both chancellor merkel and president gauck are considering awarding her the medal of merit. >> our correspondent attended the memorial service and funeral and gave us her impressions. >> hundreds if not thousands of people came to these small town's here to pay their tribute and to say goodbye to a courageous young woman, the turkish ambassador came from berlin. the family said there were 300 members of the family and friends who said their goodbyes, but there were also camera teams from all over the world. the case is a story that interests the entire world because, of course, she was a courageous young woman who's to against violence, against others, and paid for it with her own life. people here at the funeral said she wanted to become a teacher, but really, she was already a teacher. she taught us all a big lesson, mainly that you have to stand up against violence and defend the rights against -- defend the rights of others who are more vulnerable than you. >> to east africa know where a suicide attack on a united nations convoy in somalia has left or people dead and nine wounded. >> the att

. >> gauck also spoke to those worried about the crises and conflicts around the world. his message was inspired by the biblical christmas story -- fear not. >> meanwhile, in britain, queen elizabeth focused her christmas day broadcast on a call for peace and unity. >> invoking the spirit of the world war i christmas truce between britain and germany 100 years ago, the monarch called for reconciliation throughout the world and in the u.k., which saw scotland almost break away from the union this year. she warned it will take time to heal those loans. the queen also praised the doctors and nurses on batting the ebola outbreak, saying she was deeply touched by their selflessness. >> we are going to take a very short break and when we come back, we bring you reaction to today's release of sony's comedy "the interview." >> why americans may start buying their cigars in cuba again. all that in 60 seconds. stay with us. >> dw on the internet. transparent structures. wide-ranging services. clean design. quality journalism in 30 languages. a multimedia platform for your global n