Could slip even deeper into crisis. To france now where violent clashes broke out between police and demonstrators and protests in the capital paris protests have been ongoing during the past week amid anger over a bill proposed by the government that could make it more difficult for witnesses to film Police Officers while on duty. Chaos on the streets of paris tensions quickly escalating to breaking point protesters came out in large numbers most were angry but only some were violent organizers accused protests crashes of hijacking the rally and taking their frustrations out on whatever lay in their path some even use tammas on the footpath to throw pieces as projectiles at police. The French InteriorMinistry Says dozens of people were arrested. But earlier in the day it looked a little different a collective of trade unions youth organizations journalists and human Rights Groups called the rally to protest what they say is an erosion of social rights and freedoms. That. Were heading towards increasingly limited freedoms which is absolutely unjustified. To. France must distinguish itself as being at the core of great democracies it often has this habit of coping freedoms while preaching their reporters to others. While the reasons for demonstrating were diverse most with their to protest against a controversial new security law proposed by the government one particular article in the draft law would limit the right to take video recordings of Police Officers the government has bowed to public pressure and agreed to rewrite it but activists are demanding it be deleted completely. A day before the protests president mccaughan appeared on social media he defended the proposal. Book but even if this article 24 were to restrict the freedoms of expression it would be ineffective because everybody would broadcast the pictures of Police Officers from belgium or other places so people are mistaken about the real debate going to be that if they thought this weekends protests come a week after similar demonstrations to hundreds of thousands of people nationwide leaving many asking the question how much longer they could continue into the future. Now look at some of the other stories making news around the world. European Commission President or the funder lyons says u. K. And e. U. Brags of negotiators will continue their trade talks in brussels on sunday this follows a phone call with british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson in a bid to break the deadlock over a potential deal there are just a few weeks left until the break the transition period ends on december 31st u. S. President donald trump has been speaking in the state of georgia at his 1st rally since being defeated in last months election yeah im going president falsely claimed he had won the vote in the states trump is in georgia support 2 republican senators taking part in a runoff elections next month. South korean media say the government will impose stricter social distancing rules for the capital seoul and surrounding areas the country is seeing its biggest wave of infections in 9 months forties already imposed new coronavirus measures on saturday including shutting shops from 9 pm and reducing public transport they also declared curfews for the 1st time south koreas Disease Control agency it reported 631. 00 and new cases on sunday by Global Standards that figure remains low but it is the largest daily tally in south korea since early march. For the latest im now joined by correspondent frank smyth who joins us from seoul hello to you frank so tell us more about these restrictions and how people are responding to them. Well the government raise the level of restrictions to 2. 5 on their 3 point scale and thats to last for 3 weeks especially in the capital reason that so. The province and and in shine bars and Fitness Centers are in night clubs are going to be completely closed restaurants and cafes will be able to be open only until 9 pm with teco only at any coffee shops or cafes after 9 pm perhaps on the only thing that will be open there are hospitals and maybe Convenience Stores in terms of how people are reacting to this there has been a bit of pushback from employees that have been warned not to get coke at 19 and that their behavior might be you know tracked if they were to get the coronavirus by people are generally cooperated and theyre everybodys Wearing Masks and when you go into a shop or into a cafe which people are are checking in with their phone numbers or checking in electronically with their phones so most people are cooperating with these new measures well of course the Holiday Season is upon us what do these new Restrictions Mean for the end of year celebrations. Well the government already announced that it was going to cancel the traditional ringing of the bell that takes place on new years eve ive been to that event a few times over the years and tens of thousands of people come out despite subzero temperature to bring in the new year that spin completely cancelled but were 3 weeks this is a 3 week long measure so it may be time to relieve this level of social distancing in time for people to at least enjoy the new years if they cant enjoy christmas together. Well frank we do know that south korea initially was praised quite a bit for its handling of the pandemic so why is the coronavirus now spreading so quickly in the country well when we look at the oprah exit so the careers suffered previously they were lowered cluster of so what if it which hundreds of people became infected what were seeing now is smaller classroom breaks many smaller classroom breaks and that makes contact treating more difficult in driving the number of deal infections down much harder for officials here correspondent frank smith in seoul thank you very much. And heres a round up of some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic german hospital Authorities Say there are now 40 percent more covert 1000 patients and intensive care warrants and in the 1st wave of the pandemic they say many clinics have exceeded or are reaching the limits of Critical Care capacity indonesias anticorruption body has named the social Affairs Minister as a suspect in a 1000000. 00 bribery case linked to cope with 19 social assistance packages. And britain has plans to fly vaccine doses into the country to avoid delays of poor its caused by a possible breakdown and breaks the talks thats according to the observer newspaper the u. K. Has bought tens of millions of doses of the bio and tech Pfizer Vaccine which will be manufactured in belgium are i to bundestag a football now where a match up of the top 2 clubs in the league absolutely lived on to the hype by a munich host at leipsic in a game that was far from perfect on the pitch for fans the wait until match they tend to see these 2 teams go head to head was well worth it. The true battle of the going to sleep has heavyweights in munich and for biron keeper might well neuer he was a rough ride from the start a decision hell hope to forget led to leipzig 1st goal. He left the line to head off christopher in cuckoo but he sure didnt get there on time. Oh his side rebounded with 17 year old jamal most eola. In the 38th minute rightwing the ball into the bottom right corner after that biron took the lead but this time it was the right secret to bring him back to level just in clover alone in front of neuer and teach you what the half. Second half neuer again left without any help as and real forsberg powers in the header. Once more byrons defenses bailed out by the attack Kingsley Coleman crosses to moeller in front he goes high to head in the equaliser 33 and thats how it down smaller 2nd goal the night commons 3rd assist saves a point for the League Leaders muller in leipzig coach helion not those men know biron is fortunate to stay on top. Spreading the festive cheer without spreading the virus thats the challenge for those European Countries this weekend who are celebrating st nicholas the original santa claus this years antics are being accompanied by face masks and social distancing to bring at least some Christmas Joy despite the pent up mick. St nicholas is coming to tie in. This belgian hospital has been spreading the cheer with their annual festive celebration despite rising infection rates across the country. It is important to celebrate st nicholas day especially during this pandemic period when the atmosphere makes people feel anxious and it is difficult to find moments of happiness. The saints visit made possible by face masks and hygiene regulations brought a moment of respect for both the children and staff. Celebrations over in the Czech Republic are more animated. This drivin circus in prague came up with an event that complies with covert 1000. 00 restrictions as the Health Minister warns there will be no exceptions for st nicholas. But still there is no special Saint Nicholas decree. As custom dictates st nicholas is accompanied by angels and devils dressed in black face who take children straight to hell if theyre not well behaved the tradition of blackface on st nicholas has sparked controversy in europe. This year even the visitors have to wear masks and not by by social distancing rules. Theyre up to date now on the news american and steve thanks for watching. Today