i imagine the impact you and your friends can have together we can end global hunger. please download the app. ah ah, this is dw news live from burly chinese war plains and to taiwanese air space. it's one of the largest violations of the independently governed islands. territory today to china claims it was provoked by the u. s. and taiwan and as war

rages around the many ukrainians mark christmas earlier than usual to distance themselves from moscow's orthodox holiday holiday calendar. residence of the town of boucher this year, putting on their own traditions center stage. and is bethlehem really the place where jesus was born in israeli? an archaeologist says no and shows us where mary was more likely to have given birth to christianity messiah. ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. more than 70 chinese military aircraft, and it's taiwanese air space over the last 24 hours. that's what the island government says it. this is the largest incursion to date by china, which claims sovereignty over the self governing territory. ty wants defense ministry has said dozens of fighter jets crossed the median line in the taiwan

strait, which acts as an unofficial buffer zone. beijing said it had conducted strike drills in response to publications from taiwan and the united states. and earlier i spoke to the w correspondent, powell wang in taipei. i asked him why these drills have been conducted now. though on christmas day, the chinese army conduct takes try a truce in the sea and air space. there are taiwan. according to ty, once military of national defense, $71.00 chinese aircraft, including fighter jets and also drones enter. ty was air defense. identifications on china claimed it was reacting to provoke chance and collusion between the united states in taiwan. because u. s. just passed the defense field defense be all with $10000000000.00 us dollars . the military aids for taiwan and china believes it severely, severely affects peace and stability across town street. now did tell us more about

this u. s. defense authorization law that boosts military assistance for taiwan. so us our president joe biden on december 23rd to sign into a law and a 150 a 1000000000 us on defense policy bill said to increase security cooperation with ty, one, the legislation authorize up to $10000000000.00 us dollars in security assistance over the next 5 years to more the rise tiwana security capabilities to deter aggression by b gene. the act also affords taiwanda sim treatments as major and non nettle allies to are in receiving the priority to obtain exist defense mer to material from the u. s. it also said to holding joint military exercise with taiwan is important in import or improving combat readiness and how one well comes to the

choice. and also said this show the importance washington attached to taiwan us, ties and strengthening the island security. now taiwan is defense, ministry said that china's aim is to threaten and cow the people of taiwan. how are people in taiwan feeling about all this? as we know that the was the largest chinese air force in intrusion. to date, the scale is larger than life. fire our military exercise in august in response to us house speaker nancy pelosi. this visit to tie one. although there was no sense of alarm on the island. people will fail to steady increase, increase or in chinese pressure in recent years. and the office of tire once pressed and said the person in time when well, call a high level national security meeting on tuesday morning to discuss reinforcing the island civil defense system follow by our account press conference on the news

. our new civil defense measures gone, gone well for us. thank you very much. a tom of butcher, just outside keith bore the brunt of rushes, initial invasion for survivors of the alleged war crimes. the bo committed there by russian troops. christmas is especially difficult, but it's also different in another way this year with a holiday happening now instead of in 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, lucia. yeah, i wasn't really in the mood to celebrate christmas. but now that the lights are back on in our apartment with my mood is lifted lot my little he already to celebrate by the seal. it's only going to be the small family suckered man and we'll go. is 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. am new moment. dcea. they survived the west, but butch, i 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 outfits are not going to her was wrong. when i, where my, the she vancho, i feel very much ukrainian. i feel that ukrainian think that ukraine cultures very rich, 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 muscle am eastern or 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. you can mark that ukrainian traditions can't destroy, not a lot by the anime, shame, lum livery polity and leave a quarter nuclear. you keep or talk a little bit of water heater rated from the russian occupiers, which us years proudly showcases ukrainian culture. he was of us came to your us giving it of all we had a very difficult 6 months preparing for this show in the shelters without light, who he continued because we wanted to show our skills today was look good. i see, especially during the war a concept like this is important to children. our future also received presence from the cities for in supportive bringing much needed relief after difficulties. ah, let's have a look now at some of the other headlines of today. the russian military says 3 of its personnel have been killed by falling wreckage of

a ukrainian drone shot down over rushes angles air base. the facility is hundreds of kilometers from the front lines in ukraine. it's one of 2 facilities reportedly targeted by ukrainian drones strikes earlier this month. south korea, i'm scrambled its military jets and attack helicopters off the 5 north korean drones crossed into its air space. south korean official said the military fire warning shots at the drones and sent surveillance aircraft into the north flights were temporarily suspended to airports near the south korean capital sold. members of francis curtis community and their supporters are holding a march to honor 3 people killed. and last friday's shooting at a kurdish cultural center in paris. ross go to say the 69 year old suspect detained at the scene, had a clear racist. a motive. many curds and france say police did not do enough to protect them. days of massive slow fall across large parts of japan,

of left more than 17 people, dead and dozens injured. thousands of homes have suffered power. japans whether agency is warning residence in the effect that regents to avoid travel after hundreds of cars will stuck on roads in heavy snow. also dozens of people are dead from extreme cold and storms in the us and in canada, nearly 2000000 homes and businesses of suffered power outages and countless holiday makers have found themselves stranded this couple in buffalo, new york faced the cold, unfit in a final bed to be with our loved ones during the holidays. the relentless storms across north america are slowly dying out, but streets remained blanketed and snow. power shortages still leave millions cold and in the dark. even snow plies are getting stuck and drifts after working tirelessly to clear the roads. new york's governor please. for caution. you need to

stay off the road. we've been begging. we've been asking in the vast majority of you have and i'm so grateful for that. but those of you who violate the driving bands, you may think you can go to the store for that 6 pack, but you are endangering other people across the border in canada. travelers had to come to terms with the fact that they wouldn't make it home for the holidays. those going by train from ottawa, arrived at the station to find their journeys, cancel it for some the luggage went back into the taxi, but others don't know how to get home fortunately. change or cancel today. so just trying to get back home for holidays. ma'am, i'm waiting for a cow to go to a hotel and stay there for a day. just go back. freezing winds, have st. temperatures plunging well below 0 for days. now. even though the worst seems to be over, the number of storm related deaths is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue

across the continent. bethlehem is widely considered the birthplace of jesus justice. don't throw away from jerusalem and honored by christians for thousands of years. pilgrims and to us visit and roast to see the grotto revered as jesus his birthplace. but at least one israeli archaeologist thinks everyone has it wrong and several others agree. his team has spent years collecting artifacts in another bethlehem to the north and galley laid is just down the road from the actual biblical city of nazareth. he says his findings prove at joseph and the heavily pregnant mary walked just 7 kilometers, not 150. to the mom where the new testament messiah was born, or israel correspondent, rec ritters. as more, it's a well known tale,

and the young family need of a boy whose birth began the christian narrative and founded an entirely new religion. joseph and a heavily pregnant mary travel from their home in nazareth to the city of bethlehem, near jerusalem. or so the story goes that not everyone agrees on the details. worth of the chances that a 9 month pregnant woman rode on the donkey from nazareth all to bed. lam, dubia archaeologist abbey ram, or sri spent 11 years excavating, another bethlehem of the galilee not far from nazareth. he says 3 key findings prove this is the real birthplace of jesus. this is the butler because justine, in the 5th century, build a wall, a wrong butler, him and there is no wall in the other. but lynn. and here by 2 he says shows the juice had settled in this area during that period re points towards

jerusalem. we know that jesus was born as a jew, leave. this is drew and died as a jew. so there should be community living in this site where he was born and there is no traces archaeological traces a over inhabitants in the roman period in the other bed. lamb plus the remnants of the big important church he believes approved this bethlehem was wants an important place for christians. his thesis though hasn't ganged much traction by wonder. and these are the remains of here in the traditional bethlehem in the occupied west bank. there's more at stake than historical truth or where exactly marry joseph and baby jesus found refuge for centuries. this has been a place of pilgrimage of tourism and of course big business. but that's not what's important to religious late as here. it's not only by the buildings, it's not only by maybe the,

the things that we're looking for exactly that this is the right place. but it's my belief and by faith. and this is the most important thing. our sri is committed to his theory and balance to keep promoting it. he claims it's supported by facts and logic, but ultimately he agrees that for the 1000000000 plus christian faithful, whether there or here will all come down to a matter of faith. and this is from me, add the new scene for now i will leave you with some spectacular images from the annual hope of your race in sydney, australia, b, 77th edition of the event got off to a foster dramatic start a day after kicking off on the east coast for it's traditional boxing base thought . it was plenty of drama after the fleet of $109.00 boats start at least 628 nautical mile race penalty turns

a dramatic dropouts from some of the front robins to thanks to the down wind conditions. the 1st boat could cross the finish line as early as tomorrow. ah ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah, referred to understand that globalization works.