ah, mark devices are embedded in our daily lives tracking our every move. are we headed to a futuristic utopia, poor but digitize nightmare? the internet of every thing start january 17th on d, w. ah, ah. ah . this is a dw news live from berlin, south africa bids farewell to an anti apartheid hero. you're looking at live pictures from cape town where president seal roma poster is delivering the eulogy

funeral. archbishop desmond tutu. 22 was awarded the nobel peace prize for combating white minority rule. it was called the moral conscience of his country. also coming up around the world concerts, light shows, and fireworks hick off the new year. new york welcomes 2022 with his annual ball drop on times square. and unlike the previous year, thousands of people joined in the fun. and he said they're hoping for a better state of affairs in the year ahead. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. south africa is saying good bye to the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid. as the funeral for archbishop desmond tutu is held. over the past week, south africa has seen an outpouring of grief for the man regarded as the country's

moral compass. more have 4 people have flocked to cape town to pay their last respects as his body lay in state of the city's cathedral. nobel peace prize laurie it was a passionate advocate of a quality and an international icon who helped bring down south africa system of racial segregation. he died last sunday at age of 19 and for more we're going to go to journalist a to so comalla to so i'm sure many thousands of mourners from south africa and the region and around the world would have liked to be there. but this is a funeral and append demik. so how is it unfolding? it's a sudden day indeed for a lot of africans would have wished to come here to say good bye to him. and that to day respect so much men that they have selected for the wick and contribution that he did. but because of course 19 recollections, only a 100 people were allowed inside the cathedral mostly declared g. a few government

officials and claus family and dead. the majority of people or the population here, have not been allowed to come here evict. they are not allowed to come around this place and they've been sent to up in places where they can view it on public screens, but and not have been told to watch it and follow the funeral on their televisions at home. it is a great loss effort. south africa from every angle. every one that has been speaking day in church from the police shot, describing him as a humbler man, as a man who, who sacrificed everything for the sake of the nation. and we're expecting that as soon as i'm a process is don is going to hand over the national flake, add to the widow of 2 to leah. and after that, tad, the coffin is going to be taken out of the computer and there procession will march out and passed the media. he m f for a private commission service after that. and the issues are going to report back at

to this church and to be intent here. this is what is going to be his resting place . and it teaches, of course, remembered as being one of the people who really helped bring apartheid to an end, but also for his idea of restorative justice, which spread around the world after the end of apartheid. can you help us remember what that was all about? this is a men or please to forgiveness. this is a men wanted peace. this is the men who wanted south africans to unite and one pitfalls and leave as a rainbow mission. as they went, that he, he coined to himself, it all started when nelson mandela, the late in the summer, that president from a president asked to to, to cheer the commission of the truth and reconciliation commission. the main purpose of this commission was to ensure that those were pivoted appetite balls, woof, woof, permitted injustices on black people and come to account, they say what they did to why they did it and it wasn't processed when also those

that were victims off of the apartment resume way, also given a chance to come and say their views and say how they feel. so that by the end of the day, those that have done grown, i given as some functions or some punishment, some of them even went to prison because of that. and by the end of the day, at 22 same wants to make sure that there is forgiveness that either the constellations or that blake and wise can come to good that and live together as the rain pollution as one side by side and put a potted behind ok, thank you so much for that journalist too. so come our reporting on the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu. countries around the world have been ringing in the new year with fireworks gatherings and celebrations. new york held his annual ball drop, and this time time square was full of confetti and good cheer. even though the pandemic has forced many places to scale back the parties,

people are reading 2022 in the hope that it might be the year when life returns, somewhat back to normal. ah, pandemic on milton demick. the world welcome the new year in style. in new york city, the clouds were back at times square, though they were much smaller than before. the corona virus. oh, fran time no more. no more cove. if you just see people taking a more tougher approach to it, like yeah, i'm gonna get vaccinated, but i'm not going to show everything else out. i've got to keep moving forward. i gotta make this work. press sales will famous called cabana beach. once again, did not disappoint

in sydney fireworks. weaved through the air and revellers flocked to massive beach parties in india's coast to region of go on . moscow's red square got a little redder, as fireworks exploded overhead. ah, london's traditional celebrations were cancelled. people did not want to go without a party in berlin. the bunt book, gate, and other landmarks were luminated despite restrictions and fireworks and gatherings . thousands came to celebrate vic client wanted, when an island, i'm

a cheerful person. that's why i want my life back. i believe we still have a right to live on highest despite everything that's happened. it's wonderful to be here today and be able to party a bit about shin to be able to put them on the rest of the lady. in the united arab emirates, hundreds of multicolored light, drones, and thousands of fireworks. sit to guineas. well rec horse, creating stunning images and celebrating the end of what for most of the world was another difficult year. and t w's correspondence around the world are looking ahead to the issues of this new year. beijing correspondence had incredible share some insights into where china, what likely be placing its focus as 2022 gets underway. 2022 will indeed be a very crucial year for china. and that mainly has to do with 2 big events ahead. the 1st one being debating winter olympics,

which will be held in february and observe us basically perceived this event as an accelerator of the already riding gap between the west and china. why the chinese government promotes the beijing went olympics as a milestone of a country that has become a world power the west, mostly debates about a political boy caught off the games and also debates about the increasing human rights violations inside the country. been in autumn, there will be the biggest political event of the year, the 20th party congress. and during that event, seating ping is spect it to proclaim his a 3rd term un office. and that will make him the longest serving chinese leader since mile to dawn. and if you look back under see through, over the last 10 years, yes, transformed the country tremendously. and so far he doesn't throw any signs of ease in control. health experts in the united states or warning of what they call an arm a chronic blizzard. if warned americans to prepare for severe disruptions in the

coming weeks, the rising wave of coven 19 led by the omicron barren is threatening to overwhelm hospitals, schools and other key infrastructure. record numbers of children have been hospitalized. authorities are preparing to authorize booster shots for 12 to 15 year olds next week. one of germany's leading virology is cautiously cautiously forgive me. optimistic about the pandemic for the coming year. fish and austin says that the data indicates the on the con variant is less dangerous than ish initially feared and could actually help. corona virus become more common like cold viruses, but he wore that the high number of unvaccinated people in germany still poses a challenge of ambulance. because if we look at the major industrialized countries of europe, that germany has the highest percentage of people who haven't been exposed to the virus and who haven't been vaccinated by stuff. and we don't know what that means for us. and even if the disease severity is bearable for the vaccinate,

which seems to be the case, we still have to worry about a large section of the population. and that will certainly have a political influence on most on d z l e o n be sin, dis polito sha 100 on mit pushed him vit. and 2022 said to be a bumper year for sports though with a few corona virus curve balls thrown in to describe the curve of those ball, sir dw sports, mark meadows, just joining me here. let us get the ugly question out of the way cove. it. how big a role is it going to play in sports of 20? $22.00. a big one. again, i'm afraid we've got the african nations cup starting in cameroon. very soon. big problems. the english football clubs we know that is a wave of corona virus in the premier league at the moment. so many games are being called off because the ranting of players take liverpool, for example. they're going to lose mohammed sala, the egyptian star, to the african nations cup. there are also gonna lose sadie manet, the senegal star. and of a sudden you're thinking, well it is corona those cases on top of that, at liverpool. can they actually feel the t?

well, it's really going to hit their title aspirations. let's turn to tennis. we've got the australian open starting on january 17th. we still don't know if will number one know that joke, which will actually be there. organizer said you've got to be jab to come. he isn't saying his vaccination or not wrapping it out is there, he's been training today. he is recovered from cove it. and when we look at the big, sort of cor, jenny, or sporting events, winter olympics better to be held in china. united states is leading a diplomatic boycott is begging even bother, not at all, as long as the athletes turn up, they don't care. i mean channels also said who, who said we were going to invite joe biden anyway, especially given the corona virus. strict controls have got for beijing. vladimir putin is invited, which is interesting because russia officially can't compete at the games because of a doping band. but yet, beijing, the using fake snow machines to make the ski peace because there isn't enough natural snow. this is beijing showing that it has the technological prowess to pull

this off and it wants to show it is the 1st city in the world to host a summer and winter olympics to another core. jenny, all sporting event world cup in cutter. political concerns there as well. yes. m overseas. lots of people are very upset about the of my co workers who have died building the stadiums, but there's no chance that any teams are going to boycott is going to go ahead in november and december. it's the 1st man's woke up in november and december, but it isn't the 1st winter we'll cope. there's been 5 in the southern hemisphere should make that point. but if you're looking for your july football fix this year, then you've got the women's euros. ok, and we'll stay to for that mark medicine b w. sports. thanks for that insight. american comedy legend, betty white has died at the age of 99. her television career span more than 70 years. she was best known for her emmy award winning rules in the t. v sitcom the golden girls where she played the loopy but lovable rose and the man crazy tv

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