President ial election but hes still refusing to admit defeat to the dismay of growing numbers in his own Republican Party. And a heavyweight fight to remember in bundesliga football the top 2 teams in the league go the distance well tell you who came out on top between leipzig and reigning champions by immune. Im michel ok welcome venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is expected to tighten his grip on power in sundays parliamentary election polls have now opened but the opposition is boycotting the vote claiming its richt the country is in the midst of a deepening economic crisis thats now being stretched to breaking point by the coronavirus pandemic but some voters are wondering whether these elections can bring about real change and stop that country. From going further. Is afraid since falling ill with covert 19 he suffered kidney damage and now needs dialysis martinez became sick last summer even though hes receiving treatment he fears frequent Power Outages in venezuela could put his life at risk. One night was terrifying you could hear doctors and nurses running through the hallways calling for help. There some patients were on ventilators. 3 of them died because the power went out. To his monthly salary of 85. 00 covers neither the cost of his treatment nor his medication hes been forced to turn to a fundraising campaign. I mean. The treatment costs 400. 00. You know and i dont have the money. Venezuela is mired in an economic crisis and martinez must work to feed his children hes doubtful that sundays parliamentary elections will bring change. I dont know if its worth it to vote. One year ago there were high hopes that National Assembly president. Could force the countrys ruling socialist from power but he failed to win the Venezuelan Military to have signed 3 quarters of an as well as no longer believe that he can bring about change from fargo has been barred from taking part in sundays vote the countrys Supreme Court has also ousted the leaders of his Political Party quite oh is calling for an election boycott. The International Community including germany and the e. U. Are already refusing to recognize this project until election day. But a boycott by the opposition is likely to lead to an easy victory for the socialist Party Following president Nicolas Maduro to tighten his grip on power. To some socialists also want to take legal action against opposition figures. That we will all vote to ensure a totally Read Parliament will drive out the dirty unpatriotic opposition who in the last 5 years have sought to destroy the success of the revolution. Martinez has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even deeper into crisis. 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 authorities 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 recorded 631 new cases on sunday by Global Standards the figures remain low but its the largest daily tally since early march. For the latest im joined by correspondent frank smith in seoul welcome frank tell us more about these new restrictions and how people are responding to them. Well the government raised social distancing measures its coronavirus measures to 2. 5 by 3 points scale this one from the highest level of a lot down because of this increase in the number of daily cases Prime Ministers from security called this a critical time in the governments battle against the crew of virus so from now on for the next 3 weeks bars are going to be closed nightclubs will be closed fitness clubs will be closed students will attend classes only at the sort of 30 percent or one 3rd level with attendance being rotated theres also a 9 pm curfew which you mention thats not for everybody to go out thats for specifically cafes and restaurants they will be able to have take over after 9 pm however cafes will only d be able to have teco throughout the day in terms of how the public is accepting this there has been some pushback because companies have warned employees not to get the coronavirus and that their behavior would be investigated if they did it. However when you go out everybodys where you mask everywhere and there are serving measures the government has taken in terms of checking in signing in when they go into different establishments and even using q. R. d code and signing in with their phone to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and to enable better Contact Tracing right frank south korea has been able to keep its total number of code of virus infections low compared to many other countries so why State Government introducing these new measures. Well previously when there had been no prigs in south korea they were quite large d scale events where you had hundreds of people infected through a single for example super spreaders know what theyre seeing is small cluster infections where a few dozen for example or a dozen people are getting infected through smaller events in Contact Tracing those and preventing the spread of those smaller clusters is proving much more difficult. As in other parts of the world people there cant be happy these restrictions coincide with end of the Year Celebrations i imagine thats right again and as i mentioned its going to be going on for 3 weeks that will take us past christmas here and in terms of new years the school metropolitan government has said that theyre going to cancel the big bell ringing new years eve celebration that i myself tended several years that takes place in the capitals all attended by tens of thousands of people thats going to be cancelled but hopefully some other new years events and maybe small groups of people will be able to get together fall we this 3 week period when hopefully the government will be able to draw down coronavirus the new growth by risk isas thats correspondent frank smith reporting from seoul thank you frank. Heres a round up of some of the other developments in the krona virus pandemic now german hospital Authorities Say there are now 40 percent more covert 1000 patients in intensive care ward than in the 1st wave of the pandemic they say many clinics have exceeded or are reaching the limits of Critical Care capacity indonesias corruption body has named the social Affairs Minister as a suspect in a 1000000. 00 bribery case linked to covert 900 social assistance packages and britain has plans to fly vaccine doses into the country to avoid delays at ports caused by a possible breakdown and talks according to the observer newspaper the u. K. Has bought tens of millions of doses of the biotech Pfizer Vaccine which will be manufactured in belgium. In his 1st major public appearance after losing the us president ial election donald trump has spread further unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud speaking at a rally in georgia where a Crucial Senate race is under way outgoing President Trump insisted he had won a 2nd term but increasing numbers of his own Republican Party are tiring of his rhetoric. The show must go on donald trump returned to the rally stage showing defiance in the face of defeat he repeated his unfounded and discredited claims of victory at last months president ial vote president and his missing but they say we lost the only way as they stuff the ballot for president from one. Democratic rival joe biden has been declared the winner by enough states to ensure victory and more than 30 of trumps legal challenges have failed in the courts but the president sees an alternative reality i. If i lost it id be a very gracious loser. If i lost i would say i lost and go to florida or not take it easy and go around that circuit or could you know. What you cant ever accept when they see. The rally in georgia was for republicans contesting the states Runoff Senate election in january but something trumps bone party a growing weary of his rhetoric georgias republican governor has refused to take steps to override the states probe barden poll results. Georgias Runoff Election is especially critical the outcome will determine which party weighs power in the senate. 2 bundesliga football now where a match up of top 2 clubs in the league absolutely lived up to the hype by munich hosted leipzig in a game that was far from perfect on the pitch but for fans. The wait to see these 2 teams go head to head on match day 10 was well worth it. The true battle of the abundance league has heavyweights in munich and for byron keeper might well neuer it 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 was 17 year old jamal most eola i in the 30th minute rifling the ball into the bottom right corner after that biron took the lead but this time it was like secretly bringing it back to level just in cloud very alone in front of noir and the half. Second half neuer again left without any help as Emil Forsberg powers in the header. Once more byrons defenses bailed out by the attack Kingsley Coleman crosses to miller in front he goes high to head in the equaliser 33 and thats how a smaller 2nd goal tonight colemans 3rd assist saves a point for the league a leader. Coach helion not those men know byron is fortunate to stay on top. Elsewhere in the other struggling giant with dortmund and Giovanni Raina their latest Young American star were playing at Eintracht Frankfurt the hosts were dominant in the early going. Putting frankfurt on top the Japanese International pulled in the long past and danced it in but struck the equaliser in the 2nd half blasting the ball inside the near post in frankfurt draw 11. Formula one now and Lewis Hamilton may have already won the world title but his Mercedes Team mate. Has taken pole position for sundays sucky a grand prix involved in the finn claimed his 5th pole of the season but he was pushed all the way by new teammate George Russell the young british driver is standing in for hamilton who has thrown a virus max for stop and red bull starts 3rd in sundays race. Letters of love and longing sent from is soldier to his sweetheart during the 2nd world war have narrowly avoided being turned into paul the correspondent was spotted in a garbage dump in france and sparked efforts to reunite them with the soldiers living relatives the letters date back to the 1940 s. They were written by a soldier named pierre to his girlfriend a made in western france the correspondent sets out some of his wartime experiences. Tonight its very cold i send you tend to kisses hoping my letter finds you in good health with love from your. Environmental lawyer cecile filippi was busy on a Research Project at a recycling center when she found the letters in a pile of old newspapers destined for pulping we got there we realized that the letters dated from the 2nd world war and they were all the dress to the same paris and my sentimental side to kovar and i said to myself i cant just threw them away i was a very stiff the lawyer posted details of her find on social media and tracked down relatives of the soldier pierre including his daughter claudine. For me im quite surprised if i hadnt seen these letters i wouldnt have known that my dad had so much love for my mum we have a plan that will permit all of us its nice because it feels like theyre here with us. A voice from the water on past now communicating again this time with a new generation. Youre watching d. W. News up next german prosecutors investigate evidence of Chemical Warfare in syria in our show world stories the week in reports more news in 45 minutes. Why are people forced to hide in trucks. Planes. There on the 1st plane there are many answers place. And there are many stories. Make up your own. Plane. Made for minds. This week on will a story. In hungary a Radio Station critical of the government is fighting for its survival on medians are mourning the loss of an old monastery in the uk we stopped in germany the federal Public Prosecutor general in concert was examining a lawsuit against syrias regime its concerns the use of chemical weapons against civilians the evidence is overwhelming. The screams of cretins who died in the searing gas attack in ghouta to this day still echo in the ears of syrian nurse a mum. She wants nothing more then syrian president bashar assad and the perpetrators of the a check to be charged she and her husband more met are witnesses of a criminal complaint filed in germany by human Rights Groups they wish to remain anonymous because they fear for their familys safety. Or what it was i fear for my mother and my sisters who are still living in syria and the whole because the regime is my real and unjust and it has no mercy if it had a conscience they couldnt have done these things. On august 21st 2013 at least 4 rockets loaded with sarin gas warheads struck rebel held parts of Eastern Kentucky i am more than a 1000 people were killed many of them children among them was imminent marmots eldest son they too were exposed to serin and were unconscious for days to this day the Syrian Regime denies any responsibility for the attack if i hope that one day i can stand before a judge and tell them what these chemical attack did to us on the everything. It was a not arable scene that i cannot describe to you give your lying on the ground like ants being killed by bug spray these images never leave my mind. Was convinced that the Syrian Regime was behind the attack for years his organization the syrian archives along with 2 other human Rights Groups have meticulously analyzed the attack from the suspected launch sites to the rockets used there falso documented undisclosed chemical weapons facilities including where sarah was hidden after 2013. We think from our investigation that most probably branch 450. A network of different entities that are responsible for the coordination and execution of these attacks the w. s Investigative Team along with german news magazine was given exclusive access to parts of the criminal complaint it includes testimonies from 50 defectors was 1st hand knowledge of the Chemical Weapons Program and names suspected perpetrators such as special assad and his younger brother mohammed we have one witness who described the request for the use of sarin gas comes. And then is communicated to the president ial powers where it is approved we believe it is approved or ordered by. The criminal complaint was trying to knock toba with the chief federal prosecutor and counsel well while crimes unit has been investigating atrocities in syria for years. Eman was traumatized by the events she suffers from depression and needs medication to make it through the day. But the investigation in germany has given her strength and hope that the people responsible for all the suffering will finally be helped to look helped. To kill patio station is one of hungarys announced critical voices in the media landscape and the government is doing everything in its power to silence it now its broadcasting license is about to expire. I. Pulled out the latest news in 3 minutes clip radio as a popular station in budapest and one of only a few Media Outlets that are critical of the government but their license expires in 3 months and the authorities have so far refused to extend it. Then to the vast majority of the hungary and media slave usually follow the was of the government. For a lot of hungary and its the only side of the argument that they hear clap radio does not communicate like this we are so to speak an obstacle to the complete domination of the hungary and mind. They called us. And their voices seem to be needed now more than ever with the coronavirus pandemic raging through the country hungry as Prime Minister viktor orban is using the crisis to seize more power his critics say daniel works for the hungary and Civil Liberties union the n. G. O. Recently published a report showing how theyre condemning has led to more corruption in the country one example is the purchase of ventilators by the foreign ministry. Ventilators were purchased in huge quantities and significantly overpriced only some of the lease on life. To be used in intensive care and protection against the epidemic and thats another course on top of the fact that they were wired at an inflated prices for in the us or youre going to. Stick as i go this mans mission is to uncover corruption at the highest level and to call it out because had has he is an independent member of the hunger in parliament he tells me that obamas government is plagued by corruption and that its high time for the you to take action. Somehow this has to be resolved the government cannot continue to steal or spend your