she used to come close in a cruise geo political conflict. when, oh you lost on the run. starts december 18th, on d w. the . this is the the news life from breland protests continue in georgia out to renew president his name demo straight to show the red cop to the for my football out turned writes, when politician appointed as george's new president election was blanketed by the opposition. asked the route in georgia, dream potty tights, and said spend on pop the hello i i'm at the michael junior and you are welcome to the program. political controversy continues in georgia where the care of the coverage,

as billy has been named as the country's new president, i made a constitutional crisis. the football out turned fire rights politician is seen as pro russian. that is the hotline critic of the west. his election was blanketed by the opposition who have described the process of illegitimate. this is george's new president mchale covey unless you really a form of football player to and right wing politician elected by a problem and largely controlled by the pro russian georgian dream potty. the authorization boy cost with the process describing it as quote it legitimate meaning georgians protested outside the countries parliament. they believe the ruling policy wants to consolidate power and damage the countries aspirations of joining the european union. oh, the 2nd they were elected. so they, they attached the one thing that there is

a huge consistency georgia society about. and we also damages the red oak legitimacy that they might have. so we do not recognize this parliament as though would you 2 minutes of problem and 3 calls a little more and you all people's on this and how important be please to raise their voice. now, because the morally, why do you mind the boat as you do that? george's car and probably waste and president has refused to step down and is demanding a new pilot mean tree election. she had this to say on friday, doc wrote about, i'm not going anywhere on the island, leave anyone behind out. i'm here and i will be here. this is because at this moment, this country absolutely needs a legitimate institution, a part of legitimate government that is truly elected and which reflect the voice of this country of this society. i'm currently this the, i'm sorry we got the, we have this. the ruling georgian dream potty announced in late november that it was postponing. it's a fit to join the european union since then thousands of outraged pro your

georgians have demonstrated and asked for the removal of the government. and now with the election of the new president, demonstrations have bound to protest until the voices of good. right, protested by that pro and you will position in georgia. i have been going on for many days and nights today. the government's called on it supports us to also make their voices had it of use. gosh, someone else has more. yes i did. the government has called them and support us to come to the parliament building tonight and they wanted, the government was planning to light up the christmas decorations. there, however, the event was canceled. last minutes and due to please submit your who is from the reading, georgia dream party has landed the pro you protesters forced pointing this event. i was there and i was able to see a few dozen of government supporters. however,

the square was clearly dominated by the onto government and pro you process. so there's, you can actually just see now behind my box, the rest of the avenue. some people are coming back from the protests. some people are still going through the parliament buildings that are definitely thousands of people there tonight or very it's a cold and i think you probably see my minus 2 minus degrees celsius. so the crowd this visit, the smaller than that say a week ago. right, right. so do you position calls to days, vote illegitimate. but on what grounds? well, basically the opposition has been boy accounting department ever since the general election. back in october, the officially the selection was won by the ruling georgia dream party. they have the parliament majority now by the opposition as well as the incumbent president. tell them is that obviously they claim that the selection was stolen or written. and due to the alleged irregularities like voters intimidation or cases of double

voting. so they are calling for new general election, and this is also why the opposition didn't show up to the parliament today for the election of the new president. because cover should be the was chosen by the ruling majority. but the opposition is calling him is legitimate. right, you mention the new president. let's talk a bit about him. tell us about the child car convalesce v b y z. so controversial a he's a former football player, he's 64 years old and he, he joins politics just a few years ago with the georgia dream ruling party. and he's closer to a hard liner, a famous for his loud auntie, west and rhetoric. and as, as m p, he was the one who was often proposing to more radical ideas. she was one of the initiators of the phone calls for an agent small,

which struck down on non governmental organizations receiving funding from abroad. and so critic cynthia position are saying that she will be working closely with the government and she will facilitate what they see is to turn away from you under the current government. right. because now we are in epa carriers slash interesting situation where this sits in presidents side of me, 0 this phoebe sites with you a position and says she one step down. surely that comes between sets and precedence. what's going to happen now? exactly of the pro you president, is it obviously the is also calling today's election a legitimate she has already and now is that she will not leave the office until there is new general election. and until there is a new, legitimate parliament in place. and she has also announced that she will not be the presidential palace on december 29th, when her term officially ends at the government is obviously demanding that she

leaves the presidential palace just last week. the majority has stripped the incumbent president of security after her term. and so the spend of between the incumbent president and the government is continuing and it will be even more intensive exec coming to weeks. right. will be monitoring the situation to see how it goes. the w correspondence goes to manascale. thank you. that's i got some all stories making headlines around the world, soccer. yes, president, june. so google has been suspended from office after law and make is voted to impeach him by his food at times to impose marshall, tens of thousands of protesters and souls. that'd be the decision solved. cuz he has constitutional courts now have 6 months to decide whether to remove the president from par permanency or reinstate to track. he has reopen, that's embassy in damascus. 12 us after the diplomatic,

i'll post was closed. it suspended operations in 2012 due to security concerns l. e and syria. civil war taxis, new in term on boy and staff. i've already arrived in the syrian capital, us diplomats from the european union, united states. and the arab world means and enjoy them as the international community of times to helps the serious life and then revolution. us secretary of state, onto the lincoln met with texas far in minnesota. how kind of feed them during the talks. lincoln is in the middle east or open to establish a common funds. a serial works on setting up a new government after became a bus outside class last week. as long as the group that toppled the re james says it has set up an interim government. h t s is designate that a terrorist organization by many west and how you'd, how you'd as a serial columnist and the consultants though with the middle east and north africa

program, i chopped them house. i asked him if the rebels promises to protect the root of law and the rights of all syrians could be trusted. i think one of the main issues right now is not only the, it is a, is ignited the address group. the group itself has been the main actor in charge of forming the transition of a government leading the transitional process without having any doubt of connections to the political process led by the you and in geneva. as well as without much sort of consultation. if any, was other 3 an actors, especially those were outside of the syria. so this is why i think it's a, it's a cause for concern for many, for many, serious as well as non serious. we're watching what's happening. right. diplomats and international representatives mentioned joe done today to discuss the future

syria that was without any syrians, president, what do you make of that? i think it's a waiting signed. there were no students involved. however, at my ends on the needs of the international uh community, especially at this point to come together and have an agreement among themselves as outside of the stairs when it comes to a what they want to see happening inside the country and to how to support the transitional process there on how to ensure that that transition and a process is inclusive and is democratic as well. so now let's hope that this wouldn't be the last time they meet alone without other syrians, uh who or without us to the invoices. uh, but it's,

it's crucial right now to basically understand not only that, you know, sort of the principals, they laid out in their statement about what the importance of having a democratic and intrusive transition about how they're trying to achieve the right . that about 4, we knocked us with interest in syria, such as tacky. you can say he's, are our russia, but us and even a run. so how likely is it that the future will syria will be decided by the people of syria as well. first of all, i think there is a clear and you and reserves and the charts or lays on the road map for what syrians need to do and how they need to do it. in order to ensure that there is an inclusive transition, a starting was forming an inclusive transition of

a body to run the country for a short period of time. and the, and there is a review and even at process to rewrite the constitution a restructured that the army security forces provide the social services while preparing for the elections when, when, when direct them. tons, right, well wait and see how things develop, how you'd, how you'd consultants, the middle east and north africa program and shot them house. thank you. thank. now i serious rebels sweat to paula. they took control of slides, the link to the side to be gene, including factories that where i probably used to mount of fox out in my call takes . yeah, sadly gene was long. got to use though, financing itself in potty bike sports in that stimulants. drug known as cop doug on the mosque was denied any involvement in the business about revel fights,

se they found proof and abandoned warehouse complex on the outskirts of the syrian capital, damascus, the rubble of biters, the sale was one of the key productions sites in the illicit drugs trade believed to have been headed by a sides of brother my head on the bottom of it, after we entered, we found this was a factory from my side and his partner. if i'm out p t, i say dealt in capital gong and drugs, we found a large number of objects that were stuffed with packages and of kept to go on. the pills were meant to be smuggled out of the country. hubbard kept going on to the factories previous owners as it was built to make potato chips before it was seized by the sides associated in 2018. since then, the site appears to have turned out kept the gun pills, named after a stimulant, 1st made in germany in the 19 sixty's, but was later just continued nickname to the poor man's cocaine. the underground

version became popular across the middle east. the highway addictive drug staves, of hunger and sleep, but can have part both side effects. the kept the gun pills, we're heading in all sorts of different packages. even annapolis trouble fighters said they are eliminating stockpiles of the substance. the we burned it and destroyed it until the time of the cause it's harmful. so it was in the game has to be the, it's bad for people and for the environment to be the origin, different level, but kept a gun was good business for the assad regime, generating an estimated more than $2000000000.00 in annual profits for damascus. syria's new rebel leaders say they want to put an end to the trade. and that's all the news we have asked this our states you in for a documentary about the power of the tobacco loving i. i'm eddie micah julia. we

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