the old way can be the generation, the ends at so good. malaria must die. so millions can live the i'm in the state of the news i from above the syrian rebels push south towards a key city of homes. government forces scrambled to slow the advance as the insurgents comfortable towns and power, train that crest and toppled precedents as also on the program for mainly as top costs a knows the results of the 1st round, the countries, the presidential election, governments accused as moscow of meddling after a surprise when for a pro kremlin kansas impeachment looms for soft coming and present to you and so your life is attempt to impose motion low, alicia's wide spread outrage the repeating union seals the historic

a south american trade deal commission present. i should have found that i'm causing a win win, but french farmers think their lives the . i'm to go welcome to the program is the mrs. revels in syria heading for the central city of homes. stacy's more territory from government forces. 14th circulating on social media appears to show them advancing on serious the largest city. having taken the cities of alaska and hama, since launching this surprise offensive, just over a week ago, taking homes would bring them a step closer to seizing the capital, damascus. let's get more from a report to i guess you had us welcome at gaskets. um, how did people you've been speaking to in syria? i feel about this surprisingly fast defensive. it's also it's been insanely fast

that people have not had time to process so far. but in recent days, that seems to have change. what i'm hearing now from people in aleppo specifically is that the dust has settled. and there's this conviction now which is quite unprecedented, that this area is never going back under the control of the regime. now this, i've never heard from people in those kinds of areas before. it's because people still believed there were afraid that the rebel at that the government would retaliate against the rebels. that there would be another case like a siege on a level like we saw in 2012 to 2014. but this time, it seems people are now convinced that's not happening. they say the government is no longer capable of carrying out that kind of brutal retaliation. okay, so took us through the latest developments. the rebels had been closing and as you

said, they are advancing towards homes. but that's not all. there's also a new offensive on the southern front. they have captured that are near the border with jordan and the kurds have also captured territory on the east side is actually losing territory in all directions right now. and it looks like the as law makes state, has also captured surgery. so everybody is grabbing what they can right now in syria, except for assets, he's losing control the territory. okay. so what about i sides, allies around on russia? what are they, you know, this, the iran has sent drones in order to carry out more air attacks. they said they have to intensify those kinds of aerial rates. but they have so far been an effective and russia as well has carried out some strikes. but both uh, iran,

no issues have evacuated from certain areas and russia has evacuated. it's nationals, it's called on all russians to leave syria, which indicates that, you know, they're afraid of really losing their grip on syria. ok, so if this continues and damascus seems like the next step it is and turkey has in fact confirmed this today at alon was saying that it live at then how much then homes and next is damascus. so it's fair to go on and saying this, then turkey back, rebels are obviously gonna head there and turkey would have this kind of until. okay, gotcha, thank you for that data. what is that got you on the side? not to romania, where the constitutional cult has a know the result of last month's presidential election citing russian interference . others comes just days after remaining no thoughts as the classified documents

are the lads, a code dated online russian campaign to promote the fall and right confidence county and george, asking one the 1st round of voting, an upcoming rental. so it has been cancelled. and the court has ordered that the election be the menus card and present the class. your hand says the country will remain solid, be pro nato, and pro a u face to is supposed to end on the 21st of december. but i see a bounce down until a new president is electric. got it solved on jeremy douglas. the most of the above is and the remaining and capital bucharest, and tell me more about the court's decision. well, the court decision was 1st and foremost shocking, if i dare to say, for most romanians and then confusing for a lot of the people or actually voting in the diaspora as we speak. the vote just ended the abrupt of lead abrupt of the but they were voting when the news hit,

the wireless, the decision comes off the previous decision when the constitutional court actually validated the results were the 1st store of presidential elections in romania. but given the lights of the intelligence service documents that were d, classified, vice president, your hobbies, just a couple of days ago of these judges. of course, the report decided today that there was enough evidence to cancel the election and ordered the electoral bureau to re do the whole process. and that might take a while according to our sources. and the earliest that he will be possible according to the legislation, but also to the process that this needs to go through with possibly be march next spring. ok, so the rubber was due to happen this weekend on sunday. the other candidates and the run off is elena last going

a from the centrist to say romania union party will hear her reaction to the course decision. and then come back to you after this, the moment this is the moment when the romanian state trampled on democracy. who is a god? a little more truthfully she the romanian people and the law will prevail as it is, storage about them. it's not about me. the economy is collapsing or destroying the democracy. you are leading the country into anarchy. butcher sought out. we should have gone ahead with a vote. i think that we somebody should have respected the will of the romanian people of a spectrum during a met you. why is last go any object thing to base the election being re run after she was beaten? it was a p as not to have been a fair fight. because the last has change. feel in romania in the past week. now let's go. he has conducted a campaign where she was her electorate,

that russia might be a middling interfering in our election, sienna mirand, romania, and a lot of folders that were on the site, especially the social democrats, both those a much those trucks who lost the elections of the a just a natural for about 2000, both 2400 boats up beside the to actually support it and i'll ask on you. so she had a fair chance with these elections based on the genuine concerns of romanians, who thought that the georgia calling georgia school the candidate to death trigger old this uh, breaking news story, and romania to day might of last the elections based on this genuine concern and fear of, of people and again, of the declassified ducky minutes from the floor menu and intelligent service alleged that as they sponsored a campaign online, especially on tick tock for calling. okay. school, we're talking millions of euros that were put into this. okay,

so it's open up for what you said. it sounds like these allegations actually benefited to politically. i've quit what then on, on the public reaction to these allegations of foreign interference. so i'm actually sending the middle, bucharest the on my right. there's a christmas mark and i just spoke with a few people. most of them said that they're concerned about the allegations and the russians interferes in election. but they also say that the process, the voting should have went ahead and we should have had a vote on sunday. so that way we can almost the russian place, you know, don't democratic, wait. okay, thank you for that. her interesting turn list. i'm not you bob, in bucharest, a to south korea president you and think you all will face an impeachment about tomorrow. following his failed attempt to impose marshall opposition. lawmakers have called for the votes, as even his posse elated the class in dangerous calls for him to be stripped of

office. east asia correspondent james changed her reports from saul as he may be done to sing for this incessantly, no policy for president and so killed outside south korea's parliaments on friday, no fury as the crisis engulfing deep men visited the president's own policy and now cooling for him to be suspended and made room as he could impose motional for a 2nd time. the president's office to night, the allegations as the axing defense minister trying to reassure citizens owner or don't. you guys are claim is regarding the pulse of cause, excuse k o, and that effect of all the korean citizens. so he needs to need to or can use to pay for what he did. mesa will need your south. korea's main

opposition policy address to protest is assigned to policy we hope that you will join us in protecting democracy and preventing the global crisis of democracy in korea to his belly, been seen in public since imposing motion. been done when still these processes for making sure that we will take a look at some more storage making headlines now brush and better was assigned a security pack that brings by the roots on the most goes nuclear umbrella and return for ally russian to deploy tapco nuclear weapons that russian president vladimir putin, inventor was in lita alexander the shanker, signed the treaty a meeting in mid mishenko, also asp version to deploy intermediate range ballistic missiles and bowers public

health officials in the democratic republic of congo, say the countries on high on the open a mystery of flu like disease that's killed dozens of people over the last few weeks called us health minister about to come by says it's still too early to know how these are spreading. leasing in the have use t, a gas to break of a protest by farm just trying to march to the company. new delhi had been pressurizing. the india is the government to guaranteeing minimum prices for that crops or to provide greater state support. every jelly john celestial says, facing the confidence voted 10 days if he loses as expected. and germany will hold elections in february to choose a new parliament. political parties of apple getting ready and studying the opinion polls. so here's a look at the latest i from a r d in for a test. now the opposition, conservative cd you see su,

block is on 32 percent fall rides at a f. d, a would likely achieve 18 percent all the way down in the chancellor shelter says social democrats at the moment that only when a 16 percent of the vote on present shopping is called this in part of the greens are on the 14 a new party, the b, s w would make it into parliament. it's pulling other on 5 percent with the blend of left leading economic policies, consecutive migration, and russia friendly, foreign policy initiatives. the business from the liberal f t. p form, members of the gym and government wouldn't get enough votes to be represented in the bonus tag. and the left policy would fail to reach the 5 percent heads of the score to place in parliament, but could still be represented by 3 directly elected candidates. this remains unclear on a political correspondence. simon junk has been analyzing the thing as i asked him whether or not charles was already lost. phil, uh, you know, this,

paul is in line with all the polls and uh, you know, the numbers are pretty bad for, uh, the, the chance of the social democrats, a way behind the conservatives. and is not surprising, given how unpopular i've sold. his government has been that, you know, he's got to make up 16 points to, to, to come level with the conservatives at the moment on the 32 points. so it's a long way to go. but the poems do show that around a 3rd of bunches haven't yet made up their mind. so that could be good news, and there's always have been a slight opportunity for schoultz is. so some democrats, since he effectively took the decision to sort of dissolve that unpopular a 3 policy coalition government, the policy is s p d. so, you know, shows as a great campaign to the power the machine is really strong and effective and don't think it is, isn't all about the leader in german politics is about the policies and what coalitions could ultimately may be made. it's just possible. i feel it's could end

up as the leader of some kind of less leading coalition. but at the moment it looks like a big rich, okay, facing that's of the c d u a cd you at the moment looking like me to be that the biggest punch in the book. just talk a tell us more about this man who could be jo, but he's next johnson, the stuff they just met is a very well known figure. range of the politics. he's been around since the 19 ninety's. he had high ambitions, even back then. but he was sort of blogs and now states from east paul 5 at one angle, a miracle. and he went off into business, became very wealthy in the financial industry. and that would be if it comes down to the probably the richest person to have it. so hold that office, what does the stand for? well, you know, he's a, somebody who thinks that the big changes are needed to free up a business. that's what he keeps talking about is a bit vague,

but he wants to change the laws that he's a fan of jim is debt, right? the limits on, on borrowing part of one of the reasons that to pop the previous government. i think on foreign policy, he'll be wanting to be close to the us cycle mainstream jim and politicians. but he also wants to show donald trump. he says that europe can have its own ideas and have its own strong positions in the world on time. it will take a look now at some of the figures from this pull them and come back to a post. as i've asked people what they see as the biggest challenges facing germany . uh, 45 percent seeing the economy is the biggest problem. so the 8 percent points move in just a month ago. migration is next for 23 percent and the fear of what is it? 18 percent. the big news is in this environmental protection and climate change. only 12 percent of german focus still see environmental protection and climate change as the most pressing problem when it used to be the main issue. so simon,

go the economy clearly the most important, the issue for the germans in these coming elections as yeah, i was really a striking change compared to the last election in 2021. when climate was the top issue of concern for many voters. now it's the economy, the reason is pretty clear. the german economy is filtering ever more clearly at a particular it's, it's hot, really the car industry which has got problems. and i call makers even jeremy, a talking about laying off workers about closing down plots. there are problems more widely ways the investment, both public and private, the o e. c. d is saying that the germany has the weakest growth of any industrialized economy and is predicting at very low growth for the coming year. and

germans know that, you know, if they're manufacturing and engineering industries owns is profitable, is by once. well, that will have effect an effect total areas of policy, whether it's defense, whether it's transport, whether it's education and so on, that it will, it will, it means difficult decisions for any government issues over the budget. one of the big things that caused headaches for the previous previous government caused it to fall apart. that will still be true. those problems will still be there. whoever comes in, often february's election, verifying the time and date of the political correspondence time. and yeah, the more than 20 years of negotiations to you and south america as america saw, a block have concluded, a large scale free trade agreement. but tom is in funds and poland. fear that the could wreak havoc on the industry and then lobbying against it. it still needs to be ratified by at least 15 on the east $27.00 countries.

the trade agreements has always been controversial in europe, and especially in france. french farmers have been protesting for weeks, fearing they could be overrun and under cuts by accurate cultural inputs from south america. if the american sewer deal were to be inactive, france of course, cannot single handedly hold the deal. but now poland has also said it won't sign the current draft. victor sewell comprises argentina, olivia, brazil, park. why and oral quite mentors. we have us. membership is currently suspended. the blocks join to cannot make products, since it's 3 trillion us dollars. the 27 countries into european union at up to 18 trillion, altogether the macro, see what the, what impact 770000000 people. the u and the south american block has been talking for a quarter century. meanwhile, china has the mass of the increased its own trait with mac,

with sewer. now the pressure is on the youtube finally, at the situation. the successor, baited as donald trump will become us president, and the units of strength and its own partnerships in the face of blooming u. s. terrace. the current draft of the you merk a sewer deal calls to 90 percent of terrace between the 2 sides to be dropped. that would include terrorists and agriculture products like meat and soy. but also car parts that are being sent to the you from south america. as well as cars machines and chemicals being sold from the you into a mattress sewer is still among the voices protesting the deal, or environmental as they warn themselves, america's industry, which is not generally seen a sustainable and puts prophets over the protection of the rain forest. could be fired up we'll have correspondent, band re got in brussels, told me more about the european farm is objections. they steal the very strong

of lobby groups of french farmers. maintain that the cheap beef soybeans and wind from south america would flood europe in market and distort the market and also lowest standards before european consumers. and on the other hand, the business community had large, isabel coming this the o, because the makers of cars machinery and the importance of raw materials say this deal is wanted because of the terrace with the below at the pharmacy are unhappy. and the commission also says the safeguards and quote has in place to prevent a distortion of the markets. but the pharmacy i'm not satisfied yet. so if the problem is on satisfied, are they likely to take any action or are they like me to do anything about it? see if they have already been protesting during the last months, especially in november, they've had lots of practice here in process. and this can happen again in 2 weeks

time in the next e was somebody scheduled to you. so the form is already set today. that's a call for civil disobedience and they have the french government on the side. the french president yesterday said the d a such as unacceptable as it is on the table because french dramas, a sofa and, and so the french and also a punishment, italian of lobby groups organizing it to have a kind of a blocking majority in the council that has to vote on the whole deal. all right, and if not the next stage, then ratification or not. so yeah, there are lots of steps that have to be taken until this. do you actually can, it can come into force. at 1st is the, the, the vote in the cancer which represents the member stage, the 50 member states and 65 percent of the population are needed about trans is trying to organize

a blocking minority. it's not clear that the prevail and then the european parliament has to vote. and then it will take a couple of months actually until the dispute can come over the european finish line. ok, bad. thank you for that to about and we got in brussels just over 5 years ago, the world watched in horror as fire swept through the cathedral of not turned down in paris. i left the painstaking restoration. the cathedral will reopen on saturday . as president emmanuel mac pro, as invited well the latest to the french capital to must be of act. t w's been speaking with a specialist about how one of friends is most beloved icons was restored. a master piece of caustic architecture and a landmark of paris has been restored to its former glory. we have no doubt in today because the victor hugo is passion for it would be in the building, wouldn't it still be standing safe?

it wasn't for his passion for it and for architecture. and uh, so he wrote notes down to parry to get to the bottom. you see this church's legendary lives, also because of all of those disney movies, fema, it symbolizes the history of their friends and religion. you it does come out to all kids. on april 15th 2019 disaster struck a devastating fire broke out inside the cathedral. large sections of the roof and interior were destroyed, including the spire. because his still not been determined with absolute certainty . mozy and n g g is a conservator of no to done. and among the 1000 specialists who took part in the restoration for shuttles plus is that the biggest challenge for all of us was to finish on time on. we had to follow a time table. everyone did their best to get them to use such a new parallel to the repairs. restoration of the paintings was also undertaken,

even though they hadn't been touched by the fire. for the time we do, i suddenly they've been removed for the construction work and it would have been on thinkable to put them back in the condition they were in. so it came, it would have been criminal to do nothing at all. they urgently needed to be restored. be nice to us, you know. i see your hotel now the world renowned cathedral shines in its former glory inside and out. the cold french presidency menu out of my call was one of the 1st to have a look before the official reopening ceremony. a number of objects like this baptismal phones were not restored, but we made the calls. the same goes for the alter, the root, does pull that, but without the fire, we never would have been able to accomplish everything we've done. so now we have a restored cathedral with new interior furnishings. it's fabulous. it's unlikely that the restoration of no time will ever be truly completed. but once again, it can receive both visitors and the faithful and without your up to date stay with

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