since for the present, a future that heads filled with ideas. so get really for the brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, breaking with tradition on christmas. as the war rages on many ukrainians mock christmas earlier than usual to distance themselves from moscow is orthodox doctrine. our correspondent visits a community near keith. they've been putting their own traditions center stage.

also coming up more than 2 dozen people are dead from a piece of christmas storm in north america. we'll have more on the cale shortly from washington. ah, i'm jared read. thank you for your company. will start to show in butcher, outside of keith, a city that all the branch of russia's initial invasion for survivors of alleged war crimes day christmas is especially difficult. it's different in another way this year to with the holiday happening now instead of in early january as the russian orthodox tradition. it's the grey and rainy christmas, dane butcher, and residents who have come back to the city after rush. an occupation will not celebrate as usual. i wasn't really in the mood to sell regular christmas,

but now that the lights are back on and our apartment is still, my mood is lifted. lot movable. he all ready to celebrate by the seal. it's only going to be the small family circle and i would always say, what is the loss of? i'm not really in the mood for christmas this year, but i'll try to create special moments for the children. i am young woman. this year they survived the west, but butch, i residence are unbroken to night. the articles students would perform at the concerts. and sasha, a young musician, is proudly wearing his bishop vanka, ukraine's traditional outfit. i wanna wear my voice, 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.

2 when you're almost amused, was little course in the world. it's about what is really important. 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. chim lum livery quality only recording nuclear. you keep what organ little be a water heater rated from the russian occupiers. butch us years hardly showcases ukrainian culture. it was of us came. i was giving them 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 wasn't with, especially during the war, a concert like this is important to children. our future also received presence from the cities for in supportive bringing much needed relief after a difficult year. ah. all here in germany,

president fine theater stein maya has used his annual christmas day address to call for a fair pace in ukraine. his speech includes 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 his peace over these are free, there is not an issue. however, this peace is not yet within reach of design, and it must be a fair piece of the lawn which neither rewards the land, gravel kind 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 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. 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 of a openness toward 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. the above and off by this for we need both regards the ambition of the young and the experience of older people, the other. after all minds that we all share a common goal that's 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. can let's get a round up of some other world news headlines now. 6 people have been killed after a passenger boss plunged off a bridge into a river in northwest in spain. to survive is including the driver were taken to nearby hospitals. strong currents due to heavy rains in the policy region, are hindering search and rescue efforts. heavy snowfall in japan has killed more than a dozen people and injured over 80. thousands of homes have been left without power and transport heavily disrupted. residents have been asked to refrain from non essential trips until at least monday morning. police drivers have divers, i'm sorry, have searched

a stretch of the can now in berlin for evidence related to the 2019 faith of priceless jewels from addressed in museum around 4300 diamonds. and now the precious dines were stolen from the green vault museum. a large part of the whole was recovered early of this month. 6 men are currently on trial for the breaking to north america. now with where authority say at least 30 people have now died due to the extreme weather that sweeping the u. s. in canada, nearly 2000000 homes and businesses of soft power outages and countless holiday makers have found themselves stranded a christmas day where progress was slow and frustrating. here in new york state cause slipping and sliding in slow motion plows on the roads trying to clear a path for 3 of a snow, but many only scratching for surface the state governor urging people to stay home . i cannot overstate how dangerous the conditions still are. we need people to stay

off the roads. yes, one more day. i know it's christmas. i know how hard it is. you came off of a couple of years of being. 6 separated during the pandemic, it's heartbreaking. some of those he wanted to leave a homes couldn't even get out the front door. okay, well that was a colossal waste of time. this is how furry made it out. the snow is so thick and heavy that you can't, you can't even get through it. snow has been pining up from coast to coast with freezing winds, sending temperatures plunging well below 0. across the border in canada, travel is also battling the elements. those going by train from ottawa, arrived at the station to find their journeys cancelled for some for luggage. went back into the taxi of his foe. don't know how to get home. this is trying to get back home for holidays. ma'am. i'm waiting for

you. go to stay there for a day and i go back across north america. the winter weather has knocked out power, leaving millions cold and in the dog forecast. to save a deep freeze will stick around for christmas before return to calmer conditions from monday or earlier. i got an update on the progress of the storm from meteorologist matthew caprice. she in washington dc. the restaurant was a bomb, sag loan, especially alone purchases and back ending in so much air towards the middle. the air with oven out now, it's sucking in more cold air from behind. she's white temperatures of the st. u. s . a job to minus 40 celsius. now he is, you know, is boldly canada. 3 isn't the call here is coming in the back side, which is pushing down like syrian ontario thinking it was your from the legs in the policy. it as a form has a very heavy snowfall in the vicinity of buffalo, new york, which is why 103 centimeters of snow ball. again,

very blur. prolific snow falls rolls around like $130.00 centimeters and a blizzard conditions lightly as well with just 90 kilometers per hour. okay, is there more bad weather to come or is the worst behind us now? worse for the most part, lucy, behind is that now the system is finally pulling into canada. no more for us in the united states. but the other issue is how why the system is about 1600 kilometers wide, which is why gusty winds are so prevalent is result about $4000.00 weisman cancel. roughly 1500000 people in the u. s. without power dirty people dead. and the issues for travel had just really been cascading bite laser, so my both been unable to show her christmas holiday and many other holidays. well matthew, i'm just interested to know your point of view about the causes of this storm. how much of this can we pin on things like climate change? i think that's a really tough thing to say. so these sort of storms,

these middle latitude site loans tend to feed, are something called barrack lunacy. your essentially your change in temperature with distance over a short distance of the lower levels. are there something we tend to senior, the gulf stream or a warm current of water on the eastern seaboard? so we typically see these things off the east coast united states. very rarely do see them over the great lakes, especially in december. so to see something like this is not necessarily timely. climate change is more random, but it's a rare nonetheless. debt said there are size of the gen 3 and the upper level. heard that when the upper atmosphere is becoming more little the way the things the climate change, and that may be something that may have been tied to the development of the system . so again, kind of varies need to spurious lace but catch up to connect for girls. a sort of, you know, if there was to be a connection would be that i'll be an unlike ok, matthew computer in washington, d. c. them after you. thanks very much. then you or pipe francis has

delivered his annual christmas day address to worshippers at saint peter's basilica in rhyme. this year's speech focused on conflict and war around the world, particularly in ukraine. a christmas overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine. francis tens of the horrors of war and the destruction caused by 10 months of fighting and mix in a b for peace. not as while those let us see the faces of our ukrainian rivers and sisters together for who were celebrating christmas in the dark and cold or far from their homes. may the lord inspire as to offer solidarity to those who was suffering already? a may he enlightened rose. you have a power to silence for weapons and puts an immediate end to this war. how quick that whoever is. shane shaka, frances drew attention to other war zooms around the world no longer in the head, lice for just syria and yemen. he delivered his traditional or be it or be blessing

to paulson's gathered on saint peter's square. but dish is she a sphere to st. this in that was his magnificent army. it was a message of hope and beef for the feat. at christmas all the nutcracker, ballet has long been part of the holiday season across the world. but because russian composer tchaikovsky is behind, is quintessential christmas classic. some companies are choosing to hope performance as of this ballet. we have this report now from poland. it's a fairy tale ballet we're toys come to life on christmas eve. and it's one of the poems beloved holiday traditions. but this year there won't be any performances of the nutcracker in the national opera, because the composer tchaikovsky is russian. something ballet fence here agree with the rugger, or if you take into account how the russians are waging this war was killing people

. then you need to make hard decisions. like some of the wire was not to, to signers up or the most likely to the left. is the type of the nutcracker isn't on the bill. instead, they're performing don. quixote polls minister of culture encourage pulls turned their backs on russians in a gesture of solidarity. after russia invaded ukraine, most of bones, national theaters are taking part in the boycott eviction, but the move is controversial. yes, them school and those gorgeous shed. a pup said you boy caught, i can understand and i support a boycott of artists and actors that would earn profit for the russian state. the of bits nimble price was his kimmel was out of action. a sheila, but i sent poor to ban a literary and musical works that glorify russia. knock that out stupid matter, gets in a get chemo. it's nick. but i'm a good big lot. if you could fetch with the nutcracker from chikavsky many poles went to see despite russia's war, but not in the national feeder. instead, smaller companies are offering the ballet with you quine performers taking over the

stage. you're up to date here on d. w by going to leave you now with some pictures of christmas evening in cave you crime. i'm dara draining belinda merry christmas or. 2 2 0 ah ah. 2 ah ah, what are sports all about with scoring? do we say they were about giving up.