right phoebe kong speaking to us from hong kong thank you very much for that. for south korea's conservatives the country's politics is the 2 presidents those behind me former president. and incumbent. of the one dog who was imprisoned for abuse of power back in office. in out and they're using the power of you tube to galvanize their movement. so 3 mm conservatives and their army of you tubers have been hitting the streets in force to reverse the impeachment of former president bach and heading into ows current progressive president mungy in from office many opposition politicians blame what they see as a critical and corrupted media environment for pox downfall and see youtube as the key to correcting that in justice money was to undermine critical to the etiology a liberal democracy means believing that media egypt has the potential to break a monopoly of control by the mass media outlets is the major broadcast networks and major dailies in 2016 massive demonstrations driven by progressive social media forced pock from power conservatives have since reacted

our correspondent phoebe kong is on location and she sent us this. protesters in hong kong station other wrong with demonstrators and on christmas day which also marked the 200th day after movements again they picked the popular shopping malls as the platform for rallies if they want to create a kind of economic pressure from the government i mean while the police are also are well prepared to tackle the protest and many of the most were heavily guarded by riot police officers throughout the day we also witnessed rounds of tear gas fired outside america shopping centers and some of the demonstrators as well as bystanders inside a mosque where arrested and happen straight as a result of the precious many of the most were forced to close down earlier than you show and this is definitely one of the worst christmas for many real tellers in hong kong and tension hossam been so often during holiday but instead he took up as we are so and this is a huge contrast with the posing only a season a celebration. it was phoebe kong reporting from hong kong there no

phoebe kong there reporting from hong kong now pope francis francis has given his christmas address from the vatican in his annual or be it or be latin for to the city and the world the pontiff spoke about migrants and people who've endured what he called unspeakable forms of abuse that was a reference to spiraling allegations of sexual abuse in churches around the globe and finished by blessing the catholic faithful and packed st peter's square in rome . 2000 people gathered in st peter's square and bright sunshine for the pope's christmas address it's the 7th of his papacy and again the condemnation of war and violence was the heart of his message with conflicts in europe asia africa and the americas francis issued a call for peace. he still. may rise to bring his light to the many children suffering from war conflicts in the middle east and in various countries of the world. community and they hate inspired governments and the international community to find solutions to allow the peoples of those regions to live together in peace and security. and put an end to their suffering in the

phoebe kong there reporting from hong kong a wildfire in the chilean city has damaged or destroyed more than $100.00 homes while several districts in the western part of the city had to be evacuated it's not known what triggered the blaze in the 1st place but hot temperatures and strong winds helped the flames to spread. the flames with pets. and homes hold positions. the fire started in the woody hilly area on 5 power uses outskirts and quickly spread. to consume dozens. homes in its path. under huge poll of thick black smoke rose above the city. as the flames crept closer residents tried in vain to stop them advancing. noise but i feel powerless because all the houses are burning and now the fire is coming here. extra fire fighting reinforcements had to be called in to help local residents joined in the effort to douse the flames as well as move any timber and wooden walling that mike burned out of the way. wildfires are not unusual in chile this year's very warm weather helped the flames to spread but this was far came as about power you so celebrated christmas eve and also as chile

phoebe kong is on location and she sent us this update a festive lie has descended into question in hong kong a tear gas return to the streets lots of protesters turned out for demonstrations at shopping malls across the city tonight but the riot police time into the shopping centers a quickly to disperse crowds because they accused them of attending illegal assemblies the rounds of the rounds of tear gas rubber bullets and other kinds of protest house of worship throughout the night and some protesters even they flew up paschal bombs and other objects the police vehicles some even found allies branch in order to express their anger to us police crackdown on one of the fundraisers in recent days so how can people definitely have no silence night on christmas eve many of the shops are closed at its peak c.s.m. and the may be more precious a small protests are planned on upcoming holidays. as this year draws to a close we're bringing you some of our most memorable stories from the past 12 months in iran d.w. reported to here's a top of visited a cafe staffed by people with down syndrome an

correspondent phoebe kong joins us from across the bay in hong kong good to see you how are president xi jinping in moscow being viewed in hong kong. while from hong kong perspective the people in macau are always perceived as more obedience to beijing partly because half of his population migrated from china and it has a we can. t. end choosing penis remarks is widely seen as a rebuke and are even the lecture to hong kong's current political turmoil that he mentioned. he praised the hong kong people over there a strong sense of national identity specially these so called patriotic education that they have implemented over the last 2 decades and on the same day right after shooting peace remarks the hong kong government has announced some kind of a new measures that they're going to suspend the duties of the t. shirt if they got arrested or file a complaint so this is perceived as something that the education bureau is going to tighten measures to be the the education sector and this is exactly what beijing things. and tribute to the current political crisis so called peephole they th

our correspondent phoebe kong is on location and she sent us this. protest station other wrong of demonstration on pace and i say was also mocking the 200 day after movement again they pick the popular shopping malls as the platform for relevance as they want to create a kind of economic pressure on a government i mean while the. also are well prepared to tackle the protest and many of the moles were heavily guarded by riot police office us throughout the day we also witnessed pounds of tear gas fired outside america shopping centers and some of the them astray has a spell of spies than this inside a mall where arrested and have caused great as a result of the precious many of the malls were forced to close down much earlier than you show and this is definitely one of the worst christmas for many of you tell us in hong kong and tension hossam been so often during holiday but instead he took up a suite up so and this is a huge contrast with the posing only a season off a celebration. to becoming there reporting from hong kong now let's take a look at

correspondent phoebe kong was out there ali. it was the reginald peaceful rally held in the central business district in hong kong over that was an alcoholic home protest turn out to show support to the most them we guess in china will face oppression so suddenly as some of the riot police officers they stormed into the rally to arrest someone a suspect to remove a chinese national flag from the flag pole so they use pepper spray of the times to arrest those guys and some of the pows has to stay on the pasta bottles and other objects the police in response they were outraged because this is a rally which is authorized by the police and they quickly the senate into chaos that actually we heard gunshots on sites that the police they actually buy it's probable as to some of the people in the f.b.i. and these 1st anyone who wants to stay here and the atmosphere here has been you know heated up again and maybe and not the following night in hong kong. sports news now and full 2nd place needed a win against had to keep them level on po

smashed shop windows the anti-government protests and on call are now in their 7th month and use the phoebe kong has sent us this update from the territory. a festive lie has descended into question hong kong a tear gas return to the streets lots of protesters turn out for demonstrations at shopping malls across the city tonight but the riot police tom into the shopping centers are quickly to disperse crowds because they accuse them of attending illegal assemblies the rounds of the rounds of tear gas rubber bullets and other kinds of protest house of worship throughout the night some protesters even they flew past show bombs and other objects at police vehicles some even found allies branch in order to express their anger to us police crackdown on one of the fundraisers in recent days so how can people definitely have no silence night on christmas eve many of the shops were closed at his peak and the may be more precious as more protests are planned on upcoming holidays. if you recall in their reporting from hong kong meanwhile in north korea pyongyang has warned of an unspecified christmas gift

many real tellers in hong kong and tension hasn't been so often during holiday but is that heated up as we have and this is a huge contrast with the posing only. a celebration. phoebe. from hong kong let's take a look now at some of the other news. in france belly dancers took part in the strike against the government's pensions reforms by performing parts of the swan 7 lake on the steps of the opera have the party well dancers currently benefit from a special retirement plan if the reforms are implemented many of them i face living in precarious conditions. in our traditional christmas address queen elizabeth the 2nd focused on peace harmony and the transformative power of hope the queen reflected on this past summer 70th 75th rather d.-day anniversary commemoration she cited the event as an example of people's capacity to overcome deep seated divisions. and we're going to turn our attention now to remain in that country is marking 30 years since the execution of former dictator nicolae ceausescu and the overthrow of his communist regime while she ruled remain you know for over 20 years and imposed a highly author a tarion form of leadership on his country followi

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