ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lived from berlin as a now the huge, shocked at the world cup in catawba, germany out he flicks men, finally got to win the thing coast to reach out. but it wasn't enough to stop them heading and fast devastated. i can't describe

a lot 30 minutes. so just looking him up on being old, being spain with score, but unfortunately not on that. i'm good. and also on the program, a deadly fire fox wave of processed across china. did people die because of the stringent cove? it locked down measures. chinese authorities issue broad denials. but d, w is investigative team, finds evidence that suggests otherwise ukrainian officials war russia is gearing up for a massive aerial attack. are seen visits, a medical facility coping with shortages that could be made even worse by a new assault. ah, i'm many people that can and welcome to the program. we start with football and germany out as the world counts in katara sh. now that is despite beating coast to

recap, force it to in a thrilling game in which germany took the lead, then lost it and then retook it. but it was called comfort as their site was decided on another pitch, costa rica, and germany lined up for one last chance to move out of the group phase. as stephanie for pub became the 1st woman to referee amends, world cup match germany, play the 1st half, swarming forward and got the games 1st. go on 10 minutes through surge. come every one mill laid was days past half time, but they soon came to regret not having more on 58 minutes. yeltsin tahita put costa rica on level terms, the underdogs and their fans riding an unexpected emotional high and soon on cloud 9. when the ball was squeezed, past germany, goalkeeper men will know it. as costa rica took the lead, was out a big limit, the albuquerque of stadium, a sudden costa rica breed of a place in the last 16. germany settled down though,

and struck back another 3 times at the atmosphere fell flat as would spread. the japan were beating spain. the wind was in vain, and germany a hitting hm. and he is how that result went down with german fans. he followed that see him all the way to guitar. i can't describe. i feel nothing has like empty there last 30 minutes. i was just looking him up on hoping openings painless floor but unfortunately not. and i'm just, i'm so very disappointed. jeremy. it was a great game. so dramatic. bob, i were very disappointed that jeremy's out again, it was very on nice of, you know, speed actually obviously, if you said water, right, you can compare this to tennis. heartbreaking has to put more for, but you can compare these 2 times. it come out by leading to go look at us. we are coming coming. oh, going home early in the time. it is all, you know,

germany. i can't sort of country like germany, what we're going to like, a round of strong cumberland. now japan pulled off one of the great world cup performances, besting spain in another major world cup upset and topping groupie. in the process, everything seemed to be going to plan for spain. when alvaro miranda made it a one that made it one nil early on. but a stunning goal from rit pseudo and made it one. all the substitute had only been on the sales 3 minutes was his shot was too hot to handle and ow tanaka sealed their latest world cut shock with the winning goal at 50. 1 minutes to matt. japan managed to hold on pushing germany out and sending their fans into a frenzy. let's take a look at the final standings and groupie after that topsy turvy night football under dogs, japan goes through after topping the group,

having beaten both germany and spain. spain qualify for the knockouts too, but germany joined costa rica in making the early trip home. and for more, let's go to doha. now where dw sports correspondent dana barcelona, is covering the world cup for ask her to see you danya. can you describe for us? if you can just how much of a disappointment this is for germany? this is a massive disappointment. i mean, especially after what happened in the last world cup. crashing out in the group sieges again for this to happen is considered a massive failure and germany really paid for not beating japan in the 1st game, although they had many chances to put the game away. unfortunately, in football, if you don't score goals, you can't win games and at big tournaments like the world cup, every point matters. now we really have to take

a moment to talk about japan because at the beginning of the tournament, nobody even considered that they could advance from this group. not only did the advance, they beat to former world champions in germany and span. and they told their group, so going forward, tina probably going to be pretty weary of japan. it is a huge upset and of course there's going to be consequences out there. so you know, germany could as a result, be losing some pretty big names. yeah, that often happens after big tournaments. i mean there are, some players are getting out there. we have a potential end of an era. unfortunately, there are some players like manual noise, for example, just the brick wall in germany's goal for so long. getting up there, we might have seen him play his last international match. you can google them, for example, thomas mueller, much beloved in germany. of course, he hinted after the game that he might have played his last night. he said if he did play his last match, it was a pleasure and he did so with love. we don't know this for sure. it could come out

in the next few days, but actually some of the events that you did see in those vox hogs, before they told me that although they were sad and an end of an era would be sad for them. they do have hope in the future generation like players like jamal movie allah and, but some of the biggest names in the game, all going through to the next round on that. can you tell us a little bit more about messy and rinaldo? stephanie, really, i mean massy and rinaldo mania 2 of the biggest players to ever play football. i mean both of them in their last dance tournament. they are also getting up there and both chasing the potential to become the best lawyer ever. because the world cup is a trophy that has evaded both of them throughout their careers and getting their hands on it would really put one in front of the other. they have this perennial rivalry between them. argentina, you know, they stumbled a little bit in their 1st game too, but they made it through after losing to saudi arabia for portugal, it was

a little bit simpler. but what's been so amazing for us here in doha is seeing how many people have come. just to see massey and rinaldo, you see massey, rinaldo jerseys, everywhere, and what an amazing story would be if they could face off, or if we saw one of them ultimately lived a trophy later on this month. let's see what happens for now. d. w. sports correspond danya barcelona, thanks so much. think like a here's a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. south africa's president sir cyril ram, oppose has entered crisis talks with the heads of his governing amc policy. the leader is on the growing pressure to step down or face impeachment proceedings. composer is accused of breaching anti corrupt laws in the alleged cover up of a cash burglary at a farm that he owns. authority, se flooding and southern brazil has killed at least 2 people rescued. you crews are trying to evacuate hundreds of families trapped in their homes. some had to be

airlifted to safety. search teams are also still looking for dozens of missing people. after a landslide hit a most away earlier this week. the body of late chinese leaders young men, has arrived in beijing ahead of the public memorial service. president seizing, paying and all the top officials received the coffin at the airport. jang will be laid to rest. next week, now in china, covered restrictions are easing in some cities where the virus is still spreading at the mart shift away from the countries at 0 coven policy. after days of rad nationwide, protests, public anger, a rob said after word, spread of a deadly apartment fire in jing jang, province and room as quickly spread that cove had locked downs were to blame. now it's an allegation. the authorities refutes t w's investigative team has more. ah, the fires started on the evening of the 24th of november, no room chief,

the capital of syndrome province. most of the people living in the building are wiggers and muslim minority, long pressed by chinese authorities. that night, 10 people died in the blaze. t w's investigative unit analyzed dozens of photos and videos to try to figure out what happened. we also talked to several sources who had had the rare opportunity of hearing from eyewitnesses. it's almost impossible to get reliable information from the ground, just contacting someone who lives abroad is enough to get you thrown into jail. but for a very brief period of time, relatives abroad were able to contact their loved ones back in the room. she and they other people we talked to. we located the 21 story building in this neighbourhood. while we identified 3 vehicle access points, sources told us that at least 2 were blocked, most likely to better monitor their residence every move. on the night of the

fire, those road blocks prevented emergency vehicles from getting closer to the burning building. fire fighters were reduced to trying to operate from the roads as you can see here, the water barely reached the flame. but with that, the only reason why so many people died. shortly after the fire these videos flooded social media, they claim to show doors thrilled, shot by local authorities as part of the country, 0 cove, a policy where the residence locked in the building. it's an allegation that official to refute it at a press conference. so she put funds out years lukewarm. bonner with no doors, were locked with wise in this community. not all the doors of all the flats and the front doors were open. i am jewelry from the pictures of doors sealed with wires posted on the internet. most are malicious forgery and false b, u r g m o you pins you. but that's not what our source is. say. they tell us that

their relative living in the building told them some doors were in fact locked from the outside, were not identifying them for their own safety. probably mark is leon. a person in the house was co repository if they would lock the door from the outside. that's why some of the doors in the house was sealed shut. then when the fire started, the electricity was cut off. so people was thought because the elevators didn't work and the fire escape was locked as well. they couldn't get out. i still don't know what to do either. let me go over our investigation suggests people's anger may be justified. what we found, throws reasonable doubt on the authorities version of events. and 2 days after the fire room chill, 30 said they'd loosened some restrictions. but by this time protests had already spread to other chinese cities. ah, ah bianca, which my is a journalist living in beijing and he's reported from china since 2019. i asked him

earlier about the a room t allegations. well, i've been percy also in a current in hotel where the fire exit was either blocked or you know, and with heavy objects or literally locked with her with her with a lock and to be no from residence in shanghai and also other cities that am doing a lockdown, they also found they are on the door to their house, are locked with an iron lock. i mean, this is kind of a plausible, i don't know exactly what's happened in odom she but this tragedy i think can only be understood under the context of a lockdown. and am, i mean, in this a residential compound, the majority of residents are weaker and, and they've been, even before the pandemic are living in a, in a very controlled environment or with a lot of police checks or intimidation by authorities and restrictions of movement . so i could guess that many people a dream, those locked downs would have also been very intimidated to got go out even though

they could have physically gone out. i think that i could have also played a role. so again, i don't know exactly what has happened, but am the lock downs have in the past definitely played a role of with those tragedies. and there were also many documented cases that m rescue workers could not reach on time to some compounds because of your fences. ok, now the chinese government is now signaling and easing of its coded restrictions when at i wanted in lestat for the beginning of this year, abandoned at sir. okay. that policy there was a surgeon code that cases and death. so how worried is beijing now that something similar might happen in china? yeah, definitely for it. i mean, the steps that you can see here they are m very significant or within the chinese context, but i mean they're still small steps, but i can see it on the ground here that to, for example, in bridging, i know of several cases of people who got infected with cove it, there were not transfer to current incentives any more,

they were allowed to isolate at home. and it's not the praxis see any more that the whole building skit sealed off. but only i'm, you know, maybe the same floor. i mean, it was, it's really an easing of, of measures. but i think the government will be very cautious not to east too quickly because we know that the vaccination rate among the elderly, especially the people over 80 is really not high enough. the booster rate is only 40 percent for those 80 years or older and also the number of emergency beds in hospitals in um, international comparison is also not very high. so i think there are huge problems for the health system. if there's a really, an, a drastic increase of covert cases and so far today we could see a slight increase. but i mean, if those evenings are further implemented also in other parts of the country, then of course the numbers will go up and probably will go up fast. right. a precarious situation for the chinese government, fagen coachman in beijing. thank you. and here are some of the other stories making

news around the world. sh twister has suspended kanye west for count again for breaking rules on inciting violence. the wrapper his now known as yay, posted a picture that seemed to show a swastika interlaced with a star of david. the band comes was 2 months after his account was reinstated in australia or a former high school teacher who became the subject of the popular true crime podcast has been jailed for 24 years. christopher dawson was jailed from murdering his wife 40 years ago. 2018 podcast shed light on the cold case, and prompted police to re open their investigation. nato secretary general sienna stoughton burg praised germany's increase in military spending. after meeting with chancellor, we'll have shouts in berlin. both leaders reaffirmed their support for ukraine and the face of russian aggression and stress. the need to protect european infrastructure against puzzle sabotaged through the cold and spade has increased

security at public buildings and embassies. after a number of less, a bombs were found devices was sent to targets including the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez and the ukrainian embassy. similar packages was sent to a spanish arms firm and un ethel's face. and the u. s. president joe biden says he is willing to speak to vladimir putin about ukraine, if the russian leader commits to ending the war. biden has been meeting with french president emanuel. my call at the white house for the pair have been discussing solutions to the conflict and strengthening trans atlantic trade relations. emanuel mccall named joe biden presumed a united front in the white house walk about the french in you as president, striving to appear as not just allies, but old friends. president vida, why did you choose president mcroy over your birth date? visit my room? the biden's have been hosting the microns for the 1st white house visit since being

elected last year, putting on a strong show of transatlantic unity against the backdrop of russia's invasion of ukraine. both leaders expressing unwavering support for keith with bite and signaling a change in stance towards russian president vladimir putin. i'm prepared to speak with mister boone if in fact there is an interested him society and he's looking for a way to end the war. he hasn't done that yet. a faster case, in consultation with my friendship primitive friends, i'll be happy to sit down with prudent to see what he wants has in mind. jimmy biden has resisted talking to potent sense russia launched at invasion while the crone has kicked communication lines open. but the french visit hasn't all been smooth sailing. on wednesday president mccomb, one that knew you were subsidies could drive a wedge in european american trade relations. biden enacted the subsidies to boost

to mystic energy production and clean energy the european union. i use the tax banks for us products, create big barriers for its own offerings, but both leaders signal they've found common ground after their talks level. did you please, you know, they did, president biden's wishes to rebuild a strong industry and to secure some technologies for the future. achilles, it would, it, and france wishes the exact same thing for itself, left off exact amount them employment, and the peer eventually agreeing to secure supply chains on both sides of the atlantic. a shaky start to an alliance. both leaders seem determined to strengthen . ukraine's military says russia has pulled some of its troops back from front lines near the southern city of her son. but keep officials said on thursday, the 2 civilians were killed by continued shelling of the area. they also one that

a russian aerial assault is being planned, which could worse than shortages of water, electricity, and heating across ukraine. he w's young. philip shots visited 2 towns in the countries east, but were people who he operated on the injured down here. and he helped women give birth at times. surgeon, your records in yourself was the only doctor left as is you and was under heavy fire. he was in charge of everything. this is upstairs. patients still arrive and medical staff have reclaimed some of the less damaged rooms. but the coming months or worry. linda zamora. good, good. we've got to survive the winter period. now. modern, we've got to somehow maintain our medical care at a higher level during that time or more the new way. unfortunately, we cannot rely on the hospitals, centralized heating system anymore, and that in the zone, but we've started to buy electric heaters normally do it. at least an easier the

attacks are already weak sold. it's a different story and coupons around 40 kilometers north. several people who were hurt by artillery fire, the morley we've visited. this is where they would normally go and attack ruined the local trolley clinic just a few days before the injured have to leave town. the head doctor shows us what is left off his hawkers provide you with for your finance only wooten them, wasn't there simply no excuse for this said they, it looks like they want to destroy the civilian population. there is never been military personnel at the poly clinic, only civilians know, and maybe we just provided medical treatment to normal people in need of all those movies. the hallmark workers not saving them around 1 am viewing at one of the few 80 amps in the town that still works. those normal people see their home being destroyed or wrong them and that the temperature draw cushion been recorded watches

every day. when you leave your home, you see new devastation. and this was such a flourishing city. once i get no room with my village, i entertain had a very nice medical center, but it doesn't work anymore. but sometimes doctors visit then you but we don't have any doctors of our in any more literature. dr. cinco says he's looking for a place to set up a temporary clinic, but he says the russians didn't just damaged good building in the tech. lou, the keeper of the people who work in our medical facility have to come under fire 3 times. now. imagine a 3 time, frankly, people are frightened over so on the grounds, russian destruction of civilian infrastructure fields increasingly like a strategy for the people living here near the front. it could become a matter of life or death. we can take a closer look at this with mike marson and we'll study senior fellow at kings

college london wanting me to see. and you know, we can see in that report, russia is pummeling ukraine's infrastructure and the cranes ukrainian that clearly really feeling it. now, how long can the, the country and its resources realistically stand up to this i think any, actually, realistically, i think they are going to stand up to it. that it's going to be a very long cold winter for the ukranian civilians. and that will inevitably mean that some of those civilians, perhaps the old, all the info are likely to die because of the lack of the services like power in health. but i don't think this is going to stop the ukrainian military fighting. i think, i think actually the opposite is going to happen. the more that the russians inflict damage on ukraine civilians, the harder the crating military is likely to fight back. we heard from the us, from french president michaels visit to the u. s. that both the u. s president and

the french president are committed to holding russia to account for widely documented atrocities and war crimes. can you talk to us about this? how will they realistically be able to hold russia to account so international prosecutions. first war crimes are crimes against humanity, of which russia has as committed a number in this conflict. the reality is that these prosecutions only get carried out and inflicted upon losers. right? so countries that lose was so if we have a p still in ukraine, that almost certainly means that we won't be prosecuting russia. the only way that piece in and his senior generals are going to be brought to account is if you crane effectively wins the war, russian forces lease. and then those avenues can be pursued through the national

course. otherwise, it's very, very, very unlikely to happen. ok. we've heard from a senior adviser to president lensky, that as many as 13000 ukranian troops have been killed in the war, the u. s. on the other hand, is suggesting that it may be as many as 100000 casualties. why is there such a difference between these 2 estimates? it's very, very difficult to estimate casualties of war from the start of the conflicts the ukrainians have been very, very secretive about their numbers of troops, numbers of casualties. ready obvious reasons because that impacts upon their domestic morale is not really clear why reaching these comments came from us live on the line and then were picked up by the u. s. is not clear why they are citing 100 thousands, although a very widely documented number of russian casualties is, is about a 100000. and the russians have been much more careless with their troops. so i

would imagine the crating figure would be perhaps $50000.00. ok. all right, mike martin from king's college london. thanks so much for your time. thank you. i can, here's a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you today. germany are out of the world cup in the group stage, diesel time champions beat close to reek of forced to but it was not enough to advance to the next round. now don't forget you can always get the dw news, get d w. news on the go, you just need to download our app from google play or from the apple app store. and that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking. and this is the only news live from berlin coming up next to the point that the anti coded restriction protests in china. remember,

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