i how can we protect a we to make a difference global ideas, the environmental series of over 3000 on t, w, and online? ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin farewell to the former pope with the bells ring at saint peter's basilica, marking the death of the former pontiff benedict. the 16th tribute to the 95 year old began to flood in from around the world. we take, you live to the vatican,

also coming up revellers around the world are rigging in the new year with the asia pacific region, the 1st to assure, in 2023. sidney. welcome to this year with a spectacular fireworks display over its harbor. more than a 1000000 people are at hand in germany. chance or all of shoals uses his traditional new years. eve addressed to pledge continued support for ukraine and superstar footballer christiano, rinaldo signs for saudi arabian club. i'll nasir in a deal that was reportedly ern him. the biggest salary in football history. ah, i'm marrying evans dean. it's good to have you with us. former po benedict, the 16 has died at the age of 95. for centuries,

the tolling of the bellows on the saint peter's square has been the signal that a pope has died in early prevented ex house, had been in decline for several years. and he'd been largely absent from public view as spokesman for the holy season. benedict passed away at his home inside the vatican. i am here with sad news this morning, which is a sad news we anticipated with the how to suppress office bulletin this morning. that was sorrow we inform you about the pope ameritas benedict 60 passed away today this morning. at 934 in the matter it close him on a street in the vatican. we can now speak to our correspondent abraham, who is standing by in the room. hello to you. he is so we understand you've been at the vatike can throughout the day. how have people been reacting to the news of the former pope's death while marianna, there's a lot of sadness,

of course. i mean former a hope. now, late po bennett, the 16th was, you know, despite his retirement still, you know, a major figure here in the vatican. so there is a lot of sadness and mourning over his legacy at the same time. there's also a sense of acceptance for the public has in a, in a way, been prepared for this news already. on wednesday, the current sitting pope, pope francis had asked the faithful during his audience to pray for pope benedict. his crude assessor seeing that his help had deteriorated and of course, po benedict had retired almost a decade ago due to advanced age. so there's a sense of sorrow and sadness and morning. but at the same time, i would say that the sense of acceptance is already here. and here we know that the funeral itself isn't going to be taking place at least for another couple of days.

so what will be happening next? break. so there was a bit of confusion confusion. as soon as the announcement was made, the announcement of former pope benedict's death because this is really an, an kind of almost unprecedented situation. cruel that you have to hope being at the same time. of course the protocol for what happens when a sitting pub dies is quite established and well known, but for a former popo after retirement chose to stay in the vatican. there were a lot of question marks in speculation, but we do know now that on monday pope benedicts body will be lying in state for mourners to come and pay their last respects. the funeral will happen on thursday, and we know from the vatican that his wish was that this would be that this printer would be a humble, simple funeral. and he described himself as

a humble and simple man. and so he wants a funeral in that image. at the same time, he is a former head of state of the vatican as well as the pope. you know, he has a dual function and so we can expect dignitaries, heads of state representative of diplomats and delegations. to the holy see, to also be present at that she did have the use abraham reporting for us from room and thank you so much and we now have this look back at the life of former po benedict, the 16th saint peter's square in rome. i 2005. got to be neither. but i figured it. joseph rat, singer is elected pope benedict, the 16th he's in your to cardinelli, the lord god. the rules have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the law lavine. others in your

new vote from germany will make history, but leave a troublesome legacy. joseph rat, singer was born in bavaria in 1927. he was the youngest child of a strictly religious family. he studied and then taught theology. and he has did the hierarchy of the catholic church. in 977, he was appointed archbishop of munich. shortly afterwards, he was made a cardinal. then pope john paul, the 2nd, brought him to the vatican where he was made prefect of the influential congregation for the doctrine of the faith. and when john paul died in 2005 rats and became his successor, the new had a reputation for being quiet, modest and an arch conservative. he was also an intellectual and was not a man of grand gesture like his previous essay was even so his 1st trip to world

youth day in germany would seem to success. hundreds of thousands came to cheer him as pope he saw himself as the guardian of the faith of the catholic church and was a strict advocate of celibacy. 8 he criticized the recognition of same sex relationships and condemned doctor super formed abortions. ready benedict sought dialogue with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian orthodox churches. he also tried to improve relations with islam and judaism. but there were also setbacks. for example, when he brought the controversial society a st tires back into the church, even though some of its leaders were anti c mites and holocaust deniers. but it was the child abuse scandals in the church that cast a dark shadow. the benedict pontificate. more and more cases involving catholic

clergy came to light in more and more countries. the pope spoke of his shame and he promised transparency. but his critics said he didn't do enough. years later, the scandal was to catch up with him again started at the beginning of 2013 benedict, received some cardinals in rome. it was a routine meeting that became highly controversial because the pope declared he was stepping down at nab him sung to pitch, to steer this church. this ship of peter to proclaim the gospel for this a strength of body and spirit. unnecessary says is a strength that has diminished me in recent months. to such an extent that i must recognize my inability to continue to carry out properly. the ministry entrusted to me and yoshi dbm the new prevent, surprise and dismay in more than 600 years. no pope had resigned his own volition.

there was plenty of sympathy though sunday, the thousands of people came to benedict last audiences. paid benedict left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor pipe frances. in the years that followed, benedict rarely showed himself in public but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he is said to have accepted a priest, although it was known that the man had abused children on multiple occasions. benedict had his private secretary, read out a letter in which he rejected any personal care and offered an apology in the mail

. oh, let me call you country unquote. own avoid has on other occasions i can only express once again. my deep shame, my great pain, fond of him, my sincere apologies and all the victims of sexual sin she had had on monday, the pet adorn benedict critics said he was shirking his responsibility. the ameritas type himself wrote in one of his last letters that he would soon appear before the eternal judge and was confident that he would be forgiven. let's turn our attention now to the war in ukraine. russia has carried out another wave of massive strikes across the country with air. a warning throughout much of the day in all of ukraine's 25 administrative regions. training and capital bore the brunt of the attacks. with at least 10 exclusions reported. caves,

mayor vitale college goes that at least one person was killed. and a japanese journalist was among those injured in the bombardment. at least one of the blasts occurred in an area of residential buildings. a craning army officials had to rush launched 20 cruise missiles over ukraine on saturday afternoon, of which ukrainian forces shot down 12 and we're joined now by the w correspondent, emanuel shars, who joins us from camp. and i know all the world is celebrating new year's eve tonight, but across ukraine, the year is ending with many people forced to take shelter from russian attacks. what has it been like for ukrainians to day? well, maria, i was a very scary day even here and a capital key. if we had an air red alert, which lasted 3 hours, and i'm here in front of our hotel, which has been shared by a russian me side and where 20 people were injured. one person

a die to day in those attacks. it was extremely scary in the city center there were, you mentioned it at least 10 explosions. we heard them even from the shelter they were or you know, it was, are in the cities in the city center, a shattering. so it was not exactly a new year's e boss. people were hoping to have. they were hoping to have a quiet day. it had begun as i, as it had begun as a sunny day and then all of a sudden everybody was there having to take shelter under ground. it was very scary and that's unfortunately a daily reality for millions of ukrainians. well, we also know that many ukrainians, despite the risks actually returned to the country so they could spend the holidays with their family and friends. emma, how do people maintain their courage? despite all of these risks? i would say marianne and as simply done have a choice. you know,

some people have been living abroad for months now since the beginning of the war. so some of them came back to see their relatives, to check on their houses, to see if they're still had houses, you know, they are 14000000 ukrainians who are left homeless because of this war. a lot of them wanted to take the opportunity of at the end of the year to, to see their relatives there, decided to be a defiant in founded to russian aggression. then today's, just one on a reminder that this war is still very much going on. and another reminder that russia shows no sign of wanting to stop to attack her or ukraine and not just sit it quit it's critical infrastructures, but also residential areas such as here are correspondence, manuel shars in a key, if a man or thank you for your reporting let's get a check now, some of the other stories making news around the world. a norway based human rights group says at least one person has been killed and john rude. a kurdish city in

western iran video posted on social media, allegedly shows the revolutionary guards clashing with protesters. people had gathered to commemorate the 40th day after the killing of 7, courtesy, demonstrators. as 2023 approaches, croatia is preparing for change. the u member is said to join the open border, shang an area at midnight and dumped the common currency. the euro croatia joined. the 27 nation block in 2013 to adopt the euro croatia had to fulfill a set of strict economic conditions. you as television journalist barbara walters has died at the age of 93 in a career spanning 5 decades. she was the 1st female anchor, an evening news broadcast. and one of the most prominent interviewers on, you know, television walters was also known for creating the women's talk show the view on the a, be seen or live for a while. well,

australia has welcomed 2023 with a bang, as millions across the country celebrated their 1st normal new years eve. since the pandemic around a 1000000 people are thought to have turned down to see that famous harbor fireworks in sidney. hundreds of millions more watched from around the world. this year's display was under the theme of diversity and inclusion, with some 8 tons of fireworks being sent off. and here in germany, chance or all of shoulds delivers his annual new year's eve address to the nation. this year, speeches focusing on one of the main events that shaped the year the war in ukraine, as well as the challenges it has posed for germany. the full version of the televised address will be broadcast later tonight. the war in ukraine and its consequences dominated the year in german politics.