i choices because it has given a way to transmit. my name's neglect moment and i will detect ah, ah ah, this is d doubly news live from berlin. a major blaze ravages south africa's parliament building. this is devastating new turbo. busy and devastating event as africans,

president vows the work of the parliament will go on the spot severe damage to the national assembly building. and cape town. also coming up european commission draft plants could make nuclear power and natural gas plants eligible for green investment that they've proving controversial. and they've been criticized by several u. member states and israel battles to control an outbreak of avian flu. it's already killed, thousands of cranes, and the government has been forced to co hundreds of thousands of poultry. ah, i'm anthony howell broke into the program. south africa's parliament has been badly damaged in a major fire that has left the national assembly chamber gutted. dozens of 5 fathers were called into battle the blaze which sent a plume of smoke rising over cape town. police say a man is due to appear in court on tuesday,

over the place. the fire had already been burning for hours when security guards discovered it at around 6 in the morning. fire queens raced to the scene that were unable to stop the flames from spreading to the national assembly building. where south africa's carla. this is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy and bonnie minutes also as the t g. a keep point. i'm all next is will be investigated. the police have started to investigate the forensic department here, public works easier. we all together, reinforcements were cold, and some 60 fire fighters eventually brought the blaze under control, but not before it had done extensive damage. visiting the scene, the south african president, serial rama posts are also promises a thorough inquiry if somebody is being held right now. and the question. but

we need to go a lot to do a lot deeper into how this type of 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 for more on the speaking cross stripe to general the saline fired in cape town. thanks for joining us as south africa's president several rem, oppose or says a man is due to appear in court. what more do we know at the moment? indeed, we don't know much more many more details at the moment. initially they reported that a man of a 51 year old had been arrested then they corrected the figure. they said they had the man is actually 49 years old and that he will be actually tried. he's going to court on tuesday. however, this, the police also said that the suspect to manage to enter the parliament through our

back window. and because of that, he's going to be tried for housebreaking. and however, it is not too clear what are the details, what was the background and how is that related exactly to them to the fire ceiling? do we know why it was that the fire was only discovered several hours after it had started? there was a fail in the alarm system and that this is something that is being investigated at the moment. it is not you someone switch that off, or if it was just a technical failure or however, the firefighters are right, that the scene only 6 minutes after the call was made. so the president and there was already here in, kept on have been raising their quick reaction with the parts of the building now collapsed, completely collapsed, and the national assembly chamber destroyed. will parliament we think be able to keep working at this point?

yes, the idea is that they keep on working there also with the state of the nation address given by the president every year. it's scheduled for the 10th of february and at the beginning of the day when the players start to them, they didn't know exactly how big was a fire. the damage is going to be. they were studying the possibility of doing the state of the nation address in a different venue. however, the government has a confirm that the procedures will go on a, at the parliament in different chambers, though, solidified in kept down many thanks. thank you. the european commission has put forward a draft planned labeling energy from nuclear power and natural gas as green sources of investment under the proposals nuclear and gas plants could be counted as environmentally friendly. the european commission plan has come under immediate criticism from both environmentalists and several governing parties within a you member states. it's like a welcome gift at the start of france's

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 a list of environmentally sustainable activities worthy of investment. mr. companies will be obliged to report not only their financial status but their sustainability too. but the debate over nuclear powers green credentials has split

the you. germany's economy and climate protection minister horbeth hardback had strong words of criticism for the new bill. the course one vice receipt of the commission knows what it's doing and in my opinion, it's doing the wrong thing is not a question of forbidding francis use of nuclear power. the frank can do that, but this is about creating a financial investment market and declaring it green, sustainable, an ecological manual. 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 joining me to get more in the stories, dw reporter murphy more can i, matthew? we just heard the german climate minister described this proposal to libel nuclear power as fraudulent such strong words. why is this is an issue so charged always from amber, germany is in the process of closing its nuclear power plants. a decision triggered

the decade ago after the fukushima nuclear disaster. so it's stunning for a lot of germans to see this landmark labeling system of use, which is designed to encourage investors to invest in green projects, wind energy projects. it's stunning that that would be used and to label nuclear as green and sustainable. and that's a decision that will help france the most the country with the most nuclear power plant in europe. and a country which relies on 70 percent of his electricity from his nuclear power plants and they're old and the need investment. and so this would allow them to get international investment for their power plants. but it's, it's angry is angered activists are, you know, because they say it's going to take away money from, from renewable and green projects. so when a francis staying with nuclear, what is germany getting? i yeah, that's right. i mean, we've heard obviously that there can the complaints of the green part in germany.

but the other aspect of this draft was about gas power plants and it would a low gas power plants that meet certain criteria to be considered green. and that might just suit the german government because they're looking to fill the gap that's left behind from the decision to shop nuclear. but energy experts are not happy. one expert advising the council, the european council on these rules. astrid mattie, who's a senior economist, that the, the german environment agency went on link 10 and said, and we can see it here. if we bring up the, she said that the rules, the plan would contradict the very purpose of the green deal. and the taxonomy, the conditions under which both technologies that gas and nuclear are to be included are far from ensuring that we reach the parish climate targets and do no significant harm to the environment runs. so some context, them some reaction there as well. i'm interested in the timing, it was pub just at midnight on the 31st of december. that's not where you go when

you want something to be widely discussed. is that a normal time to release such information? well, and i wouldn't say so. i mean, acidic makes it a really good time to very bad news. and the austrian climate minister said the decision to release the proposal under the cover of darkness. quote, showed the commission was with the on convinced by the proposals. but the panel of experts who know how to, who have got 12 days to look at this, i spoke to one of them today and he said it was unreasonable. it's disrespectful. this is a holiday time in europe. but he also said on the content the, the proposals were devilish, and i quote, the worst greenwashing he seal in years has words, is this just quickly before we goes, it's a done deal? well, you've got all that opposition bout meant lay for that. you still got france, italy, and other european eastern countries that are for this. and so i think it, we hard for germany or other countries that are not in favor to steve off of the tool. you might see some compromise on the wording of some of the policy, but i think nuclear and gas will probably still will be considered green energy in

the future. we wait and see, messy more. thanks so much. all right, let's get your speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world today. soon, these medic, so at least 2 men 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 we took power in a to, in late october, the power sharing deal. it later agreed with civilian politicians has failed to satisfy. protesters south korea's military says and an unidentified person crossed into the border region into north korea. the army detected the person in a demilitarized zone, but the soldiers could not find them. so violent equipment showed that the person had crossed into the north. the border between the 2 countries is heavily protected and patrolled great. cha to flight has returned nearly 100 people from the

lithuanian capital vineyards back into the abra iraqi cities of abil and baghdad. the migrants reportedly agreed to leave voluntarily. the baltic nation has seen an influx of migrants entering from neighbouring deliveries after its leader, alexander lucas. shenker vowed to retaliate against you. sanctions you as president joe biden is set to discuss the escalating tensions on the russia. ukraine border with ukrainian president of the lot of mister lensky. ukraine says, one of its soldiers was killed in fighting with a russian backed forces on saturday. thursday president bowden spoke with russians, laid a vladimir putin about the growing numbers of russian troops along the border. a bird flew outbreak in northern israel has killed more than 5000 cranes. the environmental protection minister says it has caused the most serious damage to wild life in his world. history as authorities try to contain the spread of the disease, farmers in israel had been forced to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens,

hula lake reserve, and israel. it's a stop over for most birds, migrating from europe to africa with the changing seasons. an estimated 500000000 birds passed through the valley every year. but a new mutation of the bird flew is now tearing through the migrating flock of leaving authorities struggling to control the large outbreak. to the poorly bertha my al sheila, we declared a quarantine in the area and began collecting the carcasses. m a clearly little. could we do an untouched a dying or injured birdsall? only the dead fool will whistle in the off of the rug lovely. the flu was 1st discovered in europe in october. officials fear it could eventually be passed on to humans. so far, no such cases have been recorded from the new type of bird flew and is earl. the virus causing to flu has however,

already been detected and farmed birds in israel alone. more than half a 1000000 egg laying chickens have died or been cold. as the government tries to limit the environmental damage on the vehicle versus a lunch with leaks with it, i hope it won't continue spreading. because as of now one we don't know color la cautiously. well by live a blue shield on mute. so listen in the from the outbreak means to popular le park is currently closed for bird watchers and hunters and will likely remain. so for the rest of the bird migration season, you're watching day w. news is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the south. south african police say a man is due to appear in court on tuesday, offer fire ripped through south africa's parliament building in cape town. dozens of 5 fought as battle for alice to bring the blades under control. the government is promising a thorough investigation into the incident. and

a proposal from the european union could see some nuclear power and nash, natural gas plants labeled environmentally friendly, making them targets full grain investment. not, not all member states back the plan. that's it for now you're up to date coming up . next, our documentary series tackles time and whites were gathered by some us humanities . biggest puzzle. i'll be back here again at the top of the hour in 45 minutes time with another bulletin. i'm anthony housing building for me and the entire team here in berlin. thanks for your company. i was interest the global.