A victory for the American People democrats say only the wealthy will benefit well get analysis from washington also coming up the European Commission that follows through on its threats of punish poland over judicial reforms that it says are undemocratic the move could see more saul stripped of its Voting Rights in the e. U. These spanish region of catalonia prepares for a crucial election tomorrow will it several a bitter dispute over independence well go live to barcelona. Also coming up are the wheels coming off for europe deals the on demand private driver locating company a big blow europes top court says it is a taxi service not just an hour and that difference is huge well tell you why. Im brink off its good to have you with us in the United States the house of representatives has given its final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the u. S. Tax code it had already been approved by both chambers of congress but an embarrassing procedural error focused the senate or force the senate to send it back to the house for a revote the bill which includes permanent tax breaks for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individuals is the biggest shake up to the taxation system in the country in more than thirty years and it is the first major legislative victory for the trumpet ministration lets take you now to washington a correspondent carson phenomena is standing by good evening to you carson so it has happened what can we now expect moving forward. A republican lawmaker from the senate and the house of representatives are expected to be bussed over to the white house later today for a little victory celebration we can also expect a kind of statement or a speech from the president originally in a tweet last night donna trump had announced that he would also hold a press conference but that seems to have been canceled. It seems to me that his advisors ones who make sure that there are no too many spontaneous on says from the president to questions from reporters which might overshadow this achievement for him but you never know with on a trump he might still decide to take a few questions from reporters and then later this week before christmas he has announced he will sign this bill into law yeah and carsten some of those questions would probably have to do with these polls that indicate that americans are not so sure about this tax bill how do americans feel about this tax reform. Well according to most polls that we have seen the vast majority of americans do not approve of that bill i think it doesnt benefit them they have seen the coverage saying that most of the benefits go to corporations and to wealthy americans and but of course if you look at specific groups the picture is a bit different in a poll that came out yesterday it showed that ninety five of democratic voters believe that this is a handout to the rich dont benefit the middle class but at the same time seventy percent of Republican Voters think this does help the middle class they believe the president and republicans in congress that this will mean more jobs and higher wages so its a benefit in the long run so it really shows once again how divided this country is and help people see the words depends on whom they talk to whom they believe like the president you. Are in a corresponding washington constant phenomenon the story forward as we wait for the u. S. President to sign that tax reform bill into law crushing thank you. Well here in europe the European Union has launched an unprecedented process that could strip poland Voting Rights in the e. U. The move follows months of tensions between warsaw and brussels over judicial reforms but the polish president is he remains defiant its today he said that he will sign to call somebody to put the countrys courts under political control he says that the walls make the judiciary more accountable to regular citizens brussels says the reforms are a threat to the rule of law. A landmark decision was on the table as the European Commission gathered in brussels at stake one of the values enshrined at the core of the european identity the rule of law which the Commission Says is under threat in poland at the center of the rallies and series of reforms effectively giving parliament the power to appoint judges. Within a period of two years a significant numbers of laws have been adopted thirteen in total which puts at serious risk the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers in poland. The commission has taken the unprecedented step of invoking article seven of the e. U. Treaty theoretically that could lead to sanctions like the suspension of polands Voting Rights but its unlikely to come to that hungary as already promised a veto such steps nevertheless its a highly symbolic move one which will probably only increase tensions between brussels and. The polish government says its being singled out for unfair treatment. In fact the point is to punish poland for having an independent policy and for the fact that it stopped being the meek obedient country it was when the previous government was in power. The ruling Justice Party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities and says the Current System has too many vestiges of the communist era inefficiency and corruption but critics say the legislation is a bit by the leader of the rightwing Justice Party kaczynski to enhance his power. Over recent months tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns up the legislation that government remained for. Now the e. U. Has given three months to consider changes to its plans it seems unlikely that it will stand down. To take the story out of brussels our correspondent is standing by for us going to you georg so weve got the polish president here saying that he will sign these controversial laws is this a sign that poland has no intention of battling to pressure from brussels. Its a brand Everything Else would have been a surprise to brussels pretty much expected that the standoff would continue at least in the short run and look for the European Union this step has been really difficult with a heavy heart is the words of france to munns used when he took this step and the real hope is that it will never come really that we see article seven in full actions with the full sanctions of it but the hope is that the threat at least will bring the polish side to the negotiating table to start a dialogue that is the chance that is now on the table and the time window we have is three months until the polish can still turn the tables here and what about articles been it has been triggered what will happen next well once these three months are over the next step is basically a warning now what we have here is a recommendation of the European Union and this now would have to be approved by the European Parliament which its likely that it would approve it and also by the European Council by twenty two Member States thats a four fifths majority in the European Council and you can pretty much expect that before friends to months made this announcement today he checked that the had this majority in his pockets and once we have that warning that basically would open up the way for the real sanctions that is a more difficult step it would take. A unanimous decision in the European Council and hungary has already said it would be told such a step and if poland does not budge from this what other measures then does the European Union have to bring poland in line with the Democratic Values and rules that everyone in the e. U. Adheres to. Well article seven is clearly the sharpest tool in the ears garden shed but there is also an infringement procedure already that is now being taken a further step fall forward that could end up in foreign of the European Court of justice and carries hefty financial fines which is also a mid term to i would say in the very long run we could see that the cultural funds that poland receives and lets bear in mind poland is the biggest net beneficiary of e. U. Funds and that these funds could be attached to conditions but that is something for the long term. Is on the story for us tonight in brussels georg thank you very much here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world hootie officials in yemen say at least eleven people have been killed in salty led airstrikes in the north of the country a spokesman for the rebel group said the dead included women and children it comes a day after saudi arabia intercepted a Ballistic Missile fired by towards its capital riyadh after three days of fractious debate ugandas parliament has passed a controversial bill to remove the president ial age limit the new legislation will allow president Yoweri Museveni to stand for reelection in two thousand and twenty one on wednesday Police Arrested several opposition lawmakers as they tried to enter the chamber. Germanys two Major Political parties the Christian Democratic Union and the social Democratic Party have agreed to hold exploratory talks about governing together those talks begin on january seventh the parties will announce five days later whether or not theyll pursue a formal coalition to go she ations germany has been without a government for three months since those inconclusive elections in september. Well three months have gone by since a controversial referendum in the spanish region of catalonia resulted not in independence but a crackdown by madrid spain the Prime Minister sacked the local government and called for snap elections the region is now gearing up for that vote set for tomorrow campaigning has been anything but easy several former ministers are in jail over rebellion charges while others including ex catalan president. Have fled to belgium. Is running for office again but of course from a distance. This is one scene that catalonia is former president. Will not speeding up his final Campaign Rally he would be having his say from over a thousand kilometers away they say as electioneering and exile. Melanesian be available to him is that his now that were facing one of cats and then he is most decisive elections once again i ask for your vote because he was alexey and i make this request with the promise that if im elected president i will end to the Government Palace accompanied by the whole legitimate government that was about us at that. It may be a far cry from the massive referendum rallies here than just three months ago but if support here among the die hard to see now is where he could well return. When we came to support our president because we want him back once and for all we want him to come back on december twenty first we want him back now. This is an election like no other the last Campaign Stop for candidates from the rival poor independence left party was to the president holding their leader. Audio junk could ask his fate loomed large as an evening rally. For him there is more at stake than mere votes. And brought out the young audio was calm and content when i explain the Campaign Details to him like im you know is that were the best guarantee for him to get out of prison let me you know get in the aggregate to do the lobbying. But the republicans face a strong challenge from anti independence candidate. To tell supporters that she will draw a line under the chaos of the separatists. This is the fifth taste to this historical day it will be important because thursday will be the end date for the independence process of puja mont junk at us and forget its over its an. Example of. This campaign has been viewed as a test of the regions Pro Independence movement but with the vote neck and neck and polls predicting a Hung Parliament catalonians may yet deliver a mixed result. Its all right so here we go again lets pull in our correspondent is in barcelona forest. Barbara is the election going to be a clear indicator for or against independence. That is the big problem because everybody here says all the polls and the newspapers in the local media and the National Media everybody agrees that is not really going to deliver the desired result what the Spanish Government one to two months ago when it called this Regional Election was to quiet things down and also taught that couple months might probably be coming to this senses see that this course of the union lateral independence was dead for them for their region for the economy and of course for the whole of spain but there has been a certain shift in opinion not enough to really deliver a clear result and so it seems one day before the election that the result will be just sort of the difficult situation where you say voters coming to their senses but not everyones coming home youve got karl is poised to morrow he is running for office but hes still in belgium so how failure of an election can this be. His party can run and his party is running however many people are sort of not so happy with his running away and his former kapan companion from the leftist republicans sort of who is now in jail says oh hes a coward you know he should also have gone to jail and then we could sort of fried from jail together and he has sort of lost the lead in the polls and he is now in third place and its not very likely that he will be able to form a new government so going to belgium was probably not smart such a smart idea after all and the other parties the leftist republicans for instance have put somebody in monrovia as a candidate and she is running strongly and we know that there were people like mr bridge jamal who wanted to make this an issue for the European Union the European Union refused saying it was a spanish issue what is at stake for the e. U. In this election tomorrow. The e. U. Of course hopes that the quiet will come back political quiet will come back to spain because the country was really in a very difficult position through this unilateral declaration of independence which is absolutely and clearly against the spanish constitution and by the way its against the constitutions of most European Countries the e. U. Will have none of this and it has made this quite clear to put them on and his supporters when they were in brussels having a big demonstration nobody received him nobody talked to him so that much is quite clear the question now is will the region sort of find a way out of this impasse out of this difficult position when nobody does any politics but everybody just fights against each other the country the region is deeply torn our correspondent barbara very soul on the story and on the phone for us tonight in barcelona barbara as always thank you. Youre watching the w. News live from berlin still to come stuck in a war zone we have an exclusive report from a village on the frontline of the fighting in Eastern Ukraine where the vulnerable are barely scraping by. Are you does it over an hour or do i need a taxi app or is it a taxi out funny friends actually talking tax reform first thank you so much the german business sector is calling on berlin for tax reform in response to transplant it says europes biggest economy economy rather would need a competent boots to head off industry moving to the United States as you have just heard of course at the beginning of the showed republican controlled u. S. House this was approved the first tax overhaul in thirty years and one and a half trillion dollars overhaul after a procedural violations being marred the first critics say the package is a deficit bloating giveaway to the super rich republicans argue that the tax cuts for corporations Small Businesses and individuals will bolster economic growth. Says mr and by the way the u. S. State of kansas attempted a very similar experiment to Donald Trumps tax reform in twenty twelve Governor Sam Brownback introduced sweeping tax cuts for individuals and what are known as a pass through businesses but the plan lets to a shop drop in revenue forcing massive spending cuts it was more. The midwestern state of kansas was hit hard during the financial crisis after years of sluggish growth Governor Sam Brownback was hoping to kick start the economy with drastic tax cuts his administration reduced the income tax and then got rid of it. The state eliminated taxes for farmers the selfemployed as well as small and medium sized businesses gary mason the owner of an Environmental Consulting and Services Firm gladly accepted the massive tax cuts. Probably got about twenty thousand dollars with a quick minute side of it you know with the state of kansas tax credit or lower taxes for Small Businesses. And ill tell you to buy a quick read like this but the dream of an economic boom never materialized the watchdog job center is not as busy as it was a few years ago but thats not due to the tax reform. There are no there wasnt anything that drastic change the economy is recovering so we know that thats part of it is just the last recovery from the recession instead of a strong recovery kansas saw an impressive growth and massive budget deficits as its tax base disappeared funding for this Public School in kansas city dropped by fifteen percent much to the chagrin of principal david smith the tax cuts basically spent all the money that the state had and theyre out of money so what theyre arguing is that schools dont need more money i think these things show you that we do and we would be able to use that money to do more for kids could kansas be a blueprint for the entire country if Donald Trumps optimistic plans dont succeed the u. S. Could see a spiraling deficit and stagnation instead of many new jobs. There have been several protests against this across europe against around five thousand texas drivers took to the streets in bucharest as well they blocked traffic in. Front of the government building they called an illegal transport company and protest against unfair competition. Now europes top quark has ruled number is not just a digital connecting drivers passengers but it constitutes a Transportation Company and their full needs to follow the rules a few clicks with an app is enough to find a quick ride at a reasonable price thats the hallmark of right handling giant goober the companys drivers own their cars and riders can choose their Service Provider but goober will have to give up his Business Model in europe if authorities get their way europes top court has ruled that guber should be regulated as a Transportation Company that means the right handling service will be treated like a traditional taxi company professional taxi drivers across europe say the ruling was long overdue hooper as been a thorn in their side because it has not had to comply with taxi regulations that has led to repeated protests throughout europe. The ruling could put an end to what the taxi drivers believe is unfair competition. That cannot be the case that the industry that the fishing industry has to abide by the rules in days another part which is offering exactly the same service who have different lighter or nor rules at all but representatives of the computer and Communications Sectors say the ruling is a step in the wrong direction they fear it could weigh heavily on cross border innovation. Right after this judgment what might happen is that we would have more uncertainty. Innovators might face more legal uncertainty with respect to the Business Model as Transportation Services the ruling means and many other private firms are likely to face higher costs. What do you prefer no i got rid of because the my taxi app that i have always gives me taxi drivers in mercedes rights big difference a big difference thats right but you. Always pick her up and give her a ride thats right. Were going to talk about the border now between russia and ukraine fighting between ukrainian troops and russian backed separatists has escalated to the worst level in two months many people thought of course that the story had died the past week alone has seen three ukrainian soldiers killed at least eight civilian seriously wounded just days before this latest flare up our correspondent Nick Connelly visited the region and met People Living on the frontline of the conflict has this exclusive report now that takes us to the small village of. A single hold road is all that connects the village of job to the outside world the ridge that overshadows the village is already deep in separatist held territory is the front line begins peoples gardens and. Because one hundred forty mostly elderly residents are dependent on outside help since public transport broke down the nearest supermarket is several hours walk away its only thanks to this volunteer. That International Aid is able to reach those who needed most. The weaker the village is cut off people here have no way of getting out people here are just about surviving are mostly thanks to what they can grow in their gardens. Twenty seven year old catcher takes us to her house on the far edge of the village. Three children left in java all the other families have long since left a single mother to relies on help from my parents and n. G. O. S her youngest son is just eighteen months old began. For the last two weeks theyve been shooting every single day without a break i used to be scared but now you just get used to it after a while when the conflict broke out the family used to take cover in an outside cellar since that was hit they hide inside so that the family this is the best protected room the one least likely to get hit on that side we are protected by the house i was born and from that side we barely get anything coming at us and if there is then there are trees touch wood this house has never had a direct hit so far. On the separatists only seventy meters away there on the next street. Bridge in the distance locals tell us serves as a Vantage Point for separatist snipers. Shows us where a direct hit brought down the roof of the cellar she used to hide in yes if i had somewhere to go that was really mine id leave but just to be tolerated i dont want that ive tried that twice already. Beyond catches house only ruins remain and the front line trenches most of them buried deep enough to stand up in safely. We meet to ukrainian soldiers on guard duty there also father and son mostly. We are theres plenty of shooting mostly at night its a bit quieter during the day but it happens. Its december and darkness falls early and with the shooting starts its time to leave. Just a few kilometers down the road is the majorca checkpoint one of only a handful of places where civilians can cross between government and separatist held territory. Up to ten thousand people make this journey every day. My father died ive just been to his funeral. Here i went from my pension i live in one of congo to autumn off from my pension its really badly organized particularly on the separatist tide. But even the checkpoints entirely safe in recent months this crossing has come under attack three times. Its a three hour wait out in the cold for these people here queuing to cross the circle separation line that divides Ukrainian Government troops from progress and separatists its now been almost three years since the front moved in this region cutting off the just seven kilometers behind me from its suburbs on the ukrainian held side. These checkpoints were set up as a temporary stopgap but with political efforts to resolve the conflict going nowhere in a hurry theyve long since become a permanent fixture of life here in Eastern Ukraine. Facts. Bigger and bigger ships more and more freight the german Cargo Shipping Company lloyd is a Global Player from when the company was founded in eight hundred forty seven the competition was pretty tough. Today cargo is shipped more quickly than ever and lloyd is setting the pace. Lloyd shipping company from hamburg out into the world. In forty five minutes on v. W. Climate change. Waste. Pollution. 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Lawmakers have given their final approval to a sweeping tax reform bill republicans say its a victory for the American People democrats say only the wealthy will benefit this is president Donald Trumps first major legislative win since taking office. Were going to that story just a moment but first i want to turn now to kenya where Political Uncertainty has left the country deeply divided now the Opposition Leader is refusing to recognize incumbent president you who are kenyatta is victory in octobers Election Rerun can ya one ninety eight percent of the vote but critics called the election a farce they say only thirty nine percent of voters went to the polls after the opposition boycotted the vote so far more than sixty people have been killed in postelection violence some of them just children. Catherine and wonder reports from nairobi. Its a mothers worst nightmare. For elizabeth burying her last born and only son is a reality shes yet to come to terms with. That in a village in. The nine year olds death has many in kenya wondering who will be next. The Kenya NationalHuman Rights Commission puts the number of those killed during this political crisis at sixty four but other human rights organizations put this number at well over one hundred in fact the opposition suggested at least two hundred thirty people have been killed among them at least ten of them a children this includes just freedom tender skin and you know im heartbroken was my child didnt know the difference between the two Political Parties so whats worse is that it happened as the president was being inaugurated it hurts. Kenya was thrown into political crisis in august when Opposition Leader raul loading a challenge president who can get his election victory the Supreme Court agreed in a nod to kenya at his election fresh elections were held in october. But this time the opposition boycotted the poll a majority of constituencies recorded voter turnout of less than twenty five percent five counties did not vote to tour kenya to second win was contested yet again but this time the Supreme Court dismissed the case it upheld king at his reelection for a second and final term on his Inauguration Day president hu hu kenyatta declared the political season to be over but here in machakos an opposition stronghold the political season is far from over young just ten days funeral is turned into a mini political rally. Was. Talk of secession is rife. Time and. That if there would be no democracy. In this republic of kenya those who are trying to introduce the. Process and management of a country would be left alone. And the rest of kenyans will separate themselves and do the things the way as opposed to be done but others disagree about splitting the country with three states coming from what we call kenya problem with problems will still be there because human beings will still be there it is the same same human beings who will go to that other places and others will be left in that other place so even if people secede they will succeed with their problems so what we need to do is actually not to divide kenya along tribal lines or even provinces or whatever kind of division which is going to be done what we need to do is actually see from bad politics tribalism and selfishness that is what tells us as a country present to her kenyatta has dismissed calls for dialogue while Opposition Leader raila odinga insists kenya must hold another election one that is credible and verifiable with both sides digging in their heels kenyans hope that two thousand and eighteen will bring a solution to the current political crisis. Well clashes have broken out in gaza and the west bank amid ongoing unrest sparked by the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital Israeli Forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Palestinian Protesters at various locations many palestinians were heeding calls to demonstrate against the u. S. Policy shift the timing meant to coincide with a visit to the country by u. S. Vice president mike pence that visit was postponed at the last minute. Or meanwhile the arrest of a palestinian teenager has sparked outrage online tommy me hes believed to be seventeen has been accused of assault after a video of her hitting Israeli Soldiers went viral on social media many are criticizing her arrest as being too heavy handed lets find out whats going on here im joined now by hot spots and see me from our social media station and its nice to see you and i are rarely on at the same time this is a nice treat take us through the story. Thats true brant im also very glad to see you brenda had to have me is living in the west bank with her family and late last week this video here vent viro had is the young woman in the blue jacket you can see her punching and kicking Israeli Soldiers outside her home and the soldiers are not reacting aggressively but it doesnt seem like theyre being heard either early yesterday morning at the story of the army then raided the tamimi familys the to me familys home and took away the army says she suspected of assault and participating in violent riots last week and you might remember those riots were against Donald Trumps decision to recognize two saw him as the capital of israel has father said that the girls were angry because israeli Army Soldiers fired tear gas at their home and they also injured one of their cousins with a rubber bullet on his Facebook Page her father of writes dear friends the Israeli Military broke into our home and arrested my daughter had to mimi they confiscated all the Computers Cameras and Communications Equipment hit everyone and searched the contents of our home now the israeli army has responded to the criticism saying their soldiers reacted responsibly during the incident and the also could have just arrested her on sight this video definitely sparked a lot of outrage and sparked a storm father also said that three girls were arrested over the incident including ahead and they have been accused of assault but supporters say theres no way they could have assaulted these heavily armed soldiers it was like what more do we know about. The hood i mean and she has a history of protesting doesnt she. Well we do know that for years her family have been prominent campaigners indias reilley Palestinian Conflict and had herself remember that shes said to be. Seventeen only but shes been taking part in protests since she was a young child and as a result she has become this well known champion or i can of the palestinian cause shes won many awards for her activism but many in israel also say that had an activist like her staged these confrontations like we saw earlier to provoke Israeli Soldiers into reacting violently like this journalist here for the jerusalem post. She writes the to me family uses its kids as bait sends them to assault soldiers so they can film them but it has also receiving a lot of International Support all over the world her name was even trending overnight lebanese american a cadet make. Says arresting her in the middle of the night from her family should have never happened and the quote had to mean he was forcibly taken away from her parents home by israelis at four am shes a child activist a child so brant we dont know what will happen next to me but were keeping you up to date and we have a report on our website on d w dot com all right across the top but not see me from our social media station also i thank you very much. Well it is a german cup week and im joined right here the big table by pablo felipe in the us from our sports desk to take you through what the last sixteen results so far i do believe in a mouthwatering encounter kicking off soon thats right but were going to talk about that in a little bit because of course we had like some pretty interesting clashes shall go of course cologne that was a very exciting clash that took place on tuesday and there was plenty of action in that game cologne looking a little bit better than they have of late but i think we really need to see that game see that again first lets take a look. For. Now though ive been the hero and shall because late to two george frankfurt in the bundesliga at the weekend and the defender was again in the action against cologne heading over in the first half corners were going to prove useful to shout go oh game another one in the Second Period lead to another good chance this time a t. In the stats it was denied by an excellent save from team zero zero on. Despite cologne offering little fret shout to fans but worried it wouldnt be their night but their fears were raised on sixty three minutes when yet another corner was met superbly by max meyer the midfielder is an outside bet for germanys world cup squad and head is light that will do his case no harm. The final whistle was greeted with jumps of delight from coach dominica desk oh shell could know the cup is that best chance of a trophy this term won the it finished with meyer the hero this time. There we go all right so public how important is a good cup run for a team like shawn well its incredibly important for a team like shellcode because this is at the end of the day or a team that over the past couple of years several years at least theyve underperformed and were seeing them do incredibly well in the bundesliga theyre up there second in the table just eleven points behind and im were seeing them playing fred to be well now it has to be said the cologne despite the fact that they lost because lets not forget that their role in this season in the bundesliga has been absolutely dire they did manage to win in the bundesliga last weekend despite the fact that they lost it was only by one goal and we are beginning to see a little bit of improvement also there was some news today from cologne and their new coach definitely back he joined several weeks ago now hes going to stay on till the end of the season and not go in the winter break which was the original plans at least at least are going to have a little bit of consistency until at least the end the disease with the remaining what for manchus who are sixteen or tonight you say theres one game that certainly stands theyre absolutely right but before we get on that game were going to mention some of the other ones that are coming up weve got the neighbor coups and braman if i break those games are actually already underway and hide in time which is the Second Division team are going to be playing against frankfurt and of course bahrain first is over but i am going to make you wait even just one second more because i want to talk about the teams that already went through and that of course our minds evolves third tier possible and so they are also through with shellac id like i was saying byron and dortmund everyone is going to be watching that game its going to be very soon any big clash like that particularly in the run up to christmas week as old as exciting thats a great story lets take a look at what we could expect. For. A change of fortune brought on by this. Guy has laid dormant to back to back wins since taking over in the space of a week he went from being sacked by the league boss and club for money to coaching a heavyweight of german football. So to see france use chances of silverware. Youd like a headline wouldnt you want to trade fate. Of course you have a chance of winning it with a team. Than you do with a team like. This is this is. Informed by and munich us standing in the way of dont mince cup defense the record holders of won fourteen of the last fifteen games since your playing has returned as coach in october including a three one away win in dont mind i but hes experienced enough to know that dont and will up their game for this tie their food by that. Football doesnt follow a script. In a cup game night. Because dortmund have sharing that they can step up to the big occasion im going tight games that he knows lexington the english given couldnt hide his nose the stakes are high with most big teams already out of the competition the window will be taking a massive step towards the trophy. When they are back to their winning ways underpaid. Is that enough to beat by i mean there are big questions. Of course is as someone whos come in and hes given the team a welcome boost of confidence day lets not forget they hadnt had one again since september from september to december so often what happens when youve got a new manager came in and gave them Something Different the team seemed to turn things around quite quickly. Actually had plenty of that nice things to say about the previous manager. But in reality its good to see them playing well again so. I think they have a good chance against bio but we know byron really has been just running away with the bundesliga this season can we expect them to complete a domestic double i think theyre in with a very good chance they are eleven points clear at the top of the bundesliga table but it is early doors i know were halfway through the year but you know we are in the winter break now but anything can change and you know eleven points while it might sound like a lot of points is not really a huge huge advantage and also in the cup if they keep playing the way weve been seeing them play in the bundesliga theyre in with a good chance it will see what happens after the winter break is always thank you very much. Russias disabled athletes must wait until january to find out if their suspension from the paralympics will be lifted the country was banned from last years rio paralympics because of a state run doping program and officials have delayed a decision over the two thousand and eighteen winter edition. Chuang paralympics take place in early march just after februarys Winter Olympics where russian athletes will not be able to compete under the russian flag the russian doping scandal led the International Paralympic committee to take a tougher stance then the i. O. C. Over the rio games and and another blanket ban is expected in south korea. All right funnies back more beer is fighting this right pollution with finances i hope you recycle your thread just walk with money yes trash disposal and recycling have become big problems in nigeria but a group of school girls in abuja has developed an app that could help the country tackle thats growing faster. Wastes over three Million Tonnes are generated annually in nigeria its an environmental disaster and a Health Hazard only twenty to thirty percent of the waste is collected for recycling and reuse. These teenage girls from a boob job want to change that police lois and just tina have created an app that they hope will make a difference in the way people deal with their garbage its called the green world tech up in new york as who told this fall will look to me did their lives easier on you know india because people was the always on the street you see nurse of first if theres no need to know when to members. To help them leak by asked us to induce major. And this is how the app works a form is sent to an administrator who responds via email the prospective buyer then goes to pick up the refuse or instructs the seller where to deliver the packaged waste. The app is still in the test phase so for only friends and neighbors can use it. Different types of recyclable waste are rewarded with a system of credit points credits can be redeemed for instance for drinking water. I brought betsy. Plastics for plastics and i got for each plastic is one point. Two ten so highly scientific see both of you and rick is good to go. Stella who has founded an ngo where girls can go after school to improve their math and Technical Skills here they also learn to program the app and create a Business Plan for the system. Most of the student actually have been the one who built. The bias because they actually went online and sex with. Environment to see one who uses plastic. And so they did it themselves i do think it will help them do it. The girls who want to clean up nigerias waste hope to go public with their apps soon their goal is to sign up at least two thousand users in the First Quarter of twenty eighteen. Ard fields of german literature might know the name heinrich he was one of germanys most important postwar biters referred to during his lifetime as the conscience of the nation on december twenty first one recorder would have been one hundred years old my colleague carne homesteads from our culture desk is here to talk about him i remember we had to read him in graduate school. So i look further ahead than a lot of people probably the exception there but why you see so important to germany today probably because he was really chronicler of the first decades of postwar germany. And he still required reading in many german schools obviously here brant not only did he describe what he saw and knew but he was also he didnt even think twice about criticising it so he was a simple soldier in World War Two himself and that experience haunted him for the rest of his life was actually what caused him to become a writer he wrote major novels and was a master of the short story and a champion of freedom of expression most definitely and also a real thorn in the side of the conservative establishment in germany so here we can see him in one hundred seventy two hes awarded the nobel prize for literature the first postwar german to get the award that was just one year after vittie behind got the Nobel Peace Prize so he was very much part of this kind of spirit of renewal in literature and political thinking in germany one of his big themes was violence and obviously the impact of war and terrorism on the lives of ordinary people and he really felt the need to sort of speak up against all the major institutions lets have a quick look at. So many in a bit more detail. The right a highly a man who was not content to stay on the sidelines in the fiftys critics and the public praise time but when the writer started intervening on politics he fell from grace with the conservative press criticised the way the state and the media handled the left wing terrorism crisis in the seventys. The author then was accused of promoting violence. And accursed an author anyone who writes a book must create his figure physically psychologically and spiritually in an authentic way this figure then as free to go wherever and do whatever he or she wants im not responsible for that. You know. It was political but not a politician he felt a responsibility to the world and took to the streets for what he believed in. September nine hundred eighty three demonstrating outside a u. S. Missile base and southwest germany against nato its decision to upgrade its weapons systems. And votes writing politics serve merely as a background his story circle around ordinary people and their daily life struggles. And nine hundred eighty nine four years after. The Birth Foundation together with his family turned his summer residence into a refuge for artists and authors most of whom were forced to leave their countries for reasons of oppression not only belts novel stood the test of time also a Strong Political commitment lives on. Just as we just turned the English Foundation mentioned there thats of course a Political Foundation think tank thats affiliated with the green party today in germany and its active in over sixty countries so he has quite widely known the name foundations of sickly if you live here in berlin you know its interesting were talking about him because i think around the world people probably are more familiar with when theyre thinking about german literature and yet it sounds like mr bull is actually the person you should read if you want to know about postwar germany thats right you know germany didnt do very well as we know with sort of initially coming to terms with its past that huge word for going and going is is a huge deal in this country with with its nasty nazi past. Many people were content with that kind of thing under the rug and absolutely refused to let that happen and he criticized much of what he saw in the post or developing germany so what would one read if they wanted to discover higher. Im going to go ahead and you know pull your line here the last on are of qatar bloom thats right and look at that story exactly well then you know about it and im back that was published back in one nine hundred seventy four and that was of course in the heat of this Red Army Faction terrorist crisis here in germany caused a lot of trouble and the story is about the very harsh treatment of an innocent woman who has allegedly slept with a possible terrorist but the treatment of her by police and particularly by the media in this climate of panic and so that was also turned into a very successful film which im sure youve also seen by german directors my going to one taught to and true and off but i got a lot of flak for the story when it was published because it takes a real swipe at tabloid news sensationalism obviously a particular. Publishing house was in mind and the role of the media and in perpetuating all this violence and he was of course even at the time accused of sympathizing with the terrorist cause he was she was kind of like the scarlet it was like the Scarlet Letter of german literature i thought well and of sort of contemporary media politics absolutely you know and thats perhaps one reason that he that he isnt quite so well known with readers outside of germany simply because hes talked to his many of the subjects were so intensely intricately political and yet his works are more relevant than ever today even sort of more than forty years after his death yeah youd like its not so great a boom but its a great read i highly recommend it even today to go every day. But definitely write one not to miss it thank you very much. Or use a reminder of the top stories that were following for you u. S. 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