hi alice services. oh, be allah guest at frankfurt. airport city managed by from bought ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from building the u. s. imposes need kind of id 19 restrictions on visitors from china. from january travelers will need to show a negative taste before being allowed into the country. washington says beijing isn't sharing enough information about searching conflicts and concerns grow over the health. the form of pope benedict,

the 16th vatican says he is very unwell and doctor's heart monitoring his condition around ah, i'm anthony howard. welcome. the united states says it will screen all air passengers arriving from china covered 19. italy made a similar announcement earlier in the day. 2 nations join a growing number of countries worried about a surge in fictions after badging east corona virus restrictions, including for tourism abroad. us help official say the decision kind because china isn't sharing enough information about kobe 19 numbers to you and you for. so what we'll base new restrictions changed. that's what i asked. they w correspondence, stephanie simon's in washington. well, don't make it harder for people who come from china to get into the united states

without, without a negative cover. just so this is what's gonna happen now, which is going to be requested starting january 5th at 12 or one a m eastern time. so local time, hear everybody traveling from china directly into the united states or via a 3rd country hub or gateway has to present a negative covered test and has to take a test 2 days before starting this travel activity towards the united states. why did the united states do this because it couldn't wait any longer. other countries, like japan and india have already started implementing measures against china, travel, or travelers from china. why? because as we all know on china re less it's measures against cove it. and so the numbers of co infections are skyrocketing in china, the by the ministration cannot just sit there and look, they are they go, you have the measures in place right now, starting january,

5th image in japan and the us who else do we know any one else considering similar action at this point well, india has implemented some measures and i'm absolutely sure that some european or most european countries will actually follow suit when the united states, which is a very, very big travel market. and the country of course implements measures like this. there's probably others following suit soon. the chinese have already reacted in said that they're hoping the u. s. and other countries who might come to the conclusion they need to do implement similar measures work together with the chinese. the problem for the u. s. was that the chinese are not really transparent with the data. this comes on top of the increasing numbers of covered in fact in china. so they go, that's what the us is doing now, and i'm certain others will follow suit very, very soon. stephan simons in washington, dc. thanks so much. pope francis has called for prayers for the

former pontiff benedict. the 16th who he says is quote very ill. francis has visited benedict inside his residence in the vatican where he's been living since stepping down as leader of the catholic church for some 600 years. no pope had resigned from a pontiff benedict the 16th and at that centuries long stretch and 2013 fighting poor health. since then, his left a quiet life out of the spotlight known as pope ameritas, burglary saw the benedict condition worsening. his successor, pope francis has asked people to pray for him at a general audience in the vatican. we're here till the boy. i would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for pope ameritas benedict, who in silence is sustaining the church vessel fare. let us remember him. he is very sick, came out on asking the lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the church and christa until the end. more yet he is. he not ruffin benedict

was born for less than 8 years. he became the 1st pontiff to apologize for scandals over political sex abuse of children, but was criticized for failing to end cover ups by the church. and although his held has been declining in his retirement, but frances is known to have said that benedict retained a good sense of humor with his brother for they don't have a box in roman across the european cities. many people were sad to hear the news of his blossoming help. yeah, i don't remember him as for because i was still a child, but he is suddenly a good person. but he is they sick? so i think it's right that people pray for him. because i women's of december didn't, of course we identified with him very much because he was a german pope. and i have great respect for him up hard to get. we're worried because the death of a pope is very important and we hope it's not going to happen. hope and prayer for

a pontiff is short and controversial. pepsi broke with tradition benedict. the 16th is now being closely watched around the clock by dr. to can. let's go wrong now and speak to author and journalist philip will. and philip, could that be with us? what do we know about the form of pope's condition? when a benedict has been declining slowly for years now, he's 95 years old. it said that he's remained until very recently, perfectly lucid, but you have been very frail, confined often to a wheel chair and people who visited it. it's very difficult to understand what he's saying that his voice is very weak. so there is

a feeling that the candle is gradually going out. this is an image that was used about him as some years ago by his secretary. and it does seem that now that is literally the case. it's been really a decade since he resigned. as pope remind viewers if you can of the significance of his tenure as part of well, i think it will be remembered as the 1st to resign his office in 6 centuries. that something really extraordinary, almost without precedent and inevitably, is fixed in the minds of people who follow the activities in the church. but he also was a very erudite theologian and custodian the dogmas traditional teachings of the catholic church. and since he resigned,

he's become a focus or opponents of the liberalizing reforms. but frances, with the impression that there been 2 people, one court. ringback in x in a convent in the data and the other court around frances. so this would be a certain amount of tension between the 2 men. even though francis in benedict himself said he would retire into silence. i devote his life to prayer and meditation and music, of course, the days he enjoyed playing the piano. but i think people remember it as the custodian of traditional catholic teaching. while many catholics are concerned about the way the church is changing on the pope francis

author and journalist phillip william and run thanks so much. the un, the u. s. have urged vulgar neighbors, kosovo, and serbia to immediately deescalate tensions on the border. crossbow closed its biggest crossing a day after protesters blocked on the serbian side. serbs in northern kosovo, have also erected barricades. tensions have been running higher since last month when sir representatives left state institutions in kosovo amid a dispute of a license, plates. usually bustling with trucks, this body 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 fed up by kosovo serbs, the minority group makes up less than 10 percent of kosovo population. they accused the government, they're off discriminating against them, but the blockades are

a nuisance. for many crossville residents who have to take long detours to enter or exit the country. the government in pristina sees it won't put up with this. no problem. 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 come 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 crossville and the west of stalking tensions. someone does no more. the visibility does not all of you. you want conflict, cobra. you want serbs to be killed?

harbor 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. kosovo 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 calm to the region, even if only for a short time. when ukrainian troops pushed russian occupies out of his, on this november, there were scenes of celebration. but in recent weeks, the southern ukrainian city has become the target of intensifying russian attacks. it crowns military says russia $533.00 rockets at civilian targets. in the 24 hours

going into wednesday, many civilians a fling as russian forces pound populated areas with mortars and artillery care soul is 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 aerial bombardment of the city, people here have already seen more than their fair share of this brutal war. did you put a good in recent days and nights? things have become even worse yet. dillard's que yeah, thing. this woman says she lost her son in an overnight grade. for those children, then boom 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. that was alive, a ruined race, both rushes relent. 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 cities central market. some who have held out here. now say they can't take it any longer. they getting out while they still can, this is really done. we stayed this whole time and thought it would pass, but when the home nix dwells and my father's home with it, it was too scary. just last month there was celebrates, received, and as soon as keith retook the regional center. now it appears moscow is trying to retake it either that or simply raise it to the ground. or let's get a round up. now, some of the other will headlines. clean up operations are underway in parts of the united states and canada,

and the aftermath of what's been called the blizzard of the century. severe winter storm exclaimed the 50 lives across the us. one person has died in a highway pilot involving hundreds of vehicles in central china. the mass crash happened due to poor visibility and thick fog on a road near the city of shang, shall in hand on province pile up, involved at least 200 vehicles. iranian chess players either cut him has taken part in an international tournament in kazakhstan without wearing hedge up. the move contravenes her country strict dress code for women. those enforcing mandatory head coverings have become a flash point during anti regime protests in iran. a court in ivory coast to sentenced 11 men to life in prison after they were found guilty of involvement in the hottest attack in 2016, the attack on a beach resort left 19 people did more than 30 were injured. a group associated with al qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. if you have been

a alliances resumed plots to the rebel help region of t gra, allowing some families to reunite after 18 months is fall as a visit by an 8th european government delegation to the area on tuesday. it was the 1st such trip since a pe steel was signed at last month and at ending a brutal 2 year conflict. what was in still happening and that's all been used for now. i'm anthony howard in berlin. thanks for your company and way if you're watching have a good day and you tackle to this facade starts in germany during the world. the w serrano really were in.