ah, since for the present a future heads filled with ideas. so get ready for his brain. i 42. the answer to almost everything starts january 15th oh d w ah ah ah, you're watching dw news live from berlin. russia strikes a recently liberated city and you pray. at least 7 people are killed as shells target, her son, ukraine's president condemned the attack as terrorism. also coming up on the show

bone chilling temperatures in the united states, millions of americans hit with snow, winds and ice. a massive arctic storm causes road chaos, mass, white cancellations, and weather warnings across the country. plus the coming santa in lebanon is i. t worker. i got to make over each year to help people be rude to get the christmas spirit. 2 2 0, ah hello, i'm clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. ukraine says at least 7 people have been killed and more than 50 injured after a russian strike on a market in the southern city of her son. president willoughby moore's. a lensky condemned the attack saying there were no military facilities located in the area. he has warned that russia could be planning more attacks during the holidays. the

kremlin has previously said that there are no plans for a cease fire during the period. i spoke earlier today doesn't correspond it, and manuel has in good shape ukraine. and i asked her what more she can tell us about the attack in her son. oh, hi clara. well, it's just to lay to this of a string of deadly attacks of dots. russia launched against the crowns in harrison . there have been, according to their authorities, up least 7 people who died. dozens of people are injured including some very seriously and a very critical, a steady attack occurred in this city center. you could see a picture stipulating here on social media channels a showing and bodies of civilians lying in the street said this happens at a time where ukrainians are already struggling with power, carrots,

millions of people don't have access to electricity. don't have running water and dot in the dead of the winter here in the ukraine and also to read the festive perio even if most ukrainians would be celebrating a orthodox christmas at the beginning of the year does already defy steve sees in here. and of course this has nothing, you know, there's nothing to rejoice about in such days when you're ukrainian and you constantly leaving, leaving under the fear of being shelled. thank you for that update. and when you, while you are currently reporting from butcher, which many will remember became a symbol of the brutality of the russian invasion after a massacre. earlier this year, i now residence there in the area, as you've mentioned, are facing a grueling winter as russian strikes target powered for structure across ukraine. i want to take a look at a report that you filed on how, which is residents are coping. and then we'll come back to you for more. boy's cell is a suburb on the outskirts of key. if victoria survived

a russian occupation and now must survive the winter constant as try excel power facilities, catalytic tricity and running water to his entire building. so he makes do as best as he can go. doors get the goods, lu, i'm good at you. we feel bottles with hot water somewhere. i already hit a hot water bottle as for food for the fridge, we try not to buy anything like that. but as it is the golden local, bought them from just as we speak, a surprise, the power comes by con our children. and so does the heat for a while, at least whenever victor doesn't have electricity. he comes here a small prefab installed by the authorities. so that residents can charge their phones and warm themselves up around the stove. a short drive away is butcher. the city council is now a rallying point for those without electricity. it is one of thousands of why presidents zalinski calls invincibility centers on the father of act. the butcher

city council is now a social hub where a generator works and where you can charge fines. and most people don't come here for social services. but because there is no electricity at home, no water at home. here you can collect water. you can connect to the internet. here resident study work and stay in touch with the relatives on line with her to leave them on line. those invincibility centers are crucial for ukrainians to simply survive. the air at siren goes off. but here, nobody seems to care any more. who need them hear those? i don't really like you. i would rather sit at home with the light on. but you need to charge your phone so you can call your relative or more more they didn't tell for you, sir. lauded shoppers. only yet the leash i came to recharge my mobile phone. i just want to pay my utility bills. and most,

all i just want to contact my loved ones is what it is. your daughter is so a human, a blish, human cliff still kilowatt. the butcher city council relies largely under nations to get to the winter for a foreign n g o gave dis generator, but it's not powerful enough to cover all the needs. back in the capital key is electricians work day and night to repair and maintain the city agreed that despite all their efforts, the situation remains critical. but a 1000000000 loss on but the good law with their own would. you know, the strategy is, 1st of all, to restore the electricity supply. however, we can so that people have some, we can't always stick to schedule or return equipment to how it was before the war . but the temporary solutions like plant power cars are working. so people are getting some light to their homes, but the capacity that existed before the war is no longer there. and that's a problem of law. the william a perio doors out as you on the my

e senior problem. a problem that is likely to continue to route the winter here with temperatures often dropping well below freezing and no end in sight to rush and s t i x. and when you well, thank you so much for reporting there. can you tell us more about how these power outages are affecting people's everyday lives? well, claire, i'm here just in front of the center. we saw it in the report. you might see that nobody here at the moment. that means that power is spark. the problem is that this doesn't last, it's usually for a few hours and then people are deprived of power again. and just to give you an idea, victor, which we saw in it at the beginning of the report called us today, or to tell us, well, there was some a power back while we were filming. but since then he hadn't had any electricity against. it's a very dire situation, a situation that is said by millions of ukrainians across the country. the

situation is particularly dire in a key if any it's region just oh, so you can imagine a pre war, the electricity grid in keith was functioning, the other ha, functioning at a 150 percent of its capacity. now it functions only at 50 percent of its capacity only critical infrastructure such as hospitals, you know or is still, i still owe being provided with that electricity. and her people are really bracing for more power cards, cuts in the weeks to come because air strikes are continuing. thank you so much for that update. that's our correspondent in our chat reporting from butcher ukraine. let's bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines, almost 2 dozen people have been killed in russia after a fire broke out at a private nursing home. thousands of firefighters fought to control the plays in the siberian city of camaro vo authorities. carol home was operating legally and

have vowed to inspect similar facilities in the region now was in the kurdish activists and the anti racism. protesters, i'm taken to the streets of paris after 3 people were shot dead at a kurdish cultural center lease of detained. the 69 year old man over the shooting authorities are investigating erases motive. kurdish representatives say it should be treated as a terrible attack. and at least 8 people have been killed in south africa after a truck carrying liquified gas exploded outside johannesburg. officials say the tank or scraped a low bridge parking a fire that triggered the blash. explosion also burned down to houses and damaged in nearby hospital. while much of north america is in the grip of a deep freeze at the moment as a huge winter storm disrupts, travel plans causes power outages and threatens lives. around 60 percent of the us is under some kind of weather warning. and even the sunshine state of florida is

brace for icey conditions. bitter blizzards and severe snow do not bode well for cross country christmas travel. and as america enjoy a once in a generation storm, some a struggling to find the face of spirit. we don't know what's going to happen whether or not they have extra flights for tonight or they're saying maybe they won't even have flights tomorrow. so it's christmas, it's like we are outside truly is frightful, and it's creating travel kale for the millions of people heated home for the holidays. more than 3000 flights have been canceled. many stranded at airports during what is one of the busiest travel times of the tribe, like dozens and dozens of different airports. i called the airline and they tried, but there's like no availability till after christmas. the severe cold isn't only a problem for air travel. driving is extremely treacherous with roads blanketed and

snow and ice. the wither his left more than 1000000 homes without power. but conditions are especially dia for those who don't have any shelter. with the cold, one of the things that can be dangerous as people can be laying on the sidewalk or sleeping outside. and you don't always realize just how dire of a situation that you're in. it can be really easy for people to kind of those off and fall asleep and unfortunately end up losing their lives because of the cold weather. more than 200000000 americans are under extreme weather advisories, the national wither services. it's one of the largest warnings eva these satellite images revealing what santa could be up against and time for the big day. forecast as a warning that parts of the country could be on track for the coldest christmas on record. while santa claus is preparing to bring christmas joy to the children of

crisis, hit lebanon, d. w. i spoke with johnny. how want a good santa of beirut, johnny holland, takes christmas very seriously. every year from march onwards, he lets his glossy black beard crow and then he widens it in december. he loves to be santa, for the local children. to me, this is the most wonderful time of the year. her give me her happiness and joy, dinos, and return. i would like to give her. the ceiling does happiness to the children and the people whose the move johnny has devoted his free time to making people's mind for more than a decade. it's barbara the santa's little helper in transforming the i t worker into a convincing father christmas. this is the 1st round of meeting i have to reach my

via my eyes and my hat. i have to do it between 5 to 7 time to reach the perfect life. so i can be the answer each time john, he has to cover his head with aluminum foil and brief throat. oh . 2 tony moore lost the life in the devastating explosion 2 years ago at the port of fatal. despite the tragedy, he remains full of hope. but things and lebanon have got a lot worse since them. just like johnny, the vast majority of them have been. he is living in extremely hard conditions. the country is facing the worst economic crisis in more than 3 decades. when recording the 2nd highest inflation in the world, would the absence of basic public services like water and electricity with

christmas has always been a big occasion in lebanon. were christians and muslims lived together. christmas electric anesthesia christmas is all about joined happiness. it is full of color and life and much needed in these hard times. how should adam had his little bill ballads, madeau for atlaw them christmas makes people happy? i say gather and celebrate together with bellagio at home. hey, monassa is emma, this is michaela. it unites people from all religions. it's joyful, just like the root o without bombay to it. you know, the situation, the lebanon is not the stable, but we're here to give hope to the people and to tell them that we're staying 11 on . we're not leaving. this is johnny 1st event of the year. at santa his aim is to help boots children to forget the troubles and have fun shooting the festive season. oh, and in bethlehem,

palestinians have turned out to see the scouts and bands parade in manger square across the church of the nativity. it's a tradition that happens every 24th of december as they accompanied the latin patriarch to the church in infinity, revered by christians, as the birthplace of jesus festivities will run throughout the day until the traditional midnight mass. the church pilgrims from across the world gathered and cute to see the grotto where the bible says jesus of nazareth was born. that you're his update at the sour stay tuned for world stories coming up next. ah, a jenny is full of surprises. we've got all out use one day in vienna.