and when we learn something, the hardware and software of our brain changes science. 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 w news live from berlin. tensions rise on the korean peninsula, south korea's military apologize is for failing to shoot down north korean drones that crossed the border. campus president says he will speed up plans for

a specialized unit to monitor drone threats. also coming off blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. with nearly 50 people dead, the governor of new york mourns the extreme weather conditions are far from over. with more snow full cost and exhausted. after a dangerous journey in search of a better life ranger, refugees wash up on the shores of indonesia. after weeks at sea, in a rickety boat ah, i'm gabelle, as welcome to the program. south korea's military has apologized for its failure to shoot down any of the north korean drones that crossed over the border. it was the 1st such incident in 5 years and raised serious questions about souls air defenses . in response to countries, president says he will accelerate plans to create

a specialized military unit to deal with drones as tension increase across the korean peninsula. on the hunts south korean helicopters scoured the sky, the signs of north korean drones authorities here say 5 crossed over the border on monday with one flying close to the capital. so now the military has been forced to say, sorry, after failing to shoot them down, connectivity thing up, we'll look at them on what are you day human yo to with. our military's lack of preparedness has caused great concern. year what he put on shall give will the military will thoroughly check each troops detection and strike assets against the enemy's drone provocation on global handy dozen and actively employed detection devices at home to spot drones earlier. talk and aggressively deploy strike assets . who's a to would all 3 pug isamena south korea's president yoon suk hee. all who has

vowed to take a ha, the line on the north has used that moment to fast forward his plans telling a cabinet meeting in the military training. an readiness has been insufficient for years at china, ann picanet. true your. we have a plan to greet a military drone unit test with monitoring key military facilities and north korea who is socially dominant or j will advance the establishment of the drum unit. as soon as possible. archer, children up dungarees will also introduce state of the art stealth drones run and bolster or surveillance capabilities. amps, young child ally pushing across the border. emp young yang lead a kim john own is capping the year by meeting with key members of his ruling party . where he's hailed the countries growing economic and military power. the north is fired, a record number of missiles in 2022 with his latest drone incidence. adding to

growing concerns across the region of journalists. frank smith is missouri the situation, the end of sole, the frank, the military itself has acknowledged its response, was to the draws was in adequate, what does it say about a software is edie fences? well i think it, it says that south chris air defenses are sorely lacking. they were pursuing these drones for something like 5 hours when they launched a propeller aircraft from the center of the peninsula to try to intercept these drones and actually crashed the 2 pilots had to a jack from that aircraft. so there were a lot of problems with self curious pursuit. these they, they shot at least some of the drones didn't manage to shoot any, any of them down. this is concerning here in south korea. analysts say that north korea is something like 300 to a 1000 drones, and they do represent

a surveillance risk if not an attack risk based on their size. in 2017, a drone was found here in south korea that had traveled something like 200 kilometer sofa soul to photograph an anti ballistic missile. a u. s. anti ballistic missile base here. so this type of activity from north korea should they succeed and in gaining better surveillance and information on the south side of the border . it does more to increase the time story to decrease the amount of time that so 3 would have an imminent north korean attack. and also increase the potential risk of some type of miscalculation on the korean peninsula. as we've seen through ne development of her hypersonic missiles, cruise missiles, and submarine launch, ballistic missiles. this increases the risk as it decreases the amount of warning

of, of some type of imminent attack. and that's really what these drones are, are doing here. go with his, with his increased risk. what kind of response come and i'll expect from south korea will so screen present an insecure has said from his campaign he came to power here. in may, he said that he was going to respond to north korea with a much harder line on north korea's missile launches. falling north korea's missile launches, for example, south korea conducted its own missile launches together with the u. s. so 3 also conducted large scale military exercises with the us, with plans to perhaps conduct the largest ever military exercises to commemorate 70 years of a u. s. south korea alliance next year. so we're likely to see more large scale drills here as well as was mentioned in the report, the development of south korean drones, more south korean drones with

a bigger budget jones frank smith that in so for us, thank you frank days of massive snow, full half hit large pots of japan leaving more than 17 people dead and dozens injured. thousands of homes of soft power outages, japans where the agency is urging residence in the effect that regions to avoid travel off to hundreds of cars got stuck on roads and heavy snow. in the north and northeast of japan, harsh gold friends have battered 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 their roofs. some were then 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 cars 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. severe winter weather has also been puzzling north america. authorities say nearly 50 people have died across the united states. new york state has been hit, especially hard emergency crews. there still are still searching for survivors and vehicles buried under meters of snow. residents also being worn to stay in their homes as city paralyzed by a mega storm. buffalo new york is at the epi center of the blizzard, battering north america. people are stranded in their vehicles, in homes,

as snow pummels the region. the governor of new york gave a sobering assessment of the situation. we have then to a lot of wars together and this blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. and we are here to can talk about our, our class or collaborative approach to dealing with this crisis. and it is a crisis, thousands of homes are without power, and a driving ban has been issued. the governor warned that the worst is not yet over. and as much as we can see, the skies right now, we know that the storm is coming back. so anyone to declare is victory and says it's over. it is way to really to say president joe biden approved an emergency declaration for new york, offering the full force of the federal government to support the state. thousands of flights have been cancelled across the us,

leaving many families scrambling to find a way to get home an hour. driving back to austin 17 hours so was able to find a rental car. there was not many, but i was able to find one that went to start back hanniman and i guess back in buffalo, more heavy snowfall is forecast. emergency crews are racing to free. those trapped while they still can. basil capuchin is a meteorologist based in washington, dc. and he told us what comes next for the areas affected by that went to storm. yes. what conditions are beginning to get better right now that said, we silly at least another 20 or to thursday or, or 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 sample it back snow? yeah, i get just about $3040.00 pounds per hour. really. it's just all about the date, dan, of snow. this time around, the winds were so ferocious and even the heels of travel temperature jumped about

minus pointed to minus 30 celsius. obviously the impact was much greater. one other thing too is that the heavy snow combined with the wind to really to visibility is down below about 5 meters at times. so get is wizard. conditions required disabilities blow about point or landers. that's what do you need for blizzard conditions. they normally get that once every year or so twice every year. so they wanna get a 12 hours visibility is reported to the low 5 meters. that's something i've never seen before. my career in any place. never mind buffalo, a very popular city, the meteorologist matthew caput, they're speaking to us from washington dc. now let's get a round up of some of the other headlines. therubi i'm has placed its armed forces on the highest level of alerts. tensions have been rising between the balkan country and its former wartime enemy cause a vote of a recent shootings and traffic blockades. cost for declared independence from serbia in 2008. something belgrade refuses to recognize

a former iran football captain has slammed the molar regime for preventing his family members from leaving the country. ali days wife and daughter were arrested monday on board a flight that was rerouted away from dubai. rainy and officials have said day and his family at sean support for the anti government protests. taiwan president has announced an extension of mandatory military service from 4 months to one year saying when said taiwan, taiwan needs to prepare with funds to the growing threat from china aging. consider taiwan a breakaway province and has bowed it. the island will eventually come on. the chinese rule and china will soon resume granting a visa to mail and residents for overseas travel. authorities have also announced an end to covert quarantine requirements for airline passengers arriving from

abroad. both changes are set to go into effect on january, a growing number of re hinge or refugees or making a dangerous journey by sea to reach indonesia. on monday the vessel carrying almost 200 people, landed in the northern archie province a day after another boat had arrived more than 700000 bro hinge. i have now fled their native country miramar, in the past 5 years. as the military government them wages a brutal campaign against them. rescued and revived after surviving a perilous journey. indonesian official said, these were a hinge, a migrants washed up on a beach in a wooden boat. after a week at sea, 39 of the refugees are being treated with a medical infusion device. and most of them, dehydration officials are trying to determine if this is the same group who were

fear dead after drifting at sea for more than a month. the migrants said, i hope indonesia will offer the chance of a better life before the government did it a day earlier. another boat arrived carrying almost 60 ra hinges. they say they traveled not from their native country, myanmar, but from as far as bangladesh in the northwest, bangladesh is where more than 700000 range refugees have lived in a crowded camp for more than 5 years. they fled a violent campaign by the me on my military, which said it was targeting rebel groups. human rights groups say they're a hinge or a being pressured to leave the camp. a growing number are, again,

up routing their lives and trusting that faith to rickety boats and the rough c and that's it from me and, and his team for now i'll of course, an update for you at the top of the hour. don't go away. the business news is coming up next with steven busy after a short break, and of course, as always more news and sports and business on the websites d, w dot com, and i recommend you download. i'll breaking news that as well. my name is gal alphas, thanks will sure . i'm just kinda, i want that's hard and in the end is a meeting you are not allowed to see you anymore. we will send you back.