just to sign every weekend on z w, the is the see that we news live from berlin. israel faces increasing international pressure over its attacks on gaza. the us defense secretary arrives and tele viva ahead of talks with israel leaders as friends calls for and a medias and durable truth. also coming out the outspoken china critics facing life in prison. hong kong medium oval jimmy lie arrives at court accuse by basing of conspiring with foreign forces. price groups call the case and attack on press

freedom. coming up in sports, can anyone stop labor cruising in the bonus? lee? i think when i get to keep their on beaten record and say 4 points clear at the top of the lease, the welcome to the show. we start with growing international costs for israel to scale back its assaults on gaza. that includes it's closest ally, the us defense secretary lloyd austin has just arrived and helped me from the rain for talks with israel's defense minister and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu . austin strip is part of a diplomatic tour of the middle east, is expected to press israel to focus its attacks on homeless and do more to avoid civilian casualties. a mazda is considered a terrorist organization by the us,

the is you, and several other countries or collecting and burying the dead. now with daily ritual in the gaza strip. for those able to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones. many remain trapped under the rubble of bombed out buildings. these latest victims were killed in rough uh, in the south, a supposedly se. so for those lean, the fighting in other areas of gaza at the clinic and they hit every place. big targeted everywhere they've got a big target to of night. children are all was scared and they wake up screaming because of the sound of bombing when they're a big targets everywhere and rough. uh yeah, but unfortunately there is no safety. another recent, a salt and rasa killed a french foreign ministry worker who had been sheltering inside a residential home. news of the death came just as francis for administered arrived in israel. paris was condemned the bombing and is demanding an investigation on the

door. is. i've also come here to reiterate the importance of a new humanitarian truce. we need to return to a durable truce into a truce that will enable us to work towards a humanitarian sci fi. now that is but israel says a ceasefire would be nothing more than a gift from us, giving it time to regroup and strike again as soon as we will eliminate a mass of release. so that hostages, how many permits cause it wouldn't become a search for tara once again, the rule that includes disabling from us is vast network of underground tunnels. like this one, according to these really military, it goes down some 50 meters underground and is wide enough for vehicles in germany's foreign minister and the case for and secretary has also expressed

support for a cease fire, but only if it can be sustained in a joint opinion article they right, we do not believe that calling right now for general an immediate cease fire, hoping it somehow becomes permanent, is the way forward. for now, the pair are pushing for further humanitarian pauses to get more aide into gaza and hostages out the rising desktop and the accidental killing of 3 hostages. by the is really military has raised concern over israel's strategy in gaza. the us is pushing for transition to smaller, more tactical emissions into the territory in tel aviv thousands of protesters have been taken part in weekly rallies, calling on the government to end the fighting and pursuit a peaceful solution that would allow the remaining hostages to return home ha kramer is our correspondent in jerusalem,

and i asked her if the growing international pressure was showing any effect on the net on yahoo government. well, as you said, international pressure is going that'd be, don't see much impact of that here in policies or strategies actually be heard again over the weekend, communist opinion minutes. and you know, again, reiterating that only maximum military pressure will use any results, mainly victory for israel, or what they say clear, you know, eliminating him us top of him, us and also to release more hostages to days. no change at least. and the public rest of x here of the government, of course, who will be seeing today also the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, also in israel. and it's expected that he will also reiterate the need of 4 more humanitarian aid. coming into garza for a civilian stone, also no less harm to the civilians in garza,

which is with us being the closest and strongest ally of israel doing it's of war efforts. but there also have been calling uh for uh, you know, less casualties and goals. but we haven't seen anything and disregard happening on the ground. but what is also happening in is, well, it says more and more pressure on the is really golf government domestically to do more to make a new deal to release more hostages of to a 3 is very hostages. where code on friday, by the is really military in dasa. several of israel's closest allies are pushing to revive the idea of a 2 state solution which is widely regarded as the only way out of this crisis. is there any appetite for that in israel, of the mean the a lot of debates about, you know, what with a guys a look like about of to post war, a goals of what is going to be is rez,

rolling this, but this a lot of ideas being floating around but nothing really concrete. and i think the idea of a 2 state solution, or rather the concept of a 2 state solution has been promoted for over 2 decades by the international community, by rest and the allies. but it has not been implemented. and we've heard also prime minister benjamin netanyahu as saying that actually he was to bun, preventing a public opinion, a state which is at the core of this 2 state solution, a thing to states living to people and to states the thing by side, by side. so i don't expect this uh um, you know, in this with this writing government also his core allies, the far right parties are also against the palestinian state. so i think this is a relevant discussion that is a very far away from the reality right now. yeah. so a lot of pressure on yahoo from abroad,

but also at home. where does that leave him? how stable is he right now empower as well? i think what we're seeing right now, there's a lot of pressure on prime minister netanyahu from the families and relatives, but also from the public about bringing more of the is very the hostages that are being held now in that is still being held and goes to the deb about a $130.00 hostages that are still engaged and this is the main issue that the focus of the country is now focused on. um there's also of course, after this incident that the 3 hostages that were killed, that is really ami a. there's a lot of discussion about the military's rules of engagement and goals that thought responsibilities, especially when it comes to the prime minister. but this is something that will be dealt with after the war right now. this a sense here the time is running out for those hostages and the precious on to bring those hostages back home. tanya kramer, reporting from jerusalem,

always great to get your take. thank you so much. i think it's a quick look at some of the other headlines making use around the world today and gimme an explosion, add an oil terminal and the capital connor pre is left dozens injured to unclear if there are any casualties authorities and ordered schools to close and urged workers to stay at home and happened in the early hours of monday. the cause of the fire has not yet been disclosed. in australia, hundreds of people have been evacuated as flood waters. and on date, the northeast, the raging waters shut down an airport and washed a crocodile into a town. severe weather warnings are in place with more rain forecast. authorities say damages the damage is already in hundreds of millions of years to germany's defense minister, voice to story is, has signed a roadmap with lithuania to permanently station german troops in the baltic state

from 2025. berlin wants to bolster security with his fellow natal member to counter russian. threats to the region is the 1st time germany has permanently deployed troops outside its own borders. serving president alexander, of which its claims that his party has won a commanding victory in parliamentary elections. projected results suggests the populace, serbian progressive party is on track to win. but the pro western opposition, serbia against violence says it doesn't recognize the projections. both the opposition and election monitors have warned of serious irregularities. the hong kong now with a trial has begun for media mobile and pro democracy activists. jimmy late. he's accused of conspiring with foreign forces under a strict security law imposed by china. the 76 year old was arrested more than 3 years ago during a crackdown on hong kong is pro democracy movement. lead time to come to

a couple more years ago. it was the day you do me lie. new was coming. on august, the 10th 2020 police made the media and local watch as they rated the offices of his newspaper food daily. on. earlier that morning, he was arrested on charges of violating hong kong is national security law. his newspaper was defiant, apo daily must fight on, but the headline thought fights continued only for another year until home comes lodges, pro democracy paper was forced to shut down. people cute tobias last edition, which month to the end of an era for press, freedom of a lie himself, worked free on bales. but it was clear that he was in the cross has a vision. even beijing he told the domain news, he would stand and fight. i was sitting with the ship because this pace gave me everything. or, you know, i,

i'm in depth to this space. i'm very grateful for the what the escape football is pretty. that's good to be. i'm 73 almost. so may be is a payback time jimmy lie sledge, mainland china for hong kong. at the age of 12. he began working on the flow of a government factory and they ended up in charge of a closing end media empire. much, many who rose to the top and hong kong light chose not to stay quiet. he became a leading voice, even the pro democracy movement. the hong congress, he's a hero. beijing sees him as a threat. in december 2020 lai was sentenced to 96 use for fraud charges. his support to say were politically motivated. he could now face a life sentence under the national security law. his family size, the verdict is a full conclusion. i have no confidence that the trial will be fired as in any uh,

any form of visit this 3 government appointed judges. and there's no jury. they the security minister boasted of a 100 percent conviction, right. so, so this is not going to be federalized as i don't think there's any, a thought about the china cmc time in to, to make an example of the outspoken media tycoon which it might only make him a malta for hong kong pro democracy movement. august child is a pro democracy. activists are recently left hong kong for canada. she says she may never return. earlier, i asked her why she made the decision to leave as i was a rest a 3 years ago on the national security law in hong kong. and my pastor was being confiscated and i had to report to the police station regularly, even i was not being charged even until now i was not being charged. and so that's

why in the beginning of this year, i applied to police that i would like to study my master's degree, canada. and after my application, i underwent several times of interpretations and i was being forced to even do something. i don't want to do like, for example, to write a dependence letter saying that i would grad, as a patient, also should move been in hong kong at our season for us to go to the mainland china for began to trip. and these kinds of, you know, the trip and the letters, they are not something that is, it's in any part of his law and he'll call them. and now i'm studying my masters degree in an, in canada. and i decided not to go back in the coming chamber originally. i have to go back in the coming december and in the end of this month to, for a report. but if i go back, that would be a high risk that i would not be able to come back to canada again because the police could always confiscate to pose and profit documents without giving any

concrete reasons. and they could even be quest requiring me to for see some of the requirements again, just like before for example, go to the mainland china again. so i, that's why i decided not to go by. do you feel safe on canada now? safely? can you feel so yeah. oh, so yeah, i, i would say that of cause is saver in canada then in hong kong, but it's not 100 percent because there was a lot of news reporting that there are chinese secret police in canada actually live in canada, but also in the united states of japan and then a freeze. so i, i'm afraid that the, you know, the chinese secret police would kind of do something on me. but still i pay because i want to live freely. so that's why i would try to do what i

can do here. i will speak what i can speak of here. do me lie, is the latest pro democracy figure to go on trial in hong kong. you've been able to leave it and many people are still there. what's the situation like in hong kong for activists right now? well, i would say under the national security law, there is no longer any room for any kind of opposing opinion against the government . there is no longer any kind of freedom of speech. so human lives cases, office, the one of the top posts that even media has to be under the control of the chinese government, as it's also approve of a total destruction of opportunity to systems gender, freedom of speech. and you would just like to rely, were accused of colluding with foreign forces. what do you say to these accusations? well, i would say that i like to be honest until this moment i have no idea why

and my rest is because of this case. so it says, so it says exactly how the, how come as far as the suppression and, and some of the political dissidents that they are making of accusation. and they, using the national security law as a political to, to suppress all people from telling the truth. yeah, under these circumstances, what does the future look like for beijing? critics like do me like like other activists that you know or still there what, what does the future hold for them? well it's uh, it's hard for me to say as a hong kong or it's cost, it's very sad to see the home comes no longer comma gay. it's very sad to see that our one concrete, 2 systems of freedom of speech, a real full being destroyed by

a chinese a far cheap. so i'm from my experience and also from the stories of many active it's in hong kong. we can see that hong kong are too small south to the mainland china style, way of how to intimidate how to suppress the political dissidents and how they use the power. and this is what i really worried about as hong kong pro democracy active as an this child. thank you so much for your time, all the best to you. thank you. a anne. sheila attempts to adopt a new constitution have failed for the 2nd time. on sunday voters and a referendum turned down, a conservative proposal to rewrite julie's current charter, which dates back to the military dictatorship of the 19 seventies and eighties. last year they already rejected a more progressive draft. after this latest failure to bring about constitutional change, there seems to be little appetite along to lambs to try for a 3rd time. even as julians voted on a new constitution,

the air was thick with apathy. a paid or i feel a little on motivated because it's a tiring process. this is the 2nd time to somebody in the civil says, i hope we won't have to focus on this again. you know, so we should instead stress things people have demanded earlier, health education and pensions soon, even soon jalie currently has a child to the dates back to the times of military dictator august hoping to chant the drive to scrap it again at widespread anti government protest in 2019 and bitterly ins call from major social and the the refund left leaning petitions then proposed a new constitution promoting access to abortion and protecting indigenous rights. it was hailed by many as the was most progressive charter. but it was rejected by

bolton's on sunday chileans voted on those 2nd proposals this time for the full time leaders of the found right. critics say it is even more conservative than dictate to be not trans charter. and so people have rejected back to president gabriella burridge says that the vote shows truly is a democracy regardless of the results for you today as has been reiterated in recent years, we are carrying out a new civic journey that's beyond any results. you must drink, sends out democracy. bo rich also say this was his last attempt to reform chillies . constitution echoing the very nice that you didn't go to the on the board to see a buyer, labor who isn't maintained there, and beaten streak with a comprehensive 3. now victory over and hot friend for

a jury striker, victor of bonnie face, scored one goal and set up to others as labor cruising made at 12 winds from 15 games in the league. the season. florian versus partnership with victor, bonus face has been one of labor susan's, many success stories, the season and the passing sap again scape, the hardest, the lead off to 14 minutes bonus. i use going on challenges before side switching high it was very sick to cease to the season. and half of those have been to the nigerian striker are to be science ahead. pony faced at the polk the work here is 9th, go with the season. included reach double figures out in the 2nd half, but he's short with tom, the rate prices deposit, jeremy, free to nail and it would seem gets even better bonus space. returning the favorites. yvette's. i'm a 20 rhodes to direct in some style. the

space of the season without doubts, the go with the game. didn't know it's the boots could have top to even that in the closing stages, but was denied by the cross spots. frank 5 to see many a to buy in last week. lucky to keep things downs. just 3 bits was a real estate and waiting for labor to use. and we say no sign of running out of steam under kind of chevy along side. mark meadows from the w sports joins me now. mark liver, cuz i'm just don't know how to win or lose any more. it's amazing story. i mean, what chevy, alonzo has done that. i mean, to think he took over in october 2020 to the with down at the bottom. and this has been positive ever since this is his 1st major coaching job. there is a slight problem for later cuz i'm coming up though 5 of the players are going to go to the african nations cope in january including victor bonus. i see we've sold this, but they've got patrick shake who can fill in for him. so it might not be too bad,

but they've become friends never get ahead of themselves because the nickname is never cruising because they've never won the bundles like uh, they for the 2nd 5 times. so what about the tasting pack them specially byron munich 1st. yeah, i mean by 13 now as well against the be still got has been up there in the, in the top for we can have a look at. so one of the goals now let's go to the cost by who else. but harry came quite incredible, a tally. now he's got 20 goals from 14. the games i mean, just sensational, and he just knows what to stand. he just knows exactly where the ball is gonna come, knows that he needs to have it right in that corner. and yeah, he's going to be such an interesting 2nd half of the season. i mean, just amazing what he's doing and the other results that caught your yes, i mean uh, we can look at the results. mainly it was the most of the games on, on saturday and one was always cold. my was, i'll be leipzig winning that. and that was very important where i'd be likely because then stuck out last yesterday. so that's kind of helped him just begin this

race. so the time is the positions of a c minus and on your not good results for them down at the bottom on your own. if on the fault they turn the corner, but it's not turned out that way and don't. and yet again dropping points, it's going to be a nova for stating season for adult and friends. and if you look at the table as well, we can see what level means. now the reason i say mid week, round the fixtures, which is a rarity in, in the bonus they get this week because they're trying to get all the games in before the festive season. and then the mid season break. and we can see that a full point lead the labor codes and have what we shouldn't forget by and have a game in hand. because that game, because we only slowed off a couple of weeks ago and of course, and go to play each other as well. so it's going to be a fantastic 2nd off of the season. if we just look at the bottom very quickly, we can see the new and that see now what i owe the drop zone. but it's not going to be a very nice christmas for clone minds announced that unless they can win on tuesday and wednesday as mark meadows, if the w sports. thank you so much. and here are some other stories from the world

of sports and b and b, a milwaukee bucks. star gaming little art score, 39 points and a 128 to 119 victory over the houston rockets. the bucks were 2021 and the champions and have looks good so far this season and the eastern conference with 19 when you were always in control. and at least 3 pointer from broke lopez helped seal the deal. the tech ice hockey team here in white have suffered their 1st defeat of the season. i the euro hockey toward tournament in switzerland on sunday, the last 53 to sweden. meaning the tax finished the tournament in 2nd place behind the swedes. and in golf, the 14 year old son of tiger woods hit the shot of the day in the final round of the pmc championship. and on sunday, charlie woods rolled in a ship at the 9 pool in orlando as the pair finished fit in the father. and son event. germany's band had long got and his son, jason, one for

a 5th time a week before christmas people across the globe are getting into the holiday spirit dressing up as santos and spreading holidays here each and their own way. and berlin, hundreds of santa as roared through the city on their motorcycles dropping off gifts and donations. and friends. thousands jumped into their christmas costumes for a charity run on the outskirts of paris and in venice or santa ditch. their slaves were gone to live, to travel down the main canal to spread joy and the holidays spirit to the city. and before we go, a quick reminder of our top story. for us defense secretary lloyd austin, is an israel, as part of the latest diplomatic tore of the middle east. the meeting with israel's defense minister us go on. the trip comes, i've been growing calls for israel to scale back its attacks and got

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