has achieved celebrity status in romania. it didn't take long for the media to catch on and to begin reporting on an unrelenting stream of revelations each day this is the scene outside the offices of the d.n.a. certain not to leave empty handed the media gathered to catch the drama in real time it's the most closely watched media event in the country. russia. program for is creating the unique series of documentary portraits that captured the expressions of in battle delete what about. privacy but actually they are more that i. look like. i'm. usually about working why don't i check check check you. know i don't know i'm. in april twenty sixth seen a journalist exposed to hicks a former scandal the case cause public outrage forcing the minister of health to resign i think you. see far more you know what kind of was that was out there to be water guns if you actually defend that little nutriment. which if that's. the case and i was there at the legal gun show explode. about the more every day and the moment recorded so this c

in romania today civil society engages. in a culture of corruption the country's greatest hope may well lie. cool me. off what influence. from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. the loss of hot summer sun shining sea south america the moment that is said of the case around the even a plight further north or a rash of showers the usual stream of showers that pop cold cloud to ride into the amazon basis as a big downpours have a lot of want to satirise thirty five degrees celsius plenty of warm sunshine to choose the warmest still as we go on into where to stand that's by that stage out west of weather just not a little further north for severe of why the southeast of brazil looking for i add to i warm and sunny home and so it's a treat when i would go to the showers they will continue in the shallows extend up into the caribbean not see bad across many parts of the caribbean as she can see that some while alive the showers recently with some flooding into trinidad and tobago the skies

in romania today civil society engages. in a culture of corruption the country's greatest hope may well. be cool. but influence. thanks. hello there we'll take a look at the weather across the americas it's all about the really cold air which is still there across much of north america extending all the way down into the south chooses meissen temperature for dallas atlanta only just above freezing you've got to get down into the floor a potential of four you see what you described as mild weather as we move on through into wednesday there's not a great deal of change for many of these eastern areas further south we're seeing the return a slightly less cold air but we've got this low pressure developing and this could really produce some very heavy snowfall on parts of the eastern seaboard had to enter into thursday and this could cause some serious travel disruptions so you need to keep updated on this if you're traveling to that part of the world otherwise those temperatures remain way way way below freezing for the most p

in the village of negru voda in southern romania stands yet another of ceausescu's horrifying legaciesild wailing, water dripping ] this is an asylum. it is filled to overflowing with more than 200 mentally handicapped children -- abandoned by parents who couldn't care for them and neglected by a state that wouldn't, for it considered these children useless, even though many are victims of ceausescu's own high-birth-rate policy, which banned contraception and abortion. in the months since the revolution, conditions have improved, but they are still grim by any standard. there aren't enough beds, so the children are packed in two and three at a time. some beds can't even be used because the mattresses are rotting. there is just one nurse to every 30 children, and they are rushed off their feet, just coping with the barest essentials. so the children often sit for hours in their own urine and go unwashed for days because water is severely rationed. they've been neglected for so long that even a visit from a reporter is a chance for some affection. the one doctor assigned to this asylum i

big protests have been ineffective so far the unions here are weak the economy in western romania is booming though there is full unemployment in the tennis war region where with help from the e.u. there's been major investment to expand industrial parks. this has attracted foreign companies and created many jobs. however the expansion of. cities and municipalities is also creating potential problems. management. the redistribution of the tax burden onto the workers is costing municipalities. as long as it was the employers who covered the money remained in the. company as a registered and. it goes to government coffers in bucharest. the government gets to decide what to do with those funds. the official line is the move was implemented to contain. security but the workers who are being squeezed. businessman. to maintain his employees through commissions and bonuses. will be to ensure that workers. to maintain their take home pay levels. making it hard to replace dedicated employees. may need to take similar measures. and that. that. meeting. we've we've . we've . between two extreme

the white haired man here is the focus of the protestors anger leave you dragomir chairman of romania's . social democrats here on his way to be questioned by anti graft prosecution is dragon a i was ineligible to become prime minister because he was convicted of election fraud and is accused of misusing european union funds but he is viewed as the mastermind of the proposed reform of the justice system that would weaken remaining as public prosecutions and rewrite the penal code dragon as seems unfazed by criticism from the european commission. president with all due respect you should inform yourselves better. judge hora to do bravo is flabbergasted by the new draft for the penal code it would ban police and public prosecutions from using video or audio recordings as evidence he shows us examples on his computer in one case the camera documents corrupt politicians taking bribes and other catches a pedophile molesting children in an elevator bravo says the justice reform would mean such footage could no longer be used. for political for the. general because he for this kind of technica

tens of thousands of people have again been protesting against clones a new law was introduced in romania by the country's governing social democrats their critics say the legislation will shield the party's influential leader livia dragomir from charges of embezzlement and abuse of office as we see now some of the people who are protesting against these measures of come a very long way to express their anger. these people who have been on the road for ten days walking hundreds of kilometers they come from close in the transylvania region and to having to book arrest in a march against government corruption. all the rest are coming we stand together. another thirty kilometers to their destination a huge rally in the remaining capital one of the protesters is georgia too he has walked four hundred fifty kilometers guided by a companion because he's blind he's incensed at planned new laws that could shield politicians and civil servants from prosecution for corruption. we have to eliminate this problem of corruption it's eating us up alive our future our children's future is at stake what s

in romania the masses have returned to the streets to protest corruption at the highest level at the heart of the country's ruling elite there were occasional scuffles with police as an estimated fifty thousand people converged on the capital bucharest with smaller demonstrations taking place across the country was romanians have had enough countries ranked one of the most corrupt in europe and now people are turning on the politicians tens of thousands descended on parliament many carrying giant yellow hands with the slogan all for justice ordinary people traveled from right across the country to join the demonstration. unnecessary nobody paid us to protest with simple citizens who pay taxes and we can no longer tolerate this. sense last year romania has seen the biggest wave of popular dissent since the fall of communism many blame this man for bringing things to a head. he's head of the main party in government the social democrats he's banned from becoming prime minister because of a conviction for vote rigging them his party has passed legislation to decriminalize some graft off

romania has sworn in its first woman prime minister amid a wave of anti-corruption protests the orica down she becomes the third head of government within a year the european union next criticized new legislation which opponents claim will make it harder to prosecute high level corruption here in germany the countries the two main political groups have made a major breakthrough on the path to forming a new government chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the center left the social democrats have reached an agreement on refugee family reunion that has been a sticking point between the parties during their negotiations the debate on family reunions was reopened following the launch of formal coalition talks. person hasn't seen his wife since he arrived in berlin two and a half years ago he came to germany with three of his brothers. cousins wife alone in lebanon has requested entry to germany on the grounds of family reunification. she hasn't yet received a response. i hope my wife can come here ha son says. he knows that he's among many refugees hoping to reunite with their fami

and protesters and romania are confronted by riot police during anti corruption demonstrations. afghan special forces are battling gunmen who stormed a five star hotel in kabul and took hostages five people dead six others a wounded security forces shot dead two attackers but two more still inside the building sixteen people have been rescued from the hotel the u.s. embassy recently warned of possible strikes against high profile targets well joining us from kabul is much talk to him a political analyst and specialist on regional security so where twelve hours into the situation that the intercontinental hotel is there any sign that this siege is being brought to an end. when. the fighting has stalked right now as we hear from the minister of interior but the security forces are moving. with a lot of caution to make sure that there are no further casualties because so many people are inside the hotel so they are dealing with this situation with extreme caution and that's why when cannot be very much show to whether all the attackers have been eliminated or not and he's such a hi

the prime minister of romania has been ousted. we will stay as members of nato. as long as people and countries are committed enough money. so they're all in it together. do you suspect there is can be some fallout from this. at the eastern european nation. it is an ally of the united states. the president has been pushing for this 2% number. it is just a handful i believe. that has actually committed that. to try to get that. no comment really from this white house. good to see you blake, thank you. the grains of sand in the aller -- hourglass continue. tomorrow only four days are left for congress to reach an agreement on the whole messy list of issues. the talks in the handshaking. and then pulling back and then everybody is furious and seems to be working together. this is not going smoothly. instead of sitting at the negotiating table. they are scattered across the country she attended a rally earlier. when another congressional member clearly not at the bargaining table. she attended a very large martin luther king day march. is that for martin luther king

they're just in romania. this happens to be one of the tallest chains in romania he says.dders, and on every level they step outside, they walk around the perimeter. you know, give you a look around. >> i don't need one. >> until they finally reach the top. >> be careful stepping out onto that roof. >> it looks like it's been patched together. >> then he comes up wp. >> all right. >> he knows he pulled out a ring. and in that shot you see flannel on his arm. well, fade to black, come back, and your boy is in a suit and dress shoes. >> that's got to be tough to climb in. >> here comes his lady, and you notice there's a bouquet. she picks it up. oh, wow. there she is. beautiful as she can be. s he puts the ring on her finger. kisses her hand. i think that's the part where they say i do. kisses his bride. let's just call this the first dance. >> oh, man. that's kind of sweet. >> he gives her a spin. this is a lot of ladies' favorite part. except there won't be any fighting for this bouquet. >> that's hilarious. >> i'll pass. i will pass this time. >> pretty cool wedding. agai

romania has sworn in its first female prime minister amid a wave of anti corruption protest. becomes the third head of government within a year the european union has criticised new legislation which opponents claim will make it harder to prosecute high level corruption. as many as one hundred fifty stranded skiers have been rescued from a broken down chairlift in austria armed forces helicopter the vacationers to safety from a mountain in the southern state of starry up there were no reports of any injuries . ireland will hold a referendum on reforming the country's near total ban on abortion the country currently has some of the world's strictest abortion laws prime minister carr says he will be campaigning to change the legislation an irish parliamentary committee recently recommended allowing abortion up to twelve weeks into a pregnancy poll suggests the majority of irish voters are in favor of reform. all right i'm joined now here in the studio by d.w. news journalist jennifer collins so good to have you here with us jennifer abortion laws in ireland arguably are a very

caroline wozniacki wins the australian open women's singles title, beating romania's simona halep toe world number one. and a rare standing ovation in the houses of lords for baroness chow who has cancer in the week in parliament. —— baroness jowell. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, has said all current rape and serious sexual assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed "as a matter of urgency" — following the collapse of several recent trials because evidence was not disclosed to defence lawyers. today the attorney general told the bbc there was no evidence of "widespread malpractice or dishonesty" in the prosecution system. our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports. disclosure of evidence in some recent highly publicised rape cases has gone badly wrong. but how widespread is the problem? in december liam allan was acquitted of six counts of rape and six of sexual assault when it emerged evidence on a computer disk which police had examined showed messages from the alleged victim pestering him for c

harder to prosecute crime and high level corruption has been a controversial issue in romania since the government was sworn in a year ago. i came here to live in a free country that is not full of corrupt people i want these assassins and we might hear people. say the revolution in the country i don't think i come here because we want to correct politicians and justice in rumania. protest march followed another event for we can remain here with the president speaking out after a second felt government saw another prime minister ousted i'm day. after i weighed all the arguments taking into account the actual situation in parliament i decided to give the social democrats one more chance and to designate the person they proposed to mrs dunn she. done chiller would be the third prime minister and eleven months the first woman to ever lead the government she still has to be approved by the parliament most controversially she's considered a very close ally to the p.s.t. leader liviu drag he was convicted for ballot rigging and faces charges of abuse of office his two year prison sentence was

romania is set to have its first female prime minister.ugh in german coalition negotiations. martin shields calling the deal an excellent result. we will see. —— martin shields. alex, let's talk about donald tusk, jean—claude juncker. do they alex, let's talk about donald tusk, jean—claudejuncker. do they think brexit is reversible? donald tusk definitely does. he wants to make that clear to the british public. i don't think he thinks it will happen but it is important that he says it could happen. what is he actually getting at? their ideal outcome, for donald tusk, i would say, is for the uk to stay involved. they are quite happy for that to happen and they see a small window where it could happen easily. between now and 0ctober? happen easily. between now and october? yes. what about jean-claude juncker? is he talking about the uk changing its mind when it has left and rejoining? you mentioned article a0 nine. that is the process that moldova would take, new countries. it isa moldova would take, new countries. it is a rough road. you're

days to clear the air it will suit britain the czech republic germany spain france italy hungary romania and slovakia if they don't present a new plan is to lower pollution. the air is thick in germany's major cities air pollution is way over acceptable standards in mind metropole of neri is including munich stuttgart and berlin and the e.u. commission is fed up it says the seven years since the standards were adopted was a nuff time for germany to mend its air polluting ways. and the face of such long standing favors to take serious steps in and in view that the legal process will continue all member states to add to this this life threatening problem with the agency that it deserves the european commission estimates four hundred fifty thousand people die prematurely each year in europe due to the effects of air pollution clean air is not a much higher rate but the german environment minister is pushing back she says her country has done a lot heating and industrial plants have been modernized fine particle pollution is no longer a problem except in stood guard the main issue in germany

the video is finished and uploaded to the internet where it gets millions of hits romania ended up in the charts in five countries. all over the world for the video. to the spanish. from there to the best of compilation back on the dance floor and. i've. i've. i've. had a pretty. willing . to. lead. this is the sun. i've. i've. i've. i've i've. i've . here's a roundup of other stories about short and sweet. superman. videos natalie horler often plays a free and easy siren but in private the thirty five year old is happily married in two thousand and eleven she wed banker moritz awful bag whose last name she took so legally she's now mrs raffle there and since two thousand and fifteen natalie has had two jobs singer and mother with a lot of help from family and obviously my husband and babysitters it has been possible to continue doing my job going on toll but also being a mom during the week as well. and in deede just a few weeks after giving birth order was performing on stage again. nightly it can . cause connor represented germany at the twenty thirteen euro vision song contest wit

only recruit from the saxony region at the moment we're banking on software made in germany not in romania not in the czech republic not in lithuania our software is made in germany it. founded in one nine hundred ninety city and employs around one hundred people in gurlitz. we are planning to grow continuously we have a double digit growth and we can only grow through collaboration with expertise and know how to use it well and we want to recruit more staff here you know what i will make of what are given maybe from here zygmunt has announced it's shutting a steam turbine plant with nine hundred employees in gurlitz and that's not all rail vehicle maker bombards he is planning to slash a thousand jobs here. what will the future bring for the region if two of its biggest employers pull out. investors are interested say local economic developers although they don't give any concrete details. nominee then. we won't name any names until it's a done deal but i can tell you they come mainly from the emo bill of the sector it's the logistic sector in the medical sector that's it in a nutshell. a

she'll play romania's world number 60 mihaela buzarnescu in the first round.tournament back in two matches, i feel it. i am not 17 any more. but i think it was greatjust for the confidence and just get the rest up and it was a good start year. and you can follow all the latest action from melbourne on the bbc sport website. those in action at the moment include men's11th seed and us open finalist kevin anderson up against british number 2 kyle edmund, and the french open champion jelena 0stapenko has already marched through to the second round with a straight sets win over francesca schiavone. india still trail south africa by 152 runs heading into that third day of the second test at centurion. india bowled the hosts out for 3— 35 before lunch, ashwin claiming three wickets of. the visitors183— before lunch, ashwin claiming three wickets of. the visitors 183— five as they go to level the three test series. to snooker, the masters eventin series. to snooker, the masters event in london and world champion mark selby has been out by mark williams in the first ro

for the second time in seven months, romania is without a prime minister. a battle with the leader of his own party. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. many newspapers in the uk are grappling with the detail of the colla pse grappling with the detail of the collapse of carillion. we begin with the front page of the financial times. it leads with carillion‘s collapse, saying there's anger, not least because policy on bosses bonuses was changed in 2016, making it harderfor them to be to be clawed back. let's look at the front page of the daily mail. we do not often have this paper in this particular review. it leads with the british supermarket iceland planning to become the first in the world to remove plastic packaging from its products. a story from sweden makes the irish times. swedish homes will all receive a booklet warning them what to do if war breaks out. it's gone back into print for the first time since the end of the cold war in 1991. we'll tell you why. trailblazing english footballer cyril

romania has sworn in its first female prime minister amid a wave of anti corruption protests. becomes the third head of government within a year the european union has criticized new legislation which opponents claim will make it harder to prosecute high level corruption in. ireland is to hold a referendum on reforming the country's near total ban on abortion prime minister a leader at a car says he will campaign for change in the vote at the end made ireland currently has some of the strictest abortion laws in europe and poll suggests a majority is in favor of reform women obtain more as many as one hundred fifty stranded skiers have been rescued from a broken down chairlift in austria armed forces helicopter the holiday makers to safety from the mountain in the southern state of styrene there were no reports of any injuries. the world anti-doping agency says it's looking into a possible security problem with the bottles that are used for drug tests on this after a lab in cologne told the organization that the bottles could have potentially been opened manually the internatio

sometimes the jabs run shortlj remember once i was sometimes the jabs run shortlj remember once i was in romaniai found that the only bit of avian flu to worry about was there. it was a strange holiday. the daily star has a map. a big red map. can ijust borrow that please? it's after nine o'clock don't need to see a woman who's forgotten to put her on. there you go. —— that her vest on. here's the map with some of london and quite a dorset. republic of ireland doesn't exist! effective areas making the point that the whole country will be affected. it's apocalyptic character is presented, but there are alerts the country, it isa but there are alerts the country, it is a concern. and not to shake hands of people. shaking hands has been axed by hospital. at one point they said it's been banned which is concerning, the handshake brand. said it's been banned which is concerning, the handshake brandlj think we should all be vigilant because we touch to stations but fixing of and bus if there's one thing to take this from deceiving its don't sneeze and don't touch yourface. from deceiving its don't sne

efforts to widen the democratic space for all it comes after months of anti-government protests in romania and amar north korea's leader has reopened the key cross border communication channel with south korea for the first time in nearly two years it comes after kim jong un suggested he would like to ease hostilities with so in his new year's address even agreeing to send a delegation to next month's winter olympics. stay with al-jazeera coming up next it's witness india's reggae resistance that's coming up next and of course i'm going to have all the day's news for you in less than half an hour i hope to see that. through the us will. be across time for base formation routes yeah i mean some routes i do think there's a problem and. should . be sunday simply on the. street. so based on this route is the name under which i record and play regularly going into the regular news it is really kind of shaped my life from a very young age and you know it it may come from jamaica but i feel that. it talks about justice equality and talks about colonialism reggae music has a message that that's de

. >>> 29 years after romania's revolution, protesters are again filling the streets of the capital cityming up, what's fuelling that anger there. ? >>> plus, she's a notoriously private person, and one of the most public positions in the world. how melania trump handled her first year as first lady. we'll take a look. >>> welcome back. thousands of romanians took to the streets of bucharest to protest government corruption. >> in this video, some 50,000 people marched toward university square. that's where all major protests have taken place since the 1989 revolution. they're angry about the governing coalition's attempt to overhaul parliament, weaken jaw dushl oversight. romania's president as well as european commission and the united states state department have criticized that move. >>> in honduras military and police clashed with anti-government protesters in several cities across the central american country on saturday. security forces fired tear gas on demonstrators who blocked roads and lit tires on fire. u.n. officials in honduras say at least one man was killed. >>> the demon

immunity he faces arrest a few returns to spain and is currently in self-imposed exile in brussels romania has sworn in its first woman prime minister amid a wave of anti corruption protests if you don't see is that she last become the third head of government within a year the european union has criticized new legislation which pundits claim will make it harder to prosecute high level corruption russian president vladimir putin has a blast at the u.s. for a listing of rich and powerful russians who could become targets for sanctions he said could damage international relations on a whole is that prime minister dmitry medvedev is named as are dozens of ministers and nearly one hundred all of guards. and as many as one hundred fifty stranded skiers have been rescued from a broken down chairlift in austria armed forces helicopter the cation is to safety from a mountain in the southern states of there were no reports of any injuries ireland will hold a referendum on reforming the country's near total ban on abortion the country currently has some of the world's strictest abortion laws prime m

when i realized that we cannot solve the social problems that are happening in poland, hungary, and romania, in our parks. linda: michal tells us that berlin is a magnet for east european homeless. he says it's easy to live here without any money because there are so many charitable institutions. he visits a center for young homeless people twice a week. there he can wash his clothes, shower, sleep, and eat. about 350 people come here -- almost all of them from eastern europe. politicians looked the other way for years when it came to homeless people, they tell us here. the topic only began to get public attention when the stream of migrants from eastern europe increased. anett: i think berlin, and germany as a whole, has to admit that not only well-situated europeans benefit from open borders. and i believe that deportation is not the solution. many homeless don't want to return to their home country, for various reasons. linda: but deportation is exactly the topic that is being discussed by germany and poland. in the near future, polish social workers will be coming to berlin to try to co

romania's prime minister has resigned a high to quit after a power struggle within the ruling the left wing social democratic party which withdrew its support on monday to the had been in office for six months. all. techies president has content plans by the u.s. led coalition in syria to create a security force along the country's borders with chuckie and the rock falls with the french territory held by the syrian democrat.

and the next thing you know you're living in romania. that's the way it works.nd for there to be the true first amendment, which i think is the -- i think they could have maybe just given up after they -- once they wrote that, the government can't tell you how to worship god or who not to associate with. you're not allowed to scream "fire" in a crowded theater unless there is a fire. and finally, a freedom of a press, for journalists to put the record straight. this is what has made america america. and to have any sort of guerrilla war against them is a threat to us all. >> one of the great closing themes of the film is when the journalist meg greenfield is taking a call from the supreme at we've won.ls the newsroom it's fantastic. and then the cheers that go up. so i want to ask you, why you decided not to go to a white house screening for the show -- >> there was no invitation. >> oh, really? >> the question was, it was a , if you were invited to the to white house, would you go? and i said i probably would not, because i don't want to put forward such a fals

romania's prime minister has resigned a high to quit after a power struggle within the ruling the left wing social democratic party which withdrew its support on monday. had been in office for six months. techies president has content.

romania's biggest ever snowman.nagers built the record-breaking snowman with snow cleared from local roads. big frozen has become a huge hit with the locals. and by the looks of it, has really melted some hearts. here's a reminder of our top stories at this hour. kenya's opposition leader raila odinga has staged a mock inauguration in nairobi. the symbolic ceremony challenged president uhuru kenyatta's government, which has reacted by outlawing odinga's national resistance movement. and u.s. president donald trump is preparing to deliver his first-ever state of the union address. he will talk about a robust economy and push for congressional action on immigration. dw will carry that address starting live at 2:00 in the morning utc. that's it, you are up-to-date. more on the website, dw.com. and i will be back at the top of the hour. have yourself a good day. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its sit ncicap.org] and accuracy. is made possible by..." croplife americ

the country i don't think that i come here because we want to correct politicians and justice in romania. a protest march followed another event for we can remain here with the president speaking out of to a second felt government so another prime minister ousted i'm the cheese. after i weighed all the arguments taking into account the actual situation in parliament i decided to give the social democrats one more chance to designate the person they proposed to mrs duncan. dunn chiller would be the third prime minister and eleven months the first woman to ever lead the government she still has to be approved by the parliament most controversially she's considered a very close ally to the p.s.t. leader liviu drag he was convicted for ballot rigging and faces charges of abuse of office his two year prison sentence was suspended if the current anti graft legislation is passed the case against him would be dropped down jell-o. was brought in after her predecessor stepped down on monday after falling out with the party head deeply embarrassing because the japanese prime minister was on a state

but most nato countries not before yet it resets to stop the decrees and so most nations poland romania baltic countries are all either already at two percent or increasing and i would also say that again german leadership germany is at least the army which is you know with what i'm most familiar. the army is led by general your former is got exactly the right focus on retooling the division headquarters that they have to be operationally capable a good modernization effort so but they are far away from these two percent and germany just said that the goal will be fulfilled in twenty twenty four seven years later well that's what the nations all agreed to it wales they gave us if you believe in their absolute. says they're going to do something they'll do it and the leadership of a doctor from the lion the a boon as counsellor and. i have huge confidence in our lives. one of the reasons why presidents trump said nato is obsolete is that what we're talking about many politicians in europe that president mccall force have called particularly after this remark for united u.p.a. in defense

here's a question what is ten meters told to ten days to build on the name big frozen romania's biggest ever no amount of course teenagers in bonn truth built the record breaking stuff with snow cleared from local roads big presence become a huge hit with the locals by the looks of this history be melted somehow it's. so here's your mind top stories this hour. has staged a mock inauguration in the capital nairobi a symbolic ceremony to challenge the president to his government's versus reacted by outlawing cutting those national resistance movement. and us president trump is preparing to deliver his first ever states of the union address a lot of talk about from bust a calling on push for congressional action on immigration will carry about address live starting at two in the morning for you to see. more on the web sites of course d w dot com and i'll be back at the top of the out of yourself a good. cook. what drives the economy. to see it coming true. made in germany always has its finger on the pulse. of the market. to. make sure in sixty minutes total. freedom of expression. of valu

thousands of anti—government protestors have held rallies in cities across romania. angered at what they see as attempts by the governing coalition, headed by the social democrats, to dilute judicial independence. the largest demonstration took place in heavy snow in the capital, bucharest. two people have died and several others were injured in a fire at a hotel in central prague. the fire occurred at the eurostars david hotel, a block away from the vltava river and near the czech capital's national theatre. the cause of the fire is not yet clear. heavy snow has disrupted traffic and left thousands without power and water supplies in many regions across ukraine. buses and trucks were restricted from travelling in several cities, while the highway between the capital kiev and odessa was temporarily closed. more snow is forecast over the next few days. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria by launching an offensive against kurdish held territory near its border. it has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country and is now shelling ku