one in a cruise here to the school counseling, missouri, i'm afraid they'll never see him again. when, oh you lost on the rock. starts december 18th, on dw, the this is dw news line from berlin, 4th night of classes in georgia, as huge crowds gather again outside of parliament. the protesters oppose the government's decision to suspend your opinion membership . hearing of your talks, rather fearing it wants to bring georgia closer in line for russia. also on the show revel. groups in syria celebrate the advance of the level of a surprise or offensive has displaced thousands of local residents. and joe, by watch back his promise not to use as presidential powers to part with his son

occupied and was facing possible time in prison for a gun and tax convictions. the un here until them. thank you very much for joining us. george's capital to police . he has been hit by a 4th night of clashes outside of parliament. protesters have been gathering there after the government suspended efforts to join the european union. po, show a clear majority of georgians, favor you membership, and then you fear the really in georgia dream party is trying to move closer to russia. george's prime minister has rejected calls for new elections as the 10s of thousands of demonstrators surround the podium and didn't typically see most peaceful but as the police close in heavy sites breakouts. just as the nights before,

the. c the process was spot by the parliament's decision to suspense. totes and joining the european union, the prime minister cobra hits the t nice. he's taking georgia of the past to you. membership was the, the response is very clear. so we have not suspended anything related to the integration system like that or the position leaders that are the media outlets. linked was the position part of this length of the speaker, but nobody has suspended. you look in integration of georgia, you're very much committed to the use of gave me the cash you friend to your position force is accused the georgia dream policy of trying to tilt the country more towards russia. the position has been 40 coaching parliament ever since, disputed elections in october, and that's been calling for any votes. so has georgia's president,

president southern me, so obviously the supports the prototypes, and it's supposed to leave office by the end of the year. but she is refusing to do so, unless they are a new election leading to stand between the states and the governments and on the streets. it's clear that more than a month after the disputes of elections, which attend the georgia dream product to power in the country, is that another major crossroads. serious military is rushing reinforcements to the northwest and launching airstrikes against insurgents who receives the city of a level in a surprise offensive. the rebels led by john the group are now advancing the neighboring hama province awesome. are welcoming the fighters. thousands are fleeing the region and finding refuge and displaced persons camps. the aftermath of government airstrikes on the city of gid lived in north western

syria. volunteers with the syrian civil defense known as the white helmets are helping the injured russian and syrian war planes are targeting the reval, health, strong willed, after thousands of opposition fighters launched a surprise assault a few days ago, sweeping through several towns and villages, including a leveled to the north, thousands are fleeing the sudden escalation in fighting and many for ending up in camps for the displaced like this one in northern italy province. so i'm a how about came here with her children? she's from a town just east of it live higher. salyers, we had a hard life in the village because of the escalating attack. the real kids, the shedding and asteroids from the plains on one side. and the drones on the other side of the children were terrified, lucky as possible. i to even before this latest round of attacks encounter airstrikes, syria was grappling with one of the largest refugee crises in the world. according

to the un, more than 7000000 people remain internally displaced because of the civil war. us much more he does from a village outside it live, like many in the camp. he hopes the coalition of rebel groups that launch the surprise attack will succeed in toppling president bush, charlotte, sad aircraft. i were following the bustling youth and god willing the regime will full. we're counting the days until we can return because the kids are tired and stressed. we came here with only the codes in our box. nothing else matters. the 67 kilometers to the north, the redwood van since allowed another group of exiled residents to return home. this line of vehicles is entering a level city. after decades of control by the charlotte such forces, opposition fighters have captured much of serious, largest city praise god. after 10 years of

displacement from elect her we have returned, may god bring back every display suppressed and return our people. those stood intends to that home the same. and just as we have a choice to live, the life of our city, to god's willing they, to the joys and the liberation of the, as the syrian military says, it's sending reinforcements to push back the fighters and present the charlotte side is vowing to defeat what he calls the terrorist and the supporters, maureen and maroon, is a post doctoral researcher and the worst studies department at kings college. she has more on who to revel, good group, each ts short for higher rear alshaun is. it's a good question. the group is fairly new, so it was formed or re branded in 2017 by album, harmonic giuliani. but it's an off spring of a more radical group of which existed since 2011. the beginning of the syrian civil war is your part that most right. and that group did have ties to al qaeda. it is

a very interesting concoction here because um, on the one hand, this group is preaching. and so offi is why i'm so that that's a sony branch of his when the radical is some of the other hand, according to the gilani himself, he wants to unite all the opposition and he doesn't want any secretary. and while it's in or the to challenge the assad government, that being said, the screw has been put on the foreign terrorist organizational list by the united states in 2018 because they are the things it cover. it really works with the old guy that even if it's over at lee denounced the whole kind and the rest at some of the fighters and it was in the blue link to kind of in the united states. you as president joe biden has pardoned his son, spearing him a possible prison term under bite and was facing sentencing into criminal cases

related to tax evasion. and you legally buying a gun. bible previously said he was not in this presidential pardons or powers, rather departments and community center for more. let's bring in dw stuff on simon's in washington. so it's different. but even said he wouldn't pardon the hunter. what exactly changed his mind? a good good question. that came as a surprise. i tell you that as you pointed out, the president had said many times before he dropped out of the presidential race for 2024 for the presidency as well as after that he will not do exactly what he did. now, and why did he do it? you released the statement, basically somebody up with that the charges brought against his son hunter bite and were political saw just brought by his political opponents to damage him. the president joe biden via his son hunter biden. and that's why he bought them. no

i, they're just saying they're biting, said that this was a political campaign waged against his son. so do you think he has a point as well? that's a, it's in the eye of the beholder. i can tell you that this will definitely go into the political circus ring or the political wrestling ring, whatever you want to call it to you tomorrow on monday or the next few days to donald trump and don't trump campaign will definitely have to say something about this a true or not fair or not fair, but of course the president gave his word not to do exactly what he's doing now, and that is all about optics. doesn't look really good, right? if a president promised you something and then just the opposite of the last president, i remember who did this and it cost him also the election was the george bush senior. he said, read my lips, no tax increases. and as soon as he was re elected to increase the taxes on

a lotus, didn't forget that that's not the case. he, of course, joe biden is out and maybe he did this to protect was for surely he did this to protect his son because maybe he thought that the trump incoming trump administration will try to do its best to see through those charges and convicts enough on to bite. now let's stay with the president or incoming president trump there if we could for just a 2nd. now of course the trump camp has floated the idea of using pardons in the past when it came to people like the those arrested over the january, the 6th stormy the capital. so the question is, could this set a president for donald trump in his next terminal office? this yeah, i don't think that it needs to set a precedent. uh, the president has those powers those uh, uh, pardon powers and they are wide ranging. um, of course that has to be a case by case decisions to be made, but the president can pardon family members, a regular people, whoever he wants to,

if the case is brought to him in front of him and he decides to do so. now remember, the speculation that donald trump is keen to, if possible, if me, that's to problem himself. so it, nevertheless, this is not lost on the incoming trump administration. and on donald trump himself, we will hear from him and his administration about what happened. now with hunter biden, and let's see how he will handle pardons in the future. all right, i'm afraid we have to leave it there. that was the deputy stuff, and simon's reporting for us from washington. thank you very much. let's take a look now. it's some other stories making headlines around the world for the results put the governing social democrats on course. the wind remaining is parliamentary elections. the vote follows the 1st round of presidential elections won by a far right candidate and the head of a presidential run off. next week and the elections could determine whether romania

pursues more for western or for russian policies. a truck driver has caused multiple accidents onto highways in western germany. officials say the truck hit 50 different vehicles on driving and is the exact fashion. how do you say the truck has push license plates? they've done with the rest of the driver and place them in temporary, psychiatric care. negotiators meetings of korea have failed to agree on a landmark treat occur. plastic pollution delegates from nearly 200 nations. we're hoping to stop millions of tons of plastic waste from entering the environment. most country support a production cap, but a few oil producing nations want to only target waste. it could to evade a landmark day if the environment in the south could be in city abuse on representative some, some 200 countries. we're hoping to agree on the well 1st tree to the end, plastic pollution that's after

a week or 2 weeks and multiple delays disagreements. so may not have some issues. broadly speaking, to come so emerged on one sides that are around 100, so called high emission countries. that's the king in agreement to limit to plastic production. i'm phase out tom for chemicals on the other side of the so called like minded. most of the oil producing countries such as saudi arabia, russia, and yvonne, who want to focus on dealing with plastic waste instead of the wells, talk to plastic, produces china, and the united states have stayed relatively quiet on the issue. plastic pollution has become a ubiquitous cupboard and worldwide millions of tons of plastic leak into waterways and end up in the oceans. each year it poses a danger to marine ecosystems. couldn't be deadly to wild life and contributes

devising ocean temperatures. it's so ubiquitous that tiny plastic particles known as micro plastics could be found everywhere from the ocean, trenches to the highest mountains and even in the human bloodstream. plastics are not going to be in is plastics are poison every piece that we're allowed to produce without limits. you said direct assault on our health, on our nature and our children. for those blocking progress, you are allowing these crisis profess there, and it will kill us. despite the deadlock, maybe it's still close to optimism. i would not say this is taylor. we have, as you said, a clinician of the winning over of 100 countries that wants this and we can start working together and we're ready to do so. every nation must agree on a proposal, if it's to make it into the treaty. but the only thing the delegates could

unanimously agree on is that they need more time. and they've got events that say that time is running out you're up to date, produced a ground of next global us looks at how rates victims in india are often left without support or facing stigma. that's after a short break. thank you for joining us. the . the untold story for details at this point of view to find it here repos here every weekend on d, w, dw, so on fix, on the inside every day, the world wide web feel free to come over. well, we can take the different w call, the world unpack,

pulse out your info is and all the input the w story now on to the virtual clos rates. a school in japan, also students who drove pouts away jack into education. no consequences. rapists in india often get off scot free, harrowing situation, so many women that the i'm showing is new mega poets in korea's, brings residents opportunities and concerns. the

fee is china has been must simply expanding its trade rates. the new silk road initiatives also include strategic maritime rates, aging, already own, so operates around a 100 pools worldwide. a new mega protein crew has just been opened by president. she didn't paying increasing china's influence in south america and not just economically the hotel owner, jorge munoz is off to have a quick look at his last available room. lately his hotel has been booked out as guest engineers from china, the gear and chunk type bed, who changes on the horizon. mostly if you're,

if you don't keep up, you won't have a chance for them soon. we'll have business people coming here we did. they were different kind of guess, talk to people in a large terrace, from the lowest, with the seaview, a sauna and conference rooms. coordinating union has had issues plans. his hotel is in a prime location. the small town of chung k lines between the sea and the desert. people here have always lived from fishing fish, mill production, and some tourism. chunk guy boasts a kind of mini disney land complete with big van, a russian cathedral and the castle. but now in the background, there's something else, a new mega port funded by china for jorge and we as an opportunity to deal with that, it would be sad if we residents of chunk guy, we're not able to benefit from it. that's the stuff i sent in the site, but that will likely be the case for most of the businesses here at the side. of course. yeah, my, your product, you're looking to go see of the i keep that will be many opportunities only if you

will be ready to take the full course at that time. system pretty bad on the construction permits for the mega port were granted quickly billed by state own chinese company costco. its strategic position creates a direct shipping link between asia and south america. mario de les casa, as is from chunk guy, and works for costco. he sees a bright future with industrial parks, factories and jobs. china is helping, he says, you're a, i see a new peru here, fully industrialized and connected to the largest market in the world's going to asia and make all of my head on there. and we'll do this unless you the money or the less cost us is frustrated by what he calls perusing confidence. chunk guy, he says, is a poor, underdeveloped, pathetic, even from chunk guy to shanghai. this new chinese build mega port is designed to put the panama canal in the shade.

impressive, and almost fully automated it boasts are enough room for the world's largest container ships. these could exploit electric cars from china, for example, and take back food from peru. beijing could potentially import lithium copper, beef and solely from all over south america, 10 days faster than before. the advantages for peru in the creation of new jobs around the port, greater purchasing power and prestige. almost what made you go south america is always the valued. we're seen is no good and also with no culture and updating with like heal, guys that's, that's how it is. it. shouldn't we keep suffering just so that we can avoid chinese and investment, but i sent you that china is bringing progress. but also for your end on certainty, the mega poured lines between a nature reserve, the small fishing port and a residential area. medium odyssey is quite existence,

abruptly changed early one morning when the 1st nation went off at the construction site. right next to her apartment. it was quite dramatic. yeah, it all ran out of the houses. it was like a powerful earthquake and it shows no respect for all the people who live here like paper port the. let me give you the most. i've got something like this would not be possible in europe. she says, so why in peru? and she's often afraid that the walls will collapse because our home, like our neighbors now has cracked. they have been promised that these will be repaired at some point. this is totally, it's destroying our peace room. they a and the right to live in a healthy environment for they try, they need and be, and they suddenly some of the, she says china and peru both show a lack of interest in civil rights medium. i'd say wonders why

a chinese company has been granted control of the port instead of the peruvian government. and what about the environment? i feel power that doesn't, the chinese presidents have compassion for local people in nature with so much being destroyed here. going to look is this, those 3 in the it's costco that runs the port. the chinese state company decides who docs and how much they pay. that revelation in itself cost a minor scandal and allegations of corruption. china has long been the number one trading partner for south american countries, eager to develop the mega port, consolidate partnerships and dependencies and strength. vince china is influence. well, i think it's fun, questionable that china's financial engagement with countries in the developing world as leading to gaining additional support at the united nations. and we have

to up our game. we have to increase our engagements in an effective way because china is offering real benefits to the region. although such, geo politics are not the priority of jorge munoz. he wonders if peru will really benefit from the port or whether china will dominate. no, i'm gonna try and guys may or reassures him that everything will work out for this with the gay. who gets clear that china is an authoritarian regime that does not respect the individual, you know, but that's just back at home just below they even per room. they can called the shots like they do at home in the corner of the seas. yeah. meanwhile, construction work on the port has devastated the beach in front of coordinates, hotel, chevy and effective break water has been directed towards so unlikely the one to swim here anymore. you went on, there's no b. jessica, you such frustrations? pale compared to the benefits? says mary ok, let's process. i want you to see this is majestic engineering.

bigger, faster, greater china is worldwide expansion of power is continuing a pace. the in august 2020 full of female doctor was raped and murdered in cold. come to us. it's just one of many cases that have caused a huge outcry in india. a country where critics say, rapists have very little to fail. i'm visiting my dear for these students, central india that consistently the boards hired retail spectrum violence against my nose, especially because y'all it, after you're in a small town located in the countryside, i'm meeting with the women of this household to ensure privacy. they've changed the

names of victims and their families and district board, but not those of public treaters. the mother of 68 or muscle belts meet a man from the neighboring village shaped her daughter was kinda when i was looking . her grandmother was washing the dishes, but we didn't hear things on the my daughter was reading an or do less than in the shopping place for just like she did every day. kimberly because she came and resided crying and told us a man had come and taping her, but she amazon was on there. she was bleeding profusely from her private parts. someone. we understood what had happened and the lady demand have threatened to kill her if she made any one. the incident devastated the family or maybe my 2 more, my daughter is so innocent and mars yet, this happened to her kind of, of our time that came from she was admitted to the hospital for over to you, and that'd be been ballpark advisement. she's now scared to be near her father as

well, but she doesn't sleep next to him. better musical issues scared of man. hard. yeah . she fears men and boys now the on me grab perpetrator. that man didn't even spare a child. i don't see. but this is a busy street vehicle. people live right across the way. so we never imagined something like this could happen here. it's almost time my phones grandmother's was done not is concerned about the last thing. in fact, this dramatic event would have won her grand daughter, them to where she used to be an active and happy child. she was determined and full of life. you know that you love joy and brightness have vanished from her face since we have somebody that make it remember she doesn't eat or whatever little she doesn't eat as not making her strong. woodcock disney may, yes, i want to know other daughter's life to be destroyed. the way she destroys hers,

the smartphones replaced 27 year old ramble, bible stride and sentenced to life imprisonment and a box on the protection of the children from sectional frances back. this framework was established to fast drag the trying and punishment off to offend. the maximum punishment is the death penalty if the victim is under 12, but it's randy got it out. many of us defenders 21 london jeep leak high is 14 and belongs to the historically marginalized village community, the noise in the boss title. each she tells us above a form of cost man, sexually assaulted her test, sounds good, which i was returning home from selling to the one he looked at it. that's when he stopped me and forced me to go with him afterwards. and i laughed and ran away to log in according to right groups that led to them and not frequently targeted by up

a cost man who had asked them knowing there will be few. if any consequences. researchers have found that v, but sometimes used as a weapon against management to a so dominant tends to because father is now facing intimidation. most of the, of all, for the under a lot of pressure of all of them i'm not about to, it's when fighting back. i deal with what they are threatening to kill and study on a particular type of rape is said to me it's, i'm fine. i'm up because of that and you're on the bottom. but also, i mean, the guy uses a lot of cost the source, a lot of what a lot of cases. and we said if you were lower cost, i mean, we'll make sure you saw 1st. okay. yeah, i said do what you will know nothing. and then we go from a 2020 the board found that law enforcement often staffed by upper cost. main. frequently ignore crimes committed against the to them and engender lee kosky. the police allegedly instructed her family to find the head, osmond complained instead of one for the this allowed the use to obtain be an

intermediate whole family. even if he's tried, the punishment is likely to be less the the capital you say up the your testimony and i honestly started like a 10 minute julie class, one of the lease to ride raping the report. they refused. they only arrested him under 15 days when i called the women outlined to click as soon as they got there shortly after he was released on bail. and it was the one thing is it because then not applying the bean import for reap and the police are money. so now they are not federal assistance. what are you able to settle? or they said, why should we follow your instructions? tenderly cause mother says the families facing not on the pressure to set the case out. the court would also, ostracize ation from the village survivors so 40, but often seemed an stigmatized as if it would, they afford, socialized solution is often according to the glens, tons of the car was always

a brilliant student, but she doesn't dead go to school anymore. what uh, the one for him elementary was the so you should be hang 6 environment has often fields to meet had 9 looking for these. it can spa, massive public outreach night in the recent case of the even mode of adopted in full got the indian prime minister, and that means the movie was forced to be cosign. it's so much going up as a society. i mean, it was like, seriously about the atrocities against their mother's van or daughters and sisters got dot org. it was the country is on glass. it despite statements like this allegations of sexual violence against women concerned, even members of his own body critic, see for police investigations is to do some of the backing football, pre treaters, and the leads and the legal system on agitating the problem. nearly 39000 cases of

child.