[000:00:00;00] the this is dw news life from berlin, israel's prime minister, it says the war and gaza won't be over any time soon. benjamin netanyahu visits troops and gaza, and says is rarely, military operations there will only intensify incoming de, also coming out kremlin critic alexis of albany is finally located in more than 2 weeks after associates lost track of having no bodies books present says he is currently in a penal colony in northern interruption,

the and for the 1st time ukraine celebrates christmas on december 25th instead of instead of its traditional dates in january, as part of efforts to distance itself from russian culture. the welcome to the show is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war and gaza is a long way from over just days after the us x ray of state told as well to lower the intensity of its air strikes of its strikes. sorry, nothing. y'all here told troops in gaza that the war against him off would only intensify him off is viewed as a terrorist organization by multiple countries that in yahoo, his visit comes after the is really military killed at least 70 pallets. and in, in an air strike on a refugee camp in central casa,

as the christmas day in central god. so this man says he did everything for his son, but in the end, he couldn't save him. and his desperation, he asked to be buried with the palestinians, or mourning to thousands killed as much as the refugee camp at mass funerals following one of the deadliest nights and the strip. you cannot alter, my entire family is gone. will fight with my brothers a gone. they didn't even leave me one brother, not one brother. while israel has intensified it strikes the gods of health, ministry says the palestinian death toll has surpassed $20000.00

the speeds and fighting is also one of the deadliest for is really troops increasing the pressure under government. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited soldiers and gaza, assuring them defensive would continue until victory. he also addressed parliament vowing to bring hostages home. but seeing more time was needed just a day after the military said, it found the bodies of 5 as rarely captives inside. how must tunnel of the wonderful, that's good. we won't be able to release all the hostages without military pressure, military pressure, operational pressure, political pressure, and therefore, one thing we wouldn't do, we will not stop fighting, doesn't mean, but pressure is mounting and then yeah,

who family use of hostages interrupted to speech, chanting. now, they have already been waiting for the return of their loved ones for 80 days love . well journalists, my social is following developments for us in jerusalem. i asked him hiring us and yahoo, his speech went down in parliament after vowing to intensify the fighting in gaza. so this was a special session that was held in the can. i said to a part of a bad in which the opposition called the for putting the question over the hostages as the most important issue for the se, admitted to re campaign in gaza. and the same time that he was speaking with members of the families of the hostages that were heck the league, and the shouting now, now they should be on release now. and the head over the position will say that this should be a top priority, that this is

a matter of life. the death of those for a head hostage sternly assigned myself o reporting there from jerusalem us x ray of state. and to me blinking will head to mexico. this week to discuss the unprecedented numbers of migrants entering the us across the mexican border. it comes as a car, bon of 6000 people, attempt to make this 1700 kilometer journey from the guatemalan border to texas. us border police have reported a spike and the number of attempted crossings to around $10000.00 per day. so the thousands of people making the long trip across mexico. there was nothing particularly festive about christmas this year. this human kind of an made up of people from across the central america and the caribbean is slowly trudging north, so it's under the heat of the mexican sun, some a light and with their belongings. others carry small children in the photos in

a tired from the arduous journey. the upon we've walked a lot of people. i'm honestly, i don't know how many kilometers are i mean? yeah, yeah. my daughter can't walk anymore. like carry her in my arms because she needs to rush to back on. she's only 3 years old. why she's not healthy. she's lawyer. it's around $6000.00 strong. it's the largest human kind of end to try to make the journey. and every year some left the homes to escape violence, others to get away from economic hardship. but they're all heading to the us to try to forge a better life for themselves and their families. it's a journey full to a danger counsellor smart goods, full tray, to criminal gangs,

or face extortion by police and immigration officials. several have also drowned trying to cost to be a grand a. the river separating mexico in the us. this footage taken by other my goods shows 3 men struggling to stay afloat in the rivers murky depths. despite the pedals, the number of people making the journey is increasing and with an election near, looming on both sides of the border that could have wide ranging political implications. well, let's take a look not at some other stories making headlines. so right in the wilds. hundreds of villagers have fled their homes in the book coast region of central nigeria following a string of attacks by armed groups. at least a 113 people were killed and the violence and more than 300 injured officials. the military gangs locally known as bandits launched, well coordinated attacks and at least 20 communities. iranian state media saying is

really airstrike and syria has killed one of its senior generals sayed riley massage. it was reportedly killed in the neighborhood of damascus. he was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between syria and iran. iran, as president hesitate to avenge his day. israel has refused to comment on the reports to china staff. so beijing has broken its 1951 record for the number of hours of below freezing temperatures. in december, it follows a cold wave which swept across large spots of the country, bringing blizzards and its weight, and sending temperatures towards historic lows. rational, socrates has moved jails, click kremlin critic alexi nev on a to a remote penal colony in northern russia. that's according to his spokes person, yvonne, these team tracked him down after he'd not been seen for more than 2 weeks. his lawyer visited him in the new prison, nevada is seen as the most prominent opponent of president vladimir putin and

a serving and 19 year sentence for a legend, extremism, and other charges. he was imprisoned to nearly 3 years ago. this is one of all these books parson, kira, you are much had to say as well. we find, let's see, up to 3 weeks of full search in full or region in the north of russia, in a several months cold hop in have been will go a number 3 to and will go on the offer. especially really because it was a, it was, it gives you from there. i mean i, she will have less phone calls, less meetings with relatives list are so she can receive. but the thing is that even before when she was in this light or version of going, if she didn't have already, any phone calls, any meetings in any parcels. so actually the thing is, is there is no law in rushes that is applied to alexi z o is creates, she's for human special conditions and they don't have anything to do with the law

now. so we don't have any rooms we know for sure that so in this new calling, you know, she's conditions would be even worse since they were before they did want to try to isolate alexi and to make it more difficult to assess him there. and also the a just trying to reach his life is unbearable as it possibly can be because this prison will be much worse. dw russia. analysts konstantin expert has more on the conditions of all the faces after he was transferred to the piano, calling in northern russia as well. we do know that she is in the bottom of the most remote speedo colonies in russia. it's the demo peninsula or the, the bank, so the optics see, it's permafrost there, and it is very, very badly connected. essentially, there is only one channel of communication. prison lets us. and that means that

visiting the volume, maintaining called a token, will be extremely difficult. and that was probably the whole idea behind these trusts for. and of course there was an additional insult on suffering as a to the family and to the followers of the valley. because of the tweaks. there was no news about him, but in the sense it's a standard procedure for high profile prisoners when they are being transported from one people, calling it to another. it's sometimes done under this cover of secrecy actually to increase suffering because to remind you, the russian bill system remain. well, it will take model is the same as it was on the stalling, and it was designed as a john system of torch. the message is very simple. uh, no bodily is going to rot in jail for as long as putting is in power. and that's going to take quite a bit of time. but he's also,

they also demonstrated by these to last week. so hopefully he incommunicado that they can do anything to him, that of nobody's life is completely of the mercy of the kremlin that was trust again and distressed during the beginning of put in so called eviction campaign preparation for his so called election. i think that the message is very simple. uh, there is only one politician. rush for his name is, wasn't able to put him in any one who stands if his way is going to get an extremely harsh treatment. so is dw analysts konstantin accurate. moving across the border know to ukraine, which has observed christmas as a public holiday on december 25th for the 1st time. traditionally ukrainian, celebrated christmas on january 7th in line with the russian orthodox church. following the julian calendar is part of a cultural shift away from moscow. after last year's invasion.

believers turned out in force to celebrate the new christmas day and keeps safe to see a cathedral. amongst those attending there was widespread support for the new date . lots of problems. this is the right thing to do in my opinion of the civilized world, but all of europe does the same. i don't want to be associated with the aggressor country and celebrate the way they do. we're together with europe when these out of the civilized world. and god is with us both. i think changing the official date of christmas is very important. the country should distance itself from russia and its holidays, the o. c. u z. what am ukraine's president held his 2nd christmas eve address? since rest is full scale invasion. he offered words of hope and his vision is to move away from russia and closer to europe. a lead me, but i'm

a slot here. so i'm seeing today or will you craig's altogether? we o celebrates christmas together on the same day, it's not as one big family as one nation as one united country. and today i will come and pray will be stronger, but never show the people's pray. today it will you not millions of voices more than ever before and it will resonate, so we bounce a time difference of 2 weeks. resonate together with you up envelope 0 point a sweet christmas day. and ukraine saw another tradition fall as many church services were held in ukrainian instead of russian slow. before we go, let's take a look at some hardy german swimmers who celebrated christmas day by taking a swim in the chilly waters of the capital portland. but this used, it was fairly miles compared to previous years with temperatures claiming above 10 degrees celsius. the berlin seals didn't have to remove chunks of ice to enter the

water. this time through group has been braving and cold water since it was founded in east berlin. in 1918 still looks chilly enough. and with that you are all up to date. i'm out of here. well and berlin, thanks for watching and stay tuned. take care the so you don't think you the same way you expect and more different things from life than your parents. i just want to pursue was that's my thought desired or you think your kid is 2 different, risky, irresponsible, reasonable stop in port in those nonsense. i want my son to become