Motives for its use launched an investigation after a deadly shooting by a saudi and man at a u. S. Naval base in florida. And the stars take to the stage here in berlin at the european film awards well introduce you to the winners. Im told me a lot of both thanks for joining us. Firefighters in australia are battling hundreds of bushfires in the countrys east that includes a massive one north of the largest city sydney it was formed when many smaller blazes combined and Authorities Say it is now too big to put out. Grass fires bushfires. And even a fine a day a deadly swell of flames spinning out of control. These are just some of the dozens of blazes this is ripping across eastern australia several fires have come together in a mega fire in an area roughly 60 kilometers across leaving the nearby city of sydney swaped in toxic smoke. The speed and unpredictability of the fire leaves rural residents with little choice so any torn him or just come out of this was a region slave bushfires a common in australia but meteorologists say Climate Change is exacerbating this fire season its an extreme challenge especially for firefighters equipment as well for the next where theres a 30 minute a fire borders i mean used to actually go up theres little relief in sight forecasters say more hot dry and windy conditions are on the way in the coming days. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world Syrian Opposition activists say at least 18 people have been killed in asterix and in the province the last rebel stronghold in the countrys northwest observers say the bombs were dropped from Syrian Government and russian aircraft in a further violation of the 3 month old cease fire. The United States and iran have each freed as a prisoner in a swap a chinese american detained for 3 years on spying charges and an iranian accused of violating u. S. Sanctions have returned home it was a rare act of collaboration between the. 2 enemies. Strikes across france are continuing throughout the weekend over government plans to overhaul the Pension System the strides of the largest in the country in decades of mass destruction to transport Services Unions of vowed to continue the action into next week. And bella ruse about a 1000 people turned out for an authorized rally in the capital minutes missed to protest against closer ties between their country and russia the demonstration took place as below russian leader alex and lucia look at schenkel was meeting with the russian president Vladimir Putin protesters the closer cooperation could erode the ruses independence. In iraq antigovernment protesters have returned to the streets of baghdad and cities in the south of the country despite fears of more attacks on friday 2 dozen demonstrators were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen stormed protest sites some lawmakers are calling for an emergency session of parliament to address the violence against protesters. The in. The aftermath of one of the bloodiest nights since the beginning of antigovernment demonstrations in iraq protesters returned to a cop park block they had occupied and the bridge they had blockaded for weeks up until friday night police over to the injuries that we saw were mostly people shot in the head the chest and the upper body. That we were not able to save the very badly injured as they were already dug the house by the difficult cases they were transferred to the hospitals i worked at on the 15th because this is the. I. Saw this video circulating on social media allegedly shows protesters being attacked by unidentified gunmen its not clear who the gunmen were and whether they were backed by the government iran or other factions. Among the dead protesters and members of the police the United Nations condemned the attack on the demonstrators and called it an atrocity. That 6 was in a jaffa a holy city for shia muslims supporters of an influential cleric gathered outside his home the compound wehrmacht lives was bombed by a drone on friday night the rocket damaged an outer wall to himself was not there at the time he has been calling for fresh elections in iraq since the end of october. Back in baghdad protest says a shot has in broad daylight the violence that has claimed the lives of over 430 people since october continues. U. S. Authorities are searching for a motive after a shooting by a saudi asked us lieutenant at a u. S. Naval base in florida a Saudi National was training as a pilot killed 3 people and wounded several others before police shot him dead the saudi government has condemned the attack. The Saudi Air Force trainee opened fire in a classroom building at the u. S. Naval station in pensacola where a couple of 100 foreign students are in training in washington President Trump said king solomon of saudi arabia had called to express his condolences. Said that people have made me angry by the actions of the shooter and this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the saudi people who love the American People so much the f. B. I. Hasnt yet named the shooter or commented on his possible motives there are many reports circulating. That the f. B. I. Fax but at the naval station floridas governor addressed latent concerns i think theres obviously going to be a lot of questions about you know this individual being a Foreign National being a part of the Saudi Air Force and then to be here training on our soil or to do this the stations Commanding Officer has defended the International Training program saying its important to train aviators of the United States partner nations but when rolled out the red carpet this weekend as it hosted the 32nd admission of the annual european film awards the aptly named favorite was the Star Attraction 8 awards for the tragic comedy directed by your most of the lead up to the european cinemas big night was not without controversy. I am a night of glamour and celebration as europes Film Industry gathered in berlin for the european film awards and there was one winner to rule them all. The way now. Is the favorite. Good period drama about 2 cousins vying to be the Court Favorites of queen anne also and awards for best director a must and best actress Livia Coleman im so touched im throat and ive been delaying their new video its like what happened what happened with hip the 3rd i was really excited Antonio Banderas was awarded best actor for his role in pain and glory. Which are. Very very kind of getting emotional thank you very much to everybody who really i feel with gratitude is very important to me. And city in seattle as portrayed to the lady on fire one best screenplay. Away from the night successes the ceremony was also subject to controversy. The e. F. As decision to nominate Roman Polanskis period drama an officer and a spy in 4 of the main categories grew condemnation from those who see polanski primarily as a man accused of Sexual Assault and rape but despite the nominations the film failed to win any awards and the ceremonies focus remained on one of celebration it was certainly a night to celebrate for german directive and i had sought he received a Lifetime Achievement award. Corporation of European Countries has made it possible that countries that are too small for sustaining a big Film Industry all of a sudden make Wonderful Films and become visible all of a sudden we have for phenomenal films coming from those countries because the european solitary made it possible. Fitting tribute for a night of spotlight on european cinema. Watching the awards for us is our culture correspondent scott roxboro who joins me in the studio and i just got to talk about the favorite because that was a favorite for you and for those tonight what in the ceremony yes you know i mean going to this awards i thought it was going to pick up quite a bit was one of my favorite films probably of the last 10 years not just in europe but but but worldwide what i think is great about this movie is it takes a really sort of cliche johndroe of the period the storable period drama which you see a lot of out of europe and it just completely twists it so its completely unexpected if it doesnt in what way because by making the female characters the central characters which you know most never see in historic dramas you have these 3 women who are just horrible to each other battling it out in the in these in the palace intrigues and theyre led by a live you coleman as the queen whos just absolutely phenomenal she came in to this Award Ceremony with a bit of a wind of her back because shed already won the oscar for the same role but shes absolutely astounding and this really this role really launched her International Career weve cut together a few for best clips from the film to the people weapons in movie an idea of what were talking about what we take a look for i can tell even if i pop say i dont have the right fox. News to approach trashing every one of these me. You. Know rap. Music of the week that i. Was. Living called one flying high another standout individual isnt a new band for pain and glory deserved yeah i mean obviously and tony blair is a much bigger star is already a huge international. Hollywood star but i dont think ive seen him ever see me as good as he is in this film its from the special actor. And the story is sort of a lightly fictionalized version of a lot of ours own life and whats amazing is that knows being sort of a macho character all played zorro or whatever here hes really fragile really delicate and you know almost gentle which ive never seen him before this film is in cannes and it won him the best actor award there and very hard hardly just served when tonight overall whats this year been like and in the scene and european cinema yet its quite interesting because covering the european film scene for a long time now this is one of the best years ive ever seen weve had these incredible established directors like. Like you know salon to most delivering i think some of their best work but weve also had a huge surge of young filmmakers coming coming through the highlight the name is that cobbler the french filmmaker. The 1st time in a feature film its a really gritty drama set in the banias and these very hard hit suburbs of paris where the director comes from the film itself is a story of a Police Brutality and deprivation in these regions. Uncredible emotional power and just visually stunning i mean its one of the best 1st feature work of the european film awards this evening and it shows that not only does the european cinema have an incredible past with great masters like a motive arc but also has an incredible future with directors of this sort of rough thanks very much. In boxing british heavyweight and to me just a reclaimed his world titles from mexican Mexican American fighter and here is jr in a gripping rematch of the june and count the clash on the dunes of the fights in cold was decided in just those favor after 12 rounds a unanimous decision by the judges posted interior saudi arabia the bout has drawn accusations of sports washing against the saudi government. Thats it from v. W. News for now up next is the program reporter is more the top of the hour and you can always keep yourself updated at d. W. Dot com ford slash english well leave you with pictures of a house in the small german town of tell me that is packed to the rafters with 350 Christmas Trees and theyre all different enjoy was was. That the you were not tired and in the end this i mean youre not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers with minors and. Whats your story. d of numbers and women especially in victims of violence and. Take part