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coming up france, well, comes ukrainian officials and international donors to paris, their meeting to organize water, power, food, and other forms of aid to help ukraine survive a winter on the russian. a tough class, new details about the far right plot to overthrow the german government. after the arrest of $25.00 alleged conspirators. lawmakers here how the group plans to build up their own army, make arrests and even carry out executions. class the u. s. is about to announce a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion. the technology that holds the key to a revolutionary energy source that's clean, plentiful, and say, ah, i'm good, how else as well come to the program? the u parliament has voted to remove of its vice presidents from office. if our

kaylee is being held in jail on corruption charges linked to the gulf state of kata, she has denied the allegations through her lawyer. the scandal has tarnished the parliament's credibility and undermined its own investigations into corruption in several e u countries. the greek socialist kylie is one of 6 people arrested by belgium police as part of an anti graft probe. 2 of them have been released from custody of after questioning. he said again, think he w's a barbara vessel is in the strasburg for us. are following this story, barbara, a kylie has been now removed from office. will that be enough to deflect a criticism away from the use parliament? absolutely not, of course get her to mean parliamentarians have votes. it was over whelming majority to kick her out. that is a symbolic act. it was quite clear that of course,

she would be stripped off all her offices and functions here in the european parliament. but this is just the beginning. and that is the horrible thing that parliamentarians now have to sit a look to. they know that the belgium authorities are just beginning to sort of understand and investigate what has been happening in this case. and then furthermore, we just heard, pardon me, the president of the parliamentary betcha, metzler talk about that. she was not sure whether it was ending here, whether there were not more scandals, more countries involved in sort of taking paying money for political influence within the european parliament. people here are talking about as a badge on, for instance, about russia in the past trying to, to gain influence on the european law making and european opinion of course. and so this is just the beginning for parliamentarians here in strasburg. it's quite clear out just a few days before christmas,

the new year will not bring in new beginning. it will just be a continuation of this ugly scandal. now, barbara, give you a sense of how damaging this scandal is for the you, parliament and other you institutions. it is incredibly damaging because the moment you lose the moral high ground, you're pretty much lost. i talked to some parliamentarians, so walking past you in the corridors around us and, and the one of them said this cannot be healed. if the trust of the people is lost, you can just go ahead and say, oh so sorry, we will never do this again. people will take a long time to believe you again to believe that you are really that you have clean hands that you don't do dirty deals under the table. all that stuff that the european parliament so often sort of accuses some european countries was and of course was proof. i mean, we saw for instance, the probe into the, into m. hungary,

which was it, which was a very sort of big issue here for months on end, within the european parliament, a lot of law roof has been put on the table. but of course, victor arbor now is 32 point his finger back and say ha, the corrupt european parliament is accusing hungary of corruption. and what can they say to that? so for them, this is really incredible. hit to their credibility and to their moral standing. by revisit their reporting from strossberg. thank you very much. barbara. representatives from dozens of countries are taking part in a conference in paris today to discuss ways to support ukraine through the winter grants president minute. the prime minister rather dennis schmiel is we're present a ukraine at the meeting, which is being hosted by french president manuel mac home. the international conference aims to raise tens of millions of dollars to help keep ukraine fed warm

and defenders during russia's ongoing attacks. now ahead of the conference did obvious ukraine correspondent nick commonly took a look at what support has been promised and what has been delivered if i knew ok in a vital continues for ukraine, for as long as it takes since the very beginning of the war, we were very hot together to help the brain 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 her generous european governments really been 9 months into this war. and it's doorstep in europe that only just caught up with the united states. the kill institute for the world economy to you in europe. governments have now together pledged 52000000000 euros. barry, 48000000000 in the u. s. that might sound like a lot, but it's less than a 10th of what you're spending on its own post coverage recovery program. and then

there's the question of timing. experts criticize that, it can take months for promises and out front of the tv cameras and keep to actually materialize. and now at least you can government can to afford to patch up basic infrastructure of the each new russian attack. but many here and ukraine, where they're countries in such bad shape, they might soon need to put on a whole different level just to carry on. and that's even before anyone starts counting, the cost of eventually rebuilding europeans will be asked to make good on that promise to help her as long as it takes and that could be decades are correspond. lisa lewis is following the ukraine, a conference in paris for us, and earlier i asked her what stood out for her from the opening statements that while am on my call, the french present started inaugurated this conference by saying this is a continued show of mobilization of support for ukraine in these tough times

he called are the russian current strategy. as cynical strategy, he said they are target in a civilian infrastructure because they are losing ground at the battle front. and he continued l y by saying that the international community would continue to stand by ukraine's site and that a national, another international conference was already planned for next year in a london to stand together and provide more support. obviously this conference compared to the other 3 conferences earlier this year is also especially as specifically targeted at providing immediate support during this very tough winter as temperature are falling across europe and especially ukraine. now, the ukrainian, a prime minister is also in attendance. there what message did he bring with him too? while he put some figures on the table, he said, or we need 1500000000 euros in the immediate future to get through this winter.

12000000 people are kindly disconnected from the power grid in ukraine, and he said he caught the russian strategy energy terror. he said that the international community needed to continue to support ukrainian forces and that specific things were needed, such as gas turbines and generators. and he also, he launched another appeal to the russians to say you need to stop this war at one point, you need to come back to us really and talk to us. now, the french president monro mccoy, has at times drawn some criticism from ukraine for some ambivalent remarks regarding russia is hosting this conference and attended reconciliation. well, absolutely my, my car has been playing a very active role in the mediation between the 2 sites. since the beginning of the war, especially actually even before the war, he tried to prevent it by talking to the russian president impeach in to the

ukrainian at their president zalinski on numerous occasions. but he has been criticized for some of his remarks over the past few months. for example, just a few weeks ago, he said that russia needed a security guarantees. and a, obviously, the international community was criticizing him for that. at the l. a. z has been telling us that these remarks should not be taken out of the context and obviously a conference like this one today is a show of support. and he also underlined that, you know, this was really a show of solidarity with ukrainian forces and with the ukraine and government in paris. did have eucharist wanted lisa lewis, they're in paris for us. thank you. lisa a cycle are some of the other stories making headlines in brazil, supporters of the outgoing far rights president julia ball center or tried to enter police headquarters in the capital. brazilian cars was set on fire during the clashes, which came after court confirmed that balls and narrow had lost recent elections to

his left wing. rival lewis in a few lula da silva in and jing the former capital of china, a common aeration was held for the victims of a massacre that took place after japan occupied the city. 85 years ago. china says up to 300000 people were killed. the invasion of china by japan in 1937 marked the start of the 2nd world war in asia. that sam bank when free, the founder of the failed f t. x crypto currency exchange was arrested. the bahamas, after being criminal, charged by u. s. prosecutors, the 30 year old had been under investigation by a u. s. and bohemian authorities following the spectacular collapse of f t x. last month. homes of climate activists have been rated by police across germany. about a dozen people were being investigated. prosecutor said they're suspected of having participated in the blockade of an oil refinery in eastern germany. activists of

the group calling themselves the last generation of glued themselves to airport runways, roads and museum displaced to draw attention to their course. let's bring in our political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thomas, tell us more about the climate activists and why are they being investigated? they are being essentially investigating as a vesta gated as authorities put it for disturbing public operations and forming and supporting a criminal organization. it refer specifically to this oil refinery in the german region of brandenburg in the eastern part of the country and activities that took place earlier in the year. in other words, it does not refer to other operations or other activities that they have carried out in museums or in german highways. there were no arrests reported, but certain elements were confiscated like computers. i pads and other elements

like that. last generation members have been commenting on these raise. they have said that they will continue with their activities. some have criticized the rates as being disproportionate. and what does seem to be the case is that these rates will increase debate here in germany about how to deal with this last generation, where a some believe that their protests are legitimate, legal, and also necessary to fight the climate crisis. there are others, especially german politicians who believe, as we've just seen to day, that their activities not only disturb public operations, but can also be considered potentially criminal. to w political correspondent, thomas sparrow there. thank you thomas. oh, in germany revelations about the far right plot. so oversaw the government at the center of discussions in parliament this week. further details have emerged about how a group linked to the so called rice burger and movement, allegedly planned to carry out their coup in the suspect property searched police,

found large amounts of cash and several dozens of firearms. lawmakers heard 25 suspects have been arrested. germany is still in 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 $180.00 homeland security units intended to become a new army, his id against concrete, they were supposed to make arrests and also carry out executions. good on that is shows how concrete the threat posed by this group really was last one reason call

people on our scale. now, authorities are discussing potential political consequences. one hard topic is 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, bathroom arrests on the question of gun laws, i would like to understand exactly what kind of weapons are involved and how they attempted to procure weapons before man. yet before we call for a tightening, we have to see if there is any problem at all in the legal framework, as it is to day to dies, 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 rules for entering official buildings. jubilant,

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. coming part in future. there will be closer scrutiny than has perhaps been the case so far of 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. a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology is expected to be announced in the united states today . for the 1st time and experiment appears to have produced more energy and was needed to start the process, it is hoped that nuclear fusion will become an inexhaustible source of clean energy

. diffusion involves the same process that gives the sun it's energy bomb. experts coronel will take many years before fusion technology is ready for widespread commercial use and help us to get our heads are on this story. much on the studio by our science corresponded a doug williams, a derrick to the is expected announcement is being described as a breakthrough. is it? it is abrasive, it's a, it's, it's a big milestone because for the last 70 odd years or so that we've been doing peers research into fusion. there's been this problem, which is this basic fundamental equation, which is that the, the reaction that you're trying to cause the event that you're trying to cause has to produce in the long term for it to be economically viable as an energy source for us later when they create plans, it has to produce more energy and you stick into making the reaction happen that way until now, been able to make those reactions happen to make those fusion reactions happen. but we haven't been able to make them economically viable. we've had to put more energy

into it, and we've taken out of it, and apparently that's what's expectedly. the scientists in the us are going to announce that that takes place to an event called ignition. that's sort of similar to the lighting a piece of wood in the fireplace that it can burn for a little while, but, but if at some point it catches fire and burns on its own, that so this ignition appears to be what's actually happened. now in very basic terms, explain to of us and to me, what is fusion and how does it produce energy or fusion is the process of fusion is what powers the sun as, as you just mentioned it's, it's the process of bringing together 2 atoms which really really don't want to be brought together and fusing them together to form heavier atom. in this case it would be hydrogen to hydrogen atoms being fused together. if you remember your periodic table from high school, i don't the next the next heavy element which is which is helium, that, that process releases a great deal of energy. and it's also compared to conventional nuclear plants,

which is fission technology. very clean energy efficient technologies have very heavy elements that you've been split, that process also energy, that's conventional nuclear energy. but fusion energy is a completely different as a completely different based. so what still needs to be done before this miraculous new technology is available for us? well, a lot, you know, there's a joke in the industry that new that nuclear fusion is always going to be viable nuclear economic fusion is all going to be 30 years down the down the road. and they've been saying that for 70 years now. but really, the big challenge is this is a milestone as i said, but the big challenge is continue to be actually engineering challenges. for example, the chambers that these incredibly hot and high pressure events happen, then they have to be able to contain it. also, the question is, how you capture the energy that's produced because you're producing a lot of energy in a very short period of time that has to be turned somehow from heat into electrical energy. that's not easy for conventional efficient plans. we have that technology

in place, but we have to completely redesign everything for a fusion plan to become a reality. could this development eventually help solve our energy problems? well, last climate change, while theoretically yes it it, but that's the great dream, right? emissions free technology, i mean with conventional nuclear technology, like for example, which power 70 percent of france's power grid. it's, it's emissions free and this would be emissions free in the same way, but it wouldn't be as dangerous that safety is of is a huge issue as well. it's fusion process is a fusion event. basically, when you take away the high pressures and the high temperatures that make it happen, it just stops unlike the runaway that can happen with conventional fission energy. so can it's over energy problems theoretically. yes, but it's going to be a couple of decades before it happens. got williams that thank you very much.

the u. s. africa lead us some. it gets on the way and washington d. c. today of the next 3 days, african heads of state will meet to discuss new collaborations between the u. s. and african countries. what future does feel as see for itself in africa? and what do african leaders want from the u. s. t w's alexandria williams reports. the 49 african heads of state will touch ground in d. c. for the u. s. africa leaders summit. this meeting, which will include a gallon dinner at the white house, is only the 2nd ever. the 1st was 8 years ago. since then, african leaders have forged many new controversial partnerships, while the biden administration may not like that. they've said that they won't be telling african heads of state what to do. i want to be clear. the united states doesn't want to limit your partnerships with other countries. we want to make your partnerships with us even stronger. we don't want to make you choose. we want to

give you choice with blinking, but other countries is china. who built in finance king his 1st railway in more than a century and did the same with african longest oil pipeline from the chair to be mean younger at a go k has spoken to many people involved in this year's summit. he says that china, significant investment in african countries, may provoke a new american approach. the chinese change the game. i mean, for so many years, the united states roll on the continent was purely about aiden and support. we americans can really change things substantially through trade by working with african countries. i think it could be generationally important to be, we focus on this. but africa is not just waiting for others. more than 40 countries just linked up to create the african continental free trade area, a market for itself and a larger trading partner for the u. s. so trade is also what leaders from africa

watch from the us. absolutely, this is, this is what they will be pushing for. in this week. the stage is set with trade on everybody's minds. africa population is booming. so they'll need to buy more of everything. this is big business. something everyone wants a piece of in order to get it flies, the u. s. knows that it will have to listen to african voices more than ever before . ah, and the football cub argentina play crash it's night. and the 1st of the semi finals argentina are led by their star leonel messy and came into the tournament as one of the favorite spark grey shot were the runners up in 2018 and have already knocked out title content. brazil. ha. oh,

you do have to go far into hard to find cheering, argentina fans. that vocal support is one of the reasons argentine or a favorites to reach this tournaments. fine, no. but this man, croatia coat zat co damage wants to use that to his country's advantage. you got it, we're playing the great argentina, a terrific team, lead by lena messy. the highly motivated for their under far more pressure than us at the moment. so let's go and what group pressure, not least because this is shirley massey's final chance to get his hands on the world cup trophy at his 5th attempt. he is argentina's star man and has the hopes of a country on his shoulders. but on a sort of this and i took up the diameter lee that a, i think in us employee, captain alida, he's always pushing us and motivating us all. he has that special advantage. and

when we're on the pitch, we know we have messy and that's a great source of motivation. it helps us and you always know you can do more. ah expects these fans to bring the noise again on tuesday night loud and passionate argentina, hoping not to be silenced by a croatia team. it is no stranger to spoiling the party. ah. so the question is, despite the fan support for argentina that we've seen, can crash a pull off the upsets and we ask d w sports responded donna, barcelona, on the ground encounter. i mean, croatia is a great side, they're very difficult to play against. they know that coming into this game, they won't be the favorites. argentina obviously will. and they'll have the momentum of the stadium on their side by actually croatia they produce some of their best football and more spectacular tournament moments. when they have their

backs up against the wall, they're going to be very compact defensively, very well organized. and they never, ever, ever stop running. now if the skin does go into extra time, croatia are the experts, 8 of their last 9 naco games have gone into extra time and therefore to 4 on penalties. so if anyone can handle it, it's croatia. my colleague donna barcelona reporting that i'm filing some christmas chair from a ski resort in the us state of maine. that's where a whole host of santa is on these and snowboards hit the slopes to raise money for charity. more than 250 of them got some runs in before the busy christmas period begins and they'll be swapping their skis full well slays. probably. you're watching the w news. as a reminder, the top stories were following for you. the european parliament has voted to remove

one of its vice president from office eva kylie is being held in jail on corruption charges linked to the gulf state of katara. she has denied the allegations through her lawyer, france as well comes ukrainian officials and international donors to paris, their meeting to organize water, power, food and other forms of aide, to help people that get through the winter as moscow continues. it's a sold on ukraine's infrastructure and that's it from me and the news team from out of an update for you at the top of the hour coming up next close up. get out office in berlin. they switch ah, with

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