I know its on a welcome to the program two people have been killed in the western iranian safety of the roads as protests phonics across the country states officials have denied Security Forces were responsible instead blaming foreign agents unconfirmed reports media social media reports rather say police shot the protesters six officials have warned that those stoking disorder will quote pay the price. Protests against unemployment inflation and corruption went into the third day in several cities across iran the capital tehran saw burning bins on a burning building. At the gates of the University Hundreds of students and others clashed with riot police. Earlier state television finally reported the demonstrations that have been spreading over the last few days the newsreader blamed what she called hostile websites and alien media for stirring up just as his faction called the protests illegal state television showed a peaceful demonstration but there were clashes earlier with police in the western city of come on show. The government does not like support tens of thousands of iranians took part in rallies planned for weeks they commemorate progovernment demonstrations eight years ago that put an end to unrest following a disputed election rallies were shuttled in more than one thousand two hundred locations on saturday but some supporters did acknowledge that there were valid reasons to protest and what people are protesting because they are under economic pressure the government must be responsive in the face of rising inflation and economic hardships. To get them out of it the people have protested against inflation and other problems but that doesnt show that people have turned on each other or are against the ruling says don and the leadership. That all. The Security Police are everywhere in the Islamic Republic so open political protest is rare but this crowd in the port of banda shouted we dont want a clerical regime that suggests that what began as frustration over unemployment inflation and corruption has become something more revolutionary. For more were joined by iranian journalist aids comedy dig on hes at the Guardian Newspaper in london say that you have been monitoring the situation what is the latest that youre hearing. I mean last night the demonstrations became bigger in provinces a lot of people went out in the streets in different cities across iran and what is interesting about this new wave of protests in iran is that its not focused in tehran the capital you know going to compare it to the two thousand and nine quarters for example its mainly happening in the problems and of course there are some of the there were some clashes in some cities and in the lowest on province in the city of beirut as you mentioned two people were killed and there were no videos of the moment they were killed posted online if art is in iran today you know that they were not killed by the antiriot police they were killed they blamed their deaths on you know Foreign Intelligence Services and three groups. But. Its too soon to say. How the handling of the rain in a fart is last night was heavy handed or not but there appears to be only does limited in the reports of deaths so far so theres a lot of limited reporting coming as of iran right now most of the images in fact of the protests have been coming out to social media however there are reports of a media clamp down are authorities stemming the flow of information which you say. They are you know there were disruptions in the Telephone Communications last night people didnt have good Internet Access at times there in times like this were completely cut off i mean so i mean its difficult to say that everything has been cut out because people are so on line theyre posting videos youre sending messages but the internet the speed has slowed down they are having problems with you know accessing the telegram messaging up for example because in iran unlike in europe were faced with is quite cheaters quite popular in iran is the telegram which is very popular almost used by one and one in four iranians use telegram and what was interesting last night was that telegram on the request of iran in a forum is shot down a very popular channel for example called news mission iranians claimed was inciting violence. So u. S. President donald trump has he said that the world is watching the actions of the Iranian Regime is the real uranian government at this point worry debase pressure from the international community. I mean. Of course iranian authorities have always had the suspicion that the u. S. Wants regime change in iran you know sometimes under describing our station in washington theyve been very blunt about it but they want regime change in iran so there is no i mean of course what trump said is not going to go down well among the authorities in iran i have to say from my understanding from what i see iranians themselves by large also do not approve of the policies of trauma who impose a travel ban on all iranians a blanket travel ban on all iranians. But of course these are difficult times for iran in the parties is a big challenge for damn for the president rouhani was in parent iran as the president says the biggest challenge to the iranian leadership since two thousand and nine from the chance the rare chance of last night but there were deaf to hominids Supreme Leader sauced chance so active resistance is quite rare inside iran the group images us are harmony was for example taken down from the street so to run not a city at least so these are interesting times. That was the update there from the area during the sede thank you for that. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Liberian president elect george weah has promised to tackle corruption in the country in his first speech since winning the election he also declared late beria was open for investment we as the three marks the first democratic transfer of power in the country in over seventy years. Catalonia is former leader pushed a month has urged spain to accept the results of this months Regional Election probably Independence Party age past a majority but its unclear if they could form a government placed a month is in selfimposed exile in brussels those up. At least thirty people have been killed and sixteen injured in a bush cross and bus crash in Central Kenya place a bowl sunday nari collided on a dangerous stretch of highway coast to town dozens of people have died on the road just this month alone. In syria dramatic footage has emerged purporting to show the immediate aftermath of an airstrike on a building the images captured the moments when the rescue workers try and reach children trapped in the rubble the airstrike has a North Eastern suburb of damascus the u. N. Estimates of four hundred thousand civilians have been under siege by assad Regime Forces there some of these pictures in the reports are of a graphic nature. Squeezing down into a tiny gap anita collapsed building. A childs cries heard faintly through the rubble. A small hand reaches out from the darkness. But step three blocks the way. Finally the little girl is free. You know frequently oh. Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh oh oh does anybody around the. Only one at home she is not the only child to be rescued. Theres an anxious wait as more of pulls out from the heap of concrete. To. Do. As the children to carry to safety the bombardment rumbles on. More danger is never far away. Here in germany preparations are underway for a new years eve celebrations and in berlin tight security measures are being put in place that brought to break days for the main festivities will take place the finishing touches on preparations for new years eve in berlin and the Brandenburg Gate is getting ready to host hundreds of thousands of people a Massive Party and an even bigger security concern. Of course there will be police at the event especially outside as well as five hundred security personnel. We have strict admission policies will be checking all visitors and their bags and no fireworks glass bottles large bags or suitcases will be allowed and there will be concrete poles outside the event as well as vehicle road blocks. And. The blocks are to prevent truck attacks like the one on a Christmas Market at brightside plots last year but another major concern is womens safety during the celebrations. For the first time organizers in berlin are setting up a place for women to seek help at attention run by the german red cross volunteers will be on hand to help anyone who has been sexually assaulted or just needs a place of refuge celebrations are also planned at the cologne cathedral near the citys main train station this is where hundreds of women were assaulted or robbed on new years eve two years ago many of the suspects were recent immigrants or Asylum Seekers fueling criticism of chancellor Angela Merkels decision to let more than a million migrants into germany. But after the massive salts in cologne do women feel less safe. Im not the kind of person to be afraid and so honestly i havent really thought about it i wont be at the clone cathedral but i live in cologne and i go out at night without any worries. Because im not worried about it i think there are enough security measures after what happened. Yeah i dont know something should be done about this but i think its clear that you wont be safe anywhere. Germany isnt taking any chances its beefing up security with more police on the streets and Video Surveillance cameras hoping to usher in a happy and peaceful new year. While tennis fans know that the new year brings the first major tournament of the season the Australian Open germanys angela care one there and twenty sixteen but her star has fallen dramatically here in germany new. Making her mark she nearly broke into the worlds top ten this year and alexander ferez is already there on the mens side heres more on the stars of german tennis. For you here twenty seven thousand was a tennis year to remember she even received praise from idol steffi graf after becoming germanys number one female player following a slow start to the year this one two titles the first silverware since twenty eleven. I think a hit was an eventful year for me and there were some close defeats and some very big ones i lost games at the french open and wimbledon despite having match point but i came away stronger i want to tournaments its great when you can achieve that after such a long season. Has had just a ten day break before she was back on court in germany preparing for the new tennis year her aim to get back in the a top ten to do that shes changed her game and worked on her stamina the twenty nine year old has become a role model for young a player as were going to do and i believe that we have a good strong generation we have several players in the top one hundred so you could say its a golden generation be could never achieve what steffi caused it but we are doing our best to get closer to her it was a year to forget. She started twenty seventeen as world number one but slipped down the w. Rankings after some dismissed performances on the way up is alexander trad if germany so. Shooting star won five titles and defeated Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic his grand slam performances went as spectacular that he finished twenty seventeen as world number four. Looking at his ranking you expect to see him always reach semifinals he has to show the second year is always tough. The pressure is on foot to. Become world number one luke. Best. Isnt under quite so much pressure she has the chance to stop the new year with a bang on january. In auckland. Youre watching. The top stories followed across social media to share your comments and content welcome to news