ah, ah, ah ah, this is the news alive from berlin. russia reports a drone attack, hundreds of kilometers from the front lines of its war in ukraine. the drone is shot down before can strike an air based according to the russian defense ministry . the wreckage allegedly kills free people. also on the show, chinese war planes enter taiwan air space and one of the largest violations of its kind. china blames provocations for the united states to taiwan. and residents of the united states and canada battled with clear snow drift and restore power for

a huge snow storm kills dozens across those countries. ah, i'm when go croft, welcome to the program. russia says a drone attack on one of its air bases is killed, 3 people. according to moscow, the fatalities were caused by falling debris after its air defenses destroyed the drone. the air base is used by long range bombers and its located deep inside russia. security cameras near the base recorded the moment of the explosion, russia sais, the drone used in the attack failed to hit its target, but was shot down instead. the angles ebay sees hundreds of kilometers from the ukranian border. these losses booker board. these are the consequences of russian aggression issue. if the russians think the war reached and deep in their territory,

they're wrong or can, which we knowledge are glad only available on what else. it's more than 300 days into the war in ukraine. but in the bitterly contested city of back moot. no one is counting any more. the frontline city has become a fortress. russian forces have targeted black moot repeatedly. look up seneca herancha situation, the city is sure to reassure it's very loud. constant explosions issue was that we have to survive and we will survive. the struggle for back moot has been coffee on both sides. analysts say dozens of soldiers dying here. every day medic alexi and these colleagues treat wounded ukrainians. they say it's more than a job. it's their purpose in life. the courtroom. oh, i thought the osi would be more festive over the holiday. i was wrong. we're still

dealing with human suffering every day of learning over me of ukraine's president is warned of continued russian attacks with miss allison drones in the coming days . and that means more of the same for alexi and these colleagues to report a maria at the measures, explain the significance of the attack. ali angles air base in russia. well, as you sat before, the military air failed angles to is quite far away from ukraine, about 700 kilometers to be precise. many military experts say that choosing angles space as a target and is not accidental. essentially, there are 2 key reasons. so wide was attacked. firstly, it's a base for russian strategic bumpers. and it's therefore it's an attractive target for ukrainians. and secondly, just to remind you, it was exactly from angles ebay, that to russia, launched massive attacks on ukraine 2 weeks ago. so i would say that these 2

factors make many observers believe that these attack was part of a comeback from the ukranian military. our russian authorities responded to this attack deep into its territory. while other action from, from the russian side was acquired, restrained on the russian. now minister of defiance, claims that the job was actually taken down by air defense. and according to their statement, no military equipment was damaged, reassuring that it was not a big deal, or despite all the casualties. and what does this attack seem to mean to moscow? what are we hearing from them? well, according to the 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 a victory for a key if ukrainians seem to be getting more comfortable and confident to target a strategic facilities inside russia. well, it may be for moscow, this attack is not as big as devastating as an occupied crimea breach explosion, for instance. but these attack and dissimilar wants that happened in the past few months. really, what it does is to open up a discussion about the efficiency of russian system of the air defense. the main question essentially is how it could make it so far away on the russian territory without being detected and showed down. before it approached the base reporter, maria, cut the massive air. thanks very much. let's see what else is making use right now . hundreds of members of francis curtis community of marcia,

paris to pay tribute to free courage shot dead last week. 69 year old friend citizen has been charged with murder for the shooting at a kurdish cultural center. and a hair dressing salon prosecutor say the attack was racially motivated. china is set to scrap its governing quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from overseas beginning january 8th. currently, incoming arrivals have to quarantine for these 5 days at a hotel fall by 3 at home. travelers still need to provide a negative test 48 hours prior to departure. in order to enter china, south korea scramble its military jackson attack helicopters after 5 north korean drones crossed into aerospace, south grant official said the military fight warning shots at the drones and sent surveillance aircraft. i'm going across the border, the fights for temporarily suspended at 2 airports in the south grand capital. so the 2nd group for engine muslims has landed on

a beach in indonesia at a province after weeks at least $185.00 adults. and children dis barked from a rickety wooden boat. authorities are trying to confirm whether they were a group reported by the united nations to be drifting in the ottoman z for a month. government of taiwan says it more than 70 chinese military aircraft entered its airspace over the last 24 hours. that would make it chinese largest incursion of that kind near the break away island, which china claims as its own. taiwan is defense, ministry has dozens of fighter jets cross what's known as the medium line in the taiwan strait. it acts as an unofficial divide between the 2 sides. beijing said it's conducted drills in response to provocations from taiwan. and he nodded. states elizabeth fry and larry's as president of ellers consulting and a fellow at the pacific form in washington dc. earlier asked her how seriously we

should take the show of force by china. will we always need to take this type of action from china seriously. of course, the timing of it is interesting on christmas day, sending a message that you're, if you want to have peace particularly piece across the taiwan strait and that you need to quit enhancing your support of taiwan. this of course, is in response to prison bite and signing that national defense authorization act, which includes in it the taiwan enhanced resilience act, which for the 1st time specifies a defense my my zation program for taiwan. it gives a $1000000000.00 in annual presidential draw down authority. what that means is that president binding can draw down from the pentagon stump piles to sand, defensive weapons, antimissile, land based and see based missiles to taiwan. and so chinese see that as

a provocation. there's a lot more in the national defense authorization act that supports taiwan. so china's coolness of provocation. so we do need to take this pretty seriously. you mentioned that draw down authority has a ring of what we've been seeing in ukraine with us support for ukraine. i was china looking at the war, new crane as it sizes up, its options with taiwan. well, the change in ping and the chinese come is party sees is that since the collapse of the soviet union, $1091.00 over those 30 years, ukraine moved gradually and consistently out of the orbit of russia. china does not want the same thing to happen to taiwan, and in fact, one has been moving out of china's or that. and so she's you, thing wants to prevent a situation where it has to use force against taiwan. so better to prevent

taiwan from moving so far away that china has to resort to force. so when in chinese view right, where the united states does strengthen military, political, and unofficial relations with taiwan, chinese see side as try one. moving more and more out of the or that. and it doesn't want to get to a point of no return. that is that it needs to use force in response. taiwan is at the moment anyway. outgunned out, matched by a much larger fo, across the taiwan straits. what options doesn't have encountering these kinds of incursions? i one does not have a lot of options. as you said, the balance of military power has shifted from taiwan to mainland china in the past year. 20 or so years it relies heavily on the united states that you probably have noticed that japan has doubled will be doubling its defense budget. because japan is very concerned about china's threats to taiwan as well. but one thing that

taiwan has do has done, you know, other than oh, you know, heightened alertness, scramble the jap. sienna in response is, it has lengthened. the compulsory military service. previously taiwan high compulsory, 2 years military service for all. and they also had to do it between graduation and college. and then they went to an all volunteer force, but they didn't meet their quotas. then they went to 4 months compulsory training, which just isn't enough. so now they lengthen it to one year. the problem is it's not significant training, it's not hard core training. a lot of the people participating say it's more like a camp. they're not even using real weapons. so tie one needs to up the ante there . all right, elizabeth find maris at the pacific form are going to leave it there for now. thanks very much for those views. emergency workers are battling to restore power.

hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across canada and united states after an unprecedented winter storm. in some areas of death, dull continues to climb as missing people are confirmed dead to date. that is more than 50 people across those 2 countries and other regions. local locals are focusing on cleanup efforts. the deadly blizzard brought several meters of snow. heavy winds and misery to millions across north america. despite the power outages and freezing temperatures, people in many cities across the continent are being asked to stay in doors as snow plows get to work, clearing roads and pathways. when the vehicles themselves aren't stuck in snow drifts, workers are also out in force, repairing down power lines in cities across the continent. to date, many of the deaths have been in heart hit buffalo, new york,

individuals who had died as a result of the blizzard, died in a car, died outside for exposure. all died in the snow shovel or cardiac of out regarding the snow blowing were found in a home. that number is expected to rise in the coming days. in canada, 4 people were killed and several more were injured. after a bus rolled over on an icy road in the western province of british columbia, the scope of the storm is unprecedented. stretching from canada as far south as texas in florida, frozen stiff iguanas dropped from the trees, unable to move, and in a catatonic state. not only did the deep arctic fries keep people trapped in ice and snow and crusted homes, it also disrupted holiday travel plans for millions of people. several weather

advisories remain in effect across the continent. what's warm up for a 2nd by looking at the annual hobart yacht race kicked off and sydney 70. some of the addition of the event got off to a fast been dramatic start. australia's east coast of the $109.00 boats. taking part in the 628 nautical mile race, some of the front runners were quickly kicked out due to penalties. those that remained have a downwind to thank. first boats could cross the finish line as early as tuesday. go sail boat, go. turn back to our top stories are falling for brushes as a drone attack on one of its basis as the killed 3 military personnel. the angles air base is located hundreds of kilometers from the war. a new crane, the deaths were allegedly caused by falling debris after a drone shot down over the base. that is all we have for it

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