bring on. beethoven 202250000 or verse 3 here on d w. this is the w. news live from breaks it is back on the news agenda the threat of a no deal divorce mounts with talks on the brakes a deadline just days away british and european negotiate just meet again today with an outcome still highly uncertain. also coming up in venezuela a socialist president maduro set to tighten his spread. after

a controversial election victory what does that mean for people struggling on a crippled because. also lufthansa says that by the end of this year it will slash $29000.00 jobs that's a 5th of its total workforce and that's not all there will be more job cuts next year. and some exciting weekend soccer action in germany has been asleep by a lever who's scoring goals. and stopping on their way to 2nd place in the district i will tell you how they extended a remarkable unbeaten streak. welcome to the program british and european negotiators will today resume talks to secure a post bragg. trade deal with an agreement hanging in the balance the latest round

of talks is taking place in brussels ahead of an e.u. summit later this week the e.u. is offering tariff free access to the single market in exchange for britain agreeing to e.u. rules on state environmental and labor regulations britain will leave the single market trading block at the end of the minds. joined by the. nominee and brussels haven't made any progress well it appears that no progress has really been made so far chief negotiator by mere briefed the best there is in brussels today and he seemed to be a rubber. about the prospects of sealing new trade deal with the u.k. at least according to diplomats they stress to that gaps between you and the u.k. have not been bridged on the most important issues and they also said that you know

the e.u. is ready to go an extra mile to make an agreement possible but that time is running out so we have to say that brussels is in their rubber a gloomy mood at the moment but. european commission president will again talk on the phone tonight one of the key sticking points. there are 3 issues dead the talks have been circulating around for 4 weeks now so how to make sure that we are going to have a for a competition or it's going to stick to the same rules this is one issue the 2nd issue is how to find a mechanism to make sure that future disputes can be solved between d. and the united kingdom and the 3rd issue is still fishing for they fishing represents about one percent of the u.k. g.d.p.

so this is a rather a symbolic issue but it seems to be very emotional for the u.k. and also for the european union how much the european officials will get in the future to u.k. watchers and this. this restocking points here if there's no deal before the end of the deadline what happens well i think it's fair to assume that we are going to see a lot of chaos because both sides don't seem to be prepared for such a worst case scenario then of course if there is no trade deal we are going to see tariffs on imports from the exports to the we are going to see customs checks and that could mean delays in even delivery of medicines for example we can see the laying of of florrie's way too to cross the border and

very a lot of issues would be affected if there is no trade deal from i.v. asian traveling in general to even you know transporting your pets from the from the u.k. to the european union. venezuela's socialist president nicolas maduro has held a gigantic election win that handsome control of the national assembly and cement his position in power but through a socialist almost 70 percent of the vote turnout was just 31 percent of the opposition parties called for a boycott international observers have condemned the vote saying the results did not reflect the will of the venezuelan people suffer claims acting president. said the vote was a fraud. of the people are the ones who commit fraud do ruin

his regime have lost the popular vote the majority of us want change in venezuela don't be surprised if they try to advance the result in the coming days of december because this election has done them no good. when. i'm now joined by a failure informed did obvious live in america desk ophelia the international observers like the e.u. and the organization of american states agree with that b. election was a good shot what's at stake for the country well this election won't be recognized either by that you the u.s. and other main international actors this means that the diplomatic isolation of mother a will continue and maybe even worse than this also means that the blockade india and the international markets will remain as well as the sanctions that have been imposed to the country to venezuelans in their everyday lives not much will change the economic crisis will stay and they won't see any improvement in terms of for example human rights watch the opposition of venezuela seems very divided and

fragmented wise that well they are for granted because their project failed basically. doesn't manage to establish this turn of regina that he was hoping for he lost a lot of strength when he attempted this military uprising last year that we can take him and the. position started to look for different strategies he and his parliamentarians will have to evacuate the national assembly on january 5th when the new one takes over and he might even be persecuted and forced to flee the country as many other of the opposition leaders have been forced to but this election is set against a growing humanitarian crisis where the tea is rampant how big is the support for majority socialists really well we saw a very old turnout in this in this election that's because many people didn't think that their voice would make a change there are still some supporters of the socialist project of the chevy

small people that believe that the economic crisis is only to do with the sanctions that have been imposed to the country but the reality is that people are so worried about how to survive how to get food and how to manage their lives the political the politics aren't aren't that important nowadays they're more worried about how to feed their families and what does it mean for the socialists to win control of the national assembly well that they are taking over the very last institution that had been democratically elected and that had a real opposition because they have an opposition now but it's a fake opposition and that will only strengthen the grip of power of maduro of this oath or a tear in regime it is an important symbolic win but it doesn't change in real terms because they had already legislative powers with this constitutional assembly they established into 2017 so really in terms of legal

better or some new your powers it's not it's not a real change so he has cemented his paw. so what for for that is where the weather where does this go well the main problem is how to tackle the economic crisis the majority one has thought about how to. to consolidate more support from his allies like iran russia and china but they don't really have the intention to to invest that much him in as well as they are only they're also looking for their relationship with other partners around the world and he doesn't have a strategy on how to rebuild the oil industry that is why they have been relying on for so long for the concert from all of america's best thank you for time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today iran's revolutionary guard says a remote controlled weapon was used in last week's assassination of

a top nuclear scientist officials said no attackers were present when most and for his out a was shot by a high precision machine gun fitted with a camera and fishel intelligence iran has previously blamed israel for the attack. polls have opened in ghana for presidential and parliamentary elections the voters expect it to be a tight race between the 2 main candidates incumbent president before i don't want his longtime rival john muhammad the west african country is experiencing a financial downturn after decades of growth. in australia residents have been told to evacuate from fraser island as bush fires burn toward homes more than half of the world heritage national park has been destroyed by fires and risen weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions it's thought an illegal camp fire sparked the blaze . but look now at the latest development in the corona virus pandemic this arum

institute of india says it has applied for emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine in india britain says it will administer the 1st doses of the biotech finds a vaccine on tuesday health care workers and seniors will be 1st in line uncovered 19 infections in germany are still trending upward despite the partial lockdown imposed in early november health departments reported more than 12000 new infections about 1000 more than on monday last week when the german state of bavaria new corona virus infections remain among the highest in the country after a crisis musing on sunday the regional government has decided to toughen restrictions for them starting wednesday bavarians will be asked to stay at home with only a few exceptions. the state premier of bavaria marcus has long been wanting to implement tougher restrictions. his state has recorded the country's highest coronavirus death toll and after weeks of consistently high numbers despite new

restrictions he says it's time to go further. the largest lyta the situation is unfortunately serious it's simply not enough we must do more we have to take action that is why i convened a special coronavirus cabinet meeting today so that we can implement various measures before christmas. what's a particular set announce a number of new measures as of wednesday people in bavaria will only be able to leave their homes with good reason for example to go to work to the doctor to go shopping or for exercise curfews from 9 pm to 5 am are planned for hotspots with the highest infection rates and there will be stricter rules and checks on the borders with austria and the czech republic. schools will remain open but 13 year olds and above will only be expected to attend on alternate weeks. with the move said and his bavarian cabinet are breaking ranks with the other state premiers in

germany. kovac 19 restrictions are up to the individual states but so far they've agreed to take a unified approach. the 16 federal states have agreed in recent weeks to a number of stricter measures as part of the country's current lock down. your chancellor angela merkel has often said she thinks the steps don't go far enough so while the new measures might be welcome to the chancellor in berlin there were mixed reactions on the streets of bavaria. numbers aren't going down i think it's necessary to this making it this tough i think it's a bit excessive but i think of my workplace for example where i sit with sometimes up to 30 colleagues and then i can only spend new year's eve with 5 people. with new infection rates remaining consistently high in germany the question is are all of germany special states will now follow bavarians lead. on this story let's bring

in political correspondent julie daly of the german states follow bavarians lead. well they are premier of bavaria markets so there has always been one of the leaders in germany who was often pushed for tougher restrictions and has gone ahead now and implemented of those restrictions that are significantly harsher than those we see nationwide and this is causing some debate in the country also because countrywide we don't really see coronavirus cases dropping significantly with the current partial lockdown we see cases numbers case numbers flattening but not really going down and the death toll remains quite high and we now see some other state leaders and politicians calling for stricter measures especially in the hot spot areas where the incidence of coronavirus is higher so we do see some warming up towards positions happening in the political landscape here in germany was

something that the very. state doing as well as others. well bavaria has been hit hard by the virus already during the 1st wave it's where the 1st coronavirus case in germany actually occurred and it continued to be heavily hit also for example after the summer break so between august and september and we currently see as one of the states in germany with the highest incidence of coronavirus cases per 100000 inhabitants the situation is quite serious and even. acknowledge that he said that the current numbers in bavaria are not acceptable and that's why even though nobody really wants to implement a harsher lock down it is currently necessary but we have to keep in mind though is yes but very is not doing that well but germany wide we don't see numbers improving significantly and that is of concern throughout the country germany wanted also people are looking forward to easing off was directions for christmas and the new

year is that still going to happen well the issue now is not only whether the current partial lockdown is working but also whether the expected loosening of restrictions for christmas is too much of a risk that was the loosening this was something was decided on only 10 days ago by german chancellor i'm going to makan and the state premiers and it was meant to stay that way over the holidays and a new meeting was planned to re-evaluate the situation on january 4th now on sunday service said he thinks it is necessary to meet before christmas to decide what to do over the holiday period and other members of germany's political sphere including other state leaders are saying that it definitely is necessary to meet before christmas so we might be seeing a new meeting happening before the holidays. correspondent julia so delhi thank you jim. most times us says that by the end of this

year we'll of const $29000.00 jobs that's a 5th of its workforce the german airline says it's also planning to slice another $10000.00 jobs in 2021 although demand for flights has risen somewhat towards the end of the year. worldwide mean much of its fleet remains grounded the company has received substantial state this year due to the crisis by the end of the 3rd quarter it had recorded losses of 5600000000 euros. now let's bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt chose to delay the chelsea that's worse than the funds i was previously announced right it is tons i have previously been saying it was going to cut about 22000 jobs by the end of the year that's obviously been increased quite a bit now in part that's because the house decided to sell its catering unit which accounted for about $7500.00 jobs but they also are cutting about $20000.00 jobs

abroad and as you mentioned they plan to now cut another $10000.00 jobs within germany next year and that's going to be very controversial because as part of the $9000000000.00 euros that lufthansa received from the german government this this massive bailout they had really pledged to try and not cut jobs in germany to try and preserve those jobs and they have been negotiating with the unions within germany but now they're saying that they they likely will have to cut jobs here as well that's in part because the airline industry is is really is still not seeing much of that bounce back they're losing a lot of money if they only expect capacity to ride out about 20 maybe 25 percent through the end of the year so it's really a much more difficult situation and they have been expecting us the island it's an industry wide problem of course who will survive this. well a lot of state carriers like photons have gotten

a significant amount of help from their governments it's not just of tons of air france. some airlines and italy is there has been a lot of support from europe for these airlines but they will face a lot of challenges going forward the industry is not expected to recover fully until maybe 20242025 even then these carriers will emerge from this much smaller they will have to make permanent job cuts they will have to let go of planes so the future for the industry looks much dimmer and much smaller. in frankfurt for us thank you charles. time for a few more headlines u.s. presidents donald trump's person a lawyer rudy giuliani has tested positive for corona virus yes reportedly been admitted still washington hospital but tweeted to say he feels fine the 76 year old has traveled extensively working to overturn trump's recent election loss.

romania's parliamentary election held on sunday is too close to call prime minister of a call bomb claimed victory for his center right liberal party but the left wing social democrats appear to be slightly ahead in another exit poll turnout was record low with only a 3rd of the electorate voting. lebanon's capital beirut has been hit by a hail storm for the 1st time in more than 50 years the intense downpour that to flooding in some areas held so many residents by surprise and comes just months after a massive explosion at bury port left some 3000 people homeless. sports news on match day 10 and the football bonus league on sunday night's game pad 2 clubs going in opposite directions by liver calls and went into this one unbeaten in the league this season and looking to put pressure on by on at the top shocker meanwhile on a winless run stretching back 250 does leave the matches. with the other

top teams dropping points leverkusen were looking to put themselves into the title race shelter coach manual bone was looking for anything positive anything but things went south in the 1st 10 minutes blues defender how forced to try to head the ball clear didn't write an own goal to make it one nil labor who isn't. it stayed that way to the 67th minute when leon bailey offered another worthy corner kick julieann baumgartner with just the right touch laver couzens momentum was. building. it pete on this show the penalty kick and rebound my not destroyed eki maintaining the shut out. the moment of the match as he kept the lead at 2 goals.

leverkusen added another from patrick schick. and 3 huge points at shelter with a 3 nil win laver who is in are now 2nd only to biron in the bundesliga. and elsewhere the bonus to go stood guard hosted by him and a wild goal in injury time spelt the difference stuttgart still us for months he took up swoops in to steal the ball away and go in uncontested in fact he took too much time and was shaun hill card for unsportsmanlike conduct another look shows the fatal error on damon's part this all made it too narrow for him and did score minutes later but it wasn't enough they lost 21. in formula one says your paris claimed victory at an action packed such a grand prix in bahrain a mexican driver from racing point held his nerve to win for the 1st time in 190 formula one races as it is george russell was standing in for

a world champion lewis hamilton who has coronavirus that was bitter disappointment for us all after a deadly race that had promised so much. thrills and spills came early in bahrain as red bulls much pushed up and ferrari charlotte clare crashed out on the opening lap with lewis hamilton absent well to report to us was the favorite yet all eyes were on hamilton's replacement precocious 22 year old briton george russell and russell it's set to embarrass porto's with an incredible maiden victory but mercedes soon put paid to the hopes of both men disastrous pit stops. 6 times. and but look for russell. looks like. the type really. scuppered to piers chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a fear retail to sergio perez his 1st ever when the mexican was in his banal to

mcgraw impre with racing point how does without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for frenchman esteban kong who was overcome as his 2nd police clinched him a 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line for former promotion you know going through my mind i actually thought the day belonged to race winner pairs who like o'connell struggled to hold back the tears. boxing now and one of the sport's all time greats floyd mayweather is stepping back into the ring in february for an exhibition fight against you tube at logan pole the undefeated former world champion retires in 2016 after beating mixed martial arts champion connacht mayweather and paul who has 22000000 subscribers on you tube spectators to make millions from the bots exhibition fights between celebrities and

former athletes are gaining popularity due to their moneymaking potential. and to kenya where conservationists are carrying out a rescue operation to save a herd of giraffes traps on a flooded islands the animal's home territory in the western country western part of the country has been inundated by floods tasks to transport such a large passenger rescuers how to get creative at a trigger warning for sensitive us you might find the following report heartwarming . it's a tall order trying to transport a reluctant giraffe. and see what it was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island in lake erie. in western kenya. the habitat threatened by rising water levels the rough charles carafe was becoming extinct around $800.00 now live in kenya but this herd each a new home conservationists from the group to save giraffes came up with a plan to move the 5 metre tall creatures on

a custom built boche across the water to ever serve on the mainland it's not every day you see it across head poking out of the top of a lot floating raft built on empty oil drums r.c.v.s. relieved to be back on dry land and the conservationists are delighted with the success. and now there's just the small matter of moving the rest of the herd. here in berlin as in many places live music venues are closed under pandemic control measures that's made it hard for performers to earn a living but some are getting around the restrictions by forming behind glass in the shop windows this tiny stage is open to all types of entertainment wrap opera cabaret and start up normal busting etiquette applies process by courage. to chip in some change.

you're watching the news here's a reminder of our top story uncertainty hands over the polls breaks its trade deal as talks resume today in the year end deadline looming the latest round of negotiations in brussels us told over fishing rights rules on fair trade and an enforcement mechanism. that's it for me the news team for now up next to business with stephen beardsley looking at the latest in the controversial stream to gas pipeline project has been sort.

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soon as you hear beethoven lose your mind. or the story behind the music. for the ages reduced. beethoven's 9th symphony for the world starts to simmer down on t.w. . work resumes on the controversial north stream 2 gas pipeline but the german russian project remains a target of u.s. repeated calls for work to stop a new american legislation is putting it once again in the crosshairs. also on the show lock down demand gives a massive boost to chinese exports and pushes beijing further ahead of ailing global economies. and from security to equipment shortages south africa faces

special challenges as it looks ahead to the throne of virus vaccine rolled up. close welcome to the show i'm stephen busey in berlin a work has reportedly restarted on the controversial north stream to gas pipeline in the baltic sea almost a year after u.s. sanctions brought the german russian project to a standstill of the u.s. argues the pipeline is meant to isolate ukraine and divide the e.u. on saturday its ambassador to germany robin quintile repeated calls for germany to end the $1000000000.00 project. work is underway once again on the north stream 2 pipeline german authorities have given the go ahead for the russian ship academic cesky to lay another 2.6 kilometers of pipe by the end of the year but that is nowhere near enough to complete the project a total of 160 kilometers still have to be laid. only

then would the underwater pipeline be ready allowing russian state owned company gazprom to deliver site therion gas directly to germany. for that the u.s. has been watching developments with alarm late last week american lawmakers added measures against the baltic sea pipeline to the annual defense budget provide for tighten sanctions against companies that certify or insure the pipeline or if it supports north stream to with products facilities or services. the text in the defense bill would grant the next u.s. president the right to suspend the sanctions but that's something few experts on either side of the atlantic expect no matter who is in the white house. and for more on this i'm joined now by maria hsia ina she's a post-doc fellow at the center for eastern european studies at the university of zurich and she continues to follow nordstrom to really good morning work supposedly has already continued again on the pipeline this weekend the question now is how

far will it get. good morning and thank you for having me and there is no yes or no question to this it's very complicated and our student to really is sanctions that level for the by the administration on the one hand it wants to keep the pressure on the pipeline to halt on the other hand it pledges to revive the transatlantic relationship that are put in them each end of the debris and ministration that means that there is a thin line between not only in 1000 in the european partners but at the same time keep in the pressure on the pipeline at the new sanctions that were issued last week gives us an indication at least. what policy shift we can expect from the biden administration and show what more calibrated sanctions on private companies at the same time exempting the european governments and governmental institutions

plus if i can consult ations was utopian partners at the same time maria how much more effective will those sanctions be than what's already been on the table will they have more teeth. the added sanctions will definitely make the completion of the pipeline more complicated mauritius so gas promo will face difficulties in finding an insurance company and finding a company that would agree to provide any technology that still perhaps needs to be done on that at the interest. and company that will have to test inspect and certify the pipeline in fact the last one certificate geisha know be the weakest link in the project to find out the company it will be an arduous task. and even if it finds all of this companies that will be willing to be exposed to us sanctions and attention to lose access to u.s. financial markets there are still legal challenges in the e.u.

to tackle for gastro as we know these may have made this year last flare almost a last 8 supplication edlund us that 2nd tour of germany and the deregulator 2 are to be granted an exemption a delegation from. role so the north korean saga will continue perhaps for some time all right richard you know with the university of zurich thank you very much for joining us. it's a complicated issue and for more on north stream too you can check out our latest in-depth report examining all sides of the debate germany is in a tight spot there are those who say proceeding with the pipeline is enabling russia and others still who say not competing it is bowing down to us. closer to what original do allow and she's taking a closer look at the pipeline to find out why it's become such

a headache for germany you can watch the report the report exclusively on our you tube channel at youtube dot com slash d w news. and over to asia now we're china's exports have been surging in november customs data showed there were more they were up more than 20 percent from a year earlier the fastest pace in more than 2 and a half years analysts say booming sales of items like refrigerators toasters and microwaves across the lock down world have helped to boost chinese manufacturing at the same time imports rose just 4.5 percent and that's led to a trade surplus for november of more than $75000000000.00 the largest ever since records began in 1901. and for more on this we bring in our financial correspondent frank for chelsea delaney chelsea we've been talking a lot about these numbers coming out of china and how they showed the economy's kicking up there what about these new numbers put that in perspective for us.

well it's another blockbuster month for chinese exports this has been a trend we've seen this year the chinese economy has really been the outlier it's the only major economy expected to grow this year and a lot of that is due to the strain to seeing and its factory sector and its manufacturing sector part of that is because china was the 1st country to get hit by the crown of iris and also the 1st to emerge from the virus so whenever a lot of other countries like those in europe were shutting down china was opening back up and so its factories have have really seen a lot of demand from that as well as the fact that the items that china produces a lot of are what's really into mans right now so things like masks and personal protective equipment as well as all of the technology behind home working in remote working that's all been really helping drive these export numbers up as well. the flip side of this story trade surplus seems to be the domestic consumption in china is very low what's going on there yes so as we've seen the export boom we haven't seen imports from china really keep up

with that and this is likely to be quite controversial and it won't really please china's trading partners china is balanced relationship with the rest of the world has really been a source of controversy in the global trading environment for years it's been the the source of this trade war between it in the united states and we've only seen that grow more and more pronounced during the pandemic we've seen this with this record trade surplus in november and that's because china isn't really importing as much as they're exporting to the rest of the world they have pledged to really try and rebalance their economy to try and get domestic consumption up and going but they've pushed that down the road a little bit because of the pandemic and so this means we likely will see china continue to dominate in terms of exports and that's not really something it's trading partners want to see all right to do any little frankfurt thank you. well german flag carrier lufthansa says that by the end of this year it will have

cut $29000.00 jobs that's a 5th of its workforce the airline says it's also planning to slice another $10000.00 jobs and 2021 although demand for flights has risen somewhat towards the end towards the year end rather lockdowns worldwide mean much of its fleet remains grounded the company has received substantial state aid this year due to the crisis by the end of the 3rd quarter it had recorded losses of 5600000000 euros. over to south africa where thoughts are slowly turning to the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine some argue to slowly vaccine vaccinating a country is a massive undertaking under any conditions but a lack of infrastructure and supplies as well security concerns could be a problem for south africa in particular. temperatures as low as this are hard to ensure on the african continent as scientists rush to deliver lifesaving covert 19 vaccines around the globe there are concerns that the stringent delivery and

storage requirements for some of them could prove a hurdle for developing nations in africa and beyond. its axioms to distort extreme you know temperatures minus 70 degrees celsius and in the developing countries such as south africa it proved to be a challenge. this challenge is affecting south africa's medical logistics sector it is scrambling to prepare for its role in what could become the largest distribution of medical supplies in global history. delivering 2 doses of the vaccine to every single south african. delivering under $20000000.00 doses of of vaccines under the conditions they need to be delivered in and maintaining the temperatures is going to be a huge challenge for transport companies like ourselves as well as for the facilities were deceiving these vaccines to be able to store it under those conditions i think is going to take a bit of planning and we need to really be

a hero of the game. and then there's the issue of safety truck drivers in south africa increasingly face dangers like sabotage and hijackings. truckers say they fear that this situation could intensify with criminals set on getting their hands on the vaccine. so things have not been right since they started burning trucks. and will soon have a new problem when we start distributing this vaccine. nobody will even know we're for caring for extremes or not and so they could attack all of us. were all scared. but scientists remain adamant that south africa's state sponsored drugs program which provides antiretroviral. to it 7700000 h.i.v. positive citizens has prepared them well. africa has decades of experience

delivering life saving medication to everybody. so with the time it is about facing with this vaccine we will take a walk. which vaccine south africa will use the how long distribution will take remains unclear officials say they're aiming for around 40 percent of the nation to be vaccinated in the short to medium time. and finally is along those reuben ritter says he is stepping down after 11 years of code running the german online fashion retailer letter says the move is about giving more priority to his wife's career and devoting more times his family as along those europe's leading online platforms for fashion and 14000 people. that's it for me and the business team thanks for watching.

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a lot that can be done to. make up your lot. this week on world stories. in hungary a radio station critical of the government is fighting for its survival millions are mourning the loss of an old monastery in a corner we stopped in germany the federal public prosecutor general in calls for

is examining a lawsuit against syria's assad regime and its concerns the use of chemical weapons against civilians the evidence is overwhelming. the screams of freaked him so died in the searing gas attack in to this day still echo in the ears of syrian nurse a man. 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 our 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. what it was 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 had 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 am more than a 1000 people were killed many of them children among them was imminent 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 if i hope that one day i can stand before a judge and tell them what these chemical attack did to us 10 on the everything girl moans that it was a terrible scene that i cannot describe to you playing or 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 archives along with 2 other human rights groups have meticulously analyzed the attack from the suspected launch sites to the rockets

used their falso documented undisclosed 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 the w.'s investigative team along with german news magazine der spiegel was given exclusive access to part 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 special assad and his younger brother mohammed we have one witness who has described the request for the use of sarin gas comes from maharaj thought and then is communicated to the presidential palace where it is

approved we believe it is approved or ordered by. the criminal complaint was trying to knock toba with the chief federal prosecutor and consul well 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 recount. to kill patios station is one of hungary 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. them to the vast majority of the hungary and media slave usually follow the was of the government as the model 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 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 hungry as prime minister viktor orban is using the crisis to seize more power his critics say daniel works for the hungry and civil liberties

union the enjoy all recently published a report showing how the pandemic has led to more corruption in a country one example is the purchase of ventilators by the foreign ministry. ventilators were purchased in huge quantities and significantly overpriced only some of the lease on life. to be used in intensive care and protection against the epidemic and that's another course on top of the fact that they were wired at an inflated price in the us or you're on to some of. this man's mission is to uncover corruption at the highest level and to call it out because had has he 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 new 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 in criticism and is challenging the use 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 journalist said 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 treatments being a child the 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 she in the cape town township of guilt. trip 2 years ago luis morris worked in a textile factory but then her life took a difficult journey 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 are definitely 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're worried about discrimination the preventative drug prep has been available for several years around $90000.00 south africans protect themselves against hiv 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 i've 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 by of being discreet and coming and 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 finegan i came into effect as a pie journey troops advanced into territories inhabited by a millions he now have to be farewell today all the time. all of. a prayer for what is lost who. 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 that you see

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 priests leave the church there's no reason for us to leave. monastery is ancient 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 monastery 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 a bit 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 and lose so much of their homeland.

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