in ringo we still have time to work. i'm doing all with for his subscriber for more news like mm. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president urges americans to keep supporting his nation's fight against russia. during his visit to washington, already mars lensky receives pleasures of military assistance, including the patriot air defense system. russia respond by accusing us of fighting

a proxy war. also on the shell cove at 19 sweeps through china. now that beijing has abandoned its strict euro covert policy infections are surging as the virus population largely unchecked. ah, hello, i am claire richardson. those stories are more in just a moment. but 1st we have some breaking news coming in. federal prosecutors here in germany have arrested an employee of the country's foreign intelligence service for allegedly spying for russia. prosecutors have searched the apartment and workplace of the suspect who's been identified only as carsten l. the head of the agency hasn't released further details at this time saying such information could give russia, quote, an advantage in its intent to harm germany. do want to get straight across to

d w's political correspondent, simon young. for more on this story assignment. what more do we know? not much more clear than what you've already said. so just repeating this is an employee of germany's foreign intelligence service. the b n d, he's been arrested on the orders of the federal prosecutor accused of spying for russia. and the allegation is that he passed information that he obtained in the light of his duties to russian intelligence services during the the course of this year. and there has been a search of the suspects apartment and his workplace. and there is an internal investigation. now ongoing at the b n. d, at the other thing to say is that the hate of the foreign intelligence serve as b, n d, dr. bruno call as issued

a rather unusual statement in connection with this arrest. he has said that any detail about this case that gets into the public domain, assists the enemy in its efforts to damage damage germany at the, the opponent rather is the word that he used. and he said, went on then to say that russia is a particularly unscrupulous and violent actor so clearly pointing the finger at moscow as being somehow behind this story. thank you so much for that update on this breaking news story. that's our political correspondent, simon young. in berlin will bring you more details on that as they come in. but 1st ukrainian president will insurance lensky is back home after a surprise visit to washington d. c. he broke up the journey by stopping in poland, where he met with his polish counterpart on j, do dog,

an aide to do this that the leader spoke for about 2 hours. posting on social media zalinski said they discussed the years historic challenges due to a full scale war while in washington to lansky predicted that next year would be a turning point in the war. that stress that ukraine is still very much relying on continued support from its western allies. precedents, zalinski was given the red carpet treatment as he arrived at the white house greeted like an old friend. but as you as counterpart joe biden, they've spoken many times on the phone, but this was a 1st face to face. meeting st russian made it ukraine in the oval office flight and granite lensky, another wish hi on ukraine's weapons list are gonna continue to strengthen ukraine's ability to defend herself, particularly air defense. and that's why we're going to be providing you credit

with patriot missile better. first and lensky, it was an opportunity to pay his respects to ukraine's because back i knew that i want to give you something. one guy is really, really hero real captain. and he asked me to pass his award. he asked me to best work to prison. invite him a will i understand? a said captain fall hymer. spencer? yes, he is very brave and he said give it to very brave brass neck and i want to give you that is a cross cross for military. married. that is one god little yes. well, under her, but much appreciated. thank you. thanks for joe biden. it was a chance to send a clear signal to russia that the u. s. is in it to win it not

as stages committed to ensuring that the brave ukrainian people can continue, continue to defend their country against russian aggressions, as long as it takes the president of ukraine. next, not person, lensky and heroes. welcome. as he addressed a, we're joint session of the united states congress against all odds and doom and gloom. shenaria sea grain didn't fall. you. greene is alive and keegan. our 2 nations are allies in this battle. and next year we'll be done in point annoyed the boy. and when ukraine encourage an american resolve,

must guarantee the future of our common freedom. the freedom of people who stand for their well use what a mere to wednesday, no support like this or washington will be vital in the months or years of fighting ahead. but it's not guaranteed. some republicans are concerned about the billions being giving to ukraine. and when they take control of the house next year, they might trade a title, the purse strings. let's go now to russia analyst, maria, that i might say for the russian perspective on this. maria, what reactions have we seen from moscow to zalinski? is us trap? well, the reaction from the russian side want as expected to kremlin the spokesperson meets repass call, expressed to disappointment as since there was neither a cold for peace, nor readiness to listen to russia. security concerns as he puts it according to the

kremlin. this means that the u. s. is the indirectly fighting with russia. essentially what moscow does is to reenforce, once again, good narrative about total dependency of flood him as a landscape, a decision making on the biden administration. and here it must be sad that in russia it's widely believed that that's ukraine, that washington is fueling the conflict by providing military equipment for ukraine . vladimir putin has stated several times that he wants peace and military assistance. ukrainian hayes view is somewhat alienating keith and moscow from peace talks. i washed out, undersized as a proxy war. maria, i want to ask you, do you think that the u. s. as promise of more support and the delivery of patriot missile systems is going to further escalate the situation. well, moscow has already stated that the patriot, the pump system,

which will help ukraine to define its air space, will be seen as an escalation. and they legitimate target for it, it avoids attacks. however, many analysts believe that this can be part of the so called the escalation game when russia is threatening western countries in hope that they will support ukraine last. and we have heard this vague threats from kremlin since february, especially at the beginning of the war. when they made many was to lead us alert and cautious about about military assistance for ukraine. but gilbert continued and grow missing or ukraine that we, we see now the communist, threatening narrative does not work well. well, at this moment. okay, now briefly i, before i let you go, we're also hearing reports that russia's defense minister survey, troy who has visited frontline troops. again, it's 2 visits in less than a week. can you tell us what you think is behind that? well firstly, we don't really know he was actually on the front line these time as you saw the ride the a couple of days ago,

it was announced by the russian minister of defiance that troy go visited the front line. but after some time, some analysts and journalists discovered that he was filled in an area in an occupied crimea, which is not close to the front line. and well, anyways, he did it for, for a reason, given the rising, this content over the conditions and equipment was by many family members of russian soldiers. this was to show to the russian audience that the military commander is also with their army and cares about his soldiers. but choice was visit can also be a message for ukrainians. we are here and we are not willing to stop our aggression . ok, thank you so much for that. that is russia analyst maria cutter. much, i really appreciate it. don, to some other stories making headlines around the world. israel designated prime minister benjamin netanyahu has managed to form a new right wing coalition government in afghanistan to after weeks of negotiations

with religious and far right. political partners netanyahu led his party to win the most in israel's november election. what needed coalition partners to govern israel's longest surfing prime minister in afghanistan, dozens of women have rallied in the capital kabul to protest a ban on women entering universities. the taliban announced the measure earlier this week, prompting international condemnation. female students have since been turned away from university campuses across the country. new report from the news agency bloomberg says germany is burning coal at the fastest pace in at least 6 years. levels of pollution from germany's power production are now comparable to those of india and south africa. berlin has turned to other fossil fuels and a bid to replace russian gas. and millions of americans are under severe weather warnings as a major winter storm moves across the us. freezing arctic air is bringing blizzards

and icey winds to much of the country. the record breaking hold comes as millions hit the roads or taking flights for the holidays. and cope at 19 cases are surging across china right now. until recently the country had some of the toughest control measures in the world. but public anger and rare street protests lead to many rules being relaxed. now, with experts warning that hundreds of millions of people could soon be infected, chinese authorities have narrowed the criteria for identifying cova deaths. that means that despite the jump in cases and overwhelmed funeral homes, there have been no official recorded debts for 2 consecutive days. at times china's 0 called it policy looked like this empty streets and some of the world's largest cities like shanghai here, 28000000 people are nowhere to be seen. other times it looked like this with aggressive scenes and supermarkets and people desperate to grab some of the sparse

food and supplies. i'm still available to the chinese walla. there were also containment camps. entire city blocks and neighborhoods locked up and barriers built to prevent free movement. china 0 covet rules were some of the most strictly imposed anywhere. residents were repeatedly told 0 cove. it was the only way to keep them safe. george indian, we each and we must unswerving lea at here to the principle of people 1st and life . first, the trilogy of curbing imported cases and domestic resurgence is and the policy of dynamic 0 cove it found it. but then this fall cases began to spread rapidly despite the strict policies many chinese experienced for the 1st time someone close to them getting sick with cove it and as cases spiraled, so did public discontent. in late november, a rare showing of public descent erupted in multiple parts of china. oh,

there were st demonstrations and even some called for present teaching ping to resign. c reg, the kind of public outcry, unheard of inside china then 2 weeks later, a change of heart from the government. the health department announced the loosening of 100 covey rules in holly footer. it just it how so she, our focus will be increasingly science based and targeted lucia, we should firmly correct oversimplification or a one size fits all approach and avoid taking excessive policy steps. even gamma on december 7th, china loosened measures, allowing home quarantine, reduce testing, making it easier to travel. chinese authorities and state media largely ignored the protests and accusations that 0 cove had failed. instead, they've been insisting the relax policies are due to a weakened corona virus. but weakened or not,

the infections have been spreading rapidly, creating fear and anxiety, and further disrupting an already fragile economy. experts warn china could soon be facing a peak of up to 800000000 cases in the country, which they say could mean as many as one to 2000000 deaths in the coming year. stated or did other use asia coming up after a short break? i'm richardson and berlin for me and the team. thanks for watching. hello guys. this is the 77 percent. the platform for africa's youth to the faith issues and share ideas you know, or this.