shooting in moscow in the russian secret police. a gunman opens fire causing people to run for cover. and officer for the secret police is shot dead before the gunman is neutralized. we will get an opt out from moscow. also coming up, indian authorities crackdown on nationwide protests against a controversial new citizenship

law. police arrest hundreds of demonstrators, at least three people have been killed. miles and miles of files, the legacy of the east german secret police. 30 years after the fall of the berlrlin wall, people still come toto read their files and often leave shaken by what they find. i'm brent goff. to our viewers around the world, welcome. russia's security service, the ssp, says it has neutralized a gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow. the fsp confirmed one of its employees was killed in the attack. the country's health ministry says five people were injured. moscow police have cordoned off the area. no motive has been established. the shooting took place soon

after president vladimir putin held his end of the year news conference. let's take this story to our correspondent, emily sherwin who is in moscow covering this. good evening. do we know anymore, especially about the motive? emily: for now, we don't know any more about the motive. the s securityy services have sd they are trying to identify that shooter and look into those motives. as he said, there -- as you said, there is one confirmed dead with five injured. . that number could rise. we don't know at the momen. -- moment. this attack has shaken moscow. it took place in the center of the city outside this iconic and well-known bill -- building. really, just a stones throw away from the kremlin in the city center. people were sharing their videos

of the shooting that took place in this very populated area. there was a rock -- a wide range of media reports including it may have been three shooters shooting at that building. we will have to wait and see what the developments are there. certainly people are taking this and shaken by this attack. brent: we know there has been speculation about the motive. we know this happened shortly after russian president vladimir putin held his end of the year news conference. emily: that's right. the investigative committee has launched a criminal investigation into this attack and as you say, it took place just after vladimir putin finished his yearly press conference. of course, he himself was previously director of the fsp. there could be some kind of a link there.

it is also worth noting that tomorrow, is scheduled to be a day and celebration in honoring those people who work for the security services. if this attack was plannnned, if there e were motives behehind t, perhaps they could be linked in some way to those events and they could be linked to the politics of the day. brent: our very own emily sherwin with the latest on that shooting in central moscow. emily, thank you. in india, at least three people have died in protests against a controversial new citizenship law. recent rallies became violent which led to a complete ban on protests but crowds defied the ban, and police made hundreds of arrests. the new law offers citizenship to immigrants from pakistan, bangladesh and afghanistan who are escaping religious persecution. however, it excludes muslims. reporter: the anger is widespread. and not everyone is holding back.

in northeast india, violence flared. outrage protesters defying the ban on demonstrations. across the country, they say the government's new law discriminates against muslims and threatens india's secular democracy. >> this citizenship amendment act is against the indian constitution. it is illegal. it is against the spirit of independence of our country. reporter: on twitter, condemnation of the police manhandling one of our most pearl -- prolific intellectuals and scholars, who said he was engaged in nonviolent protests when he was arrested. >> the government said it was forced to take steps in the interest of public safety after many protests turned violent last week. reporter: in the capital, more thanan 100 train stations were closed.

roads blocked, traraffic congested. authorities also shut mobile phone networks in the internet in several regions. -- and the internet in several regions. >> is a very difficult sitituatn and a very bad situation. we are facing a lot of problems. the roads also have a lot of traffic jams and some of them are blocked. so it is a pathetic situation. reporter: but there may be much more disruption on its way. there are few signs prime ministster narendra modi will bk down over the law and many here are determined to make him change his mind, whatever the consequences. brent: earlier, we spoke with journalist sonia in jeni. we asked her if the whole country is affected by these protests. >> not really. the protests are largely confineded to pockets in urban india. we are looking at the metropolises. the cities and some of the

towns. these are largely students and a section of the urban liberal crowd that has come out to voice their opinion. a lot of people who are office goers, they come out, come for a couple hours and then go back to work. this is also happening. the protests themselves are being fueled through the social media networks to messaging apps like whatsapp. people are putting out locations, timings about protests, and everyone is getting all of this and they are moving into various parts of the cities where the protests are taking place. it is gathering steam in most of the metropolises. rural india is largely unaffected by this. brent: that was our journalist reporting from jeni in india. let's take a look at the other stories making headlines around the world. berlin is remembering the victims of a terrorist attack on

a busy christmas market three years ago today. 12 people were killed, dozens injured when an islamist extremist rammed the truck into a crowd. the attacker was known to german authorities at the time as a potential terrorist. in slovakia, the trial over the murder of journalist -- a journalist and his fiancee has begun. the suspect is accused of ordering the killing at the same time that the journalist was investigating his business activities. the couple was gunned down at their home in february last year. police and italy have arrested more than 300 suspected members of the mafia including former polititicians and a police commander. arrests were m made in bulgaria, germany and switzerland about 2500 officers who took part in raids in italy alone.

in the u.k., the new government elected last week has formally laid out its agenda at the state opening of parliament. queen elizabeth listed the government's priorities and no big surprise, delivering brexit is priority number one. prime minister boris johnson is in a much more commanding position following last week's election. he announced his brexit bill will return to parliament tomorrow. reporter: queen elizabeth left aside the grand ceremonial robes traditionally worn for the opening of parliament in favor of a dignified eggshell blue ensemble. this was after all her majesty's second queen speech in just 10 weeks. normally it is a s special annul event. but snap elections have been held and now parliament has opened again. the official known as the black rod who summons the members of parliament did go through the customary ritual of being shut out of the house of commons. and having to knock to be let in.

this symbolizes parliaments independence from the monarchy. and the speech queen elizabeth delivered was as usual, independent of whatever she herself may think. in fact, it was pretty much the same as her last one, also written for her by prime minister boris johnson and his ministers. >> my lords and members of the house of commons, my government's priority i is to deliver the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of january. reporter: another key piece of legislation will commit more money to britain's health service, which makes medical treatment available to everyone in the country. >> for the first time, the national health services multiyear funding settlement, agreed earlier this year, will be enshrined in law. and a new visa will ensure qualified doctors, nurses, and health professionals have fast-track entry to the united

kingdom. reporter: opposition labor says this is the issue boris johnson's will be judged on after years of the conservatives underfunding national health. but the opposition will have little opportunity to change any proposed legislation. prime minister johnson's sweeping majority in the election means all the plans are announced by the queen are likely to pass without serious challenge. brent: on the other side of the atlantic on capitol hill in washington, congressional leaders are trading recriminations and accusations one day after the u.s. house of representatives voted to impeach president donald trump. the house of representatives has voted overwhelmingly along party lines on two articles of impeachment. democrats say that trump abused his powers and obstructed congress, all in connection with the ukraine scandal. after the house vote, the senate is due to be tasked with conducting a trial of the

president. our senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will decide the terms for that trial and reacted today by calling the house impeachment process unfair. >> house democrats embarked on the most rushed, least thorough, and most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history. this is by far the thinnest basis for any house past presidential impeachment in american history. brent: let's take this story now to our washington bureau, that is where my called -- my colleague is standing by. good evening to you. we just heard mitch mcconnell, the most powerful republican in the senate, strongly denouncing the impeachment vote. does his stash and do his words mean the senate will not vote to remove the president? pablo: hi, brenda.

we already knew before even the vote, we have to go back to wednesday that it was going to be passed by the democrat-controlled house of representatives. now we are hearing mitch mcconnell denouncing the vote, which also comes as no surprise. his strong words against the democrats also come as no surprise. for many americans, the fact that it will pass to the senate and it will perhaps not pass, most likely it won't, is not surprising. the sun is controlled by the republicans. there are 53 of thehem comparedo 45 democrats and two independents. we saw in the vote wednesday, have the republicans stood firm, they stood behind president trump and we are not expecting any difference in the senate. of course, there is one very important issue which needs to be raised which is in order to remove president trump from office, they need a two thirds majority. they, referring to the democrats. something they don't have.

it is very much an uphill battle. you can even say a very difficult battle for them to win. they are not giving up. they have been criticizing the republicans for not defending president trump's actions and for going on the attack. and for also potentially holding a trial without any witnesses. brent: very good point. they can't hold the trial until they get the articles of impeachment from the house. after mitch mcconnell spoke today, the house speaker, nancy pelosi, she hit back. take a listen to what she had to say. speaker pelosi: i heard some of what mitch mcconnell said today. it reminded me that our fofounders, when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i don't think they suspected we would have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. brent: those are fighting words, strong language therefrom nancy pelosi about the senate majority leader. is pelosi hoping to negotiate

with mcconnell to make this senate trial happen? or do you think she has written impeachment off indefinitely? pablo: i wouldn't say so. nancy pelosi surprised many, me included, in the united states. you mentntioned it, not committg these house managers as they are called over here who essentially deliver the articles of impeacacent to the senate. it is a necessary process to get the next stage in the president's impeachment underway. by holding back, because she is basically hoping to force the republican leaders to hold what she and other democrats are hoping for which is a fair senate trial. she set her herself in the press conference after the vote in the house of representatives, she basically is hoping, by delaying the the republicans to change their sense to a degree,

it could be damaging to the president because it would stretch further into next year. basically call witnesses to testify at the trial. one of the witnesses could be the former national security advisor,. john bolton. . democrats believe he could perhaps have a lot a very damaging evidence against president trump. and that could change the situation entirely. of course, until we are at the next stage, it is very early to even start commenting on what could happen. brent: good point. in the u.s. constitution does not state when nancy pelosi has to give those articles to the u.s. senate. it is anyone's guess tonight. pablo in washington, thank you. this year, germany marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which led to german reunification. it was a turbulent time of many changes and questions.

one of the biggest questions, what to do with the mountains of files kept by east germany's secret police? the schnoz he was feared, partly because of its vet -- vast network of informants who were spying on coworkers, friends, even the spouses. in the end, the files were made available to the public and today they remain a source of controversy and pain. reporter: 30 years ago, east germans stormed the headquarters of the stasi. they wanted to prevent the communistic dictatorship secret police from destroying its archives. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: forcing our way into where the secret police plan to the oppression of the people, being there and helping to preserve the files, it is an experience i will always remember. reporter: today, he is the federal commissioner for the stasi archives. his agency holds enough files to stretch for 111 kilometers.

as a journalist and civil rights activist, he himself was put under surveillance, spied on, and filmed by the stasi until 1989. just like millions of others, the spying reached all the way to the top ranks and into the west. one of the stasi's main targets was the long-term chancellor. after the fall of gdr, the german government did not want to make the archives available to the public. in an exclusive interview with dw, the former chancellor's widow explplains why.. >> [speaking foreign lananguage] translator: they are of questionable truth. the stasi also added fake information to the f files. they were crcreated in order to spy on p people, to subdue peop, and to secure the continuance of the regime. reporter: but activists from the former east germany persevered. soon, anyone could apply to look at his or her own files. people were often astonished by what the stasi had known about them.

this person fought a legal battle to prevent files about himself from being released to acadadem researchehers and jojournalists. in the end, a compromise was reached. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: the stasi violated our human rights by spying on citizens. they collected that information in these files. of course they should be protected. reporter: 30 years on, more than 2 million people have seen their files. the identities of former stasi spies have been revealed. people who were wrongfully imprisoned or were forced into working for the stasi were rehabilitated. but how to treat the files in the future is still controversiaial. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: they are not a legititimate source. this was always my husbaband's concern. heaped say thehe more distant people are from the gdr overtimeme, the less they will understand that the stasi files are not of a constitutional state. reporter: but they see the

archives as a key historic document. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: it is important to expand these files by talking to witnesses of the time. but also with other information. in a sense, history is always made up of many different elements like a mosaic. there shouldn't be a static image of history. these archives should contribute to a discourse on history. reporter: that could take place here at the former headquarters of east germany's secret police in boat -- in berlin, a campus for democracy is in the planning. it should be finished by 2021 and it is hoped it will send a clear message. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: dictatorship can be overcome. that is the rereason for hope. that is the message that can be learned from history, also for future generations, to become aware that freedom and autonomy are not a given. instead, they must be cherished and protected. brent: the stasi files, that report was part of a dw documentary entitled "tightrope act."

you can see that documentary online at dw.com/docfilm. in china, the government is trying to get farmers to start raising pigs again. the country has been battling an outbreak of african swine fever for more than a year now. the disease has wiped out at least 40% of the pig population. farmers understandably are wary of returning to pork production. that is a problem in china because pork is a staple food there. china is a world's biggest consumer and producer. the shortage has sent prices skyrocketing across asia. our correspondent traveled to a village which is east of another village to take a look at how it is playing out there and we should warn you, this report contains images of pigs being slaughtered. reporter: it is a great need that he has learned from a young

age. he is a butcher in southwest china. he buys hogs from farmers and the surrounding villages and takes them home for slaughter. he has kept his routine for decades about lately, he has become worried about his business. a few months ago, an outbreak of african swine fever was reported in a nearby village. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: it is a disease all pig farmers fear. we don't usually worry about our livestock. since swine fever broke out, everyone is anxious. reporter: in that village, all the pigs were cold and immediately buried. since then, no more cases have been reported in the area. african swine fever is a disease caused by a virus originating from africa, but which is now spreading rapidly throughout china. it is harmless to humans highly contagious and usually terminal for hogs. in his backyard, he also raises his own pigs. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: this one is so fat, she has trouble getting up.

we will have it in the chinese new year. reporter: an infected pig here with most likely kill his entire livestock, worth over 2000 euros. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: i have to use my eyes. we don't have any tools for a diagnosis. reporter: the only criteria we can apply is to observe the hog. if it eats and ask normally, i will buy it. if it looks sick or weak, shows signs of flu or anything else, then i don't buy it. reporter: the real extent of the epidemic is unclear. some expertsts x -- estimate upo half of china's pork livestock is affected. early in the morning, the time has come for the hog for the previous night. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: the fact is white and the meat looks tender. that's good quality.

reporter: he says the pigs he buys cost twice as much as they did last year. in order to ease the soaring prizes, the government has released part of its strategic frozen meat reserves. frozen meat sells cheaper, but he says he is not worried that his customers might dump him for the cheaper meat. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: very few people here with a buy frozen meat. once it is frozen, people don't like it. they won't totouch it. reporter: the meat is still warm when the first neighbors show up. fifirst-come, first-served. those who live nearby get to choose their cuts even before he can take the meat to the market. pork is china's stable meat, consumers feel any price make immediately. increase to pork prices are the main reason behindthe rising inflation in the country and

while his customers stay faithful to him, it does not mean his business has not been affected. >> [speaking foreigngn language] translator: it is more expensive so i buy less nowadays. i do feel the difference. i can't afford to buy asas much memeat as i used to. reporter: china's government recently announced pork production has begun to rebound. whether this is true or not is impossible to verify. in the meantime, he can do little but continue selling meat and hope the virus does not come back to the region. brent: russia says it will appeal against its four-year band from the olympics and other major international sporting events. the ban was imposed earlier this month as punishment for russian efforts to cover up positive drug tests. the country's anti-doping agency says it will launch its case with the court of arbitration for a sport and the next two

weeks. today, russian president vladimir putin described the ban as unfair. the original manifesto for the modern olympic games has set a new record for sporting memorabilia at auction. it went for 7.9 million euros. the 14 page document was written in 1892 either frenchman, pier decoubetent. the document which had never been shown in public before the auction outlines his vision for resurrecting the ancient greek games. visitors to the italian city of pompeii are about to see something special, the ongoing restoration of some of the world's most famous works of art. pompeii administrators opened the doors today and tomorrow, allowing the public to view work being carried out on frescoes in

the orchard house, whwhat is knn as the casa del po teto, the work on the images of gardens or to mental plans, and flying birds is expected to be finished in february. you are watching dw. news live from berlin after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." we will have the latest on donald trump, the impeached u.s. president. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

seventy four year old up the machine. one last week's elections. 130% of the country voted. we begin this hour in the united states with the baser exchange between republicans and democrats one day offf to donald trump was formally impeached trump is only the third president in history to be impeached and now faces a trial in the repepublicn controlled senatate. when he is likely to be acquitted first though the two sides must agree on when the trial will takee place and what it might look like some bread piece has more. article one the doctor