mark simmons from the humane society international thank you so much for joining us. the annual sydney to hobart yacht race has begun in australia it's the seventy fourth year of the competition which covers more than eleven hundred kilometers a total of eighty five boats began their journey from sydney harbor in beautiful conditions the twenty thousand race also features its first all professional female crew led by skipper stacey jackson the sailors will race throughout the night and are expected to reach hobart which is on the island of as mania on thursday. you're watching news live from berlin we'll have more for you at the top of the hour and don't forget for updated news and information around the clock head to our web site that's d.w. dot com thanks for watching. first to school. or first including listen to the doors granholm is arrives. to join the regular known her journey back to freedom. you know we're interactive documentary. returns home on the d. w. don't come to tanks.

economic zone but that's unlikely to stop activists from trying to end the practice altogether mark simmons is a senior marine scientist for the humane society international and he joins us now from the u.k. japan says here that the international whaling commission is dominated by conservationists so the commission can fulfill its other goals in terms of managing the whaling industry do you think japan has a point there. now i don't think they have much of a point the international whaling commission is a meeting of nations it has eighty seven no eighty nine member nations it will have eighty eight when japan leaves countries come together in that they make their views and they present their position that's not driven by conservationists already interest group this is a meeting of countries. japan has been doing so-called scientific whaling that's what it calls it it says it will no longer now do that sort of whaling in the antarctic will instead be focusing on commercial whaling in its own waters how much of a step in the right direction is that in terms of not whaling in the antarctic. yo

mark simmons from the humane society international thank you so much for joining us temperatures plummet in the indian capital delhi around this time of year so for the thousands of people without a roof over their heads city authorities have opened more than two hundred night shelters but many still prefer to brave the cold sleeping on the streets nummi said james baldwin to find out why and she sent us this exclusive report. every evening thirteen year old audacious sits in this box watching television this is not his home he does not have fun but debbie's cold and but you did winter nights are a bit easier to bear in this government shelter for the homeless. it's comfortable here i come here watch t.v. fall asleep. i came to delhi because i can earn more here i can work hard all day in the village but earn very little. came to delhi when he was just fourteen years old to try to earn money for his father's to this treatment now he's the sole wage earner in his family of three making dollars a day working odd jobs on construction sites as the night wears on the shelter starts filling up

carl: mark simmons from the humane society international, thank you for joining us.he annual sydney to hobart yacht race has begun in australia. it is the 74th year of the competition, which covers more than 1100 kilometers. a total of 85 boats began their journey from the sydney harbour in spectacular conditions. the 2018 race features the first all professional female creww ld by skipper s stacy jacksonon. the saililors will rise throught the nighand d are expectcted t reachh hobart on the island of tasmania on thursday. christmas is over, but then you have holiday cheer for us. >> neither does the sky to give you the good news. you can call it a little chris -- you need the business guide to give you the good news. you can call it a chriristmas ce back. today's search is partly thanks to santa. big retailers are among the gainers. tech stocks, too. equities in general are on track for their worst december since the great depression. there are fears of a slowdown in the world's biggest economy. that is worrying asia, is stocks slipped, except in tokyo, where there

pointless laying the blame on anyone i'm drew simmons al-jazeera adesa ukraine police in greece have fired tear gas at student demonstrations they were marking ten years since the face for police shooting of a teenager the two thousand and eight killing led to weeks of riots and looting across the country more than two thousand police have been deployed to athens ahead of the annual marches. france plans to deploy eighty nine thousand police across the country there on saturday in anticipation of more demonstrations against president emanuel knock on the eiffel tower in paris will close but the city fearing a repeat of last week's riots has scrapped a fuel price rise that triggered the protests which have seen since expanded to other issues david tacey reports on how the so-called yellow vest movement took off . it was the worst violence seen on the streets of central paris since the uprising in may one nine hundred sixty eight scores of people were hurt and hundreds arrested in battles with riot police last saturday it all began with a petition posted on facebook by this woman in may calling for a drop in fuel prices at the pumps a million

much the same way as the war last week of president mark room thinks that he is coming the situation not might be a pretty sure judgment under a simmons al-jazeera paris will those yellow vests protest initially began in november in anger at tax rises for diesel the most common fuel used by motorists diesel prices have already risen some twenty three percent in the past twelve months but president back on was planning to further increase it by six and a half cents a liter in january well after weeks of protests he scrapped that tax rise in this week an ounce an increase in the minimum wage and tax cuts for pensioners those concessions will cost the government some eleven billion dollars pushing its budget deficit above the three percent of g.d.p. limits and the protests themselves of course businesses more than a billion dollars in damage and loss trade and reduced the country's growth well heavy rain is you saying that brought demonstrations to an end in the capital out there has been it's misspent is this update as the protests were winding down. what we've had in the last few hours is this sort of cats and mouse operation between s

ending much the same way as the war last week of president mark thinks that he's combing the situation that might be a pretty sure judgment under simmons al-jazeera paris well in our other headlines climate change in poland have continued throughout an extra day as data gets tries to resolve the final sticking points representatives from almost two hundred nations are discussing how to implement the paris agreement which ends to capitol warming to decrease l.c.s. talks were meant to wrap up on friday but the closing session has yet to start. the israeli army has demolished the home of prominent palestinian activist latif abu honeyed in the occupied west bank a son is accused of killing in his right the soldier protesters have criticized the destruction as collective punishment. well the yemeni port city of her data is reported to be calm after fighting broke out on friday despite a ceasefire having been agreed video ad on a t.v. network appears to show as strikes by the saudi emraan t coalition on friday witnesses say at least one woman was killed and another too severely injured a ceasefire the city was announced after a breakthrough

much the same way as the war last week of president mark room thinks that he is coming the situation not might be a pretty sure judgment under simmons al-jazeera paris well the end of us protests began in november in anger at tax rises for diesel the most common fuel used by motorists diesel prices have already risen some twenty three percent in the last twelve months but president back almost planning to further increase it by six and a half cents a liter in january after weeks of protests he scrapped the tax rise and this week announced an increase to the minimum wage and tax cuts for pension is all those concessions are going to cost the government eleven billion dollars pushing its budget deficit above the e.u. three percent of g.d.p. limits on the protests themselves of course businesses more than a billion dollars in damage and loss trade and reduce the country's growth will have you.

same way as the war ended last week if president mark wrong thinks that he's calming the situation down. that might be a pretty sure judgment andrew simmons al-jazeera paris so as andrew just mentioned last week president's micro announced tax cuts and income increases for the working poor and elderly people saying he's heard their anger people on the minimum wage will earn about one hundred fifteen dollars more a month starting in january while taxes on overtime pay will be scrapped also retirees earning less than twenty two hundred dollars a month will no longer have to pay a recent increase in social security taxes some protesters welcome micron's concessions as a good first step but critics are denouncing what they see as a half measure as they say which are too little too late earlier i spoke to laura sleep about in paris she's a former president of the european young socialists she says president micro has failed to understand why young people have taken part in the protests. what is clear is that with the holiday coming up it's probably going to go a little bit down but we don't know what's going to happen in january anyway and he

simmons has this report. seems here like previous weeks but this has been a saturday so far marked by a decline in. the yellow vest protest is at the focal point of street action the arc de triomphe police number the demonstrators early on saturday the crowd here has been told the security forces have lifted a colden protest as camacho. that they will stop from going further then pending in the pavement it was passive resistance and some strong imagery in these women dressed as merrier. a symbol of the french republic facing off the police in riot gear and upon the settlers possibility this we could seen a major attempt from president a money well maccarone to try to quell the protests with tax concessions and the increase in the minimum wage may have had some effect but the people here say the numbers may be down for a variety of reasons but momentum is still strong you know much of the movement will be just like the numbers are down because we have been protesting for five weeks it's long simula vestas chose to stay at home or on the roundabout in their town some couldn't come to paris it's also

under simmons has this exclusive report from a desa this two year old boy wants to know why his father. doesn't come home anymore the two were inseparable until left for work two weeks ago marks a rochas mother. didn't know where his father had gone but it was twenty four hours before she found out he beat it see who was injured and captured by the russians jenna i don't want to even think about him going to jail i hope there are reasonable people that can help us get out of this situation and survive this ordeal this torture that's my only hope i don't want to think about him standing trial. if you are permissive through. what would be here i would ask putin don't explain to me where my husband is try to explain it to my son why is he running towards the door waiting for his daddy why after each phone call he hopes his daddy is calling him let him try to explain to a two year old child why his father is so far away from his family. irina's husband has worked for ukraine security services the s.b.u. for the past three years he's never divulge the exact nature of his work she fears that he's in more danger than the rest of the men because of his status as a counter intelligenc