this is deja vu news lines from berlin that killed dozens in niger in a region where islamist groups are battling for control the suspected terror attacks called the results of the country's presidential election show no clear winner triggering a run on function next month also coming up. we'll germany extended its december lockdown while vaccinations are underway we've locked down restrictions has failed to curb and human factions medical experts are raising the alarm.

after today's french police shut down and then illegal new year's raise some 2 and a half 1000 people defied a coronavirus curfew to attend the event. and the bundesliga is back after a short winter break we'll bring you all the highlights from frankfurt's clash with . yes welcome to the program we start with breaking news from the west african country of niger or gunmen have killed at least 56 people and wounded bank 20 the interior minister is calling it a suspected terrorist attack he says the militants targeted 2 villages situated near the border with mali a number of islamist groups are active in both countries under battling for control of the region. but i don't you correspondent it was

interest on the line he's in a village in nigeria and he's following these developments developments in niger forest was what more can you tell us about what's going on the air what's happened in niger. this terrorist attack in new jersey border with miley is an area that has been witnessing this kind of attacks for quite a long time if you remember last year 200 nicci rianne i.v. where assassinated by december 10th group that was why the interior minister says it's a suspected terrorist attack it has been happening in becoming a from my early days coming in pro book in a fossil the heat run back to the hideouts. well was that the attack comes just days after new share voted in parliamentary and presidential elections could the

attack be connected to that too many people who did see in no connection between what happened and the political situation in the general public but if we look bach if you did just concluded elections our way actrix bible koran in some areas of defile that people should not go out home food is to add in now to see it may come out. in the few check to people who might have group that might come and claim responsibility. ok well d.w. correspondent it was interesting to you for your reporting. now to one of our other top stories here in germany there's been a surge uncovered 19 deaths over the past month more than half of all deaths in the entire pandemic were recorded in december germany at 2 is expected to extend its

current lockdown chancellor angela merkel is due to hold talks on choose day with leaders from germany's 16 states to discuss that lockdown which is set to end on january 10th leading doctors union says the health system is in desperate need of release and deserving leaders to it stands the country's lockdown. well earlier we spoke to toby escort's he's an even epidemiologist and director of the institute of public health at the hospital here in berlin and we asked him if the calls to extend germany's lock down are justified unfortunately yes we could expect that the numbers are not going down over the christmas holidays and in new years the hospitals are full the eyes use are full and because we have a high rate of infection still going on these numbers won't go down so unfortunately there's no other chance but to extend the lockdown with the constant age of infection rate and the hospitals being full that opening schools for a normal school days not possible so we definitely have to find different solutions

for that we have to learn to really that the locked on is is working hopefully and we have to maintain to see as minimal people as possible so that the lockdown actually is working and we get the numbers down we need to get these numbers down otherwise you will not see any relief for the hospital staff and any relief for the i.c.u. use. police in france are investigating who organized an illegal rave in the region of brittany thousands of people attended despite a nationwide nighttime curfew and resisted police attempts to break up the party for 2 nights france's latest lockdown was eased in the middle of december but bars and restaurants have remained closed french authorities are expecting a sharp rise in coronavirus cases after the festive season. as the sun rose on saturday the police moved in hundreds of party goers were aidid in fine for breaching francis coronavirus restrictions. in the cavernous warehouses near the

city of crane the party was finally over. it was over with i mean i'm a nervous about our. police moved in to restore public order. they could upraised you surest officer security area in an operation that went off largely without incident. we then issued a number of citations to people found to be in file ation of the lol those from peaceful to cool. hours earlier the rave had still been in full swing around 2500 mostly young people had gathered on new year's eve defying police efforts to stop the event. a could listen to a sion got out of hand very quickly 3 officers were injured and so i made the decision to withdraw all forces and while this run the risk of letting the situation get even worse is removing police from the scene allowed them to pursue

a strategy of containment. with the police holding back the party continued for a 2nd night the organizers defended their decision to stage the event. in your view . i think there was a real desire. to come together. most of us are in our twenty's and we feel we're losing our youth in this time demick. and many of us are also struggling against depression. friends has the highest number of covert 900 cases in western europe to contain the fires bars and restaurants have been closed and 8 pm curfew is being extended to many parts of the country. also used to review the risk but we wanted to come together and party the whole world of culture is shut down since the crisis began we had to come and support the organizers. fearing

a super spreader event authorized he said urged everyone who attended to self isolate when they get home. let's take a look at some other international stories now india's drug regulator has recommended approving 2 coronavirus vaccines for emergency use one is developed by u.k. based astra zeneca and oxford university while the other is supported by a state run institute the government is preparing the rollout of a nationwide it's an occupation of iraq. police in norway say the death toll has risen to 4 following a landslide in northeast of oslo several people are still missing after the landslide tore into the town early on wednesday it collapsed houses and forced more than 1000 people to be taken to safety. u.s. senator ted cruz says he'll be among about a dozen republicans and senators who will challenge president elect joe biden's

victory when electoral college the soltz are in congress next week it's a largely symbolic move that has little chance of preventing from taking office. to yemen now where the laser the latest victims in this 6 year long war there are 5 women who were killed when a shell exploded at a wedding party in the port city of whole data both the saudi backed government and iran backed rebels blame each other for the attack the conflict has been called a forgotten war yet it has left more than 100000 people dead and many more stars. it is just a year and a half old and he is fighting for his life saeed's parents brought him to this hospital and yemen's capital sanaa dozens of starving children arrive every day. but in many cases the doctors are powerless to help. the underlie the burden however the doctors here aren't being paid we have no medicine for the sick

children there's no food for them i don't even though them all nourished and some of the mothers are really desperate they can't breastfeed their children because they too are starving my vision usually far less than they have sara and that is what some of the. 5000000 children in yemen don't have enough to eat the u.n. figures show. many have to go to work instead of to school. and their plate is only washing. the country has no been at war since 2015 its economy is in ruins and know yemen is being hit by the coronavirus. charities see this as the world's worst humanitarian crisis the situation in yemen is very serious we are very close to the stage of the clearing a famine in yemen because of the deteriorating food security situation for millions of people across the country. aid workers say some 1500000000 euros are needed to

help yemeni survive the winter money is running out as the situation worsens. around says it plans to start enriching uranium up to 20 percent more at once a solidity a level that would move it a step closer to being able to produce a nuclear weapon the announcement comes almost a year after the united states assassinated one of iran's top generals in a drone strike washington accused. of masterminding militant attacks outside iran's borders. moving to the iranian revolutions faithful his death has never. truly bain avenged hundreds gathered to own a custom saloon money at a modest graveyard in tehran they say he's death remains unforgiven it is resulted in yet more anger at the u.s. among loyalists. generation will keep following his path we will slap israel and the united states and well let's suppose it's time you have

that. the elite military force the money belong to the revolutionary guards staged a military exercise on the anniversary of his death. at the site a disputed island near the country's naval border. missiles flew as the gods lead the war on terror and it's ready for war. and money as. we were spawned with a reciprocal and strong blow to war they have action the enemy takes against us well sure we have shot this time and time again. so the money is mission with strengthening iranian interests abroad with groups like hezbollah in lebanon so i too have been honoring the dead command. when you know. how. in a ceremony in which they vowed victory would be there is in the name of god and i doubt

. the u.s. is acute saloon money a year ago because of his activities abroad including with his beloved washington hasn't directly addressed the anniversary of his death but on monday put out a statement again saying iran is fostering terror abroad. it's a sport now and the bundesliga is back after an unusually short winter break the highlight of side of days early matches so i trust frankfurt inflict a 2nd defeat of the season on visitor's buyer leverkusen is fine early season form is beginning to desert them. in the seventy's just to get clashes between these 2 sides nil nil has never been the end result and after just 10 minutes this speech got the visitors off the mark courtesy of not team a myriad. of skill luck and ingenuity helping him to his 2nd goal of the season. the lead lost as just 12 minutes as i mean eunice raced clear

to calmly put away the equaliser his 1st goal for francis i was full defending have opened the gap and after the break live accusing is back line once again look shoddy with daiichi come out as cross finding live accusing defend the edmund tops of he poked it into his own match was the rub of the green button up for frankfurt to claim a deserved to one when i was leaving lose pace in the title race. laver couzens loss was leipzig game they travelled to stuttgart knowing that a win would put them tough at least until biron play on sunday a single goal from leipzig all alone in the 67th minutes was the difference between the sides sides with it in after a new nino's for us was the fact that the result keeps leipzig firmly in the race for the title as they go for their 1st effort as they get challenge. this is g

w news live from berlin up next sports slice hi rich regimes are ruining football that's after the break and don't forget you can always get the latest on our websites that steve w dot com follow us on twitter times and obviously yes thanks for joining us a season and take care. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons. there are many cancers. and there are many stories.

make up your mind. made for minds. governments know that investing money in sports can make them look good it's what's known as sports washing. sports washing which is to say the attempt by a government to whitewash to cleanse to. project

a more positive image job than is accurate really an alternative version of events is that where this is not being used or. it can be used for nefarious ends. you're looking at how the government showed you score. board goals big news when you go further back by kind of woman takes a look at course being used to. you know just have a political purpose it's a way for oppressive governments to rebrand themselves qatar is one of the best examples the tiny but all rich state has spent millions not only buying a team but bankrolling its record transfers founding a sports t.v. channel and even obtaining the rights to host the world cup tournaments. but it's a different story behind the scenes the country has been accused of multiple human rights violations serious problem with the other gulf states violation of migrant

workers rights the treatment of migrant workers in the gulf got our is it abominable some people talked about it being a form of modern day slavery and this has become far more visible because of its success with the horse 2022 world cup they brought in hundreds of thousands millions of migrant workers to make that possible essentially we're all in the entire infrastructure and building a lot of new stadiums. and the question of the guest workers is definitely a complex question there is no question about our commitment when it comes to that rights there has been over the years plenty of question about your cool and fair enough i mean those were basically based on some media campaigns except that i must tell the truth through my stand against your lousy conditions in new orleans my idea was not to let me acknowledge that and we acknowledge that as a matter of fact the most recent amnesty international report we have welcomed that human rights watch are welcome to the hat on

a regular basis and we. to see that criticism very well despite pressure from the international community as human rights record continues but its financial muscle has cost many countries to look the other way though even if you want to ignore all these problems let's say you're just a football fan and you only care about football well they're also destroying the sport as we know it to. pay for. back in 2011 when they. started pumping to bring telling to the french capital. most notably. in the world. these massive expenditures have translated to domination of french football. have been crowned champion 7 times in the past 8 years. the french well some say it's a joke. this is.

the day. and these ridiculous sums of money have turned the transfer market meaning that fewer clubs will be able to keep up and competes. also hold winter training camps in qatar but rather than benefit from warm weather training the trip more to showcase the country. don't forget. and having to. so the country has invested in other teams. that have a 111 year tradition of not having a sponsor. changed. 150000000 euros to display the name of the middle eastern country for 5 seasons. is

it really worth. there is no doubt. there is so much loyalty in football that once we get associated with a football cup it will boost our european and at the same time it will give us the . footprint. to expand our footprint into parts of the world where we are preparing to. go on to sponsor the shirts roma and belgian clubs and perhaps the country's most important shirt sponsorship deal at the moment with german giants spar in munich. the state on airline 10000000 years a year and a return flight to doha for mid-season training camps they've been doing so since 2011. some by and supporters have a big problem with that. with qatar due to the country's human rights record.

during matches fans have held banners protesting the club's dealings with the country and that's happened on multiple locations. express. and you know they've become actively involved in these issues. they've spoken to. the club directly on these issues with ready. for the club's higher ups it's business as usual going as far as defending their position. by i mention. how much from qatar which. he's not feisty. i mean trick unions i mean mention of interesting because he's. not turkish come easy lesson because obviously in the country fans are not on the. yamaha. that's a feeler dignified and. not true. where is that reality is that. you know. most of my

coworkers saw in people a room and i got. there in stages more helpful if they would have. a more realistic assessment of the problem or indeed if they would actually call her that would help. and we don't even need to travel far from qatar to find the next case of sports washing their neighbors in the middle east abu dhabi and the united arab emirates was even a step ahead as they bought premier league side manchester city back in 2008. the abu dhabi united group transformed the club overnight into the world's richest football club the emirate has spent more than 1000000000 pounds in transfers since buying the club. then vestment has been controversial even until today regarding you we have been actual fair play rules but the cash has delivered positive results on the pitch man city have won 4 premier league title since just like atar the

u.a.e. isn't interested in financial profit they're after something else the emirates has virtually cyril democracy and has repressive freedom of speech loss 90 percent of the population are migrants and the vast majority of them are paid the bare minimum and live in poor conditions manchester city success gives a chance to offer an alternative story about the country to the rest of the world. the country paints itself as a top holiday destination. that's also quite easy to do when you know football stars from all over europe vacation that. today investment in man city has turned into something bigger city football group which owns different clubs across the globe. city football group gives abu dhabi a platform to consolidate and strengthen their political influence we have an ambition as well as a football tool to have an organization that that is global and that will have

multiple clubs. so i would say when the opportunity arises and we are looking at opportunities you can expect us also to add to the number of clubs we have already with and within the organization all other clubs where similar colors have similar badges they even have the same sponsor as you had airways and that's just one of the 2 of the u.a.e. state owned airlines they're both making big moves in football. emirates is going after the european elites of the reality the world's most famous and most successful club. what's in their shirt. emirates. the dubai based airline has a myriad of sponsorships and football besides being real madrid spain sponsor emirates has deals with clubs such as ac milan and feet and arsenal emirates have the longest running sponsorship deal in the premier league as they have sponsor arsenal since 2006 the club's homegrown even bears the airlines name the emirates

stadium and that won't change anytime soon the stadiums naming rights will last until 2028 you may imagine our cars would be one of the groups of supporters from a protest against being rolled so it's not like the government of dubai. partly relates to the thought that by international reputation as been normalised. over many years. long before the tariff sports washing was coined when it comes to sports washing russia are leading the way and they do it through the gas company. on paper as a private company but since 2005 the russian government has own more than half of the company's shares in this league outside shot at have a longstanding deal with the russian company the sponsorship was 1st established in 2007 in a deal worth 150000000 europe's. also owns russian club since st petersburg the old conglomerate bought the club in 2005 making the club

a major force in russian football gasper. some vestment men suneet could make significant moves in the transfer market bringing in players like. axel halter and most recently i think it is the model that we are the more. control. i knew use them for political and. existential issues commend to play by which i mean are they going to ruin clubs or are they going to ruin the game or generally. uses the club and its players for multiple p.r. stunts such as having them play football on an offshore drilling rig these images help glorify the expeditions and downplay the environmental impact costs by all extraction as well as owning and pumping money. is also a major player in the champions league partnership with you a fire began in 2012 and it was extended until 2021 russia knows how to play the game 23 world cup powered by none other than what's russia's crown jewel.

you saw in the run up to 2018 was a lot of coverage of. a low coverage of the race abuse is love at 1st though not a lot of engagement and. trees all of noticed was how that old polish as soon as the forest blew. through and became captivated by the bolt. because you know they're going to get through that 1st well so there are. all the success with tournament. to cement their reputation so they'll get a reputation and history would suggest they will so what do you think is sports washing a big problem football course it shows the future. germany's

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