with the united kingdom after exit our top dishes from 2022. brought to you on all platforms. by d w. ah ah. ah, this is dw news live from berlin a deadly christmas for many in north america. extreme cold kills dozens of people as storms sweep across the us and canada will have more on the chaos or just outside washington dc. as war rages around the many ukrainians mark christmas

earlier than usual, the distance the selves from moscow's orthodox christian holiday calendar. our correspondent visits residence in boucher near keith who've been putting their own traditions center stage and several major aid group suspend operations in afghanistan after the taliban orders and yos to stop employing women. ah, our next by sir, welcome to the program. and we start in north america, we're authority say more than 30 people have died due to extreme weather that sweeping the u. s. in canada, nearly 2000000 homes and businesses have suffered 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 through the snow. but many are only scratching the surface. the state governor urging people to stay home. i cannot overstate how dangerous the conditions well are. we need people to stay off the road. yes, one more day. i know it's christmas. i know how hard it is. you came off of a couple years of being. 6 separated during the pandemic, it's heartbreaking. some advice he wanted to leave a homes couldn't even get half a 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. there. you can't. you can't even get through it. snow has been piling 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 journey cancelled for some for lucas went back into the taxi of his foe. don't know how to get home fortunately, jane. cancel for today. so just trying to get back her holidays. now. i'm waiting for you go to stay there for a day just to go back across north america. the wind to 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 comma conditions from monday. i got an update on the progress of the storm from meteorologist march canard, just outside of washington dc. neck yeah, conditions are finally starting to improve, thankfully over a lot of the country and even in canada, the system that was responsible for the blizzard conditions and very cold, cold temperatures has moved northward and kinda beginning to weekend as it,

as it enters canada. so definitely seeing improving conditions over a lot of the country. we still do have some lake effect snow. so in new york, buffalo, western new york state, still seeing some effects. no, but not anything like what we saw a couple of days ago. still cold across the eastern part of the united states and canada, but not as cold is what we saw a couple of days ago. so in general, we're starting to see that improvement, and that is going to continue over the next couple of days as well. and historically speaking, mark, can you give us an order of magnitude about how this compares to previous winter storms? is it, is it the biggest in decades? yeah, i mean, it certainly was a big one. you know, this thing had really all the aspects. so you had snow with it, you had the very strong winds and then you had the extreme cold and it was our, you know, our rapid temperature drops. some of the temperature drops. we saw it in, in an hour or 3 hours, where were records in 24 hours,

the temperature drops and considerable amount near records. so it is one of the, one of the stronger cold from that we've seen come through, at least in recorded history. so it really was that combination of this strong low pressure, the strong cold front that brought the combination of snow, wind, and cold. so it's really the fact that we had all 3 of those present that really ratcheted up the impact with the system. so it's hard to really say, you know, for sure, but it certainly was one of the strong ones that we've seen in a while. i think it's safe to, to say that for sure. and mark, i know we're talking about cold and not global warming, but does this somehow fit into the pattern of climate change? is it one of the gear somehow? yeah, i mean it's, it's hard to say for sure. you know, it's, since it's just one event. but in general, you know, the climate change or, or that, that idea favors for extreme weather. i think that's so that's something to be said

. but as far as any one event, it's really hard. it's hard to say. so i think in this case it's just a very strong winter storm that brought devastating impact to a lot of the factory. okay, thanks for that insight. markson art. meteor ologist at the national weather service center prediction centered in college park, maryland. thank and we turned out to butcher as city outside of chief, a city that bore the brunt of russia's initial invasion for survivors of alleged war crimes. their christmas is especially difficult. it's different in another way this year to with the holiday happening now. instead of an early january, as is 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. ah, middleton. yeah. i wasn't really in the mood to celebrate christmas,

but now that the lights are back on in our apartment, this is my mood has lifted lot movie already to celebrate by the ceo. it's only going to be the small family circle. when will rosie? what is the loss of, i'm not really in the mood for christmas this year led you there, but i'll try to create special moments for the children in the moment. dcea, they survived the west, but bush, our residence are unbroken to night. the articles, students with the form of the concepts and sasha, a young musician, is proudly wearing his bishop vanka, ukraine's traditional outfit. oh, not good to her. was wrong when i wear my that she blanca, i'd you very much ukrainian too. i feel that ukrainian think that ukraine cultures very rich. oh, 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 or your full muslim diesel was little or it is about what is really important your every day we must prove to our defenders on the front line to show that we support them. your kid mar that ukrainian traditions are can't destroyed, not a lot by the anime here mom, living quality and live recording. you say you keep put to get a little bit of water heater rated from the russian occupiers. butch us years hardly showcases ukrainian culture use of us chaos. give 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 was with, especially during the war a concept like this is important. the children are butcher also received presence from the cities for in supportive bringing much needed relief after

a difficult year. ah, and an uplifting story. let's get a round up of some other headlines making news around the world. now. the russian military says 3, it's personnel had been killed by falling wreckage from a ukrainian drone shot down over rushes angles, airbus the facilities, hundreds of kilometers from the front lines and ukraine. it's one of 2 facilities reportedly targeted by ukrainian drone strikes earlier this month. days of massive snowfall across large parts of japan as left more than 17 people dead and dozens injured. thousands of homes have suffered power outages. japans whether agency is warning residence in the affected regions to avoid travel. after hundreds of cars got stuck on rose in heavy snow. more than 50 people have been poisoned in eastern serbia after a train carrying ammonia derails, causing the gas to leave. those affected were treated in hospital. authorities have

declared a state of emergency in the region. 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 hindering search and rescue efforts. 4 major aid groups have suspended their operations in afghanistan, saying they can't work without their female staff. this follows an order by the taliban rulers telling all humanitarian organizations to stop employing women. the decision has been widely criticized. the work band is the latest blow to women's rights in afghanistan. since seizing power last year, the taliban had introduced sweeping restrictions on women's education, travel and clothing. amena, who did not want to give her last name works and a private school in the capital. kabul and norman, good, his,

i'm of the dollar by now ordering the money not to walk up there, but i have a family to look after. mary, how can we serve i, if you will, for my husband sake, aren't, i need to be the billing by medicine. i don't work. what about all the things i need to be for? so i should i get the money for him. what you quoted, local and international aid organizations provide job opportunities for many women in afghanistan. the band was introduced after female were for 648 room, allegedly room dress codes by not wearing her jobs or wearing these law mach headscarf incorrectly. and cios reject the accusation. we have complied with all cultural norms, and we simply can't work without hard dedicated female staff who are essential for us to be able to access women who are in desperate need of assistance. ah, turner calls the edict outrageous. his organization employs almost 470 women in

afghanistan. his is among several 8 groups which have suspended operations. in light of the ruling, he says the band will have a devastating effect on women's livelihoods and the lives of millions of people across the country called on the telephone authorities to reverse this decision as soon as possible. and we call on other organizations where he is not constant to come together to make sure that the assistance that we are giving is given on a principled way. and with the assistance of a dedicated female, she manage cherry and workers. ah leon g o bank comes on the heels of another ruin. winning from attending university. some took to the streets to protest that decision. authorities use water cannons to disperse this demonstration in the city of herat. the last time the taliban ruled out can stand from 1996 to

2001 women were banished from all public life and stones became commonplace. many worry, that's where the de facto authorities are once again headed. and for more on the impact of the ban were we spoke to deep mala, mala she is, the vice president of humanitarian affairs, at the international aid group. care in alana on for any woman or girl to interact . she has do, she's only able to interact with people who are related to. what does this mean? this means that a man, humanity in 8 worker cannot interact and provide humanity in services to women. and gus, so wine, if there is a condition that endures, can employ only mail humanitarians. which means we can reach only men or males through life saving humanity in assistance. humanity and assistance is for every one person who is in need, it is not divided by gender. rather. pope francis has delivered his annual

christmas day addressed to worshippers at saint peter's basilica in rome. this year speech focused on conflict and war around the world, and particularly in ukraine, of christmas, overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine who francis stones of the horrors of war, and the destruction caused by 10 months of fighting. and mix in a b for beef. nurses laross, let us see the faces of our ukrainian brothers and sisters the day before it was celebrating christmas in the dark and cold or far from their homes. i may, the lord inspire as to offer solidarity to those who is suffering only a may he enlightened bos you half a power to silence the weapons and puts an immediate end to this war, which that was insane. shaka frances drew attention to other war zones around the world, no longer had life for just syria and yemen. he delivered his traditional or be it,

or be blessing. the pulses gathered on saint peter's square partition as she li, a sphere to fight this in the was magnificent army. it was a message of hope and fees for the faithful at christmas. and that's all the news for now. stephen beardsley is up next with the latest business use. you can always get more of the w dot com on or breaking news up on exposure. thanks for watching people in trucks injured one, trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. families played on the tax in syria for the credit on.