beethoven's 9th symphony for the world starts to simmer down on t.w. . news a line from berlin then vote for a new parliament known as the national assembly polls have opened but some opposition leaders are boycotting the election alleging it's rigged in favor of the ruling socialist party will president nicolas maduro use the opportunity to tighten his grip on power. is a stark warning from germany's hospital federation intensive care units are nearing

full capacity which seriously ill covert 1000 patients the state of their various has decided to impose in feel even tougher lockdown our correspondent has all the details. and a heavyweight fight to remember in buddhist legal football the top 2 teams in the league go the distance we'll tell you who came out on top between leipzig and reigning champions pioneered. a michael local welcome to the program venezuelan president nicolas maduro ease expected to tighten his grip on power in sunday's parliamentary election people are gathering at polling stations as voting gets underway but some venezuelan opposition leaders are boycotting the election claiming it's rigged the country. he

is in the midst of a deepening economic crisis that's now being stretched to the breaking point by the coronavirus pandemic some voters are wondering whether these elections can bring about real change and stop the country sliding further into crisis. 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. some patients were on ventilators one of 3 of them died because the power went out. to his 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. for it 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. 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 sign 3 quarters of venezuelans no longer believe that he can bring about the change from 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 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. to 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 are the last 5 years have sought to destroy the success of the revolution. martinez has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even deeper into crisis. i'm now joined by correspondent johan ramirez he joins us from bogota the 100 most western nations and the venezuelan opposition called this parliamentary election a fraud and yet all indications are that president maduro will be a big winner in this election detail for us just what he stands to gain here. he is going to win. the control off the national assembly something that he that is

in the hands of the opposition since 2015 it means that he's going to get control on every state institution in venice all of this is also also it's involved because nicolas maduro already half the control off of the contrary in venice. but he wants to crush the opposition but at the same time he's going to lose because in the international community he losses even more credibility so it's contradictory even if he gets more control he losses because it's clear that this election is not fair or look he chose the electoral authorities the people who are going to count the votes are chosen by nicolas maduro and he even chose the candidates that are going to are participating in this election the opposition political parties didn't want to participate and the other were dismissed the leaders of this political parties and put in their places leaders closed. and they are participating in this election

so this is not for and they are even threaten people with not given them food if they don't go to vote what does this election mean for the opposition the opposition is going to legally. lost the control of the national assembly from the 5th on that one this new national assembly is going to take power but this is just in theory because in practical terms the opposition house didn't have any control of the parliament since 2015 when they won the election actually but in the end that moment the justice system off nicolas maduro took away all the powers of this national assembly so for the whole period for 5 years these national assembly. created the last house and legislate so i tell you before this is symbolic i mean the national assembly this parliament of one is listen

nothing because actually they have already lost everything is parliamentary election of course comes amid a humanitarian crisis in venezuela how do the vast majority of people feel about going to the polls. this question depends on who speaks of an us allays a very divided country so for people who support nicolas maduro this is a fair election and the opportunity to get out of the crisis for the people who support the opposition this is a circus this is a fraud but at the end of the day there is just one reality on venice where they said country in a deep crisis economic crisis shaken by the pandemic in venezuela the minimum wage is $1.00 per month and you need $44949.00 to buy the basic basket so even if there are 2 versions political versions of the humanitarian reality is just one and this is. a country deep in

a very difficult crisis yohan rivers in bogota thank you yohan let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines in other places around the world thousands of people have taken to the streets of the bella has capital minsk and elsewhere to demand president alexander lukashenko resign from office the march was the latest in nearly 4 months of weekly demonstrations dozens of people were said to have been detained by police in response. britain's chief negotiator david frost has returned to brussels for another round of last minute talks on a deal with the european union an earlier call between u.k. and e.u. leaders fail to resolve significant differences on trading rules after december 31st talks are expected to continue for some days. authorities in south korea have imposed new coronavirus measures including shutting stores from 9 pm and

limiting public transport they have also declared curfews for the 1st time south korea's disease control agency reported more than $600.00 new cases on sunday. the german state of the varia has announced tougher coronavirus lock down rules aimed at slowing the rate of new infections their state premier markers made the announcement after a special meeting of the bavarian regional cabinet on sunday the new measures will see people having to provide good reason for leaving their homes and a maximum of 5 people from 2 households will be allowed to meet in public. political correspondent julie or sound delhi is with me here in the studio julia now stronger measures in bavaria could this be in fact a model for the rest of the nation. of the various state premier has always been one for pushing for stronger measures already in the 1st wave of the pandemic has

been doing it now again alongside with i'm going to america and last just 10 days ago. and the state premiers have met and decided on the status quo nationwide of the restrictions currently and on a loosening over christmas and these measures were meant to hold over the christmas period and the next meeting is currently planned for january 4th and today's said that he thinks a meeting is necessary before christmas to already now re-evaluate whether the measures currently in place nationwide are working or whether. the other states and the federal government should follow his lead and decide on harsher restrictions seeing that the numbers aren't really dropping significantly as you know nationwide intensive care units at some hospitals are reaching full capacity with covert 1000 patients to put this into some sort of context for us just how bad is the situation in germany the situation is definitely concerning but not yet dramatic we see especially small hospitals and hospitals in rural areas being affected and being

close to full capacity but we don't see a situation where intensive care beds are full you have to keep in mind that germany is the country in europe with the highest pro-capital number of intensive care beds that means that obviously if they are filling up it is worrisome but they're also it also means that there are more beds available and of the total of 12 about $27000.00 around $5000.00 are still free the concern is also the fact that personnel health care personnel and specialized nurses are lacking that was a problem already before the current situation and now with health care personnel getting sick with coated the concern is growing in this respect that's a political correspondent julie delpy thanks so much really. to bonus legal football now where a match up of the top 2 clubs in the league absolutely lived up to the hype by munich hosted leipzig in

a game that was far from perfect on the pitch but for fans of the wait to see these 2 teams go head to head on match day 10 was well worth it. the true battle of the going to sleep is heavyweights in munich and for byron keeper man 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 with 17 year old jamal most eola. in the 38th minute right when the ball into the bottom right corner after that biron took the lead but this time it was the light secretly bringing it back to level just in cloud alone in front of neuer and to what 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 can easily coleman crosses to muller in front he goes high to head in the equaliser 33 and that's how a smaller 2nd goal tonight coleman's 3rd assist saves a point for the league leaders muller in leipzig not those men know biron is fortunate to stay on top. elsewhere in the bundesliga another struggling giant with bruce your dortmund and you have anyway now their latest young american star were playing it trying for the hosts were dominant in the early going daiichi commodity putting frankfurt on top the japanese international pulled in the long pass and downstate in but raina struck the equaliser in the 2nd half blasting the ball inside the near post dortmund and frankfurt 11. saturday games are. done and dusted so let's take a look at all the results on match day 10 as we saw byron in leipzig drew in frankfurt held dortmund freiburg drew with. cologne involves shared the spoils and

beautiful beat months on friday her to beat in the berlin darby braman versus stewart god is currently underway and shaka face. on monday hoffenheim take on her. kenya's condie has smashed the world record in the half marathon in valencia the 24 year old managed to break away from the chasing pack a late in the race candy 57 minutes and 32 seconds beating the previous record of 58 minutes and one second that was set just last year turns out this was one of the fasces half marathons ever with the top 4 men all breaking the previous world record. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store that

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remain unprotected in the rainy season bay could be damaged beyond repair. so so palace is a beirut landmark perched on a hill overlooking the port. it's been home to marry cochran's family for 5 generations. the 3 story structure which dates from the 19th century bore the full brunt of the blast. so we are we're 450 meters in trying to. directly in front of the blast the silo is right in front of us and no buildings in front of us there's nothing that took the blast or we did so that's why we got a direct hit and and that's why it's all banks and out $23.00 centimeters.

so the palace had stood 460 years surviving one and a half decades of civil war and 2 world wars 1st surely unscathed now its fate lies in the hands of a few volunteers and some talented craftsman. beirut's nobility and this old merchant family made their fortune in the autumn an empire over the centuries they've collected treasures from around the world which now need saving. every generation has added something and in also in the process has for story so it's been a. evolution of a collection of the people that lived in the house at the time almost everything was affected and it's just. unbelievable. that every day in coming here to months and months he'll find something that i didn't notice it's

a new crime i didn't see that was there her family was also torn apart mary's mother in law lady evil and so so cochrane a legendary figure in beirut society died from injuries she sustained in the explosion and mary 2 was badly hurt. i really. for the boss were directly in front of the silent 15 meters and i lost consciousness for the 2nd and i. broke my. attendance dislocated and i punctured a couple ribs broken as well as cuts from glass. i'm just lucky i don't have all glass in my face because i open the door to the balcony. roofs must be covered in cultural treasures secured before beirut's rainy season begins.

in the rain today but he's going to be right here i'm right every going to i don't want you know i mean it's not just us i think everybody in beirut feels like their soul has been severely injured. yasmeen mecca haun is an engineer who's working fervently to save beirut's cultural heritage the banners hanging on badly damaged buildings around to the port i meant to give people hope. to to raise again so. you know here's a very key that could make. who needs and to to hold so to music or is it something within the. next really. picross. this spirit. and

certainly we. saw. all the dreams believed to be in full bites. you didn't bring enough things to hold on. to the extent of the devastation is almost in comprehensible. but yasmeen mcelhone isn't alone she has a crisis group which analyzes the damage collects donations and coordinates reconstruction efforts. everyone here is working pro bono voluntarily and for free . act a crisis center the group has nurtured the situation of every single building 8000 of them need restoring as a result of the explosion. from here or the blast.

heat it or this area in a very strong way we have more than $100.00 unit in very critical situation when the rains come the foundations of these 100 buildings could be damaged beyond repair and then trying to run to put on brain does this mean things. to run as fast as possible that's why we look at the forecast every day to see if we have one thing or 2 there's more and to protect as much as fast as possible. for us me mecca on these buildings are more than just ruins. and. example of one of the most collapsed building that. they are bringing me. a sense of flying still being ignorant of

a sense of leaving. ns a bringing me from the past all the memories of space how the spirits of the sea and inherited to the newsroom which cannot say too much to stop and it's all over and it's not enough to try. yasmeen meco on has it got around to examining all the buildings yet today she's accompanying architects michele dougherty to. the neighborhood where tiny hi x. how cities in the world of vision are together they plan to assess the damage and see what they can do about it. emergency actions in order to help the host who are in the winter they can also get only when you enter the hospital you don't look at the people that have a small injury you put them aside you say wait you go to the very. very.

endangered ones so what that's what we have. so let's go inside just to see the sham money and. from gear. this kind of heritage it's a living heritage because it is doing house of the grandmother grandfather it's called the concord. such a hater g.'s this even the most important to keep you can may have no money but if you have your history or your roots you belong to him. tony hajek had just renovated his home there would. hardly lace arriving as we underestimated the damage. it's beyond what we thought our capabilities could handle. hello sulochana we have to

remove all of this honestly we are looking for the minimum amount of work that can keep a building standing and covered through the rain. it's so easy to take your case and the. strain on the going to bring sleeping but it's more difficult to see to face. ok michelle is coming to a free and we support them with construction materials but they fuse is short they count each plank each beam that's holding the 1st. one to be added to the metal they have tony we can't blame anyone we're all on the ground. not a lot of them just to be clear the mission isn't to rebuild the house on the job we just prevented from collapsing and people standing for. that have deep tony high accused to be a successful businessman now he's reliant on yes means help what happened in

a very bad time. this is when i do it in a very. you know money at the bank you cannot access we're trying to hide. our neighbors. you know why the government should be doing this or. what is it. for months lebanon has been mired in a deep economic and financial crisis that's because the banks loaned out more money than they actually possessed so customers can no longer withdraw large amounts from their accounts because banks like the cash they can only take out small sums in the national currency the lebanese pound. that also applies to wealthy families like the sussex. in beirut everyone is currently in need of assistance the world bank estimates that the blast costs some $4600000000.00 in damage. you don't have the

financial means to be stored its entire house it's going to take millions and tens of millions and we don't have those funds. are not these days the only ray of hope is the solidarity among the people here but your time it's being volunteered to help and we really seeing the worst of the worst of what we have in lebanon which is anything. corrupt political a tickle system and a non government and we've got great lebanese that are volunteering to come and save the house so we have to thank you thank you very much. a few days later so so palace is hosting one of the 1st events to take place after the blast a workshop for traumatized children their age or whatever is troubling them the images of death and destruction. role of the

organizer chose the palace for its heritage. ok so did you see the man get thrown across the square. oh sweetheart you see how much. they are knowing. their emotions the sadness and anger inside them i wanted a place on. antic i wanted a place it's a head of that's off lebannon it's. the steroid i this is what this is the purpose of my is an. architecture belongs to everybody. the fact that we can share the space. with people inside out what makes it important and what makes it go on living it's nice to have life back in the garden. was good at a job. 8 that you know it. yet. had nothing to do i'm not.

eco african. they had a bad reputation but they take the role in the ecosystem. which is a very much important enough clean environment to call them niche as many species are endangered that a project to kenya seeks to protect the unloved scavengers that means above all talking to local people eco africa. next d.w. . it looks like a money. but it's really the work of. the wad the 11 year old just like the great master himself. and donates the money she raises with her paintings to a good cause. with great success as. a

woman. in 60 minutes d w. what secrets lie behind us want. to discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 316. now. the for. the big. hello and welcome to the eco africa on today's show we will talk about the problem of plastic waste and other waste and the impact that could be 1000 pandemic is having on the environmentalists i'm now it's i in lagos nigeria and i am sundra

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