Some in just a second but also on the Program Fresh pressure on the trumpet ministration as federal investigators challenge another senior official this time its former National Security advisor Michael Flynn hes pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About his conversations with russian officials. The countdown to next years soccer world cup in russia has begun as officials make the Group Stage Draw in moscow will find out whos playing who and what that means for the favorites. And an emotional meeting between pope francis and the hinge of refugees in bangladesh the pontiff apologizing for the worlds indifference to their plight after failing to name them publicly and man mom which then is accused of their persecution. Welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us German Police have secured and destroyed a package in the city of parts and they say it contained nails and a powdery substance but its unclear whether it was part of an explosive device the package was delivered to a pharmacy in potsdam leading police to evacuate a nearby Christmas Market. The Christmas Spirit was interrupted in central pakistan on friday evening. Author readies cordoned off the area after discovery of a suspicious package near the city scris mass market. Police said a parcel was delivered by courier to a pharmacy near the market in the afternoon. The owner of the pharmacy alerted the police. With the support of the German Federal police we x. Rayed the parcel and confirmed that there was indeed a cylindrical object inside and it contained nails this is. So far no detonator has been found police say the parcel held a large firecracker without a fuse and with hundreds of small nails its an open question as to the motive. It is all here for its too early to speculate because we really cannot yet say whether the target was the pharmacist or whether it was the Christmas Market in by notes mike with. Investigations are continuing but the mayor of potsdam says the market will open as usual tomorrow morning. And standing by in part some our correspondent linda. Linda what more have the police been telling you. Well what we know right now is that theyre trying to clear all of the area the last thing that theyre doing right now is sending in dogs that are looking for explosives and theyre really looking over the whole area and they told us that this is what is taking so long because they found the package containing the screws what they know they know now the batteries and the powdery substance they found that already a couple of hours ago but right now theyre trying to of the areas theres still a couple of People Living actually in this area and they cant access as you can see this is what police put here and theres theres a couple of people of people accessing here the mayor has gone through but normal people they just have to wait outside in this is very cold night here in potsdam for we can see youre wearing a heavy coat and gloves but talk about the locals linda what is the mood among families are they anxious well i just talked to the mayor of the city of potsdam who has been going around talking to the people and i would say theyre rather calm he also said that. We really dont know who is behind this and it could have been just somebody who wanted to scare off the people this weekend say it worked that i talked to a couple of people and they said yeah well this this is not what we know potsdam as its a very you know its a quiet town you know this is where people live who commute to berlin they work in berlin and they want the rather quiet life here in potsdam so you know people were expecting they they saw the attack last year in berlin but i think nobody expected anything like that here in potsdam and of course a little memory is still fresh of that attack on a crisp on a bowling Christmas Market last year how tight is security at the pottstown Christmas Market. Well my expression its not as tight as security is in berlin theres no concrete barrios around here trying to prevent. Trucks entering the market but i mean if you look at it an incident like bed even concrete barriers couldnt have prevented anything like that and the mayor what he said is you know theres no such thing as one hundred Percent Security is this is what we see in this nights events as well ok then to many thanks for that linda fear of their reporting from potsdam. Turning now to our other big story this evening out on trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the f. B. I. Its author who is charged as part of a wide ranging investigation into the trumpet ministration and its relationship with russia prosecutor safely in law it about his contacts with russian officials in the wake of trumps victory in last years president ial election. He was one of Donald Trumps and earliest and most vocal supporters no nightline spacing a u. S. Marine accused of lying to the f. B. I. Thats what flynn said about Hillary Clinton in Campaign Rallies last summer in shooting with trump a chorus of chance against the opponent right here youre exactly right there is nothing wrong with that. If i did attend a tenth of what she did i would be in jail today despite the a marriage and of his links to Vladimir Putin flown remain close to the president ial outsider. And went on to be rewarded with a senior cabinet position in the white house. Only to be forced out after twenty four days when its a marriage he had lied to the Vice President might about meetings with the Russian Ambassador baer is u. S. Media says inconsistency in his account of those meetings given to f. B. I. Agents are the basis for todays charges the white house has distanced itself from flynn further comment and i think were this is not even the president wants to talk about him. Slain on the receiving end now as he left court having pled guilty to us media report that hes prepared to testify that the call to contact russia came from the heart of his old friend Trump Campaign. Ok lets pull in our washington correspondent on all this cost and cost one of the interesting things about all this is that flynn has actually been investigated for a wide range of allegations but hes only being charged with a single count of lying to the f. B. I. How closely is he cooperating with this investigation. Well we dont know that for sure as Robert Muller the special prosecutor appointed by the department of justice is keeping his cards close to his chest but indeed many observers here believe that miller had much more on flynn than just as one charge of lying to the f. B. I. In and of an official investigation and that that implies that indeed general flynn flipped here and is now effectively a witness for the prosecution so that would signal that flynn is perhaps providing information on other suspects in this investigation in exchange for leniency we can expect that even though Michael Flynn has not said so publicly in a statement that was published today in a written statement Michael Flynn said that he assume full responsibility accepted full responsibility for his mistakes and he didnt name anyone else but prosecutors have stated that they believe flynn was directed by the Trump Transition Team when he met the Russian Ambassador after the election and the Court Documents say that mr flynn called a senior transition official who was was other members of the team at trumps mar a lago results and i asked them specifically what to talk about with the Russian Ambassador if at all so clearly this might be the direction that the mill investigation might go on and of course that begs the question what has the white house been saying about all this and how close is this all getting to president trump. Well the white house has sort of tried to distance itself from flynn the lawyer for donald trump well mr flynn was there with a trumpet ministration only for a short time and he didnt implicate anyone with his plea which is technically correct and he didnt name anyone at least not yet and also he was the National Security advisor for mr trump only for a few weeks but clearly mr flynn was one of the closest allies advisors of donald trump during the Election Campaign and after it as oh he was in the know he was part of Donald Trumps in a circle and that might make a lot of people around on the trump or his former Transition Team quite nervous donald trump himself i think so far is not in the focus there but not so much about the russian dealings but maybe because of what he did afterwards the way he has been handling this investigation lets not forget theres still the question of whether he committed obstruction of justice by first trying to get the then f. B. I. Director james call me off flynns back and then eventually firing mr called me because he wasnt happy with the way the investigation was going ok cost many thanks for that constant phenomenon in washington. And youre watching t. W. News in berlin still to come on this program who will your t. V. Be facing at next years soccer world cup we have all the details of the Group Stage Draw which took place earlier today in moscow thats coming up in just a few minutes. First though heaven is here with the latest scandal on yes right now weve got two high ranking execs at the company who is stepping down a third is taking medically factory to merge to the right hailing company had failed to notify regulators and the public about a huge data breach which occurred a year ago the companys always say facing allegations of employing for mysie i. Agents to spy on rivals overseas now the latest resignations follow a string of scandals that have already caused a management shakeup at the company. Here peon union is holding back the last installment of a one point eight billion low interest loan its ukraine saying the non e. U. Member is not proceeding fast enough with agreed reforms the e. U. Says here have made lots of progress implementing wide ranging reforms but not enough to release the last allocation of six hundred Million Euros they was not specific about which policies have not yet been implemented though ukraine is battling an economic crisis triggered by a cash kremlin backed war to the east of the country the use announcement comes after ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is participation at an economic summit in brussels. The found this partial takeover of air berlin is still not a done deal now the European Commission is giving the german carrier more time to revise its plans to ensure its offer complies with you a lot so its got until the twenty first of december to do so but in subsidiary the Austrian Airline nikky could be up for grabs of chances facing pushback from competition authorities over that part of the sale on this front to British Airways owner i i g to consider a fresh bid for it and have to answer once nickys eighty one aircraft in the associated landing spots for a Purchase Price of two hundred ten Million Euros. The sharing economy is meant to make us all feel so much better about ourselves sharing workspaces cars bicycles all with the help of a simple but for companies is sharing less about carry a more about getting your data we take a look in this next report. Because its your telephone number. Yes. Is this your profile picture yes. All this information can be seen on the internet. Customer data made publicly accessible this is bike sharing we asked a volunteer damage to test rental for registration by smartphone is quick and easy and it just one euro for thirty minutes its a bargain but what damage ten other customers dont know is that their data is not secured its available online. With just a few clicks investigative journalists from very and broadcasting were able to easily find the names numbers and profile picture of users from around the world they even Found Movement data including of our test subject damage. Is this way youve just been oh my god yes what do you think of that not good in fact its terrible after all im paying them to use the bike and id expect my data to be safe. Oh by the security gap has been fixed the bike sharing business is booming almost all the big providers come from asia with too many on bikes its practically raining two wheelers in beijing the bicycles can be parked anywhere which is very appealing for customers. This summer germany got in on the craze too like here in munich and berlin suppliers underbid each other offering ever lower prices or are the real endings from Customer Data instead. You have less data from customers and you can call the right data up at the right moment and match advertising precisely to the customer thats what makes this information so valuable for advertisers and the movement profiles can be sold to brokers and for a lot of money for them in a good. But its likely most people will be more annoyed about all the bikes left lying around on land in the water and in the air. All right well the largest ship ever built in the mediterranean has left the italian port of tree este on its Maiden Voyage to miami the m s the seaside is owned by the geneva based Mediterranean Shipping Company is just the first of eleven vessels the Company Plans to launch over the next few years the fleet represents a ten billion euro investment the m. S. C. In a brand new experience for passengers the m. S. C. Side is so big it features its own sea front prominence and over Thirteen Hundred captains it arrives in miami on the twenty first of december. And its back over to christopher now and christopher im sure this was an event that you are watching very closely indeed not only me helen its been a day of huge anticipation for soccer fans all over the world the wait is over now the draw for the group stage of next years world cup in russia complete all thirty two teams now know who theyre going to be facing next some of the draw was conducted inside the kremlin in moscow a glitzy affair as usual featuring musical and donts performances before getting down to business hosts russia drawn first in group a along with egypt europe choir and their opponents in the opening match saudi arabia. Ok were going to take a look at every single group for you now in full with me here to talk us through those groups can expect from d. W. Sports lets start off with that group a yanik were going to have it up on the wall in just a second as i mentioned hosts russia along with saudi arabia thats going to be opening match egypt and europe why russia must be you know these teams apart from europe why perhaps are doable for russia they must be pretty happy i think could be in a lot worse for russia to defeat as you mentioned a strong team but then also not the force they once were aged to playing in the first world cup since ninety ninety not too strong in the just had a change of coach i think russian fans should be expecting that team to go through the knock out which will be good for the tournament russia really wants into the next stages lets look at group b. Now european champions portugal fronting that group but they have a real tough opponent here. Next door neighbors spain then morocco and iran will be looking for a group of death but that isnt really a group of death is it genoa cant really say that as a group of death i think portugal and spain are clearly the two best teams in the group i think iran could spring a surprise they were quite strong in the last world cup they held argentina to a duel nil draw but for me spain and portugal should be going through the now youre interested in group c. Thats because yanick is one of our australian colleagues so the socceroos theyre going to be coming up against one of the tournament favorites france peru from latin america and denmark to the socceroos have a chance here on luck in this group i think france are clearly the favorites theyll be at the top but then out of a stretch peru and of course denmark i think either of the any of those teams can go in a second but i think israel has a good chance here ok lets have a look at group d. Now argentina the runners up of course last time around in twenty fourteen they are facing iceland croatia nigeria as you know yanick and this i think is a really tough group what do you think i have to agree with you this is the. Pick of the bunch for me i think argentina are the favorites but they want that convincing during qualifying they do have a messy but its not going to be enough i dont think i think any of these teams can take top spot for me i think austin showed in the euros theyre quite strong croatia have a nice scored and nigeria have an all round nice nicely balanced court as well so thats the pick of the bunch remember a game between argentina and nigeria think it was nine hundred eighty six absolutely fantastic game three or Something Like that anyway lets move on to group that sees the heavyweights brazil up against switzerland costa rica and serbia its probably going to be pretty easy for brazil isnt it i would say so i think brazil one of the favorites in the tournament and this is a nice easy warm up for them going into the knockouts second spot i think any team from switzerland costa rica and serbia could snatch that ok moving on to what is interesting the germany fans group after the defending champions theyll be opening their defense of the title against mexico and then they take on sweden and south korea south korea Hard Working Team but i think the german fans will be pretty satisfied with that group here i think we could say its a tricky group not a tough group but a tricky Group Germany should top this mexico for one early in the year so theyve shown they can defeat them swayed in a tough nut to crack of course knocked out during the playoffs and south korea not force they once were i think germany should top this one ok moving on to a group g. Thats the one thats interesting for england fans like me belgium fronting that group joined by panama and my home country england. Panama today as youre probably doable for both england and belgium are they the two will be going through i think looks like paramount to new c. E. O. Will have early flights home but as you would know you know you never know with england do you i mean they havent made it past the quarter finals for a very long time but you would say belgium in england a pretty safe the top two spots there you never know. We might mess it up lets go to the final group group h. Headed by poland rounded up by senegal colombia and japan thats a difficult group as well listen i think so when you first looking at it it looks fairly evenly matched but again i would say poland was strong during qualifying colombia had a very nice cord a lot of nice attacking players in senegal maybe theyll do a repeat of two thousand and two where they made the quarterfinals left to say with this one ok then expect from did every sports many thanks for taking us through those groups were going to go to moscow and moscow now to get some reaction there the draw of course held in moscow. Yury richard tow a Moscow Bureau chief standing by for us what do russians think about that draw yuri. Well first of all russians can exhale deeply lean back and relax fans here feel a clearer leave russia will be joined in group a by saudi arabia top you met mentioned it. By lets talk about saudi arabia its an easy arrival for russians doc number one here is it was it is the long arm of the camel in that helped and the best and how much did moscow pay for this adorable result of the draw today the ground in iraq number do saudi arabia is reaching natural oil now russia is rich natural again as who will be paying more money to bribe or to pay by referees. After a disappointing disappointing befall me at the Good Federation scarpa last summer in june this year russias coach stanislav to test so far will be confident of progressing to the last sixteen when the two are in the metals and yury how important is next years world cup for russia for russian president Vladimir Putin. Well russia has been paying a lot of attention to this show tonight and to the world cup generally next to a historical one for this country which is enormously important for russias president are the message from the to putin is clear yes recant hes trying to score politically of course putin has been the seeking respect and appreciation internationally for a long time christopher and tonight russia was and to will in the next few months be covered in the media not as an aggressor who has to be punished and isolated at the national you with sanctions and so on but as somebody who is ready to welcome the whole world to eat eleven host cities here in russia and europe just briefly there has been some criticism about the preparations for the world cup in russia one of the critics saying well its very difficult to say right now in december how russia will be next june and whether the country will make a good host or not it depends on what extensions you might have after this socalled rehearsal of the Confederations Cup this year we can say yes russia can and will do everything to provide a safety full and fair world cup twenty eighteen but dont forget russia will also be Holding President ial election just three months ahead of the world cup and nobody really expected it amount of changes after this election but then again if protests protesters want to take to the streets this situation here in the country could in fact change the other point of critics of course are high prices for the tickets its a luxury for Many Russians here to buy the tickets and all of that points for four critical. At this point ok euro many thanks for that youre in moscow. A short and simple sentence the presence of god today is also called. Pope francis offered the name of that persecuted minority for the first time during his tour of asia during an emotional meeting with a range of refugees who have fled to bangladesh he drew criticism for failing to name them during his visit to their native me and my earlier this week well on friday he held their hands he listened to their stories and he called for them to be respected a gesture of acknowledgement perhaps foreign to these reinjure refugees they are recognised in their homeland meon man the country they were forced to flee one by one they lined up to meet the pontiff many told him of their plight this moving encounter long anticipated in france as his visit to the region the suffering of the Minority Group forcing the pontiff to walk a diplomatic tightrope today compassion to the place of diplomacy. We will not close our heart. We will not lose to the other side. The presence of god today is also called. The small group of refugees traveled from bangladeshs border to see the pope in the capital dhaka. The pope said to me that he will pray for us as much as he can he said he would do whatever he can and with allahs help all my troubles will go away he asked me not to lose patients. The refugees francis met came from sprawling makeshift camps like this one. More than half a Million People have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring man mark francis isnt scheduled to visit. Earlier in the day thousands turned out to see the pope ordained sixteen new bangladeshi priests. A sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but its a freedom that can be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region its fear of their safety that frances had until now not referred to the ranger by name. Up next on the day ill be back in just a second. Hotbed of jihad. French prisons. 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