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hurricane force winds, batter ballston, and new york disrupting the lives of millions authorities, issue blizzard warnings with the rate and a nice i stay home and bryce full extreme cult, also coming up, northern ireland commemorates and massacre that changed its history. families march in the city of dairy to mock 50 years since the blood and sunday killings. when british troops opened fire on civil rights protested, leaving a trail of tragedy and political turbulence. and an oil steel off the coast of peru could be twice as big as previously reported. it turns out 12000 barrels of oil leaked into the sea 2 weeks ago for miss vanish, refinery and lima. once compensation ah,

i'm jarrett ray, thank you very much for your company. a major winter storm has slammed in to the east coast of the united states, bringing strong winds and heavy snow. severe weather alerts what you shoot across a region of around 70000000 people residence there. robin urge to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary travel. the snow storm is almost emptied the streets of boston with authorities urging people to stay at home. the bomb cyclone, as meteorologists call it, has generated a dangerous mixture of snow and hurricane force winds. in new england storm surges are threatening communities along the coast, forcing many people to flee inland to safety. we got some sandbags re elevated things at our basement, but this is one of the worst storms i've seen so far. tens of thousands have been left without power along the eastern us. in rhode island, driving is only allowed in emergencies. new york city was spared the worst of the

blizzard. somewhere out enjoying a rare sight manhattan, blanketed by a half a meter of snow. this is just an ice sweet winter snowfall. i'm so happy that it is harry unless you have her so i can hear snowball fights. the storm is expected to continue until sunday morning until then it stay home or get home as soon as possible and get caught in massachusetts is one of the worst hit regions and smack bang in the middle of it all is made urologist. matthew could 30 matthew hi there, at least 10 states have been affected by the storm. a 5th of the entire us. how is it where you walk? hey, good morning. you're exactly right. 70000000 people under winter, storm warning,

or bliss work with people you know, for more snowfall. now where i was, we always start somewhere mount behind the fan is plastered the bomb and you for what you think bomb if a low pressure person with a mixed up, you hurt me over and double the rate you lose that obama. ok, maybe matthew, you gonna have to leave you that we're having problems with the line to you. we'll see if we can talk to you a little bit later on that, matthew, could she in cape coding, massachusetts, apologies for the quality of that line there. let's get a round up of some of the other stories making world news today. in northern germany storm nadia broad hurricane like gusts of wind,

we'd up to the feeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour as well as flooding. one man was killed and several others were wounded by flying to breathe. brisson is preparing to offer nicer. a major deployment of troops, warships, and jets to eastern europe. u. s. president joe biden also plans to send american troops to boost nato's presence in the region. u. s. defense officials warning that russia has deployed enough forces on ukraine's border to invite the entire country people in portugal, a voting for a new parliament to day to use sooner than scheduled. the early election was cold after a political deadlock on spending brought down the minority. socialist government polling suggests a tight race between right and left wing parties. will northern island is mocking 50 years since the bloody sunday massacre. we vent events across the country. on this day in 1972 british soldiers shot dead,

13 unarmed civilians during a protest in the city of london dairy, also known as dairy, and the consequences of that can still be filled today. these people are commemorating one of the darkest chapters of the north northern conflict, one that unfolded 5 decades ago to day. thousands of mostly catholic processes had gathered for a rally against a new law, allowing imprisonment without trial. british troops were deployed to block the marches of to you, started throwing bottles and stones. soldiers responded with tear gas rubber, bullets, and water cannon de paratroopers, also open fi with live rounds, shooting at the marches off. less than half an hour of shooting. 13 marches were dead with over it does more injured. the 14th which succumb to their wounds. months later, the soldiers claimed their talk. did gunman and bomb throw as

a government inquiry support to the armies account, but was panned as a whitewash. only in 2010 would a 2nd inquire report ever one shot was unarmed, but no bombs were thrown. that soldiers had lied. the british government issued a formal apology. but to this day, no one is face trial over the killings. and i'm joined now by d. w. political correspondent manuals shows who has lived in ireland and studied northern irish history a manual. hi, i'm tell us more about how exactly the city of dairy has been mocking to day. well, a people in this is he, i of dairy would commemorate events every year, but this year is particularly the 50th anniversary and for the 1st time does the iris a t shark. so the irish prime minister, me whole martin who are joined to common oration. hundreds of people, a marsh through disorder, the streets of a dairy there we traced, said to march of 19, at 72 children,

bearing white roses were marching wisdom and f. relatives of the victims were carrying portraits all their relatives killed on the day. fat and people were killed that day. all catholics there was shot in the box. some of them were shot while they were on the ground, others at why they were as they were waiting at white had received. so it's quite a traumatic event. that is to remember to day both by northern ireland and by the republic of ireland. and of course, by the united kingdom. so, very sad anniversary and monroe tell us exactly why. bloody sunday is such a significant event in the history of the northern iraq, our island conflict. well, of course, northern ireland or conflicts which we also know as the troubles spanned over more than 3 decades. however, the blood is sunday. as it's known, this massacre really was a tipping point. because as i mentioned, 13 catalogs were killed, unarmed civilians were killed. and this really prompted a lot of people to join the i already irish republican army,

adding fuel to the fire and worsening the situation. we often see it as a sectarian or a conflict as a conflict or opposing a catholics with protestants, but it goes well beyond. it's really a civil war that are, you know, that opposed or irish and northern irish people. and now these events that we've been talking about took place 50 years ago, but the trauma still seems very fresh for many people. are there why is that? well, i think for the families of the victim, they can't really be closure even 50 years old because there were a, we've seen it it, we've seen it in the report. there were 2 inquiries. the 1st one exonerated, the british sold is, and another inquiry, a 12 years long inquiry was a 5000 pages report. afterwards we decided, the inquiry actually concluded that the shootings were unjustified and unjustifiable yet and no sold is even if the soldiers who have shot had been

identified. no, sylvia has been tried so far in july, 2021. a prosecutors said that key evidence or was unlikely to be admissible in the the only case were british sold. it could have been tried, so the families are still very bitter battles at our political correspondent emanuel shows talking to us about the 50 year anniversary. since the bloody sunday massacre and manual, thank you. thank you. will you remember poland is working on a permanent security fence so long. it's frontier with bill ruth, for months now thousands of migrants have been trying to reach the european union via this route. poland says the wall is a justified response to the crisis, but critics say it's also a barrier for genuine asylum seekers. the foundation for a border wall is dug into the frozen ground along the polish bellow ruffian border . the 1st stage for a 5 me to high steel fence with motion detectors,

poland barrier to prevent people from crossing whatever these fence is being erected for safety reasons. so that we don't have to fear any further provocation from belarus. details of the exact route of the fence are being kept secret. every day between 20 and 50 undocumented people try to cross the border, say polish border gods. that significantly less than a few months ago. there met by almost 10000 polish soldiers and gods and loudspeakers blaring in different languages. the polish border is closed. this is the end of your journey go back to minsk. but refugee 8 organizations believe the more than 360000000 euro project is misguided. mapped on and the vast sums of money spent on building this barrier would be enough to establish an effective arrival and asylum system in poland. this has been lacking for years back,

we are up for critics. the fence is not a sign of strength, but rather of the failure of polish and european refugee policies. let's go to peru now where the government says an offshore oil spill is twice as big as previously reported. it's now confirmed that 12000 barrels of oil late into the sea 2 weeks ago at a refinery ironed by the spanish oil company rep, sol. peruse, government has demanded compensation. but rep sol says it was an act of nature. they have an almost impossible job cleaning up after this ecological disaster of volcanic eruption. thousands of kilometers away in tonga, triggered waves that hid a tanker of peruse coast, causing this severe oil leak. but the fishing communities, blame reps, all the oil company that owns the refinery. where the accident happened

i thought a woman door, it's been 2 weeks since the oil spill and no one has been held accountable. there should be someone in prison right now that any on all those italian. oh, i think this needs to stop the poor animals. the fish, we are supporting the municipalities by donating hair to clean these beaches. i available it is a violent get is apply. yes. president pedro castillo has toward the affected area and he to once answers. yes or i would like to confirm the seriousness and responsibility of this government to make the company comply with its criminal, civil and administrative obligations. we can not have a sick c no. oh, a peruvian judge has band wrestles regional executives from going abroad. has

investigators look into the incident? russell says it's cooperating with the government and is also focused on cleaning up the environment. now, germany's green party has elected new leaders to cap off its 2 day conference in berlin. delegates selected 28 year old law maker. he caught a long and 46 year old foreign at foreign affairs expert ahmed naughty poor. the green's became part of germany's governing coalition in september last year, entering a government for the 1st time. in 16 ross, i am the doll is chasing a record 21st grand slam in today's australian. i've been final in melbourne. the spanish tennis champion is facing off against done near mid viet of the 25 year old russian player is aiming to win his 2nd success. the grand slam title after his victory at the us open in september. the competition, of course, was marked by the deportation of the unvaccinated tennis di, no joke image,

and that game is now in its 5th set. we'll bring you updates shortly in the next short reminder now of the top story with following for you. a major winter storm has slammed into the eastern united states with strong winds and heavy snow. severe where the alerts were issued across the region of around 70000000 people residents are being urged to stay home and avoid unnecessary traveling. sports life is up. next i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour until then there's more now website d, w dot com and on instagram and twitter to at t w's. i'm jared read in berlin. thank you for watching a.