[000:00:00;00] ah, subscribe to the w documentary on youtube. mm. ah. ah, business d w. news live from berlin, major protests, all the straits of saddam demonstrate as a calling for democracy. 2 months after a military coup security forces, they have 5 t gas to disperse the crowds and cut off the internet services to try and stop. the

protest is also coming up. the panoramic has once again put the brakes on christmas celebrations as infection rights surge. some people in europe are taking advantage of the holidays to get back tonight. it and a revolution rate. new telescope is launched into space. it's hopes that james, where we'll be able to tell us more about the origins of the universe. ah, i'm rebecca britt, as welcome to the program. we began in see don, where thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of hot whom and other cities demanding a transition to civilian rule. the rallies come to mounts, offer a military coup. the civilian prime minister, abdullah, hum dock has since been reinstated. but the pro democracy movement once

a government free from military control. ah, t gas and water cannon against a growing movement. angry at military roll sedans. capitol cartoon was once again the scene of mass pro democracy protests. a military crew in october through the countries transition to democracy into disarray. and the reinstatement of the military and civilian government a month later, failed to ease anger at the armies power grab. when we are here and we still believe in the 3 nose, no legitimacy, no bargaining, no partnership with the military. the military does not rule us and we demand the handover of full power to civilians. we demand civilian democratic role, the more robbing maddening, almost 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured in crackdowns on anti cru

protests since october. and there have been allegations of security forces raping women protesters. in the lead up to saturdays rally the authorities, blocked roads and bridges. internet and phone lines were cut off. but the pro democracy movement is still finding ways to stand together against military rule i l. l. we spoke to d. w. africa correspondent felix marengo. who's following that story for us from nairobi, we asked him how likely it was that the protesters demands would be met. it is very unlikely that the military will actually stepped down or back down and based on the resent development caused a lake earlier today, the internet was cut off. so people are not able to communicate amongst themselves . and so they were not able to mobilize as enough, but a protest i talked to this particular evening said that the military seems to be dead tired in getting tired with what the protest,

those are continuously doing to mount pressure on them. but it is very unlikely because even the prime minister who was reinstated thiel has his powers cleave to by this sim military, that people lay expecting to bug don't. so whether the military will back down, it's very highly unlikely, especially are following that is and developments it really is. phillip miranda, that christians around the world have been marking christmas day, but in many parts of europe, the celebrations have been scaled back amid a massive surge of coven 19 cases. thousands of people across britain have taken the opportunity to get vaccinated daily infections in the u. k jumped above 100000 this week for the 1st time. it's not something you can find wrapped under the tree . but the gift of health is what thousands of brits are looking for this christmas . this vaccination center is one of many open during the holidays. with the goal of filling the prime minister's promise to offer every adult

a job before the end of the year are, was totally unimaginable, unfathomable, by anybody that we could have a christmas or even the whole year like this that this has been primarily accord ex, initially ariana, so unprecedented by the u. k is grappling with its latest surgeon cases. fueled by the only kron variant hospitals are bracing for another massive wave of cove it. in this hospital in france, one of the country's biggest health care workers fear they may soon run out of beds for new patients. france reached another record high number of infections on saturday, registering more than 104000 cases. most of the patients spending christmas day in this. i see you are on vaccinated trip. who he book that i thought a lot about the fact that i refused to be vaccinated. if i had been vaccinated,

i would not have needed this level of intensive care, or do i listen, hulu, that the so the vaccine is not a danger. he what it is, a possibility of escaping ish, something more serious in the netherlands. the decorations are up, but no one's around to enjoy them. people here spending another christmas in lockdown. we hope the next is going to be rather was, is like we thought her 2 years ago and all the core all over again. okay. first christmas book mother years going to be both everybody's actually already with here and around the world. people are hoping that next year santa's gift will be a merry christmas. oh, many people here in berlin christmas conjures up visions of hot mold wine and walks

in the snow. but for those living on the streets of the german capital, the bitter cold can be life threatening, and the pandemic has only made matters worse. our next report takes a look at a volunteer who donates her time to drive berlin straits and help the cities harmless. survive winter. i put my lovely is some chuck head, but give your friends some t o for over 10 years. carty kaiser has been helping homeless people survive berlin's inhospitable winters. well, i've been cut off the one i had put in the midst of germany's 4th covert wave, and with omi called, looming. the situation for homeless has become ever more dramatic because the risk that people will die is higher this year was i? yeah. twice a week, every winter. carty goes on patrol through the streets of berlin. her main job is to pick up and fairy homeless people to rescue shelters. but cobit regulations have led to a drastic fall in bed capacity. the simpsons,

the 3rd so not actually the worst case scenario is when it's freezing outside for i have a person in the car but know where to bring them because all the shelters are full of went to bring them and then i have 2 choices. either i abandoned the person in the freezing cold again, or i can ask the shelter to break the curve at regulations for everybody involved. it's an impossible situation on the cook. this man says he fled from war torn eastern ukraine, co dog, diesel. her kind of live. i live. good. i live with. i have nothing left. nothing. no family, no kids, no one. whoa, whoa, whoa. a bomb fell and destroyed my house. that's it. you like many others,

this man will spend the night outside. ah many homeless people in berlin don't understand german this man only speaks italian. hallo, jaelyn. hey guys were from the rescue bus. could you test this man felt him with hunting over a person is always a stressful moment for the team. what caught, he doesn't have long to dwell on that. a quick look at the tablet. and the next case is already waiting. we cause x, it will be another long night. and that's her now, to some of the stories making headlines around the world, at least 60 migrants have drowned off to their boat capsized and the a j. and say of the greek on and of paris. dozens more survived the disaster and were taken to the island. it's not clear why the boat overturned it's the 3rd deadly incident in less than

a week. the saudi led coalition has launched large scale air strikes on rebel held areas in yemen, killing several people in the countries north west. that's in response to deadly missile attacks by who the rebels on saudi arabia, healey, 400000 people have died during 7 years of war. a suicide bomber has killed at least 5 people in the eastern city of benny in the democratic republic of congo . the explosion went off in a busy restaurant in the city's downtown. no group has claimed responsibility, but the city has regularly same clashes between the army and an islamist group. fan miles military has been accused of killing at least 30 people from the ethnic career minority in the countries. east witnesses said they were killed while trying to flee. fighting between the army and resistance groups. banjos save the children says 2 of its members were caught up in the violence and the missing

scientists are celebrating the launch of the most powerful telescope ever built. the james web space telescope lifted off a border rocket from the european space agency base in french kiana. it's hoped it will provide new insights about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and store this vehicle as a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars and scan exit planets for signs of life celebrations. back on earth at the european space agency space in french kiana, scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come wept mission to understand

excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of, are we alone in the universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge. and i think that out there somewhere there will be life for we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where we'll make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant telescope. teams from european canadian and us space agencies collaborated on the development, the massive gold plated mirror. and it's tennis court sized sun shield were designed to fold up into the launch rocket at its core, a powerful infrared lens which can penetrate clouds of gas and dust deep into parts of time and space. never before observed. we have had some infrared telescopes in the past, but they've been much,

much smaller than the web. so there will be many powerful tools that this telescope will have that just had not been available to us in the past. so it's going to be that's why it's revolutionary, why we're all excited about it. the james web telescope is now traveling to its final destination more than 4 times further than the moon. it will be 6 months before it can collect scientific data. a long wait for scientists there barely a blip in the soon to be revealed time span of the universe. earlier w spoke to medina garcia, not on the european space agency and we also what inside scientists to hoping to claim from the telescope. there are a few big themes so that the 1st one, which was one of the themes and the special for a bit of scope was to observe the very 1st the stars and galaxies. we're talking about bet,

3500000000 years ago. so we will send those very 1st galaxies in the service, and then from there we will not close my galaxy apathy and look on it seems to understand how that accessible and how they form and generate who will also serve a lifecycle of stars. the birth of for the price and assistance and also of services affects the planets by x a plan. this maintenance plan is that are outside of the sort of system with the ultimate objective of finding indications of life in those planets. i say i'm out of the european space agency speaking to us a short while ago. i was staying in that space now, but not quite so far away. the astronauts on the international space station have also taken bit of a break. merry christmas merry christmas eric happy holidays. happy new year from all of expedition. 66. the crew including for nasa astronaut and one from the

european space agency for the touch of festive chair while orbiting 400 kilometers above the if you're watching the date of the news that johnny's update this hour, but don't go away. i'll report a series is up after a short break. i'll be back next hour with more headlines. ms. always wore on instagram and twitter at j. w news. and of course, when our breaking news app on our website, www. dot com. i'm recreate as in berlin, thanks very much for watching. ah ah ah ah,