so get ready for the break or 40 to the answer to almost everything. starts january 15th on d, w. a. ah, ah, this is debbie hughes alive from berlin. a christmas break with tradition as the war rages on, many ukrainians mart christmas earlier than usual to distance themselves from moscow's orthodox doctrine correspondent visits a community near keith, putting on their own traditions. also coming up germany's credit and addresses his

nation, he talks about the war as well as hopes for what he calls the 1st generation in a climate friendly world. and 3, a group say there suspending operations in afghanistan. the move comes after the taliban orders all and jo's to stop employing women. we hear from one of those groups about the latest attack on women's rights. ah! i might be cropped! welcome to the program. we started boucher outside key. the city that bore the brunt of rushes, initial invasion for survivors of alleged war crimes their christmas, it especially difficult. it's also different this year with the holiday happening now instead of an early january per russian orthodox tradition w's a manual shaws has more it's the gray in rainy christmas, dane butcher,

and residents who have come back to the city after rush, an occupation will not celebrate as usual, ah middleton, i was not really in the mood to celebrate christmas, but now that the lights are back on in our apartment, my mood also lifted up after the 7 days. what's the full one thought movie already to celebrate by the seal. it's only going to be the small family circle and look what was it. what is the loss of? i'm not really in the mood for christmas this year. did that, but i'll try to create special moments for the children. i am your moment. this year they survived the west. but butch, i residents are and broken to night. the articles, students with perform other concepts. and sasha, a young musician, is proudly wearing his bishop vanka, ukraine's traditional outfit. oh, where my v. she, vanka, i feel very ukrainian. i feel that ukrainian fisher ukrainian culture is very rich . i feel very proud to be born in that same day in butch as art center. hundreds gathered for a few hours of pure joy. sasha, who hopes to become

a professional pianist bring some magic on stage. ah m or. 2 your full muscle, i'm reasonable was little portion, then the wall, it's about what is really important going every day we must prove to our defenders on the front line that we support them. margin that ukrainian traditions can be destroyed by the enemy. cheer, mom, we were quality and leave recording you for your keep poolgan little be awarded. hey, the rated from the russian occupiers which us years coldly showcases ukrainian culture . it was a bush game where you're getting rid of all, we had a very difficult 6 months preparing for this show in the shelters without light, who we continued. because we wanted to show our skills today was with, especially during the war a con said like this is important to children off butcher also received presents

from the cities foreign, supportive bringing much needed relief after a difficulty. ah, did have, he was a manual shot is in teams. she filed that report and also told me how people and ukraine are embracing the change from orthodox christmas dwell. and these are, of course, is very particular for ukrainians. i certainly didn't expect to leave christmas in such conditions and these came with a big change in order to defend themselves from, from a rush out. they, a lot of them don't celebrate autotask christmas anymore. and you can see behind me, as the key of christmas tree, eliminated all the colors with the colors of the ukrainian thought. there's also a lot of people here who are said that writing to day rather than celebrating on the 7th of january, i've talked to some people samo, so found a good compromise,

but also for older generations. there we celebrates a 2 day christmas. we spread any media to family and, and i, we have another celebration of the week of their grand parents, for example, on the 7th of january. but they really want to make a point that the series that d for and that they identify most, most with western culture. right. and, and these russian culture think miller can argue with having more reasons to celebrate more days to celebrate. especially in those circumstances. we heard earlier president the landscape christmas address, it was quite defiant. how have people there been responding to it? well, people are really, you know, they've riley behind their president. they have been doing so see since the beginning of the war and we had for letting me savanski saying that ukraine and ukrainians weren't waiting for a miracle. they were creating one and thought very much, you know, and bodies, watts, ukrainians, happy enough to an old, over at this year. you know,

remember like when the war started, people were saying, and even some experts were saying that the ukraine would be crushed. par quickly. russia says said that it would wind the will in 3 days. we are over $300.00 days of the school ukraine. he's still standing ukraine. he's still resisting, even under very difficult. he comes and sees with millions of people, deprived of the electricity in the dead of the winter, but they're still standing and out very, very resilient. and we heard some people on our report. you did some people you've spoken to that they're not feeling much in the christmas spirit, which is of course, completely understandable. how hopeful do people seem that next christmas will come under better circumstances where people have to be optimistic if they go on to survive the situation. it's very hard, of course, every day does air read alerts. every day they asked twice yesterday. hassan was hit many, many people died and many people are injured and that's a daily, you know, a daily house out here in this world. people are dying every day. civilians are

buying every day, but they keep being very helpful. they keep trusting the army as well. they keep people keep trusting people on their frontline. so there is a lot of optimism within the ukranian society that they will eventually windy school manual. shes there in t. v. happy and safe christmas to you as well. thanks very much. germany's pres air fong, father shine maya is using his annual christmas day address to call for a fair peace in ukraine. the speech includes a thank you to the people of germany who helped others this year the, the mid thug of this. she 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. other, these are 3 that is not that however, this piece is not yet within reach of the design, and it must be

a fair piece on the lawn which die. the rewards the land grapple kind, nor abandons people. ukraine to the arbitrary actions and violence of their occupiers freed. i'm kaylin can until this piece can be established. and it is as humanitarian imperative that we stand by. those were being attacked, threatened and oppressed. by doing this, we are shining a light of hope in the darkness of injustice to hoffman. 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 give a feminine 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 need both got the ambition of the young and the experience of older people, the other after all minds that we all share a common goal as to do that. the younger, not the last generation on this planet, and 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 for more on that address on joint here in the spirit of your senior political analyst, melinda crane. melinda, wonderful. to see you. we heard about, you know, thanks. i just, i my are saying and at germans are standing with ukrainians. despite the hardships it's causing back in germany. does that kind of job with the reality you're seeing on the ground here? certainly germans have been welcoming, as he said in the clip that we heard earlier. there have been many,

many germans showing enormous support and generosity to the 1000000 ukrainians. germany has take it in that is the highest number and absolute terms just behind poland. poland has taken in more, but certainly the ukrainians who are here say that they do feel welcome the majority, in fact 37 percent would like to stay. however, some cities, including berlin and others, are struggling now to find accommodation for ukrainian refugees. their number living intense, now here in berlin, and that is leading to a shift in attitudes, particularly in the eastern part of germany where far right politicians have done their best to stir up anti migrant sentiment. so we are now seeing an increasing number of germans saying they do have concerns that the country may have taken in to many, many germans. he's having housing crisis long before these refugees came. and he also talked about climate change. he talked about the urgency of climate change has

been an interest a year for the climate agenda here in germany. is there a mismatch between what the president was talking about and what we've been seeing in terms of policy? well, some of the public conversation here in germany has focused on to a great extent on how fast climate action can take place with the younger generation saying it's not fast enough. he talked about the last generation movement. he himself had been critical of some of their tactics, but the fact is climate is very important. germans on international polls, germany ranks highest in terms of concern. and in terms of germans concerns right now about the crisis situation. multiple crisis situation. the countries many se climate is 3rd on their list after inflation and inequality, and in fact, ahead of the bore in ukraine. so older and younger germans share the concern. but how to deal with climate crisis? is this an ongoing conversation, right?

how those polls turn into policy is always an interesting thing to watch. i'm. i also have a lot of optimism. his speech even use that word, optimism a few a few times. how optimistic is germany feeling as it closes out 2022? well, the sentiment is shifting, a majority of germans say this has been the hardest year for them in memory. and many have been quite concerned about all the different things that i mentioned . but we're seeing that concerned go down somewhat in polls. we're seeing a majority of 58 percent of germans saying they feel that the country is dealing with the crisis pretty well. and if you look at the state of the economy and the consumer impressions then in fact, that seems to be the case and shy myers speech was interesting because some of his other late speeches of late have been quite dark, a sober warnings about hard, rough times head in the fact that people will have to deal with constraints and use

self restraint. this one was far more positive in the sense that he was encouraging people, encouraging the kinds of deeds and actions that can help people to support each other in times of crisis. that's exactly what his position as federal president is, intend to deduce it to set a kind of moral direction for the country. and i think at a time when german leadership is often criticized for not providing enough of that, this was quite a strong appeal that he made catch more flies of honey, i guess is frightful to shine myers objective. they're senior political analyst with the grant. thank you very much for that and we'll have the full address at the bottom of this program, but 1st other stories making news right now. but frances is called for an end to the senseless war in ukraine during the, his christmas day addressed to worshippers. speaking on the balcony of saint peter's basilica in rome, the pontiff also condemned food being used as

a weapon and said the world is suffering from a famine of peace. 6 people have been killed after a passenger bus plunged off a bridge into a river in north western spain. 2 survivors, including the driver, were taken to nearby hospitals. strong currents, due to heavy rains in the glacier region are hampering searching rescue 3 major international aid groups have suspended their operations in afghanistan, saying they can't work without their female staff. follows an order by the taliban government requiring all humanitarian organizations to stop employing women. 3 and yos are providing health care, education, nutrition, services, and other kinds of support. amid worsening humanitarian conditions, un secretary general donald target has called the latest span, deeply disturbing, comes less than a week after the islamists rulers, bard women from attending universities. did my tamala mon up is the vice president

of humanitarian affairs, at the international aid group care? and she told us earlier about the impact of the band in avalon, is that for any woman or girl to interact, she has do. she's only able to interact with people who are related to her. what does this mean? this means that a man, humanity in aid worker, cannot interact and provide humanity in services to women and gus. so wine, if there is a condition that in deals can employ only male humanity, aliens, which means we can reach only men are man's life sitting humanity in assistance. humanity in assistance is for every one person who is in need, it is not divided by gender. rather, that's a huge storm is disrupted the holidays for millions of people, united states and canada authority. sally's 24 people have now died with you due to the extreme, whether they're really 2000000 homes and business.