a shadow starts december 23rd on d w. b. ah ah, this is d w. news coming to alive from berlin, a landmark deal to protect the nature. delegates of the un summit in montreal reach agreement on halting the loss of biodiversity that is endangering life on it. also coming up, russian president vladimir putin travels to mit for the 1st time in 3 years. the

talks with his belly mercy and counterpart, alexander lucas shenker trick comes amid fears that russia could be planning a new offensive in g. plus, why have so many of germany's new high tech tanks broken down? and what does this mean for the native mission? they are supposed to take parted, and a dramatic world cup final in kata ends in pic freeze for argentina. the penalties shoot out when spots wild celebrations on the field and back in want to say, will speak to a correspondent in doha. ah, i'm anthony howard. thanks for joining us. we begin in montreal where countries at the u. n. by diversity summit have struck an important deal to protect nature for the agreement is the most significant effort yet to protect vital ecosystems,

safeguarding 30 percent of the world's land and sees the deal also promotes agricultural reforms and provides critical financing to save by diversity in the developing world a right, let's get more from de doubly report a beatrice kristof, otto. so beatrice. a 190 countries have struck the deal to protect biodiversity. the agreement is being hailed as historic. why is it so significant? all experts are saying that this might be our last chance to reverse the thread on biodiversity. and the way things are going right now, you know, with thousands of species under threats, with insect numbers plummeting with our oceans. a set of fi or ecosystems are under enormous pressure, and this deal has the potential to change the way we farm the way we do business. and the way we protect our animals and our plants. the deal was hammered out in

a series of tough negotiations. what were the biggest points of conflict to the biggest point of conflict for shore was the financing. and this is a point that threatened to the real the negotiations altogether. and this was something we already saw in the climate talks in egypt last month, because it really boils down to this poor nation's want richer nations to give them more financial aid to help them with the conservation, especially because poor nations are home to some of the most outstanding biodiversity in the world. so for example, if you think of the amazon in south america, and a got so contentious that at one point, delegates left negotiations temporarily. broad agreement is, is difficult as you say, to achieve and in this case, but actual change is even harder. how much actual change can this agreement really bring about? will it put the brakes on degradation and hope so? the climate? well, the, if this agreement can become a game changer, really depends on if it gets implemented or not. of course it's easy to make lots

of promises when you're out there negotiating. but it really comes down to the governments actually, you know, walking the walk ultimately. because we've seen in the past that we've made historic deals before, like the paris agreement in 2015. which in to tackle claim change. what was now very important goals on climate, on global warming, and the way we're going right now, we're not really on track to meet those goals. is there the hope then that this will spill over if countries walk the walk as you say, will protecting by diversity if it happens that way, also protect the fight against climate change. it's definitely a very important component because protecting or bio diversity and fighting climate change are completely interlinked, especially when it comes to protecting ecosystems. like for us, going back to the example of the amazon, this massive rain forest plays an important very important role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. and that keeps the atmosphere from heating up so much. so the more we deforest, the more we threaten our climate and also vice versa. if we pollutes and emit that,

also very bad for biodiversity. of course, such a big mom a great to have you here to talk about it. they doubly reported beatrice christopher auto. thank you. thank you. now, russia's president putin has arrived in minsk for talks with bell racine, brother alexander lucas shanker. it's perkins 1st visit to russia, small, a neighbor and close ally. and he's trip comes amid warnings from keith that moscow may launch a new assault on the crane from delivering territory. as before, put and landed, the crowning capital was attacked by a swarm of rushing drones authority site. they shot down more than a dozen. will they w moscow bureau chief, you re, we're shadow is in riga where the office moved after the bureau was forced to close . if this assessment of persons visit to mits, well, put him look. i think we're very dependent on each other. both political and

economic li are, but it's quite remarkable. advent putin is going to minsk, instead of gosh, ankle to moscow this time in previous years. it was the other way around. al gosh, uncle came to boot in several times a year. i remember the mass, protested bella, roost in 2020. when lucas shanker remained in power. obviously, thanks to putin awe in economic terms to put in repeatedly lent his l. i look a shank helping hand with you, lawrence, and this time however, the situation is likely to be different because put in might ask the question for help. and that means for military health put in is running out of experience soldiers. they are all on the front lines. and for this reason, mobilized, men in russia needs new instructors who can give them basic military training. it may be that bill arossi and military officers could play that role. and from you re shadow, we go back to those russian drone attacks on keep this morning. officials, i, most of them were shot down, but some hit homes and infrastructure facilities repair crews of walking, working rather to restore power. after you grants energy grid was batted by last

week's peerage missiles. are the people of keith have gotten used to living in darkness? blackouts are a consequence of the seemingly never ending barrage of drone attacks from russia. there are no reports of fatalities from the latest wave which hit both energy infrastructure and people's homes. the ukranian air force claims its air defenses shut down 30 of 35 incoming missiles. this couple aged in their mid eighties were at home when a drone struck their house. yogi q i dish, i'm feeling like the rest of the people are feeling i have because i know that i am not alone every hour. if this had happened and i had been alone, that every one is suffering, you know, these extra, every one knew what should i do? scream, help me. it actually, you can scream or have an outburst all you want? yes. oh, same, we just like the whole world in our ukraine, our screaming hulu,

sillier. the attacks have caused huge damage, but they also appear to have stiffened the resolve of many people across the country to you, a programmable visit. sure, i sent my family to the bomb shelter and i'm walking my dog. what's meant to be is meant to be fortunate or jim pohden will die. all of them will die. we will live them. let's go through was nothing will repair everything. it will and we will live long and well that kind of resolve as needed. air raid sirens continued to ring out across ukraine. on monday earlier you, kranz president urged his country's military allies to provide more support in the area of air defense. civil though the, this will be one of the most powerful steps that will bring the end of aggression closer christine, russia will have to follow the path of cessation of aggression when it can no longer follow the path of missile strikes will die for now. those missiles strikes

remain russia's primary way of hurting ukrainians who are left to pick up the pieces and go on. germany's defense ministry says it's a spending all orders for the army state of the human vehicles. the decision fall is crisis talks are the serious technical problems with 18 of the tanks. during a recent training exercise, vehicles were supposed to join nato speak, his response force next year. now the army says it will say and decades old moto combat vehicles instead, jimmy or brady has around $350.00 p m. s. and that might headlines for the lack of reliability. alexander miller is the defense spokesman for the pro business f t. p group in the gym and parliament. that party is one of the coalition partners in the government. welcome to you, help us understand if you can,

what the exact problem is, they must be some quite serious technical issues if all or nearly all the people on the vehicles bright down at the same time or in similar fashion. yes, it is not nearly all. they are all 18, all 18 were out of order we were told but the ministry of defense does not yet know what exactly the reason is. currently, those vehicles are on their way to the home location in the beacon area and will be examined by end of next week. they will tell us what exactly were the reasons the history of file is with these infantry fighting vehicles is long and pre dates a lot of people's who's currently involved in defense. it goes back some 20 years. whose fault is this? this is a good question. the very beginning did not work very

well. it also told the children's problems. and so i just, i complex material built inside and very complex software software modules that have to interact with each other. and those one of the explanations why it was so hard. but now we have an upgrade those 18 devices above the newest version, the newest upgraded version, the so called the j t f version of the puma. and we're just trying to upgrade all our must to this upgrade version that we just tested. and it also was 18 out of order. there are a lot of question marks now behind putting money into this device. again, many people say let me put in russian army has been embarrassed on the battlefield in crime. is this embarrassing for germany as a knighthood? partner of course, this is embarrassing, but you have to know that in the wall condition some of those systems can be over

with. i'm not sure if everything would be out of order. then i give you one example . if for example, the cleaning of the exhaust gas would not work in peace conditions, this device will be set out of work. but then of course and war conditions, we will continue working with this. and there are a lot of things that could be the case. we have to wait until we know what are the reasons, but i think in what conditions it would not be so drastic. yeah, i very much. thank you pointed it. that is a complex explanation. but is this, at least part of the reason the german chancellor has been hesitant to provide tanks to get credit because they don't work. i don't know. i don't understand the chancellor myself for the reasons he tells not obvious to me, but this would not be a reason for not giving thanks to your friend because we talked about my devices to

give them to your grain. we never spoke about my devices to get them to you. great . do you think germany is ready to defend itself or take part in the defense of neither territories? of course we are. and what we promised to nato, and what we have to fulfill for nato is to have 3 fighting companies ready. and we have those, we have the plan b as the martin. you already told it enumeration that the marg us would be all plan b. they work, they were not so full session like the puma who has new technology. but the model is a very good. i'm a personal carrier who still works. and in turn, i guess i've raised the question, what does this mean fit for you? cringe in, can germany support you crying militarily at, at this moment? you know, the parties and the point is talk, struggle in this question that you have some parties to say we should deliver even

tanks, even the tanks and i'm not very close. we're from western production to ukraine and we have the so for democrats who say no, as long as this is the case we will not deliver. and it depends on the, on the proceedings in the next weeks. alexander miller, jim, and we'll make an offense spokesman for the if the p in apartment. thank you so much for your time. my pleasure. ok, let's get around that. now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russian warships on route to the east china sea to take part in joint naval drills with china exercises due to start on wednesday. it's a further sign of the growing military cooperation between moscow and they g. at least 31 sailors from thailand's navy have gone missing at sea warship was

patrolling the gulf of thailand when it ran into strong tides late on sunday. and saying, the such a rescue operation have pulled at least $75.00 sailors out of the waters and another potential disaster, etc, was averted. when shall anchors, navy rescued more than $100.00 ro hinge refugees. the drift on the in the indian ocean was already say, the troll or carrying them run into engine trouble. members of the muslim minority regulatory risk their lives to escape hardship in me and my as well as refugee camps in bang with this now the netherlands is look set to start the process of apologizing for its role in slavery. today. hundreds of thousands of people from africa and asia were enslaved and sold by dutch merchants over centuries. now, the dutch had an extensive colonial empire, including at different times in southeast asia, africa, and the americans. slave labor was indeed used throughout its colonies and proceeds

from the slave trade, helped fund the countries 17th century golden age. government ministers now visiting 7 former colonies in the caribbean and south america today. prime minister murder meanwhile, is said to give a speech on slavery in the hague. it's just the latest step in alarm and heated debate over the colonial past of the netherlands and its rolled and slavery. reminders of this chapter in the country's history are easy to find. when jennifer tosh walks through amsterdam, she sees a history on the walls. she's a direct descendant of people enslaved by the dutch. now she takes people on walks to show them the past that is hiding in plain sight. well, it's everywhere. i mean, where we're standing right now is at the heart of what's referred to of the golden benz, the wealthiest part of the city were the founders of the dutch east and west india company in society of serena's,

where they lived there. they had their mansions here. people like tosh was families come from and slave, people has spent decades pushing for an official apology for the past and the damage. it did. the fact that the dutch only had a small share of the trans atlantic slave trade should not matter. she says, the dutch has centered themselves so much as exceptional, not like the british, not like the french, not like the portuguese is given this impression that well, we weren't so bad. you had 5 percent compared to world history. that's not that much. and it wasn't here, it was always somewhere else out of out of sight, out of mind that sort of nostalgic waiver, manner sizing history has left people thinking what, what's all this fuss about? reparations. the netherlands was among the last countries in europe to abolish slavery. before they did, it's thought the dutch enslaved more than half a 1000000 people. historian pepin, brendan, things the impact of this remains. we have to think, add a much broader and more systemic,

a level and see how that special place that the netherland store still has as an economy in the world. a minor country with a sort of an odd sized, financial and service a sector are quite a central place in the global economy, is the legacy of its long term involvement in colonialism. following the lead of a number of big that cities including amsterdam, prime minister mackwood may apologize for the whole country. the proposed hunt of $200000000.00 euros would pay for education and awareness projects aimed at reducing racist thinking. slavery could not exist without a motivation. why it was the white europeans could not be saved, but black africans could be. right. so there isn't it, the foundation of racism there, that house it's, it's a long legacy that we still live with that spec,

less matter protests and 2020 head shine, a light on that race isn't an official apology would be a good move far, but says tosh it is important step in the process, but we can't stop there in terms of education and real societal understanding. touch says, the journey has just begun. german foreign minister and alina burbock is visiting nigeria to personally returned the so called benign bronzes. there among thousands of valuable artifacts stolen by europeans in the late 19th century. the repatriation follows an agreement struck this year between berlin and boucher for statues left a museum in cologne on friday, preparing precious cargo for a long awaited journey home. these stolen treasures have spent over a century in germany. they'll soon begin a new life in modern day nigeria, the country where they were crafted. hundreds of years ago. dozens of bronze

sculpture is housed in this museum in cologne, now legally belong to nigeria and will be returned there in stages. over the next few years, my delegation from nigeria was on hand to witness the inaugural transfer. and i had lost this things happen. it's really a hugely motional warm it for me and to see when i go back to good institute to see how much this pupil expressed that in washers and the excitement to see the poor reel. this objects are coming back and later we are full of joy. oh, we are full of gratitude to those who stood food on the team. and we know that history is going to be kind to them. the movies, the culmination of a deal signed earlier this year between nigeria and germany. after years of negotiations at the ceremony in july,

german foreign minister under lena bear book promised to right the wrongs of the past. it was wrong to take the bronze asses. it was wrong to keep them to keep them for 120 years. but he want this occasion to be more than just the fleeting moment. we wanted to asha in a new era of corporation between our 2 countries. because looking back is one thing, but we are here as politicians as society to build together. the future with the bronzes were looted by british soldiers in 1897 from the ruling palace of the kingdom of bennett. in what's now nigeria. they were sold to collectors all over europe, more than a 1000, ended up in german museums. now, germany has become the 1st former colonial power to hand them back

with the royal. this is the key to our new corporation. moodle nurses, their return is a milestone in nigeria fight to regain its stolen cultural heritage and a sign that owning the wrongs of the past is key to improving the future. hawkins into a corner is you are my guess, is the sport now and in case he didn't know it. argentina won the 2022 football wilcock in cutter. the final against any champions, france had, finds the world over on the edge of their seats as it went 1st, 2 extra time, and then 2, a penalty shoot out in a match that was truly an instant. classic lee anal messy, opened the scoring early on after argentina were awarded a penalty and not long afterwards, it was unhealthy. maria doubled the lead for the south americans in the 36th minutes. the game seemed over until with just 10 minutes to go. killian and by pe

scored once from the penalty spots and just 2 minutes later again with a beautiful sighed volley to sent the game to extra time. there it was missy who gave argentina a 3 to lead with his 13 career world cup gold before another and but he penalty equalized the game again. his 3rd goal of the final made him the top score of the tournament and took this absolute thriller of a game to the penalty shootouts. however, argentina were the ones to keep their cool converting all for penalties while france missed to the south. americans when the world cup for the 3rd time, while its lilo missy's 1st title, and what was his last ever world cup match all day doubly sport correspond that danny boss alone is still buzzing by the look of it and joins me from keta. daniel argentina, the well champions again for the 1st time since 1986. tell me whether the best

thing in the tournament for you. i mean they did win the world cup, so technically they are the best team in the world. now did they have the best team on paper coming into the tournament? probably not. there were other countries who had a little bit more depth, more complete side. but actually football is not just about how many good players you have. there's so much more to that. so i really think their loss against saudi arabia at the beginning of the tournament played a big impact on their tournament. and the way it went because a hallmark of a good team is that you have to know how to suffer and how to grind it out. and get victories so that i think really taught argentina lesson. it was crucial in them winning the world cup. of course they did have, you know, messy on there to you such a dangerous player. he really helps them on and off the ball of course. and they had a lot of extra motivation to help him get his 1st well cut trophy. yes, so let's do this danielle, let's talk about leia. missy. is it settled down to that performance yesterday on

that stage make up your mind that he's the greatest? i mean, you could definitely say that he's the greatest in his the world cut winning. the woke up yesterday was like the cherry on top of an already illustrious career. it's can be very hard to repeat what leon massey has done in his career, although killing him. bobby last night made a strong statement. he said, you know what? i'm up for the challenge, of course. a lot of people say pele as well, but he won in the 50s or sixties in the seventy's. so football has changed a lot. it's more pressure now. more games, more teams. what massey has done is absolutely incredible. now a lot of people also say other argentine legend diego mar donna, but a lot of the fans i talked to from everywhere last night, said that after this will cut the all messy for them 100 percent best player of all time. right, so we've talked about the most important individual. let's talk about the collect. if you were in catawba for the entirety of the world cup,

didn't work well, it did work. yes. i mean, there are positives and negatives. of course, i mean, positive standpoints on the football, on the pitch. it was absolutely incredible. i mean, we saw some great games, massive upsets, big winds and the final, which was probably the best final in the history of football, probably sports ever. so those are positives as well. it was in a, in all the games were in close proximity. so you could really, as a fan, go to many games. now on the negative side, there were a lot of issues that overshadowed football, important issues, you know, like human rights equality, freedom of speech, these things, they should be non negotiable all the time. and it felt like sometimes they weren't . so that's important, and it's important that we were here to talk about these things and to shed light on them and hopefully whole fee for more accountable so that in the future we can make a positive change. so i think it's important to take the positives as well as the

negatives to learn from them and move forward. then you bass line from date of the sports. incredible work at the entirety of the 2022. we'll talk. thanks so much. thank you. are coming up after a short break. barish energy has news asia here on date of the news. remember, there's much more news for you on the which are that anytime you like us to be found a d, w dot com. and you can also find us on twitter and instagram. the handle you need is the w some ask me how to be back in half an hour with another, with with

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