ah, ah ah, this is the of the news that live from berlin. russia reports a drone attack, hundreds of kilometers from the front lines of its worn ukraine. the drone is shot down before can strike an air base as the russian defense ministry, the rhetoric the wreckage allegedly kill 3 people also on the show, chinese war planes entre tie ones, aerospace, and one of the largest violations of its kind. china blames provocation is from the united states and taiwan. and the big fries continues across america and canada after 8 bitter christmas storm that is claimed dozens of law.

ah, i'm a go craft. welcome to the program. russia says a drone attack on one of its air basis killed 3 people. the russian defense ministry said the attack happened at angles air base hundreds of kilometers from russia's war in ukraine. the deaths were apparently caused by falling debris after a drone was shot down. officials said no planes were damaged, but unconfirmed media. social media reports sate several were destroyed. ukraine is not claimed responsibility for the attack. yeah, the reporter maria, cut the must. explain the significance of the angles air base. well, as you saw before, the military air failed angles to is quite far away from ukraine,

about 700 kilometers to be precise. many military experts say dot choosing and gold space as a target is not accidental. essentially, there are 2 key reasons why it was attacked. firstly, it's a base for russian strategic bombard, and therefore it's an attractive target for craniums. and secondly, just to remind you, it was exactly from angles airbase that russia launched massive attacks on ukraine 2 weeks ago. so i would say that these 2 factors make many observers believe that these talk was part of the come back from the ukranian military. our russian authorities responded to this attack deep into its territory. while other actions from the russian side was quite restrained, the russian minister of defense claims that the job was actually taken down by ed

defense. and according to their statement, no military equipment was damaged, reassuring that it was not a big deal, despite all the casualties. and what does this attack seem to mean to moscow? what are we hearing from them? well, according to military experts, this incident does not carry much of a military significance, but more of a propagandistic psychological and political one. suddenly this is a blow to moscow and we can say that it's big 3 or 4 key f ukrainians seem to be getting more comfortable and confident to target strategic facilities inside rush. well, maybe for moscow, this attack is not as big and devastating as an occupied crimea. bridge explosion, for instance, lisa talk and dissimilar wants that happened in the past few months. and really

what it does is to open up a discussion about the efficiency russian system of ed to the main question. essentially how it could make it so far away on the russian territory without being detected and shut down before it approached the base as a premium reporter, maria, cut them out of their thanks very much. or the 70 chinese military aircraft of entered taiwan air space over the last 24 hours, according to the islands government to make the changes largest incursion near the break way. island that china claims as its own time was defense ministry said dozens of chinese fighter jets crossed the medium line of the taiwan stray that acts as an unofficial barrier between the 2 sides. beijing said it had conducted drills in response to provocations from taiwan and the united states. a

sion as a research associate on taiwan and chinese foreign policy at your age, your group in washington dc earlier asked or how seriously we should take this behavior by china. so this provocation is definitely the largest in scale that we have seen, but why not interpret this as a sign that the chinese is going to launch an imminent attack against how one china historically has conducted larger and larger aircraft rails in response to us actions of supporting taiwan, so the most recent sign of increasing your support to taiwan is the passing of the national defense authorization act by congress for fiscal year of 2023. and within this n d a legislation, there is a $10000000000.00 defense authorization for taiwan, which will basically fast track military assistance to taiwan as well as equipment

per procurement on the behalf of taipei. so this is an unprecedented action on the part of the us because a think a lot of law makers in congress are increasing their sentiment of support for taiwan. and obviously from the genes perspective, this is and welcomed action. and therefore, they have increase the amount of aircraft that they send across the talent straight . but this, from beijing's perspective is more an act of deterrence rather than an act of offensive attack. even though from the outside person perspective. when we see those numbers, it's quite scary. but i would say, this is not an eminent sign that china will attack, tie one any time soon. and china may be very far away if ever, from militarily taking taiwan. but i want none. the less, i'm sure, has

a response to these kinds of air incursions. can you go into that a little bit? so taiwan best thus far has been doing some, you know, routine and, you know, discouragement of those aircraft. i think that how many is military is and never really engages with the chinese aircraft. and what the timeline ministry of defense does is that reports daily on the number of chinese aircraft incursions and stay post to publicly on the internet and which shows sort of the increasing pressure. that's how it is under from, you know, china from, from the chinese village military. but in terms of concrete actions that the town is military has taken. i don't think there is any thing that is, you know, very strong coming out from the town side. and from the eurasia group, there for us, thanks very much. thank you. and turning out of some other stories making headlines

right now. days of huge snowfall cross large parts of japan has left more than 17 people dead, and dozens injured. thousands of homes are out of power plants, whether agency is warning residents in the effective regions to avoid travel. after hundreds of cars got stuck on roads and heavy snow, south korea scrambled military jets and attack helicopters f for 5 north korean drones crossed into its air space. soft green official said the military fire warning shops at the drones and surveillance aircraft over into the north flights or temporarily suspended at 2 airports near the south korean capital. so hundreds of members of francis kurdish community have marched from paris to pay tribute to 3 curds, shot dead last week. 69 year old friend citizen has been charged with murder for shooting at a kurdish cultural center and

a hair dressing salon. prosecutor say the attack was racially motivated. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still without power. after a massive winter storm, hit much of canada and the united states. across those 2 countries, people are working to clear snow and restored down power lines. storms claim more than 40 lives and several weather advisors remain in effect. deep arctic fries disrupt it, holly travel plans for millions of people. this couple in buffalo, new york faced the cold on fit in a final bed to be with their 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 in drifts after working tirelessly to clear the roads. new york's governor pleads for caution. you need to

stay off the roads. 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 and canada travelers had to come to times 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. can't sell it for some the luggage went back into the taxi, but others don't know how to get home. fortunately. change cancel today. so just trying to get back home holidays now i'm waiting for it to go to stay there for a day. this is not freezing winds have st. temperature is 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 celebrated as the birthplace of jesus, droves of pilgrims and taurus, visit the palestinian city in the west bank to see the grotto that believers revere as the spot where jesus was born. but one israeli archaeologist thinks everyone's got it wrong and he's not alone. his team has spent years collecting artifacts in another bethlehem that's in israel's galilee. it's just down the road from the ancient city of nazareth. he says his findings prove that joseph found a heavily pregnant mary walked just 7 kilometers, not 150 to the manger, where the christian messiah was born. it's a well known tale of a young family in need of a boy whose birth began the christian narrative and founded an entirely new religion. joseph and

a heavily pregnant married travel from their home in nazareth to the city of bethlehem, near jerusalem. or so the story goes, but not everyone agrees on the details. what are the chances that a 9 month pregnant woman will ride on the donkey from nazareth all to bed lam, judea archaeologist abbey ram. our sri spent 11 years excavating, another bethlehem of the galilee, not far from nazareth. he says 3 key findings prove this is the real the place of jesus. this is the butler because justine on in the 6th century build a wall or wrong, but let him and there is no wall lamp in the other wetland. and here by 2 he says shows the juice had settled in his area during that period very points towards jerusalem. we know that jesus was born as a jew, leave the jew and died as a jew. so there should be community living in this side where he was born and there

is no traces. archaeological traces a over inhabitants in the roman period in the other bedlam plus the remnants of a big and important church. he believes, prove this. bethlehem with warmth and important play for christians. his thesis though hasn't gained much attraction. 500 and these other remains here in the traditional bethlehem in the occupied west bank. there's more at stake than historical truth. all where exactly married, 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 leaders here. look all the by the buildings. it's not only by maybe 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 think i'll sri is

committed to his theory and valves to keep promoting it. he claims it's supported by fact 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. finally come join me on a sailing trip. the annual haul bart yacht race kicked off in sydney, australia, the 77th edition of the event, got off to a fast and dramatic start on australia's east coast of the $109.00 boats. taking part in the 628 nautical mild jaunt. some of the front runners were quickly kicked out due to penalties. now, thanks to sounds fine down wind conditions. the 1st boats could cross the finish line as early as tuesday night look at them. go

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