in the, you're watching, you know, the news coming to live from berlin, russia, it strikes, again, targeting ukraine's capital and other cities. last goes as it strikes on our team board in retaliation for ukraine's at on belgrade. that kills more than 20 people. the u. n. is calling on both sides to the escalator also coming up on the sho, in gauze as the homeless run health industry says 150 pound list indians have been killed in strikes in the last 24 hours alone, as, as well. and that's up as air and ground offensive and wishing

a very happy 2024 to everyone in parts of the world where it is already the new year. new zealand was among the 1st countries to welcome in 2024 years at the beginning of the new year. looked like an auckland, wherever celebrations kicked off with a light show over the cities and sky tower the and clare richards and welcome to the show. russia has launched a fresh barrage of strikes on ukraine targeting the capital kiff and inflicting damage on residential areas of the country's 2nd largest city. har keith and moscow officials have said that the attack on harkey was in retaliation for ukraine's bombardment of the russian city of belk or on a day earlier in in central har keys. you creating an emergency crews respond to heavy, showing in the hours leading to new year's eve. these,

the russian forces struck here at least 6 times. and during over dozen people and damaging several apartment buildings. one of the residents irina survived with minor injuries. this is our new yeah. for the present. they gave us to this new yeah. the shouldn't be. they have select the showed him leave the lock so it supposedly bomb residential areas. there are people here who just talked and one do such a thing. of the strikes and car keys are only the latest of over a 100 miss styles that read down on ukrainian cities in the last few days. ukraine

has described it as the largest aerial assault since the start of the war nearly 2 years ago. flea mc uh, but i know it serves a, another strike is a nursery and completely destroyed as one approving is to the residential building surrounding it sustains heavy damage from the blast of the explosion. $200.00 we have to wear the whole wheeler brush. meanwhile, has accused ukraine showing a residential area in the city of belgrade, just 30 kilometers from ukrainian border. that strikes, russia says, killed over 20 people and wounded over a 100. to strike against russia, came one day after it's large scale aerial attack. ukraine has an officially claimed responsibility, but president following mirror zelinski warned moscow would be held responsible for its intensified strikes. is that the site and that's your wasting all throughout

the day today, there have seen reports on the aftermath of the russian strikes. i've been told with more than 120 cities and villages and ukraine suffered from yesterday's russian attack alone. may 13 1000000 people were killed so that even though the blue sky that's you got it for all of the strikes on odessa of sumi and key for every shot drone for every russian missile. and the terrorist stays with fair responsibilities, both in a political and also practical sense. the practice. both sides have reported an increase in attacks and the last week of 2023, leaving many fear of what the new year will have in store for them. frank languages and military analyst and former british military intelligence officer, he explained to me earlier, why both russia and ukraine have ramped up their attacks. setting you crazy to tax on battle, garage what the credit site is that civilian casualties will cost by rushing on to

that across, besides crashing which seems not likely, but it's clear also that may be able to tell or treat element the as to the more of the situation more widely, i don't think i do this as a surprise. we weren't expecting a russian a sold using that consolidated, and a crude weaponry, a weapon, the accrued over the last few months. we've got to see more of these me solve solve . so the next few days as well, i with assessments on every make the, the russians want to, to start the new years, i wish to go on. and that the main objective of this is to deplete your praise at defense is with a substitute objective. i suspect savings last year about the money, the morales civilians in which both of which i think needs will fail west very good time to make sure that the paper does not always intelligible, these and lock of a defense. so that's, that's what's gonna happen. i suspect the names of the reasons i'm sure is what you can tell us about this fighting we've been hearing about in the east,

especially these battles in as around. i'm do you have what is your take on which side there has the upper hand. so there's really no panic on the ukrainian side. the russians are making incremental advances, not just actually all over the front boat talking to a 100 meters, 800 meters that the payments are holding concerning up the good itself. but the reason the russians particularly set on here is because it's the last, it's the last location from which she probably could show the nice. it's been a running sorting environment now for about 7. all right, well set maybe 8 years. whether since you've practiced houses, they are making it, they'll cutting into the crating and salient ports port we have here is a salient, this town is surrounded on 3 sides. it's a similar situation that to block moats early this year. the question will be, how much is you preyed, willing to invest in holding onto this place? there would be a political cost of losing it, but also a casualty cost to the cost after way,

document efficient war against the casualties, the huge casualties actually the imposing on russians assaulting it, no 5 to support just before i let you go, i but i do want to jump in because we are looking ahead to 2024 and and the new year. and i'm curious what your expectations are for what that might bring. do you think it could be the year that we see some kind of negotiations? i don't think so. i don't think there's, there is that there incentives on either side from the crime, the perspective that objective is to hold on to consolidate, to start to build that industrial weapons base and consolidate those front lines to build and sustain fortifications and to rebuild and rebuild our own forces from the russian perspective, they will continue on the assault. they will say, well, i think to make any particular games. and we're looking here, this sort of 1st world war sort of positional a situation that all along the line and indeed, no widely, politically, to know,

there's no incentive to look the trainings will not see land. they cannot trust the russians from the restroom perspective. they will be content to engage you brain going forward. it feels that political objectives to the question, of course, is the extent to which the west will continue to support your brain. but by that, we're talking about united states not just this year, but going forward. well, thank you very much. as always, that is military analyst, frank lead, which we plan. i mean the gaza strip is rarely for us as are pressing their offensive further south, whereas rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who said they aimed to take control of gauze as border with egypt. in the last 24 hours, 150 policy indians have been killed and is really strikes does according to the most run health ministry. and that is putting even more pressure on displace people for seeking refuge. as israel plans to take control of the area around galls is border with egypt. the displace palestinians crammed the streets of rafa the town

right next to that folder. they have come here to escape intense fighting in south and central garza. they flew with just the bare essentials. everyone is looking for shelter and space is running out. and we came here 20 days ago. we couldn't find any place to put to 10 west staying at the stairs at the most of the if not. so we know the situation is tragic. we don't have drinking more so we don't have food. i like the kids wake up in the morning, wants you to eat without both. it's a dream i was adding to the spiraling humanitarian crisis. the will continues in central 1000 rescue was raise to find survives,

is that my goal is the cam officer is riley strikes in the area. and israel's army is pushing into the southern city of con eunice as they try to eliminate him mass, which is widely considered the terrorist organization. as the intense conflict, most of the south displaced palestinians are running out of places to flee. and turn our attention now to some other stories making headlines, north korean leader kim jong and says his country will launch more spice satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 2024. kim, set out the goals at an end of year meeting. north korea has ramped up weapons test this year despite international sanctions. the u. s. military says it is thank several you many who's the rebel boats in the red sea after responding to a distress call from a merchant ship. who refused has been attacking is really linked strips and the red sea for weeks in protest against israel's war and gaza. a and b u. s. state of

california has issued evacuation orders after giant waves had coastal areas. authorities warrant people to stay out of the water saying the waves could reach up to 6 meters. the high surface causes injuries and property damage for several days with more flooding. expect it over the weekend and we're still waiting for midnight and quite a ways off from it here in germany. but the new year has just kicked off in the pacific. one of the 1st time zones to cross over includes new zealand in oakland 2024 started with launching 500 kilograms of pyrotechnics for this fabulous display. several other pacific island countries of also already crossed into the new year the and here in germany, chancellor, all asphalt, has used his new year's message to warn of the difficult geo political landscape

ahead. young point, we have friends in europe and across the globe. these are partners with whom i discussed on a daily basis, how we will guarantee ya, security in germany and europe. officer will rushes of war in the east of our continents is no safe, nor is the on the conflict in the middle east. the overhead will also bring presidential elections in the united states, which may have far reaching consequences, including for us here in europe, of owns here and over. and let's talk about this more with our chief political editor and mckayla. hi mckayla. we were there just as an expert from olaf schultz as a traditional new year's eve address. could you talk us through some of the biggest challenges that you think the chancellor is going to be facing in 2024. or the biggest challenge for now is essentially holding this up together. we just saw him here speaking. we for the 1st time at length since his coven infection, so he's bounced back from that. but he has a very difficult message that he has to convey to the dumb people. it's really interesting in this space. but he also says that all of these various crisis means

that germans will have to change. but then he goes into a much more of a feel good speech, about the strength and in the, in the alliances of germany. and does it really tell germans how they will have to change to face all of these challenges? and i think this will be the big question he doesn't have to, to solve intellectually. but that he also will have to be able to communicate and politically take on within a very fragile and a tool and 3 way coalition of 3 parties who simply don't seem to be able to stop that in a potty bickering over the sink to a budget here in germany. yeah. tell us more about that and actual does it popular? i mean we don't have elections for another year and a half, but the government has been struggling this last year. hasn't had yes it has. and really, the key point is here that we saw a constitutional court rooting that essentially throughout all the financial planning for 2023, but also for 2024. they reached an in a potty coalition or in a governmental co listen deal, but a still fighting about the details. and this makes the whole thing volatile when

really they need to present a united fund and convey a message, a yes, we cannot message that is within the space that the country can take this on the task that says everybody else is saying who is not thrown he can face all of these challenges, so he's trying to send that message. he clearly is making a point that europe is the answer to taking on and challenges like vasa, but also finding a line in the middle east and also potential. it's 2nd time of donald trump as us president, so you are is the on. so that is a consensus here in germany. but in it's all about the details and here we, so the government have to make very painful cuts for diamonds. and because of this quantity support funding also, which we tap into that wallets and finances they were expecting to see happen. so there is a level of disappointment and we have seen the popularity rating of full assaults dropped down to 20 percent. that is the lowest of a method level here in germany, his potty,

the go funding parties that and put represents the tots. the here in germany is now the 3rd strongest, positive, according to the most recent polling. so it's an uphill battle until those elections, very difficult situation with these major challenges when you faced that in fighting within the coalition government on mckayla course. now, thank you so much for breaking that down for us and that's his update at this hour . thank you so much for watching the interest of what did you do the same to 10 of the she survived. oh sure. it's thanks to music he was the nazis favorite conductor.