Crowded square and bright side plots killing twelve people injuring dozens more a war correspondent who was on the scene last year is there again tonight will ask has enough been done to help those whose lives were devastated by the attack also on the show yemens hooty rebels of fire a ballistic rocket at saudi arabia saudi forces say they intercepted it but is this a sign that the carnage in yemen is spreading. Analysis. Im bring coffee its good to have you with us here in the german capital people have been remembering the wives that lost in the night of terror one year ago a rejected Asylum Seeker from tunisia drove a truck into a berlin Christmas Market killing twelve people tonight the country and the world cast their eyes again on the scene of that attack where a series of memorial events has been unfolding. At two minutes past eight the bells started ringing for twelve minutes one minute for each of the twelve victims of the terror attack one year ago the names of the victims of the gas on the ground to mark the place where an islamist attack around a truck into a Christmas Market in the heart of pulling. Three hundred people gathered here in the afternoon to mark the anniversary among them relatives of the victims people injured in the attack and First Responders all of them still feeling the shock of what happened here a year ago. At the attacker to a loved ones from our lives bitterly miss his actions affected everybody and they struck at the core of humanity and freedom in chile which is the foundation of life lived and peace often if you go. Well into the sleeves and head as chancellor merkel that the first candle at the memorial in recent weeks some of the injured and the brief had accused turn in open letter often difference and big lect it took a year to officially invite the relatives to the chancellery today she acknowledged that mistakes have been made and promised to provide Material Support for victims and their relatives. It was a very open and on the part of those affected brutally frank conversation that showed up the flaws in our government. Thank you. India. But i type lots the scene of the attack was completely cold and golf snipers were positioned on the top of the nearby buildings the annual Christmas Market was temporarily closed and access to the public tonight many passes by stopped on the outs goods to watch the ceremony. At the Christmas Market exactly a week before the attack so its very moving. Im very sad the whole world should be sad. Theres more fear youre afraid when you go to a Christmas Market only places where people are. After the ceremony the memorial was open to the public many villainous brought flowers and candles to express their grief the Christmas Markets will open again wednesday things will go back to normal one year after the terrorist. Normal appears to be a relative word to nine to want to go now to our correspondents all over salad he was one of the first reporters on the scene a year ago and tonight he joins us again from that Christmas Market in bright side plods good evening to you all over and its been a day full of emotions for everybody involved particularly the people there at the Christmas Market the site of that attack talk to me a little bit about what its been like for you being back one year later. It was quite an uncomfortable feeling really an uncomfortable silence that weve witnessed here during the whole day weve just heard in the report about the area being cordoned off and that reminded me very much to how it was like a year ago when i arrived here when the whole area was cordoned off when this whole neighborhood here that is usually one of the most busy shopping districts of berlin crowded with people at this time of the year theyre doing their Christmas Shopping when this area was completely cordoned off and it felt like being in a ghost town here during the whole day that situation of course changed later tonight when people came to commemorate im standing right in front of the place where people just a little while ago put down flowers and candles to commemorate the victims but the moment that struck me the most was not being here the day after the attack but coming here when this Christmas Market reopened to the public when i accidentally mets. Surviving vendor here the only victim of the vendors here. And his stall got drawn down by the truck and the way he talked about it and explain to me the suffering he was going through gave me a very clear impression of how difficult this might be for many people that have lost friends and family here all that are the victims themselves i mean its an interesting point the vendor there and how he has suffered in the last twelve months is similar to what the relatives of the people what they have said theyve suffered and theyve criticized the german chancellor saying that she has been callous and that she has been reluctant to basically say i feel your pain is today the commemorative ceremonies we saw today was that a chance to turn the page for everyone. Well the speech that uncle americal delivered here on the sidelines of the ceremony here was that was an appearance really that i have never seen before that way it was a very somber speech full of humility and a very emotional appearance that shes made and shes usually known for not being very emotional and we also know that it took her a year to invite the victims into the chancery to speak to them that happened yesterday and they spoke about three hours we dont know anything about the content of these talks other than she wants to reinvite these people the what she said to days that this is a day of grief but then also a day to look for ward and to to see what the government can change in order to take the wishes and feelings off the the victims families better into consideration and this is basically the outcome of this today and it is now on the victims to accept this apology that came across very credible in a way that is not very typical farm and you know all of the people around the world may be asking tonight why did it take the chancellor a year to send her condolences to the relatives of the victims i mean do you have any idea i know people around the world are asking why did it take some law. Well the government focused on a lot of things after this attack so there was a big debate on legal issues and how to make you know how to deal with the with the many immigrants that came into the country what kind of legal measures have to be taken how law has to be changed in order to prevent such attacks from happening and there is some tough along in place but what they apparently forgot is to think about how to deal with the with the victims families you know and this is exactly the criticism they put forward and thats why it took them so long probably when the government also said that this was the first time such a terror attack happened and that they simply were not prepared. Our correspondent. On the story for us tonight returning a year later where that terror attack took place all over thank you. Heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u. S. House of representatives has passed the trumpet ministrations controversial tax reform bill the senate will vote on the bill later today the legislation is the most sweeping overhaul of the tax code in a generation and a major goal for president. A bush bus crash on mexicos yucatan peninsula has killed at least twelve people and injured many more the State Government says the dead included tourists who were traveling from a u. S. Cruise ship to a resort town called ma who was to see an archaeological site ugandas parliament has abruptly adjourned debate on extending president Yoweri Museveni decades in power thats after soldiers stormed the building and scuffled with police it was unclear what triggered the confrontation but it follows a similar incident in september. When you turn to saudi arabia now the kingdom says that it has intercepted a ballistic rocket which was fired by yemens rebel group towards riyadh now the rebels say they were targeting the royal palace in the saudi capital this is the second time in two months that a rebel rocket has managed to reach as far as riyadh so whats going on here to talk about the situation in yemen and saudi arabia im joined now by morocco transfield its good to have you back on the show you are a middle east expert at the Free University in berlin with us talk about this latest missile fire by the who the rebels i mean how much has it escalated the situation in the region this one missile being fired at i dont think this one is. Causing the escalation and its much more the timing and the message that its sending to saudi arabia and to the u. S. And what the u. S. Saudi arabia are making out of it what is the message that its sending to them of course two days ago you and the American Ambassador to the u. N. Presented evidence that the missiles that are being fired by the who think to saudi arabia are irena and runs of course and they using this to escalate to their rhetoric towards iran so this one missile is to be understood in this context where saudi arabia and also the u. S. Are putting pressure on iran. So this also its really important to understand that when you follow Mainstream Media you might get the impression that they have been what two or three missiles fired towards saudi arabia but if you believe what the who have been reporting in the they have been sending. Very frequently across the border but saudi arabia seems to be seems to choose which missiles it reports on and which ones it doesnt that is part of the near it of here that what were hearing in terms of rebel rockets is part of the story did there eventually been more that have been fired. It appears that. There have been more missiles fired i mean its hard to verify absolutely but you know if the who is are reporting this missile fired this month then of course it makes sense that they would have fired more missiles and saudi arabia of course when it doesnt make sense for them to shed light on that missile because it might look them might make them look weak in the conflicts then the cover it up but in this case its of course adding to the pressure that they can put on iran because the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Has opened this evidence and theyre clearly creating this case that iran is behind the who theists and of course that is only partially true i mean what we have is is part. This proxy war between saudi arabia and iran and judging by what were what were seeing what were reporting today the hopes of any type of reduction in hostilities and an improvement for the civilians there that hope is dash season i mean do you see any change any time soon right now i dont see a. Political solution being possible i think saudi arabia are going to push back towards against the fees and once they feel that theyre in a stronger position they might be ready to talk with with you again have to see when that happens moroccan turns out the middle east expert with the Free University here in berlin all right thank you very much. And finally here is one troublemaker that you want to stay away from. The war as its called in spanish it is a little known ecuadorian volcano and it has been acting up again at last. Two thousand and two when a huge eruption occurred with almost no warning this time it poses no imminent threat to local communities but back then it wiped out an entire valley these images have been sped up to show the volcanoes activity over a three day period just because its slow doesnt mean its not strong all right heres a reminder of the top stories that were following for you berlin has been marking the anniversary of a terror attack on a Christmas Market that killed twelve people and injured dozens more church bells began ringing out at the exact moment that a rejected Asylum Seeker rammed his truck into the crowded square at brightside plus one year ago today. Youre watching t. W. News live from berlin more news coming up at the top of the hour for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company and we will see you again very soon. Lose program guide. The whole. Dot com highlights