when it comes to the defense of the humans and see the rightful fools who have decide to put their trust enough. my name is jennifer is tonight work a d w ah hi ah ah . this is dw news live from berlin. a major, blaze ravages south africa's parliament building. this is devastating. you could tell your boat and devastating the event. south africa's prime minister vows the

work of the parliament will go on despite severe damage to the national assembly. building in a town. also coming up, european commission draft plans could make nuclear power and natural gas plants eligible for green investment. but that proving controversial, and i'll being criticized by several member states and driven football giants by a munich, i'll hit hard by cove 19 infections. we'll take a look at how the pandemic is affecting the sports from flight. ah, i manuscripts mckennan, thanks so much for being with us. south africa's parliament has been badly damaged and a major fire. dozens of firefighters were called in to baffle the blaze which sent a plume of smoke rising over cape town. prime minister cyril rabbit pose, a says,

a man is in custody over the fire. it's cause is still being investigated. the fire had been burning for several hours when security guards discovered it around 6 in the morning. fire crews raced to the scene, but were unable to stop the flames spreading to the national assembly building where south africa's parliament sits. this is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament, he's the home of our democracy and behind him in this also as the t g t point all neck is, will be investigated. the police have started to investigate the 14 figure up and poverty griffey via we all together, reinforcements with cold and more than 60 firefighters eventually broke the blaze under control. but not before it had done extensive damage. the roof of the building has collapsed on the one side and the fire is spread to the the new

assembly. according to the officers. they have detected lodge cracks in the wall, which is of concern. authorities fear the parts of the buildings. some of them 1st built in the late 18, hundreds might collapse only security stuff i believe, to have been present at the building when the blaze began. there have been no reports of injuries. like hey, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making news around the world . today. 5 people have died and more than 20 people have been injured and a bus crash and russia, 2 children are among those injured. the accident happened in a region south of the russian capital, moscow. thousands of people and amsterdam have turned out to protest the dutch governments corona virus measures. the netherlands is currently in a strict lock down until mid january, due to the rapid spread of the on the crumb bear in thousands of flights within the united states have been delayed or canceled over the new year,

weekend adverse weather and rising cases of the on the chron corona virus parent adding to the trouble disruptions. christmas holidays are typically a peak time for air travel. south korea's military says an unidentified person has crossed the border into north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone and surveillance equipment later showed that the person had crossed into north korea. the border region between the 2 countries contains millions of land mines, and it's one of the most heavily armed places in the world. it's more unless we cross straight to frank smith, a journalist in sol, the capital of south korea. thanks for joining us. frank. how is it that someone can cross the border? that is considered one of the best defended in the world. how did this happen? well it's definitely not that easy when you move northward in south korea toward

the north korean border toward the dmc you 1st encounter and what's called the line of civilian control. and that will be extensive fencing right across the 30th parallel here. it will involve guard pose in only people that live in small sort of peace villages. there's one or 2 of those in past the line of civilian control. and then there's a couple of kilometers there before you even get to the d, m c. and then there's a really extensive fencing and anti tank trenches. and as you mentioned something like 2000000 land mines within the dmc. relics of 950 to 53 korean war and the period after where the 2 sides really dug in to prevent any cross border skirmishes at that time. so it really is a challenging undertaking to, to try to get into north korea from the south say an incredibly elaborate system.

how can the south korean bought a car? it's not noticed that this had happened until several hours later. well, that's the subject, certainly of the investigation. it's taking place at this time. they do have extensive electronic monitoring equipment, including interest in for red cameras and possibly even sound detectors, motion detectors. and what you know is presume perhaps happened in one of these subsequently was discovered to have to have monitor the, the person crossing into north korea. if we, if we drive toward north korea along popular highway here that runs along the han river, you can see guard posts in fencing because there is a concern that north korea could infiltrate the so in many submarines up the very wide hon river. and it's kind of a really boring deployment, if you're

a soldiers serving your mandatory military service at the same time, it's very stressful. and eyes are on the north. they're not necessarily on south grands trying to get to north korea. extraordinary story, frank smith and so thanks so much the european union has put forward a draft plan labeling energy from nuclear power and natural gas as green sources of investment under the proposals nuclear plants could be counted as environmentally friendly, if, as a detailed strategy for disposing of the radioactive waste safely, the european commission plan has come under immediate criticism from both environmentalists and several governing policies in human donations. it's like a welcome gift at the started francis e u presidency. the european commission plans to classify investment in natural gas and nuclear energy as climate friendly, under certain conditions. to that end,

a draft law was sent to e u member states. shortly before the new year. the commission believes gas and nuclear power could help smooth the transition into a future based primarily on renewables. france, poland, and the czech republic have been campaigning for more than a year to have nuclear power classified as sustainable. it's no secret that france needs investors to fund renovation to its existing, 56 reactors and to finance new ones. the so called e u. taxonomy is a classification system designed to establish and list of environmentally sustainable activities worthy of investment. listed companies will be obliged to report not only their financial status but their sustainability too. but the debate over nuclear power was green credentials has split the you. germany's economy and climate protection minister horbeth hardback had strong words of criticism for the new bill. d christian vice receipt of the commission knows what it's doing and in

my opinion, it's doing the wrong thing is not a question or forbidding francis use of nuclear power. the french can do that, but this is about creating a financial investment market and declaring it green, sustainable, and ecological valuable. and that's fraudulent labeling. it comes from austria and luxembourg have already threatened to sue the block if it declares nuclear power sustainable. and from one this draft law we can bring in our correspondence max under his, in brussels max, tell us what's behind the commission's proposal to label some nuclear power and gas plants as green energy. right, so the main reason behind that is that the commission wants to achieve climate neutrality for the block by 2050. and that's still a long way to go on in order to achieve this, to transfer the economy, to green fossil fuels, to be phased out. and that has to be a transfer to clean energy, such as solar energy. now,

nuclear energy is already largely available across the block and it's seen as some sort of interim solution and a proposed as some sort of compromise by the commission here. and it's right, it has very low emissions or note greenhouse gas emissions in that sense. but it still remains at hazardous and has other downsides, such as the mining for uranium which is necessary for to in order to power nuclear power plant is bad for the environment. and also the one of the larger issues remains the issue of radioactive waste. what to do with it, there is no tangible, sustainable solution for that. so a lot of critics are actually accusing the commission of a yeah, engaging and green washing here. and they're risking the reputation of that. you taxonomy toys. oh, okay, so even though it's being sold as a compromise, there are some pretty big differences of opinion on these plans between the law, j, e, and the state. something that's right. if you have a look at the, the biggest, most influential you member states, germany, and france, here,

i'm germany on one side is against a, a, against a atomic energy as facing outside nuclear energy in germany. france, on the other hand, is, is the main driver here, and they get more than 70 percent of their energy from, from, from nuclear. they are at, they have more than 50 nuclear power plants that need to be maintained and there needs that needs to be investment and in terms of that and also, and they are constructing more nuclear power plants in order to generate to, to have energy security within france and, and francis france is not alone. there are many, each member states that are looking towards nuclear energy, especially those in eastern europe that used to be, are, are still our coal reliant and are moving away from coal. they are i nuclear energy and they're only a very few you member states left that are really totally against against this. so is this a little this likely to puff up this sir? proposal now are this draft law am, is the marks the beginning of

a 14 day consultation process than in 2 weeks time. there will be a final proposition on a proposal by, by the commission to which will be voted on both in the counsel of you member states and then later on in the parliament. and at this time, it does not look like that. this will law will be vetoed, it's very likely that we will have a green label for nuclear energy in the future in the next sunday in brussel. thank you for that. some been to think us upon years now and buy a new next captain mano and i, and 3 of his team mates have tested positive for corona virus. the germany goalkeeper will set out the start of training the season resuming on friday when the thing at champions by and say all their players and staff will take p. c. artists not minutes from d. w. sports is here to tell us more about how the current virus is pummeling european football mark. let's start with buying and the positive cases and that the

club is, is dealing with. yes. i mean there's this 5 actually oversee manual lawyer. the captain and coach. he's picked it up, flying back from the mold eaves on holiday kings. he coma was in dubai. he's come back. positive count on to lisa was in his native france, you've got the english sher defender, omar richard's, and also assistant coach deal talk molar all positive. now the bonus has been in a 3 week break is due to resume on friday with by and facing. glad back. ah, we assume the game's going to go ahead at this stage of as he by and have a big squad. we don't actually know that these players are definitely out of the game because we don't know what situation are in terms of a quarantine or how long they've been infected. but it's fair to assume some of them are gonna miss the game, at least, and these aren't even the 1st cases. i another indeed, i mean we had mueller now guzman, the coach, he missed 2 weeks because of covey was basically coaching from home of the famous one as usual, kimmy who didn't want to get vaccinated, then got covered as now said he might end up getting vaccinated we don't actually

know if he'll be available on friday because he's a long problem caused by covered we don't know if that counts as long covered yet. so there's lots of uncertainties. i think what's different is that those infections were obviously within the club. it's. it's hard to stop when they got all the players together. these new infections are players being allowed to go on holiday and then sort of bring it back. and i think some by and fans will find that a bit odd. and also we don't know about other as they get clubs, are they in a similar situation with players coming back from holiday? that could be chaos. could they be the sorts of postponements receipt in the english premier league? i mean the bonus he has a new boss from to morrow. it's donna to hop from. she's a 1st woman ever to run the bond as they go. and she's going to have quite a busy entry. now you mentioned england, liverpool, a coach, young club. he's the latest infection there, isn't he can, can they even complete this season? it's gonna be tricky. i mean there's so many gains been called off in the premier league. they might have to think about playing and champions league weeks, which you a for hate because they want the champions league to be in the spotlight,

not the premier league. we also have a world cup in november, december this year, which means they might be able to push the season into june if they had to. but it's not just england, leonor messy, the p g star, he's tested positive today. and there's also a lot of cases at barcelona, so it's chaos to be honest and dropping like flies on meadows. thanks so much. and that's the news around that coming up next to shift look at the growing popularity of digital fashion. that's all for me. i'm and you can see mckinnon on behalf of the whole team had so much for watching the de leon, he's ah, literature invites us to see people in particular.