the biggest thing in the world is a fact of emotions. architecture is chemistry. believe me starts december 25th. oh d w ah ah, this is dw used live from berlin. moscow reaches out to it's closest ally, rushes, defense minister meets ballad, russian leader lucas jenko, and sit down with his counterpart to discuss the war on ukraine. also coming out, oh wow. i renamed some streets that have long celebrated colonial

administrators in africa, replacing them with the names of african resistance fighters. and we check in on the world's camp in katara, where things god, shall we say, messy for the australian team, looking for a spot in the quarter finals that's coming up later in sport. ah, i'm monica jones and berlin. welcome to the program. russian defense minister sergey shall we go, has traveled to belarus, to discuss the ongoing war in ukraine. he met with a bellow, rose's lida, alexander lucas jenko, who said the 2 nations half a single army. chicago also made his mense counterpart and find an amended security deal. russian forces have deployed from belarus, but ha,

belarus says it's troops won't fight in ukraine earlier as dw corresponding nick connelly and keith what ukrainians think of visit. we'll see any sighting of top russian officials there in minsk is something that is followed very closely here from keith. i think for now we haven't seen or heard anything that would really make people more worried. particularly here. i'm actually in contrast and kind of the opposite direction. we have seen russia dialing down pulling forces out of belarus and taking them to the east of ukraine. there'll be losing so many boots on the ground leaving so many soldiers in recent months. and i think there's definitely a desire from the russian side to get even more in the way of technical assistance we've seen. but i was handing over lots of soviet era weaponry, doing lots of repairs on russian weapons, also training new russian recruits. so that is if it's something that lisa lucas shanker, i think, is willing to do, but as to something more serious as for potential attack on the ground from belarus, which is only a 100 kilometers, you know,

air again as the crow flies from here and key of, i think we're not seeing any major development there yet, but definitely there's a desire on the part of russia to keep that tension there. and to kind of, you know, keep ukraine force ukraine to god that border and you know, spend as many resources doing that as possible. right. i mean, bella, arisen, present, look, ash angle has stressed again and again the belarus will not enter the war and ukraine, but in a, in the long run. i mean, how long can he say no to put in? well i think there is a lot of expectation of how much space he still has to decide i think for now we're seeing that all the kind of social that you all the kind of pulling even kind of, you know, private pulling anonymous pulling shows that there is no willingness among bella, russian society note infusion of this war. no willing send their own troops, but definitely belarus is open to russian forces. they're sending missiles into crane propellers. they're using but arson, air bases. and i think most the experts you talk to will say that in the long run, you know, putin will probably have to push,

look jenko aside if he wants to use the bellows as the kind of jumping board for full scale invasion and get belarus and forces involved for now he's been now doing very well at basically sitting on kind of both chairs at same time, keeping his cons, kind of some wiggle room himself while you're doing enough to get money and other support from moscow to keep his own population in check. am and i think for now it looks like his carrying on that fairly successfully. and very briefly, nick, because we also heard the french president manuel mccaul commented on possible negotiations between russia and ukraine and to put as so called security guarantees into play. what more can you tell us for now, there's very little detail on that. i think there's a sense here and key of that as always, a mental nicole wants to play the kind of intermediary and kind of show more openness to russia's demands than say, the americans or the brits. i mean, there's also a lot of worry that he is somehow willing to give them some kind of play, some,

some kind of room to demand guarantees from ukraine in the past. that's been that the demand that ukraine wouldn't join nature. i think that is off the table now, but there is a sense here that he is wanting to give leisure put in a face saving way out of this war, potentially at the cost, at no cost to you. great interest. right. nick connelly, they're reporting from kia. thank you so much, nick. every year in moscow, various winter traditions and festivals take place in the run up to christmas. but this year is not like every other year. and many russians are looking forward to this festive his season. as a welcome distraction from the war and ukraine on the stress of international sanctions lacing up the ice gates again. for many in moscow, it's the most wonderful time of the year, even this year in the shadow of war. this is russia's largest ice rink. but because of the special military operation as it's called here, the new year and christmas festivities are being downsized. this year

we'll go to bring loose reddish in your sleeping in, boucher. we've decided it won't be a big celebration this year. but we're providing our space for moscow bites to come here and spend time in this festive setting up the spirit as president of the richard frozen. for a long time, people in russia were able to ignore what was happening in ukraine. but since the mobilization, the military operation has become part of the everyday reality here hasn't latin that we've had. this is when you look at all of this, you could be fooled into thinking, nothing's going on. i think people can't constantly live and stress and have to distract himself somehow. but you know that something terrible is happening. i can't understand how you can condone war and everything that comes with it. a few dare to speak so openly about the invasion of ukraine. those who criticize the

military live in danger. we also meet young russians here who follow the propaganda and support putins actions that are safe, exit that got the admin machine. this year wasn't confusing time for russia. the introduction of many thank since the beginning of special operation, but i completely support my country in this and if you look at it historically, ukraine was always rushing little schema. most people tell us they just one piece and an end to sanctions. this winter, no one on the rink is completely care free. but for a moment, people can allow themselves to forget about the uncertain future. and here's a look at to some other stories making news around the world. el salvador us government is intensifying its so called war on gangs around $10000.00 soldiers and police have sealed off the entire town of soy pongo on the outskirts of the countries capital. the operations goal is to search for suspected gang members. international

human rights groups have criticized the government crackdown measures. garza security forces half reported to israel. he strikes on the south of the strip, a military training side in con eunice and an area. and rafa the israeli air force said it was targeting sides belonging to the palestinian group, hamas. it comes after iraq. it was fired from the palestinian enclave towards israeli territory. able canny corruption on indonesia as main island of java, has forced people in nearby villages to evacuate their homes. authorities are preparing shelters, and people have been warned not to travel within 8 kilometers of the crater of mounts to marrow. the volcano last erupted a year ago killing more than 50 people. germany's economy minister says his government plans to create environmental pacts with industry the so called climate protection contracts would provide subsidies to energy, intense industries for 15 years and return businesses. my chemical and steel

manufacturers would reduce carbon emissions. air pollution in pakistan, city of la hore has reached high levels on friday. the air quality index ought to 400 an index off 100 is already considered unhealthy. the punjab region usually experiences increased smog levels from november to february, and farmers burnt crops which produces sick smoke. germany, like many other european countries, is struggling with its colonial past. some of the colonial administrators was celebrated here in berlin, with streets and monuments named after them. a group of activists have made it their mission to re name the streets. now after years of lobbying that made major progress. he may, our ha, yesterday has been decades in the making activists from the african diaspora and, and g o z have long been calling for the names of german colonizers to be removed

from berlin streets during a ceremony with authorities, local activists, and a delegation from cameroon. to streets of the so called african quarter, a residential area in the north west of berlin. now got new names. what year wasn't sufficient, oxford wonder? this street was named after ardour fluids, who established imperial germany's colony. in what is the modern day country of namibia, cornelius frederic street has taken its place named after the indigenous leader who fought in the resistance against the german colonization there. gustaf, nasty gun who declared to days cameroon, toggle, and part of gunner as german imperial colonies, had this square named after him, finally developed during the nazi era. it is now called monga baird square in honor of emily and rudolph. do are la mancha bell who let the resistance movement against german colonize us in. cameroon,

or frederick's and rudolph mongo bill were executed by german forces. a descendant of rudolph hunger bill also took pass. davis had mentioned the coolio easy people who colonized were celebrated as heroes. here and germany, that's why they're named the streets after them is class and that in and nor middle have i like. now there is a completely different understanding. we now know what these people actually did in the colonies. how many people they killed for an style without this you? they mentioned the you do that, how might have added on. but the work of the activists is not over yet. as suggested by the and she also, the district government is expected to place memorial plex and information stance in the area. and the hope is that the last remaining streets, named after a german colonizer, can soon be renamed after a member of the african resistance. and a war fought in eastern africa against german colonialism.

ah, other wealth cutting carsa argentina through to the quarter finals after beating australia to one the soccer was acquitted themselves well, but argentina had a genius on their side. this was the biggest middle eastern mismatch since david met goliath, australia's artisans versus the artistry of little messy. and the sa caruso soon saw his genius on 35 minutes when messy post to leave australia keeper, matt ryan helpless. but ryan was the architect of his own. don't fall when argentina made it to just before the hour 1000000000. alvarez was on his poor touch in a flash, he made it to nil. ryan needed his teammates to dig him out of a hole. they got a lucky brick when craig goodwin's wild effort deflected an offensive, fernandez came on and the aussies nearly scored

a shock equalizer. but emily martinez blocked brilliantly from garen qu all in the 7th minute of injury, time massey led the celebrations in front of argentina's rock as crowed, whose expectations will be even higher their site in the last 8. and in the early match, the netherlands became the 1st team to make the quarter finals playing the u. s. a dutchman scored twice in the 1st half and never looked back. memphis de pye struck 1st. the orange army was in full voice as the game finished. 3 girls to one new york city is searching for an assassin, some one with the means to exterminate the cities, rodents. authorities are offering an annual salary of up to $170000.00 us dollars for the right person to take up the job. seeking candidates with good communication skills and a bloodthirsty attitude. new york is on the hunt for rats, tsar, to fight the cities,

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pandemic. matt adams said any one with the drive and killer instinct needed to fight the cities rat problem should apply for their dream job. you're watching dw news coming up next to doc film with a documentary about china's 8th scan build. and there's more news available. our website at c, d, w dot com and a social media, twitter and instagram handle at d. w. news. i'm monica jones from in the team in berlin. thanks for watching. we're all set to go beyond view of citizenship and then we're all live as we take on the we're full about.