every one. questions for the present in the future that heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w. ah ah . this is the of the news live from berlin. russia reports a drone attack, hundreds of kilometers from the front lines of its war in ukraine. drone is shot down before it 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 from the united states to taiwan and residents of the united states and canada. battled with clear snow drifts and restore power after a huge snow storm kills dozens across those countries. ah, i'm, when will croft welcome to the program. russia says a drone attack and 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 it's located deep inside russia. security cameras near the i base, recorded the moment of the explosion. russia seized the drone used in the attack, failed to hit its target,

but was shot down instead. the angles airbase is hundreds of kilometers from the ukrainian border. diesel allotted, look her boy, these are the consequences of russian aggression issue. if the russians think the warmer reached deep in their territory, they're wrong or can, which we nodded or glad only available on what else? it's more than $300.00 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 policy 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 missiles and drones in the coming days. and that means more of the same for alexi and these colleagues, jerry reported maria the measures explain the significance of the attack on the angles air base in russia. well, as you saw before, they military 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 bond birth, and therefore it's an attractive target for craniums. and secondly,

just to remind you, it was exactly from angles airbase that rush 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 we're 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 of russian system of the times. the main question essentially is how it could make it so far away on the russian territory without being detected and shut down before to approach the base. as a premium reporter,

maria, cut them out of their thanks very much. let's see what else is making news right now? hundreds of members of francis curtis community of march in paris to pay tribute. 3 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 sandy attack was racially motivated. china is set to scrap its cover 1900 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 scrambled its military jets and attack helicopters after 5 north korean drones crossed into its aerospace, south grant official said the military fired warning shots at the drones and sent

surveillance aircraft across the border on 2 flights were temporarily suspended at 2 airports, it was south gwinnett capital, so a 2nd group of ranger muslims has landed on a beach in indonesia ha, province after weeks, etc. these $285.00 adults and children disembarked 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 on demand z for a month. government of taiwan says it more than 70 chinese military aircraft of entered its air space over the last 24 hours. that would make it china's largest incursion of that kind. near the break away island, which china claims as its own. taiwan is defense, ministry says dozens of fighter jets, cross what's known as the median line and the taiwan strait. it acts as an unofficial divide between the 2 sides. beijing set its conducted drills in response to provocations from taiwan and united states. elizabeth fine. larry's is president

of ellers consulting and a fellow at the pacific form in washington dc. earlier i 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 monetization 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 stock piles to send 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 is 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 warn ukraine as it sizes up its options with taiwan. well, the change in paying and the chinese come his 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

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 year military service for all. and they also had to do it between graduation in 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 fine maris at the pacific form. we're 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 at 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 indoors 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 diving a car died outside for exposure. all died of the snow shovel or cardiac about regarding the snow blowing were found in a home. that number is expected to rise in the coming days. in canada for 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 encrusted 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, it's 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 years from the war in ukraine. the deaths were allegedly caused by falling debris after a drone shot down over the base at is all we have for now as always, much more on our website, g, w dot com or the latest on instagram and twitter at d. w. news. our breaking news app, and of course, right here on d w, we will see you again soon. i'm late with craft. thanks for watching. ah, we've got to understand that globalization work, but he does not reach more than 30 percent of the world population in the mediterranean as become a kind of great sarcophagus. if anything.