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terrible and devastating event. south africa's president vows the work of the parliament will go on the spot, severe damage to the national assembly building in cape town. also coming up scuffles in the netherlands as thousands protest against another government imposed locked down aimed at stopping the spread of the on. the kron very and european commission draft plans could make nuclear power and natural gas plants eligible for green investment that they proving controversial. and being criticized by several e. u member states. ah, i'm anthony. how'd walk 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 applies which say the plume of smoke rising

are the 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 crews raced to the scene, but were unable to stop the flames from spreading to the national assembly building where south africa's parliament sits. that is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy. and parliament is also as the d g, a keep point of all met as will be investigated. the police have started to investigate the forensic above and here public works easier. we all together, reinforcements were called, and some 65 i just 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 promised a thorough inquiry if somebody is being held right now. and the question, but we need to go a lots and lots deeper into hall. 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 blades began. there have been no reports of injuries or for more on the speaking cross stripe, 2 journalists selim, fired in cape town. thanks for joining us. as south africa's president several rem oppose. i 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 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 managed to enter the parliament through our back window. and because of that, he's going to be tried for housebreaking and fits. however, it is not too clear. what are the details, what was their background? and how is that relate exactly to them to the fire ceiling? do we know why it was that the fly was only discovered several hours after it had started? there was a frail in the alarm system and that this is something that is being investigated at the, 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 hearing, kept on have been like raising their quick reaction with the parts of the building now collapsed to 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 player started and they didn't know exactly how, 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 at the parliament in different chambers, though, solidified in cape town. many thanks. thank you. place of clusters demonstrate as, as thousands of people, protests the get dutch governments corona barth measures in amsterdam. the netherlands is currently in a strict lockdown until mid january drew, due to the rapid spread of the on the conference. oh, they say no to the locked down, no to the government's measures. what is their limit? this demonstrator asks,

it's just the latest demonstration in the netherlands against the government's curbs. aimed at stopping omicron police band. the protest that didn't stop people from turning out. many say they're not afraid of catching the virus. i'm here because i like to live and i don't think we should be scared. a stop we're living because with them we're all going to die. i like to live. i mom, they a restriction measures have nothing to do with my health. i mean there are people who want to impose control on us and take all our freedom. hey, i'm here because i think that we all must be free. oh, what i most i scuffles broke out as police broke up the demonstration. it violated the current locked on rules in the netherlands, according to which only 2 people are allowed to meet at once. non essential shops, restaurants, bars and theaters remain closed until at least the 14th of january,

announcing the measures the prime minister made clear, he had no choice only come straight on the current is spreading even faster than we fear it. and so we need to intervene now to prevent a much worse outcome. her assoc precaution are for is worth but the measures have also outraged the vocal anti lockdown protesters. and as long as the government measures are in for as they say they will continue to take to the streets. all right, let's get you up to speed down. some of the other stories making news around the world. and sudanese medic say at least 2 people died when security forces open fire during pro democracy protests. only 60 people have perished during a new round of unrest there. it began when the military took power in 2 in late october power sharing deal. it later agreed with civilian politicians has failed to satisfied protesters. south korea's military says an

unidentified person had crossed the border into north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone, but soldiers could not find them. surveillance equipment showed that the person had indeed crossed into the north. the border between the 2 countries is heavily protected and heavily patrolled great. it was president joe biden is said to discuss the escalating tensions on the russia ukraine border with ukrainian president. for lot of miss zalinski grants is one of its soldiers was killed in fighting with russian backed forces on saturday. and thursday president biden spoke with russia's leader letting me putin, about the growing numbers of russian troops along the moines along the border. ukraine. and the russia crank process is just one of these shoes confronting president joe biden. us 20. 22 gets underway. didn't believe washington bureau chief in his pole has more on the challenges facing the administration. this

election you it is one of the pitfalls of the u. s electoral system that a president is already in campaign mode after just one year in office. the mid term elections will determine on november 8th, where the president biden will lose his ability to govern. it is quite likely that the majorities in both houses will go to the republicans, and they can, and they will prevent any thing. the democrats can claim as a success in the upcoming 2020 for presidential campaign in the extremely radicalized united states. everything is now politicized in the fight against the corona crisis, which has already claimed over 800000 lives. political interests come before the common good. the same is true of the climate crisis, which has hit the country with more extreme brother. more frequently. the biggest challenge facing america, however, is how secure it's democratic institutions are. they are under a tech,

at every level. the european commission has put forward a draft plan 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 your panes commission plan has come under immediate criticism though from both environmentalists and several governing parties within a you member nations is 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 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 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 renovations 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. d, 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 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 johnny me to get more on the stories de doubly reporter matthew mor good. i matthew and we just heard the general climate minister described this proposal to libel nuclear power as fraudulent such strong words wise, this is an issue. so charged or less from amber, germany is in the pro, this 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 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 them? i yeah, that's right. i mean, we've heard obviously that there can the complaints of the green party 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. no, 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, we can see it here. if we bring up. 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 thus gas and nuclear are to be included are far from ensuring that we reached the parish climate targets and do no significant harm to the environment. right? so some context them some reaction there as well. i'm interested in the timing, it was published at midnight, 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, i wouldn't say so. i mean, acidic might say i re good time to very bad news and the austrian climate minister said the decision to release that proposal under the cover of darkness quote, showed the commission was really on convinced by the proposals. but the panel of experts who know has 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 that the proposals were devilish, and i quote, the worst greenwashing he seal in years has words, is this just quickly before we goes this a done deal? well, you've got all that opposition, baltimore lay for that. you still got france, italy, and other european eastern countries that are for this. and so i think that we hard for jeremy or other countries that are not in favor to steve. off of the 2, 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, coming up next sports life and the story of a german hopeful joining the world's most northerly, husky race. that's after a short break. i'll be back at the top of the out.