if you see something that looked like james bond, it has to do with starts december 23rd on dw with ah ah, this is, these are the news lines from berlin. a corruption scandal strikes the european parliament as police and brussels make arrests. prosecutors say they're targeting and influence peddling scheme by a gulf states also coming up after iran's 1st execution in connection with ongoing protests. more iranians who proposed the regime are facing the death penalty. we

talked to their loved ones, worried about what comes next. and a big shock in the world cup and guitar as brazil are out of the quarter finals. it's one of my favorite news on penalties to prove a shout. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. police in belgium have arrested 5 people, including a european parliament. vice president is part of a corruption investigation and to alleged influence. peddling by an unspecified gulf states. greek socialist. any p, eva kylie was suspended by her party following her arrest. prosecutor said they were looking into payments and gifts given to people in strategic positions within the parliament. kyle is one of 14 vice president of the european parliament.

while the belgian federal prosecutor's office announced the arrests without identifying the suspects, their nationality or naming the country, suspected of contributing to corruption in a major you institution. this is what the prosecutor said about the investigation of the packages. hm. with this method of disease. so since the search is carried out on friday, were aimed intercepting compute equipment and mobile phones is on the equipment that is already be use and that should enable us to substantiate the suspicions. the prosecutors have, at the moment, from credit, more surprisingly, a large sum of money was found 600000 years at one of the addresses. so me to the owner of the some will now have to explain what this money was sitting at her house . 56, it has offices. she said, well i for more in this and joined by demetrius papa tim willis. he is a member of the european parliament. also one of its vice presidents is good to

have you with us here and dw news. what's your reaction to these latest arrests? it is a very sad day. are they, you'd have been about a month. it is also a sad day for out of parliamentary democracy all over the european union. and they think that it is important to do what they really takes in order to have it causative outcome of that the large scale investigations are about a very large scandal of what option is that the best thing for them to shop? for as you can find them and make sure that on the so this is the position of our president and the belgian about this in

any nation or 30, which would be within the investigation in the coming days. in order to find the truth. do you have any clarity to which golf country these allegations are linked to a goal of the belgian media list, who are the gulf country is defined as cut. and there was in the bait a few weeks ago in the plenary in november in which place president kaylee had to support the very hard way and casual way. the cut that he said by on the on human rights and label rights. and this wasn't the case for you to be in parliament as a whole. the final resolution that we voted, we the very large majority criticizing that. godaddy's authority,

bish judge for the opposite. now we know an investigation is currently underway, but all eyes are on the credibility of the european parliament. how much of a responsibility does this lie within the institution itself? and also in addition to these individuals involved look as i, we are informed gaily sophie has been sealed by the belgian police yesterday. and after some investigation, she was arrested. although she has an immunity she had about the had expelled, immediately shareable. it got a little, had the suspended guy least membership with an immediate effect. all that data shows that it's something very damaging and very soon.

so i think that's a for our house. it is important to do whatever it takes to shall 0 thought is this for the outcome because there is a very, very large majority of there. but lemme that is who do not play those games. demetrius demolished from the european parliament. thank you very much. indeed for your time. thank you. do a protests. it took the streets in iran again after a man was put to death in the 1st execution of the anti government demonstrations. most in chicago was hanged on thursday after what observers described as a show trial activist or warning that at least a dozen more iranian protest. this could face the same fate, but that happened stop them from speaking out against the government. bah, debt to come, a ne processors, shelton's ha, ha, done on friday. they also took to the streets in other cities like here and roots

a one day after the execution of a 23 year old demonstrator, b. okay. others are also facing the death penalty. the most prominent rappa too much delay he, he was arrested nearly 40 days ago. the musician was forced to make a confession on state television, a common procedure in iran for thought, you can imagine washington to somebody's issue. mostly lieutenant music can spread violence. that was my mistake has on with it. i apologize to all of you and to society about john on friday afternoon. we visited his uncle impulse, come in germany, where he runs a coffee shop. naturally, he's watched the confession video. he told us his reaction, his cetera for his cache and a feeling of hatred of raged was the islamic republic on chicken monday down. what i saw in this video ingbert is that too much didn't speak voluntarily, but not the voice of too much was not one that was full of energy and joy to

express his inner feelings. that it is sorted that who knew whose ruinous right b m boss yet by on the corner. while so les, he has not yet been convicted. dr. hamid garr. hassan lou has already been sentenced to death. he was convicted of participating in the killing of the militia member at a protest in the city of carriage. despite his denials, the doctor and his wife are arrested and beaten in the night. according to his brother who lives in amsterdam taught us then the hutch michigan, and that in for off his ribs broken during dojo, ah, one of the ribs injured his lungs and that caused and done her bleeding and injured, barely, the radiologist had to be operated on 3 times his brother told us shortly after he woke up from the last operation, the 53 year old was sentenced to death. his wife was forced under torture,

to testify against him. the only proof that slay he is alive is his false confession. in his uncle is deeply concerned, the family hasn't been able to visit him since his imprisonment. 2 cases out of many, the highlight the brutality with which those in power in iran are dealing with processes . nevertheless, many iranians agree that it's worth fighting for throw live in fi art. we have like a, some other stories making headlines around the world. hong kong per democracy, media tight who gemini, has been sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for fraud, relating to least violations lies. company ran the apple daily newspaper which closed down in 2021. after a police range human rights campaign, a say the case against him is of indebted by beijing the balance of power and the u

. s. senate is once again on a knife edge after arizona senator kristen cinema announced she was leaving the democratic party to register as an independent. it comes just days after the democrats increase their slim majority in the senate. peruse, new president has appeared on national television at his military ceremony as she attempts to secure her grip on power. dina, hulu. tay replaced ousted left as leader pedro castillo earlier this week. casio supporters are staging protests to demand. his return and blue water is facing calls for early elections. well, i am american soccer journalist has died while covering a world cup match and guitar. grant will received medical treatment at lou sales stadium during argentina's match against netherlands before being transferred to hospital. the cause of death is still unknown. he was 48 years old.

meanwhile, on the pitch and guitar, 5 time when his brazil crashed out of the tournament, after losing to croatia in the quarter finals crochet held their nerve to win on penalties off to attention. a tense period of extra time, meaning that brazil's wait for a 1st world cup since 2002 goes on the crowd inside the education city stadium had watched more than a 100 minutes of gold football when name or solo effort. finally broke the deadlock for brazil. a slick passing move, culminating in his 2nd goal of the tournament. one that looked like a certain winner. but in the 170 minute creation, substitute, bruno petrovich converted his team's 1st shot on target. a deflection from martinos ensuring that croatia would be heading into a 2nd successive penalty shootout. and for

a 2nd successive time it was they who prevailed while croatia. hm. at home clinical spot kicks. brazil twice failed to convert. it was martinos missed that finally settled, things sending croatia into the final for once again. the runners up in russia have high hopes for guitar. while ne, mind co are once again heading home empty handed. and in 5 days, other quarter final argentina knocked out the netherlands on penalties after the dutch produced a major come back during the game. argentina led to nell, but the netherlands came back to equalize in the 11th minutes of soft pitch time. after the game to a shootout, where argentinian keeper m. e martinez saved to penalties and then forward no title . martinez then stepped up to send argentina through to the semi. once i laurie spoke to d, w 's a sports danny barcelona, who's currently in doha. and she has more on that seismic penalty shootout that

sent the netherlands home. so everybody in the stadium during the 90 minutes pretty much thought that argentina had this one in the bag. you know, they had to know lead. it was pretty comfortable. but actually if you know anything about football to nil is probably the worst lead. you can have because it gives you that false sense of security and comfort now everyone thought it was over except for netherlands, who fought back. they managed to tie it up and send again to extra time and penalties. now unfortunately, some fans had actually started to leave the game before the 90 minute, and they were unable to get back into the stadium. so they did miss the extra time and the shootouts, but i was in the stadium yesterday almost $90000.00 people. let me tell you the atmosphere was absolutely ridiculous. the stadium was shaking each step argentina takes further. the belief really increases that this will finally be the time that messy will win the world cup and the world cup failure for brazil was

a pretty disappointing talk. us about talk us through that situation as well. yet for brazil, this was an absolutely massive disappointment. coming into this game. they were the favorites actually coming in to the entire tournament. they were favorites to win everything. there was a lot of believe here, every fan we talked to center, he said that brazil would probably win. this woke up. they have such a talented team from the goalkeeper all the way to the attackers. so it was extremely shocking for them that they went now of course, we know that they do struggle against european opposition since they won a tournament in 2002 each time they've been knocked out by a european side. now of course, croatia is not an easy team to play against the last tournament. finalists, so massive disappointment for brazil right now. all right, that is dana buffalo, 9, doha keeping a close eye on that will cup for us. thank you so much. and his reminder of our top

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