this keeps me and they don't listen to me to interact with. you want to know their story, my grants verifying, and reliable information for my grants. ah ah, this is d, w. use live from berlin, ukraine's president condemns a russian attack on christmas. eve is tara russian strikes heat, central has on a city that had recently been liberated, at least 10 people are killed and dozens more injured. also coming up the taliban order, or non governmental organizations to stop employing women in afghanistan. the decision

comes just days after a band of women attending universities. ah, i'm jared raid. thanks for your company and merry christmas. we're going to start 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 killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens of others on saturday. now, the city has been the target of constant russian shilling since ukrainian troops regained control of it last month. just a word of caution. now 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. lulu here or will you or no answer. 0, one of the people killed was selling me to the market, worried he just went out on the stairs to have a smoke of pool was blood there? we will prefer, but we just dragged him here. he was dead. you article fall from your clue. 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. or russian strikes have also repeatedly targeted ukraine's utility infrastructure. outside the capital cave organizers have set up what they're calling invincibility centers. now these are places where people can charge their phones, work or simply war mob. d, w 's, a manual shot has more. brazil is a suburb on the outskirts of key. if victor survived a russian occupation and now must survive the winter constant as tracks on power facilities care to electricity and running water to his entire building. so he

makes do as best as he can do as good. the good 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. which was the golden local, bought them from just as we speak. a surprise. the power comes by con. gotcha. 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 wide 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 online or over the years. love her to leave them online. those invincibility centers are crucial for ukrainians to simply survive. the arid sarin goes off that 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 your phone so you can call your relative or more more they didn't tell for you some model wallader or the shop was only thing. yes, felicia, 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 saw him in a blish. you mean? 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 keys, electricians work day and night to repair and maintain the city agreed that despite all their efforts, the situation remains critical, but a big 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 herb law. the william mayberry or doors are, as you, on emma 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 air strikes. and in the spirit of the festive season, the military chaplain visited ukrainian service men in the ha, if region on saturday, blessing frontline soldiers close to the russian border. the chaplain said he wished that they could all celebrate next christmas in a peaceful and independent ukraine was supposed to be showing you pictures. i'm not sure where they are. actors from. aha! if theater also entertained the soldiers with traditional ukrainian songs, shoot carols and performances, 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, the ban is the lightest blurred 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 of god to me, i fighting back. not letting the taliban crash catering in this alley. zoom in, protesting for the right to university education were dispersed with what again. you know, you need not getting any weapons that donavon forced us to come to the street, and then the youth quarter canons on us, we all got drenched, and many goths fell down dest, scared of her voice. if and don't have any other weapons, we want our rights. i read on it the taliban, a thought on women's rights shows no sign of stopping. women humana did in book of death, pretty needed in poverty stricken afghanistan. now they're being told to stay home

. the un has gone against him eating the minstrel in the humanitarian victory. effective measure and justice relies on this meaningful participation to women, as they stated. and we cannot overstate the importance of their capacities, insight, and ability to reach women and girls across the country. despite wild bite condemnation, that taliban are not going down to the pressure and at closing dose to any meaningful engagement. a massive winter storm has treated blizzards, freezing, rain, and flooding in many areas of the united states and canada. extreme weather has led to power outages, nearly 2000000 homes and businesses disrupting travel plans of millions of people. authority say at least 17 people have died from 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. yes not. is it under the lead here because of the grizzle worm boiler hood i go saw that has been flooded. so it's not the right time for me to get to know laguna, do the visit. i thought of multiple of them that i'm bringing over a little gumbo 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 temperatures 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 was seasonal wither next week. well, it's christmas day today in santa has been busy preparing to bring festive joy to the children of lebanon. he w spoke with johnny, her wand been better known as the good santa of beirut. 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. and to me, this is the most wonderful time of the year. give me happiness, enjoy doing this and return. i would like to give the ceiling just happiness to the children and the people whose needs johnny has devoted his free time to making people's mind for more than a decade. his barber dissenters little helper and transforming the i t worker into a convincing father christmas. this is the 1st of meeting. i have to be a 5 year my and my head. i have to do it between 5 to 7 fine

to reach the perfect life so i can be the center each time john, he has to cover his head with aluminum foil and brief throat. oh, oh john, 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 and lebanon have got a lot worse since them, just like johnny, the vast majority of them and he is living in extremely hard conditions. the country is facing the worst economic crisis more than 3 decades. when recording the 2nd highest inflation in the world would the absence of basic public services like water and electricity. ah, but christmas has always been

a big occasion in lebanon. were christians and muslims lived together. christmas allergic anesthesia christmas is all about giant 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 michael at united people from all religions. it's joyful, just like they moved without bombay to it. you know, the situation, the lebanon is not that her disabled, but we're here to give her to the people and to tell them that we're saying 11 on we're not leaving. this is johnny 1st event of the year. at santa his aim is to help me roots children to forget the troubles and have fun shooting the festive season. finally now pipe francis has laid the traditional christmas eve, master the vatican in rhyme. he criticized the wars being fought around the world

and those who to who he described as ravenous for wealth and power. the pontiff delivered his message to around 7000 people at saint peter's to basilica. later today, he'll deliver the blessing or be at or b to the city and the world from the central balcony of the basilica, to tens of thousands of your up to date. here on d, w from me and the team here in berlin have a merry christmas and a great day. ah ah, a what people have to say matters to us a little that's why.