ah, really good morning. see the world as he's never seen before. dr. now he d w documentary ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. a massive winter storm threatens holiday plans for millions of americans. their lines have already cancelled thousands of flights leaving many passengers scrambling. the storm is forecast to bring bone chilling arctic temperatures and snow to much of north america. president biden urges americans to prepare for the worst. also coming up. russia accuses the united

states of fighting a proxy war and ukraine. that's after ukrainian president bullet emer lensky, visits washington and received pledges of military assistance, including the patriot air defense system. and coven 19 sweeps through china, now that beijing has abandoned its strict 0 cobit policy. the affections are surging, causing international alarm. ah, i am ami and isa welcome to the program. 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 as it pushes. se forecasters are warning that temperatures could plunge as low as minus $45.00 degrees celsius and some areas the record breaking cold comes as millions hit the roads and the skies for the holidays

. airlines have already cancelled thousands of flights. let's get more on that now. from ethic. a poochie is a meteorologist based in washington d. c. matthew, thanks for joining us. of the weather service has called this a once in a generation storm. why is that? yeah, most definitely you know, from a structural standpoint is very impressive, which we say in a bad way because it has so many different ingredients that are bring to worse every single facet of severe winter weather. in other words, we start with bomb cycle, basically, a rapidly intensifying low pressure system. this back to me in so much air, intensifying so quickly, then it goes down or to get on the back side in the morning on the east side and the big snow. so east of the center up now, the eastern seaboard the you asked very heavy rain damaging winds, guessing 90 to 100 kilometers per hour on the back side that siberian air mass with temperatures going back to about 40 degrees below 0 celsius and windshields down to

minus $54.00 minus $55.00 celsius, which can be deadly per dose. without shelter, without the preparations in between 2 air masses meet you squeeze all the air, big time, snow, and the winds are using blizzard conditions. and this time, you're about 130000000 people are traveling for the christmas holiday. bomb cycle doesn't sound like something i would like to be a part of. and you've mentioned temperatures as low as 50 minus celsius fahrenheit . that sounds like something on the moon. how dangerous is that for humans? yeah, most definitely know this is maybe relegated to the north central us from the populations router as far as that. so there are some big names, cities, there, aberdeen peer bismark, where we're billings montana, temperatures reaching those crazy levels, which indeed, that is celsius, 50 below 0 celsius for the actual wind jill. and about 40 below 0, in many places for the air temperature. and so we're down those if you have to travel, have an emergency getting your car even. it's only

a 5 minute drive. 5 minutes is all it takes in an emergency to get frostbite for your skin to literally essentially die. and if your traverse rated a, the results can quickly become debbie, so people have to have preparations with them. what about holiday travel and getting in your car to go? 5 minutes is dangerous. does this mean that a lot of people around the country are gonna have to cancel their holiday plant? i think so, or at least push them back one day friday to morrow is going to be about traveling for millions. i think saturday, we'll see some improvement in most locales, but in addition to the driving issue, we talked about in north central u. s. air travel in big concern do as you major hubs. chicago in detroit, both being affected by snow and strong winds, especially detroit, were about, i'd say $8.00 to $12.00 centimeters where the snow could fall back in cost wise, be cancelled already. 2000 flights been canceled. and in addition to that, the storm is so wide like 1800 kilometers wide that and then those do hubs. the rest of the airports lightly seeing issues because the strong wind with the system which even in the opposite was invitation,

was out strong cross winds. that will make its oper plans to take off and land. and then one more thing, ro, travel the treaty of now, eastern seaboard, new york, philly, boston, d. c. thanks a flash greens, carson roads is that re ice up tomorrow afternoon? arisen good cozy at home, perhaps meteorologist matthew caputo there in washington d. c. thanks for analysis. than you now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in afghanistan, dozens of women have rallied in the capital kabul to protest the 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 the legit boss of ages biggest crime syndicate dubbed ages l chapo has been extradited to australia. chinese born a canadian said she lob faces drug trafficking charges and is suspected of running

one of the world's biggest suppliers of illegal methamphetamines. u. s. senate has passed a $1.00 trillion dollars spending bill for the next year. the bill is aimed at averting a partial government shut down and includes $45000000000.00 in new aid for ukraine . the bill now goes to the house of representatives where it's expected to pass. we haven't had a single government. ukrainian president, vote him as a lensky is back home. after a surprise visit to washington, he made a stop in poland on his way back, where he met with his polish counterpart on j. duda and aid to do this. as the leaders spoke for about 2 hours, posting on social media zalinski said they discussed the war in ukraine, and it's quote, historic challenges. while while in washington zalinski made the claim that next year would bring a turning point in the war, but stressed. ukraine is still very much dependent on continued support from its western allies. reacting to the,

to the lens is trip the kremlin accused ukraine and the u. s, of ignoring its concerns, and despite rushes continued attacks on ukraine, russian president vladimir putin earlier today told reporters that russia was open to diplomatic negotiations to end the war. a conflict of chivalry rolling a conflict, all armed conflicts eventually and with diplomatic negotiation, alina galilee, and we have never rejected such an opportunity from what he believes ukrainian government, that's bar itself from holding negotiations now which it looks quite unusual. or i would even say strange or tim. yeah. but sooner or later wally side yet or in a conflict with each other. i just sit down and negotiate with the it sooner our opponents realised that the battery was late to move. and we don't have never rejected that. well, president putin has been claiming that he wants to negotiate away out of this

conflict for months, perhaps because the war is not going to plan for him. we asked russia analyst maria, cut the muggy of putin would be willing to compromise. well, i don't think that a lot of i put in in society to compromise, at least at this moment. the stakes are too high for him. it's either only going forward whatever sacrifices that means for their russian people or defeat, which will be devastating for the regime and potentially dangerous for human. his family. he will never compromise on crimea, for instance, which was an ox by russia back in 2014 and other 4 ukrainian territories that russia illegally faced after february, probably after having an ox ukraine territory. at this point most go wants to deal, but still at this point, there are so many instruments available to blood put in such as black mailing western countries with gas and watering ukrainians, making it difficult for them to leave in home without electricity and water. now

that he has leased instruments, he will see what kind of the fact they will have and then he will act accordingly. but we have seen that so far. he's ready to tucker 5, everything and the compromise on nothing. that was russia analyst, maria cut the mother speaking to us earlier. federal prosecutors here in germany have arrested an employee of the country's foreign intelligence service for allegedly spying for russia. the suspect who has been identified only as carson l, is accused of sharing state secrets with moscow. d, w, a political correspondent, 5 and young has more. here this man is a, an employee of germany's foreign intelligence agency, the b and d. he's a german citizen. and he's been arrested on the orders of the federal prosecutor accused of spying for russia. a he is alleged to have passed information that he obtained in the course of his work to russian intelligence services

during 2022. and he appeared before a federal judge on thursday, accused on a charge of treason, and he's now being held in custody. his apartment, that his workplace and all the locations have been searched. and there's now an ongoing investigation which is a very sensitive investigation. in fact, the head of the b, n, d, has said that it's important that further details of this not made public because doing that, he said just helps. germany's opponents who want to hom, germany, and he went on to say that russia is a particularly ruthless and violent actor. so this is a very serious information leak, right at the heart of germany's intelligence establishment

that was did of his political correspondence. simon young, covered 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 st protest 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 kobe death. this means that despite the jumping cases and overwhelmed funeral homes there, there have been no official reg recorded deaths for 2 consecutive days. at times china 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 home. still available to the child waller. 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 st. george indian legion, 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 in. but then this fall cases began to spread rapidly. despite the strict policies many chinese experienced for the 1st time, some one 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. their direct 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 cove. it rules, you know, jim, 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, and 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. now to the jackpot that millions of people in spain dream about every christmas, the winning numbers for the country's famous lottery known as l gordo, have been revealed. a prize pot of more than 2500000000 euros is up for grabs. a goto means the fat one and has been running for over 200 years, keeping with recent tradition, children thing out, the winning numbers from a madrid stage. uni. oh me. oh, i is a reminder of the cop stories were falling for u. u. s. airlines have cancelled thousands of flights amid busy christmas holiday

travel as a winter storm threatens, much of the country. temperatures are forecast to plummet to dangerous arctic levels in many areas, along with high winds and snow. president biden is urging americans to take the storm warning seriously. they're watching denovia news. business news is up next with my colleague daniel winter. remember there's much more on our website. that's d w dot com. you can also find us on twitter or instagram at dw news. i'm ami and ease of thanks for joining us with i just got it all say gray you.