but always remember to sing for yourself. we all had to sign was incredibly low riding you with free information dw made for mind the this is dw and use lie from breland pro e u protesters in georgia, hit at the country's new presidential pick. they say former full border me count colorless vinny is qualified for the job as the woman who's been elected to replace claims. she won't step down. also a has a week after week after the fall of the outside regime in syria, we take a look at how does life is changing students at back to school a plus the demand for answers after weeks of of hire and thrown sightings across

parts of the united states, the f b i is among several agencies investigated as official site. there is no evidence of any national security threat. the unpopular for media as welcome to the program. a major stand off over george's next president. as i have 2 more protests deepening the country's political crisis on saturday, pro e u, demonstrators rallied outside parliament to protest. the appointment of former soccer player became colorless, really forcing or parties to postpone the switch on a festive lights. the incumbent president says she won't step down until you will. actions are held very 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 police after recent election

. so the moscow friendly georgia dream party claim the vote was president 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 fears will steer georgia away from joining the european union. are outside the apartment building. protesters cast out on how they treat these qualifications. our north, our government, uh great uh, to our election and our president candidates. you say brother and we have got to hold off for 00. pub, josie, i'll be able to present the camera. he doesn't have an invitation to the president, so we're progressing this way. we are showing our diplomas. we are more capable of the present time. i'm going to use milton, legitimate problem,

and they cannot say elected president, this is not, this is a breaking the law despite obviously these election today, outgoing president. so let me sort of it see the 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 a quote on that is why we are here. the 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. not any 7, not so is a senior research fellow for the russia and you raise your program at the international affairs. the think tank of chatham hives, and she was also george's and bassett, or to the european union. i asked her whether there was a way to end this tug of war and bring government and opposition together. well

that's the time goes by. i think the crisis deepens and the. 3 the, the options to begin to narrow as a moment. it seems like there are 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 a further, a storage area in terms of the constraint which uh, it seems to be already on the path. uh 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. so your opinion process developed right now, you are george's ambassador 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 georgian 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 to, we still will uh, with this, the appointment 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 in dream. and now that is also being reclaimed. so your opinion has to act both as a normative and your political power, which it claims to be. this means acting in pursuit of its interest in

pursuit of its joe 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 terry and state are unacceptable that they will not help georgia with the part. 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 but also sanctions. it is also very important that you send a signal or you need to you so far, we have not seen a 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 part as well. a georgia dream party will try to demonstrate to it's a to the public that it is managing eyes 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 and 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. where there is already a rupture small with russia, which is clear, there is a, do you put in cooperation with china and 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 exit reserve in society. there's high demand from the public said 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 out. 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, they do the options. the room for maneuver, for the uh, for the storage is, is also a narrow leak. in fact, they are also showing signs of radicalization and sending signals that they are not waiting to 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 the democratic solution be found, but of course there is no guarantee if it's really interesting to have you on the show and great analysis. and so it's always

a great to have your inside. so natalie 7 ask for your chat to him. has thank you for joining us on dw, today. a united nations special envoy for syria care peterson arrived in the capital, damascus one week after reval groups put an end to over 5 decades of rule under the side. finally, petterson is in the syrian capital community. officials from the new interim government equals for a rapid end to western sanctions so that the country could be rebuilt. but they also stressed the need for humanitarian assistance. the old load, the serial has been food and then known as also your military causes. so we need to make sure that the pseudo receives increased immediate humanitarian assistance to the people in the 0 and to older if you do use to alter it, doing it. this is extremely good. mustang and stair in syria. students are returning to classrooms there one week after the full of the side regime. much of

the country is still in ruins. after years of civil war and to international sanctions. but many in syria 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 aside. the countries, the flag is raised over the schools grounds stuff, the feeling confident about teeth. reopening can change if 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 sudden some, and shed by students who are grateful to be back in class. i'm not mistaken. very happy. i used to walking the street scared zillow get drafted by the army. i used to be afraid when i reached the check point. on the outskirts of serious capital,

things a less certain to but how the city and refugees hope they consume, return to the come, they once called home fido silicon, quite a bit to make the campus my thoughts. you really feel good on the sign of here. know, even though you are far from it, is it had to be there so many things here that your mind, the stuff by this time i really hope and pray to god. the victims could be deeper and become better than before. what do we do, or what? and one of the less damaged areas of fruits and vegetables stole his reopen and his doing brisk business. assigned perhaps have things to come. as 3 images from the decades of dictatorship, with tentative optimism to the united states. now where a large number of mysterious drones site things have been 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, now flying around to their flying ones. hovering. this new jersey visit in teams to have sent multiple tunes 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, at any given night in this area. some stockett by what they are seeing and wondering what's going on. you 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.