ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukrainian cities plunged into cold and darkness after russia unleashes another wave of missile strikes. moscow steps up, attacks on critical infrastructure, leaving millions of people without power or running water. the european union condemns the strikes as indiscriminate terror also in the show. how russia is still

funding its war in ukraine by selling gas to europe as germany fires up its 1st, the liquid natural gas terminal and twitter owner, ellen musk says hale and the suspension of journalist who tweeted public data about his location. the reinstatement followed the warning by the un and the e. u threatening sanctions. ah, i'm marrying a evans dean, welcome. the european union has denounced the latest wave of russian bombardments on ukraine's energy infrastructure as indiscriminate terror. the country is struggling to restore electricity and heating to residents and major cities after rushes missile attacks on friday, cranes, national energy suppliers said these latest strengths disabled have the systems

capacity and at warren that will take longer to restore power. a 3rd of cubes. residents still have no electricity, half have no heating. dw correspondent emma shars is in t of and she told me about the situation over night in the ukrainian capital. good morning, mariana. well, the night a here in ukraine for people in general. i was, of course, very cold people are coping or even if they are living in very, very dire situation here in the capital people, workers worked around the clock to fix the damage that was inflicted on a power infrastructures. just to give you an idea, there were 40 miss eyes launched on the capital only yesterday, the majority of them 37 of them were shut down. but some here the targets are they were aimed to it, which is critical infrastructure which is entrust rector,

which is vital for citizens energy infrastructure water a plan. so it means that yesterday the capitol was without power for a while. this was quickly fixed, but the water took away longer. we didn't have rainy water until this morning that we only had a cold water. the situation is not the same depending on which suburbs you leave, but all the country is affected. how to keep the, a former, the 2nd biggest city of ukraine, which is mostly empty of her or the majority of the nabby tennessee. edward, still, there are thousands who are still living there, when most of them were defy bills of electricity off my home. and well, we know, of course, that this is not the 1st time that russia is attacking ukraine's civilian infrastructure . its strategy seems to be to inflict as much of a suffering as possible on the citizens. is it strategy working and are ukrainians

going to give up and the longer this goes on well, what is working is the damage inflicted on the infrastructure. what is not working? is that a, it doesn't affect resilience of people here. people, you know, i get on life is almost as usual here, of course, it's really cold. of course, you know, it's a very, a dire or very annoying to not have water to not have electricity, but people are telling me when i was freaked it ended up going, at least russians are not here. and they are, they are determined to keep it that way. dad determined to keep going, or regardless of the situation, of course, in the long run this winter, you know, is gonna last another few months. in the long run, we could see a moment of population going west are also trying, you know, to go abroad eved a situation where son. but as of now, i cannot see people here like telling me that he's discourages them in any way and

it just wants, you know, russians to go away from the country. there was no nauseous reporting for us from cave emma. do stay safe and dear vesta stay warm. while the kremlin is still using gas exports to help fund it's warren ukraine, and that despite europe's efforts to win itself off, russian gas, moscow's liquid gas exports are at record highs. to be able to import gas from other parts of the world, germany is now opening is 1st liquefied natural gas terminal. as its scrambles to adapt to life without russian energy. this floating facility is the centerpiece of germany's new ellen g terminal. built in record time in the hope of ending dependency on russian gas and adding to an existing europe white network. the amanda, we've spoken to our friends on europe's west coast in the netherlands and belgium,

about extending their terminals and carrying capacity. and france will send us gas for the 1st time. so on to leave under liquefied natural gas comes from all around the world, but imports from russia into europe have risen to record levels, accounting for 13 percent of the total. beyond my net whom f liquid inputs from russia to europe are increasing again to spain and france and frank. and there are long term contracts between these countries and russia with le, some is also going to belgium and the netherlands. and this gas is being sent on to germany. you have gas let donnell via doggedly fat nuff deutschland siberian gas is being transported by. see russia has been building new l. n. g terminals of its own export volumes are smaller than before. but russia is earning $5.00 to $10.00 times more from liquid gas than it used to make. why the north stream pipeline?

there's no talk of boy cutting russian gas. as long as it was, as long as russian gas is on the market somewhere in the world, it's a 0 sum game. i love. if everyone does without russian gas than they were going to be massive shortages, you would have to be made up somewhere. and that means higher prices hasn't driven far from ostracizing, russia, french companies, for example, our joint venture partners with the russian liquid gas group, nova tech. in a complex market gas flows are effectively borderless. germany would like to operate its 1st ellen g terminal free from russian supplies. but in the international gas market, there is no fair trade certificate. let's bring you up to speed now and some of the other stories making news this. our technicians are going to the polls for a parliamentary election opposition. parties have called for

a boycott saying new electro laws have effectively neutered parliament. the vote comes as president. carissa continues to tighten his grip on power after voters backed a new constitution in july. through his congress has rejected a bill to bring forward elections after president pedro castillo was removed from office castillo supporters, or calling his removal, a coo and clashed with police. living dozens of people are still missing after a landslide in malaysia. more than 20 people are known to have died when the ground gave way at an unofficial camp site in order that capital kuala lumpur of the authorities say, heavy rain has hampered rescue efforts to china now where schools and shanghai have been asked by the local education authority to hold classes online over fears of a surgeon cove in 19 cases. kindergartens and child care centers are also affected in financial hub. this comes as china relax some of the world's toughest measures

to control the spread of the virus around a week ago. major cities across the country are seeing an increase in infections amid fears they could spike during the chinese new year's celebrations next month. will. elan musk says hell reinstate the twitter accounts of several journalists suspended after publishing public data about his location. that ban triggered a global backlash in just the latest controversy since the billionaire bought the social media platform. following warnings from the un and others must put the fate of the accounts to a public vote. less than 48 hours after they were suspended. either musk said journalists would get their accounts back. a storm of criticism followed the suspension of several reporters who cover twitter. must profess his commitment to free speech when he took over twitter in october. but now he argued,

the journalists had all violated his new docs in policy by sharing his exact real time location, putting him and his family in danger. doxey refers to disclosing someone's identity address or other personal details on line. the united nations was quick to condemn the suspensions in elk v. yes. that were very disturbed um by the arbitrary pou suspension of accounts of journalist there we saw on twitter or media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech. and with, you know, from our standpoint, the move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when a journalist all over the world are facing censorship, of physical threats and even even worse. the european union has echoed that sentiment and warned mosque that twitter could soon face sanctions under new

e u regulations. in the short time, he has been in charge of twitter. the billionaire has reinstated high profile accounts that violated twit as rules against hate speech, cyber stalking and harassment, including one belonging to former us president donald trump. twitter has faced in exodus of advertises or the content moderation issues since musk take over his latest shocking move. and subsequent rapid reversal seems unlikely to bring them rushing back at the football world cup and katara, argentina, and france are preparing for sundays final. and as if worrying about lean on messy weren't enough. now, a virus has hit the french squad by players including defensive linchpin raphael baran, have missed training, but attacked her. it was, man dumbly isn't worried, auntie's even providing some medical treatment of his own. but no,

we're not afraid of the virus dial upon the channel and adrien rob. you had a headache and a bit of stomach ache, emerald. i made them a little tea with ginger and honey and they were better. but no, we're not worried about that. no, no, i hope every one is on the mend and will be ready for the final bill to move it clipper policy did have a sports reporter, mark meadows is in, can't, are covering the world come for us. and he told me a short time ago how the virus is likely to affect the french team. oh, are we going to hear from mark met us? well, friends have proven themselves to be resilient. all tournaments, dale obama carno and as an grab your missed the semi final against morocco with this virus. but they still one. now they've had personal problems all tournament of france before the world cook big names. they can go low, can't say, and paul paul bern ruled out another big name who was ruled out was their main

strike a cocking, bent zimmer. now he's actually fit again now and training for his club side rail madrid. there has been speculation that he might make a surprise and sudden return to the team to morrow night. france and ben zamora playing that down despite their virus problems. but of us having a virus in the camp is not what you want to have a world cup final, especially against argentina and leonor messy. then a messy, of course, going for his 1st woke up at the final attempt, is the one big trophy missing from his glittering c v. ok, so we'll have to wait another day until the final on sunday to night. there is though, the 3rd place play of mark. how important is that to morocco and croatia to, to win this match today? well, normally the 3rd place playoff for fans and players is seen as a bit of a waste of time. but this year i think it's going to be a bit different, oversee morocco about such a fabulous run in the tournament. and it will feel like the equivalent of

a bronze medal if they can win it. they'd be the 1st african or arab team to do it . it's also important for creation midfield linchpin, luca mod rich. now he's 37, so he assume this is his last, well cook game. if he's going to play or want to go out on a high and as really quickly mark, there was a press conference by 3, the president john infant t. now, what was his big announcement? will his big announcement was that we're going to have a different sort of will cut from 2025. at the moment. we have a club world cook with 8 teams that happens every year, but from 2025 revenue club world cook with 32 teams. so it's going to be a lot like a national team woke up. of course, the next national world team team, national team woke up in 2026 is gonna have a record 48 teams. so there's big changes ahead for football. only w mark meadows reporting for us from dell ha at the world cup tomorrow. big matches to go this weekend. everybody is very excited. mark,

thank you so much. we know you'll the following all the action. and finally 2 newly completed spires on the sag rather amelia basilica in barcelona. had been lit up for the 1st time. the spires are a top by sculptures of an oxen. a lion representing the biblical figures of the evangelists, luke and mark construction of the cathedral began in 1882 and has been ongoing ever since. and as the latest on dw news at this hour, i'm marrying evans dean from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching. a melting reporter trucks don't be arctics. major players. ha, if you see something that looked like they responded has to do with the military.