missing too many of us are just. one quick surfers fighting against him seem to be starting january seventh on the job. this is d.w. news live from berlin the u.s. fire is the latest shot in the conflict in eastern ukraine. washington says it will supply anti-tank missiles to kiev to provide it with quote and hence defensive capabilities russia says the move is fueling

a war look at the latest from our moscow bureau. in the philippines storm attendant unleashes blast floods and washes away homes more than one hundred people are dead and dozens are missing we'll bring you the latest on the rescue operations . slater thanks for joining us ukraine's president petro poroshenko has thanks the u.s. forest decision to provide his nation with lethal weapons u.s. officials said washington plans to provide the ukrainian government with anti-tank missiles and missile launchers kiev has been battling russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. cleaning up after the attacks has almost become a normal the in eastern ukraine. neither side is willing to concede as they

continue to shift the blame on to each other president poroshenko was fond of saying that the war cannot be won with radar and night vision goggles alone. while joint exercises with the west boost troop morale poroshenko now says ukraine needs arms more than anything else and the united states is expected to deliver washington has agreed to provide forty seven million dollars worth of weapons including the u.s. made anti-tank missile system javelin. russian president vladimir putin has said his country would react quote appropriately and adequately speaking to a congress of his united russia party he briefly touched on the matter of peace but . we are not looking for confrontation with anyone however we will never sacrifice the well being of our citizens and the interest of our nation. critics warn the move would have consequences. but this undermines the peace process and prevents

efforts for the implementation of the minsk treaty. a cease fire has been in the fact since midnight due to last until the new year past agreements have been shaky at best joined now by emily short winded obvious correspondent in moscow forty seven million dollars worth of weapons are about to be delivered to ukraine what's the reaction been in russia. well as you can imagine my of the reaction has been rather severe here in russia russia's deputy foreign minister today said gayety of course said that the us has gone too far and that they have crossed a line they also accused he also accused the us of fueling war rather than acting as an intermediary in peace and question in fact the u.s. is capability of acting as an intermediary in the future at all and ahead of the decision the kremlin also said that this kind of decisions would fuel bloodshed so

as you can see the reaction has been really extreme and we can expect that now russia won't just be blaming the blaming ukraine for breaking the minsk agreement but that they may also be blaming the u.s. so this conflict in ukraine has been going on since two thousand and fourteen it's basically a frozen conflict as sort of become the status quo for a lot of the country a lot of people in the eastern part of ukraine there is there any fear is that this new move on the u.s. is part would lead to an escalation of sorts well obviously the reaction as i said has been really severe and of course the u.s. and russia support opposing sides in the conflict which has now become even clearer with this u.s. step and it does sort of feel like this almost could become more of a kind of proxy war between the u.s. and russia especially because there has been a hardening of the two sides this week as well with the u.s.

presenting its new its new national security strategy which called russia a rival along with china and putin said that the strategy was quote aggressive so this decision along with that strategy sees a hardening of of the kind of positions between russia and the u.s. and that can be good for ukraine. rival sides the rival sides in the conflict directly have been have agreed as you say to a holiday ceasefire began today but we know that these things have been tenuous at best in the past what have we seen so far is it working well both the ukrainian side and the pro russian separatists side have have already been claiming violations in the cease fire and there has been an escalation in violence recently according to monitors and also this this week a mechanism which is supposed to guarantee peace and help facilitate peace the

joint center for control and coordination in ukraine basically broke down russia pulled out its officers on wednesday and today german chancellor i'm going to america and french president. called for russia to bring their officials back to restore that and to uphold the cease fire and for the cease fire to be upheld excuse me but so far things aren't looking so great well sure when for us in moscow thank you very much more than one hundred people are dead in the philippines after a tropical storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find the dozens who are still missing ten it is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it swept over the southern island of mindanao leaving destruction and its wake. this man and child

and lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding have been devastating. entire villages under meters of water. others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies. houses will being flooded but people could no longer get out of their holes so they got trapped by the strong waters they were swept away. when the big. dozens of people are still missing. rescue efforts have been hampered by power cuts and the loss of communication lines. storm tembin struck the southern island of mindanao on friday it's an area not often hit by tropical storms.

winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour along with heavy rain batter the area. for locals and night taking stock of the damage officials say more than seventy thousand people have been affected. there used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out all their homes and livelihoods gone we have ninety families that are affected. by. this nasa satellite map shows the extent of the powerful storm which is now headed towards the philippine island of palawan and on towards vietnam. for those affected by tembin a long path lies ahead to recovering from its devastation. now on to some

of the other stories making news around the world a fire at the london zoo has left one aardvark dead and several meerkats missing the blaze broke out on saturday morning at the zoo's animal adventure section before spreading to a shop and a cafe more than seventy firefighters tackled the blaze the dead aardvark called misha was one of the zoo's best loved animals cuts on separatist leader carlos says he is still the legitimate president of the spanish region or in an interview he also asked for madrid to allow him to return home in time for the opening session of the council on parliament separatist parties won a majority in a regional vote held on thursday they call it the biggest club game in football classical and spanish giants barcelona have taken a big step towards winning the domestic league title by beating real madrid three nil away madrid wastefulness in the first half proved costly luis suarez grabbed

the opener against the run of play lionel messi added a penalty after image read red card then added a third later on proud cousins barsa now have a fourteen point lead over their fourth place rivals kick off had been moved to lunchtime local time in order to her track more asian viewers. in the winter olympics in south korea are a little over a month away and alpine skiers are busy honing their skills for the flagship event the latest world cup took place at the italian ski resort of madonna to come pili oh but this time it was a different kind of men slalom a night race under floodlights. calculation night race in madonna is one of the most eagerly anticipated of the ski season and it didn't disappoint switzerland's luka and he was well placed in threat after the first run of the men slalom his second run was even better. was any power

down the course with perfect technique to grab the lead. and it wasn't the happy i thought austrian great mausoleum or shall be the man to beat at the winter olympics however a mistake halfway down the second run meant this was by no means a flawless race for the six time world cup winner of a compost her she managed to bounce back though he triumphed by just point zero four seconds to win his forty nine world cup race and reclaim the lead in the standings. this is the season to be jolly but christians in the palestinian territories are feeling less than festive as they prepare to celebrate christmas they feel a responsibility to keep its traditions alive and battle have been surrounding areas one of these traditions is the game of being go did obvious israel

correspondent tanya kramer was there and joined and for around. christmas time is being go in at the auditorium of the orthodox christian community they're keeping track of every number on people here play bingo all year round but during the festive season the ethnicity is extra special. palestinian christians see themselves as a custodian of christmas and it's often colorful traditions and bingo is one of them that they call the. friends and family gather to play every sunday after going to change. it gives us a break from everything going on with all the checkpoints the situation is difficult and people can't go anywhere they want that's where we open the community so we can play bingo over the holidays and have a good time. being groupings everyone together.

on a very very gently i looked and we really have a good time. would be christmas here without being go maybe christmas day welfare joey we we have a nice holiday atmosphere that's why we meet here who has business. instead of sweets the winners get practical hosts want items like rice detergent or toilet paper it's been like this since intifada times this spirit of helping families is strong but this year when it's been more somber to them and say anything at all when a crisis situation this is about the future of to a city that's holy to us too it's about our homeland that we are losing. a message for surrounds be jollier and bethlehem cutting off the roads to jerusalem images of triumph familiar sight palestinians from the west bank need a special permission from israel to visit jerusalem. bethlehem the birthplace of

jesus decked out for the. christmas holiday here too the mood is far from stiff but locals and visitors try to make the best out of the situation. as well to sit looks like this christmas will be bad after what happened in the west bank following trump's decision so everyone here is against it tourism is down to what. we'd like to come to bethlehem today to show the baby the atmosphere the city i love the circumstances we are in is dishonest dress because of the occupation. back in beit jala it's just third round of the bingo game everyone's enjoying the long evening and trying to forget the uncertainty casting a shadow over this christmas. if you're on the lookout for an alternative festival soundtrack this year a norwegian musician plays tunes that might quite literally send a chill down your spine composer and percussionist harry

a song set invented ice music around eighteen years ago he's been touring with his frosty songs ever sense we'll leave you with some of his music try this again at the top of the hour and thanks for watching.