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 socialists from power but he failed to win the venezuelan military to sign 3 quarters of venezuelans no longer believe that he can bring about change from fargo has been barred from taking part in sunday's vote the country's supreme court has also house to 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 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. to some

socialists also want to take legal action against opposition figures. 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. heartiness has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even deeper into crisis. for more on this i'm now joined by journalists in venezuela's capital caracas oskar good to see you and most of the venezuelan opposition see this election as a far as and are boycotting and by not only not running but also asking citizens not to participate with a little standing in the way of a landslide when from went there oh what's at stake for the country. well for another the main objective for nicholas motor is to regain control over the parliament that was lost to the opposition in 2015 and to do it in a way that it appears there are practically at least to his followers and our

hearts now for motherliness this to bring some kind of a gentleness he to his administration because since 2015 all the laws that have been added by parliament have been blocked by the executive or the judicial branch still loyal to muito so it means a lot for the country to regain congress in order to have that legislative branch but congress really hasn't been allowed to exercise their power in these years despite this the best one congress is considered the only legitimate institution left to learn to swim and it is believed the only thing keeping the international community from officially calling this government a dictatorship now for moto what's at stake and for venezuela is keeping the status quo in the country and that means having this branch of government aid him regardless of what the international community might think now what does this election mean for the opposition. well you know this isn't the is

this is. this is the elections where they don't they have stated it is the for all just like in the past elections specially since 2017 when voter fraud was proven and even if they're going to she means that a truce smartmatic you know for this election the electoral council is using different machines but voter fraud goes deeper and just not just on which. is a pretty new selections were handpicked by them of the destruction of them in opposition political parties were not allowed to run in this election is going away they were forced to boycott it and what they could be expecting for next year when the new congress is installed is your persecution against these programs interiors that are following one will write us kushnick on these deeply controversial elections in venezuela thank you very much. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world thousands of people have taken to the streets of the bella routine capital minsk and elsewhere

to demand president alexander lukashenko resign from office the march was the latest in nearly 4 months of weekly demonstrations hundreds of people have been detained by police. dozens of families have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding in parts of northern italy areas around the city of modern and i have seen heavy rain strong winds and snow in recent days leading to a major river in the region breaking its banks. capital beirut has been hit by a hail storm for the 1st time in more than 50 years the intense downpour a lead to flooding in some areas they hail to many residents by surprise and comes just months after a massive explosion and for it left some 300000 people homeless. the german state of bavaria has announced tougher coronavirus lock down rules aimed at slowing the rate of new infections their state premier made the announcement after

a special meeting of the bavarian regional cabinet on sunday the new measures will see people having to provide a good reason for leaving their homes and a maximum of 5 people from 2 households will be allowed to meet in public. political correspondent julia deli is with me for more julia stricter measures in bavaria could this set a precedent for the rest of the country well. premier in bavaria has been a proponent of stricter restrictions already before during the pandemic and he's done just that now implementing stricter restrictions as those we see nationwide now at the last meeting between the federal government and america and the state premiers happened just 10 days ago and then they decided on what would happen over christmas and those rules were supposed to hold through the whole christmas period and currently a new meeting is scheduled for january 4th but others said today that he thinks a new meeting is necessary before the christmas holidays to evaluate whether the

current restrictions nationwide are working or whether state leaders and americans should follow his lead and implement stricter ones despite these measures that are already in place germany has been able to significantly reduce infection rates how serious is the situation here in germany if you look at the numbers overall and compare them with neighboring countries in europe for example germany is doing quite well the german has managed to. stop and level off the exponential increase in cases and it is now around the 202-2000 mark and if we look at deaths for example germany reached the record number this week 487 but that is around half of the deaths we've seen in italy for example this week what is not happening is due in germany is a significant drop in the numbers we've seen other countries in europe implementing harsh lock downs and seen the numbers drop significantly in germany with the partial lockdown they have just leveled off the curve is flattened but not going

down and that is what is worrying and others in the country now with more people getting infected of course more people are having to go to the hospital we're receiving reports of some hospitals here in germany saying that they're there you units are there they're. full capacity. can the german health care system handle these all these cases or is it close to being overwhelmed the situation is currently of concern but not yet dramatic we see some hospitals under stress in particular in rural areas or small hospitals but there are still some beds available germany is a country in europe with the highest capita rate of intensive bed care beds and so of the $27000.00 of vailable $5000.00 are still free that leaves some leeway obviously for the country to work with what is of more concern is the lack of

personnel of specialized nurses who can care for patients in intensive care that was a concern already before and even more now that personnel is getting sick with. delhi thank you very much. definitely a football now where a match up of the top 2 clubs and the link absolutely lived up to the hype fire in munich hosted life in a game that was far from perfect on the fence but for fans the way to see these 2 teams go head to head on match day 10 was well worth it. a true battle of the going to sleep is heavyweights in munich and for byron keeper bedwell neuer it 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. in the 38th minute right-wing the ball

into the bottom right corner after that biron took the lead but this time it was the right secret to bring it back to level just in clover alone in front of neuer and teach you what to have. the 2nd half neuer again without any help has any real forsberg powers in the matter. once more barnes defense has bailed out by the attack kingsley coleman crosses to moeller in front he goes high to head in the equaliser 33 and that's how it is smaller 2nd goal tonight coleman's 3rd assist saves a point for the league leader muller in leipzig coach helion not those men know biron is fortunate to stay on top. elsewhere in the business lingo another struggling shine with full said dog month and giovanni right now their latest young american star playing out on top but the hosts were dominant in the early going to come out of putting sanford on top of the japanese international pulled in the long

pass and bounced it in but right now struck the equaliser in the 2nd half blasting the ball inside the near post dot once and signed for draw 11. of take a look at all the other results so far on mash states. and still got baby bremen in sunday's early game cyborg drew with cologne and vols both also share the spoils and be a felt between months on friday has begun only on end the berlin derby saga versus leverkusen is underway on monday hoffenheim take on book now to kenya where conservationists are carrying out a rescue operation to save a herd of to rats trapped on a flooded island the animals home territory in the western part of the country has been inundated now especially bill barges being used to move them to safety. it's a tall order trying to transport a reluctant giraffe to see what was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island

in the lake during go in western kenya their habitat threatened by rising water levels the rough stones giraffe was reintroduced after becoming extinct in the region around 800 now live in kenya but the herd on this island needs a new home the group save giraffes now came up with a plan to move the 5 metre tall creatures on a custom built barge to a reserve on the mainland it's not every day you see the giraffes head poking out of the top of a large floating raft. a c one looks relieved to be back on dry land and the conservationist saw tonight said with the success of the operation. now this is just the small matter of moving the rest of the hood. here wanting to do a news up next as the world stories the week and reports on nichols will be back with more headlines at the top of the hour in the meantime remember you can always stay up to date on our web sites

w dot com from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. and. i'm not laughing at the germans because sometimes i am but they said nothing with the 10 german thinks deep into the german culture yet you did seem to think that it's drama they all believe it's all about who they know i'm rachel join me to meet the gemini from the gulf coast. from the ghetto to parliament. everybody knows bobby why. despite coming from

a new family the pop star wants to become president. challenges and god doesn't. produce story as bobby boy. starts december 10th on g.w. . this week. conwell story. in hungary a radio station critical of the government is fighting for its survival armenians are mourning the loss of an old monastery in the back we start in germany the federal public prosecutor general in college is examining a lawsuit against serious as. it concerns the use of chemical weapons against civilians the evidence is overwhelming. the screams of

richter's who died in the searing gas attack in ghouta to this day still echo in the ears of syrian nurseryman. she wants nothing more than syrian president bashar assad and the perpetrators of the a check to be charged she and her husband more met are 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. i fear for my mother and my sisters who are still living in syria and the whole because the regime is my real and unjust and it has no mercy if it has 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 kentucky i was more than a 1000 people were killed many of them children among them was imminent marmet

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 if i hope that one day i can stand before a judge and tell them what these chemical attack did to us on the who came out the moment that it was an arab and seen that i cannot describe to you that if people are 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 archive along with 2 other human rights groups have meticulously analyzed the attack from the suspected launch sites to the rockets used their falso documented and those close chemical weapons facilities including where sarah was hidden after 2013 when you think from your investigation

that most probably 450. a network of different entities that are responsible for the coordination. execution of these attacks did w.'s investigative team along with german news magazine der 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 bashar assad and his younger brother my hair. we have one witness who has described the request for the use of sarin gas comes from . and then is communicated to the presidential palace where it is approved we believe it is approved or ordered by. the

criminal complaint was filed in october with the chief federal prosecutor in council where while crimes unit has been investigating atrocities in syria for years. eman 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 look out. to kill patio station is one of hungary's last critical voices in the media landscape and the government is doing everything in its power to silence it now its broadcasting license is about to expire. i. pulled out the latest news in 3 minutes clip radio is

a popular station in budapest and one of only a few media outlets that are critical of the government but their license expires in 3 months and the authorities have so far refused to extended modern media then to the vast majority of the hungary and media slave usually follow the was of the government as for a lot of hungary and it's the only side of the argument that they hear club radio does not communicate like this we are so to speak an obstacle to the complete domination of the hungary and mind. they called us. and their voices seem to be needed now more than ever with the coronavirus pandemic raging through the country congress prime minister viktor orban is using the crisis to seize more power his critics say. works for the hungry and civil liberties union the n.g.o.s recently published a report showing how the pandemic has led to more corruption in the country one

example is the purchase of ventilators by the foreign ministry. ventilators were purchased in huge quantities and significantly overpriced only some of them are likely to be used in into. of care and protection against the epidemic and that's another course on top of the fact that there were wired at an inflated price in the us or you're going to show much of. this man's mission is to uncover a corruption at the highest level and to call it out our course had has is an independent member of the hunger in parliament he tells me that all bans government is plagued by corruption and that it's high time for the you to take action. volumnia more door and somehow this has to be resolved the government cannot continue to steal or spend your funds uncontrolled all one uses this money to pay his people this is how he maintains this fraudulent system. but

a victor all band of liked and criticism and is challenging the u.s. plans to tie funding to respect for the rule of law we wanted to speak about this with his spokesperson but he canceled the interview at short notice. the journalists at club radio hoping for international support and they are determined to continue their work if necessary by streaming their shows via the internet that however would mean a much smaller audience. despite major advancements in aids treatment the chinese pandemic is still far from under control especially in africa in south africa alone nearly 8000000 people live with the virus. for almost 2 decades the nonprofit organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv like here in the cape town township of till 6. to 2 years ago

luis morris worked in a textile factory but then her life took a difficult turn an accident left her unable to work out problems followed and then she became infected with h i feed. my family didn't want to have anything to do with me after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut off contact and even now if my neighbors knew that i have a chevy they would only say hi from a distance they wouldn't invite me to their homes. doctor isn't raining is used to hearing similar stories. at least hoffa of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they can be positive but it's but it's so common here but people don't speak about it. they people they think not open about it they might speak to us about it the man might speak to the service providers about it but they will they finitely not speak they're not open about the

status they worried about discrimination the preventative drug prep has been available for several years around $90000.00 south africans protect themselves against h.p.v. infection by taking a daily tablet now a study into a similar preventative drug that needs to only be injected every 8 weeks has found it to be even more efficient. so women are judged as living with hiv if they're taking pills that look like antiretrovirals they may have judgments about their sexual activity and partners may feel that they are wanting to be unfaithful so there are many barriers to taking a pill a day and what the injections were able to do is overcome some of those challenges 5 being discreet and convenience independent researchers also c.v. injection is an important development but further research is necessary to find other actions to prevent a j.v. in women young women are the hardest hit group in south africa hopefully in cape

town also believes the injection could be a great help but it may not be available for a number of years. after the peace agreement finnigan and cattle back came into effect as a pie johnny troops advanced in to tell the trees inhabited by armenians now have to be tanned well today old. all of. a prayer for what is lost oh so. armenians are saying goodbye to the daddy bank monastery the house of worship is in one of several regions being handed over to azerbaijan after a peace deal. says such a priest here says he can only hope believers will still be able to reach this holy site from armenia well look. we know that the negotiations about the road leading

here are still ongoing but we've been assured that the church will remain ours this road should stay in service. we worship here why should we present leave the church there's no reason for us to leave. monastery is ancient it most likely dates from the 9th century for days armenians have been coming here to take a final look the mood is a mix of grief and defiance now we came to say good bye we probably won't be able to come here any more. i hope this won't be a final farewell to monastery we will come here again i know that russian peacekeepers have been stationed here to guard the monastery some of the armenian visitors bring them sweets to thank them. already the monasteries stands in the landscape like a bastion the village around it is deserted.

for days many locals in the area have been burning their own houses leaving only scorched earth behind for us or by john the owner of this house was already gone when we arrived in nearby villages people tell us they're still unsure which areas will ultimately be under control for now. is staying with relatives in the village of it in which will stay armenian she says she's waiting to find out the fate of her town the mountains of. may now be peaceful but many of the ethnic armenians leaving say they would rather keep fighting than lose so much of their homeland. i know. it looks like

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