but his home life on the authorities can be heard demanding he stop filming lies. oh, i know i'm speaking early this year. his prophetic words have now be realised in what many c as a further erosion of the free press in hong kong. i think that the situation and a message is clear to from the government that making reports and doing uncovering new story will have some criminal results. you may be charged, you may be anymore that your freedom, whatever. so it's not easy to say that i'm not afraid of the situation. the rate on stand news is the latest move in a spate of crackdowns and debate jeans opaque national security law. this address for me is said to detect a national security crime under the national security law in june,

hong kong largest pro democracy paper. the apple daily was also rated and forced to close. it's founded july, was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail, but withstand news gone. and more journalist detained. the grip on hong kong free press grows ever tighter. of what alice bring in our correspondent phoebe cong. she's in hong kong. phoebe authorities have been cracking down on free press there for some time now. how significant is this closure of stand news? indeed, this is another major blow to hong kong and shown it annoys, take industry following the closure of apple daily. earlier this year that this is actually the 2nd collapse of our, our leading our pro democracy media organizations in hong kong. that stan, this is very popular in hong kong and has a large reader base of all over

a 1000000 readers on followers as subscribers and our lay. most of them are our current mofas's supporters and he's also an award winning news organization. so our, this is our, is going to create a huge impact as, according to the hong kong gentleness association. that express deep concerns to us the case. and it expected that he will create a further or chilling, in fact, and also than intensify the self censorship among journalists. because our report, as will be built more for you for about either we pause on politico descent as our every one is not sure about whether or it could be accused of seditious or not. right? with free press being strangled phoebe. what options do hong kong or is heard for informing themselves properly now? well, after the closure of stanley ost areas of the ceo of a very few remaining are independent on news organization. but on the scale is

smaller than scanner than, than, than stand news. and also the influence is, are smaller than standnew, so people have to resort to other ways to get informed, especially for example, on maybe reading the news from fi medias or ah, to out basically many read us that they don't like our leave are in our reports are from mainstream media, so people are definitely finding other ways to getting formed, but it's getting more difficult as a more restrictions we're expecting that government is proposing as some kind of our antique back new laws and some regulations to restrict the the, the free flow of information, so arm is getting harder for people to get like freed information here. baby, thank you very much. that was our correspondent, bebe kong. they're in hong kong to catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day. south africans are holding vigils in honor of

anti apartheid hero. archbishop desmond tutu who died on sunday at age 90. at today's home in johannesburg, so whether district prayers are being held in flowers, laid the city of cape town host a special tribute in his honor. later today, in a further blow to russia's most prominent rights group, memorial, moscow court has shut down the organizations human rights center. it comes just a day after the supreme court order, the closure of memorial international, the n g s main organization, memorial documents, stories of millions of people, persecuted in the soviet era. authorities in poland say nearly 800 covet, related deaths have been recorded in just one day as the highest number so far in that country. 75 percent of these people had not been vaccinated. the omicron variant of the crate of virus is fast becoming dominant in europe. in countries like france, britain, italy, and portugal. indonesian authorities say they will push

a boat with $120.00 range of muslims on board, back into international waters. united nations refugee agency is called for the people to be rescued. the boat is reportedly leaking and has been drifting for days of indonesia, northern coast. today, it's no longer just armies on the battlefield that wage wars unmanned drones, often controlled by people on a different continent. have become a weapon of choice. there touted as precision strikes against individual fighters, but often civilians get caught in the violence. in one recent case in syria footage as emerged of what actually happened. a warning this report contains images you may find disturbing. they somehow managed to survive. first the attacks on their village, then the escape from syria's assad regime. and now

a drone attack targeting a suspected l kind of find her. the family was in their car right behind the suspect on their way to visit grandparents. the children were in the back seat. this simple farming family is what the army caused collateral damage. is the different mccarthy can learn. salvi, my entire family was wounded. my son and i were hurt very badly with fire on fulfillment and we don't have a car anymore. you know that we have nothing left thea, what all that and the she the mother fancy mom needs to go back to the hospital, but she is terrified of the journey. her infection can not be treated at home was ah sure it is. i don't know how to describe my feelings. she could elem i can see the pain suffered by my wife and my son. my daughters let mark moore's legs and head. i haven't eaten for 4 days. this is the village of al

rami, the grand parents live here. the area is also a hide out for al kind of fighters. on december 3rd, the family was heading home. the children were filming happily the motorcyclist and the blue jacket was the drone attacks target. a us soldier on the other side of the world, pressed a button. at that moment the father of mud decided to overtake the motorbike. ah, with oh oh. somehow a 10 year old mock mood survived. he was taken to it lib, 35 kilometers away for emergency surgery. he was then in

a coma for 3 days. part of his skull is missing. a few days later, father archman returns to the site of the attack. he finds parts of his car on his little bosley or willard join, what will be we were drinking fruit juice. we were happy he'd be on the way home lot mode. i was like, the children were having fun marbles. all of a sudden this happiness turned into a blood bath. should obama the screams? we all screamed, but i did what i could euro then help came the sho in omar deliberate. i remember that, barbara this is how a family outing ended. the global coalition against islamic state flew more than 300 drone missions in northern syria. this year alone. this one happened to be filmed. american

professional football this morning. the loss of john madden, the hall of fame coach, was a legend in the sport. and one of its most exuberant voices madden one, the super bowl. as a coach with the oakland raiders in 1977, then became one of america's best known tv, sports announcers. the 3rd act of his career was attaching his name to one of the best selling sports video games of all time. madden nfl. we'll talk more about john madden and what he meant to the other fellows. chris harrington from d. w sports. chris talked to us about the impact that john madden had on the nfl. well, 1st off, let me tell you this, terry. nobody lud football more been coach madden? you know, he was a successful coach with the oak. the raiders, when a super bowlers, as you mentioned and at be born in oakland, i got an early education of, of the impact that our coach men had with the raiders. and then after his playing

days he became a color commentator. you know, he, he was basically invited into everyone's living room and became an integral part, you know, of the sport itself. he helped grow the sport, you know, beyond measured very successful sport. but as a commentator, you know, he was talked about, he put on his show and he said, no, it's not a show. this is my life, you know, larger than life character, you know, known for sometimes making obvious statements like they got a score, they got to get in touch the zone and things like this. we have a few snippets. let's take las i feel like there was only really good way of bad treatment trying to grow a beard and he just can't do it. i mean, you know, the want here guys, a lot of her probably i can't even, i'm working with fi. i mean, everybody got a little in here and a little up here, but he doesn't have anything here at all. watch when you take it off. he doesn't

have anything going up in there. 21 years of being together and everything as you say, those memories will be with us forever and they can never be taken away. and yes, and when he was inducted into the all the fame he, he said he's never worked a day in his life. he went for player to coach. he's the luckiest guy you know, in the world. and another thing interesting about him is he was afraid of flying. he, he was known for commuting around the united states and a bus. the bus was also inducted into the hall of fame. terry, great stuff. he did have an impact on, on the sport, obviously. how will he be remembered, chris? what, what about his legacy? well, i think his legacy will continue to live through modern technology. his name is attached to a very popular video game for the nfl has been several decades of popularity. one of the most successful video games, you know, of the sport. and i think that's one way that he will kind of bridge the gap of generations. people, they weren't familiar with him as a coach and so forth. now they understand, oh, mad in john mat in all,

that's the connection, you know, and they have a new release with tom brady on the cover along with patrick mounds. and even with the video game, there was even a curse attached to it, you know, and so forth. but just to back pedal, few individuals meant as much to the sport as john madden did. he will never be forgotten. that's for sure, chris, thank you so much. i chris harrington from d. w sports. i can you're watching dw news from berlin businesses next with rob watts. i'm terry martin. thanks. bring with stories that most people of the world over information. they provide the opinions, they want to express d, w on facebook and twitter,

up to date and in touch. follow us. how long does a minute last? aah! or an eternity? time it can be measured precisely, and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of type type of phenomenon. a dimension and illusion. about time starts december 31st on d, w ah, the big switch off begins, germany is set to shut down 3 of its nuclear power plants by the end of this year. it aims for a total phase out by the end of 20. 22 will look at what it means, a europe. germans are looking elsewhere for their new year pyrotechnics as

authorities again by the sale of fireworks summer even crossing board is to get with the state of your business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. germany is saying a good bye to nuclear power reactors representing almost half the country's nuclear capacity. ought you to be shut down by the end of this year, the remainder switched off. during the course of 2022. it could be seen as the worst possible time to do it with your battling and energy crisis. but the big switch off is being met with glee from anti atomic activists. ah, these protestors are making their voices heard and have been doing so for decades outside a nuclear power plant in northern germany for over 35 years now. activists have been meeting up once a month to call for the reactor to be shut down. today is the 425th meeting and the

final time that they'll be here breathing the elements. that's because the broke off nuclear power plant, one of the most controversial in germany, will be decommissioned at the end of the year for a pastor in protest, co founder hans cont vanna. it's a day of mixed feelings. as you have used, it is mainly a sense of relieve that the nuclear power plant is, find the history of what we never imagined back then that we'd have to hold out for . so long's, that's about on the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster prompted germany to declare a nuclear phase out by the end of 2022. but many countries continue to rely on nuclear power available. this promotional phil made by the french nuclear industry depicts it as clean and above all climate friendly. a line of argument also favored by the countries president, yet dondo the subject to achieve our objectives, in particular carbon neutrality by 2050 that we will for the 1st time in decades

relaunched the construction of nuclear reactors in our country. and on the clippy, greenhouse gas emissions are lower than those from fossil fuels. but compared to wind or solar power, nuclear energy production is far more expensive. it's really clear those countries around the world that a most intensely committed to civil nuclear power. ah, i the countries with nuclear weapons, all countries really de monster bay kane, on nuclear weapons. the reactor will be shut down, but the radioactive waste will remain in storage there for decades to come. there's still no permanent disposal site anywhere in the world, which is why the activists plan to continue their fight. not to understand what the nuclear phase out means for germany. let's just take a look at countries energy mixed. so in 2020 it was renewable energy sources like wind, solar, biomass, and hydro,

that hurt increased to provide 43.8 percent of germany's energy. coal is the 2nd most important source with leg nights and hard coast, applying almost a quarter of the electricity. here the german government is actually, i mean, to close all of its coal plants by 2038 as it reduces carbon emissions. gas fired power stations provided 16 point, one percent of germany is electricity in 2020. and then comes nuclear power plants which generated 11.3 percent. that is obviously about change with all germany. is reactors due to be switched off by the end of 2022? so the world is watching germany's energy transition as it aims to switch off sources currently providing almost 40 percent of its electricity. that's nuclear and co critic say that doing it too soon. could lead to blackouts, especially when it's dark and there's no wind blowing. they suggest keeping nuclear

power plants running as a stable source of energy. will i be speaking to michael schneider, who is lead author of the world nuclear industry status report and an opponent of nuclear power? i asked him if, given europe's current energy shortage. this was the worst possible time to be switching off nuclear energy sources. well, you know, i mean, the german nuclear pays out has been in the making for a long time. it's decades that the german society had been discussing the issue by the way that the term like in a given that which now has been integrated into the, the english language like energy transition dates from 980. and you know, as soon as 1986, when the channel bo disaster started happen to took place, there were in germany had actually published in germany,

there were 20 nuclear phase out scenarios published. so there's a long exercise of thinking and designing this, this nuclear phase out. so what is happening now is, is just the consequence of these latest decisions that are now 10 years old. so there was a long period of preparation for that. and let's face it, it's, it's been a phenomenal investment security. you can, you know, imagine you can invest into other electricity generating technologies, knowing that 4000 megawatts will switch off by the end of the year. that's a phenomenal investment security that doesn't exist the same way in other countries . that's something we need to ban. i may talk about when, when we, when we talk about the switch off of the nuclear power, is the environmental impact on the fact that germany's renewable sources aren't quite ready to make up for what's going to be lacking from the the nuclear switch

off is this actually a bad move for the environment given the nuclear, given that germany will be using coal to make up that loss. no that's, that's the miss. and that's what the problem, you know, the, the, the reduction in nuclear out bit output of the past 10 years has been compensated for twice over by the increase in renewable energy sources. so it's, it's a myth that actually, that has less lead to more coal. no, it's actually well in the coming years, highway is exempt to this, it will mean there is more coal and late night being burnt to make up for the loss of nuclear power over the next few years. because wind and sun are not ready to fill that gap or no, it's actually not true. i mean, there is a very clear pathway now in order to double up the speed of implementation

of renewable energy sources. and in fact, the new coalition has a target for 2032 to phase out a coal. it differently from what was said earlier. so to bring it further closer to a now a, originally it was 2038 and have 520-3080 percent of renewables in the electricity mix. so in fact, what we have in europe is that especially france is, is worried about the nuclear phase out because germany and belgium, the 2 nuclear phase, our countries have actually saved the french grid in the last week when the some ometer dropped below, it was below 0 so which we actually have a quite unique situation where nuclear friends is depending on the

nuclear phase out countries in order to stabilize its grid. we do have this unusual situation that we in europe where we have germany in one hand facing out and france, if anything wanting that to be more nuclear power plant across europe. why do we have that enormous difference? well, you see in france there has been always the, the a mis of lag on us young. you know, that, that france can only be as powerful and as radiating in the world with nuclear weapons and with nuclear power. and, and frankly, france has always used the nuclear technology, whether on the military side, on the civil side as geopolitical tool. so don't forget, there is now a presidential election coming up for francis take, you know, with the presidency in the european union at 1st of january. so there's alliance

buildings. so again, once again in france, uses a nuclear power is a geopolitical tool. so but on the other hand, don't forget that the new nuclear power plants that the president has been talking about. we're talking of a grid connection between 204-2050. so which is sort of a bit late for the environment and it's a bit late for, you know, changing the, the situation or the generating sources. or thank you very much for your time, michael snyder. i do appreciate you giving us so much of it. that's michael schneider from the world nuclear industry status report on date of your business. as take a look at some of the other global business stories making use more details, it emerged av chinese right hailing giant dds plans to d list from new york and re list on the hong kong stock exchange. reuters is quoting 2 sources, same company plans to use a mechanism that allow it to list without raising capital or issuing new stock

listing by introduction, as it known would allow holders of its u. s. chairs to gradually transfer them. now usually fireworks make new year's eve in germany, a noisy and colorful a fab. this year for the 2nd year in a row german authorities battling the only con corona virus. parents have decided to ban the sale of them. however, some determined germans are getting around the restrictions by crossing international borders. ah, he is. even berlin typically goes off with a bang. but the 201920 took over was different in a suburban street in the midst of crowds of revelers. and huge explosion from a home made bomb, hundreds of thousands of euros of damage. scores of people injured for berlin's authorities. it was the cracker that broke the camel's back. then,

with the onset of the pandemic, authorities feared the usual stream of wounded would overwhelm hospitals, already groaning under the load of covered cases. and national ban was put in place . but germans just want to have fun via plus and get as event despite everything we want to celebrate the new year. last year it couldn't happen. therefore, we are happy that it's possible this year in germany, we are not allowed to buy fire crackers, but we are allowed to set them off and then decide. so many germans are making a pilgrimage across the border into denmark to buy their fireworks. ha humble. they come from hamburg, hanover blaming, rostock, dusseldorf, purveyors of pyrotechnics had been worried about their economic plight as denmark prepares for a more subdued and new year's celebration than usual. but now, business is booming. your highly valued german customers have help safe does it. so

that's been nice. hemmings in estimates that this year german customers account for 65 percent of the shops turn over. so it looks like, even though the brandenburg gate party is strictly no spectators, nightclubs will be closed and all indoor of in use will be off limits to the and vexed germans will still be able to make some noise to welcome in the new that's all from me in the business same here in berlin from o from as do had to our website d to we dot com slash business. you can also find is only do we use youtube channel and facebook with we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, magic corner check hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot camp

w travel off we go. in 2016 as like a bunch of the clean cut. the wanted to see if germany was the me, the last few years have been quite a ride. get a brilliant touch with. i've already done the homework when it comes to genovius. and of course i always look right in the eyes. birch is, but perhaps the biggest on the new hobby of mine. i'm no longer recruit. i want to be in the huge, bare repose americans. but when you're feeling multi giving, you realize that culture just another way of living, are you ready to meet the driver and then join me, right? just do it on b, w this is the dublin years aisha coming up today. a special edition, looking back of the ongoing challenge, just to democracy across asia, why democracy is more than just a fancy word. and why citizens should be bodied when governments act with impunity against them would be given to me in my way to cool off to a democratic.