Take aim at the Saudi Royal Palace with rocket fire saudi forces say theyve intercepted that is the yemen conflict now spilling across the border. And a big boost for u. S. President trump as the u. S. Senate backs his tax reform but a procedural error means the house of representatives has to vote on it one more talk. Also coming up berlin marks a tragic anniversary when terrorists struck in the very heart of the couch. Church bells ringing out at the exact moment an islamist attacker rammed his truck into a crowded Christmas Market last year killing twelve people as germany gone off to help in the aftermath of that attack. And life in the shadows of the front line we have. Reports from a village in Eastern Ukraine thats been cut off leaving residents with no way out. Are brian thomas great to have you with us will the European Commission today take steps towards triggering the socalled Nuclear Option of article seven and impose sanctions on poland to move brussels has never taken against a member state sanctions would include the unprecedented step of suspending polands Voting Rights and cutting its a u. S. Aid or brussels correspondent teri schultz is following this very closely for us and joins us now terry whats whats behind the complete breakdown the unraveling of relations between warsaw and brussels. And youre right it has been a complete breakdown in fact the two sides are barely see even speaking anymore from what we hear about the possibility that the socalled Nuclear Option will be triggered its been years that the European Commission has been warning poland not to take these and these steps it considers undemocratic particularly in these latest weeks and months with regard to its Supreme Court so the European Commission has not wanted to trigger article seven but it really feels at this point that it has no choice and in fact youve got the euro the speaker of the European Parliament coming out yesterday and saying we need to do this poland has pushed us into this corner and article seven is really our only recourse at the moment because the ruling law and Justice Party seems absolutely unwilling to go back on these proposals to have more political control over the judiciary ok well stay with us your colleague our Catherine Martens in brussels has put together a report to give us a better idea of what exactly it takes to trigger article seven lets take a look at that. Europe has mechanisms to deal with cases of delinquency and that means more than just idle threats and reprimands. Should an e. U. Country go against the principles of democracy then europe has no choice but to nail its colors to the mast. Article several camera triggered by the European Commission only in the case of a persistent and serious breach of the rule of law its the most radical form of sanctions within the European Union and has not been applied so far. Every you country must uphold basic values including freedom Human Dignity and the rule of law breaches can incur real punishment but imposing sanctions is no simple process. Every Single Member state passed if the approval of the European Commission needs within the material the Member States in order to trigger at augusta the thankful scot of it tough they can in cleared the suspension of Voting Rights. Video of even one e. U. Countries against imposing sanctions in article seven amounts to nothing more than empty posturing. Ok well what is poland been saying all about all this terry has but has it been engaging brussels with its position. From what we understand the talks have in fact gotten less and less frequent about this possibility and the new Prime Minister in fact on last week said he expects this measure to be taken against poland even left the summit early polling very much assert that it has the right to do this it is long schafer under e. U. E. U. Rules and said that this is a matter for its own sovereignty and in fact says the judiciary will be better off after these reforms but these are measures that the e. U. Simply feels that it cannot live with it would give a Political Party an extraordinary amount of control over this additional brand and poland has been warned step by step that this would not be acceptable there was a point at which the president. Did not sign into law a couple of the proposals and there was hope then that there might be some room for compromise but in fact it looks now like they will go into law and as as country mentioned there simply is not any longer any option for the European Commission but to take the step ok what about countries that in the past strongly backed poland ugly of hungary mainly will they be voting against poland. Yes hungary has come out and said that it will not lead article seven in the end it will not let these these potential sanctions go into effect that some way down the road because what will happen today what we expect to happen today is the first step and that is that the commission will tell poland that it is invoking article seven the first part of article seven and then Member States must approve that and at this point twenty two countries must agree to go along with these measures and it wont be a problem to get twenty two countries so that it will it will go forward the discussions on what to do about poland what to do under article seven will go ahead but in the end it will take all countries it will take everyone but the polish government to agree to finally invoke sanctions finally cut off funding finally take these measures and hungriest said it will not let that happen it may not be the only one ok now this is a part of a much bigger story isnt it what are the implications year of this vote today for for the larger story for european unity at a time when its confronting challenges like that like an assertive russia how does that fit in there. Well rex it is is probably the most relevant case at the moment because of course the u. K. Left saying it wanted its sovereignty back and poland has raised this in in these negotiations in this battle about wanting its sovereignty and this will be particularly interesting tomorrow because british Prime Minister to resign may well be in poland and there have been many calls on her to come out and stand with the e. U. To be unified with the e. U. Against what people in brussels see as a derogation of the rule of law but it will also be an important for the other Eastern European countries the visa grab for who support is needed to get to get measures passed here in brussels so it is definitely a test for unity but at the moment no one but hungary has come out and said that it will break with the rest of the European Union when it comes to taking these these measures against the polish government ok Terry Schultz bring us up to date thanks so much for that terry and thanks to the entire brussels staff for giving us some perspective on this this morning now for a look at some of the other stories making news at this hour Political Parties and spains catalonia region have held their final rallies ahead of thursdays election Prime Minister around arroyo campaigned on behalf of the prounion Popular Party while the ousted separatist leader Carlos Bustamante spoke to Pro Independence supporters via video link from brussels the snap poll was called after Catalonia Parliament was disbanded following an independent school. Bus crash on mexicos yucatan peninsula has killed at least twelve people and injured many more State Government said that the dead included ters who are travelling from a us cruise ship to a resort town called wall to see an archaeological site. Ok lets go to monica now who has the latest on that huge tax reform bill moving through washington some surprises a lot bigger excitement to there brian i can tell you that now the u. S. Senate has just cost republicans one point five trillion dollars tax overhaul moving the bill closer to president Donald Trumps desk and marking his first major legislative victory now the house of representatives will first take a revote on the bill after passing the old comfortably two hundred twenty seven to two hundred three procedural violations in model that first vote the revolt is expected later today and this president s trump wants to sign the bill into law before christmas and critics say that to the package is a deficit bloating giveaway to the super rich but republicans argue the tax cuts for corporations Small Businesses and individuals will bolster Economic Growth. The legislation provides steep tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy and more modest cuts for middle class and low income families it will slash the Corporate Tax rate from thirty five to twenty one percent prior to the vote White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders defended the reform saying it would benefit everyone not just the rich. This is a tax package that prioritize helping the middle class certainly does that this is something that we wanted to benefit all americans and thats been the focus all along and so thats what weve continued to push for thats been the president s priority through earlier more than a dozen people were arrested for blocking the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange protesters held signs and chanted slogans against the bill. This bill is class warfare on the part of the rich its all about the donors to the Republican Party we have to defend our people all of our people President Donald Trump insists the cuts will not drive up the deficit saying they will attract more investment and lead to robust Economic Growth that he claims will create new jobs bolster wages and fill public coffers. For more on the u. S. Tax bill im joined by cost of tout from the n g o Tax Justice Network and i would like to pick you up right away on that particular name or title because the bill includes tax cuts for both corporations as well as low and middle income families it says so is it just is it a fair bill the bill indeed includes tax cuts for nearly everyone but its and the end not a fair bill because most of those tax cuts eighty three percent of the tax cuts go to the super rich to the richest one percent of americans ok but it is if everything goes as planned it would be the first sweeping reform to the u. S. Tax system in more than three decades. I mean why is the reform so important in the first place. The reform of the tax is an ongoing issue so you have to reform and adjust tech systems all the time and the u. S. Has been doing this in the past. The reform is very important for trump i think primarily because thats his first and biggest promise to his donors were looking for better tax rates and its also important because the u. S. Did not just its Corporate Tax rate for the last decades and is one of the countries with the highest Corporate Tax rates today yeah and also has a huge deficit in its budget and obviously thats something that trump wants to do something about now if asked and so you basically agree to his critics that say this is package is a quote deficit bloating giveaway to the super rich but lets see if we can find something positive like what kind of amendments do you think the bill would need in order to make it more sam more acceptable so looking at positive sites theres some two positive ideas in the bill at least so one is to fight base erosion that means to fight tax evasion by many Foreign Corporations in the u. S. And the second is to finally tax all those cash piles that epa and the other companies have stocked offshore the problem of the bill is that the rate for those tax for this taxation of those cash is very low its only fifteen percent and not the thirty five percent that those companies were actually supposed to pay but this is why they didnt pay so i mean is there a middle way is this something if you had the chance to to knock on the door of the president on a trump and say listen this is how the reform would really do your country your economy good and be fair for everyone what would you tell him i would tell them to join the International Initiatives to cut base erosion to join them in an International Initiatives to Exchange Information on tax and accounts and to cooperate and to drive forward the International Reform agenda that definitely needs. A lot of fixes and a lot of initiative to make big improvements but not in this way all right lets find out if somebody does on his door and tell him all these things because of top header from the n. T. Oh tax just as network thank you so much for your insights ive moving to lizzie im now because europe wants to get into the rapidly growing list of the element is used in batteries that are vital for mobile phones or electric cars and the biggest lithium deposits are in latin america or australia right now china is the biggest lissie in by a the business potential is huge and that is why europe is gearing up now to get a piece of the action. Were off down the line in saxony going to hurt lots knows his way around these disused shafts like no other the former miner knows where mere a stone of common mica can be found it contains lithium essential for modern batteries and fundamental to the mobility. And the mind is trapped in here we call it since. And its what contains the elements lithium into drilling has shown that lithium or deposits with an estimated market value of some five billion euros lie beneath its involved mine together with a Canadian Company in miller wants to recover the mineral extraction is slated to start in four years when the financing is firmly in place the largest thats involved deposit can be exploited competitively besides Lithium Carbonate to use the mineral to also make more developed products such as lithium fluoride and lithium chloride those products can be put directly into batteries without any further processing into. Europes largest living in deposit is in austria eighteen million tons of it are buried beneath the alpine slopes near both in the federal state of carinthia. Extraction there is expected to begin in a bit over two years. In berlin smits of the German Mineral Resources Agency keenly follows Development Concerning the global deposits and availability of lithium. We dont anticipate lithium supply bottlenecks before twenty twenty five which weve researched and worked because we can see a very large expansion of already existing companies and many new projects in australia because well as south america we feel that. German battery producers obtain their batteries cells and the lithium they contain directly from asia. There are no european suppliers. Before the cells are finally assembled the lithium in them has traveled halfway around the world. Along transportation routes when the Carbon Dioxide footprint of lithium batteries is extremely high. And the cells which are batteries main components have to be shipped thousands of kilometers to europe is not an acceptable state of affairs its not ecological or economical as such we have to take up cell production in germany in europe. But until things reach that stage europes prospect of lithium producers will have to become economically viable as already established south american and Australian Mines no easy task. Well these are Interesting Times certainly politically and here in germany were heading into the holidays not really knowing if we have a government sooner or later very unusual situation isnt it but there are efforts to change that underway the leaders of germanys to be Political Parties are meeting today for more talks about possibly teaming up to form a new government thats all americans conservatives have been without a governing majority of course in septembers inconclusive election now theyre hoping to form another grand coalition as its called with the social democrats after talks with smaller parties failed but s. P. D. Leader Martin Scholtz is in no rush and insists that his party will weigh its options very carefully. At first he was against it then he played hard to get now hes leaving all options open until the last minute biggest question is still up in the air whether our conversation will lead to the formation of a government with very serious about. All eyes are on who wants a coalition with the social democrats to work as quickly as possible for her one thing is clear to us in the start we want to form a stable government. The word stable seems to be medicals mantra that means not having to agree on any majority on every issue just. Both parties will only decide at the end of january whether to embark on a Coalition Negotiations with the s. P. D. Has many issues it would like to address. The cmos will they have to modernize the Education System and secure pensions and medical care and for each property in old age their it outside. But those on issues medical c. D. U. Was willing to go into detail on yet the questions concerning europe will certainly be on the agenda. Many are asking whether the two sides have any of the lapping interest to talk and that could decide with a germany gets a government soon or not. Lets bring in our Political Correspondent for more on this hans the question everyone is asking right now how much longer will it be until germany finally has a new government well im afraid we have to say its going to be months still we have already exceeded the longest time its ever taken in germany for in germany to form a Coalition Government but it is expected that it will be at least a march in other words three to three and a half months before a government will finally be formed if a government is going to be formed and even that is still up in the air so its going to be quite a long wait still ok is on the back will having trouble convincing the social debt democrats to join her whats Holding Things up right now. Its i think you have to say its the social democrats in the sense that are Holding Things up and of course the delay is partly a result of the fact that there have been failed Coalition Negotiations in germany in the couple in the last few months this attempt to form a coalition between the greens the liberal moderate liberal free democrats and im going to knock over the conservatives which failed and now its a second attempt to form a coalition again with the social democrats the democrats are very wary about this because they have been in government with im going to go for the past four years and have not found that to be a successful formula for them as a party in the Election Results at the end of september the social democrats did very badly and theyre afraid that further grand coalition with the conservatives will lead to further losses amongst voters. The social democrats are taking their time saying that theyre very open about when they think negotiations theyre not going into these talks with a Firm Commitment that the government will come out in the end ok now what could be the possible consequences of this kind of delay were talking about march into we have a new government possibly what happens if these talks break down what would that mean for all of the machall which you have to resign. It looks very likely that im going back to is going to stay remain chancellor whatever happens at the moment shes chancellor. In a kind of temporary caretaker position if these talks fail its possible that there will be a minority government in other words im going to not go and hook on sotos will form a government on their own and try and find majorities in parliament for every issue for every decision that has to be taken in fall and thats an option that im going to nacro has said several times is not attractive to her she would like to avoid it at all costs but it may end up being the only alternative that is open to her apart from new elections about new elections again its something that all parties really have excluded so it looks like to. Remain chancellor for the foreseeable future but in what kind of government and what kind of formation is very unclear at the moment still ok thanks for that as those exploratory talks continue here in berlin while people here in berlin have been remembering the lives last night of terror last december rejected Asylum Seekers from tunisia drove a truck into a crowded berlin Christmas Market killing twelve people and wounding dozens on tuesday the country and the world cast rise again on the scene of that attack where it was a series of memorial events. At two minutes past eight the bells started ringing for twelve minutes one minute for each of the twelve victims of the terror attack one year ago the names of the victims of the gas on the ground to mark the place where an islamist attack around a truck into a Christmas Market in the heart of building. Three hundred people gathered here in the afternoon to mark the anniversary among them relatives of the victims people injured in the attack and First Responders all of them still feeling the shock of what happened here a year ago. At the attacker to a loved ones from our lives bitterly miss his actions affected everybody and they struck at the core of humanity and freedom in chile which is the foundation of life lived and peace often if you go. This leaves and i had as chancellor Angela Merkel that the first candle at the memorial in recent weeks some of the injured and the brief had accused turn in open letter often difference and big lect it took a year to officially invite the relatives to the chancellery today she acknowledged that mistakes have been made and promised to provide Material Support for victims and their relatives. It was a very open and on the part of those affected brutally frank conversation that showed up the flaws in our government like. Thank you. Indeed. But i type plots the scene of the attack was completely cordoned off snipers were positioned on the top of the nearby buildings the annual Christmas Market was temporarily closed and access to the public tonight many passes by stopped on the goods to watch the ceremony. We were here last year at the Christmas Market exactly a week before the attack so its very moving. Im very sad the whole world should be silent. Theres more fear youre afraid when you go to a Christmas Market only places where people will cement. After the ceremony the memorial was open to the public many belindas brought flowers and candles to express their grief the Christmas Market will open again wednesday things will go back to normal one year after the terror. Well were turning to saudi arabia now that country says it has intercepted a Ballistic Missile it was fired by yemens who is the rebels towards riyadh now this is the second time in two months that one of the rockets has targeted the saudi capital saudi arabia and its allies appointed to iran as the source of the rebels increased firepower. This footage provided by the with the military is said to show rebels launching a missile on tuesday from an unidentified location in yemen. The latest missile fired by the who these toward riyadh was again intercepted by Saudi Air Defenses a month before hitting the capital. With the rebels said the missile had been aimed at the Saudi Royal Palace where a meeting of saudi leaders was taking place. Their leader boasted that after a thousand a days of fighting Yemeni Missiles posed a growing threat to the saudis power base riffing at the United Nations saudi ally washington sounded alarmed when the u. S. Was quick to point being is that a right in the room which backs the shiite who denies the. Thankfully the missile was intercepted before it could hit its intended target but the very fact of this attack is a flashing red siren for this council it bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using iranian provided weapons it is only a matter of time before one of these missiles hits the target but washington is unlikely to persuade the Security Council to take action against iran and on terror and ally russia which has be dope our has called for dialogue with instead of threats or if we dont. This is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show stuck in a worse zone we have an exclusive report from a village on the frontline of the fighting in Eastern Ukraine where the most vulnerable are barely getting by. That and much more straight ahead. Only at full speed. Always shining. But always on the move. Of. Mobility today and in the future. Tried in sixty minutes on g. W. 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Both a back im brian thomas and youre with did of your news our top stories this hour the European Commission is expected today to censure poland over its controversial judicial reforms brussels could take the unprecedented step of triggering the socalled Nuclear Option of article seven and impose sanctions on warsaw that move would suspend the countrys Voting Rights and cut off e. U. Aid. While tensions are once again flaring in Eastern Ukraine along the five hundred kilometer long separation leiden dividing Russian Troops from. Government troops rather from russian backed separatists now the past week alone has seen three ukrainian soldiers killed in the least eight civilians seriously wounded now just days before the slated latest escalation our correspondent nick conley visited the region met People Living along that front line ill be talking to nick in a moment first we have his exclusive report that takes us to the small village of. A single port told wrote its 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 where 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 lead in geo that International Aid is able to reach those who need it most. Of the crew the weaker the village is cut off the people here have no way of getting out people here are just about surviving are mostly thanks to what they can grow and that god means. That on the president s the. Twenty seven year old catch it takes us to her house on the far edge of the village. Of the 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 of begin. 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 the next street. Bridge in the distance locals tell us so this is a voltage 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 mean to ukrainian soldiers on guard duty there also father and son. Here where 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 a hole of congo to autumn off from my pension its really badly organized particularly on the separatist tide. But even the checkpoints aunt 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 city just seven clements 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 theyve long since become a permanent fixture of life here in Eastern Ukraine. A spring in Eastern Europe correspondent Nicholas Collier filed that report for us he joins us from the bowl garia capital sofia where he is filming right now good morning to nec why are residents like remaining with their children. Instead of simply getting out of harms way good morning brian well its simply a question of alternatives i mean about a Million People have already been displaced by this conflict within ukraine and so there isnt that much space there is not much in the way of resources for these people captive to it had already tried it once but it despaired conditions in the temporary accommodation she was in and so so peoples families their property that she has a family and a mother but having said that you bits of it goes to her apart from her family it is largely old people and you see the whole streets of empty houses but so far its also built to get by that events last few days make it look. So much longer ok on the fighting in Eastern Ukraine is now in its fourth year how serious is this latest escalation there. What happened moved in three years the last major battle in that area. Twenty fifteen do have regular casualties but the intensity of fighting youre seeing the last few days really isnt common the says that. Just in the last week. For almost a year a really difficult. Brother is something maybe that has been take with. With drew all their troops there from a Coordination Center where russian and ukrainian troops. Coordinate. Systems they withdrew their troops last week said they had problems and they were getting in. That something. And. The wider efforts for peace in the region. Well it means process is definition stuck in a rut its been a lot of chicken choosing not making the first move. Trying to get to two separate is something that they can screw up they dont want to do there was an idea of un peacekeepers that seems to get a lot of traction in the talks with u. S. Representative cohen folk and his russian counterpart on this but they havent been able to agree on the details so. In a continued stand off ukrainian position on this new something was echoed by the u. S. State Department Yesterday in a statement is that this that instance like this. They trust between ukraine and the separatists on the ground but the solution to this really is not going to be. Just but in moscow thats a question of russian diplomatic will to withdraw support and to force separatists in some kind of. Negotiation with ukraine and that as long as the russians see that they can continue their support without pain it is going to continue so the ukraine is putting their all that they can into trying to get the western u. S. To try and put pressure on russia to get. Did back from the front lines in Eastern Ukraine thanks for that nick this is news still to come on the show. Command company a volunteer rescue service and san salvador a city described as one of the most dangerous in the world. Story in a moment first we turn to kenya where Political Uncertainty has left the country deeply divided. Opposition leader rather is refusing to recognize incoming president who can yell his victory and act Election Rerun now can you out of one ninety eight percent of the vote but critics call that 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 did abuse catherine a mando reports from nairobi. The. Its a mothers worst nightmare. For elisabeth burying her last born and only son is a reality shes yet to come to terms with. That 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 to enda kenny 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 the challenge president hu king at his election victory the Supreme Court agreed in a nod kenya to the 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 talk. Kenya to second when 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. Talk of secession is rife kenyans are determined. That if there will be no democracy. In this republic of kenya those who are trying to introduce the. Brisas and management of a country will be left alone and the rest of convince 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 some human beings will go to that other places and others will be lived in that other places 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 probably this is a 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 ails us as a country. President hu who king at a has dismissed calls for dialogue while Opposition Leader 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 and for more on the political crisis in kenya go to our web site t w dot com for that for our next story we go to el salvador a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world and Gang Violence spiraling out of control a Crisis Group Report just out today states that street gangs are madrassas also recalled in the region have become the countrys most Urgent National security problem a reporter met a group of young people swearing off Gang Violence and that akkadian themselves instead to helping its victims. Oh no well at the start of the shift the young volunteers in the salvation commando pray for a safe nights work. Id say id love them if. Im in. A moment later the first call comes and. The salvation commando is a volunteer rescue service that attracts young people who want to do good. The work also helps keep ryan and his friends from getting caught up in Gang Violence like so many other young people in el salvador. Where. Its a unique feelings a very special and deep sense of satisfaction its hard to put into words but helping others makes me happy. Theyve already been called out to to brutally attacks now. Two rival gangs are warring and el salvador is caught in the crossfire the gangs will do anything to win over new recruits and theyve offered me money weapons women anything to get me to join. Their refused he hopes the paramedic uniform will protect him its a risky decision life in the gangs is deadly but doing without their protection is dangerous to the police accompany us to one of the citys more dangerous neighborhoods on a friday evening its only a matter of time until the first murders called in. The two gangs model of a troop and body. Have divided up the city into rival territories if a gang member sets foot into the wrong neighborhood he usually pays with his life even living in the wrong area can be deadly. Another call comes in the first death of the evening as a young man just eighteen years old. Gang members entered the restaurant and shot him its a daily event in san salvador at the same time the volunteer medics are trying to save a life. A young woman and her child were hit by a car but apart from offering comfort to the family theres nothing they can do. We return to the station one of the young volunteers yancey is sitting by herself she tells us shes worried about her brother whos a gang member. I love my brother. And i wish that hed never chose in this life. So youre worried he might be working one day and. One from my own brother. Yes thats happened to people. The next morning the city seems busy vibrant routine but in san salvador the days are as dangerous as the night. Right in the center of the city were able to get an interview with a gang member. That. You say you have to kill to survive its kill or be killed. These young members of. Flash the gangs hand science they live from extortion once you join a gang the only way to leave isnt a coffin membership offers power respect and fun. Being a gangster thats it its the coolest thing that can happen to you. Its in your blood from when youre a child the love you dont get from your family you find on the street and the gang. And. They swagger drink take drugs and try to look cool but when they get an order to kill they do it no questions asked. You dont feel anything you just do the job afterwards you chill out with your friends have a drink you cant think about it its done finished. Time for a break brian is a skilled Soccer Player but at twenty he has no job training he moved out of his parents home after an argument young people like brian are often cleared by the gangs promises of money and power but he isnt. Me. They give you all of that but then what death prison i dont want that im fine the way things are now. Sometimes the team is called out to dangerous situations such as shootings when theyre caught between warring gangs the volunteers often dont know whether theyll be created with guns or allowed to help aber has only been on the job for two months and still isnt used to it. In el salvador its not everything is bad there are also people who want to help. Sure we dont make any money but we want to help with all our hearts. We want to help people. This. Evening is approaching. The gang members are getting high. Tonight like every night san salvador will not rest easy and the young volunteers from the salvation commando will be ready to help. Some football now the bundesliga may be on as a midseason break but the german cups last sixteen is offering football fans of festive treat this week shaka has been in great form all cologne have used the knockout competition as a refuge from their poor League Performances all turned out to be a tight affair. Now that weve been the hero and shall because late to to george i checked frankfurt in the book as leader 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 the old game another one in the Second Period led to another good chance this time of the stats it was denied by an excellent save from timo horne. Despite cologne offering little fret shout to fans who were 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 pick for germanys will 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 one then it finished with maya the hero this time. Ok lets take a look now at the rest of tuesdays german cup results and there was success for mines against a guard while third tier power board will be in januarys draw for the quarter finals in february after beating Second Division angle shot with a how shall go one and forsberg also went through but only after extra time. For more on the german cup were here with the lima tarkin from the sports desk good morning alina lets start with that shall go win last night how important is a good cop wrong for a couple i feel very important because desist this shot this season to come away with a trophy win as you guys a close case we all know its become common practice for by and to wrap up titles you know months in advance and let me tell you something brian this does a lot of buzz around the shock a team and they coached is even been comparisons made to. Coach ewen cup and theres a lot of people that believe that to desk or what you can cop did it meant that to disco could possibly do that and choke and similarity i mean both of them with unknown to desk was only thirty two years old and he has a very young and very talented squad is at his tour of his so he increased to make Something Special happen out of there ok well lima stay right with us well be back at the unabomber to talk about germanys version of El Classico Byron munich versus dortmund because the to meet in the german top last night last sixteen tonight rather when the remaining four ties take place holders dortmund have regained their form under their new coach. But host byron of won the cup more than any other side nobody looking for revenge as dortmund sent them crashing out of the competition last season. A change of fortune brought on by this man. Has laid dormant to back to back wins since taking over in the space of a week he went from being sacked by the leagues bottom club a man to coaching the heavyweights of german football. So to see france use chances of silverware. Youd like headlines when you go want to trade fate. Of course you have a chance of winning it with a team i told many so when you do with a team like. This is it this is a. Button in form by and munich us standing in the way of dont mince cup defense the record holders have won fourteen of the last fifteen games since your pint has returned as coach in october including a three one away win in dont mind but hes experienced enough to know that dont and will up their game for this tie their food supply that. Football doesnt follow a script. In a cup game like this identity think theres a favorites because dortmund have sharing that they can stand up to the big occasion and when tight games that he knows likes and can see all english given can hide his nose the stakes are high with most big teams already out of the competition the winner will be taking a massive step towards the trophy. Dorman and byron a big game tonight alema dortmund back to their winning ways under peter stir whats he been doing differently. I mean its too soon to make a assessment and yeah two games two wins. He has made the defense more compact so they are less vulnerable in transition but you know the question here is it is really is it possible to to change so much in a few days and i think. I dont want on the right track but i think only time will show that this is more than just a fluke ok now byrons you know that theyre running away with with the bundesliga the season or they have been having the break can we expect them to to complete a domestic double look if anybody can help by entering doubles troubles it is your pine because as you just said we saw what he did with them you know he stepped them back to the top of the bonus the they have an eleven point cushion but as in that in the report that the german cup is a lot trickier and thats just because of the format its a knockout competition and weve been here before where by and coming this favorites but then ousted by doughton and it happened last season it also happened in trainee fifteen and football you know its a funny game theres a lot that can happen in ninety minutes but this will be obviously a very huge test for door meant and theres a possibility that obama young might not play because of a muscle injury though we wont find out until later today but that of course will play in by its favor but it will be a huge blow for daughter meant because he scored twenty one goals for them this this season in all competitions ok so were waiting for that news later today yes expect that that will have an influence on the game tonight when you score that many goals. 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The will population is increasing the climate is changing its getting warmer and there are going to be more and more places where you cannot grow traditional problems we have to fix that some the white to do that is to use the modern genetic modification methods to make that a crawl it is a lot safer than anything weve done by traditional genetic modification you take one to need you know exactly what it is you put it into another plant to come out exactly where its gone i think we will be able to provide enough food for people by twenty fifty if we can make crops that will grow under semi arid conditions this will achieve a much greater stability in the food supply that we have at the moment. This is news live from berlin a showdown today between poland and the European Union the e. U. Has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms it calls undemocratic brussels is threatening the socalled Nuclear Option to invoke article seven and strip poland of its Voting Rights also coming up