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talks in egypt are deadlocked. and now going into overtime and so on, result to exactly will pay for climate change damages. and how much ah i'm here until berlin, thanks for joining us. rushes, airstrikes targeting ukraine's power grid have plunged countless people into darkness. almost half of the national power grid is now offline, in millions or without power, water or heat. with winter knocking at the door captured russian tanks covered in the winter's, fur, snow. a reminder of when keith was much closer to the front lines. but while the fighting may be further away, the war is ever present as daily russian strikes have plunged hundreds of thousands

into darkness or sea accordingly, russia continues to launch me sell strikes on ukraine, civilian critical infrastructure, waging war against the civilian population, and depriving them of light, water, heat, and communications. well, almost half of our energy system has been disabled. rather, while authorities are scrambling to repair the battery power grid as best they can . residents are preparing for more blackouts. those young with where joy, so much a more counting on cas, we bought firewood in the spring when it was already clear. it would be tough in winter. you know, i'm going to live with my parents and use a stove for heating, but with the political risk was 5 years a dolly it makes life more difficult, but i bought flashlights and candles. everything is fine and was of i have this winter, but with russian missiles striking across ukraine for millions that winter will be

cold and dark. we asked maria of the of a ukrainian security analyst in odessa on the power outages are affecting people there for a lot of people. this is a total disaster and there are a districts there where it's everything is dark and the situation is very hard. not only for odessa, but, but the near by regions. i've been also to make a live and so on. and people are struggling. and because for many electricity is also the mean to heat their apartment because they can then you assess my heaters and without the electricity this is not broken. and more or were the water pumps need electricity. turan so no electricity or many people means no, no, no heat and and no water and the temperatures are getting really low now, especially when denied hours when people. lastly, there was maria of the, of

a ukrainian security analysts in odessa, despite this week's massive russian airstrikes, russian troops are retreating from more ukrainian territories. g, w, as much as buddha takes us to a town, just 4 kilometers from the russian border. the leading troops are gone, but they have left destruction behind them. could use to take less than 2 hours to drive from hard gifts to off chunks. now it takes 5. you have to take small, local roads, and long teach was all the major route and bridges are destroyed, which is 4 kilometers from the border with russia. the tone was taken on the 1st day of the war. lucas, tell us the russians set up a torture chamber and this time they mostly took young men. they're very kind of alice, as soldiers ordered him to go there after they caught him outside of the curfew

yard. the $11.00 of them, i thought they would torture me. well. i came as i was told at 8 am, but they just made me dig trenches were carry stuff around the door and stacker sandbags. had to be there at 8 am, would work until 5 was. that's how they made me slave away. miss girl, what's a girl, sir? the limit your heart and everything looks broken and the russians do so from across the board. the people were still here with soon face a tough winter. electricity is often out and there's no gas for heating. some humanitarian aid does come, but not often. it's so hard to get there. given these conditions, not everybody is happy the russian so usually when they were here we could still have more or less. normally there was work and we were

getting humanitarian aid every 10 days. they would also hand out money. now we have nothing. excuse me. there's not much for sale at the market and not many people, many left for russia with the retreating soldiers. it's an area a long considered pro ration. now the ukrainians are in charge again. many are anxious and suspicious painters as collaborators. as a woman, she won't be on camera all. the time. with trust is everywhere. soldiers in charge of the town, worry that local or informing the russian yet, but not least, we hear about those who are working with both sides and they used to tip off the russian hill. now they come to see us and say this, or that person was a collaborator, they put them, put you on something to say he is only here to

have his mother prepared for winter, took his wife and young daughter out of town and will soon join them but he's determined to return and hope the tone can get back to normal. we are on our soil when we didn't attack anybody another, we don't want anything else. more selling. this is what the days are like involve chance. turning out the climate crisis and divisions between rich and poor delegates of the cop 27 climate summit in egypt have been given one more day to break a deadlock over several issues. tapping that list, a so called loss and damage fund to help poor countries hit by climate disasters. the u was backing a proposal to compensate countries hit by storms,

droughts or floods provided they make tougher emission cuts, but divisions remain over exactly who would be eligible. delegates are also waiting to see if the world's too, because polluters the u. s. and china will sign on d w's. tim schellenberg at the summit in sham as shake, told us earlier that china is unlikely to agree to deal to a deal proposed by the european union. it will be very difficult for china to agree what's on the table at the moment. and that's because china has been part of the g 77, a group of developing countries pushing for exactly this lawson damaged fund in the last couple of years. and also doing this past 2 weeks and, but was actually on the table right now with me that china would, would switch from being a potential and put from a potential receiver of money to the side of those who pay for it

a donor. and not as that is not very well seen among the chinese negotiators. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the u. s. attorney general has appointed a veteran prosecutor to oversee the investigation of former president donald trump . you're on jack smith will leading why raising to white from had classified documents that his florida state and his role in the storming of the capital. they were not spies. swedish officials in explosions on the nordstrom gas pipeline in the baltic sea were caused by sabotage, moscow and western nato. allies accused each other of damaging the pipelines leases relock as capital colombo have broken up a demonstration by students. they were demanding the release of 2 of their leaders from detention here, played a major role in protests that forced former president and got to buy a rich box to leave the country. earlier this year,

the white house is asked a u. s. court to grant immunity to the saudi crown. prince muhammad been summoned. he's facing a lawsuit for allegedly ordering the murder of the journalist, jamal a short she in turkey, american intelligence, officials believe the prince ordered the killing. ah, all right, we turn to some sports news now and to tar has banned the sale of beer at world cup stadiums just 2 days before opening match. this caps, months of tense negotiations between fever and the whole country. the band could violate a multimillion dollar sponsorship deal with budweiser. deer will be available in the v. i. p. areas in the stadiums. well, alcohol plays no major role and guitar society. many millions of football fans around the world considered an integral part of their experience of the game. plenty of supporters had already arrived and guitar by the time fuses. announcement was made on friday and were surprised to hear of the last minute change in the

rules. that can be an argentine now it's essential that you always rubia with friends and family and moments of die and right now and teens are full. so i to be here at this, we're at cup and we really want to win here is normally indispensable for us. it's like a bottle of water. when you're in the middle of the desert, we definitely thought there would be a here. and i don't know what's going to happen. anything else? nothing out with the civil world. mm hm. not even in the stadium that with, i mean, you don't get everything you want to live. for more than a decade, migrant workers and katara have toiled to build stadiums and a new airport and public transport system. human rights groups have long warned about the current conditions endured by laborers. they're demanding payouts. there's never been a world cup like this one. the 1st in the arab world,

boasting 8 state of the art stadiums. by far the most expensive tournament in fi fi history. and the most controversial one for years human rights organizations have criticized the working conditions on cotton construction site. thousands of migrant workers suffered wage theft, paid extortionate recruitment fees, or even died under unexplained circumstances. my can be dolly worked as security guard and cut off for 3 years. the kenyans spent a month in a doha jail. after exposing how cut are treat it's migrant. workers crunch living conditions. this is like a 10 told people depending on how you know the employees feeling and no one who knows because they were supposed to be talking. i was a close over time. like to find companies looking an example of

international trade unionists. moshef, i've heard such accounts when he travelled to cut out to examine the country's working and living conditions. the german acknowledges that come to us government recently introduced some more work of friendly legislation. according to sheriff. however, many of those improvements only exist on paper. cut tom was cut off, simply needs to better control the reforms it has initiated. we need many more inspectors. we need much more drastic penalties if employers do not comply with a new lawson. and that's missing so far know in that said on does fail to say, can government admit that there is still some deficit? but it also complains that the country is being treated unfairly. well, i'm not claiming without death, but it's a journey that we will. we will, right, let's be realistic and come down rather than just jump into the wave so that we

just mistook about him of it. we all respected, but we need to be a bit, you know, modest about the human rights groups have let demands for fee fine cut out to create a compensation fund for migrant workers to remedy abuses during world cup preparations . but cut us government has already rejected such demands, calling them the publicity stunt winters. all the arrived in some parts of europe in the united states. in berlin. we had the 1st light snowfall on thursday night while the north west of the u. s. a major snowstorm has paralyzed parts of the state of new york. over 90 centimeters of snow was recorded. officials have issued a travel band enclosed schools, their winter snow storms are common in this part of the u. s. and some residency there enjoined the 1st major snow storm of the season

you're watching the w news, and here's a quick reminder of our top story at this hour. ukraine's prime minister says daily, half of the national power grid has been disabled by russia's latest wave of missile strikes. one in every 5 ukrainians is currently without electricity. all right, that's all for me from now. but after the break, christy plants them will be here with t w business news, and she's taking a look at why workers are deserving the new hard core twitter. i'm aaron tillman. berlin, thank you very much for turning it up in katara. excited. you scored in terms of controversial political terms where there for youth with reports and background information. everything about the 20.