ah, ah, come have a piece is county the high lives you every week in your in box subscribe now? ah ah! you're watching dw news live from berlin. the u. s. impose is new cove at 19 restrictions on visitors from china. from january travelers will need to show a negative task before being allowed in the country. washington says beijing isn't sharing enough information about searching infections. also coming up on the show, tensions are running high between serbia and course of all the hostility as

threatening to break out into open conflicts, the u. s. and e, you call for com and an immediate de escalation. last concern grows over the help of former pope benedict. the 60 the vatican says he is very unwell and doctors are monitoring his condition around the clock. ah. hello, i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for joining us. we begin with some breaking news. the united states says it will screen all error passengers arriving from china for cove at 19 . italy made a similar announcement earlier in the day. the 2 nations join a growing number of countries worried about a surgeon infections after beijing, east corona virus restrictions, including her tourism, or broad u. s. health officials to say the decision came because china isn't sharing enough

information about cove at 19 numbers. are you and you so it's a long story. let's get straight across. did it have the correspondence stuff in simon's in washington chef. and what more can you tell us about these new restrictions? well, i'm not sure you pretty much wrapped it up there, but really important is of course, as you said, this is for all travelers coming from china directly to the united states and through 3rd gateways means other cities. there may be travel from china 1st and then come to view, it needs to be a p c r test or an anti gen rapid test administered by a tailor health service. and this has to be presented to the airlines, the airlines. and this is very important, are responsible for making sure that you have a test like this and it shows negative cove. it infection. the test has to be taken 2 days before you want travels to the united states. and as you're already pointed

out, this all goes into effect on the 5th of january at 12 o, 1 am eastern time time here in washington, d. c. okay, so let's talk about that timing. why is the united states putting these measures into place now? i mean, i couldn't wait any longer because as you pointed out to china has loosened their restriction significantly. how it, it handles covered infections in their own country and japan, india, italy, those countries were all pulling the, well, let's say the emergency brake line already in terms of issuing new measures for travelers from china. and now the u. s. a who had a terrible, terrible hide death toll in covey cases here in the united states as okay, we have to do the same. although i have to say the u. s. administration near the administration is absolutely clear and realistic about the fact that they will not

be able to prevent any a traveller who has a sick coming into the united states. this will happen one way or another, but of course they are hopeful to keep the damage the possible or potential damage . any travelers with the cobra, positive co infection who come to the united states to keep this damaged, they could cause fairly small. that's why that measure came now from funds for us in washington. thank you. meanwhile, the u. n. d ross have urged balkan neighbors, coastal and serbia to immediately deescalate tensions on their border. kosovo closed its biggest crossing a day after protesters blocked it on the serbian side. serves in north and kosovo, have also erected barricades. tensions have been running high since last month. when sir representatives left state institutions in kosovo, emitted dispute over license plates. usually bustling with trucks, the spot station and northeastern kosovo is deserted. it's the largest crossing

point to serbia. for now, it's been shut down. in response to roadblocks, set up by kosovo serbs. the minority group makes up less than 10 percent of kosovo population. they accused the government there of discriminating against them, but the blockades are a nuisance for many possible residents who have to take long detours to enter or exit the country. the government in pristina saves it, won't put up with this. i propose him, have you seen the cdc establishment of barricades is illegal unacceptable, and will not be tolerated? we have given nato's cause of a forces the necessary time and space to act. but time is running out barricades that prevent free movement can not stand for it. nato's cause of all forces or origin calm from both sides. but on monday,

so be as president ordered his army to stand fully ready for combat. he also visited barracks at the border and accused kosovo and the west of stalking tensions somewhat of normal. but we really put them all of you. you want conflict, cobra, you want serbs to be killed suitable. you will be glad if so, i'll get killed or give you subscribe. ah customer one. so be our fought a war more than 20 years ago. possible then declared its independence in 2008. something soviet does not recognize. tensions between the 2 countries are often high. the latest wave of protests was triggered by the arrest of performance. so police official in kosovo. he stands accused of assaulting castles, police, but a court and christina has released him into house arrest. many hope this will diffuse the situation and perhaps bring come to the region, even if only for

a short time. let's go to ukraine now, and when you crania untruth pushed, rushing occupiers out of her. so this november there were scenes of celebration. but in recent weeks, the southern city has become the target of intensifying russian attacks. ukraine's military says russia fired $33.00 rockets of civilian targets in the 24 hours. going into wednesday. many civilians are now fleeing as russian forces pound populated areas with mortars and artillery. sol, as a city slowly, being reduced to rubble. key says moscow is deploying more tanks and armored vehicles to the area and further stepping up its arrow bombardment of the city. people here, if all ready seemed more that their fair share of this brutal war that in recent days and nights, things have become even worse. you do? what do you think this woman says?

she lost her son and an overnight rate for the children, the room and i must have felt that something would go wrong in the morning because i urged him to wake up and leave the house. but he didn't. when that was alive, a ruin spoke. russia is written in this. shelling is destroying hassan's critical infrastructure and taking a massive toll on civilian life. a motor attack on christmas eve killed 11 people and injured dozens more among the dead. a social worker, a butcher, and a woman selling mobile sim cards every day civilians at the city central market. some who have held out here now, so they can't take it any longer. beginning out while they still can. so some really done so we stayed this whole time and thought it would pass. but when the home next 2 hours and my father's home with it, it was too scary. just last month there was celebratory,

seems in his own as quay retook the regional centre. now it appears moscow was trying to retake it either that or simply raise it to the ground. let's bring up to speed now with some other world news headlines. cleanup operations are underway in parts of the united states and canada, in the aftermath of what's being called the blizzard of the century. the severe winter storm has claimed over 50 lives across the us. and what me iranian chest player sarah had m has taken part in an international tournament in kazakhstan without wearing a head job move contravenes or countries strict dress code for women laws enforcing mandatory head coverings m a flash point during anti regime protests in iran. a court in ivory coast as sentenced 11 men to wife in prison. after they were found guilty of involvement in a jihad attack. in 2016, the attack on

a beach resort left 19 people dead and more than 30 others. injured. a group associated with al qaeda immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. and ethiopian airlines has resumed flights to the rebel held region of to grey, allowing some families to reunite after some 18 months as follows. a visit by an ethiopian government delegation to the area on tuesday. it was the 1st such trip since a peace deal was signed last month aimed at ending a brutal 2 year conflict. so the see what was in feel. while the vatican has confirmed that the health of former pope benedict, the 16th is deteriorating, pope francis has visited his predecessor and described him as very ill. benedetto receiving around the clock medical attention, he 95 year old former pontiff has been almost entirely out of the public eye. in recent years. a benedict was born in germany as joseph and i think he stepped down as pontiff in 2013 due to declining health and was succeeded by francis

curricular cookie boy in abilene, i'd like to ask all of you for a special prayer up. i mean for ameritas, pope benedict and who in silence is sustaining the church. i remind you that he's very sick. he's in the ceo. let's asked a lot to comfort him and support him in his testimony of love to the church, to the very end. so let's get more on this from our religious affairs correspondent, biting gag. martine, thank you so much for joining us guys. how me, what the latest, as the former pumps condition much seems to have change or less few hours, or at least since we heard from bob francis, the condition has been deteriorating over the last couple of months. we have not seen him in public. i mean, this was already put out by his assistant guns fine a couple of months ago. so i mean, we do know that this is, i mean, becoming more serious, but nothing as sort of transpire in the last few hours. okay. can you tell us

a little bit of the background between the relationship between pope francis and former help benedict that must be a very interesting dynamic there in it since i mean, it's interesting to see that the pope friends is after the, after the retreat from the from the o, benedict did not actually make vote that been in the disappear nor has full entity really completely separate from the senior. he has really remained in ameritas pope in the sense that he has the merits of the pope. clearly, the possibly the moral and the religious outs already, although not the official authority and answer in terms of the, the church institution. the fact is that the fact is, had been, it had set a precedent for, you know, future bulbs to be able to actually step down before the end of their lives. and this actually really quite important because it made possible for instance, much of the conversation that we're hearing now around folk francis concerning his possible retirement. the farther point is that it really has emphasized the fact

that the but the c a has a very strong administrative element to it. it's not really just sort of a matter theological, you know, theological assets or religious religious aspirations. it has to do with sort of very mundane matters have to do with the administration of the state, the ministration of church. and so what, so the idea is that i think he has shown, and he has defined the possibilities for the boat being somebody that it's still capable of actually doing the work of administration, which a man at the end of his life in a state of you know great weakness cannot sense of in addition to setting this precedent of being the 1st pope to resign in 600 years. as you've explained are what else can you tell us about his papacy? what do you think people will think of when they look at former pope and act? you know, i think that sadly, and but justly to a great degree for po bennett, expect to see will be remembered for its relation with the sex abuse scandals. i

mean, the sex abuse scandals really both define tarnished and i think that to some degree brought that up a see to an end is true that there is no direct relation. it was not a direct consequence, but it really sort of that, that the picture that was painted of that purpose at the end it was that it was really about, he can marliss, i'm out of control. that sort of there were too many actors and that he could really simply not keep them in line. so i think that that something that his bus would address the same time he did work very strong and very hardly in for a very long and sustained period. of time to actually increase relations with the muslim world to sort of reach out to the jewish community. so i mean that the issue of, you know, good relations, good relations among people was very important for, for benedict. i do believe that it still is for him very important this a reason why his proximity to broke. frances is very significant. thank you so much for that. that is did of these religious affairs correspondent as he got kelly wanted. thank you so much. just before we go, let's get

a reminder at the top story we're following for you. the u. s. has announced new cove at 90 restrictions on visitors from china. travelers wanting to show a negative task before being allowed to enter the country. washington, as beijing isn't cherry and also information about searching infections. and you can always find more newsome analysis on our website, asked the t w dot com. i'm claire richardson in berlin from the whole team working behind the scenes. thanks so much 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 he was proud of it was to be a steal worker who had the witness.