because no one should have the flu. make up your own mind. double you made for mine's. ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. farewell to the former a 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 are corresponding reports from the

vatican. also coming up revelers around the world are ringing in the new year with the asia pacific region, the 1st to usher in 2023. sidney. welcome. the new year with the spectacular fireworks display over its harbor. more than a 1000000 people are on hand. here in germany, chance are all of sholtes uses his traditional new year's eve addressed to pledge continued support for ukraine. ah, a marion evans deem it's good to have you with us. tributes are pouring in from around the world for a former pope benedict who died at the age of 95 hope frances honored his predecessor as at an evening service in st. peter's basilica in rome, benedict health had been in decline for several years and he'd been largely absent

from public view. political and religious leaders are expressing their condolences and sharing their memories of benedict belts announcing that that a former for benedict and many are being the respects back that though he was accompanied will go down in history for an enormously significant fact. which was his resignation that had not happened for 600 years and it was a gesture of great freedom, great audacity, and great courage. i believe this will make him go down in history. and i, you really just cletus praise him for being the 1st to meet the victims of fiction abuse within the catholic church or he was elected. he was in charge of the doctrinal section b. c, which had responsibility for issues to do with the sexual abuse from should on christ. so he personally was responsible for the layer size issue over $400.00

priests around the world that sexual abuse scandal. what's a divisive issue? benedict post repeatedly kerchief i for not doing enough. i don't remember him as a religious leader riley was me was did no trip within the morton weren't it's if his look was issue, he was surely a very strong thinker for level to law. but the positions he took on abortion and homosexuality, so they're really of a different age. i think his dogma of he wasn't living in the same world, but from many people in germany, book benedict with a source of bright. he was germany's 1st pontiff in almost 500 years the dutch and put it in this morning down the house, where benedict was born has been opened and a book of condolences is on display on the notary. i am of course, concerned and sat on it,

but you have to say he already wrote in february after 10 years as programmer, it's just that that he is now ready in prayer and devotion need that he is ready to go before a judge. so it does have good ideas for and that he is ready for the last earthly journey. it's the addition big book, benedict party. you can be displayed in st. peter's specially kind june for 3 days . followed by his funeral on kirsty d. w. special correspondent abraham has been fallen reactions in the vatican in rome for us. i asked her a short time ago what we can expect in the next few days. there was a bit of confusing confusion as soon as the announcement was made. the announcement of former pope benedict's death was this is really an, an kind of almost unprecedented situation. cruel that you have 2 hopes living 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 pope who 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 the pope benedict's 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 it was that this would be it that his 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, you know, head of a 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 funeral detail. please abraham reporting for us from room and thank you so much. and we now have this looked back at the life of former po

benedict, the 16th st. peter's square in rome, april 2005. got the name that's in get it. joseph rat, singer is elected pope benedict. the 16th is in your to cardinelli, the lord god knows have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. lavinia this in your new polk 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 ascended the hierarchy of the catholic church. in 1977, 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 rattling and became his successor, the new pope had a reputation for being quiet, modest and an arch conservative. he was also an intellectual and was not a man of grand gestures like his predecessor was even so his 1st trip to world youth day in germany was deemed a success. hundreds of thousands came to cheer him in as pope he saw himself as the guardian of the faith of the catholic church and was a strict advocate of celibacy. he criticized the recognition of same sex relationships and condemned doctors who performed abortions. ready benedict sort dialogue with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian

orthodox church as he also try to improve relations with islam and judaism. but there were also setbacks. for example, when he brought the controversial society of st. pious 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 benedicts 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 sang to pit to stare this church. this ship of peter to

proclaim the gospel for this a strength of body and spirit and necessary size 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 news provoked surprise and dismay in more than 600 years. no pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though, and hundreds of thousands of people came to benedict's last. audiences took 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. ah,

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 guilt and offered an apology to cindy me . o me couldn't come to the unquote own avoid up as on other occasions i can only express once again, my deep shame, my great pain form that and my sincere apologies to an old victims of sexual abuse . yes. in chiera demanded the fair to adorn. benedict critic said he was shirking his responsibility. the ameritas pope himself wrote in one of his last letters that

he would soon appear before the eternal judge table and was confident that he would be forgiven. let's turn our attention now to the war and ukraine. russia has carried out another wave of massive strikes across the country with arid warnings throughout much of the day in all of ukraine's 25 administrative regions. ukrainian capital bore the brunt of the attacks where at least 10 explosions were afforded cubes. mayor vitale cush goes in, at least one person was killed. and a japanese journalist was among those injured in the attacks which his residential buildings are ukrainian. army officials said russia launched 20 cruise missiles over ukraine on saturday afternoon, 12 of which were shot down by you training forces will, as the world celebrates the new year across ukraine, the year is ending with many people forced to take shelter from russian attacks. i asked our correspondent to manuel shaws and key of to tell us what had been like

for ukrainians to day. oh i maria, i was a very scary day even here and a capital key. every had an air red alert, which lasted 3 hours. and i'm here in front of our hotel, which has been shown by a russian messiah and where 20 people were injured. one person died today in those attacks. it was extremely scary in the city center there were you mentioned it, at least 10 explosions. we had them at, even from the shelter there 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 it had begun as a sunny day and, and all of a sudden everybody was there having to take shelter undergrad. so it was very scary and that's unfortunately a daily reality for millions of ukrainians. there was a correspondent in my notions reporting. well here in germany,

chance are all off scholes has delivered his annual and new year's eve addressed to the nation. him. this year speech focused on one of the main events that shaped the year the warn ukraine, as well as the challenges it's posed for germany. the war in ukraine and its consequences dominated the year in german politics. in his new year address, chancellor, olaf sholtes unequivocally condemned. the russian leader 14 allowed to be put in is conducting in b, lismore off aggression of the heart of europe. this watershed moment is also a dog, as for us and our country on the hard to put on fear. and we're all feeling the effects of the war in our everyday lives talk. but my grand shopping in the supermarket at the patrol station and warping our electricity, our gas bills, regardless of the consequences, germany has been supporting ukraine in fighting the war. chancellor sholtes pledged further help the keys and its war effort. he also praised the west cohesion,

the old pistol noon, the european union and nieto are not split, as they have been in various crises of the past till guide along the sand. more united than ever dodged in re, in germany did not bow down. when russia turned on the guys to some of it because he refused to be a blackmailer restructuring. the german energy infrastructure and the economic relief packages drawn up by schultz is government, have already cost the state billions of euros. but the chancellor repeated his promise that no one in germany would be left behind. shalt says take away from 2022. sticking together in a crisis is good for everyone, including germany. australia has welcome 2023 with a bang. as people across the country is celebrated their 1st normal new year's eve since the pandemic. around a 1000000 people are thought to have turned out to see sidney's famous harbor

fireworks display, and hundreds of millions more watched from around the world. the theme of this year's display was at diversity and inclusion with them 8 tons of fireworks being set off. that's the latest on the w news at this hour. a marina evans deans from me and the entire news team wishing you a happy and healthy new year wherever you may beat and all the best. thanks for watching. who were all the good to go beyond the obvious men? as we take all the world? i do all this yes we're all about.