on something the hardware and software of our brain changes. so good, really for the brain of 40 to the answer to almost everything. starts january 15th on d, w. mm. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia strikes a recently liberated city in ukraine. at least 7 people are killed as shells target . her son, ukraine's president condemned the attack as terrorism. also coming up on the shallow protesters take to the streets of paris for

a 2nd day after 8 gun men killed 3 kurds in the capitol. prosecutors have charge him without saying that a racist motive and bone chilling temperatures in the united states. millions of americans had with snow, wind and ice. a massive arctic storm causes road chaos, mass, flight, cancellations, and weather warnings across the country. ah . hello, i'm clare richardson, thanks so much for joining us. ukraine says at least 7 people have been killed and more than 50 injured half ray russians strike on a market in the southern city of her son. president vladimir zalinski 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 crime one has previously said, there are no plans for

a ceasefire during this period. i'm very pleased to welcome ukrainian security expert maria of diva in a kia maria. what more can you tell us about this attack on her san they attacked happened today in the morning? no. when i during the holiday, a lot of people are on the streets and it is a crowded city center where people did their christmas shopping. and during the attack, a lot of them grow there. and so for now, we know that 7 people were killed and more than 50 injured, 17 people i in critical condition. so the number of the victims of this attack may grow. and we know that russia was shell in the city center or your song with grad mom, the rocket launchers from the other ban of the ne brewery book, which is so close to the seated. your son is considered to be a frontline itself and there is no way how to warn people of the upcoming at that

because the russian positions are so close to the city itself. so this brutal attack as people are going about their christmas shopping with no cease fire in sight, what have people in ukraine been told that they should expect during this holiday period a presidential at him of the landscape and other officials warn the ukraine and that they should be prepared for new attacks in their upcoming week during the christmas and new the new year. and for example, here in key where i am now still the electricity, shutdowns i'm place and people have power out to just deal. and today only in key 2 times we had air rate a lord, and it means that people had to go to the bomb shelters to hide. and of course, this marks the christmas, the season for everyone in ukraine. people are not celebrated, but they are trying to have at least some comp time with their families,

which we don't know if it will be possible. because russia is for sure, blending new attacks. we know that in the black sea, the michel lieberman files that have the russian war sheets have on them are now deployed. so the attack might happen any of these days. and presidents once he has just returned from the united states where he's been promised additional support. i want to ask you about europe's role. what is the view from key of is europe doing enough to support ukraine? well, we all hope here that after the united states and now the new, the new how the new package of military 8 and the also the deployment of federal system in ukraine. a european allies will also do more, because for now the brain doesn't have time to wait. we need to push and we need to fight. because otherwise,

this time will be used for russians to regroup and attempt your brain again. so more web ones are critical for your grade, meaning more and more artillery and what is where it important, more air defense germany is supplying your grain with a very much needed i. receipt and gift cards, but more is needed because the territory is large and it's not enough to defend all you. great, nancy does. and that is what russians aiming at to at tech. they see just objects to violence and the text, the land infrastructure. thank you so much, maria. do you find keith? we really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us today. thank you. let's go to paris now where members of the kurdish community have clashed with police. a day after 3 curds were shot and killed thousands of kurds gathered in central paris to protest the attack. lease fired tear gas after clash has broke out. a gunman

shot 3 people at a kurdish cultural center and a nearby cafe. in what movies and prosecutors were saying is a racist attack. let's go to send you found a car or correspondent in paris. so now we're seeing those scuffles in central paris. he tell us more about who he demonstrating to day and exactly what their anger is directed against the demonstration to today was called by the goodish democratic council of france. this is an umbrella co dish body that is headquartered in the cultural center that was attacked yesterday that shooting that shooting a horse killed creek oddish, political activists and those those killings have really incense members of the goodish community here. many of them feel like the be targeted yet again, because this attack comes just take a nearly 10 or excuse me, nearly 10 years after the murders of 3 or dish women activists in the same neighborhood in paris. and that included at the time, the co founder off the floor to pick a key,

a group and goods your are simply feel that the french authorities have not done enough to investigate those are those killings that there was a judicial investigation in france, which did charge a turkish man with those suspected assassinations, but he died in custody in 2016 before his trial could be held until i think many people today in the kurdish community are feeling that the french authorities of not investigated those models properly. they're not doing enough to, to protect them, as was illustrated by yesterday, shooting, flipping many of them are really feeling unsafe, a kind of sense of feel, his group, the community. and at the demonstration today, we also saw many people pointing the finger of blame at turkey saying yesterday, shifting was particularly motivated. though i have to say that at this stage we've seen no evidence of that. now french media reporting that the suspected gunmen from the shooting are a 69 year old friend, your citizen, told investigators he is racist. what else can you tell us about this man?

and do we know whether he was acting alone? when racism seems to have been a kind of consistent team in the recent history of the suspect spot as far as we can see. now, he was a retired trained driver. he was known to police, he had a history of violence against partners. but frances interior minister general dunn manor has said that the man was not long to intelligence agencies. he was not on fire for radicalization. there were no more links too far way that the more he said he was acting alone. but he did between him also as a kind of a trigger. happy shooter in a sports club. and in fact, the man was arrested for the 1st time in 2017 for possession of prohibited weapons . thank you so much for that update. that is g w. sonya farner car reporting from paris let's bring you up to speed now. it's another story. making world news headlines. almost 2 dozen people have been killed in russia after

a fire broke out at a private nursing home. dozens of firefighters fought to control the plays in the siberian city of camaro vall, authority say the care home was operating illegally and have vowed to inspect similar facilities in the region. at least and 9 people have been killed in south africa. after a truck carrying liquefied gas exploded outside johannesburg. officials say the tank are scraped, a low bridge, sparking a fire triggered the blast. explosion also burned down to houses and damaged a nearby hospital. and 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 of her. i see conditions, bisset, blizzards, and severe snow. who do not bode well for cross country christmas travel. and as

america enjoy as a once in a generation storm, some a struggling to find the feast of spirit. we don't know what's gonna happen whether or not they have extra whites for tonight, or they're saying maybe they won't even have flights tomorrow. so it's christmas, it's what's the weather outside truly is frightful and it's creating travel calles for the millions of people heated home for the holidays. more than 3000 flights have been cancelled many a stranded at airports during what is one of the busiest travel times of the triad, like dozens and dozens of different airports. i called the airline and they tried, but there's like no availability to 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 with has left more than 1000000 homes without power. but conditions are especially dia for those who don't have any shelter. with the

coal, 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 dose off and fall asleep and unfortunately end up losing their lives because of the cold weather. more than 200000000 americans are under extreme, wither advisories. the national we, the services, it's one of the largest warnings eva the 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. china is battling a surgeon covey cases and new media reports could reveal the vast scale of the outbreak. when bergan the financial times of reported around 250000000 people were

infected during the 1st weeks of december. citing a leaked government document for trainees authorities appear to be down playing the severity of the current wave. despite the surgeon case as they're continuing to report no new deaths, even as hospitals and morgues. philip ruby, hong, is from the school of medicine at national taiwan university. and earlier she told me why lifting restrictions despite the consequences, was inevitable. i won't say is a mistake because you have to open up at some point it's, it's impossible to have the society be close for such a long time. and we've seen that from protest everywhere. so, but the issue is trying to understand is why opening up they should actually stop their nation, at least for the 3rd, even 4th dose to a certain population percentage of population before they actually opened up step

by step on right. now it seems that all the object code policy doesn't really all of a sudden and even the testing which actually would be very helpful now for the community to just break it or so it's kind of properly whether or not there is actual leadership, at least at every level in china now koby controls is really hung speaking to me earlier in bethlehem, palestinians and tourists have turned out to see scouts and bands parade in manger square across from the church affinity. the tradition that every 24th of december they accompanied the latin patriarch to the church, revered by christians, as the birthplace of jesus. facilities will run throughout the day until the traditional midnight pilgrims from around the world, lined up to see the grotto where the bible says jesus was born. and do you know the

correspondent rebecca readers was at that parade. she sent us this report for the christmas celebration. so well actually on the way here in bethlehem, as you can see behind me, this parade hasn't been able to take place for the last 2 years because of corona virus restriction. this year the crowds out in full se, braving the terrible weather to come here. pensive. these marching band seats kristin ridge, youth, fruits and scouts performing in front of the nativity church. now tonight, at the nativity church, they'll be a midnight mass with dignity in attendance by local and international. in bethlehem, over this week of christmas, they're expecting 120000 pilgrims and to risk the light that's likely to give a good bruce to the local economy, which was pretty hot, heat by cove it. and then kind of it is a lot better. this year it's been a very difficult year. 2022 has been one of the deadliest in the last couple of

decades here in this conflict. some 150 palestinians, and 30 israelis have been killed in violence in january. and that's definitely what a damping a home the movie, particularly palestinian to don't feel very hopeful about the political situation. but despite that, people have come out to celebrate to get into the christmas spirit in one of the holiest places in the christian religion. backorders reporting to close out your news update our stay tuned for doc film that's coming up next after a short break. thanks for watching. imagine home, any portion of love us her now the world climate trade off the story. this is my plan the way from just one week how much was going to really get.