why behind these was discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage site. d w world heritage 360. get the app now. b. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. tensions are all the rise on the korean peninsula. south korea's military apologize for failing to shoot down north korean drones that have crossed the border countries. president says he will speed out

plans for a specialized unit to monitor drone threats. also coming up this blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. really 50 people dead. the governor of the york warns the extreme weather conditions are far from over with more snow on the way and researches in germany make use of dogs super senses to snowfall that difficult to diagnose long cove it ah, i'm glad elf has well come 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 raise serious questions about souls the air defenses. in response,

the 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 think up, we'll look at them on what are you day? human yoda are military's lack of preparedness, has caused great concern yet what it went on, took it with the military, will thoroughly check each troops detection and strike assets against the enemy's drone provocation on global pundits and actively employed detection devices to spot drones earlier talk and aggressively deploy strike assets, who's ada would all creep august media south korea's president noon sucky 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 and 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 in north korea, who is social dominant or j will advance the establishment of the drum unit as soon as possible. her chair, her children up fungus, will also introduce state of the art stealth drone stung. and bulstrode surveillance capabilities amps, young child ally, which meter across the border in pyongyang lead a kim jung 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 having to growing concerns across the region. and earlier us both a journalist, frank smith and soul about the increasing tensions on the korean peninsula. and i asked him what the recent recent incursions into south korea tells us about their defense systems. 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 sales for is pursuit of these they, they shot at least some of the drones did. man is 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 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 north korean 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 the green 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 u. s. with plans to perhaps a conductor, 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,

they're in the so for us, thank you. frank. severe winter weather has been pummeling north america. authorities that say nearly 50 people have died across the us. new york state has been hit especially hard emergency crews that's still searching for survivors and vehicles buried under meters of snow. residents are being warned 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 this 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 as 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 canceled across the u. s. leaving many families scrambling to find a way to get home an hour. driving back to austin 17 hours so it was able to find a rental car. there was not many, but i was able to find one. so when a start back here in a minute, i guess back in buffalo,

more heavy snowfall is forecast. emergency crews are racing to free, those trapped while they still can as look noise, while the other store is making her glance today cause of o's, minorities serbs have put up new vehicle road blocks in the north of the country. the they have also defied international demands to remove those placed earlier tensions between serbian coastal have been on the rise for weeks. the serbian government accuses kosovo of trampling on the rights of serbs. a former iran football captain has slammed the muller regime for preventing his family members from leaving the country. ali day, his wife and daughter were arrested monday on board of flight. that was rerouted away from 2 by iranian officials. have said diane, his family had shown support for anti government protest. her i moved to the

china will soon resume granting visas to mainland residents for overseas travel. authorities have also announced an end to covert quarantine requirements for airline passengers arriving from abroad. both shot changes are said to go into effect on january, the 8th a rescue ship has pulled around $100.00 migrants from the sea of the coast of libya, charity as so as emitted to renee said the group was trying to cross the mediterranean on a rubber boats the un says some 2000. my parents have died this year while attempting this dangerous journey. after 3 years off the pandemic, more than 650000000 people around the world of tested positive for cove 90. well, most recover, others are burdened by longer lasting symptoms. the condition is called long cove.

it the symptoms differ from person to person. long cove it is diagnosed if symptoms persist for more than 3 months after the infection. study suggests 7 to 10 percent of people who have coven 19 may be affected. world health organization is calling for more research into long cove. it as well as better rehabilitation measures for those affected some of that research is already taking place here in germany. scientists and hanover hoping to use the super sniffing abilities of dogs to help diagnose long cove. it turns out they may be better than any lab test. this is bonnie and this is polly. like all dogs, they have an incredibly sensitive sense of smell. research is at university of medicine, hanover training, the 2 dogs and a dozen others as part of a steady on diagnosing long cove. it with training, they don't say,

usually able to correct the identify smell samples from infected patience. editor's office and he's got his in the accuracy rate is surprisingly high. i mrs. but also movie government. that was also such a eureka moment for us when we began the study that say this by sensitivity, globally, the accuracy rate of dogs is 81 to 86 percent nelson distances x not as put center . so the dogs are much better than rapid androgen tests. and the internet. so how do dogs detect cove infections? anyone who has contracted the virus, emits volatile organic compounds. the dogs can sniff these out, and apparently even long after a patient has recovered that st. lucie, i'm with a sink under sooner and shines m m m. we actually found out that the dogs were able to identify long covered samples long, but only when they were presented alongside nagging them. samples were managing soon even eager to pull them present. it wouldn't these are the

inner workings of our machine. behind each sniffing hole is a slot with 2 samples, one with the cove, 19 virus, and one without. the machine was designed to train dogs and the detection of drugs and explosives. that research has found that it can also be used with cobit samples . in 2020 scientists conducted the 1st test with the specimens, and discovered that sniffer dogs can indeed detach cove in 19. but could sniffer dogs also be used in every day medical practice? jada sustain gone? yes, it's feasible math because the dogs really do it very quickly. heaped smokeless cotton units which can there are ways to train them. meetings put, there are training programs not so much for disease detection. at the moment. it's mainly training to detect explosives or drugs, but you can also transfer the expertise to disease detection. the world health

organization is now also recognizing the potential for using the animals sensitive noses to detect illness. it once the support scientists and they canine assistance into the feature thou, for many of us winters, an excuse to curl up, stay home and keep warm. and not so much for these. john ponders the colder it gets, the more active they are. the fir provides a natural protection against the cold, so they don't really feel the chill here at the killing giant panda research center in china. they certainly appear to be rolling with it nice younger as well. you're watching a d. w. news. he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. south korea says it will

accelerate plants to create a specialized military unit to deal with drones after failed to shoot down drones that crossed the border from the communist note. the 1st such incident in 5 years has raised serious questions about souls, edifice cape with, and that's it from me and the news team for now i'll have an update, of course, the told fiala don't go away up next is d w. news asia. stay tuned for that coming up just after the break. otherwise d, w dot com is always there with news i'm gallo with we've got to understand.