a closer look at the project. our mission. to analyze the fight for market dominance. east this is west. getting still ahead with d. w business beyond ah ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin, heartbreak for morocco as their world cup. very tail ends, rating champions, france proved too strong for the underdogs that sets the stage for clash of the football tightens in the final against argentina on sunday. also coming up

turbulent times for you leaders as they meet for their final summit of the year. the gathering comes as a bribery scandal strikes at the heart of european politics plus the jail protesters in iran facing execution. german all acres are now trying to draw attention to their stories. campaigning for their release. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. it's the end of a dream for morocco in the world cup. raining champions, france had beaten the underdogs to kneel in their semi final clash rocco were the 1st african or arab team ever to reach the semi's and all their way there, they conceded, only one goal. last night, though frances attack proved to be overwhelming. deep, colonial cultural and migratory entanglements mean morocco and frances encounter

was always going to be about more than football. but shortly after, take off france offered a cutting reminder that everything boils down to what happens on the pitch in the reigning champions would be no pushovers. taylor and n does mean at one mill just 5 minutes in olivia druids. 12th minute, chance further showed the atlas lions is tournament best defense might finally be vulnerable. despite the early deficit, morocco didn't fold java. dahlia. meek probe. the french backline with a spectacular chance. just before the break but it was france largely on the back foot in the 2nd half who dashed morocco's dreams once and for all. substitute randal kalani finished things off it to nil. france will hope to keep the celebration going by retaining the cup against argentina, while a heart broken morocco has already written his rock as passions

porters have been one of the big stories of this world cup. we caught up with some of them in cutter, not outside. i want to thank the people of guitar for hosting this wonderful world cup morocco. he did very well. you are very far and we're very proud of you. thank you to the king to his majesty the game on this exar coach waited the gag and the whole tip of morocco you made us proud. thank you. i'm not disappointed. we made a very, very good game. we made that one there our 1st house time and we lost the game. later we are proud now because we have one of the best in the world and, and shall love for the next word scraper will be more ready than today. the only sad thing is there was so many opportunities to be in the goal, and i think the players were under a lot of pressure, but i am extremely proud and happy for where we got here. so they've already written history. if it comes to me, proud morocco fans more reaction. i spoke with

d. w. sports correspondent, mark mothers in doha. i asked him what morocco has gained from this tournament despite the loss to france? well, talking to fans at the stadium last night, their overwhelming emotion was pride to be the 1st arab team and the 1st african team to reach the semi finals is a remarkable achievement. they beat belgium, they beat portugal, they beat spain. and let's be honest. they almost beat france, they had so many chances they had to pose to, than over and kick. they really could have won it france. his 2nd goal was a little fortuitous. but the broken fans in the stadium hours inside the stadium. they were singing their hearts out until the very end. despite the defeat, it is quite incredible what they have done. and this arab will cook really needed an arab team to step up. if you remember, kat are the hosts went out in the group stays losing all 3 games the worst host nation in woke up history. so morocco of done it, morocco have been this arab team, that of really impressed the 1st arab will cook and it's

a great moment from iraq and football. generally because the moroccan women's team has qualified for the 1st time for the women's woke up next year. okay, what about france? they managed to defend their title so far. what spend the key to their success? well, they weren't brilliant again last night, but they were clinical and that has been so important to them during this tournament, especially in the quarter final against england. now what france are doing is also incredible because a team hasn't managed to defend the world cup title since brazil way back in 1962, only brazil and italian, the 1930s of managed it. so france do at this time and beat argentina on sunday. it will be very special, it will be extra special because france came into this tournament with n raft of injuries. their main strike current benzino was out. christy thrown clunker was out. paul paul boas out in gold comp county was out just so many players in yet still they've managed to get to a will cut final that he's very,

very impressive indeed. and their style play has been antoine grees. man. he's meant to be a striker, his base had been playing in mid field in this tournament. he's been popping up all over the place, funding little pockets of space. and he's definitely in the running with a certainly an messy and kenny own pappy, the player of the tournament. talk to mark about that final between france and argentina on sunday. what can we expect from the big showdown? well obviously it's a classic too formal when it's the last time these 2 sides met in a will cook was in 2018 in the last 16 it finished for 3. it was the game of the tournament. we'll hope for similar drama. and another classic, less time, but obviously the great story is leonor messy if he wins this will cope. can we then say he is the greatest player of all time? well, possibly, but i'm just looking forward to the game and whoever wins it is. a remarkable woke up with some great football, as we saw last night. great football indeed mark. thank you so much,

mark meadows in doha sketch. up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the number of people killed by floods and lance lives in the congolese capital kinshasa has climbed to more than 140. that's according to the government. many neighborhoods are still under water after days of heavy rain. it's the latest in a series of environmental disasters to hit the region this year. china is facing problems with stock piling after relaxing its stringent cupboard 19 policies last week. people in beijing rush to pharmacies to stalk up on medicines. china has reported several 1000 new corona virus cases in recent days. the world health organization says the surge in infections is not linked to the lifting of restrictions. a turkish court has sentenced the mayor istanbul there crumb. emery's member of the un peacekeeping pores has been killed in southern lebanon,

3 others were wounded when their convoy came under fire. it is unclear who is responsible. the un has launched in investigation. the european union is no stranger to crisis, but 2022 has been a particularly difficult year war, and ukraine has sent shock waves across europe as leaders struggle to support ukraine while dealing with the economic fallout. now they also have to contend with corruption scandal as of top european lawmakers accused of taking bribes from kata in return for political influence. all those challenges are leading to serious soul searching. as you leaders meet for their final summit of the year in brussels. rush is invasion of ukraine, st. ukrainians, pouring out of the country by the millions and the refugees will warmly received as europeans opened their duellist, oregon. that solidarity was also visible at the top,

with the easiest coming to get the decisively to rally around ukraine and to condemn russia to night. european leaders were fully aligned in condemning the atrocious and unprovoked attacks. now we have to meet the moment. we will hold the kremlin accountable the package of massive and targeted sanctions. european leaders approved tonight clearly demonstrates that the strong stand by the you against moscow also reinvigorated the trans atlantic alliance. and help prompt sweden and finland to take the historic decision to in decades of neutrality and join nato. most people thought for a long time after the collapse of the soviet union, that there could be some sort of neutral space between the west than the east. but there, with the russian invasion, became blatantly clear that this was not the case. and it was time to do, you know, to take one consequence. and that was to apply to become

a nato man. but for all that has been achieved in the way of support for ukraine, the crisis has exposed some deep cracks in the ecosystem. many in europe are concerned about the block survival in a changing world. war we need is a well of the 27 members state to build a real european union that can be effective and resilient in the world of tomorrow because of world of the model. that's very clear about that. it's not the world of members, it's ordinations. it will be a wealth of blocks of empires. a stronger european union means acting as a collective. but member states have to be prepared to see it more sovereignty to brussels, to be able to do that. but faced with an energy crisis triggered by the war in ukraine, e. u. member states have increasingly gone the other way, pursuing their national interests, as they seek to shield their own economies and populations from the wars consequences. our special correspond abraham is covering this,

so it enjoins us now. i rushes invasion of ukraine continues to dominate the agenda in europe. what are you later saying as they arrive for the summit? while a lot of them are reaffirming their support for ukraine, it's going to be a big challenge for european leaders to try and help you create through this particularly difficult phase of the war. as russia has increased, in accelerated its attack on key infrastructure within ukraine. and your leaders are going to be focused on how to help russia, how to help ukraine, pardon get through this winter. and part of that is an 18000000000 euro loan package that it's just been approved for a couple of days ago by e leaders for ukraine. and that is set to be dispersed in 2023. so definitely something that is big on the agenda with you leaders, reaffirming their support for ukraine will with respect to that support or the

courses eager to present a united front end up with respect to ukraine. how solid though is that support among remember, stays well hungry has proven challenging to say the least when it comes to support for ukraine throughout the crisis. virtually since the beginning of the war, ukraine has at times opposed sanctions on russian energy. and just over the past 2 weeks, we witnessed what can only be described as a showdown between the 26 members and hungry when hungry, vetoed that a package that i was just talking about. initially, they had voted that package and that moved by hungry was seen as widely seen as a retaliatory move because the e u was blocking recovery funds for hungry because of its violations of rule of law . clauses in the now that has been resolved since. and now that package is indeed

under way, but we can always expect hungary to be a challenge to that unity mail that you parliament has been rocked by a corruption scandal that must be an issue for leaders meeting their in brussels today. tell us more about that. absolutely. the issue is really omnipresent. here in brussels and we saw the european parliament president met sola arrived today. and essentially repeat the same words that she did a couple of days ago in strasburg right after the scandal unfolded, which is that she is going to focus on cleaning house. they want to get to the bottom of this for sure, and expressed her shock at the time, even in stress where she said that european democracy was under attack because of this scandal. but it is important to know to our international audiences that the european parliament is different from the body that is convening today, we are talking about the european council that is the leaders of this member states . but of course, it is a scandal that affects the integrity and,

and the integrity of the entire union. however, when it comes to form an and when it comes to action, the impetus is really on the european parliament. historically, emmy peas have opposed more transparent laws, for example, more transparent rules that would force them to disclose when they meet with a politicians from 3rd countries to the emphasis on them and also on the investigation that's currently ongoing for us to get full clarity on what exactly is going on at the european parliament. i a thank you so much shar, special correspond abraham, there in roses. you are watching dw news just to remind her of the top story. we're following for you this hour of the world cup, raining champions, friends had beaten under dogs, morocco to nail in the semi finals. they will now face argentina in the final on sunday. and your leaders are meeting for their final summit of the year in brussels

. the fallout from the ukraine war is set to dominate the discussions with inflation, energy and sanctions old on the agenda of next year. on dw news, we've got a documentary film for you. i'm terry marshall. thanks for watching the world cup in to thomas exacting in sports and tim version included because we are here for you with reports and background information about the football to biggest toner.