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there's no evidence of any national security press the on top of all really as 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 the side of a pro you've demonstrators rallied outside parliament to protest the appointment of former soccer player. detailed calculus really forcing or far to use to postpone beats, which on a fast of lights, the incumbent president says she one step down until you will actions are out. there are a few signs of the holiday season in tbilisi. popular anger has replaced seasonal ch here on the streets around george's parliament. demonstrators continue to think solve with lease after recent election. so the moscow friendly georgia

dream party claimed the vote was on saturday, the georgia dream control problem and elected this man, monsieur. this obviously a former football player turned right wing politicians. the opposition fevers will steer georgia away from joining the european union outside the parliament building . protesters cast out on how they treat these qualifications our, our garden gate to our election and our president candidates, you say rather, and they've got for us for georgia, you pub, josie, how people to the she 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 the present moment use no to legitimate problem and they cannot say

look at president, this is not because they are breaking the law displayed 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. new elections and need to go down. that is why we are here. demonstrators have once again gathered for the night, the digital outside of parliament, a clear sign. they went back down as a tug of war between the government and the people continues. natalie 7, that is senior research fellow for the russia and you raise your program at the international affairs, the think tank of chatham has and she was also a former george and i'm foster to your opinion. you're welcome to dw, great to have you on the show. so this tug of war between government and opposition at is continuing. is there a way to bring both sides together?

well, that's the time goes by. i think the crisis deepens and the, the, the options begin to narrow at the moment. it seems like they're really 2 options out of this crisis that the government has. one is to crack down and claim full victory, no matter the cost. and then the other is and that's with leads to further a story, terry, in turn of the country which it seems to be already on the past. and another option is a democratic way out of the crisis, which would be calling you his actions, restoring legitimacy of the parliament, ended the government and returning to come see to democratic m m c rep can process development. right now you are georgias and bassett or to the european union, and what kind of the you do to prevent georgia from moving away from the block as

well. first of all, we have to say the full majority of the georgia public supports here. again, integration, polls consistently demonstrate that it is about 80 percent of support. so the government's move is very much income for addiction to the choice of the people you are paying. and the protest is a, is obviously the sign of a 2. we still will uh, with this uh, a point to month of the president as sort of a picture of the crumbling of european institutional democracy in georgia because presidency was the last institution that was not controlled by the party in control, georgia dream. and now that is also being reclaimed. so your opinion has to act both as a normative, andrew political power, which it claims to be this means of acting in pursuit of its interest in

pursuit of its jo, political interest, but without jeopardizing the value is a nice thing here. the interest of the you and interest of the georgia public, those people who are protesting who are fighting to return a democratic georgia actually coincide. so the, you has to send a very clear signal to the governments that these actions of turning georgia on to, into a sort of can state are unacceptable that they will not help georgia with the past . but they also have to increase costs on the georgia dream. there are various options that the table you can have diplomatic coach or the or, but also sanctions. it is also very important that you send a signal of unity so far we have not seen that statement of the 27 member states. and that's the problem, right? considering what you're saying there,

and also at the georgia dream parties that we'll say shift away from the european union. and are we going to be seeing georgia them rely more on countries like russia and china and what is actually in it's for at the georgia dream party? well georgia dream party will try to demonstrate to it's a to the public that it is managing guys or they should, that it has alternatives to the west. the rhetoric that they are pushing forward lately is very similar to the russian rhetoric. and that is about the western decline about other powers rising. so there are already signs that the, the shift in the foreign policy and the shift also and the domestic policy will push georgia dream to pursue more. this kind of what we call monte alignment was there is already retro small with russia, which is clear. there is a,

do you put in cooperation with china, the georgia dream leadership will try to pursue other connections with those countries where they have this kind of regime alignment, especially those hybrid regimes or authoritarian regimes that do not particularly care. what do you do domestically? they have other interest to kind of pursuit of transactional foreign policy. this would be an attempt to substitute a very strong western partnership that has been built by georgia for the past 30 years. now, considering what we've been talking about in this conversation, are you hopeful that there still might be a chance to turn at the situation around in georgia? so i started out by saying that the, the picture that we saw with this presidential nomination was the sort of crumbling of institutional democracy. however,

the protest outside show also and very resilience that society, every state democrats, inclusive in society, there's high demand from the public that this is not the course that georgia should be pursuing. i think the crisis is likely to deepen because neither side is willing to give up. these people are standing there for 3rd week in a row, in freezing temperatures and are determined to have their voices heard. and as i said that they do the options, the room for maneuver, for the uh, for the authorities is also a narrow week. in fact, they are also showing signs of red because is ation and sending signals that they are not waiting to um to, to can see that you seem to negotiate on anything. so they will have to be a way out of this crisis. and i am hopeful that a democratic solution be found, but of course, there is no guarantee of really interesting i to have you on the show and great

analysis, and it's always a great to have your insights. so natalie, 7 ask for your chat to him. has thank you for joining us on dw, today. right. moving to syria and our students are returning to classrooms one week after rebel groups put an end to over 5 decades of rule under the side. finally, much of the country is still in ruins. after years of civil war and to international sanctions, but many of the country are facing the future with new optimism. the gates of this damascus school are opened once again. the students in syria make every 10 just a week after the fall, a former president bush auto sod. 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 some and shed by students who were grateful to be back in class. on the mistake and very happy i used to work in the street scared zillow, get drafted by the army. i used to be afraid when i reached a check point on the outskirts of serious capital. things a less certain, but palestinian refugees hope they consume, return to the come. they once called home. fido looking quite a bit under my big comp is my sewage. you really feel good kind of spinal here. 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 could be deeper and become better than before. what do we do, or what? one of the less damaged areas or fruits and vegetables stole his reopen and his

doing brisk business. assign perhaps have things to come. as 3 images from the decades of dictatorship, with tentative optimism. that's look at some more stories making headlines around the world. officials into how much run guys, the scripts, at least 18 palestinians have been killed and overnight is right and strikes. 4 people died after hives was attacked in guys a city. several others were also killed and injured after attend camp in the central city of their own by law. it to, to russian oil tankers have taken heavy damage during a storm in the crush straight which separates the russian mainland and ukraine's occupied crime in peninsula when ship split apart. spinning oil into the sea portion of arteries of launched rescue efforts at least one site or was killed parenthesis visiting course. it got the 1st ever recorded trip to the french, mediterranean island for the head of the catholic church onto the set to meet with

president amount and manually michael, i'm told, months for local worship is the island dorothy italian coast is one of france's most conflict regions to the us now where a large number of mysterious drones sightings are being reported over parts of new jersey on the east coast in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them. and why president biden has even been asked for answers as law enforcement. official stress that the objects don't appear to be a threat to public safety. for these don't fight things have been reported across the state of new jersey and even new york. you've got several over here now, kind of flying around to their flying ones. hovering this new jersey. does it in teams do have filmed multiple drones in the air? and with the naked eye, the video doesn't really do justice, but when you look at what i'm seeing with the naked eye, you can see it. it's not

a normal aircraft this and we don't have this much. uh, you know, traffic, you know, usually on any given night in this area. some are stockett by what they are seeing and wondering what's going on. i don't know. it doesn't look anything like a play. it's way too big and it's way too low in the sky and it's the middle of the night. then i think maybe it's a helicopter. no, it's not a helicopter. then suddenly it gets closer and it's hovering right over the trees and it looks like, i guess it enormous drone. i'm not even sure water. i've never seen anything like it. it's just a drone on steroids. the f b i is among several agencies investigating these joint site things for it to investigate this. the most of them have involved mand is draft. i don't believe there's a tech, but that has not stopped. the demand for get on says that's all for now,

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