Are being put in place here and other german cities ahead of tomorrows new years eve celebrations after the mass sexual assaults of two thousand and fifteen women if they feel safe. And how the all legit abduction of this the economies businessman in germany has relations between. Unusually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the United States and forcing some to put their new year plans on. To the Program Reports are coming in from iran that at least two people have been shot by Security Forces in the western town of the rude this comes as antigovernment protesters take to the streets for the Third Straight day in a number of places. Protests have also spread to the capital there demonstrators damaged buildings and torched. Earlier thousands of iranians turned out to show their support for the government rallies planned some weeks ago. For more were joined by iranian journalist side come ali they gon hes with the Guardian Newspaper in london site its good to see you its difficult right now to verify whats happening in our iran but youve been monitoring the situation on social media what are you seeing. A lot of what we know is based on the videos that are posted online some of them have been very fine by journalists some of them not and it appears that two people have been killed in day lauriston province in the southwest of iran in the city of true does you mentioned. An iranian journalist managed to interview her family so it is what is interesting tonight is that the the fred day of protests they are spreading to even more cities the road pro regime rallies in toronto not us it is early today but it failed to stop the anti regime protest it has spread to more cities and tonight there was a chance like death to dictator death to harmony in reference to irans Supreme Leader for example that shows hes becoming bigger and bigger ok as you mentioned this started out as a demonstration against the high cost of living but its getting bigger and bigger so is that now a bigger issue its involved into a bigger issue. I mean it started in thursday of about no it was a protest about rising prices inflation unemployment what it appears now its becoming its going to attracting a political dimension as well grammar hypno are no chanting against the Supreme Leader ayatollah harmony or about irans involvement in iraq so its i mean it might have. For National Reasons but its definitely becoming bigger and having a political dimension as well particularly you see it in the chance the paper oh are are saying in the streets in tehran and other cities now that one of the most important things about distracted protests and is interesting is that its not focused on terror on its contrary to what we saw in goodness in two thousand and nine i was in tehran back then destroy it is when happening in the provinces and in a wider spread range of problem show cities ok your mention that its gone beyond tehran and that some of the chances are about the Supreme Leader can we say that this is now opposing potentially the rouhani government in even the Supreme Leader. I mean it is challenging the whole regime its not me its challenging the Rouhani Administration because hes is the head of the government but the person with the autumn of power in iran of course is a Supreme Leader is been there since one thousand eight hundred one thousand eight hundred hes held a job for twenty seven years twenty eight years and really his authority has been challenged in such a scale two thousand and nine was big and this is again big and you know you have to realize that criticizing the Supreme Leader in iran is a taboo you know hes everybody even of refers to him with a big title diaz so to see the videos we saw tonight for example protestors and some of the citizen clearing to run taking down the image of the ayatollah from the big banners in the streets thats unprecedented so that shows that you know the protests are you know moving from what was an arc of financial great realises. Sorest to something political iranian journalist side kamali day on in london thank you. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world authorities in russia have reportedly arrested a man in connection with a bomb attack at a supermarket in St Petersburg last week more than a dozen people were hurt in the bombing some severely socalled Islamic State says it carried out the attack but provided no evidence to back up its claim. Russias Supreme Court has upheld the decision to ban Opposition Leader alexina vall me from running in the countrys twenty eight thousand president ial election the court rejected his appeal to a prior ruling which barred him from registering as a candidate responded on twitter calling on russians to boycott the march vote. Mourners in gaza have held a funeral for a palestinian killed in clashes with israeli troops a spokesperson said soldiers shot at the instigators of what it called a violent protest regional tensions have spiked after u. S. President donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. In while here in germany preparations are underway in cities across the country for tomorrows new years eve celebrations and in berlin tight security measures are being put in place at Brandenburg Gate where the main festivities will take place. The finishing touches on preparations for new years eve in berlin the Brandenburg Gate is getting ready to host hundreds of thousands of people a Massive Party and an even bigger security concern. 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 roadblocks. Spare hundred thousand. 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 masses salts in cologne do women feel less safe. Because 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. A vietnamese businessman who germany says was abducted in berlin and then smuggled back to annoy by vietnamese Security Services may face the Death Penalty the businessman trinitron twan is accused of corruption in vietnam and no i deny is kidnapping him but the case has caused a diplomatic rift between germany and vietnam. German diplomats had both expected and feared vietnams top news headline it is now become a matter of life and death. Is public enemy number one in vietnam but germany sees him as the victim of a nun precedented abduction. Police say that while walking in the central to garden park in august town was seized by vietnamese agents he was overpowered in broad daylight dragged into a car and flown to viet nam as a supposed medical case next week he could face the Death Penalty tens kidnapping has seriously damaged relations between but lynn and hanoi. The vietnamese know what they have to do to restore good relations between us and revive our Strategic Partnership with Germanys Foreign Ministry blames the Vietnamese Embassy for abducting tan the ambassador was subsequently summoned diplomats suspected of involvement were expelled and german economic aid was cut back the vietnamese government not only rejects the german accusations but claims that tan gave himself up voluntarily to police in vietnam after being accused of corruption. Thats best faced lie we know what happened the German Police know what happened and of course the vietnamese themselves know best of all. Perlin is pursuing several different channels to secure towns release every day counts. A deep freeze has taken hold across much of the United States record breaking snowfall and subzero temperatures have hit communities hard across the northeast and midwest the cold spell will make the start of this new year a tough one for those at risk. A safe haven away from the life threatening cold the rescue misson in milwaukee is bursting with people in need of a hot lunch and most importantly a place to warm up. Its kind of hard to navigate outside you know spanning you know. You know opera tower on the side and pretty quickly the deep freeze continues across much of the country and authorities are urging the public to help those need. The extreme weather is not only a threat to humans even fish are freezing to death these sharks were found dead on the coast of massachusetts experts say cold shock may have led to their demise. And this place made the news earlier this week with a new record of its own erie pennsylvania had one point five metres of snow in two days some residents are still digging their way out and even more snow is underway. Experts say the weather is linked to Climate Change from his private resort in florida prison trump tweeted that the u. S. Could use a little bit of Global Warming the u. S. Leader publicly denies the existence of Climate Change. Those who can are trying to make the best of the unusual weather an illinois family turned their backyard into an ice rink to the delight of their children and forecasts indicate they wont lose it any time soon. Joining me now from minneapolis minnesota is w. C. C. Oh radio journalist long Martin Sloane its good to see you harsh winters of course are nothing new to minnesotans but how has this particular deep freeze affected people there. Right now were at minus eight degrees and thats fahrenheit by the way and to be honest things are really running as normal im looking out my window here in Downtown Minneapolis i still see people walking on the sidewalks it was hard for me to find a parking spot this morning to come to work it doesnt really interrupt life all that much its just about taking those extra precautions layering up even more than usual because you definitely dont want any part of your skin exposed because frostbite can set in in just a couple of minutes i think really the concern is about Vulnerable People people who are experiencing homelessness who maybe dont have proper shelter and just kind of looking out for them letting authorities know if they do find someone who may need some help and needs to find some warm shelter but people are still going to be going to the vikings game tomorrow in basically going about their regular weekend activities its an its an annoyance a lot of complaining for sure but i think people think it makes them hearty and tough and we do love living here yet you mention that for most people perhaps that its business as usual but you also mention the homeless whats the city been doing to help the most vulnerable the people at risk who are a lot of the private organizations nonprofits they are going to be having what are called warming shelters where basically theyre opening their doors extending their hours trying to get those hot meals in those extra beds trying to fit literally as many people as possible as they can inside their building to make sure they dont turn anyone away and there are certain organizations here that have outreach efforts where they will send people out find people because sometimes people who have Mental Illness who may be deal with Substance Abuse issues theyre a little bit more reticent to find shelter so got to help folks out so there are people who are going out and trying to do that but also the police are out looking for people firefighters to they say call nine one one our Emergency Services number if you do see anyone who needs help its really dangerously cold in there asking people to look out for one another one martin in minneapolis thank you. 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