the reports from the ground are that there are collapsed buildings roofs. bugs it's very difficult to gets a clear. picture of warhol widespread the destruction is the prime minister. when there straight to light the fire departments from all over the country are scrambling to get to the to that area the phone lines are jammed the parts of zagreb and i believe other parts of country are without electricity. and this was a very powerful earthquake it's the last as for. longer than 20 seconds it was pretty quick wipes horrible to 2 to experience. it was felt as far as as played on the coast and. kind slovenia even as far as belgrade serbia. eyes you've been speaking we've been looking at pictures of the

saying that seeing old an iced. evacuations as well as volunteers helping with the rescue efforts this is the 2nd. and indeed more powerful earthquake to hit in a couple of days i'm people there must be very it must be very concerned. i would say that people are on one edge of. the breakdown yesterday's a tremor was. also in the same region of that which is some 50 kilometers salsas ira. but this is also the 2nd major about 3rd major earthquake that hit in the in this year in march to zagreb experienced a $5.00. earthquake which. means it was one fatality and there was massive destruction to the historic center of the city. so then

since then we have record more than 2000 smaller earthquakes measuring that one ward 2 on the richter scale but so this is this is much of course much larger much more much more powerful. bigger destruction but. people have been nervous and edgy about this from before and now this is really pushing. toward the element calzones called. people crowding in the streets which of course is considering the epidemic very very not not a very good thing. out of fear of returning to their homes. we thank you for that thanks for joining us donna bordeaux bridge in sacramento. to bangladesh which just started moving a 2nd group of range of muslim refugees to

a remote offshore island rights groups a voice to opposition because the compound on bass and shah island is vulnerable to flooding the united nations says it's the government to move only those people who are willing to go. rogue hinge a refugee on the search for safety and a better life more than one and a half 1000 boarded bangladesh navy boats on tuesday to head to the remote island of basilan shah. many people crowded on deck with everything they own in tow. many see the move as the chance for a new beginning conditions in the camps around cox's bizarre hard to bear. life in the camp where we were difficult it's so overcrowded but bangladesh authorities have built us this facility so we've decided to move out there. looking for peace of mind and cox's bizarre is no place for that. they left cox's bazaar

the night before most of the nearly 900000 drug injure that bangladesh has taken in lives in camps around the city. that's to many of the eyes of the authorities they say their goal is to relocate 100002 the boss on char island officials insist they're only resettling refugees who are willing to move and there are plenty who don't want to go one is that. we shouldn't go to the island because it's low lying and if a storm hits we'll have nowhere safe to go. the 1st group of or injure was sent to the island earlier in december. while the camp here is better constructed than the makeshift refugee dwellings on the mainland the you win and human rights groups have expressed concern over the resettlements bus on charlie rose above sea level in 2006 formed by silt from the ganges delta. the low lying

island off is little protection from natural disasters and has very little infrastructure. but regardless of the dangers they may face on the island for many refugees it's a better option than returning to a military crackdown when me and. more stories from around the world now lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives have voted overwhelmingly to override president trump's veto of the defense policy bill and also voted to increase pandemic relief to struggling americans to 2000 dollars of debate over defense and pandemic aid now moves to the republican controlled senate. budgetary french fashion designer pair caught down has died at the age of 98 he were evolution eyes the industry in the 1950 s. with his innovative futuristic looks he also built a fortune licensing his name around the world during a career that spanned 70 years. at least 50 journalists and media

employees have been killed in connection with their work in the last year the latest annual report from reporters without borders identifies mexico as the most dangerous country for journalists followed by iraq afghanistan pakistan and india the pressure group says most of these journalists lost their lives in countries that weren't at war instead they're often targeted for trying to expose crime and corruption so here's a closer look at country number 3 on that danger list afghanistan where freedom of speech is far from guaranteed. this is the 3rd funeral of a journalist in afghanistan in 2 months with a t.v. and radio presenter malala my wife and her driver were killed by gunmen in early december. and then so hard i'm there but i wouldn't put out a 1000100 common knowledge she knows that she was on her way to work and we had planned to do a show together i was on air when i got the news we had to stop the show as well

but how about a round in our own home to all of us knew goodbye to the world of a journalist and a woman in the spotlight a 25 year old with a symbol of the new afghanistan a threat to fundamentalists and those she criticized that but i have 10 more daughters like my lai who could give their lives for a cause but i want the killers apprehended back in the know what is not targeted killings of journalists like my one by gunmen or car bombs have become all too common in afghanistan despite the ongoing peace talks between the government and the taliban the country is still rated as one of the world 5 most dangerous places for journalists and with weekly reports of new attacks threats and intimidation local journalist groups are raising the alarm in november the afghan journalist safety committee wrote a letter to the un security council urging it to help reduce the violence. i don't think it's ever been as. scary as it's right well because it seems that

all journalists are threats. well just 6 weeks we have lost for jobs and all the. jokes you know are. so ridiculous. so. and that's has created expense if you're an american journalist all over the country. just days after my one's death and almost 300 kilometers away another journalist from the to learn next hour was killed. shop close to his home by our 9 gunmen next head of the local journalists union and reported for outlets like a.p. and al-jazeera according to his colleagues yet received threats and inform the authorities about them but got little help. an attack on journalists is an act of oppression in our society no one is more pressed than journalists i have to say let's question ourselves and let's get united let's ask our leaders to explain why this cruelty happens and how long it's going to continue whether it is

the taliban i-s. local strongman or government affiliates the question of who is behind these attacks often remains unanswered yet for those who continue to do their work as journalists one thing is clear they should not have to risk their lives to do their jobs was told to correspondent the latif e who joins us from the afghan capital kabul welcome allie in your experience why is afghanistan so dangerous for journalists. afghanistan is dangerous for journalists because the truth is that journalists are under attack from all angles obviously they come under attack from the taleban from groups or groups claiming allegiance to the so-called islamic state but also we have strong men we have mafia you know there's no shortage of guns it's very easy to buy sticky bombs an i.e.d. isn't things like that in this country and what we've seen is that with all of

these journalists killings there have been no real answers of who is responsible for it and so for a journalist the scariest thing is that you don't actually know who could kill you you know i was talking to a friend of mine the other day and he said think about it if one of us gets killed we don't even know if they would investigate the killing meaning the government and even if they had investigated the killer and what would that really accomplish you know he was saying that it doesn't bring us back to life and it doesn't change what's happening right now so the fact that it could be anybody is what's the biggest fear for journalists in afghanistan right now so it could be anybody targeting journalists why. that's the question right and the thing is is that we've seen in recent years in since 20142015 that freedom of speech has been under attack from all angles in this country so obviously of the taliban and the so-called islamic state claiming responsibility for attacks and then you have you know the government saying things

like the vice president only a few weeks ago threatened anyone who reported on civilian casualties at a religious school in a northern province and send the spokesperson for that province was fired you know we've had reports that security officials are telling local media outlets if you can't provide security to your staff then you might as well just close up shop we've also had reports that the national security council is telling local officials not to talk to journalists so in every single way freedom of speech is under attack in this country so given old those dangers why do you do the job. because i think it's very important that and i have on journalist someone with ties to this country is the one reporting on this country because i think a lot of times what we have is a situation where you know people coming from any other part of the world don't fully understand the context and the dynamics and you know can't really. convey the

feelings of the people and the complexities of the situation and honestly if we don't do it we will we wish you well and thank you for joining us the happy new year when it comes out a little free in a couple. young moroccan emigrants. they know the police will stop but. they know that the road is not a solution. they know their flight could be. going back not an option. i'm on and gravity are stuck in the

spanish border area along side other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on t w. final words on the trading floor just days before the new year's celebrations the u.s. stimulus package the brics it trade arrangement on the coronavirus vaccine boost investor sentiment. and the world's biggest film industry in terms of output hollywood is feeling the pinch. but come to do business i want to get johnson the lender to have you with us and was starting with an amazing rally on global markets from germany's dax to wall street and tokyo stocks are hitting record highs

investors seem jubilant thanks to a new economic stimulus package passed in the u.s. the brakes a deal of course and the 1st vaccinations against the coronavirus question is how long will the party last. crisis what crisis the german stock market in frankfurt is and record breaking mood at the end of 2020 the blue chip dax index has gained around 4 percent since the start of the year despite the pandemic but what's behind the optimism. is the markets expect that everyone will be vaccinated by the middle of next year. but critics see significant risks many businesses such as love to answer or travel company to eat are only staying afloat thanks to state subsidies if the government were to cut back at short time work allowance many companies could go broke that would lead to mass unemployment

as well as bankruptcies for businesses and individuals according to the german institute for economic research. if loans are not repaid the banks could suffer the institute predicts the german economy could lose $400000000000.00 euros by the end of the coronavirus pandemic a bill that they say the government alone will be unable to pay. a columnist warned of a negative social and economic mood would then have negative repercussions on the stock market. well and thus worries seem to have reached frankfurt my colleague is standing by. with us what's the mood like there today. well is jubilant today there's no much different from what it was yesterday when the stock market reached record highs even now with you see it's a little on the lower side by the trajectory there but it's still above the what we had seen yesterday and that's the reason we're still in positive territory the reasons there you mentioned about the stimulus in the u.s.

that that has been a major positive than the brits a deal that seems to have actually been a major plus and a boost for traders here and of course the vaccination that has started across europe in union right i mean of course we all want to hear good news that's brilliant but what about the doubts i mean critics say that investors are turning a blind eye to the risks and head out what do you think. well it is very difficult to say at this point of time because the people have spoken to they are still very optimistic they see that there is still some potential some still steam left for this rally to go further into next year they point to. expectations with supposed to be positive a higher than what they were this year they also point to these companies they lost tons and to you know all these companies are vicious have be back to this year and

now they're expected to only recover from where they've gone this year. that stands mainly to the vaccine driven recovery so that's one view or the other view is but have the markets have already factored in their recovery and there's not much room for the to go any further but remember a lot will depend on the stimulus that has been introduced by the governments and also the monetary easing by central banks and any premature tightening could actually mean disaster for the markets all right well actually despondent they reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange thank you so much. the all member states say the necessary political backing is in place for a controversial investment pact with china clearing the way for a deal between the worlds biggest economic blocs a both sides indicated an agreement could be sealed within days under the pact to china it would open up its manufacturing sector to you companies as well as construction advertising air transport maritime services telecoms and to some

extent cloud computing brussels meanwhile is said to soften its stance on chinese investments in europe. or to breaks it now and businessmen in the united kingdom have been reflecting on how all the new trade arrangements between britain and the e.u. will actually affect them time is of the essence as they only have 4 more days to adapt until the transition period ends and the new rules apply peter wood's heels were prized by his customers in germany sweden and lithuania but now he fears his e.u. customers will look elsewhere for supply after the new breaks rules come in on january 1st the deal involves a vast amount of paperwork we will produce documentation for sure customers but also got a raft of documentation to get used to allow the import to go ahead so why buy from the u.k. might as well buy for the low producer and for those who can deliver to the do no

documentation local peter wood says he would never have voted for breakfast if he knew he was going to lose his job. the british government acknowledges there will be specific challenges but the biggest obstacles are out of the way. working more intensively with business in order to make sure that everyone is ready for the new opportunities and challenges that come off the 1st of january i think business is broadly in a good place but inevitably with any change with any transition there are occasional bumpy mothers the confederation of british industry wants the government in london to translate the deal which is more than a 1000 pages of legal text into practical guidance for business owners like peter one the clock is ticking. i think we can agree it's not been a good year for the travel sector lockdowns and quarantine rules are taking the fun out of travelling before business or leisure and travel has been hardest hit with

an entire fleet grounded and passenger numbers up to 90 percent down compared to previous levels the linz new airport couldn't have picked a worse time to finally open. the main terminal at berlin's new airport designed to handle more than $6000.00 passengers per hour. but now just a few weeks after opening most of the desks are closed. due to travel restrictions there are hardly any flights no wonder the new shopping zone in the departure area is empty as well. after a 9 year delay the airport retailers have now opened shop in the midst of germany's partial coronavirus shutdown the high end of one company has invested millions in its commercial space at 1600 square meter duty free shop offer sprawling flair and digital design all that's missing are the customers. now to be had more to start on

those for of course we thought things would start out differently with far higher volume and far more. passengers to get more life into this marketplace and into our shops but right now in this current situation we have to just grit our teeth and get through it with all the tools at our disposal in other words we're thinking about reducing opening hours and not having all the shops open at once. of the more than 100 shops many shut down shortly after the new airport opened food vendors have been especially hard hit as airport restaurants had to close off their seating areas. with less than 20 percent of the normal passenger volume it is not worth it for many businesses here to remain open. the casual food catering business has sent most of its 80 workers home only a few of its outlets are open and even then with limited hours. we need

support from the government with the short term allowance was a big help we applied for funds in november the 1st state subsidy that will receive as a company types of support are a necessity as fixed expenses are quite high especially in airports and in the restaurant business. currently there is little to see from berlin brandenburg airports visitors terrorists few of the planes will be leaving their parking spaces any time soon but during the pen demick even watching a plane take off is indeed something special. and another sector hit by the pandemic of course the entertainment industry hindi cinema also known as bollywood normally office millions of us an escape from the drudgery of daily life but restrictions have left their mark on the world's biggest film industry. glitz glamour stars and professionally choreographed song and dance 'd

the ingredients that make bollywood films unique worldwide. behind the glittering façade are many day laborers. they form the backbone of the film industry a single film used to mean hiring more than a 1000 people but today's productions are much smaller. all the big stars the big roles is not stopped at. the upcoming new york almost and we had the mini on. the floor look what we have now we had enough the sins of the late department to how many more people would come along bullfighter 6 member and i know that loved libya for being now it is not there. due to the coronavirus authorities now impose restrictions on set popular wedding scenes involving multitudes of guests are banned as are hugs and kisses and fight scenes before the

pandemic bollywood produced about 2000 films annually more than anywhere in the world in 2020 that number has tumbled to less than half so it does affect it severely. including the daily wage near burst as well as technicians as well as this so it has caused a serious damage actually so it might take another corporate 3 years. on this effect i guess so yeah this is a serious damage serious damage which we didn't expect actually. after shutting their doors for nearly 7 months india's cinemas reopen in october under strict conditions every other seat must now remain empty but the reopening represents a glimmer of hope many people are counting on a happy ending next year with a comeback for the bollywood dream factory. knows an ancient tradition in mexico the pain and it's taken a new form for the upcoming new year's eve ceremony after

a rough year people around the world are ready to move on and making a perfectly clear what a terrible year they're leaving behind by bashing a symbolic 2020 like we see here in new york or on the coronaviruses itself after all that's the one saying that really messed up this whole past year and unfortunately it will also be a problem in 2021 but let's hope we're seeing an end to this crisis. that takes that takes that as a business update here and b. w. from the in the team thanks for watching.

norman's new superstar. step on to the stage. hardly any other sport has this much talent up its sleeve but does this new generation what it takes can pave the way. of success to see into. the. next on d w. what secrets lie behind us was.

discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 36 to get enough now. to slip amazing it's a dream for us our.