to use become close in a cruise geo political conflict when oh you lost on the run starts december 18th on dw, the this is due to be in use live from breland pro and you protesters in georgia out of the countries you presidential pick. they say former full border, mikhail kevin actually isn't qualified for the job as the one that he's being elected to replace claims. she loves step down. also, it has a week after the 4 of us i've regime in syria. we take a look at life is changing. students has back to school, plus at least 11 people are killed as a site long slams into the french overseas region. powerful wind damage, housing infrastructure for caspar site, it's this one of the storms. 90 years,

the pop up only in the us. welcome to the program. a bigger stand off over george's next president has led to more protests, deepening the country's political crisis on saturday pro e u demonstrators right outside parliament to protest the appointments, former soccer player, retail, kevin, actually forcing authorities to postpone the switch on a festive lights, the incumbent president says she won't step down until you will. actions are held a very few signs of the holiday season and to boise popular anger has replaced seasonal cheer on the streets around george's parliament . demonstrators continued the things off with police after recent election. so the moscow friendly georgia dream party claimed the vote was crazy day. on

saturday, the georgia dream control problem and elected this man. miss you have a, she'd be a former football player turned right wing politicians. the opposition few years will steer georgia away from joining the european union outside the parliament building. protesters cast out on how they treat these qualifications our because most our government, uh great uh to our election and our president candidates, you say brother and we have got to pull it out for georgia and pub, josie, i'll be able to see the channel. he doesn't have an invitation to be a president, so we're progressing this where you're showing over diploma that we are more capable of being present. because this is no to legitimate problem. they cannot say, looked at president, this is not because they are breaking the law despite obviously these election

today outgoing president. so let me sort of it. cd said she won't recognize the vote and called for fresh elections in order to have peace and justice in the country. the new elections and need to do is go down. so that is why we are here. demonstrators have once again gathered for their nightly digital outside of parliament, a clear sign. they went back down as a tug of war between the government and the people continues to attain ita. shelley is from the george and the think tank civic ideas. she gave me her reaction to the appointment of a new president of the country's growing political christ. unfortunately, illegitimate parliament yesterday took the world for the presidential elections as well. and now they're planning to have that one need you to into institution, out of the vice. well, the current president of deed make

a statement that she's not planning to step down. we still don't know what she needs and she promised that she will need to plan for the society as to what her plan is, but the fact stays the so uh this country, people in this country, voters in this country do not accept this tony lot from october program into the elections and we believe that everything that was done since then by the parliament is simply illegal and illegitimate. and once we have tnt elections, all the decisions made by this problem to be in. okay, that's what i was wondering what you're saying there. you're saying it's illegitimate and you don't accept the the results of the vote. so what can simplify society and think tanks like yours do to then to navigate georgia through this crisis. uh yeah, there are a couple of things that we are doing right now except for being part of the process

. so basically, um, 1st of all, uh, we have, uh, several, we are working on several legal claims for invalidating 2 olds, unfortunately, constitutional eclipse of georgia. i missed the opportunity to, to, of doing the same election of 10 grout assuming that action that the remaining of court steve and we do not have that. so that's a paternity anymore. but in case the governments talk, supervising police comprises there is to couple of opportunities for the entire process to go with a g too much weight. and uh, that's 11 issue that, that we are involved in, particularly those of us work lawyers as well by the profession. and on the other hand, you just started documenting the crimes committed by the government, by special forces by the gang signing go to on the streets on behalf of the government and beating golf, torturing, keep making people from the streets and up to severely beaten up and to police

stations, and then additionally they are talk to the police stations as well. so if these things continue not the same rate, obviously we're planning to take those cases to the international tribunal and see for justice as the old system. jo john, unfortunately, is on sheets for keeping those responsible for those crimes. comfortable to obtain shelly from the georgian, think tank civic idea talking to me a little earlier right now. moving to syria where students are returning to classrooms one week after rebel groups put an end to over 5 decades of rolled under the side. finally, much of the country is still in ruins. after years of civil war and international sanctions, but many of the country are facing the future with new optimism. the gates of this damascus school are opened once again. a students in syria make their way to

just a week after the fall, a former president bush, all of a sudden the country's new flag is raised over the schools. grounds stuff, the feeling confident about teeth. reopening committee changes. everything is good when we wait for the equipment and i don't know what 2 or 3 days, nor to get everything ready for the students to return safely. it's a send someone shed by students who are grateful to be back in class. i'm not mistaken. very happy. i used to walk in the street. scad zillow get dropped by the all me. i used to be afraid when i reached a check point on the outskirts of serious capital. things are less certain, but palestinian refugees hope they can soon return to the come. they once called home fido, quite a bit of compass,

my sewage. you really feel good palestine is here now. even though you are fond from me as to how to do, there's so many things here that you mind the stuff by this time i really hope and be to going to some of the big down can be deeper and become better than before. what do we do, or what? one of the less damaged areas, a fruits and vegetables stole his reopen and his doing brisk business to assign perhaps of things to come. as 3 images from the decades of dictatorship, with tentative optimism. well, around 1000000 syrian sorts asylum here in germany, over the course of the civil war. many have since become german citizens, but still keep in close contact with relatives back home in syria. re on else able slide to germany in 2015 and was elected mayor of a small town, just 8 years later. the toner, post those hyman, south west germany,

a short drive from the industrial. how bookstore guide us. those high made international headlines last year when folders here elected syrian refugee re an officer. both as there may are eligible was among the hundreds of thousands of syrians who made their way to germany in 2015 after fleeing their homeland. now almost a decade later, they are eligible and many others can hardly believe what's been happening in syria . the guns enough to issue i watched with the news all night and looked at my mobile phone every 5 minutes hold on a 2nd when it became clear by the next morning that a sod had obviously left of it was a shock and struck him in a positive sense, of course a to lease when eligible arrived in germany in 2015, he didn't speak a word of german. 2 years later he started a training course in administration. after getting german citizenship,

he ran for mayor. and also the time he campaigned on tackling local issues like child care and making sure there's a supermarket in talented in the newcomer, 155 percent of the vote. eligible still keeps in close contact with those parents back in syria while he welcomes the toppling of the sod regime eligible. so some of the rebels have on democratic views, which he doesn't share, as he says, it's too early to think about any role for himself in serious future. this is so with love, i've been living in germany for 9 years now. and i have a very respectable job in the money. it's a difficult question to weigh more and one that you can answer with certainty today or tomorrow. but as to my future, it's open. why should i roll anything out? and also boost as us those i made history by making him the tones mayor.

and who knows, maybe one day a german from us. those time will make history in syria times as i can look and add some more stories, making headlines around the world. officials in the hospital and gaza strip say at least 18 palestinians have been killed in overnight is right. it strikes. 4 people died after hives was attacked and got the city several others were also killed and injured after attempting have been the central city of their obama. let's get to russian. oil tankers have taken heavy damage during a storm in the crush straight when ship was broken into spilling oil into the sea. rushing of parties have launched rescue efforts straight separates the russian mainland and the cranes occupied crimean peninsula. us us broadcast or aliasing uses to pay donald trump's presidential library. $15000000.00 to separate defamation case. abc presenter st. george stephanopoulos inaccurately asserted on

air that trump computer science libel for right the latest in a string of legal wins for the vice president elect. since his election victories last month, po francis is visiting corsica. it's the 1st ever recorded trip to the french mediterranean islands for the head of the catholic church. the pond, zip is set to meet with president emanuel michael told mass for elephant worshippers. you know, even though it's how the in coast is, one of problems is most complex regions and the worst psych loan and nearly a century has devastated the french overseas region of my yachts in the indian ocean. at least 11 people have been killed as high winds and heavy rain piled at the remote islands. rescuers are now being rushed in by air and sea to help with recovery efforts. cycling sheet a bottle of into the island of my office in the early morning. heavy rains and strong winds created devastation, causing floods ripping off loose and destroy and combs authorities

say it's the west still 90 years secluded. the cycle and of unexpected violence wins of over 200 kilometers an hour to public facilities, badly damaged or destroyed. basically to see what kind of design and the medium term is for the supply of water and food. especially for the most sensitive facilities such as prisons. does it keep them on the policy, but it may up flies in the indian ocean between the african mainland and the madagascar and its on says port talbot true. more than 3 quarters of the islands. 300000 people live below the poverty line. most living and make shift hoses and slums and shanty towns which are now being wiped out. a solitudes are deployed police from the mainland to help the local population and to prevent

the routing. studies show global cycling activity is getting less due to climate change. such disasters can least some of the world's poorest countries which contribute the least to global warming, dealing with major humanitarian crises. the west is not over from outs, with cycling sheet are moving away. and now the clean up operation begins to, for a quick reminder of our top story. georgia's medical causes has deepened with the appointment of a new fluoride presidents with close ties to russia. opponents have been gathering, i've side part of it to protest against the appointment a former for detail cover. last the the comments president says she don't set time is when you elections are house myself. and i would say with this for document, for look at as in bob ways economic collapse has left to many different dependent

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