running through the hallways calling for help. if some patients were on ventilators one of 3 of them died because the power went out the heartiness monthly salary of $85.00 covers neither the cost of his treatment nor his medication he's been forced to turn to a fundraising campaign. i mean. the treatment costs $400.00. you know and i don't have the money. train as well is mired in an economic crisis

and martinez must work to feed his children he's doubtful that sunday's parliamentary elections will bring change. by law i don't know if it's worth it to vote. one year ago there were high hopes that national assembly president. could force the country's ruling socialist from power but he failed to win the venezuelan military to a signed 3 quarters of an as well as no longer believe that he can bring about a change of regime pardo has been barred from taking part in sunday's vote the country's supreme court has also ousted the leaders of his political party quite oh is calling for an election boycott. the international community including germany and the e.u. are already refusing to recognize this project and election. but a boycott by the opposition is likely to lead to an easy victory for the socialist party following president nicolas maduro to tighten his grip on power. for some

socialists also want to take legal action against opposition figures. that we will all vote to ensure a totally read parliament but we will drive out the dirty unpatriotic opposition who in the last 5 years have sought to destroy the success of the revolution. chris martinez has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even deeper into crisis. in france violent clashes broke out between police and demonstrators and protests in the capital paris protests have been ongoing during the past week amid anger over a bill proposed by the government that could make it more difficult for witnesses to film police officers while on duty. chaos on the streets of paris tensions quickly escalating to breaking point protesters came out in large numbers most were angry but only somewhat violent as accused protests crashes of hijacking

the rally and taking their frustrations out on whatever lay in their path some even use tammas on the footpath to throw pieces as projectiles at police the french interior ministries. dozens of people were arrested. but earlier in the day it looked a little different a collective of trade unions youth organizations journalists and human rights groups called the rally to protest what they say is an erosion of social rights and freedoms. that. we're heading towards increasingly limited freedoms which is absolutely i'm justified that's a lot that she's teaching us now for 33 years must distinguish itself as being at the core of great democracies it often has this habit of coping freedoms while preaching their reporters to others.

while the reasons for demonstrating were diverse most with their to protest against a controversial new security law proposed by the government one particular article in the draft law would limit the right to take video recordings of police officers the government is bound to public pressure and a great to rewrite it but activists are demanding it be deleted completely. a day before the protests president mccaughan appeared on social media he defended the proposal. book but even if this article 24 were to restrict the freedoms of expression it would be ineffective because everybody would broadcast the pictures of police officers from belgium or other places so people have mistaken about the real debate going to be that if they saw this weekend's protests come a week after similar demonstrations to hundreds of thousands of people nationwide leaving many asking the question how much longer they could continue into the

future. and now look at some of the other stories making the news this hour. polls have opened in romania for parliamentary elections but the ruling pro european national liberal party expected to. and that's just by facing criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic polls taking place amid a spike in infections across the country. u.s. president donald trump has been speaking in the state of georgia at his 1st rally since being defeated in last month's election and the outgoing president falsely claimed that he won the vote in the state trump is in georgia supports 2 republican senators taking part in a runoff elections next month. european commission president was about funder lyons says the u.k. and e.u. breck said negotiators will continue their trade talks in brussels on sunday when there's vamos of calm called with british prime minister boris johnson in a bid to break the deadlock over a potential deal there are just

a few weeks left until the break as the transition period ends on december 31st i'm british extreme athletes has climbed barcelona's iconic glorious tower without the use of safety equipment george king took 40 minutes to scale the $33.00 stories skyscraper and return to the ground he says he planned to wearing a santa claus costume but then decided it would be safer without ngs. greece has decided to extend its 2nd lockdown for another week until december 14th in a bid to curb the spread of the corona virus the government says infection rates have not been slowing as quickly as expected and hospitals are reaching their limits straight to lock down measures are having a crippling effect on many greeks personal finances and also on the wider economy the acropolis in athens has not seen any visitors for weeks now the nationwide

lockdown has brought public life in greece to a standstill just pharmacies grocery stores and gas stations remain open the curfew is in place from 9 pm it will mean it is going to get it's nerve wracking because this is our 2nd lockdown it gets harder financially christmas is coming and we are locked in isolated from our loved ones. anyone who doesn't follow the strict rules faces a fine of 300 euros only those with a special permit are allowed to leave their homes in revery face masks is mandatory wherever you go. your well it might not be the nicest way to handle all this but at least it helps us greeks to be more careful. but so that our families a necessary step it seems authorities are registering in alarming search of new infections in the north of the country that's more than 600 new cases pair 100000 inhabitants but this is a real problem we see huge spread of the virus in our population the pressure on

our medical system our hospitals and i say use is growing. the whole north of the country is turning into a conflict hotspot cemetery staff hurried to dig fresh graves in the cellar nikki greek broadcast of the show funerals with only 2 relatives attending. reeses health care system is still suffering from the year started 2 measures put in place after the eurozone crisis you know the number of new covered infections appears to be stabilizing but the strict locked room won't be lifted for another week. and here's a round up of some of the other developments in the pandemic germany has registered nearly 800000 new daily cases that's a rise of 3000 compares a figure as for last sunday indonesia's anti corruption body has named the social affairs minister as a suspect in a $1000000.00 bribery case linked to cope with 19 social assistance packages and britain has plans to fly vaccine doses into the country to avoid delays at ports

caused by a possible breakdown and breaks the talks that's according to the observer newspaper the u.k. has bought tens of millions of doses of the bio and tech pfizer vaccine which will be manufactured in belgium a japanese space capsule carrying rare asteroid material has touched down back on earth the probe high a boost that too collected rock and soil samples that are billions of years old scientists hope the material will provide clues about the origins of the universe. books on the has ak in the earth's atmosphere after a truly incredible journey of 6 years and more than 5000000000 kilometers scientists jeff and the space agency jubilant as the capsule containing the precious asteroid samples detached from the main spacecraft becoming a fine goal in this simulation of its final approach to earth. a short while later

a colleague sped towards the remote landing site deep in the australian outback. the space probe booster 2 was launched back in 2014 the last stop on its current mission the asteroid real grew some 300000 kilometers from earth the probe collected both surface dust and the 1st samples from below the surface material believed to have remained unchanged since the very formation of the universe the scientists hope it could yield some of the secrets of life itself the samples are very interesting from this particular asteroid we never had samples back from this kind of an asteroid before directly it's called a c. type asteroid which means it's mostly made of carbon there are other kinds which give us clues about the way the solar system was put together 4 and a half 1000000000 years ago so these are the 1st ones that will come back pristine they've not only captured samples from the surface of the asteroid but they fired

a bullet projectile into the asteroid to clear away the surface and get some material from underneath so it's really exciting to get these samples back after such a long journey and tie a booster to use work is still not finished the craft is already heading for another faraway asteroid on a new mission expected to last at least a decade. i'm going to say of soccer now where and match up of the top 2 clubs in the league absolutely lived up to the hype by munich hosted lives they going to game that was far from perfect on the pitch but for fans of the wait until match they tend to teams go head to head was indeed well worth it. but true battle of the going to sleep has heavyweights in munich and for byron cheaper men well neuer he was a rough ride from the start a decision he'll hope to forget led to leipzig 1st goal. he left the line to head off christopher and cuckoo but he sure didn't get there on time.

his side rebounded was 17 year old jim almos eola i in the 30th minute right-wing the ball into the bottom right corner after that biron took the lead but this time it was the light secretly bring it back to level just in clover alone in front of neuer and to see what the half. second half neuer again left without any help as emil forsberg powers in the header. once more byron's defenses bailed out by the attack kingsley coleman crosses to muller in front he goes high to head in the equaliser 33 and that's how it happened smaller 2nd goldeneye coleman's 3rd assist saves a point for the league leader muller in life sick coach helion not those men know by on his fortunate to stay on top. well elsewhere in the bundesliga another struggling giant with bursted dortmund and giovanni raina their latest young american star were playing at i'm talking frankfurt the hosts were dominant in the

early going daiichi come on to outputting frankfurt on top the japanese international pulled in the long pass and bounced it but raina struck the equaliser in the 2nd half blasting the ball inside the near post to implement and frankfurt and draw 121. up to date now on d w news america evans team from me and be entire team here in berlin thanks for the company. calling me and i'm game did you know that 73 young men down or killed worldwide but it's not just young and old still suffering it's the environment if you want to know how when you get to the priest i'm conscious change stuff so easy to listen.