this is the providing you with free information, dw made for mine. this is dw news, live from berlin. excitement builds in paris, head of the reopening of notre dom cathedral. 5 years after a devastating fire foreign dignitaries arrive in paris to celebrate the success of the restoration of the latest from the same. also coming up anti government protest celebrate in the southern suburbs of damascus. as rebels continued their likelihood bands, industrial capital, from the north present facade, it was reported, is still in the city with mister se rebels. also which governments defenses in the key city of homes and sells for his part of sales to

impeach the president's lawmakers on either from the president you use your full office overs attempt to impose most one from members of his party. one kind of part of the on air until berlin. thank you very much for joining us. francis notes with tom cathedral is finally reopening 5 years after a devastating fire. the iconic cathedral in the heart of paris has undergoing pain speaking renovation to restore its former glory. the occasion will be marked as an event this evening, as present money on my call. welcome to dozens of world leaders and dignitaries, including us, president elect donald trump. and you printing president. organize the landscape. back in april of 2019. the was watch in shock as a fires with of the cathedral gutting its famous fire and causing it's worse and

worse. even the main structure in the near will be open to the destruction. let's cross over now to our correspond at least a little bit in paris. so you're right in front of the note you're down cathedral. the re opening ceremony will start very soon. what exactly can we expect as well, we're looking at to a forward to a republican ceremony in the a religious ceremony. so the religious ceremony is the symbolic. uh, you know, as, but it's telling me where the catholic church retakes profession off the cathedral behind me, the archbishop, literally, he was a, you know, nominated a 2 years ago and has not been to not to the cathedral just yet, has not taken possession of it. he will not come to do with a stuff made of one of the timber was that survived the fire and then a quiet will respond to that. and that is a symbol for the notes that i was coming to him. they will be

a similar procedure at the great old and one of the biggest organs in fronds with a 1000 pipes that need it to be cleaned off the fire that week is over, contaminate, which we've let. then there's a republican part with the ceremony. whether it would be a film shedding about the reconstruction, both not to them, and the history of not for them to probably. and also a tribute to all those people having contributed to face the computer, but also to reconstructed that with 2000 artisans involved in that in that work which is now doubts a, an impressive achieve. but the treatment within just 5 years of time. it certainly is a very impressive achievement. and this comes, or the ceremony comes after a week of the very term. the turbulent domestic politics in france is french cards in my car, hoping for a boost from the reopening of go to the well, he actually said that when he held a speech on thursday nights on television,

french television, saying this would be a moment of happiness. he's obviously hoping that it will be a moment the rest of by to most a home is speech later on here at the cathedral tonight. but, you know, even if this weekend we'll talk to, it'll be certainly be a moment of happiness and bubble of, of, of joy for many people. so the, so let's come here to night, which i'm seeing here right next to the river said, and who will be watching the ceremony. this does not take away any of the district duties that fonts is going through at the moment. it doesn't have a functioning government as a cache, the government, and in my call a defense present, it seems to me struggling to find a new findings. and so this will be a very difficult task to find this new problem and is the and then after on afterwards for this problem, human is to bring the country back together to the backdrop of a divided parliament, a where no cost, you know, political side has a majority so,

so at least so many times and times a head here in political terms in front. what's moving away from politics for a 2nd? could you please tell us what the every day people in the street are saying about the reopening of notes for them is just as important to them as it is to mccall. well, i've been speaking with a few people earlier on today and all one of them were saying, this is really quite impressive. we're really happy about this. we're reb, reopen one prison, lady said, you know, paris without not to them really is not paris. so many people feel that this is a symbol of hope. this is also showing thoughts of, you know, the friends come do something if they work together, even though the, the, a country that is a very pretty to size. and there's always lots of divisions when it's good when it comes to the political side, but they do agree that this is an important monument and this is, it was worth saving it as many people, as i said, would be watching tonight so many. and that's certainly looking forward to it as

are we here in berlin? that was lisa lewis in paris. thank you very much for your reporting. and as lisa sat around 2000 skilled workers took part in the restoration of no to them. dw spoke with a specialist about what it took to restore one of france's most beloved icons of the master piece of caustic architecture and a landmark of paris has been restored to its former glory. we have noted on today because of victor, hugo's passion for it would be the building, wouldn't it still be standing safe? it wasn't for his passion for it and for architecture. and so he wrote no to down the period to get through the meet you. this church is legendary. also because of all those disney movies, fema, it symbolizes the history of their friends and religion. your it has cold. that's all a kid. 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. the cause has still not been determined with absolute certainty. mozy and n g g is a conservator of no to done. and among the 1000 specialist who took part in the restoration shuttles plus is that the biggest challenge for all of us was to finish on time on how to follow a time table. everyone did their best to get them to use while such and 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 felt that they've been removed for the construction work and it would have been on think of all 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 and be nice to us. you know, i see your hotel now the world renowned cathedral shines and its former glory inside and of the cold french presidency menu out of my call was one of the 1st to

have a look before the official reopening ceremony. and so for a number of objects like this, baptism will fall and we're not restored, but re made ways of vehicles. 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 restore and 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 for live coverage of the ceremony, reopen or ceremony. ceremonial, reopening of no to the down to the public, had to do w's youtube channel starting today at 7 pm central european time. that's at youtube dot com slash app t. w. news, no truck. we turn to syria where syria's long time dictator bizarre all outside, is facing uprisings on multiple fronts. as the main rebel offensive in the north

was continues to move towards damascus. opposition factions in the south are closing in on the capital. these images and social media shows syrian protesters toppling a statute of the late president shall i, subs, father, in germany in the southern suburbs of damascus. rebels have already sketched the entire southern province adara in the north. syrian rebels are petroleum, the country side, or on the key city of homes. as government forces begin to defend the city. and president bush on all sides, 24 year journalist assemble how that has more of the developing situation around damascus is actually the situation is becoming like changes very quickly. and firstly, the, the variables are taking from, from the salesman countryside, or also the most costs are taking to the, the country side of the city. starting with the you. there's some kind of

collections happening in the yeah, in the 1000 of, of the schools in the, in the same time that as the advance of the east lubbock, militias and other peoples from the north in syria up to, to the west coast. it look, there is no, any turns for the gym to fight or to resist or take over or take back any kind of off areas or any cds, i don't know in damascus. that was during lunch. so some of them will harm the reporting for us from syria. let's take a look. that was some other stories making headlines around the world. in the united states, new york police now believe the gunman who killed the ceo of a major us health. i'm sure has left the city the f. b. i is offering a $50000.00 reward for information leading to his arrest, public reaction to the killing as exposed deep frustration with america's health care system. and appeals court and united states has upheld

a law that could potentially been tick tock in the coming weeks. the welcome. how's the platforms? chinese parent company bite dance to sell it stake. video sharing at the u. s. government argues that the wildly popular app poses a national security risk of the main is constitutional court has a note. the results of the 1st round of the recent presidential elections, citing russian interference declassified documents released by remaining authorities, suggest a pro russian social media campaign. promoted the winning chart right, candidate calling for desktops. the election will be run in attempt to impeach south korea's president's union. so your has failed after lawmakers from his own party boycotted the vote. the opposition coalitions failed the impeachment order in response to the president's attempt to impose martial law on tuesday. tearing a noisy session in south korea's national assembly marked by protests efforts

to impeach president union, so kyo for declaring martial little fella. pots that would too few lawmakers in parliament to approve the measure of the members from humans own ruling people. power paul t stage. the walkout president hughes gambled on, apologizing publicly, but refusing to leave office, paid off. that was when was it? okay. i'm very sorry. i would like to sincerely apologize to the people who were shocked by law regarding the declaration of martial law even kills. i will not avoid any legal or political responsibilities are given when general hip ya g. i'm assuming that a j. kim? well, there will now be a 2nd declaration of martial lo. i leave it up to my party to take steps to

stabilize the political situation in future, including the issue of my time and office. what do you tell me? yeah, you do my guess. leaving his face and his policies hands suggests he has no plans to bow out potentially causing days of chaos. the military rule lost a just hours until lawmakers from the opposition policy broke through the lines of soldiers surrounding the parliament and attend the old president. use actions have divided south koreans. the more on your own hasn't done anything wrong. has he? what does he done wrong? i mean, if there's something wrong, let's talk about it because i'm wondering, i strongly support president human. so can you tell me the how google you labels,

those who disagree with him as pro north korea and says even gone so far as to declare martial, know, causing wide spreading society among the public. at this point, i just want him to step down voluntarily. protests cooling for the president to go have been going on, day and night, but for now, president eunice clinging to power backs by his party. and here's a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you at this hour to good areas including the zalinski and donald trump are attending the reopening of, for instance, go to the doctor cathedral 5 years after a devastating fire. the kind of cathedral in the heart of paris is unproductive and sticking renovation to restore its former glory and you're up to date for just stick around. after a short break architectural shift takes a look at how inverse of art is putting the wire brings wasn't so much to remember

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