amounts at all major of the send christmas markets on different terror a time next to the market in strasbourg last year and here in berlin and 2016 are still fresh in the memory. you can run them opus festively as you like but these below the bar is there to try and stop christmas markets becoming a target again. this also beat a number of questions raised over the inclusive or to have some christmas traditions with one person being publicly shamed for saying father christmas instead of sunset . i've just been shamed on a facebook group for using the name father christmas and told that santa is now seen as gender neutral it's a common trope in the press to say christmas is being done away with this year it does seem quite difficult to do christmas without upsetting someone a good chunk of people polled say they boxed agenda neutral santa christianity is pretty central to the christmas celebration for christ after all it's in the name the one school in the u.k. decided to change the words to the carol away in a manger from little lord jesus to baby boy jesus prompting a pro from parents and na

because of the strike that's according to their confederation and in the major cities of paris marsay in strasbourg sales of something by as much as 60 percent turnover at this hotel is down 50 percent for the seldom add to that the taxi bill the owner is facing to get his staff into work and back home every day i hope that this strike won't. continue for 3 months because it could be really difficult to be honest a case like this we have consolations just 2 days before. before and it's for us we cannot recover it perishes botanical gardens is hoping for $400000.00 visitors this year to its winter exhibition but says midweek numbers are down we don't know. what we are doing the 15 days and the 5th they are very important when they. are day spending on pensions health care and other social services swallows 32 percent of france's g.d.p. the highest. in the developed world benefits the french are reluctant to sacrifice the unions are promising another round of nationwide demonstrations in january france faces another gloomy winter bernard smith al-jazeera paris volunteers in lebanon providing meals fo

because of the strike that's according to their confederation and in the major cities of paris marsay in strasbourg sales of something by as much as 60 percent turnover at this hotel is down 50 percent for the sell them add to that the taxi bill the owner is facing to get his stuff into work and back home every day i hope that the strike won't. continue for 3 months because it could be really difficult to be honest a case like this we have consolations just 2 days before 48 hours maybe before and it's 4 as we cannot recall paris's botanical gardens is hoping for $400000.00 visitors this year to its winter exhibition but says midweek and. as a down we don't know. what will happen during the 15 day thought by clinton and the 15 days of vacation are very important because we expect the. day spending on pensions health care and other social services swallows 32 percent of france's g.d.p. the highest in the developed world benefits the french are reluctant to sacrifice the unions are promising another round of nationwide demonstrations in january france faces another gloomy winter bernard smith al-jazee

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are the facts correct they could be initial answers to this question in strasbourg crystals and i got to listen to the witness statement paul great is a defense lawyer from cyprus 15 years ago he investigated the disappearance of the bellerose opposition politicians to the council of europe. is still following the cases today the council of europe scrutinizes human rights and all the more closely in the case of bella reuss the ability we have today to run the vince again investigation that iris seems very small or. that's a problem well the. we are concerned never close the file would close the day when a probate investigation is conducted and there are findings as to up hold up and police disappear people it's impossible for these abductions and murders to have taken place without the concept to put it mildly of very very high your fish. and when i say very high your fish else my mind goes to the president. who was most of them are he knew about it maybe he didn't know but i can't be sure but i think he did know. accusations that barely reach alexander lukashenko for many years the p

ranking below russian officials and i think it's possible that the general assembly of the council in strasbourg now reopens the minsk file we have some information tonight that the those left behind the families of the victims are already creating putting pressure on the politicians to reopen the file and what wages acres don't what we're going to need the broader political implications for a bill a ruse a ruse is somewhat of a pariah anyways i mean can it get worse for the country the country is pretty isolated in your rope and in the past 23 years president look angle was working hard on breaking this chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy and. thank you fascinating story. it is a fish and it's nothing opposing voices especially when it comes to the hong kong pro-democracy protesters but those voices do exist our correspondent has the story of one man's mission to amplify those voices darry to do so. after lunch i changed into a new set of clothes covered my face with a black mask and merged into the stream of black

ranking below russian officials and i think it's possible that the general assembly of the council in strasbourg now reopens the minsk file we have some information tonight that the those left behind the families of the victims are already created putting pressure on the politicians to reopen the file in what would you say because there were going to the broader political implications for bill the roost and he is somewhat of a pariah anyways i mean can it get worse for the country the country is pretty isolated in europe and in the past 23 years president look at franco was working hard on breaking this chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy in the final door could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there's always because they don't think the fascinating story. and for more on this story you can check out dot com and our youtube channel that's d w documentary but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the architect of france's controversial pension reform has res

conspiracy of high ranking below russian officials and it might well be that the general assembly in strasbourg now reopens the new minsk file and renews the mandates to do research on the ground so this could take a fair bit of time this investigation to confirm what you've just revealed to us in answer to some reports will there be any broader implications these allegations at the moon broader implications for the government of some might be a lot of political implications below us as a country pretty isolated in europe because of the horrible situation of human rights and the very dictatorial way the president will question go around his country but bill aris for some years now is working hard to be accepted again as a partner and europe and all these efforts could suffer a setback now or in the light of this new evidence and at the time the same time it needs to be pointed out that below are big neighbor in the east russia often a predominant neighbor is trying to expand its influence in belarus and perhaps these revelations even play into the hand of the kremlin because they weaken the sta

. >> reporter: in a heavily guarded synagogue in strasbourg, the city in which much of the jewish population lives, the chief rabbi said he's not surprised but that he fears for more than just his community. >> hate that begins with jews never end with jews. >> reporter: last year, the rabbi buried the last jew in west hoffen. with websites celebrating attacks on tombs, the question is whether it is in peace that he will now be allowed to rest. melissa bell, cnn, alsace. >>> if you are watching internationally, thank you for being with. "quest's world of wonder" is next for our viewers around the world. if you're joining us here in the u.s., i'll be right back with 30 more minutes of news. please stay with us. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the united states. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. top senate democrat chuck schumer wants at least four witnesses to testify in an impeachment trial for u.s. president donald trump. they include acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton. the democrat-controlled house is ex

by now, in strasbourg, a council of europe was meeting regularly, and at its conferences many european nations, n.a.t.o. members and others discussed their continent's future. the council had no executive powers, and its members could only advise the governments of the general trend of its thinking. a good start, but no solution. yet, in fact, the solutions were easier than anyone imagined. time did not wait for a political solution. it was the needs of trade and a higher standard of living that began to destroy the wall. it started with iron and steel. they had once been the crucibles. from them, came the 1870, 1914, 1939. then, in one step, by one agreement, all were brought into the european community of coal and steel. the dream of france's foreign minister turned into reality. in 1952, in the city of luxembourg, the community set up its headquarters. there, six western european nations cooperated to prevent overlapping wasteful competition and unrealistic prices, to establish in this field a common market. a phrase the world was to hear more of. their reasons were purely economica

at least a hundred jewish headstones were painted with swastikas at a cemetery near strasbourg, in the north—east. france is home to the biggestjewish and muslim communities in europe, and the surge in hate crime has raised great alarm. president trump was in london, for nato's 70th anniversary meeting. he left the uk, unusually, without holding a press conference, after a video surfaced showing canada's prime minister apparently gossiping and laughing about mr trump with other world leaders. in response the us president called justin trudeau ‘two faced'. this report byjohn pienaar. there are flashing images. he needs careful handling and run 00:13:04,348 --> 2147483051:43:17,437 knows it. donald trump, the 2147483051:43:17,437 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 president they averted major crisis against the russian press and in exchange the russian press and in exchange the turkish president got some language on terrorism that although it was not enough for him it would satisfy him the moment. they made some moves to declare space a new operational domain for nato try and meet the challeng

at least 100 jewish headstones were painted with swastikas at a cemetery near strasbourg in the north—east. france is home to the biggestjewish and muslim communities in europe, and the surge in hate crime has raised great alarm. let's ta ke let's take you to the nato meeting in london, their 70th anniversary meeting. he left the uk, unusually, without holding a press conference, after a video surfaced showing canada's prime minister apparently gossiping and laughing about mr trump with other world leaders. in response, the us president called justin trudeau two—faced. this report byjohn pienaar. there are flashing images. he loves to make a big entrance, whether or not he is always completely welcome. donald trump may not always be looking for trouble, but it often turns out that way. he needs careful handling, and everyone knows it. that includes his host, who is fighting a campaign. the honourable donald trump, president of the united states of america. the leader of the free world has already fallen foul of nato allies and strayed into the election. he is not a man to take directions

at least 100 jewish headstones were painted with swastikas at a cemetery near strasbourg, in the north—east. france is home to the biggestjewish and muslim communities in europe, and the surge in hate crime has raised great alarm. a new vaccine against typhoid is being described as a game—changer which could prevent thousands of deaths. in pakistan, 9 million children are being immunised after a major outbreak of typhoid, which is resistant to nearly every antiobiotic. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. safe and effective, this new typhoid vaccine is urgently needed in pakistan. schoolchildren in karachi are among millions of youngsters there being immunised. they need protecting because, once infected with typhoid here, there is only one antibiotic left that works, and if that fails, death rates would soar. typhoid is a highly contagious bacterial disease which infects up to 20 million people worldwide each year. it is largely a disease of poverty, spread through poor sanitation and dirty drinking water. symptoms include prolonged fever, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. it caus

more than 100 headstones were daubed with swastikas at a cemetery near the eastern city of strasbourg. the country's interior minister says the attacks are borne out of ignorance and fear, and must be investigated. the eu's top court has thrown out an attempt by vinegar makers in italy's modena province to stop competitors from using the term "balsamic". the producers had argued the description "balsamic vinegar from modena" was theirs to use exclusively under eu rules. the phrase has been protected as a "geographical indication" since 2009. but the european court ofjustice ruled this didn't mean exclusive use of the word "balsamic". they can cost million of pounds and take up to a year to plan, but are the big high street retailers about to see their christmas adverts eclipsed by a small family—run business in mid wales? the owners of havod hardware in the market town of rider spent a day and just 100 pounds on their effort which has gone viral. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has been to meet the stars. # let us die young and let us live forever.# it's the time of year wh

we'll go and see the debating in strasbourg. is this the parliament that you want to leave? yeah. you will see how rubbish it is. that doesn't make much sense, does it? do you kind of love it? do you love it? come on, do you love it? i do not like the european parliament at all... are you sure? ..but i really like my colleagues, and i actually do really enjoy myjob. i'll tell you what, let's make a move. let's head off, shall we? yeah. i think we've put too much money down, but we'll leave a tip. i had a really good time. i enjoyed it, i think. i've lost track, mate, so many things. basically, bleep the house of commons. we are secret revolutionaries, you and i. yeah. wild. i think you're going to be a secret brexit party voter if i work on you a bit more. 100% not. finally, on wednesday it was announced that clive james, the australian writer, critic, poet and broadcaster, had died at the age of 80 after a long illness. finally, on wednesday it was announced that clive james, the australian writer, critic, poet and broadcaster, had died at the age of 80 after a long illness. vict

this seems lawmakers that advocate for the environment take part into a caravan between brussels and strasbourg we convene in shrouds work for one week and then for the rest of the months they go back to brussels this cost taxpayers about a 114000000 euros and it's not that it's only costly but it's very bad for the environment as well disappoint claiming to be a company neutral institution the 12 trips to strasburg each year and still make to emit between 11019000 tons of c o 2 emissions per year all this back and forth is like putting $4000.00 additional vehicles on the streets every year driving nonstop including the ones on the streets so how is this reducing seal to emissions well a german politician says he felt the way to stop this costly practice according to the treaty of amsterdam the parliament has to have a seat in stroudsburg not specifically in the city of strasburg he went as far as making a you tube video to prove his point he got a champagne bottle smashed it in the seat of parliament in brussels and he called it strauss work so it seems like the problem is solved so from this

in strasbourg would be all the raider spanish 10 or can the spanish say security reasons an exception to the normal standards actually the one. the spiny state he wants to do is that they they say that according to. not only national security reasons but according to public all of the reasons or do even for economic interests they will be able to shut down the internet in any part of spain. without actually sell all of that just because the government will say so and it's just technically possible do you better place than most politicians to to do technically could you you black cat and warning are from the digital expression well we will see whether they do it we've seen the war how are they doing it in turkey and other parts of the world we think that this is something which should not be accepted by european laws actually we want to appeal against these the spanish government has announced regarding 2 very very important issues one is the freedom of the internet so that the access freedom of access to internet which is something you cannot just. as you want it should be regulated.

it is of course symbolic gesture here that comes from the peace in strasbourg and they're well aware of that there were some concerns that it could be a sign of panic and that is why. a number of conservative m.p.'s in particular voted against this motion but overall a lot of support for the idea richard say it's not just an urgency it is an emergency that is taking place regarding the climate and so europe has become the 1st continents to declare that state of emergency now but even even though this is largely symbolic as you've been reporting some say it doesn't go nearly far enough we spoke to our colleague spoke earlier with the green party lawmaker. who before the vote let's say hear what he said and then we'll continue our conversation right after that the scientists are basically telling us that we wasted the last decade in terms of climate action which means that now the measures that we need to take a much more stringent instead of political will to do that it's very nice to have a declaration on the climate emergency but if actions he's not following this is just hot air an

so i mean a clear majority here amongst the lawmakers in strasbourg backing that largely symbolic resolution and that was one of the main concerns for some u.p.s. who have said you know it lacks the substance there is that there was the concern that it could fuel expectations that then could not be met and that is why the conservatives for instance said let's rather call it an emergency rather than emergency now while the majority of that house has now decided that europe is the 1st continent to speak of an emergency in case of the climate while some are saying that this declaration actually does not go far enough we spoke to green party lawmaker felipe lambert's before the vote let's listen to what he had to say. the scientists are basically telling us that we wasted the last decade in terms of climate action which means that now the measures that we need to take a much more stringent instead of political will to do that it's very nice to have a declaration on the climate emergency but if actions he's not following this is just hot air and when we have enough of hot air at the moment gary t

i think coming european commission presenters who were found alive speaking with max hoffman in strasbourg. now the iranian regime has given its official reaction to last week's anti-government demonstrations reporter released on wednesday spoke of 820-0000 protesters 7000 arrests and more than 700 banks burned supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei blamed the unrest on a u.s. conspiracy. i mean it was a deep extensive and very dangerous conspiracy that cost them so much money and effort. and they wanted to use the opportunity to carry out this move which was an act of destruction arson murder and vandalism under the pretext of a rise in fuel prices they thought they had found the opportunity and brought their troops to the field this move was destroyed by the people. let's get more on this from professor natasha linster head who's a political scientist from the university of essex in culture she has a particular interest in middle east politics welcome to d.w. professor we just heard iran's supreme leader blaming the unrest on the united states the intelligence ministry also says they've a

in a strasbourg the europe that you want to build with this new commission how is the rest of the world supposed to view it. well i think it's time that europe is stepping up to be certified and confident we have to give large to the world and if you look at the topics of the european green deal or digitalisation the european voice is needed so i think it's time to position europe in a new format that's a concrete example the united states competitor a partner in these days our friends in the united states our partners i mean we have a strong foundation over decades and if you look at all the people who are having friendship and business contacts with our american friends this is what the transatlantic bonds of the transatlantic friendship is all about of course we do have issues but. as with good partners you have to discuss these issues and solve them what about china china is on a different page. it is moving more into a direction where we have to figure out how to deal with topics that are difficult for example the social scoring in china poses a lot of question. the way ballot and

for a better future all right let's get you some more now with our brussels birches max hoffman is in strasbourg where he has witnessed the vote taking place max so good to have you with us what is the number one issue for europeans that the president elect will tackle 1st. it really depends on which country you ask the people and as you mention it there's a new poll out from the bell this month foundation and they say for example but the most important topic for the germans is fighting climate change in other countries like france and italy it would be job security and cutting down on the cost of living so close enough funded lion is going to tackle both or at least try to tackle both those are the most important topics one the so-called european green deal that she wants to have for the european union and the other one is digitalisation which is of course closely connected to job security the future of employment in general but you have to keep in mind today was not just about you know what they're going to do the next 5 years especially for fund and her commissioners it was also an important