love and banning them away from that, but i'm not going to have to was my own car and everyone with later holes and every day just getting are you ready to meet the gentleman and join me rachel stuart on d. w. ah ah, this is the w news. lived from berlin, ukraine's president condemns a russian attack on christmas. eve is tara brush and strikes heat, central hassan. at least 10 people are killed and thousands more injured. also coming up the taliban border, who n g o is to stop employing women in afghanistan. the decision comes just days after

a band on women attending universities. ah, i'm jared ray. thanks for your company. and merry christmas were starting the shore in ukraine today, where sadly this year's festive season is being defined by war. a russian strike in the southern city of hess on the killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens of others on saturday. the city has been the target of constant russian shilling since ukrainian troops regained control of it last month. and just a word of caution, you might find the images in our next report, disturbing hassan's city center on christmas eve. normally at this time of year, this square would be bustling with activity. this year, a russian missile has left the streets, strewn with bodies and blood,

and distraught, loved ones left behind me here or i really or noon, or one of the people killed was selling me to the market. worried. you just went out on the stairs to have a smoke. a pool was blood there. we were both heard, but we just dragged him here. he was dead. you article full from north lou. president zalinski says there are no military facilities in the area. he accused moscow of simply killing for pleasure. russia denies targeting civilians but it does admit to targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure for months at the power grid has been battered by attacks that have exposed millions of civilians to

bitterly cold temperatures. it's a gloomy christmas eve in ukraine this year. russia says it has no plans for a cease fire during the holidays. as people across the world get ready to celebrate ukrainians are still fighting for their survival. well, russian strikes have also repeatedly targeted ukraine's utility infrastructure outside the capital key. if organizers have set up what they call in invincibility centers, now these are places where people can charge their phones work or simply warm up as t w's. manual showers found that brazil is a suburb on the outskirts of key. if victor 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 to get the good volume garage. 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. which is the golden rule, bought them from just as we speak, a surprise, the power comes back on. 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 a back to 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 their relatives online or over the years velva to leave them online. those invincibility centers are crucial for ukrainians to simply survive. the arid siren goes off. but here, nobody seems to care any more. who need them here? those i don't really like you. i would rather sit at home with the light on. but you need to charge a phone so you can call your relative or more more they didn't tell for you from one a little under orders. short was only thing. yeah, 3 sure 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 into capital, keith, electricians work day and night to repair and maintain the city agreed that despite all their efforts, the situation remains critical. but a very, unless on put her in the with her would you have the strategies 1st of all, to restore the electricity supply. however, we can so that people have so we can't always stick to schedule or return equipment to how it was before the war. but the temporary salute since 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 mayberry, a doors out as you on the my e senior problem. a problem that is likely to continue to out the winter here with temperatures often dropping well below freezing and no end in sight to rush

and s t i x and in the spirit of the festive season, a military chaplain visited ukrainian service than men. servicemen in the hockey region on saturday, he blessed the frontline soldiers located course to the russian border. the chaplain said he wished that they could all celebrate next christmas in a quote. he's full and independent ukraine. actors from hockey feet are also entertainers soldiers with traditional ukrainian songs, carols and performances. busy oh, oh, in avenues now the taliban have ordered all foreign and domestic humanitarian organizations in afghanistan to stop employing women. they said they made the decision after complaints that some female employees were not observing conservative islamic dress. now the ban is the lightest blow to women's rights in

the country coming just days after the taliban bod women from attending universities. the taliban are trying to release them from public life. but i've got to me, i fighting back. not letting the taliban crash catering in this alley zoom in, protesting for the right, the university education were dispersed with water cannon. you know, you need not getting any weapons that taliban forced us to come to the street and then they used quarter cannons on us. we all got drenched, and many goths fell down there scared of her voices and don't have any other weapons. we want our rights, wasn't it? doesn't it on the taliban? a thought on women's rights. she was no sign of stopping women humana didn't book of a desperate he needed in poverty stricken afghanistan. now they're being told to stay

home. the u. n. has gone against committing the menstrual in the humanitarian victory effect as you're measuring. the system relies on this meaningful participation, as they stated. and we cannot overstate the importance of their capacities in size and ability to reach women and girls across the country. despite 12 byte condemnation, that taliban are not going down to the pressure. and at closing doors to any meaningful engagement. well, a massive winter storm has treated blizzards, freezing, rain, and flooding. in many, many areas of the united states and canada. the extreme weather has led to power outages for nearly 2000000 homes and businesses and disrupted travel plans of millions more. people authorities say at least 17 people have died from the store. ah, it's a white christmas for much of north america. in fact, it's

a complete white out blizzards like these a hammering many areas of the united states and canada. i order per vin for snow has been piling up from coast to coast, with freezing wind seeming temperatures. plunging the massive storm, coming at one of the busiest travel times of the year, leading to the cancellation or delay of thousands of flights or is not. is it under the lead here because of the grizzle? well, boiler hood i go saw that has been flooded. so it's not the right time for me to get to know laguna dizzy visit. i thought medical of the done brain, over the condo for those who did make it to the destination. it wasn't always a smooth, right? so this is what i woke up to. you know, i live in addition to the snow and ice flooding has had some regions. the storm has

been caused by a so called bomb cycling with atmospheric pressure dropping very quickly. the very low temperature is affecting much of the country a forecast to remain in the coming days with much of the us staying well below freezing and they have been fatalities due to exposure. i see car crashes and other effects of the storm. again, the flesh freeze in the ice roads are not going anywhere soon. this is going to be an event. it's going to continue through the weekend. and windshields are going to be absolutely bone chilling. that's why this is a life threatening event. the big chill stick around for a freezing feast of season across much of north america before a return to comma. and we're seasonal wither next week. well, it's christmas day today, and santa has been busy preparing to bring festive joy to the children of lebanon.

the w spoke with johnny, her wand, also known as the good of a root. johnny, how one takes christmas very seriously. every year for 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 at believe this is the most wonderful time of the year. give me happiness, enjoy doing this in return, i would like to give the ceiling just happiness to the children and the people whose needs johnny had devoted his free time to making people's mind for more than a decade. as barbara, the santa's little helper interest forming the eye t worker into a convincing father christmas. this is the 1st of eugene. i have to reach my via my

and my hat. i have to do it between 57 pine to reach the perfect life. so i can be the answer each time johnny has to cover his head with aluminum foil and brief throat. oh. 2 0, don't me more close to life than the devastating explosion 2 years ago at the port of fatal. despite the tragedy, he remains full of hope, but things in lebanon have gotten lot worse since them. just like johnny, the vast majority of the companies are living in extremely hot condition. the country is facing the worst economic crisis more than 3 decades. and recording the 2nd highest inflation in the world with the absence of basic public services like water and electricity. but christmas has always been a big occasion in lebanon,

where christian and muslim live together. this is how she cannot use our christmas is all about join happiness. it is full of color and life and much needed in these hard times. how should adam had a little bit bellas middle door for a long christmas makes people happy? i say gather and celebrate together with valerie at home, when i sub is her mom, this is michael at unites people from all religions. it's joyful, just like they moved. oh, without but i'm beta, you know, the situation 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 me, ruth's children, to forget the troubles and have fun shooting the festive season. finally now pipe francis has laid the traditional christmas eve mass at the vatican

in rome. he said that the level of greed and hunger for power at the expense of the vulnerable was such that some wanted to quite consume even their neighbors. francis delivered his message to around 7000 followers, including tourists and pilgrims, who were at saint peter's basilica alone, performed sophia morgan, who called mary chris, mister moss here at dw up next reporter, looks at the challenges of parenting while blind jarrod read. thanks to watch. ah ah, the question of questions about life, the universe and everything, do you know the answer? well then give it here for the.