a impact with because change doesn't happen on its own. make up your room minded. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah. ah . this is dw news life from berlin, south africa beds farewell to an anti apartheid hero president, sir cyril rom, oppose the delivers the eulogy at the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu in cape

town to to was awarded the nobel peace prize for combating white minority rule. he was called the moral conscience of his country, also coming out around the world concerts, light shows, and fireworks kickoff the new year. new york welcomes 2022 with its annual ball drop on time square. and unlike the previous year, thousands of people join in the fun. many say that hoping for a better year. ahead and remembering one of hollywood best loved actresses. tv legend, bessie white dies just days before her 100th birthday. ah, and i'm on your campus mckennon a very warm welcome and happy new year to all of you. south africa has said good bye to the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid. the funeral of

archbishop desmond tutu was held in the same place that he used the pulpit for decades to rail against a brutal white minority regime. at a modest ceremony family, friends, clergy, and politicians gathered at cape townsend saint george's cathedral president several ram opposed to live at the main eulogy at the official state funeral describing to 2 as a crusader and the struggle for freedom and justice around the world. and we can cross now to john, lest tuesday, kamala, who's in cape town, to say, this is the funeral of a man who wanted the cheapest coffin available, and it is a pools, a funeral being held in the middle of a pandemic. so the numbers the limited, is this, the kind of ceremony that desmond tutu would have been happy with it was a funeral offset, big man indeed, a great man. indeed,

according to the descriptions deborah for microsoft rica. but you are right if you know that was howard's at to long keep the course of the funded me on the 100 people are loud in the got the drum and dead the my georgia to south africans were not allowed to come and god the here under normal circumstances would have thousands people got that in, but at that that did not happen because of the convent 19 requisitions. but we know that to, to himself, left instructions that he doesn't want it to be a pop up from that he doesn't want it to be a very popular one way of people come on over the world to or not him. you said he wants to, oh indignity during his time. yeah. associate at himself with a pool and you want it to to happen in a 2 step. this is why even be coughing is just not quite often, not the expensive casket that we saw. even the people that can me a wet, of course, the preston said i'm a poor so i think it got but push it to what he did,

even during the tooth. and because listen commission at the, on the or not that he got from the government was the flags that was ended up by tool tool to the we do. but the military or not, and all those things were not done because to, to say, do you want to keep it also in terms of the numbers? yes, it wasn't the best. but i think to, to is happy because to say doesn't want it to be flush from that. i want to, but remember what it would wake that it. and i think those that were given instructions did exec you back now teach you will be remembered of colace to helping and to pull aside, excuse me, but also for his idea of restorative justice, which has been used in thousands of post conflict situations around the world. can you help us remember what restorative justice actually is? this started when the former president, nelson mandela pointed to to, to be the chair of the tools and the constellation commission. the main purpose of this commission wants to make sure that after our pop taped, when south africa is now ad democratic, these peace between at those with appetite,

appetite injustices, and those were affected by that. and this happened by calling those that to where the perpetrators to come and account before the commission saying what they did and why they did. and those that were affected by this sam at these injustices were also kind of called upon to come and see their views and say their feelings and say you want and they want to happen. so throughout this process there was then the process of reconciliation when the whites and the blacks as a set together and now live in peace and effect to decoy it as that to that as, as the rainbow nation saying this is a nationwide people, different carline, different tribes are now a stain to hear that it was because of the efforts of fis and like to know, what did it i'm of course i described to saying in, in the, you know, what you're saying. he left this mission in a better position. and from what it was because he left blacks and whites living in peace. evelyn,

thank you so much. he said camilo in cape town. in other news, countries around the world have been ringing in the new year with fireworks gatherings and celebrations. new york held its annual boulder up, and this time time squire was full of confessing and good cheer. even though the pandemic has forced many places to scale back the parties, people are bracing 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 went back at times square, though they were much smaller than before. the corona virus. good fran. time no more. no more. pope. if you just see people taking a more tough approach to it, like yeah, i'm going to get vaccinated,

but i'm not going to show everything else out. i've got to keep moving forward. i gotta make this work bristles will famous called cabana beach. once again, did not disappoint ah in sydney fireworks weaved through the air and revellers flocked to massive beach parties in india's coastal 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. ah, in berlin, the bunt book, gate and other landmarks were luminated. despite restrictions and fireworks and gatherings, thousands came to celebrate my funds, it has been unavailable and i'm a cheerful person. that's why i want my life back. i believe you 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 of i shouldn't even put them on the rest of living. in the united arab emirates, hundreds of multi colored light drones and thousands of fireworks sit to guineas, world records, creating stunning images and celebrating the end of what for most of the world was another difficult year. i want to,

germany's leading viral adjusts is cautiously optimistic about pandemic for the coming year. husky and washington says that the data indicates the alma cranberry and is less dangerous than initially fed and could actually help corona virus become more like common cold viruses. but he warned that the high number of unvaccinated people in germany still pose a challenge of and go into the course. and you know, if we look at the major industrialized countries of europe, who the germany has the highest percentage of people who haven't been exposed to the virus and who haven't been vaccinated english, mastiffs, 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, great, we still have to worry about a large section of the population. and that will certainly have a political influence on most of the social on bison, this political 100 on mit pushed in that and 2022 is also set to be a bump, a year for sports and mark meadows from d. w. sports joins me now to take us through the next 12 months,

happy new year to mark. and we have to start with the pandemic. of course, what sort of impact is it going to have in the early part at the new sporting year? well, let's look at the australian open tennis which starts on january 17th. we still don't know if will number one and defending champion novak joke of. it's will be there organizer said you have to be jabbed to come. he isn't revealing his vaccination status. one player who is there is rafa nadal. we actually saw him training today in melbourne. now he got cove it in december. it's actually less than 2 weeks since he announced he had it. so he's been well to, to get there. and it's a good job actually, that nadal is there because it's not just grown of ours is loads and loads of injury pullouts as well. so at least one big star in melbourne. we can turn to football. we have the african nations cook coming up in cameroon, very soon. that is taking place despite loss of speculation that it would wouldn't because of corona virus. it's a big problem for english clubs though of us. we have lots of corona virus in

england. lots of premier league games have been postponed because the routing of players to play things at liverpool are now going to lose players like mohammed, seller of egypt, and saudi mani of center. go to the african nations cup. so if you add on the corona, various substances, they might not have a team to field, but it's great that the african nations copies happening after a year's delay. ok, extraordinary times that center the winter olympics, and the u. s. is leading a diplomatic bike of the beijing games or the human rights concerns. what's china stance is it bothered at all. they're not bothered at all. as long as the athletes come, they really don't care. and china has actually made the boy who said we're going to invite joe biden anyway, especially given the very tight corona virus restrictions there are for this games . oddly, vladimir putin is invited, even though russia officially as a nation, aren't actually allowed to compete at the winter olympics. but beijing is basically may fake snow on the pieces because they don't actually have enough proper snow.

the piece a quite a long way from beijing, but even so they still know know that it's beijing showing it's technological prowess, and beijing will become the 1st city ever to host a winter and summer lympics. now also lots of political concerns when it comes to the ethical. well captain guitar in november. yes, i mean lots of controversy. lots of people, very upset about the number of migrant workers who died building the stadiums. but there is no chance of a boycott from the teams. they will all be there in november and december, it's the 1st mens will cook to be held in november, december. it's not the 1st winter we'll cut though there have been 5 southern hemisphere will cups we shouldn't forget that. but if you're looking for your football fix in, in june or july with the work up not being there, we do have to women's european football championship in july, looking forward to that. not that is thanks so much. aliana attainment world is mourning the passing of american comedy actress betty white, who died on new year's eve television career, began in 1949 when it was still

a new medium and she remained in the public eye until her death. she had been planning to celebrate her 100th birthday. this month. the grand dame of american television had the longest career of any woman in the entertainment industry spanning more than 6 decades. betty white, saucy charm gave life to numerous memorable and quirky characters that she earned to emmy awards for her role on the mary tyler moore show in the 1970s. as the snyder lusty sue ann evans, i'm sorry, this is a very critical time. i'm sorry, this is a very critical time, please. ah ah . but she was best known for playing the dim witted rose nyland in the golden girls a 19 eighties sit. com, that broke boundaries by featuring for senior women living together in miami. do

you have reason to miss your hotdog? when asked about her decades of success, white chalked up her long career to good health, good fortune and loving her work. i've been working in this wonderful business for 63 years now, and i'm so lucky to be as busy as i am out. i'll say no when they stop asking me. so if you want me to retire or stop asking. the news of betty white's death sparked an outpouring of tributes with fans, gathering it a makeshift memorial over her star on the hollywood walk of fame. us president joe biden tweeted his own tribute, saying betty wind brought a smile to the lips of generations of americans. she's a cultural icon who will be sorely missed. the beloved and groundbreaking actress died just 18 days short of her 100th birthday. no wonderful

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