starts december 26th on d, w ah ah, this is the news line from berlin, allegations of corruption and bribery reaching from guitar to the leaders of the european parliament. make no mistake, you would be in parliament. your colleagues is under attack. european democracy is under attack. a start warning from the parliament president has one of the bodies vice president is suspended. suspected of taking bribes from guitar. also coming up in the program. less than

a week after police and germany arrested more than 20 people for allegedly plotting and armed coo investigators. were you more about the scale of their operation in the european union imposes more sanctions on a run after another protester was executed. ah, i'm aaron took him thanks for joining us. the president of the european parliament has denounced attempts to undermine the european project as one of the largest corruptions scandals in the history of the continues to come to light robera time at so, lola was speaking after one of the parlance vice president's. even kelly was charged with taking bribes from a gulf state, understood to be world cup host guitar. the greek m. e p is one of 4 people arrested in connection with the scandal. the parliament of the european union

rocked by the worst corruption scandal in its history. the institutions leader stress, the gravity of the situation for the block make no mistake. the european parliament their colleagues is under attack european democracy is under attack. and our way of open free democratic societies are under attack. to your words echoed by the e. u commission chief, the allegations against the rest. it is a question of confidence of people into our institutions. and this confidence and trust into our institutions needs highest standards and of independence and integrity. high level you official stand accused of alleged involvement in a bribery scheme in which the gulf states guitar may have been trying to influence

their political decision. our member of parliament ever kylie is understood to be among those charged. she's one of the parliament's vice presidents. recently, she had become a vocal defender of the gulf country. they are highly even praised guitar as a front runner in labor. right. it helped us world cup post guitar has faced widespread criticism for miss treatment of the migrant workers who built new stadiums. their guitar had denied using any illegal means of lobbying. kylie remains in police custody along with 3 other people. she has been suspended from her duties as vice president, as well as from membership in her party, the vice president, all the facts, the parliament president law says she's determined to crack down on corruption and working with relevant national. this is a test of our values and of our systems and colleagues, let me show you that we will meet this test head on. there will be no impunity,

none. those responsible will find this parliament on the side of the law. and i am proud of our role and assistance in this investigation. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. a snowballing scandal with reports of more suspicious cash found in fresh searches by belgium police. on monday, we turn to germany now or thorough. these are disgusting, substantial political changes after massive raids last week. the target is an extremist group that was largely planning a crew here in berlin. the groups accused applauding to overthrow the german government and included a former politician as well as members of the military. no german authorities are hoping to take steps to prevent similar plots in the future. germany is dylan shock after last week's nationwide raids targeting far right suspects. it now

appears their network may have been wider than 1st thought. members of the german parliament legal affairs committee revealed that investigators found more than 100 letters of so called declarations of confidentiality from people who supported the groups cause the alleged plotters also planned to for more than 2 $190.00 homeland security units intended to become a new army, either against concrete, they were supposed to make arrests and also carry laws. that's one reason call people on our good. now, authorities at discussing potential political consequences. one hot topic as whether to tighten germany's gum laws already among the strictest in europe. intelligence agencies say the plotters had gathered a substantial number of weapons, but before making wide ranging political changes, lawmakers want more information. but if hardness fatima rests on the question of

gun laws, i would like to understand exactly what kind of weapons are involved about and how they attempted to procure weapons before monday, before we call for a tightening, we have to see if there is any problem at all in the legal framework, as it is today to buys public officials deemed anti democratic could potentially be dismissed more quickly. this comes after revelations that a former m p for the far right a f d party was allegedly part of the plot. the former m p still had access to parliament and they could now be strict to rules for entering official buildings. your will and opened his house sign. we want to be and to remain an open house also for citizens. i landed the same time we have to guarantee security for all of us also for our visitors. and this means that not just any one can be allowed, entry may be coming part in future. that will be closer scrutiny than has perhaps been the case so far off the plot to attack parliament brought back memories of

a failed attempt by protested to storm the berlin building and 2020 authorities. and now debating which measures could prevent scenes like this. and more importantly, safeguard germany's democracy. the european union has imposed further sanctions on iran or human rights abuses after reigning authorities executed a 2nd demonstrator linked to anti government progress protests. much as the run of ard was found guilty after allegedly stabbing to security offers desires to death during demonstrations. human rights groups have warned that the protesters are being sentenced to death after sham trials with no due process. the news came early in the morning. maggie teresa ross numbered had been executed after a show trial magic or rights group say he didn't even receive legal council. this low resolution security footage was considered enough evidence to convict him. the

court claims chose the 23 year old attacking to members of a pro government militia. the young man shown here in a private video was charged at the end of november. he was hanged less than a month later. act of his say that run of ards family had not been informed which is only wilson's last week. another young man, most sane shikari, became the 1st person to be executed for taking part in the nation wide protests. as a result, thousands of iranians took to the street and cities across the country to once again demand an end to the islamic leadership. foreign ministers meeting in brussels sharply criticized the executions. germany's top diplomat on alina burbock said, europe is on the side of the innocent and iran, you haven't gotten back to once with these new sanctions. we took aim at those who are responsible for these executions. and for this violence against the innocent people on what that is, 1st and foremost, that evolutionary god,

god. but it is also those who try to intimidate of are punished people and the bit manipulated videos i'm closest on order. my dad to push tough. at least 9 other people have been sentenced to death. human rights organizations say they could be executed at any time. let's take a look now some other stories making headlines around the world. sam bank min fried the founder of the field f t extra to currency exchange was arrested in the bahamas after being criminally charged by you. as prosecutors, the 30 year old had been under criminal investigation by u. s. in bombing authorities following the spectacular collapse of f t x last month . or he was court. his charge a libyan man, accused of making the bomb the blue pen am jet on one o 3 over scotland in 1988, killing 270 people. the attack was the deadliest ever terrorist attack in britain.

u. s. officials did not say how the suspect came into u. s. custody with libyan reports claimed that he was kidnapped from his residence in libya last month. you member states have secured a majority agreement required to enact a suggested freeze of you payments to hungry. the decision is based on corruption concerns and will be finalized in writing ahead of an use summit. on thursday. last month, hungary said the european commission suggested fun suspension was based on a quote, missed understanding on what we got to import several 100 protesters turned out in central belgrade to show support for serbs and kosovo. this comes as tensions between kosovo and neighboring serbia are heightening many in kosovo. if your serbia is threatened military aggression against this ethnic served minority getting ukraine through the winter. that's the aim of an international donors conference in paris to day russia's most recent strikes have left hundreds of

thousands of ukrainians without power. amid fears that the blackouts could trigger a new wave of refugees. d w. nick connelly takes a look at what's been promised. so far, is that new, okay, in a vital continued support ukraine for as long as it takes since the very beginning of the law, we were very hot together in order to have the grain to resist and to be resilient . and we, the european union stand here by them in these very difficult times, as long as it takes that generous of european governments really been 9 months into this warren it's doorstep. and europe has only just caught up with the united states. the keel institute for the world economy says that you and european governments have now together pledged 52000000000 euros bed with 48000000000 from the u. s. that might sound like a lot, but it's less than a 10th of what the you is spending. when its own post coven recovery program. and

then there's the question of timing. experts criticize that it can take months for promises and outs in front of the t. v. cameras and keep to actually materialize. sometimes the money doesn't turn out to use most recent. a pledge, 18000000000 euros is currently held up by a hungarian veto. for now, at least 2 cranes, government can still afford to patch up basic infrastructure of to each new russian attack. but many here in ukraine where he there countries in such bad shape, they might soon need support on a whole different level just to carry on. and that's even before anyone starts counting, the costs of eventual rebuilding. europeans will be asked to make good on that promise to help for as long as it takes that could be decades. ah, the football world cup and guitar comes out of arresting now, but the upcoming matches the semi finals with teams hoping to make it to sundays final falls most important championship. the 1st of the semis takes place tuesday

evening as argentina against croatia. then wednesday evenings he's morocco challenge defending champions, france. now morocco have certainly been the biggest surprise of this tournament, and their fans have brought some of the best atmosphere of correspondent max merrill is in katara and brings us this report. but on the page, an underdog story that's inspired loads across the world. the 1st african semi finalist ever at a war wild cup tournaments and off the page. the fans have just been marvelous. 15000 moroccans live here in could saw and many more tens of thousands expected to be here and could all roaring them on in the stadiums, but also in the streets after the last. when again, cause honking their horns across the streets of tow. how would people leaning out with morocco, flags, and in soup walk, if the main market of dough ha, a fans gathering not just moroccans and egyptians also,

saudis and algerians celebrating together. so while this political tension between these countries, the fans here have come together. it's been quite marvelous to see, and as i say, an underdog story that we always love to see in football. spain is named there, new national team coach after the countries disappointing the last 16 exit at the world cup. luis de la fuente is the man replacing luis enrique, who left after the world cup de la fuente previously coach. spain's under 21 side, defended himself against a lack of top level experience, pointing to his work with spain's youth teams. and some of the country's best young players and his reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour european parliament president roberto met sola has condemned a legit corruption claims in addressed to you. all makers, she called the legit bribery by a foreign power, an attack on european democracy. she spoke up to police, charged 4 people in connection with alleged bribery through

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