some city city, the contact is finding consensus and not just among the cow he to india. in 90 minutes on d w ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia report the drone attack, hundreds of kilometers from the front lines of its war in you cried. droned a shot down before it can strike an air base says the defense ministry, wreckage allegedly kills 3 people. reportable have analysis also on the program.

tony's war plans in the taiwan day space in one of the largest violations of its kind to on a blank publications from the u. s. and taiwan class residents of the us and canada battled to clear snowdrifts and restore power after a massive storm kills. doesn't to cross north american. ah, i'm anthony. how'd welcome to the program? russia says a drone attack on one of a tiered basis has killed 3 people. according to moscow, the fatalities were caused by falling debris. after it's a defenses destroyed the drawing. the base is used by long range bombers and is one of 2 facilities believe to have been targeted by ukrainian drone strikes earlier this month. security cameras near the air 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 our base is hundreds of kilometers from the ukranian border. these losses booker boards. 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 does not look like 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 shorter short. it's very loud. constant explosions issue was that we have to survive and we will survive. the struggle for back moot has been costly on both sides. analysts say dozens of soldiers dying here every day. medical lexie and these colleagues treat wounded ukrainians. they say

it's more than a job. it's their purpose in life boardroom. oh, i thought the i would say 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 of more on this date of the reporter maria kat demantzy spoke to us about moscow's reaction to the attack. well, according to the military experts, this incident does not carry much of a military significance of but more of a propagandistic psychological and political one. certainly this is a blow to moscow and we can say that it's a victory for our key if our ukrainians seem to be getting more comfortable and

confident to target and strategic facilities inside russia. well, maybe for moscow, this attack is not as big as devastating as an occupied crimea breach explosion, for instance. but this 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 air defense. the main question essentially is how it could make it so far away on the russian territory without being detected or shut down before to approach the base. that was a maria had not said there. okay, let's get a round up of some of the other headlines now. some 9000000 ukrainians have no access to power, according to president zalinski and he's not the address. he thank energy workers for their efforts in restoring power to some areas over christmas. russia has been

regularly targeting ukraine's power grade with miss out and thrown attacks. since october survey has placed its armed forces on the highest level of alert, tensions have been rising between the balkan country and its former war time focus of a in recent shootings and traffic blockades because of kosovo rather declared independence from serbia in 2008 something belgrade refuses to recognize the 2nd group of exhausted ro hinge and muslims has landed on a beach in indonesia, as archie, province, after weeks, etc. at least 185 adults. and children dissing barked from a wooden boat authorities are trying to confirm whether they were a group reported by the you when to be drifting in the end, a man see for a month at least 13 people have died and many more are still missing after flash flooding hit the philippines or christmas rescue. if it's still under way of a 40000 people were forced to take shelter in evacuation. so

the government of taiwan says that more than 70 chinese military aircraft of entered it's a space over the last 24 hours. that would make it china's largest incursion near the breakaway island that china claims is its own. taiwan defense ministry said doesn't to 5 digits crossed the median line in the taiwan strait, which acts as an unofficial buffer zone. badging said it had conducted drills in response to provocation from taiwan. and the united states elizabeth throwing that last loris rather is president of elaborate consulting and a fellow at the pacific form in washington dc. we asked her how seriously we should take the sharp force by china. well, 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 peace across the taiwan strait on. you need to quit enhancing your

support of taiwan. this, of course is in response to prison biden 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 pentagon stump 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 chinese coolness or provocation. so we do need to take this pretty seriously. there is a massive snowfall across large parts of japan has left more than 17 people didn't,

doesn't think it. thousands of harms have suffered power outages to parents where the agency is urging residence in the affected regions to avoid travel. after hundreds of cars got stuck on roads and heavy snow in the north end, northeast of japan, harsh cool trends have bettered the country for 10 days. now, authorities have warned that roofs might collapse from the snow, but they've also warned of the dangers of removing snow. the fire and disaster management agency says that many people have fallen while clearing the roofs. some more than buried underneath, thick snow piles that had slid in off. for many, these icy temperatures are unbearable waterloo, this is torture. i have to wrap up in a blanket to keep warm. hundreds of people left their car stranded on freeways during the heavy snowfall. many households have been left without electricity, and delivery service has met with extreme delays. dozens of flights and trains have

also been cancelled. so far north eastern japan has ranked up 3 times the usual amount of snowfall for this time of year. le, emergency workers are also battling to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses after an unprecedented winter storm swept through north america. more than 50 people have been confirmed dead across the us and canada and authorities expect the toll to rise. 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, 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 in crusted homes, it also disrupted holiday travel plans for millions of people. several weather advisories remain in effect across the continent. matthew, who g is a meteorologist based in washington dc. so he told us what comes next for the areas effect above hostile yes, what conditions are we getting to get better right now that said, we silly at least another 24 to 36 hours for the things kind of finally wind down fully there in buffalo but one thing that really struck me with this particular system was the wind ordinarily, typically. yeah, get just about 3040 kilometers per hour. really. it's just all about the date and of snow. this time around the winds were so gross and even the heels of trauma, temperature jumped about minus, wanted to minus 30 celsius. the impact was much greater. one other thing too is

that the heavy snow combined with the winds really to visibility down below about 5 meters at times. so get is wizard. conditions required disabilities blow about 4 kilometers. that's what you need for blizzard conditions. they normally get that once every year or so twice every year. so they were getting 12 hours. visibility is reported to the low 5 meters. that's something i've never seen before. my career anyplace. nevermind. buffalo, a very popular city. a tv series, created and produced in africa, has won a prestigious international emmy award, the series, my better life is broadcast across 5 african countries, where the reach of more than 140000000 people. it follows the adventures of 6 african teenagers as they deal with the challenges of daily life. welcome to my better. well i, my name is abby mill, but on my journey that is all about improving your line. so how are the series with

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