no one has the flu. make up your mind. w. made for mines. ah ah. ah, this is dw news live from berlin, president volunteers, lensky tells ukrainians on christmas eve that tears will give way to hope. even as a new russian attack takes more lives in the liberated city of her son, germany's president also addresses his nation with concerns about the war, along with hopes for what he calls the 1st generation in

a climate friendly worlds. and and arctic blast sends temperatures plunging across north america, winding lizards, freezing, rain and extreme cold knockout power to millions of homes and businesses and disrupt holiday travel plans. ah. hello, i'm clare richardson. thank you so much for joining us. for orthodox russians and ukrainians. christmas is normally celebrated in january, but after russia's invasion, many in ukraine are now choosing to mark the occasion to day, instead, ukrainian president will admit lensky has delivered a christmas eve address as saying, he believes tears will give way to joy. his message comes as ukraine continues to suffer from deadly russian attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure,

millions have been left without heat or running water, but that hasn't stopped ukrainians from finding ways of celebrating the holiday season. despite all the hardship christmas on the front lines. these ukrainian soldiers in bah mote have faced relentless russian attacks. for months, the city has seen some of the toughest fighting of the war since it began in february . but even here, soldiers are taking a moment to reflect on the occasion. it will not be near christmas during war a still christmas dawn when those leverage the holiday should remain a holiday. no matter the circumstances we have now. excellent trouble. you can probably hear the incoming shelling magic and our guys are responding finance alive . but the holidays a holiday here, and it should remain so roughly, you will not fall in love with them all across ukraine. christmas celebrations have been very different this year. russia has bombarded energy infrastructure for

months of leaving millions without power, water or heat. yet the scanner big on christmas eve, a russian missiles struck a market in the liberated city of her son. at least 10 people were killed and more than 50 wounded. but despite the enormity of the challenge facing all ukrainians, president zalinski christmas address struck a tone of defiance and hope lay of the lot. and we'll go out, we will see my heroes more cheerfully than ever before, of which nice to be louder than the sounds of the generator will put you in the lowest. we will hear voices and greetings of our loved ones in our souls. even if the connection and the internet go down with the kidney dami my as night. and even in complete darkness, we will find each other to hug each other tightly. and if there is no heat with them, we will hunt for

a long time show to warm each other or dinner. russia says it has no plans for ceasefire over the holiday period, but that hasn't stopped ukraine from celebrating this christmas. while germany is president frank photoshoot, i myer is using his annual christmas day address to call for a fair place in ukraine. his remarks to the nation are said to be broadcast later on christmas day. the speech is also expected to include a thank you to the people of germany who helped others this year. labor mid 3rd of this year is addressed by president stine mile focuses on what he calls the brutal russian attack against ukraine. he speaks of the suffering of people forced to flee their homeland and spells out that what every one is longing for most is peace. over these or 3, there is not an issue. however, this piece is not yet within reach of the design, and it must be a fair piece of the lawn which neither rewards the land grab,

alpine nor abandons. people knew, craned the arbitrary actions and violence of their occupiers lead. i'm kaylin can until this piece can be established and it is a humanitarian imperative that we stand by. those were being attacked, threatened and oppressed. by doing this, we are shining the light of hope in the darkness of injustice. there half know the president talks of the welcome that refugees from ukraine received when they came to germany. and he praises the solidarity shown by many ordinary germans towards the new arrivals. and frankly, his vault a friendly word line, a small gesture of kindness understanding for others with openness towards strangers rebuff hamden shine. my also refers to the continuing threat from climate change after a year in which activists have made headlines with controversial protests. he calls on every one to face up to the problem and praises the commitment of concerned

young people. they've all been done by this for we lead both her gods, the ambition of the young and the experience of older people, other after all minds. and we all share a common goal as to do that, the younger, not the last generation on this planet, rather that they are the 1st generation in a climate friendly world. despite immense challenges, the president says germans have shown creativity and resolve, building on those virtues. people should look forward with confidence to the year. ahead and here with me in the studio is d. o. v. as chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. melinda, you've had a chance to watch shine myers full speech already. what stood out to you about it this year. well, 1st of all, of what we just heard there in regard to the war in ukraine. it, he often is seen or, or sometimes is seen as a german leader who has been somewhat to conciliatory to russia. also could have

been expected as a social democrat, but also as a lutheran, to use this speech, to give a broad appeal for peace. now, for perhaps even negotiations and he didn't do that. he was very careful to say when peace comes to warn people, it's not around the corner, it's going to take a while. and to imply that when it comes is essentially in the hands of the ukrainians, not on a western tide table. and he said, as we heard, that piece needs to be fair, not to reward russia for land grabs essentially to recognize the suffering of the ukrainians. and i think that's notable. i also think it's notable that he took a distinctly more positive tone than we've sometimes heard from him in recent months. he gave a major speech in october. that was very, very sober. that warned that harder and rougher times were coming for germans. that said, people would face limits constraints that the government would not be able to compensate

in some ways, that speech almost be seen as instilling fear or worry. whereas this one here very clearly is encouraging people commending them for all their little gestures and actions of support the way that they are responding to the crisis. and i think that that not only suits the occasion, that absolutely is the kind of crisis leadership that is perhaps sometimes lacking in germany. so shine my are sounding more positive than we've heard him in the past few months. but how optimistic should at germans really be with all that's been going on. well, interestingly enough, the mood seems to be shifting just a little bit. at the beginning of december, the majority of germans told a national poster that this has been one of the hardest years in memory. yet in fact, we're now seeing at least 50 percent saying that they believe that the country is responding with great resilience. and that they are not worried that, that essentially germany can't handle this crisis. and if you look at the rankings

of things that most concerned germans, inflation has slipped down somewhat. and interestingly enough, things like climate change now or higher in the rankings of worries than for instance, the war. so i think there is some sense for germans as they go into the new year that it could be better than many had feared. okay, thank you so much for that. that is d w as chief political correspondent, melinda crane. appreciate you joining me in the studio today. well, we are going to go now it to me just a moment. we're going to see some other world new stories at this hour. china's national health commission says it will no longer publish daily cove. at 19 case figures from sunday it comes as media reports claimed some 248000000 people were infected with the crone of virus. during the 1st weeks of december,

wittenberg in the financial times cited figures from a leaked government documents. members of the kurdish community have again clash with police in paris. a day after 3 curds were shot and killed their. a gunmen opened fire at a kurdish cultural center and a nearby cafe on friday in what police say was a racist attack. maxine jazz, the lead singer of the british electronic band of faithless has died at the age of $65.00. the cause of death was not immediately known, the musician and deejay, whose real name was maxwell. frasier, was renowned as the voice in the 1996 hit insomnia. well, the tale won't have ordered all foreign and domestic humanitarian organizations in afghanistan to stop employing women. the ban as the latest blow to women's rights in the country coming just days after the taliban bard women from attending universities. ah,

the taliban are trying to use them from public life. but i've got a 1000000000 i fighting back. not lifting the taliban crush. a dream 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 him eating the minstrel in the humanitarian

victory effective to measure. and this is relies on this meaningful participation, as they stated. and we cannot overstate the importance of their capacities, incite and ability to reach women and girls across the country. despite 12 byte condemnation that i live on are not going down to the pressure and at closing doors to any meaningful engagement. will a massive winter storm has triggered blizzards, freezing, rain, and flooding in many areas of the united states and canada. extreme weather has led to power outages for nearly 2000000 homes and businesses disrupting travel plans for millions of people. already say at least 17 people have died as a result of the storm. 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 for food for snow has been piling up from coast to coast with freezing wind seeming temperatures. plunging the mass of storm coming at one of the busiest travel times of the year leading to the cancellation or delay of thousands of flights is not. is it under ledger because of the grid is thought well, boiler hub i go saw that has been flooded. so it's not the right time for me to get to nosebleeds modlin and dizzy visit. i thought of bicycle of that on brain. bobo resume 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 temperatures, affecting much of the country of forecast to remain in the coming days with much of the us staying well below freezing and they have been vitality studio exposure. i see car crashes and other effects of the storm. again the flesh freezing 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 is set to stick around for a freezing feast of season across much of north america, before a returned to comma and more seasonal weaver next week. before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story at this hour. ukraine's president wrote, amir zalinski has urged his people to persevere in the face of russian attacks in his christmas address. as the ones he said, quote,

we will endure this winter because we know what we are fighting for. his remarks came after russia launched new deadly attacks on the city of her son. that is serious update at this hour it stay tuned for world stories coming up next to the report on unmarried mothers and indonesia being imprisoned and forced to relinquish their children. if you want more news analysis, you can find that one, the d, w dot com or on our social media are handled. there is actually dom unit. i'm hi, richardson, thanks so much for watching. with will you become a criminal? ah franklin, aol, a reading.