360. now. this is d.w. news live from berlin venezuelans voted for a new parliament known as the national assembly but the opposition is boycotting the election alleging it's 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 arrests on the streets of paris clashes break out of the french capital at another protest against police brutality and the controversial security

of our police respond with tear gas. and a heavy weight find to remember it includes just like a football the top 2 teams in the lead go the distance to tell you who came out on top between leipsic and the reigning champions by any. omarion evan steyn thanks for joining me venezuelan president nicolas maduro is expected to tighten his grip on power in sunday's parliamentary election the opposition is boycotting the vote claiming it's rigged the country is in the midst of a deepening economic crisis as now big stretched to breaking point by the coronavirus pandemic some voters are wondering whether these elections can bring about real change and stop. country from sliding further into chaos.

martinez 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. one night was terrifying you could hear doctors and nurses running through the hallways calling for help. there some patients were on ventilators. 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 cost $400.00. you know and i don't have the money. venezuela 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. 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 signed 3 quarters of venezuelans no longer believe that he can bring about the change of regime franco has been barred from taking part in sunday's vote the country's supreme court has also hours to the leaders of his political party quite 0 is calling for an election boycott. the international community including germany and the e.u. are already refusing to recognize this project until election day. 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 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 at protests in the capital paris protests have been ongoing during the past week amid anger over a bill proposed by the government that would 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 some were violent organizers 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 projectiles at police. the french interior ministry says 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. we're heading towards increasingly limited freedoms which is absolutely unjustified you know just a few. friends must distinguish itself as being at the core of great democracies it often has this habit of coping freedoms while preaching their reporting is 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 how to go in the draft law would limit the right to take video recordings of police offices 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 maicon appeared on social media he defended the proposal. but this but even if this article $24.00 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 a stake in about the real debate that's going to get that if they feel 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. now look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world.

polls have opened in romania for parliamentary elections with the ruling pro european. national liberal party expected to win and that's despite facing criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic the poll is taking place amid a spike in infections across the country. european commission president was in a funder lyon says u.k. and bricks of the go shaders will continue their trade talks in brussels on sunday as follows a phone call 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 brig's the transition period ends on december 31st south korean media say the government will impose stricter social distancing rules for the capital seoul and surrounding areas the country is seeing its biggest wave of infections in 9 months already has already imposed new coronavirus measures on saturday including shutting shops from 9 pm and reducing public transport they also

declared curfews who are the 1st time south korea's disease control agency reported $631.00 new cases on sunday by global standards the figure remains low but it is the largest daily tally there since early march. for the latest i'm now joined by correspondent frank smyth who joins us from seoul hello to you frank so tell us more about these restrictions and how people are responding to them. well the government raise the level of restrictions to 2.5 on or 3 point scale and that's to last for 3 weeks especially in the capital reason that so. the province and and in sean bars and fitness centers are in nightclubs are going to be completely closed restaurants and cafes will be able to

be open only until 9 pm with teco only at any coffee shops or cafes after 9 pm perhaps on the only thing that will be open there are hospitals and maybe convenience stores in terms of how people are reacting to this there has been a bit of pushback from employees that have been warned not to get coke at 19 and that their behavior might be you know tracked if they if they were to get the coronavirus but people are generally cooperated and narrow everybody's wearing masks and when you go into a shop or into a cafe which people are are checking in with their their phone numbers or checking him electronically with their phones so most people are cooperating with these new measures well of course the holiday season is upon us what do these new restrictions mean for the end of year celebrations. well the government already announced that it was going to cancel the traditional ringing of the bell that

takes place on new year's eve i've been to that event a few times over the years and tens of thousands of people come out despite subzero temperature to bring in the new year that spin completely canceled but we're 3 weeks this is a 3 week long measure so it may be in time to relieve this level of social distancing in time for people to at least enjoy the new years if they can't enjoy christmas together. well frank we do know that south korea initially was praised quite a bit for its handling of the pandemic so why is the coronavirus now spreading so quickly in the country well when we look at the oh so the koreas suffered previously they were lowered 'd cluster of grapes so what if it which hundreds of people became infected what we're seeing now is smaller classroom breaks many

smaller classroom breaks and that makes contact tracing more difficult and driving the number of dealing infections down much harder for officials here correspondent frank smith in seoul thank you very much. here's a quick roundup of some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic germany has registered nearly 800000 new daily cases that's a rise of 3000 compared to figures 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 gone tens of millions of doses of the bio and tag pfizer vaccine which will be manufactured in belgium. all right to been a think of football now where imagine of the top 2 clubs in the week absolutely lived down to the hype by i mean a co-host of the leipsic in a game that was far from perfect on the pitch but for fans the wait until match day 10 to see these 2 teams go head to head was well worth it. a true battle of the going to sleep is heavyweights in munich and for byron keeper may 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 jamal most eola. in the 38th minute right-wing the ball into the bottom right corner after that biron took the lead but this time

it was delayed secretly bringing it back to level just in cloudera it alone in front of neuer and the half. second half neuer again left without any help as and real 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 goal tonight coleman's 3rd assist saves a point for the league leader muller in leipzig coach helion not those men know by on his fortunate to stay on top. elsewhere in the bundesliga another struggling giant with dortmund and have any rain and their latest young american star were playing at i'm tough frankfurt the hose for a dominant in the early going daiichi come out of putting frankfurt on top the japanese international pulled in the long pass and bounced it in a bunch of rain

a struck the equaliser in the 2nd half blasting the ball inside the near post door opened and frankfurt under on 121. the one was legal saturday games are done and dusted so let's take a look at all the results on match day 10 in the day's big game byron and life saved drew as 1st played 2nd freiburg drew gladbach cologne and voice for share share the spoils and beautiful beach minds back on friday when your in the berlin derby on sunday braman place to start and shall come face lever cruzan then on monday hoffenheim take on oxford. formula one now and to lewis hamilton may have already won the world title but to his mercedes teammate terry buck test has taken pole position for sunday's shot here a grand prix in bahrain the 5th the finn claimed his 5th full of this season bump he was pushed all the way by a new teammate george russell young british driver is standing in for hamilton who

fans coronavirus thanks for stopping of red bull starts 3rd in sunday's race. you're watching andy w. news of next to hate speech versus freedom of speech on line a difficult balance that's in our show shift living in the digital age american and stephen thanks for watching. i'm sure going to. do great work.