this is news live from berlin france is paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades french public sector workers closed transport hospitals and schools in a protest against proposed pension reforms to a strike isn't over yet so will happen today also coming up u.s. president donald trump day as the the.

w news live from berlin france's paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades public sector workers closed down transport hospitals and schools in a protest against proposed pension reforms the strike isn't over yet so what's will happen today we'll get the latest from paps also coming up. germany's chancellor merkel visits the site of one of history's most shocking crimes it's the 1st time she's been to the death trap of the nazis murders more than a 1000000 people most of them choose. welcome to the program france is bracing for more disruption as the country's largest strike in decades enters its 2nd day public sector workers joint mass rallies across the country on thursday protesting against president obama plans to reform the pension system public transport schools and hospitals were seriously disrupted each union is deciding how long to keep its members out on strike but further protests are suspected on friday and of the days ahead. exhibit very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president emanuel marcal. some cities saw h

news live from berlin france is paralyzed by one of the biggest nationwide strikes in decades public sector workers closed down transport hospitals and schools and a protest against proposed pension reforms strike isn't over yet so what will happen today we'll get the latest from paps also coming up germany's chancellor merkel visits the site of one of history's most shocking crime it's the 1st time she's been to the auschwitz death camp where the nazis murder.

from berlin france is paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades french public sector workers closed transport hospitals and schools in a protest against proposed pension reform a strike isn't over yet so will happen today also coming up u.s. president donald trump dares the democrats to go ahead with impeachment now and fast that's after the most powerful woman in washington said the time to stop dropping pietschmann for gifts to. the people of kabul faced violence every day but a far greater threat. now the government is taking steps to. also . germany's social democratic party is expected this week to come from its 2 new leaders challenging the coalition deal there with those so. welcome to the program france has been paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades many joint. across the country public transport schools and hospitals have been seriously disrupted public sector workers are protesting against president plan to reform the pension system each union is deciding how long to keep its members are out on strike but further protests are expected

this is news live from berlin france is paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades french public sector workers closed down transport hospitals and schools in a protest against proposed pension reforms that strike isn't over yet so what will happen today we'll go live to paris also coming up president donald trump dares the democrats to go ahead with impeachment now and fast that's after the most powerful woman in washington said the time and come to start drafting articles of impeachment against. the people of kabul face the threat of violence every day a far greater threat to health looks in the polluted air now the government is taking steps to tackle. germany's chancellor prepares to visit the size of one of history's most shocking crimes angela merkel is making her 1st visit to the auschwitz. she's bringing a large donation to help conserve the science and a lot of future generations about the atrocities of the nazis committed. welcome to the program france has been paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades many join mass protests across the

business t w news live from berlin france is paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades french public sector workers closed down. transport hospitals and schools in a protest against proposed pension reforms for the strike isn't over yet so what will happen today we'll go live to paris also coming up president donald trump daz the democrats to go ahead with impeachment now and fast that's after the most powerful woman in washington said the time it come to start.

news live from berlin a standoff in france travelers face more destruction through the weekend as trade unions falla to carry on their strikes as a planned attention to reforms but the government insists it will not back down look at the latest live from terrorist also coming up bush fires are burning out of control in australia several have combined to form a mega fire at me a sydney shrouding the country's largest city in a cloud of toxic smoke firefighters say it is too big to push out to do just searching for most of us authorities launched an investigation after a deadly shooting by a saudi air force lieutenant at a u.s. naval base in florida to saudi national training as a pilot. i manicure you can thank so much for joining us. france is bracing for a weekend of disruption with yellow vest protest is expected to join striking public sector workers it is the largest strike in decades and it has crippled transportation across the country bus in his 1st comments since the strike began france's prime minister insisted the government to will not scrap its pension reform plans and that

news live from berlin a standoff that in france travelers face more disruption through the weekend as trade unions vow to carry on debts try to save a planned reforms that the government insists it will not back down also coming up bushfires all turning out of control in australia several times now combined to form a mega ball and near sydney shrouding of the country's largest city and a cloud of toxic smoke and fire 5 to say it is too big to put out. plus not a 14 is underway in the bundesbank that we will have action from last night's draw between frankfurt and after us will take a look at league leaders the rich have lunch in blood and head to face up to noon top of the table clash against champions. i manuscripts begin and welcome to the show it's fronts is bracing for a weekend of disruption with yellow vest protesters joining the striking public sector workers it's the largest strike in decades and it has crippled transportation across the country but in his 1st comments since the strike began france's prime minister insisted the government will not scrap its pension reform plan

this is a deli news live from berlin a standoff in france travelers face more disruption through the weekend as trade unions vow to carry on that strike ever planned pension reforms that the government insists it will not back down also coming up bush fired up burning out of control in australia several have now combined to form a next time and yes.

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the big table with me now is luke andre he is a french journalist based here in berlin and the correspondent with rodeo france it's good to see you again i want to come to ask you if this is the the reality in france the french can retire at 62 their pensions are calculated with very generous formulas and do is this about a growing aging population of senior citizens insisting that they not be forced to sacrifice anything in their old age it's a bit more complicated than that actually got a dual system. mainly for the private sector your pension is calculated on the best 25 years in the public think so is the best the last 6 months is and now with. the reform to a single pension system the public sector there are some special systems into the public sector but not on the there are $42.00 special pensions instance of a lot to lose and. it could be explained that people that working in those fields. should maybe low wages with the perspective of a better pension and when the rules are changed me the way. they are kind of angry what would be the solution that if we talk about just that that aspect of it what abo

government have been allayed instead delegates at the party conference of berlin have voted to open talks with miracles conservatives. to france now which is bracing for a weekend of disruption with galavis protesters expected to join striking public sector workers the largest strike for decades has crippled transportation in the country but in his 1st comments since the strike began france's prime minister insisted that the government would not just scrap its pension reform plans and that the changes would be fair. france's high speed trains were at a standstill again on friday there was confusion at the stations in paris as travel schedules were disrupted for a 2nd day as a whole transport systems have been hardest hit by the public sector strike with nearly a 3rd of all employees refusing to work while the strike measures have attracted much attention the government is staying its course it says ultimately changes to the country's pension system are necessary and inevitable let. citizens know that the hugely diverse nature of the current 42 pension plans cannot continue. the french people know that one day they will have to

you're watching news from berlin world stories is coming up next this time looking at france which has one of the highest murder rates for women in europe you can follow us on twitter i d w news and is more now web site. called i'm charged for you. was the speech of his life drops his best certainly his most difficult the speech by calling dresden on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the rest of the chancellor addresses.

you're watching news from berlin well the stories is coming up next this time looking at france which has one of the highest murder rates for women in europe you can follow us on twitter i d w news and is more now website. dot com i'm sorry. it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult the speech by calling dresden on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the rest of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. in the mideast tense the crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the. interest and starts december 19th d.w. . this week on more stories. georgia beating the drum for reforms. coming rather than playing normal life for children in china but we begin in chile here as everywhere in south america the gap between rich and poor keeps growing many people are forced to live in slums where conditions are cut a straw fic. i pay. this is my house. this is where a friend of mine sleeps. i got me this is my room. i'm not ashamed to show it to you i gave it away this is where i

france and. i want to get in this is a business live from berlin welcome. so far as john says conservatives have won a crushing majority of seats in the u.k. general election paving the way for the country to leave the european union on january the 31st in an election campaign that was dominated by the brics a question johnson's vow to leave the e.u. under the terms of the withdrawal bill already negotiated with the e.u. struck a chord with. the conservatives are expected to finish with a house of commons majority of more than 70 seats after the labor party suffered huge losses across the country. and the british pound has dramatically surged in value overnight. with investors clearly she is by the clear election results after an exit poll released on thursday night projected a clear conservative win was coming the currency climbed almost 3 percent to one u.s. dollar 35 cents its highest level since may $2800.00 pound also reached its highest rate against the euro in 3 years hitting one euro and 20 since many investors have said it a tory win removes uncert

began france which is scheduled in berlin in january though the is quite a difficult gamble and something which is never going to be easy to talk to come out with a clear agreement and especially a cease fire because i think clearly the e.u. on the land here has clearly demonstrated that the lack of clear and unified strategy and policy with regard to the crisis in libya so germany is trying to they believe but they are faced with important divisions within the u.n. especially because of their all trance has been playing in support of her actor and also increasingly some countries and for instance even though at the bottom. of the group governments for instance trying to get closer to the house there and at least . so do many has a difficult task of trying to bridge not only the positions marl international players but also the role of arbiter of the e.u. level and this means that this mediation requires some capacity pressure also on some of the e.u. countries which so far has not been that could be very successful it's a major challenge i think both international but also for the you wi

net steps it can rely on certain degree of understanding both in berlin and in paris to major powers that in the e.u. germany and france are inclined to listen to the crime and as we've seen recently their eyes you rightly said said there is a movement with regard to the nominee talk so over ukraine so i think that mr porter the look be interested now in toto or russia what we'll see next is what happens when the investigation develops constantine's eggert as always constantly we appreciate your analysis thank you thank you. neda just marked its 70th birthday after 7 decades of protecting the west and the global order as we know what what lessons what wisdom can we tap into i'm afraid today we received a reminder of what can happen when a microphone or a camera is nearby and political leaders allow their mouths to let down their guard and all accord lesson that the leaders of france canada the netherlands and the u.k. apparently had to learn the hard way take a look. by the end of the meeting the delegates were all smiles we had a tremendous 2 days i think nato is rob you've ever been a lot more money is being produced

net that it can rely on the sentence agree of understanding both in berlin and in paris to major powers that in the e.u. germany and france are inclined to listen to the ground and as we've seen recently their eyes you rightly said said there is a movement with regard to the nominee talk so over ukraine so i think that mr putin the look be interested now in toto or russia we'll see next is what happens when investigation develops constantine's anchored as always constantly we appreciate your analysis thank you. thank you k. pop is one of south korea's biggest cultural exports and the 3rd death of a young celebrity in recent months is highlighting the intense pressures k. pop stars face and the latest is actor cha in ha who started his career as a k. pop performer because of his death has not been released but 2 other performers goo horror and souly are believed to have taken their own lives earlier this year the deaths of expose the dark underbelly of south korea's entertainment industry with cyber bullying and video pornography rife. cleancut and baby faced the south korean actor cha in how began acting after its success

new pension plans in france how will paris solve a crisis that threatens to spoil christmas for many french holiday makers. this is your business report i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us argentina's new government has introduced a bill that would hike taxes on farm exports and currency exchanges the legislation would use that extra revenue to support a new state spending an effort to reverse the pain of recent years austerity cuts the country's fiscal situation remains dire with mounting debt and high inflation and that leaves the government little room for mistake. currency exchange offices in buenos iris are crowded as more and more argentinians rush to convert their money into u.s. dollars and euros before the new 30 percent tax on foreign currency purchases takes effect it's not the only tax increase imposed by the new left leaning government personal property levies will increase too as will taxes on exports of farm products the government said it will use part of the revenue to boost social spending pensioners for instance will get a bonus of $160.00 to be paid out into trenches in december and january they hit the guy this is about stoppin

news live from berlin breaking the deadlock over in eastern ukraine the russian and ukrainian presidents have met for the 1st time in peace talks brokered by the leaders of france and germany will this help and 5 years of war that is killed thousands of people also coming up 5 people are dead after new zealand's most active volcano erupts sending plumes of ash and steam into the sky just as tourists were exploring the volcano surface at least 8 people are reportedly missing and russia is banned from all global sporting events of the next 4 years of that includes the upcoming 2020 olympics the world anti-doping agency says moscow trying to stop drug cheats from being exposed. i bring goff it's good to have you with us the leaders of ukraine and russia have been holding one on one talks in paris tonight to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine this is the 1st time in 3 years that talks focusing on ending the war there have been held and this is the 1st meeting between russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president golda meir's and then ski appears set down earlier this evening with french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel t

asking for more information to be clear shown to people why is berlin doing this we all i would like to point out here that next week in france the president of russia vladimir putin and the german chancellor angela merkel will be meeting in the normandy summit earlier from london today the chancellor angela merkel said that this would not affect in any way the talks between the countries since this has to do with ukraine but what she did leave over any of that it's possible that the valar by a lot of relations between the 2 countries and why it is that it's somehow. enjoined you know miller earlier to discuss the victim's background. 40 year on phil in congress village he was killed in what was described as an execution style killing he was shot twice in the head and this is a murder case that quickly became highly politicized in the media with headlines point in this thing there were russia drawing comparisons to the script poisonings in the u.k. calling it the script pal 2.0 in fact the media were less interested however in delving into the history of the victim which makes quite an interesting read his c.v. is is quite so

pension plans in france how will harris solve the crisis which threatens to spoil christmas for many pledge holiday makers. i'm going to go jones and this is your business live from berlin welcome i was starting with some good news equal ety between men and women has improved globally that's the results of the latest study of the world economic forum on the issue of gender gap like in previous years nordic countries continue to lead the way to gender parity not iceland is in 1st place for the eleventh's year in a row the country's gender parity is nearly 88 percent that's according to the w e f norway finland and sweden follow close nicaragua is also granted in the top 5 and rwanda at number 9 beating germany which rounds up the top 10 gender parity is more advanced in german politics than it is a business on the whole the w e f recommends reducing the wage gap between the sexes the situation doesn't look like it's improving fast enough globally the world economic forum expects it to take another 100 years before gender parity is achieved well let's discuss this now with our financial market correspondent kyung lah who's in has done it by for us in frankfurt call us all

france would be on board with such a reaction. who responded to linda greenlaw story for us tonight here in berlin linda thank you. and here is a round of now of the other stories that are making news around the world ethiopia's prime minister of the off limits has received the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in norway the nobel committee praised for his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with ethiopia as one time enemy territory i'll be warned that militant groups continue to pose a threat to the peace in the region. and the other nobel prizes were given else had a gala ceremony in stockholm sweden they included the literature prizes for both 201829 t. into all. of poland and peter hunka of austria last year's literature prize was postponed due to a sex abuse scandal involving the selection committee. when more than 300000 people have marched in a number of french cities as trade unions press ahead with another day of strikes to protest the government's plans to overhaul the country's retirement system now in their 6th day the strikes have caused mass disruptions to transport and other public services the actio

clear that if the facts justify it france would be on board with such a reaction our chief political correspondent linda greenlaw story for us tonight here in berlin linda thank you. mars a leader on songs e.g. is here in europe and she's in court she appeared at the international court of justice at the hague to defend her country against genocide charge says the case of the un's highest court accuses me of mars military of mass killings and abuse were hinge of minority some she has previously denied any wrongdoing by the government she's expected to speak at the court on wednesday. when she was not obliged to appear at the hague in person but she chose to do so critics say her aim is to raise her profile ahead of elections and we had more in the past few days so she's supporters have held large rallies many see her as a defender of the embattled country on the global stage but her hinge of refugees they paint a different picture. and the refugee camps of cox's bazaar a woman who once represented hope is now a pariah the consensus here on sunset she must answer for what happened to the. feeling of our how was it wasn't it we pray to allow that we

or fronts signed in italy in france there was a meeting in the united arab emirates now influence literally many are saying that there will be a conference in berlin with those words. all that support and that's what the u.s. is not going to help to solve the problem unless the sides agree. every detail how to ensure that interest of all political tribal athletics you. who posses interests are mad at all those in the area it is only people who can agree outer or become the impasse. which has been created because of the it's aggression on the part of nato native attacked saying that they were supporting the arab spring as well the idea to announce a. no fly zone this is a bad association because nato. started bombing libya was of course when the security council the united nations made that very decision to declare the air above levy no fly zone. and the only mandate. one little shools authorized by the security council was to. the give the stakeholders the right to ensure that no fly zone would move those regimes you our . colleagues they again discredited themselves as partners who can abide by agreements they use that resolution soon oshima shou

was shot in broad daylight in berlin in august last week german federal prosecutor said there is evidence for intelligence was behind the killing. transport unions in france say they will continue their national strike through the christmas holiday if the government doesn't back down on its pension reform plan the mass action is now in its 2nd 10 of the 16 metro lines of paris are completely shut and only a quarter of train lines around the country are actually running on wednesday the french prime minister it was philip proposed the universal point space the system for pensions. all the survivors of new zealand's volcanic eruption have suffered burns to at least one 3rd of their body medical officials describe the situation as an unprecedented emergency that number of people killed stands at 8 police are planning to recover the bodies on friday but they risk another eruption jessica washington reports from oakland. it's not how this is trailing tourists would have expected to be going home leaving new zealand on a stretcher suffering from severe burns the israeli defense force is flying out some patients who suffered horrific injuries when the white isla

fulfill my chechen commander in berlin last summer germany is expelled 2 russian diplomats of the issue moscow says it will retaliate. have an available welcome to you. much of france has drawn to a halt as the country experiences its biggest strike in decades over proposed pension reforms many people are taking to the streets with severe disruption to train lines schools and hospitals present in modern mccrone plans to overhaul the retirement system would force workers to retire later or see their pensions reduced union leaders say they will continue the strike until monday let's go straight to our correspondent lisa lewis who's in paris these are what's the situation there right now where you are and what could we expect in the coming hours. well this morning the situation in paris is rather quiet many people staying at home because the transport has largely come to a halt but now you can see behind me people are getting ready for the demonstrations there the demonstration here in past days actually some have started marching towards the plastic are not showing the east of paris they want to show that they really are unhappy about the pension reform plans by the

news live from berlin pope francis leaves christmas eve mass as christians around the world celebrate the birth of jesus after a year that's seen the catholic church rocked by scandals in france it uses his address to the vatican to urge christians not to lose faith. also coming up. tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in the syrian province of italy when warns of a humanitarian catastrophe as the assad regime steps up its offensive in the country's flag.

france's p.s.a. group and fiacha chrysler plan to join forces that are more up next on business with monika jones you're watching news from berlin more news coming at the top of the hour in the meantime all the latest headlines available on our website at www dot com kong assman thanks for watching. these people meticulously planned everything from work on days off everywhere all for the sake of fishing see. as a result many people feel stressed out. what optimal time management and do even in the 1st place. made in germany in 60 minutes on. i go to college. to learn a trio should wait a 2nd we want to hold to check out facts instead of vague ideas shift deliver us. from a measured reality to cryptocurrency to your topics for live in an ever changing digital world let's talk of the digitalisation. shift. on g.w. . where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as attorneys i have work off the streets of many characters and their problems are always the same core to the social inequality a lack of the fre

france the 3 d. printing process is being researched in a parabolic flight. professor yes good stuff from c.n.n. berlin the german federal materials testing institute has developed equipment with his team to enable parts such as tools to be made from metal powder in 0 gravity. of the experiment is to try out a new process of sucking in powder and then trying to fix it and has 0 gravity environment so in principle you can produce parts on demand the part which has been centered with a laser on to this plate should be able to be taken out and it's ready for use. of . the for each flight the scientists draw their conclusions from the previous flight making minor adjustments to try and improve the results of their experiment . so this is our 3rd flight day last time we switched the material and this time we have adjusted the parameters of the equipment to be able to apply the layer of powder i'd say we managed to get about 70 percent of the powder on to the layer and the rest by the way we need to improve that we can't have the powder flying around. i know berlin research team is just one of many in total

berlin . in june 2800 nato held a training exercise in the baltic states and poland 19 nato states and partners including france took part. from a military standpoint it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to defend the baltic states against a russian attack involving armored divisions and tens of thousands of troops so that is the one. german soldiers also took part. the new exercise. here read units defend themselves against an attack by blue units. the. it's strategically better to wait than to fire blindly and give away your position. but that's financial named friends we engage the enemy infantry and took out quite a few of us can from as i read deployed my men in a stream bed which is a good defensive position. right now we're waiting for the next enemy attack. which they are probably preparing right now to find as good of an almost as a joke to north korean yet. germany is leading a nato force in lithuania that involves 1200 troops from 10 member states. the units were sent to strengthen the alliances defenses along europe's border with russia. we trained together with the nato battle group an

news live from berlin breaking the deadlock over in eastern ukraine the russian and ukrainian presidents have met for the 1st time in peace talks brokered by the leaders of france and germany will this help and 5 years of war that is killed thousands of people also coming up 5 people are dead after new zealand's most active volcano erupts sending plumes of ash and steam into the sky just as tourists were exploring the volcano surface at least 8 people.

2 key mediators the leaders of france and germany and the residence of the predator president here in paris and we do have to remember that it's thanks to paris and berlin that the original peace road map for ukraine was hammered out almost 5 years ago one is this if not a breakthrough in that sense definitely that this word is appropriate but there are several reasons why the talks in paris could be called a favor failure and we do have to remember the key stumbling blocks in the peace process in that area right now there are several issues russia has prioritized the following elements of the minsk agreements that is a political reform and ukraine which should grant special status for the breakaway pro russian republics of lugansk and the nets and also in the midst agreements that actually says that these political reforms somehow have to be worked were reflected in the country's constitution plus there's another element that is free democratic elections in the region now what ukraine has prioritized in its turn their the goal of their government that's what they're always talking about is granting the ukrainian army the control of the border between t

she of the there were conferences in france and italy and there was a meeting in the united arab emirates now much talks about the preparation of the conference in berlin all this. will contain air. and the current situation will preserve and suspended keep it in a suspended state if for the countries don't agree in detail as to how to secure the interests of all the political clan. forces which are in the territory of libya and the libyan people itself can agree how to overcome the crisis which it was. plunged into by the aggression from the north atlantic alliance under the pretext of the support of the so-called. spring what concerns that idea to declare a non pilot zone is a bad association in the light of what i have said because nato became stop bombing libya after the security council of un. took such a decision to declare a non pilot zone over libya and the old lee. power which is un security council approved a resolution which approved it gave give an instruction to interest the country to secure this regime of a non pilot zone our nato colleagues however. or next time discredited themselves as partners for negotiations and they took advantage

pension plans in france how will paris solve the crisis which threatens to spoil christmas for many pledge holiday makers. i'm going to jones and this is your business live from berlin welcome i was starting with some good news equal it's.

citizen in berlin former chechen rebel commanders the income congo believe was shot dead in broad daylight in a public park a suspect is in custody russia denies any involvement. much of france's ground to a halt as the country sees its biggest strike in decades of a proposed pension reforms schools hospitals and transport networks are affected as the public sector protests against plans to overhaul the retirement system the president wants to create a universal scheme which critics say will worsen inequality the strike is open ended and could last for days. for legal experts have testified in a 2nd round of hearings in the impeachment inquiry into us president donald trump 3 of the 4 said trump committed an impeachable offense when he asked the ukrainian president to investigate from political rival joe biden. need to leaders meeting in london have wrapped up a contentious summit marking the military alliances 70th anniversary adopted a joint statement recognizing the challenges posed by china and reached agreements on defense and spending this is. from all follow us on twitter a deed of the news and also you can visit our website that dot com. finally from me we go to the fr

in berlin where he attended mosques that were connected to that scene also in the western part of germany he was part of the islamist scene when on the that he had connections to islamists in france and belgium and also in libya and tunisia back in his home country so he was very well connected internationally ok now the german security services have been coming under a lot of pressure somebody are claiming there's been a cover up of key details in this case what's that all about well it certainly happened is that there was a lot of back and forth between the federal authorities on the one hand and the authorities in the various federal states where on his armory was active away a way where he was being observed at times we know that there were a number of informants close to him that were. run by various agencies of the german security system but these information the information that came from these people was not really coordinated between these various agencies and in the end here in berlin way it was finally people decided in the authorities that he was not in fact dangerous that he was more kind of small time drug dealer and they stopped observing him just weeks before the