a united kingdom after exec, our televisions from 2022, brought to you on all platforms. by g w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin authorities in the u. s. born, the death toll in north america is freezing. blizzard is set to rise as recovery efforts to speed up. the area around buffalo in new york state is the worst effective region with dozens of people reported did due to the bad weather

conditions. also on the program. you grant, foreign minister says his government is aiming to have a peace summit in place by the end of february, without russia taking part. what chance does it have to succeeding? and china ended 0 coven policy. people breathed a sigh of relief, but with her immunity still, far off, dangerous from the virus remained. ah, american house broke into the program. many parts of the united states are grappling with rescue and recovery efforts. after a snow storm lift, dozens of people did. over 50 people died because of the extreme weather and conditions and bad weather conditions rather, and that figure is expected to rise according to officials in the us. new york state has been hit hard. the area around buffalo in western new york has struggled

with a weather phenomenon known as lake effect snow. that's when cold air passes over the warm waters of the great lakes, bringing the region huge amounts of snow for that's what buffalo is experiencing now, along with heavy winds, an arctic cult 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 that 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 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 was able to find a rental car. there was not many, but i was able to find one. so when to 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. early we spoke to bruce and re at assistant

managing editor of the buffalo news. the major news piper in the buffalo niagara falls area. we asked him how the city is coping. things are still not good. the worst snowfall has passed our airport, which is about 8 miles from where i'm sitting. no, i received 50 inches of snow and you know, the region itself is, is buried. we have, we've never seen anything like this. i'm, i'm old enough to remember. a storm that hit buffalo 45 years ago. that's always been known as the blizzard of 77. those of us to are old enough to remember it. never thought we would see anything like it again. it also buried the city. i was 12 years old at the time, co school for a week, which was unheard of. i can tell you now that having lived through this past weekend, this storm that we're experiencing now is worse. well, we had be the people in the equipment here,

morrow before the 1st. the 1st snow fell and i believe it would have been friday morning. we were prepared. the precision of the forecast was such that we knew this was cutting. we knew it was going to be a blizzard. we knew how bad it was going to be. or rather we knew that it would be bad. i think that by friday afternoon, as you said, even those of us who are winter veterans were stunned. just how ferocious the store was used to and i, i heard. ready porter say that we're used to lake effect storm here, which just last month dumped more than 7 feet us know 80 inches, which i guess would be almost double what we've seen at the airport. and that's not unheard of what is on a hurdle for buffalo. the western new york is to have sustained snowfall and wins about 40 miles an hour for 48 hours or more in some areas. so even though we had

the people, we had the equipment here, there was no way for it to move forward. just as one example. the governor said that let's say that you had a plow that was able to navigate the street. you wouldn't be able to drive more than a little bit before the white out conditions were such. you couldn't see in front of you and suddenly a car or another vehicle that had been stranded would be in front of you. and then that would have been out of action. they had to wait for the storm to lessen a little bit before they could attack. and that proved to be a deadly combination as we're seeing now. ok, let's get round up. now. some of the other headlines. thank you. news at the co leader of the plot, the kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. prosecutors described adam fox as the master mine of the plan to abduct whitman at gunpoint ahead of the 2020 presidential election tub. once president has announced an extension of mandatory military service of

from 4 months to one year in win said taiwan needs to prepare. in response to the growing threat from china. edging considers taiwan a breakaway province and has vowed to re unified with the mainland with force if necessary. russian president vladimir putin assigned a decree banning oil exports to countries that have imposed a price cap on russian oil ban comes into effect from february 2023. and the last 45 months with the nation to set a price for russian petroleum products as they try to limit moscow's ability to finance its war in ukraine. or meanwhile, ukraine's foreign minister says his government is aiming to have a piece summit in place by the end of february, around the anniversary of the russian invasion. but to meet with caliber said he didn't in visit russia. taking part in the summit. caliber said, russia must face a war crimes tribunal before his country directly talks with moscow. burning

buildings in document explosions are part of daily life for the people of eastern ukraine. but even as its assault rages on, russia has again signaled it's ready to negotiate. most boston, you know, we got to, we're ready to discuss any acceptable solutions with all those involved in the process. it's them not us who are rejecting negotiations or are you ukraine is pursuing its own peace initiative at a virtual meeting of t 7 leaders earlier. this month, president vladimir lensky, outlined a 10 point so called peace formula to end the conflict in his country. his foreign minister wants to schedule a summit before the end of february. the idea of the piece formula is 2 fold on the one hand, or not to allow russia to manipulate the issue of peace because they irregularly say that they are ready for negotiations,

which is not true because everything they do on the battlefield proves to the opposite ukraine is demanding guarantees from the world community on issues including nuclear and energy security and who'd supplies. it wants the united nations to mediate. though the details are sketchy observer, see the initiative as an opportunity for children. my lamb would have been such a summit, offers ukraine the chance to bring to the table. even those states that have so far sought to remain neutral, but that see the global consequences of this war. countries like china or india, yet does i have were e, the u. n. has reacted cautiously to ukraine's diplomatic push. it says it could only mediate if both sides make a specific request to secretary general, antonio quoterush tensions a growing between the balkan states of serbia and kosovo with concerns about the possibility of armed conflict breaking out. so b a has put its military on high alert and

a record roadblocks along the border cause of us as serbia is preparing a pretext for military operation. negotiations with the you and usaa ongoing in a hope of avoiding renewed fighting in the balkans. vehicles blocked a route from kosovo to sylvia. ethnic clubs living and not kosovo accused the government of discriminating against them and have barricaded the roads in protest . visa, selby, as president says he is ever ready to defend them, so luther bianca, suitable for the city jones. i wish to inform you that we are indeed in a difficult situation, but we will give our utmost to preserve peace and stability. not only that, we will protect our people in the not of kosovo city. i will take all measures necessary to protect our notion in town on monday. so be our put at military on high alert, the interior minister with the troops and ordered,

but they stand ready for combat. this in fight of nato forces being in kosovo and calling to calm the situation. tensions are often high between the 2 countries, but this is the strange situation was triggered by crossville decision to scrap old license plates from serbia that come from pre war times. local soaps saw that as an attack on their identity and autonomy, especially as the observer minority group making up only 6 percent of castles population. they protested enlarged numbers with another point to them. now the situation has worsened due to rumors that kosovo was planning an attack against its sub community casa, those leaders say otherwise. like what, what was the situation in? the not, of course, of all is becoming more and more serious and complicated. we cover the war

mongering perform a fortune and his men installed in the north is crossing the red lines. that the right he must urgently withdraw his wrong from the naughty and order the removal of the battery gets down to the negotiating table or so. he cannot challenge kosovo which is set for the relief for our customer when they'll be offered a war from 1998 to 1999, after which casa will unilaterally declared its independence. sylvia does not recognize that status until to day. neither do sober living in closer china's pandemic restrictions are set to ways further, even though the country is far from her immunity and cases appeared soaring. badging has announced its ending almost 3 years of border controls on january 8th, when covered 19 is downgraded to an infectious disease. but that may put the country's old and sick populations in particular danger. the end of fees or

restrictions for chinese wanting to travel abroad has sparked a surge in flight bookings from china, people there has spent 3 years putting up with travel restrictions locked downs, mass testing, and other tough measures. the sudden lifting of these has caught people by surprise . the official reason the army con variance is not as dangerous as 1st thought. bunker. we'll go into fungal at the moment. the pandemic response measures have entered a new phase in our country. we're faced by a new situation and new challenges. baldwin call, with pivoting, from preventing infection to protecting health and preventing severe illness. so hooking will build, obey the policy changed, has been welcomed by some people, at least whether you rather me of course are some people prefer control measures like which boy ulcerative cases are isolated in a centralized way. not only got flattered or so we know anyone outside is clear what, what we need now is heard immunity. so the government is quite right to do what is

doing under the current circumstances. what you're looking at, right? i think mentality is very important. there's no need to worry about it too much. if the government is allowing things to open up again, then that means it can't be that bad, right? if the virus is highly infectious in everyone's life is in danger, the government wouldn't be easing up. with that, i believe i'm head. but corona virus infections have skyrocketed since the u turn by china's need is at the start of december. older people have been hot, hit as vaccination rates among them are low, many hospitals overstretched. and it's estimated that coven 19, who claim a 1000000 lives in the coming months. the exact scale of the outbreak is hard to judge, as china has not published, official covered 19 figures since sunday. now before we go, his a reminder of the top story. we're following foi, huge wind. a storm has lift, doesn't stay as swift across large parts of the united states and canada. buffalo

in upstate new york is borne the brunt of the blizzard, which people in the area i calling the storm of the century. that's all the news for now. don't forget, there's more to be found at d, w dot com at any time you like. also on our breaking news app and you can always get the latest on the social media. i'll handle is at the d. w. news for both instagram and twitter. i'm anthony howard in berlin, where via watching at of a dining stay with a question of questions about life, the universe and everything he knew the answer. well then david here.