oh, magic. discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. with ah ah, this is deedee the news live from berlin. a major blaze ravages south africa's parliament building. this is devastating you. terrible and devastating

event. south africa's president found the work of the parliament will go on the spot, severe damage to the national assembly building in cape town. also coming up european commission draft plans could make nuclear power and natural gas plant eligible for green investment that they proving controversial and being criticized by several thinking member states. ah, i'm anthony. how'd welcome south africa parliament has been badly damaged in a major fire and the national assembly chamber got it. doesn't defy photo firefighters were called into battle the place which sent a plume of smoke rising over cape town. a man is in custody over the fire. it's cause however, is still being investigated. the i had already been burning for hours when security

guards discovered it at around 6 in the morning. fire crews raced to the scene, but were unable to stop the flames from spreading to the national assembly building where south africa's parliaments. it's. that is a very fair day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy. and parliament is also as the d g a p point m, all met, as will be investigated, the police have started to investigate the forensic department here, public works easier. we all together, reinforcements were called and some 60 fire fighters eventually brought the blaze under control. but not before it had done extensive damage. visiting the scene, south oxygen president cyril ramos also also promised a thorough inquiry of the new somebody as being held right now. and every

question, what we need to go a lot deeper into how this time or event can take place and what measures we will need to take going forward. only security staff are believed to have been present when the blaze began. there have been no reports of injuries or early we asked journalists into quan an attorney, how the south african parliament will malfunction. given the national assembly chamber has been completely destroyed. we know that parliament is supposed to have its meeting of february that in the joint seating of parliament where the president delivers the state of the nation address from what we understand that weight is expected to continue. but it would then mean that a lot of work needs to be done to maybe repair or alternative arrangements made. but as the president said, the work of parliament will continue. and he says he's in touch with the speaker parliament as well as the chairperson of the council of provinces. these are the 2

bodies that sit at the national assembly or the seat of parliament in south africa . but the commitment that we have from the president and the date, at least that we know has been set for that join sitting, is that beginning of february and whether that will come with arrangements made. we will have to wait and see. alright, let's get you up to speed. now. some of the other stories making use around the world. sudanese medic site at least 2 people died when security forces open fire during pro democracy protests. nearly 60 people have perished during a new round of unrest there. it began when the military re took power in a 2 in late october to our sharing deal, and it later agreed with civilian politicians has failed to satisfy protesters. 5 people have died and more than 20 people injured in the bus crash in russia. 2 children are among those injured. the accident happened in a region south of the russian capital. moscow. a bird flew outbreak in northern

israel is killed more than 5000 crimes. environmental protection minister says it has caused the most serious damage to wildlife and israel's history. so thirties tried to contain the spread of the disease. farmers in israel had been forced to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens which are to flood has returned nearly 100 people from the lithuanian capital videos back to the iraqi cities of air, bill and baghdad. the migrants reportedly agreed to leave voluntarily baltic nation has seen an influx of migrants entering from neighbour beller. bruce after its leader, alexander lucas jenko vowed to retaliate against you. sanctions the european commission has put forward a draft plan labeling energy from nuclear power and natural gas as green sources of investment under their proposals, nuclear plants could be counted as environmentally friendly if there's

a detailed strategy for disposing of radioactive waste, safely the european commissions plan has come under immediate criticism from both environmentalists and several governing parties within a you member nations. 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 and 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 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, hobbit harbor had strong words of criticism for the new bill. the 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 deal at all, but this is about creating a financial investment market and declaring it green, sustainable, and ecological language. and that's fraudulent labeling. it comes from austria and luxembourg, have already threatened to sue the block if it declares nuclear power sustainable

or for more reaction on this, we're joined now from stuttgart by macau bloss visa climate policy spokesman for the greens in the u. parliament. welcome to you. what is your fundamental problem with this? a proposal that potentially classifies nuclear power and gas, planters, environmentally sustainable. the fundamental problem is that we need a label that shows what is green, what is a sustainable investment? and with labeling gas or nuclear investment into gas and nuclear as sustainable. this is putting into question to whole credibility of this new and sustainable labels. so possibly it will be used and we need direction for the financial markets now to to put capitol into funds and renewables. and all of this is now it's take what, what this classification actually mean in, in practice. well,

in practice it would mean that a new gas power plants, new nuclear power plants will be labeled as green investments. so institutional investors, big, big bangs, but also i'm small investors asking for a meaningful way to invest their money would be then channeling their money to, to such power plants, whereas they possibly want to them support renewables, wind power plants and solar power plants and not something that emit sued to like gas energy will always be a hot button issue particularly now. but how is it possible that we have a policy proposal that the economics economics minister and climate minister of the european union's largest member, that bank, germany opposes, was the german government just not consulted? or is there a disagreement within the ranks inside building? well i, i was not there, so i cannot tell you how the consultation process or when the result is that

the green minister is not happy as well as many air environmental organizations and also with the grants in the european parliament. and therefore, we have 2 boys, our treatises and because we want to keep the credibility of this green label for investments, how likely before we go, how likely do you think it is that this proposal will actually now be accepted by the used members? well i think m, there is a high likelihood that we go through, but there is still some chance that there will be a blocking majorities. some may be like eastern countries, they think this label is too strong on gas. am some others like go germany, austria, luxembourg. they do not want to have nuclear in it. so maybe there is a chance and for, for it to be blocked. i helpless. we really appreciate your time. thanks so much. thank you. and the energy policy is just one of the big challenges facing the

european union. they got these brussels correspond, christine wanderer has her insights now on where the block will be placing its focus in 2020 to 20. $22.00 is shaping up to be a nother year fraught with challenges for the european union with geopolitical tensions rising. so a phrase you'll be hearing frequently is strategic autonomy. what is that you ask? well here in brussels, that term embodies europe's desire to stand on its own, 2 feet to produce more here, instead of having to buy everything from china and to defend itself without having to rely on the united states and nato, that could include an e, g, u, army as well as efforts to ramp up production for products like semiconductors, here in europe. now, this push for autonomy is really the branch out of the french president, emanuel con, he went to europe to dream bigger and assert itself globally. but not everybody is on board some think it's a useless pipe dream,

but france holds the 1st rotating presidency for the european union in 2022. so emanuel con will be forging ahead some winter sports now. and the snowboard slopes star world cup has concluded in calgary, in canada, and japan's co coma morale z a one gold in the women's competition for 17 year old morality. this was her 1st ever slopes the, our victory on a world cup circuit. and the men's event in that is the best in to tom, took the top price to turn had previously $1.00 gold at the 2018 winter olympics. percentage amongst our lino messy has become the latest footballer to test positive for the current of ours. the forward got the news while on his holiday in his home town of rosario, in argentina, and me is among 4 p s g players to test positive with several other top european

clubs, including by munich, live in paul and barcelona, also badly affected. now in russia, people have been celebrating this festive season without magic. a run of ours restrictions, even though it is one of the world worst affected nations. russians have already marked the new year, and they are now just a few days to go before orthodox believers. celebrate the christmas. a 17 metre high globe outside moscow state circus. workers put it together, weeks ago, in the snow and cold. just one of the many light installations that adorned the city in this dark winter season to just cook the new year's decorations offer a breath of fresh air fire right now. and when new corona virus waves keep coming and people are just tired of it, not much of resorting look with the pity. this group. more than 4000 light shows and building decorations will be on display in the coming weeks. transforming the

city into a winter fairy tale. christmas hasn't come here yet. russian celebrated on the 7th of january, despite soaring infection numbers, no restrictions on indoor social gatherings have been announced. at the cities biggest skating rink, few seem to follow mask or social distancing. rules who wants to let the corona virus spoil their holiday fun? which will change. of course we want a change. we all know what the situation is, neither, but we're trying to find some happiness that this isn't one major attraction, the christmas tree at red square machine. you know, it's a great atmosphere. there's that great feeling of a new year. lots of people come here and do you, particularly the lights and decorations will stay up until easter a welcome distraction in what a w news. his reminder at the top stories were following for you this out. the fi

has caused a major damage to the south african parliament complex. in cape town, a man is being questioned over the blaze. it's cause is still being investigated into proposal from the european union could say some nuclear power and natural gas plants labeled environmentally friendly, making them targets full grain investment. not all member states back the plant and that's if you're up to date up. next, we take a closer look at some of the other stories making headlines this week in world stories. i'll be back here again at the top of the hour with another bulletin. i'm anthony. how'd in berlin? thanks. you account with well go to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings. there

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