to keep the flame of the holocaust remembers alive. now he's visiting germany for the very 1st time. the exclusive interview with donnie di today at 2315. you see on d w ah ah. this is b w. news live from berlin. a helicopter crash is near a kindergarten in a key of suburb police say at least 18 people are dead, including 3 children, ukraine's interior minister and his deputy are also among the victims. also coming up a victory in the philippines for

a journalist under threat fax. when through, when jeff is with a core to quit nobel laureate, maria restaurant and her raptor news, outlet of tax evasion charges, which were widely seen as politically motivated and prosecutors investigating a major e u corruption scandal strike a deal with a key suspect. former e, you lawmaker antonio pon, fed a will reveal details of the a legend, bribes paid, and the parties involved ah, a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. a helicopter crash and ukraine has killed at least 18 people, including the ukranian interior minister dentist most scheme. the helicopter went

down near a kindergarten and apartment block in the town of brewery, ne, of the capital key of the aircraft was reportedly carrying mister status key at the time of the crash. officials also say that 3 of the dead, our children for the latest lead spring in our correspondence, sonya fall in a car who joins us now from camp. sonya, what can you tell us about the crash? well, officials, you're now seeing that 18 people have been confirmed dead including 3 children. they say all 9 people on board that helicopter were killed. that included several high ranking officials off the ministry of internal affairs, including the ukrainian interior minister himself, his deputy, and the state secretary official said the remaining did include staff and children at the kindergarten that was hit by that helicopter crash. now there is a we have that are reports for were 20 people hospitalized,

including more than 10 children, a spokesman for the crated air force commander has just said that a commission now will be set up to investigate the cause of the helicopter crash. we also have details, seeing that the ukrainian interior minister and his delegation were using a french made helicopter that was being used for the emergency services. they were on route to a warm hot spot. though we don't have any more details off that. what we know is that this helicopter came down in the suburb of bravado. he east off give it, it came down near a kindergarten and residential building. the governor of the key region says the many people, the staff and children were in the kindergarten at that time. or the crash did cause a fire to break out. we're seeing images of the wreckage and of the mangled debris of cause and trees. and now an emergency workers on the site and the rescue operation is going on. we're getting reports. it was dark and foggy at the time of the crash and initial report suggesting that the helicopter did indeed hit the

kindergarten before. it came down near the residential building. now senior, the interior minister, who was among those killed in this crash, is in fact the most senior ukrainian official to have died since this war began once the likely impact this will have an zalinski government when i think it's too early to see what impact that could have a right now we have few details. there was no indication that this helicopter was shot down. everything suggest that this was indeed a tragic accident. now there have been some reactions from a you create an officials posting on social media calling the loss of this interior minister, a loss for ukraine. we haven't heard from president zalinski himself, but the news will come as a blow to his government. you know, as ukraine kind of presses western allies to, to provide more powerful weapons for

a potential, you know, an anticipated russian offensive and asked to some other news now. and a court in the philippines has acquitted journalist mary's at reza, and her online news outlet rambler. of tax evasion charges. reza was joined winner of the nobel peace prize 2 years ago. but her globally recognized reporting on her nation's violent anti drug campaign made her an enemy, a former president, rodrigo de tear tay. it's not the end of the war for nobel prize winner maria resar, but she has won a significant battle. speaking outside court, she struggled to hold back tears black. today's facts when truth, when justice wins. major emotional alum for ressa co founded the online news side reply unused it to expose philippines.

president rodrigo, to 10 days, alleged abuse of power and growing authoritarianism. due tatty tried to discredit wrap. la grasso says he weaponized the philippines judicial system against her and her associates. the 59 year old has been battling a series of cases filed due to her vocal criticism of the former president. these charges, as you know, were politically motivated. they were incredible to us a brazen abuse of power and meant to stop journalists from doing their jobs. he still faces 3 other criminal cases, including a cyber libel, conviction currently on appeal for which he could be sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison. we can now speak to our correspondent gag matters,

who joins has from jakarta. so gay arg is this acquittal victory for freedom of the press in the philippines. i definitely say it's, it's a step in that direction. maria theresa has said all along that the charges were politically motivated and now the she has the official confirmation, at least that there are unfounded. she made clear once again, that's a rebelar is a 100 percent independent and a 100 percent in philippine hands. although they're getting money from abroad and her lawyers made also clear, and that's quite crucial that any other decision by the court would have had major repercussions for businesses and companies that are also seeking a financial support from abroad in the philippines. now what is the state of media freedom in the philippines to day

must have been media has been considered as one of the freest in southeast asia. for many years that changed under a former president to tear to where the traditional media really came under fire. and that hasn't much changed under a president for marcus junior. the current president, one also however, has to say that he hasn't enforced that battle or shutting down a media outlets at and many critics say the reason why is that he has, he does need to, he was swept into power by a powerful social media campaign that critics, a is mainly boosted by a troll network. now you can discuss whether there is a connection to the president. what i can personally confirm covering the integration a ceremony is that these flogger so called flavors really got prime information from the presidential candidate. well, while most of the traditional media,

including incurring us well left outside without information and a so it is this more subtle erosion of press freedom that the philippines i would say are currently experiencing. and now we know that emory, erica is not completely out of the woods, yet she faces 3 more criminal proceedings. so what happens next for her and for her magazine clearly that the battle goes on. oh, for her and florence raphael or the last time i visited the rep, your outlet was just after the election campaign in manila. and back then there was a court ruling or rather ruling from the registration authority that revenue was supposed to shut down. now they appealed against that ruling and pledge to continue their work, and that is what they're doing to the present day. there's 2 other court rulings related also to, to tax evasion claims. so really they're,

they're dealing now with these 3 cases and sold or the future of rebelar that was founded in 2012 still is, is very much on sir. and was dw georg matters in jakarta for us. garrick, thanks so much for your reporting. all right, let's get a quick check. now some of the other stories making news around the world. tokyo's high court has upheld the not guilty verdicts for 3 former power company executives over their role in the fukushima nuclear disaster. a lower court previously cleared the 3 men of negligence, following the 2011 earthquake answer nami, which flooded the plants reactors, causing the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. brazilian president lula da silva, has removed 40 troops guarding the presidential residents after expressing dis trust in the military for failing to stop the storming of government buildings. on january 8th, le has suggested that some security force members were complicit in,

allowing the mob of j yearbook scenario supporters to attack the buildings. a former lawmaker implicated that the so called guitar gave corruption scandal at the european parliament has agreed to cooperate with investigators. belgium prosecutors, a former m p. here antonio plan theory has agreed to work with authorities in exchange for a reduced sentence. he is in detention and brussels and he's one of 4 people with links to the parliament under investigation. they're charged with participating in the activities of a criminal organization, money laundering, and corruption. or the shock runs deep in the parliament even weeks after the corruption scandal surrounding then vice president kindly became public d. w. alexander phenomena has this report. they are back at work in strasburg, but not back to business. as usual. the corruption scandal dabbed as katara gate

continues to royalty, european parliament threatening to undermine the very credibility of the institution. a lot of damage has been done to the parliament due to that corruption case. but of course it's corruption. it's a crime. oh, so justice, the belgian and european justice were to make their job whenever you meet people, they ask you about the corruption, please. i'm not about to political work. and i think this is sir. a big damage or in the repetition, in the work of more than 700 members. in december, belgium, police raided homes and officers of incumbent and former members of the parliament, bags of cash were found for people among them. eva k lee, one of the parliament's vice presidents were arrested. they have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for favours for co. tar and morocco, accusations the countries deny heidi hotel is a finish politician. and as kaylee used to be vice president of the european

parliament, she did not fit very well into the opinions of her her other social democratic colleagues in the bureau of the european parliament where we were colleagues. so that i could observe that them she had her own way. some questions about if she had some sort of private interest, maybe sometimes went through my head. rightly as a consequence of this candle, the parliament president robert tar met. sola has proposed new rules against corruption, including better control of who has access to the chamber and its members. safe. emmy peas would also have to declare their assets and who they meet. when discussing legislation, a good start says daniel, find who's representing german greens. but he points out that the problem was never elac of rules is lots of we have are good compared to the member states. we have reasonably high standards of transparency on integrity in the new institutions. but

we also need to enforce them and forgot when you the independent body to check on on ethics rules. would an independent body do the trick? there are different proposals on the table. would some members of the european parliament warning the freedom of durham indeed needs to be protected too. but given the seriousness of the accusations, most hearsay now is the time for action to restore the trust lost in this candle. and some sports news now and in tennis, there's been a shock exit at the australian open, defending champion ref on a doll has bowed out in the 2nd round to an opponent who has never cracked the top 40 in the rankings a 22 times. grandson champion was already trailing the match against american mackenzie macdonald when he appeared to suffer an injury. and i'll try to played out the match, but his move ed was clearly affected. losing and 3 said 646475. and before we go, a quick reminder of our top story in ukraine,

at least 18 people have been killed, including the ukranian interior minister after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and apartment walked close to the capital. key of officials have also confirmed the 3 of the dead or children up next, the u, as in china pledge to prevent competition turning into conflict, that's on the delay of business with janelle to milan and marian evanston. thanks for watching. enjoying the view and come take a look at this. our tv highlights every week in your in box subscribe now. torture into the unknown today. this means one.