ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, fresh shelling and her thought and cuts off the power and leaves 2 people dead. the southern city has faced repeated attacks by russian forces since it was recaptured by ukraine in november. also on the show, turbulent times the you need, as, as they nice and brothels that contending with the ukraine war and all the challenges, including

a bribery scandal at the very heart of european politics plus the jailed protest as in iran facing execution, german lawmakers, the now trying to draw attention to their stories, campaigning for their release and german tennis star boris becker is freed from prison in the u. k. the former weld number one becker was jailed earlier this year for hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. he now faces deportation to germany. ah, i'm henry cripps market and thanks for being with us. ukraine says russian is shelling has completely knocked out electricity and killed 2 people in her son. the southern city has been the target of repeated russian attack since it was recaptured by ukrainian forces last month across ukraine. russian strikes on the

energy network have left millions of people. they sink the harsh winter without heat or power. every real heating water on an open fire, it's become routine for allowed each go forcing her home in the eastern city of obamacare, heartbeat without power and running water to beautiful russian troops are just 5 kilometers away. but she's determined to stay here and endure into some kenya, i wish i had some can't made so much but days and i made for it's cold. oh, but we stay survived the winter really will w compose all i want is people it here in the fountain city of caisson visit and that also facing i daily struggle. russia continues to pound to 50 recently liberated by ukraine with limited supplies, waiting in long youth is now part of daily life as a group more so go,

other pharmacies are closed. this one here in the city center is the only one open international eat. if a lifeline for thumb, this center is providing food and relief from the freezing temperatures. i'm inside what they call the resilient center. outside is raining. it's freezing and it's dangerous. inside. thanks to the efforts of the government to thanks to the efforts of so many who given so much support to the people of care song were beginning to see life starting again. but the fact vent if god help all the ukrainians currently in need it will be a punishing winter for many t w's. nick conley is in key that he told us more about those reports of fresh rushing attacks on her son to just in the last couple of hours, we've had reports of 2 fatalities in her song. one is believed to be a doctor, the other a local residence,

as far as when to stand. this was right slap bang in the middle of had so not far from the government building that that was also attacked yesterday. we understand that this was a humanitarian relief center and that, that was where the hit was. i think this was kind of really brings home reality that there is no way in his own right now. that is safe from these russian attacks . you've got the russian forces on the other bank than you per river. just a couple of clumps away. and with their rocket artillery with their standard artillery, they can basically hit everywhere in the city. and now especially now kind of couple weeks in, since the cranes came back, it had seemed like life was going back to normal services were being restored, a power had largely been restored and that is now totally gone. and just when we were there in the 1st few days, we happened to be passing by some power infrastructure and saw the shells coming in . so it's really a kind of very, pretty endless task. trying to rebuild was infrastructure, knowing the russians can see what's going on with the drones. and as soon as anything nearing to good completion, they can just destroy it and say everything back to square one. so that is patricia

phelps. all right, now i think most people maybe had been thinking about returning to capsule. now the things were seemingly normalizing are gonna think twice about like i want to ask you to about some allegation is that we're hearing a bi ukrainian officials that russian soldiers have taught should ukrainian miners in the, in the house on region has not been confirmed. so for now, we've heard from ukraine's ombudsman for human rights that there are reports of several teenagers having been kept in camden sellers in the place, detention where the russians, we know, also held adults for days at a time, often without water. we met when we saw a man in his late teens who had been kept there for weeks on end. his family knew nothing about where he was. he was tortured with electrical shocks was beaten up. he was kept and threatened with execution. so that definitely the sense there can be a lot more stories coming out of her song as becoming decisions continue. and there's

very little suggest that somehow the russians behave better in the steps on toward civilians they did in other parts, you're going to be notified. so lots of work to happen there, and i think of watching more depressing and sad stories to come out of his own before in this case, get to end of his neck. thank you so much for that. that's natalie is nick conley and keith. i was a back trap of rushes, continued aggression in ukraine. the european parliament has now officially called the soviet union's policy that starved millions of ukrainians to death. a genocide, it's approved a resolution the recognizes the early 19 thirty's holiday more famine. as a quote deliberate policy of the soviet regime as genocide against the ukrainian people. i asked d. w, corresponding babble a visa, who's in strasburg for have you on this historic though by the european parliament . it is, of course, anya, a political act. it is an act that is supposed to anchor the holiday more in the

history books, because this was a largely unexplored and partly forgotten as part of fur, ukrainian history and off the genocides of the 20th century. and only in recent years. and historians have come and explored what happened then and have said this is an atrocity. this is something that that rushes dictator. starling, sort of initiated deliberately in order to break the spirit of ukrainians. of one aspect was the collective ization of farms. as so what happened was that his, his functionaries took away all grain and all life stalk from ukrainian farmers. and the figures how many people died through that. they vary between like 3000000 and the 547000000. nobody really knows, but whole stretches of the countryside were completely depopulated because people were starving to death. and the other aspect was, of course,

that starting already then wanted to break the political resistance and the political spirit and sense of national identity of ukrainians. so this is what's behind presented the, the resolution, the european parliament, except the to day a means that this is now increasingly going down as effect in international history books. where so far it has been just a site aspect. barbara, thank you so much. that's d, w correspondent bubble a visa n stroudsburg. the war in ukraine is dominating the agenda in brussels, where you lead as a gathering in an attempt to put out multiple fires on your at doorstep. negotiations are expected to go well into the nice as the conflict is testing the resolve and unity is the 27 member states. joining the meeting via video link will be ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. but despite near unanimous support the

keys, the spillover effects of the war have deepened, divisions on issues from additional sanctions on russia to how to tackle record inflation and a growing energy crisis. detail, he has been a get is following that senate for us in brussels. and i asked him how united the ease, 27 members were on their support for ukraine, 10 months into russia's war? well, in principle, all 27 leaders. he agree. and to reconfirm their commitment at 248 or 4 ukraine, also in the long term when it comes to humanitarian aid to reconstruction, also through the delivery of weapons and also a budget aid for the ukranian state. but the devil is in the details here because the leader should agree on a u. 8 package of 18000000000 euros for next year as a budget aid for ukraine to enable the state to pay

a pensions and to pay salaries. but in the beginning of the week, hungary hold up the process and now poland is black made in the rest of the you. poland does not want to agree unless poland a get something of her own its own interest. they want her access to the corona recovery fund, which is blocked because poland has some issues with the rule of law. and so a lot of bargaining and bickering is going on here right now behind closed doors. and also there's no agreement on that nights. sanctions packets are and should hit russia and their hunger is also holding up the process. so there's a lot to talk about maybe until in to more morning. and also the issue of a gas price kept for wholesale gas in europe is not resolved there to come. so they're saying we wanted to of as a relief our citizens and the other campuses though, you will endanger gas supply. so

a lot to talk about and nothing is extra resolved right now. and top of all of that is, of course the corruption scandal that says rocking the you parliament right now we're going to take a quick listen to some new reforms announced by the parliament president rebecca and what side. and then we'll come back to you. as of today, i am putting together a wind ranging reform package to be ready in the new year for this will include the strengthening of the parliaments, whistleblower protection systems. a ban on all unofficial friendships groups. a review of the policing of our code of conduct rules and a complete and in depth look of how we interact, which starts countries that tell us how damaging is this corruption scandal for the e asked the time when, when populism has been on the rise?

where prison, misery told these reform issues to the cancer, to day, to the 27 leaders here and they maintain it's a scandal of the parliament. it's not the whole of the european union that is affected. and also not this council here because this is a totally different institution. and so they say no justice has to take its course and we will see what happens as a. so a, an attempt to tone it down a little bit. on the other hand, with no no, and the boyfriend of mrs. kailey, the greek who her m. e. p, has confessed to the belgian authorities that he was indeed part of a criminal network in parliament. and mrs. kailey herself is maintaining her innocence. as next week, we will learn more when this is kaley appears in court. he doesn't correspond about me get in brussels. thanks so much for that. okay, let's take

a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day. russian officials say to people have died in a refinery fire and southeast in siberia, 5 others were reported injured in the blaze, following at explosion at the facility in the city of van gast authorities. blaming the incident on contaminated gas and had launched an investigation. nurses in the u . k. have states, an unprecedented strike up to 100000 nurses, have walked off the job for one day, calling the action a last resort in their fights and better wages and working conditions. the 1st service tried by the royal college of nurses members, is passive away. youth of british walk out in the russian space agency has called office space walk at the national space station after detecting a coolant leak. nasa is working with russia to repair the problem and says, station crew, i'm not in any danger of space. what preparation started after the past 3 months,

iran has been shaken by anti regime protests. at least 2 people have already been executed in connection with the demonstrations and act this, the warning that others are facing the same fate. now german politicians the trying to do that part to raise awareness of the plight of some of the political prisoners in iran. would own of the broader scripture with all your p look, this is some uneasy. a repre belonging to iran's kurdish minority, famous not only for his music, but also his criticism of these land republic. whether he was arrested by the regimes forces in october, while protesting and sentenced to death for allegedly humming national security. his family is afraid he could soon be executed. andra, this is my cry for help for justice, for god's sake help me and not particular. and i am not able to have my voice hurt, who can speak out about my pain. somebody, please help me. a cry for help that did not go unnoticed. here in germany,

carlos casper, a member of parliament has taken on political sponsorship of yassin, and is now amplifying his mother's calls for his release. the sarbanes, i've sent a letter to the arena ambassador here in germany, but i expect you seem to be released and not be executed because his execution could happen any dana audience. remember. and caspar not the only one in the past few days. dozens of members of the german parliament have become sponsors of political prisoners and their number is growing. your own re was the 1st one. she is publicly speaking out to help save too much sally, another well known rapper whose reportedly being tortured in jail without access to the lawyer, he requested recess updates about his condition. and as glad that so many colleagues are now joining her. when amanda's to an chart, not a far among them i experienced, empties an inexperienced m p. 's conservative m p. 's and progressive and peace.

what unites us is that we really want to give these people a face. there's the saying say their names, and that is exactly what we do with those for whom we take responsibility. anything for david on fan. what on of on him, member of the german parliament. norbert watkin is another sponsor. taking on the case of muster for nearly a well known human rights lawyer who is now in prison, himself to raise attention for his case and also to send a signal of support for other people like him in iran. z ha, might seal that. they have a goal that they're not giving up on via freedom of their freedom. does this, i'm the freedom of iran with this and this is a historic move in it. a possibility for chain them. so that's why the european should be alert and make their small, modest contribution to make this revolution for freedom and emancipation of the people. it was successful. i had 50 a month, puts you on on mention some folk, the butter. and while sanctions and other political measures are being discussed,

what can and his colleagues will keep making as much noise as possible to make sure was a man to marsh must tougher and all the others stay alive. the european central bank is expected to lift its lending rates by half a percentage point to 2 percent. now this is the 4th straight increase a rate increase since july. as the central bank aims to fight runaway inflation. prices have been soaring across the 19 countries that use the euro, driven by surging energy costs since russia invaded ukraine. and also fueled by a decade of ultra easy money policies that is slowly coming to an end. and for more on this, we can talk to kate ferguson from date of new business. hi there, kate. and now this is the 4th time in a row that the e. c, b has raised interest rates this year, you know, to try and bring down inflation to make things less expensive for people is what

it's all about, isn't it? is there any indication that this policy is working on it? inflation is down slightly in the euro zone. but i think it would be widely untrue to say that the problem is solved. if you look at the data from november, for example, prices for europeans was 10 percent higher than it was a year before. so there still is a huge way to go on more of the biggest problems really is the central banks can only do so much, you know, and the philosophy behind it is that if you make it more expensive for people to pay off their car loans or their mortgages, they'll be less inclined to spend a lot on other products that will then decrease demand and bring price is done. but that also assumes a very particular type of spending hot but, and also ignore as the 2 big issues that are actually driving in inflation. right. not the 1st one is the supply chain disruption that we saw as a result of the pandemic on the 2nd is the energy crisis that's been intensified because of russia's war in ukraine. so central bankers really are doing everything they can, but their hands are kind of tied. now raising interest rates is often

a concern for emerging markets, isn't it for growing economies? tell us why that is? okay, so i just want to give you an example. the federal reserve has also just raised interest rates, and that's a big deal for the rest of the world. one big reason is that a lot of emerging economies, the economies that are growing very fast, but where countries are still poor. they have debt that is held in dollars, and when the dollar gets stronger, which happens when interest rates go up, their debt becomes more expensive and harder to pay off and then you half the risk of a default. and that's actually already happened in the case of zambia and sri lanka . they both defaulted on their debt. the other big issue is that when you have a higher stronger dollar, it makes imports more expensive for emerging economies and thought then makes their currency weaker and fives of inflation in their countries. so there are a whole host of issues and reasons why this is not very good news for merchant economies. kate, kate ferguson from

d. w. business will have to leave at the thank you. ah, now the german tennis style boris becker, has been freed from a british prison and is now expected to be deported from the country. in april, this year becca was jailed for 2 years and 6 months, the hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets off to he was declared bankrupt. the 35 year old was originally required to serve at least 15 months. but he has reportedly now received an early release more in the story, i'm joined now by at the cambridge from date of the sports. hi ed. so boris becker, he is released been released early. do we know why and, and what else can you tell us about this case? what makes a nice change? talking about a different boris on the show for one. this what you said 8 months over 2 and a half year sentence. now just to be clear, this is standard practice in the u. k. for this type of crime, when

a foreign national commits something like this at home, at the earliest possible opportunity, which is why has been sent home now, he's not got any special treatment because he's a star or anything like that. he's just been deported because his time is up and he's over crowding in u. k. prisons. now this obviously relates to a $272017.00 jailing for tax evasion. that was all to do with a scandal in 2013, in which boris becker borrowed over 6000000 euros and then declared himself unable to pay the money back. now he said at the time that was due to a very expensive divorce, that he'd been through $50000000.00 in earnings throws career by the way. so very doing all right. yes. i'm very poor. financial mismanagement for him. are off to that so that he couldn't pay and then it turned out the it hidden 2500000 years worth of assets. hundreds of thousands paid to his ex wife and his wife. the money was hidden and he was court. so he went to prison for 2 and a half years and he's now out after 8 months. his mother,

87 year old lady here in germany. so he's the best christmas present. she could have asked for. she can't wait to hold her beloved son in her arms. so some good news for the beck is this chris. she is looking forward to seeing him. i mean, it really is the story of the fallen here. it is. and i mean, i vividly remember him and you know, watching him winning wimbledon when he was 17 years old and he went tell him to be a coach. he was a well known tennis commentator. i mean, after all of this, do you think there's still a place the boris becker in the world of tennis? well, as you mentioned, he was an absolute superstar 7 senior, 17 years old, as you said, captured hot mines all around the world. at 6 time grand slam winner. he won another to wimbledon as well. so really popular in, in the u. k. as well, obviously that being the, the big british tennis tournament was living there since i think 2012. what exactly is it? why ever since he retired in 1999, he was working for the b b. c. working as a commentator, he spent 2 years serving his novak jock of it, she's coach as well. clearly a very talented commentator, very popular in the u. k. m. good coach as well. and who knows if you come back

from this at the time of his sentencing, the, the judge in england that she said that his career and his personal life are both in ruin. and i think we're about to find out if there's any way back for him in england, you'd suspect the suspect not, and, but possibly can get a job here in germany. i don't know that we shall see at mc crane bridge. thanks so much. thank you. to the wells cotton cotton now in france is victory over morocco mean that they've reached the 2nd consecutive world cup final. the title holders will face argentina on sunday, and fans back home in pal paris celebrated the achievement well into the night. given the history between morocco and france, this encounter was always going to be about more than football. but shortly off the kickoff frogs often a cutting reminder that everything boils down to what happens on the pitch. and the writing champions would be no pushovers. tail. amanda is made at one mill just 5

minutes in olivia as your roots. 12 minute chance further show the atlas lines torment best defense might finally be vulnerable. despite the early deficit, morocco didn't fold yard. l unique probe the french back line with a spectacular chance just before the break. but it was frogs largely on the back foot in the 2nd half who dash morocco's dreams once and for all substitute randall colo moloney finish things off at 2 mill frogs. we'll hope to keep the celebration going by retaining the cup against argentina. while a half broken morocco have already written history. frances victory of america means they've, they've reached the 2nd consecutive world cup final. the title holders will face argentina on sunday, and fans back home in paris celebrated the achievement into the night. oh, well this is

a hulu . bravo, bravo to the moroccans tonight. it's not only france wins, but all of the french speaking people, and we are proud of their performance of this world carpio. and we are together. americans will be with us in a final with 0. ah. earlier we spoke, dw sports correspondent, not meadows in dough horror, and asked him how france france managed to reach back to back world cup finals. well, they weren't brilliant again last night, but they were clinical and that has been so important to them during this

tournament, especially in the quarter final against england. now what france are doing is also incredible because a team hasn't managed to defend the world cup title since brazil way back in 1962, only brazil and italy in the 1930s of managed it. so france do it this time and beat argentina on sunday. it will be very special. it will be extra special because friends came into this tournament with raft of injuries. they main strike current. ben zima was out. christie turn come, who was out. paul paul, who was out and go, can't, can't say was out just so many players and yet still they've managed to get to a will comp final that he's very, very impressive indeed. and that style play has been antwan's reason. he's meant to be a striker, his base has been playing in mid field in this tournament. he's been popping up all over the place, funding little pockets of space and he's defiling in the running with a certain leonor messy. and kenny own pappy the player of the tournament not met as

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