proposed by the ruling party and currently in georgia's parliament, there is only one party, it is the georgian dreame ruling party, because the opposition is boycotting the parliament, citing vote rigging in october parliamentary elections. it is very cold in tbilisi, the georgian capital, but despite that we are seeing more people joining the protests and there have nightly protests here for more than two weeks. earlier, some people were kicking a football as a kind ofjoke and say that mikheil kavelashvili perhaps, he was a good footballer in his previous career but they do not believe that he is fit to be the country's next president. they were holding red cards and also people here saying that he is not qualified to be the next head of state. all of this is happening with the incumbent president who earlier today walks past the protest area and she was cheered by the crowd. she has said that she won't be stepping down and she won't be leaving her office because she considers the current parliament a legitimate and anti constitutional. in the main the main demand for the protest is hit in the stre

so they've -- so they voted against the georgian dream party but the georgian dream party in charge of the election machinery has tried to rig the election. and so the people of georgia have risen up in response. and the georgian dream government, an arm of the putin russia government, has responded in tyrannical fashion. the georgian dream party has worked to overthrow the will of the voters and has marshalled the power of the police to crack down violently on peaceful protests. in a number of days, mr. president, the georgian dream party could actually forcibly remove the democratically elected president of georgia from power. now, the biden administration has taken baby steps, long overdue, and i wish they would be more forceful. our american administration has now publicly sanctioned two individuals. the state and treasury departments have sanctioned a senior ministry official and the georgia minister of internal affairs. now, what do the sanctions involve? they involve blocking the offending officials of the georgia dream party from transaction in american banks. we can do that. t

since november 28th, protesters across georgia have been holding mass rallies after the ruling georgian dream partydelay seeking eu accession talks. the demonstration took place just one day before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream party as the country's new president. mr kavelashvili has been labelled illegitimate" by current leader salome zurabishvili and the pro—western opposition. a threat to poison english water supplies during the period known as the troubles in northern ireland is among the revelations in the latest release of irish state papers. each year, documents relating to the near 30—year conflict are declassified, as our ireland correspondent sara girvin reports. every year the irish state papers are released, and every year they give us a glimpse of previously secret government files dating back decades. this release details a threat received in 1999 to poison england's water supplies on behalf of what was called the republican revenge group. it threatened to introduce weedkiller into drinking water through fire hydrants

president — mikheil kavelashvili — was sworn in, despite weeks of rallies against his governing georgian dream partyree people have died while trying to cross the english channel off the coast of sangette near calais. and the palestinian civil defence says seven people have been killed in an israeli strike of a hospital in the centre of gaza city. hello, i'm lucy gray. we start with south korea, where a plane has crashed on landing at an airport. 179 people have died and two members of the crew in the tail section were rescued and taken to hospital. the boeing 737 belonging tojeju airlines had 181 people on board. they say some passengers fell out of the fuselage during the crash at muan international airport. the government has declared seven days of national mourning. this is the moment the plane skidded down the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the aircraft was arriving at muan airport from bangkok. the authorities say a birdstrike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. both of the plane's black boxes have now been found. the airline has issued a formal apology and

mikheil kavelashvili, a former professional footballer, who was put forward by the governing georgian dream partyts from the georgian capital tblisi. pro—eu protesters continue to gather in the capital tblisi and other cities, and accuse the georgian dream party of dragging the country back into russia's sphere of influence, when research suggests most georgians support joining the eu. the incumbent president and the pro—eu opposition say the process is illegitimate. mari kapanadze is a lawyer and activist in georgia — she was at the protests today and joins me from tblisi. now that georgian dream has elected this new president, how do people react to that, and this is kind of a new way of electing a president, because this is not a popular vote, explain for our international audience how that has worked out. the mac hello, thank you for having me. today's event has a couple of problems. first of all we are claiming that the parliament we have right now has no legitimacy because the election has been falsified. therefore any election from this parliament is against the constitution and unlawful.

he is the founder of the ruling party georgian dream.ions, asset freezes and so on. in a statement the us state department said sanctions are being imposed for undermining democratic and eurocratic future of georgia for the benefit of the russian federation. that is why we have seen so many people coming out to the streets to protest as they believe the current government in georgia is tilting away from the european union and moving georgia closer to russia. hans gutbrod — professor of public policy at the ilia state university in tbilisi explained what this all means for the future of the ruling party. the georgian dream is capable of ruling the country for now but not really able to govern the country. the country is deadlocked, more than 1000 businesses have signed a petition against the government. their constant protests. the street are often gridlocked so still remains to be seen how this will go. what about the question hour corresponding just raised about whether the new president mikheil kavelashvili will actually get internatio

mps from the ruling georgian dream party will vote for the country's next president. and they are made up of mps and other local government officials who are loyal to the georgian dream party so this voting will take place in a short while and it is expected that today georgia's parliament will vote and choose the country's next president. now, all of this is taking place amidst massive protests that are happening across the country for more than two weeks. people are protesting the parliament which they are saying is illegitimate because they are saying that 0ctober saying is illegitimate because they are saying that october 26 parliamentary electio

mikheil kavelashvili —has been sworn in, against a backdrop of protests against his governing georgian dream partyllo. we start with developing news from south korea: a plane has crashed on landing at an airport in the country, and at least 177 people have been killed. the boeing 737 belonging tojeju airlines had 181 people on board, and officials say they expect most are dead. they say some passengers fell out of the fuselage during the crash at muan international airport. two survivors have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hopsital. this is the moment the plane skidded down the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the aircraft was en route from bangkok heading for muan airport. the authorities say a birdstrike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. the airline has issued a formal apology. the local fire chief has given an update on the rescue operation at the airport. translation: we are presuming the cause of the accident to be i a bird strike or deteriorating weather conditions and the exact cause will be determined from a further forensic and joint invest

the control of politics by the georgian dream, and then you had the invasion of ukraine, which really was very influential here and has been used by the georgian dream partysay, you know, the west goes around, it's the party of war. it is the deep state. it wants to pull georgia into some type of war. the way, george, the way ukraine is enmeshed right now. and so i think the opposition would say georgia has quite rapidly at this point, been pulled away from the eu. and the crunch point came just about a month ago when the prime minister said, we're we are on the road to integration with the eu. however, we are going to put this on hold until 2028 because we just we feel there are too many disagreements with the eu. we're putting that on hold and 80% of the population here supports joining the eu and and being, you know, staying part of europe. so that's where i think the anger has built. and that's why you've seen up to reportedly and i would tend to believe it, 200,000 people on the streets tonight. we're expecting yet another very big rally. it's called a human chain of unity that's going to be here in greece and in some other cities. so it's dramatic o

he is the founder of the ruling party, georgian dream.ns, asset freezes and so on. in a statement the us state department said sanctions are being imposed for undermining democratic and euro atlantic future of georgia for the benefit of the russian federation. that is why we have seen so many people coming out to the streets to protest as they believe the current government in georgia is tilting away from the european union and moving georgia closer to russia. thank you. azerbaijani president ilham aliyev says that the passenger plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, had been damaged due to shooting from the ground in russia. that's according to azerbaijan state television. president aliyev said he regretted that "some circles" in russia had tried to hush up the truth about the crash of the azerbaijan airlines plane, by sowing false narratives about the causes of the crash. russian president vladimir putin yesterday apologies for what the kremlin called a �*tragic incident�* after russian air defences were fired against ukra

european politicians were members of the georgian dream were expelled from the party.tation. especially after the invasion of ukraine in ferry 2022, georgian gene became openly anti—european they became a global war party. they have been pushing georgia to open a second front with russia. they have been copying and pasting lesson laws. the law that considers most georgian civil society organisations as being foreign agents. then they adopted a law on family values and against lgbt people. all the narratives, all in russian narratives about europe and the united states have been adopted by georgian dream. they have been cried gradually to buy the russian officials. they were praised by russia for resisting the west. they said how courageous they were. bole the west. they said how courageous they were. we see that pattern — courageous they were. we see that pattern that _ courageous they were. we see that pattern that you - courageous they were. we see that pattern that you are - that pattern that you are explaining there. we are out of time. thank you so much for talkin

that he returned to business as usual is no longer feasible for the georgian dream. the partyxpect the protesters subside. —— cannot merely retract. the country as a whole is facing a dead end. holding new elections is the only viable way out of this political crises.— only viable way out of this political crises. those have been the — political crises. those have been the demand - political crises. those have been the demand of - political crises. those have been the demand of the i been the demand of the protesters, haven't they? regarding georgian dream, established by a gentleman, i think he was called... is that correct? what can you tell us about him? is he still functional within the party? in functionalwithin the party? in his functional within the party? in his mind, he is functional, but ultimately it is very difficult for anyone in their right frame of mind to talk of him as a ligament leader. he was a founder of the georgian dream and has also become self—appointed honorary chairman of the georgian dream, but in many ways, i think he is holding a lot of his cabinet

he also in a way denied that the ruling party which he represents, the georgian dream party, put thepeople on to the streets in the capital of tblisi and across other cities and towns across other cities and towns across the country. it is true that the eu put george's integration, accession talks, they froze it. that was in response to the government introducing and passing a controversial legislation back in the spring, the so—called foreign agents law. the eu froze the process in response to that legislation. and the fact is, georgia is still a candidate country to join the eu, this status was granted backin eu, this status was granted back in december 2023. that status came with several conditions, a list of reforms of the georgian government had to undertake, in order to move forward on this process. however, what has been happening here since georgia got the candidate status, there was no progress made on any of those points, which include reform in the justice system, and fighting this information, free and fair elections was also on the list. now, the government is presenting

mikheil kavelashvili is a former mp from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream party andas the only candidate for the job. it comes after 17 days of pro—eu protests our south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytrie is outside parliament in the georgian capital, tblisi. a short while ago the head of the central election commission announced the results of the election that took place this morning. it was the electoral college that voted for georgia's next president. it is the first time the head of state is chosen by the electoral college. the nominees were from the current ruling party that has been in power for the last 12 years. the opposition seems to have turned against the ruling party. mikheil kavelashvili is a loyal candidate and part of the ruling party. people have been standing in the state since this morning. people are kicking a football around. i am speaking to one of the protesters. i wanted to ask you now that you have a new president, what do you think of his presidency? we have been protesting for more than 15 days. not only from this morn

since november 28th, protesters across georgia have been holding mass rallies after the ruling georgian dream partyone day before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream party as the country s new president. mr kavelashvili has been labelled illegitimate by current leader salome zourabichvili and the pro—western opposition. and here's proof that chess takes its dress code seriously — reigning world number one magnus carlsen has quit a major tournament — all over a pair ofjeans. the grandmaster was told that his denim attire was a no—go. the tournament's governing body said he couldn't continue playing unless he swapped them for something more formal. but carlsen made an unexpected move, he pulled out on the spot. he later put this picture of his offending outfit on social media — captioning it "ootd", that's an abbreviation for outfit of the day. the chess federation said has defended its decision to take a tough line on the jeans. in a statement, they said their regulations including the dress code, are designed to ensure professionalism and

since november 28th, protesters across georgia have been holding mass rallies after the ruling georgian dream party before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream party as the country's new president. mr kavelashvili has been labeled illegitimate by current leader salome zurabishvili and the pro—western opposition. we didn't get a white christmas in the uk but if you're looking for some winter wonderland scenes, then take a look at the taihang mountains of china. people have been flocking there to see the huge icicles which form at this time of year. the area has a lot of water and is prone to sudden drops in temperature — creating these spectacular displays. hello there, some higher parts of england and wales have again been sticking out above this misty low cloud today. it's quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of england and wales. the fog, though, probably not quite as extensive as it has been. and through the rest of the weekend, the breeze picks up a little, that mist and patchy fog will be lifting, promising some brig

kavelashvili — being sworn in, against a background of weeks of protests against his governing georgian dream partyaller is a hardline critic of the west — and the 4 main opposition groups have rejected him and boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. the outgoing president, salome zourabichvili , has left the presidential palace after making a defiant speech to supporters. she said she remained the legitimate officeholder. (tx officeholder.0n saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the government said it would delay eu accession talks until 2028. hans gutbrod is professor of public policy at the ilia state university in tbilisi. she explained what this all means for the future of the ruling party. the dream is capable of ruling the country for now, but it's not really able or not really able to govern the country. the country is kind of dea

and capital tbilisi furious protest is burned, and if a g of the founder of the pro russian georgian dream party, expressing the outrage of the government's decision to hold progress towards a youth session towards interest president and the georgian and the opposition to choose the judge and dream party of fraud. after its contest, the victory in recent elementary elections. the protest of also spread the smaller cities, but active as that side. the capital face challenges in mode by mobilizing support, the deputies frigo shipment or ski reports from the georgia in town. i've got a warm jacket and a georgian flag, the protest outfit of tomorrow, and me is actually she called online for an anti government protest in her hometown glory. but she is not sure how many people will answer her call us. yeah. because they write this social media, i will come, i will stand with you and they do nothing physically, you know. and that's hearts me. tomorrow's hometown was occupied by the russian army for 9 days in the russo george and war in 2008. she was just 13 years old, but she says the memories have sha

since november 28th, protesters across georgia have been holding mass rallies after the ruling georgian dream partyccession talks. the demonstration took place just one day before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream party as the country's new president. mr kavelashvili has been labelled illegitimate by current leader salome zurabishvili and the pro—western opposition. a ukrainian official has told the bbc they hope a new year prisoner exchange with russia will happen any day, although arrangements could fall through at the last minute. there have been just 10 exchanges this year, the lowest number since the full—scale invasion in 2022. ukraine doesn't publish numbers of prisoners of war being held by russia, but the total is thought to be over 8,000. from kyiv, will vernon reports. a christmas concert for ukrainians exhausted by war. dancer liliya keeps her pain hidden. her boyfriend bohdan was captured by russian forces two and a half years ago. she hasn't heard from him since. translation: the christmas holidays are a painful time. . if

mikheil kavelashvili has been sworn in, against a background of protests against his governing georgian dream party. the former manchester city footballer is a hardline critic of the west and the four main opposition groups have rejected him and boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. let's get more now on this developing story from south korea. a plane has crashed on landing at an airport in the country, and at least 167 people have been killed. the boeing 737 belonging toje—ju airlines had 181 people on board, and officials say they expect most are dead. they say some passengers fell out of the fuselage during the crash. two survivors have been found. these are the pictures of the holiday plane skidding down the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the aircraft was enroute from bangkok heading for muan airport. the authorities say a birdstrike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. the airline has issued a formal apology. my colleague catherine spoke to geoffrey thomas, editor of daily airline news. here's the full interview of

a hard line critic of the west have a last really is a loyalist of the governing georgian dream parties. billionaire found to be the not even surely the role is largely ceremonial, but covers actually these opponents says he has no digital vesee. since the politicians who chose him were elected in a process mode by accusations of road to win the georgia dream policy. 1 october parliamentary elections with this empty liberal and provost go promises. elections many georgians, believe what raked re don't even think about the outcome of this, the fee collections that they have tomorrow because it doesn't admit that it doesn't make any sense. so there is only one part in the parliament who's making this decision. they are there will be no position a protest against the election results intensified in the georgia dream like government suspended talks to join the european union. and again, when it around presidential elections with only it's candidates, this is a will to should move into georgia's history a time when his people are sharply divided on how they see its future. whether it's quoti

and the candidates who run in the parliamentary vote this month, backed by the governing georgian dream party. but his prey, west, and preyed assess and like the opposition says his election was illegitimate. sonia gave experience a defined stride into the unknown. this was the day that solemn is you'd have basically said that she would not stand down for the presidency except the last 6 years ago. i swear allegiance to you on the constitution and this allegiance will not change. and i got wherever i am in the presidential palace or outside, i will come out of here to you and i will be with you. around advice support is outside. she never left left the building without handing over the keys to her successor because of a lashley, a former foot bullet had fall right politician, who was shown in by parliament as george's next president of a country in turmoil since october's dispute at elections. a hard line critic of the west covey lashley is a loyalist of the governing georgian dream parties. billionaire found to be the not even surely the role is largely ceremonial but covers actually these o

including the founder of the georgian dream party.remaining independent institution and they believe that the appointment of this president, mikheil kavelashvili, who is loyal to the government will end georgia's democracy once and for all. ., ~' , ., georgia's democracy once and for all. ., ,, i. ., for all. thank you for the latest there. _ for all. thank you for the latest there. we - for all. thank you for the latest there. we will - for all. thank you for the | latest there. we will keep for all. thank you for the - latest there. we will keep you up—to—date on that as the story develops. prince andrew says he "ceased all contact" with a businessman accused of being a chinese spy after concerns were raised by the uk government. in a statement, the duke of york said the pair met through "official channels" and had never discussed anything of a "sensitive nature". the man in question lost an appeal over a decision to bar him from entering the uk on national security grounds. graham satchell reports once again, prince andrew is under

georgia has been in a deepening crisis since the governing georgian dream party, declared at $81.00 a disputed election last month. you're up to date on dw news. thanks for watching the . 2 2 2 2 the. 2 2 the. 2 the . 2 the up so now asked for notes improves brought in any 400 kilograms of moving. welcome back to us. where on the moon did they come from? and how have they changed how we view all places? celeste, still neva. them one is to the moon, is a history book that allows us to look far back into the passcode. could this some post from china's 2020 full moon mission to throw out new mysteries? it's my gun. see how the moon is still good for a surprise or 2? we know a little scientist, appetites have been wedded, but lunar research still has a long way to go. no, mister flushed the girl july. 1969 apollo astronauts set off on the 1st mission to land on the moon, the destination and luna plane on the side of it that faces us. good rate or data. there was no way to print just a landing with the spacecraft. touch down safely or sink deep into dust and tip of the land and the amount

there have been weeks of demonstrations against his governing georgian dream party and its victory ine new president is a former manchester city footballer and also a hardline critic of the west — the four main opposition groups have rejected him over fears he will move georgia closer to russia, and they've boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. on saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the government said it would delay talks onjoining the eu until 2028. the outgoing president, salome zourabichvili, has left the presidential palace but insisted she is still the legitimate holder of the office of president. translation: six years ago, i swore allegiance i to you on the constitution. and this allegiance will not change. wherever i am, in the palace or outside the palace, i will come out of here to you, and i will be with you.

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the far right to form a football is supported by the pro criminal and georgian dream party, whose decision to suspend e u. membership to excess box months of protest. this is the moment judges of position hoped would never happen. a comfortable fall rights pro kremlin form a soccer player, taking the oath of office as a new president to any speech making a couple i should really promise to re nights the country very well. i mean, it's beautiful. i plan to be everyone's president, regardless of whether they like me or not, my future efforts will be directed towards the consolidation and to unification of society that sees that guide. yeah, maybe it's good, but outside outgoing lead to selling me sort of as really told support is in front of the presidential palace that she views the new incumbent is illegitimate. and will fight on the about moving legitimacy comes from them. so on. i'm not sole states you claim that so that's why there is no trust of the people that will be no legitimacy. router about the color about subarus. billy did agree to vacate the presidential palace, but she's refu

the governing georgian dream party is set to a point, a fine ride form, a footfall as president. the party claims victory in a dispute as an election in october. it's suspended talks on joining the european union setting of mass purchased in germany and identified drugs have been cited flying as a ranch, done us air force base and other sensitive industrial sites. intelligence sources say government support for you try and has my gemini, a target for possible sabotage attempts. russia has again attacked. are you trying to energy network in the capital, keith? 100, so shelter in the metro station, president, bloody man. so let's he said 93 missiles and nearly 200 ryans were launched. east calling on western allies to support mon missile defense systems. upfront as a new centrist prime minister press 5 by root has about to tackle the political style met that has weakens the government since the inclusive elections last summer, previous premier, we showed bonnie aid resigned to just 3 months in office when he lost the confidence. but it was a lavish traditional ceremony the person b

george's routing cost, you propose to appoint a form of football as president, the pro russian georgian dream party claimed to victory and a dispute for the next man october. it's a spend, it's talks on joining the european union triggering mass protests. the opposition is said that a little boy called the premises of a point in me kind of coming coming. i should be as the new president for more i'm joined now by correspond in j gosh shimano sky into blue sea. uh this uh, this, this selection appears to be a full going conclusion. why is that? yes, monica, the election is underway in the building of the parliament. i'm sorry, is very windy here. um, but uh the election committee has already announced that the net quorum necessary for the election is, is there and we are expecting any minute. now the announcement of the results and since there was only one come to definitely help cover the cd. and we are expecting an announcement of his when to day, but, and he's a former football player, the central edition. he came into politics just a few years ago with the routing judge entry party. and he's a p

see, the governing georgian dream party is set to appoint a fall wide form of footfall as president. the policy claimed to victory and the dispute and next, and in october, it's a spend. it's talks on joining the european union. the switching of mass protests and russia has again attacked ukraine's energy network in the capital of keith. hundreds saw shelter in the metro precedent for long as the landscape said. 93, miss austin, the 200 drones when launched, he's calling on western allies to supply more missile defense systems. taiwan says it's chased away chinese coast guard vessels conducting operations to the island. china has been holding lots scale military drills around taiwan for the past few days. ty, with these officials say beijing has trying to set you red lines before the trump administration takes power in the us. as we have in germany, i'm identified to grow and this has been cited flying over the rom, just on us air force base and other sensitive industrial sites. intelligence sources say government support for ukraine has made to germany a target for possible supple t

tbilisi has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling georgian dream party claimed victory in parliamentarylections in october — denounced by opposition groups as rigged. a little earlier, our correspondent rayhan demytrie gave us this update from tbilisi. the country's parliament and the protesters, a short while ago, they blocked the main street from traffic. we can show you the number of people who are gathering here. it's still quite early in georgian terms, and it is expected that more people willjoin the protest. it's day eight of these protests in georgia, not only in the capital, tbilisi, but also in other parts of the country, against the government's move to suspend eu accession talks. and these people are demanding fresh elections. they're also angry at their government for what they're saying were rigged october parliamentary elections. and that has become the main demand from the country's civil society, from the opposition and from these protesters. tell us more about why those people are so angry. i mean, it sounds quite dry, doesn't it, when you talk about suspending accessi

the pro russian georgian dream party claims victory and a dispute to the next minute october. it's a spend that's talks on joining the european union tree green mass protest. the opposition has said the boy called the process of a pointing mikhail cabin, actually, as the new president at all correspondent, a jigsaw so seminal sky into blue sea told me what we could now expect from the incoming president. yes, monica hale cover, luxury leaders in former football players. he's 53 years old and fields of politics a few years back with the georgia dream policy. he's particularly known for his loud, outspoken onto west and rhetoric. and in his time as a member of the call them and see us often, the one supposing the most logical ideas and she was functioning. this is sort of move break or for the complement of the majority. she was the one for 1st proposed the controversial. so called for an agent, smoke going after more governmental organizations receiving funding from abroad a lot of this past this year despite most of the process. so the critics say that she will further facilit

we've seen months of protests against the governing georgian dream party. what are the main issues concerning the protesters for the protesters? it's mostly about the democracy and if you integrate the georgia bar to which has been in power for 12 years has for a long time, subscribed to the idea of you integration, which is very popular in the georgia society, which is also in strides in the countries constitution, however, after russia's invasion of you crazy things have changed a little bit this, especially in the last year we've seen the georgia dream publications officials coming out with increasingly come to western rhetoric and also cracking down on and yours. and those are the key writes. so the protesters see this as a sign of turn away from you and possibly for sure. all right, well i have to leave it there at dw correspondence shy gosh. and she announced joining us from to please. thank you and my celebrations have taken place across syria to mark the 1st friday prayer since the fall of the dictatorship. more than 13 years of war, along with the

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mikheil kavelashvili is a former mp from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream party and job. it comes after 17 days of pro—eu protests across the country's towns and cities. this was the scene outside parliament earlier. the four main opposition groups have rejected kavel—ashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections

the governing georgian dream party is set to appoint a font form a foot bullet as president. bobby claimed victory in a dispute of relation in october. it's suspended tools on joining the european union setting of mass projects. russia has again, that tactic ryan's energy network. hundreds in the capital key shelter the in the metro president full of them is to, let's, he said, not the 3 missed solves. and nearly 200 drugs were launched in one of the biggest bombardments since the start of the war. they were explosions in several other regions to and on that nick connelly from the w as more this was huge. this was one of the biggest, this thing, this is a tax on the energy system, the 12th so far. and it's no coincidence that they have chosen this weekend right now. the temperature is dropping for the 1st time, really kind of severely this winter. it seems like most of the damage was in the west. the country, no major damage reported from k of which still stay as the capital best protected. and the strategy of the great new thirty's is not to inform, at least close to the events, to not gi

mikheil kavelashvili is a former mp from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream party andys of pro—eu protests across the country's towns and cities. this is the scene live outside the parliament building. the four main opposition groups have rejected kavelashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections held in october were rigged. 0ur south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytrie is outside parliament in the georgian capital, tblisi.

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before going on to become an mp in his home country from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream partythejob. it comes after 17 days of pro—eu protests across the country's towns and cities. this was the scene outside parliament earlier. the four main opposition groups have rejected mr kavelashvili's appointment and have boycotted parliament. let's speak to liza zhvania, who's the daughter of former georgian prime minister zurab zhvania. very good to talk to you. thank you for being with us. what do you for being with us. what do you make of what we're sitting on the streets of tbilisi today? on the streets of tbilisi toda ? ~ . , today? we are seeing the unprecedented _ today? we are seeing the unprecedented long, - today? we are seeing the unprecedented long, 17 i today? we are seeing the i unprecedented long, 17 days today? we are seeing the - unprecedented long, 17 days of protests outside, garrett the ring thousands of young people, along with more than 500 imprisoned, about 300 of them beaten severely. the so—called government, which has a huge lack of legitimacy locally not only

and she said that the current government, which is controlled by the georgian dream party of power, isrying to divide us just as the russians did. and then she went on to say that in spite of this, we will continue our fight and we will win. and she also said that the people who had been arrested at those protests that have been taking place on the streets of tbilisi and other cities across georgia, for actually a month now, they will help them to get out of jail. but there were not a lot of details exactly how this movement will continue. nevertheless, she said that it will. and then when she was finished, she walked outside of the gate, literally into the scrum of her supporters, walked through the crowd and then walked back in the direction of the palace. it's unclear at this point, at least to me, where she is, but i think you can definitely say that she is defiant, but she did not go to the point of staying in the palace because remember, the prime minister was saying, once there is a new president elected, she would be illegally in that palace. and so she decided not to have that

the georgian dream party claimed victory in a vote the opposition says was rigged. the european parliament called it neither free nor fair opposition mps are boycotting the new parliament the country's outgoing president, who supports joining the eu, says she won't step down until new elections are held. >> are symbols legitimate parliament? >> there is no legitimate parliament and therefore an illegitimate parliament cannot elect a new president. thus, no inauguration can take place and my mandate continues until a legitimately elected parliament is formed. >> georgia's prime minister says there will be no new elections. he accuses the opposition of plotting a revolution and says georgia is committed to eu membership, despite the delay, the response is very clear, so we have not suspended anything related to the european integration. >> it's just a lie. >> but the protests are not only continuing but spreading to more cities. so too concerns over the treatment of the protesters. the u.s. and eu have condemned the use of excessive force against them on saturday, the

lawsuit, seeking to overturn the result of parliamentary elections in october, which saw the georgian dream partyis side, there are riot police, who are hiding. you can just see their helmets. these protesters are saying, "come out, come out!" day six of mass protests in georgia, in the capital tbilisi, but a completely different feel to it today, because the lights are switched off at the parliament building, the lights in the street are dimmed, and there are no fireworks. fireworks have really become one of the features of this protest movement, but today, the authorities have restricted — severely restricted — the sale of any fireworks or pyrotechnics across the city. some of the protesters are trying to confront the police, and asking them, "why have they used so much "violence over the past few days?" there are more than 250 people that have been detained throughout these protests here in tbilisi, and there's a lot of evidence of police brutality, of beatings and humiliation of those who have been detained. how long can it last for? how much energy do you have to...? until we get our country

president — mikheil kavelashvili — was sworn in, despite weeks of rallies against his governing georgian dream party english channel off the coast of sangette near calais. and the palestinian civil defence says seven people have been killed in an israeli strike of a hospital in the centre of gaza city. hello, i'm lucy gray. we start with south korea, where a plane has crashed on landing at an airport. 179 people have died and two members of the crew in the tail section were rescued and taken to hospital. the boeing 737 belonging tojeju airlines had 181 people on board.

lawsuit seeking to overturn the result of parliamentary elections in october, which saw the georgian dream party of the georgian capital for a sixth night of protests. demonstrators say the government is making georgia more authoritarian and returning it to russia's orbit. they are also angered by the prime minister saying he would delay talks onjoining prime minister saying he would delay talks on joining the eu until 2028. delay talks on joining the eu until2028. police delay talks on joining the eu until 2028. police again used water cannon to clear the streets outside parliament. nearly 300 people have been arrested over the past few days. our correspondent sent this report from tbilisi. chanting. on this side, there are riot police, who are hiding. you can just see their helmets. these protesters are saying, "come out, come out!" day six of mass protests in georgia, in the capital tbilisi, but a completely different feel to it today, because the lights are switched off at the parliament building, the lights in the streets are dimmed, and there are no fireworks. fireworks have really become

former soccer player mikheil kavelashvili is a hardline critic of the west and a member of the georgian dream party, which has been accused of becoming increasingly authoritarian. georgia's outgoing pro-western president left the presidential palace, but insisted she is still the country's only legitimate leader. founder of hbo and cablevision charles dolan has died. along with those media companies, dolan also announced the american movie classics television station and news 12 in new york, the first 24 hour cable channel for local news in the u.s. dolan's family owns controlling stakes in madison square garden, radio city music hall, the new york knicks, and the new york rangers. charles dolan was 98 years old. >> this is pbs news weekend from the david m. rubenstein studio at weta in washington, home of the pbs news hour, weeknights on pbs. ali:e leave you this evening, we returned to our lead story, the death of jimmy carter. president biden said today, america and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesmen, and humanitarian. president-elect trump said former president carter did everyth