ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the world cup, argentina, and beacon croatia, 3 mil in the semifinals. thanks to be attacking proud of lino messy and julian alvarez. they will either of things to france or morocco in the final and a 1000000000 euros for ukraine. international donors gather in paris and pledge new

aid to help the population survive the winter in the face of russian attacks. and flashed once bring devastation to the congolese capital residence in kinshasa wake up to heavy rain landslides and sink holes, but of dozens dead. and many more missy ah, i'm here until berlin, thanks for joining us. we start with the world cup in guitar, where are argentina have convincingly beaten croatia, 3 mill in the 1st of the semi final clashes argentina's when electrified supporters back home would come out to follow the match at the fans or what else? aries, experts and fans alike. were expecting a tough match for croatia, upset brazil in the last round, but you know, messy and his team too much for them to handle this semi final was bound to be the

last shot at world cut glory, 3, a legendary player. either argentine, as we know, messy or co h as luca mudrinich despite croatia controlling much of the ball early on argentina were the 1st to break through with william alvarez's bullish run, forwarded by a clear foul with the whole world watching. but his keeper too nervous to look. leo messy stepped up and ripped home the penalty. one mill argentina was 34 minutes play and just 5 minutes later alvarez was again crouching through a sea of legs. this time, no one dared to take him down to nil. late in the 2nd half, it was messy lighting up the pitch, dancing through crashes defense to lay the ball off to alvarez, and finish things off at 3 mill. messy has again carried his country to a world cup final, this time against either france or morocco. meanwhile, muddrick knows he'll never lift the cup,

did of his sports corresponded danya barcelona was at the stadium and can to her. and this is what she had to say about the atmosphere there. the eyes in penny in world gym and basically continued as i didn't, you know, but there play and i know the world. they will either play against or morocco. i didn't tina easily be caraway said 3 now in front of a pat out lucille stadium much the jubilation of thousands of argentina ban. as you can see, the band i leaving the stadium tonight, the party will go late in the night in doha. now or other course sports corresponded max merrill's also and guitar. are there we asked him what the key to argentina success was against or tougher croatian side. yeah. against netherlands. they actually looked a little bit shaky. even though at the beginning of the match, they sort of cruise to a to nil lead. again at the beginning of this match i thought croatia got into their game quite well. but argentina, tweaked their system went to

a back full from their usual back 3. and had an added mid field in leandro pad. it is who is there to sort of disrupt this midfield dominance that croatia have been able to create during this tournament at the their midfield 3. really arguably the best in the tournament surrounding the aging. saw luca mudrinich who has as also now played his final world cup game. it looks like for croatia and i croatia, then we're just disrupted they, they didn't manage to get into the game properly. argentina exploited their weaknesses. i think we got a little bit lucky getting that penalty awarded to them, but then after that the pressure was off them and then they could play their game. and we've seen them stuttering li stop to this tournament. and that just about hitting top form at the right time, just before a woke up final international donors meeting in paris have fledged, a 1000000000 euros to help ukraine through the winter. the money will go mainly

towards keeping the civilian population fat in warm. russian missile attacks have left more more of like millions rather without power or heating. a grim prospect as winter continues to tighten its grip on the war torn country like a kick about in the dark. for these kids and keith, it's become the new norma with battery powered lights and the goals that training can start a game of football. during of wartime blackout, just last garage and sometimes it's a bit scary, but we're getting used to it. we go into the underground when there's a bomb alert. otherwise it's okay. like in the ukrainian capital, when tis a harsh, a lot of snow is fallen, and many households are without electricity. in paris or lynn as a lens go, the wife of ukraine's president was welcomed at an international donor conference

hosted by french president in monterey. and my call representatives from 70 countries and international organizations got together to try and help ukraine through a winter of russian attacks in his opening remarks, mackerel condemned to putin strategy in the strongest terms. if not, give his vista maurice drugs us with joseph, which russia openly admit, are designed to break the resistance of the ukrainian people finance, or war crimes. he came to give mercy ukraine's president. val automatically lensky told the conference what his country now needs most urgently proof bessie slo slit was oh, it was on at the end of the day, pledges amounted to more than 1000000000 euros with germany will give 50000000 euros with generators and other technical equipment supposed to arrive in ukraine before christmas gate a line should money alone doesn't save people from dying of hunger, thirst. okay, that's why concrete technical support are so important. if we don't just need

financial aid, we also need generators. transformers, cables, one. you're welcome cabbage equipment that is instrumental for restoring the electricity and water supply to ease at least some of the hardship that ukrainians continue to suffer. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world towards the europe in parliament as would remain one of his vice president for office. i think you're a guy, evie and 3 others have been arrested and charged with corruption linked to the gulf state of guitar labor. i. k, the has denied the allegations. a french court is convicted 8 people of the 2016 truck attack in the city of niece. they were jill prompt at 18 years for orchestrating the terror attack. 86 people were killed and nearly 500 injured. you was present, joe biden has signed into law, a bill, granting federal protection for same sex marriages. the signing ceremony took place

on the white house lawn in front of a crowd of hoses. same sex unions have been illegal in united states and on the national level since the supreme court decision in 2015 new bills amends the protection of these rights on the federal level d. w. soon. so misconduct has more from washington connected. the signing of this landmark legislation is being considered a milestone moment for marriage equality rights in the united states. the respect for marriage act grants, federal protections to same sex couples. and to interracial couples, president biden inviting thousands of people to the south lawn for the signing of this legislation. it was a celebratory mood. president biden saying, this is a good day for all americans, because quite simply, love is love. now there was bipartisan support for this legislation of both houses of congress that is rare. and the white house may conclude that it sees this act as a measure of security, amid threats to the resiliency of the right to same sex marriages in this country.

that is because just this past summer, the supreme court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. and at the same time, one of the justices indicated that it would be time to review, to revisit the cases that made a precedent for marriage equality rights as well. that is alarmed, the algae b t q community and a many lawmakers and president biden saying, clearly today this fight for quality is simply not over. now. it also marks the capstone of a transformation for president biden himself. he was once an opponent to same sex marriages. he changed his perspective when he was a vice president. now to day again, that transform information rather coming full circle. president biden said he wants to honor the legacy of generations of couples who have fought for this right? at least 50 people have been killed by floods and landslides. the democratic republic of congo, every reigns in the capital. auction johnson has swept away homes. there,

major roads, including a key supply route, are also submerged. officials say, much of the destruction effects properties built without permission. police warned that the death toll is likely to rise. i did happen to poor sunrise according to residence here in a shanty town outside kinshasa. an unexpected flash flood, and then the ground gave way, bearing homes were causing them to cave in plain as the neighbors wolf fell on us while we were sleeping, the kids pulled me out quickly, but the others died on the spot right next to us by the morning, an entire segment of this major road had disappeared. several people were buried in the debris. in some cases, entire families were killed when their homes collapsed. not by. i find it hard to bear. will you denies? what was he pulled by have no strength to bury the dead bodies. is up in america.

perhaps the congolese government knob will be able to provide me with help with swung i will. many of those whose lives were spared in this disaster saw their possessions swept away in a raging water. papa, i was made to your forties if they're watching that we're congolese. we've lived here for a long time and now our houses are washed away. may for example, i don't know where to go with the children. i've been a widow since 2015, and now my house is gone with the rain, but i can't find one of my children. i'm a poor woman and i don't know where to go. i've lost almost everything. i only have the clothes i'm wearing one and a boy. kinshasa is one of africa's largest city, doesn't believe it's growing rapidly. and many new residents live in shacks, built in flood prone areas with inadequate drainage. there are calls for the congolese government to invest in infrastructure to make these neighborhoods safer . as climate change makes disastrous, like this more frequent,

claiming ever more lives. it's been more than a decade since avatar special box offered records and pushed filmmaking technology to the max. now its sequel, is it a movie screens? avatar, the way of water is the follow up to james cameron's epic tale, a button environmentally conscious species exploited by humans. its creators hope the new release or repeat its predecessors success. it's nearly 16 years since full, marine jake sally became his avatar and joined the enough. the tribe wired to come to us. he and ne, teary i now parents to my family. but when their home is again threatened by humans, the family flee to an underwater refuge and must learn new skills to survive, as i'll try to teach them our ways in avatar the way of water actors, zoe saldana, and sam worthington, reprise their roles is ne, teary and jake was do it. ah,

jake's journey in this video. he's, he's still a warrior and now he's a dad. so still reckless. he's got a bigger responsibility now, stepping back into playing a teary is something really special to me. his character is the character that i feel kendra where there's so many ways i learned so much about her. i gave so much of myself to her, so getting to revisit her to reincarnate her. it just feels like it's against that keeps on giving. fans have waited 13 years for the sequel. the 1st film used kind hearing motion capture technology to reproduce the act as every movement. the follow up does that under water, a feet of engineering that took years to develop the cast even learn diving for the underwater scenes. it was a huge technical challenge. the writer director james cameron, i was lawyer, is more complicated, more characters, right? but we had

a lot of new tools that made it easier in some regards. we had to figure out how to do water. it all movies called the way a water, but we had to figure out the way of water for performance capture and procedure to make it absolutely seamless. which i think we accomplish that as part of the dream . like wonder. the cost again increase sigourney weaver. this time she pays jake in 19, he's adopted daughter kira, i feel like family such an reversal see, so reliable and it just you become part of this family and you go with all these different challenges and different high points and it's an incredibly immersive. oh, so one of hollywood, most expensive films ever get it done. the 1st film was the highest going thing of all time. but the pandemic has changed the new, the going landscape. and i have a towel, the way of water will need to be a mom up here just to break even a ride you up to date up. next is business

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