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farewell to the former pope with the bells ring at saint peter's basilica, marking the death of vanity 60 ah, i am pablo found in the us, welcome to the program and happy new year. well, a wave of new year's celebrations has swept across europe and africa and plenty of places around the world. and the countdowns will soon be ticking down in the americas. and just a few hours from now. well, a short time ago, the british carpet was once again treated to a spectacular fireworks and groan. display the landmark london i. it's the 1st new year's eve event on the banks of the river. and since before the pandemic in 2019,

ah well, in paris to the night sky over the arc de triomphe was lit up with a stunning display of pyrotechnics, an estimated 1000000 people cried at the shawn's day to soak up the spectacle there . and here in the german capital berlin, the open air party returned to the cities. landmark brandenburg gate. people were clearly in the mood to celebrate after a turbulent 2022. and as per usual fireworks were modest in scale book prolific in scope with a huge number of rockets coming up across this thing

. all right, well, tributes are pouring in from around the world for, for a former pope. pope benedict who died at the age of 95. pope frances honored his predecessor at an evening service. in st. peter's basilica in rome, benedict's health have been declined for several years and he been largely absent from public view. political and religious leaders are expressing their condolences and sharing their memories of benedict bell stone. announcing that a formidable benedict and many are being de respects that though he was appropriate 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 in great courage. i believe this will make him go down in history. i

you really defeatist 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 commission on christ. so he personally was responsible for the layer size issue over $400.00 priests around the world that sexual abuse gadget wasn't. if i, fisher has benedict post repeatedly could to fight for not doing enough. so i don't remember him either as the religious liter riley was me was did no trip within them . morton weren't it's. if his look was issue, he was actually a very strong thinker for level to law, but the positions he took on emotionally and homosexuality, they're really of a different age. i think his dogma, he wasn't living in the same world, but from many people in germany, book benedict was

a source of bright. he was germany's 1st pontiff in almost 500 years that i should put it in this more down the house where benedict was born has been opened. and the book of condolences is on display on notice that i am of course, concerned and sadly. but you have to say he already wrote in february after 10 years, as programmers just that that he is now ready in prayer and devotion. he said he is ready to go before a judge. so it does, if it is for, and that he is ready for the last earthly journey. it's the addition big book bennett, explain to you will be displayed in st. peter's a silly kind. june for 3 teeth ah, followed by his funeral on kirsty d. w. special correspondent, i abraham has been following reactions in the vatican tre in in rome force,

and we asked her what we can expect in the next few days. it was a bit of confusing confusion. as soon as the announcement was made, the announcement of former po benedict's death. because this is really an, an kind of almost unprecedented situation. feel that you have 2 hopes living at the same time. of course the protocol for what happens when a sitting pub dyson quite established and well known, but for a former po, pool after retirement, chose to say in the vatican, there were a lot of question marks in speculation, but we do know now that on monday 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 . 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 funeral. i abraham reporting there. well, there's a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. preparations have been taking place in brazil for the integration of president elect, luna, the silver, the left when politician won his 3rd term in office in october. and we'll take over the job on new year's day, he beat his right wing opposition. shots are not by less than 2 percent. croatia is now officially part of the use open border shank, an agreement and has also adopted the euro. common currency. people were able to withdraw euro's from cash machines in the country from midnight to joined the blocks monetary system croatia had to fulfill

a set of strict economic conditions. a norway base human rights group says at least one person has been killed in javin road. a kurdish city in western iraq video posted on social media, allegedly shows the revolutionary guards clashing the protesters. police people had gathered to commemorate the 40th day after the killing of 7 kurdish demonstrators. russia has carried out another wave of missile strikes across you, crane with air raid warnings across the country. the attacks came just 2 days after one of the largest air bombardments since the start of the war. the ukrainian capital bore the brunt where at least 10 explosions were reported. keeps mayor vitality kitch go said at least one person was killed. and the japanese journalist is among those injured russian missiles over ukraine. on the last day of this 1st year of war, several waves of attack hit key infrastructure targets with debris also falling on

residential areas. not on the shock from the blast through me. my husband against the wall, she said, oh good. then we heard the glass in the window shutter and then there was explosion after explosion. much of the lives of 3 of them. at least one person died and others were injured will be attack on the ukrainian capital, lusted almost 3 hours a russia messiah landed in front of a hotel with people. shocked by the timing of the attack, which had, at least on his holiday. she said the day when the whole world celebrates, we were hoping for a miracle he could you go instead, you're sitting in the corridor and you don't know at all if you'll be alive to morrow. by a 5th grader, he and his name is the valley that after this event, when an em, how doesn't? if so they are trying with all they might to spoil new years for as a waiter, but they can't do it. we will prevail. and when with more death and destruction, it's a bitter end to the year for the people of keep. when we asked our correspondent

manuals, shes in tv to tell us what its been like for ukrainians 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 shared by a russian missile and where 20 people were injured. one person had died to day in those attacks. it was extremely scary in the city center. there were a, you mentioned it, at least 10 explosions. we heard them or 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 began as i, it had begun as a sunny day and, and all of a sudden everybody was there having to take shelter. undergrad it was very scary and that's unfortunately a daily reality for millions of ukrainians. ah,

it's or it's now and 2022 saw an olympics, a world cup. corona virus, chaos, and russia being thrown out of a bunch of events. it's also just seen the death of a true sporting legend. here's a look back at the sporting year. the year's 1st big event was the beijing winter olympics, where corona virus restrictions were severe. russia finish 2nd, despite being prevented from competing under their own flag due to doping. russia then invaded ukraine and was totally banned from the beijing paralympics and several other sporting events. including the women's european football championship, which was won by hosts, england. it was a 1st major trophy for in england football team since the men solar she woke up success in 1966. speaking of men's world cups, the 2022 additional cutter was dogged by afield, controversy, but on the field it delivered a 3rd title for argentina, a rec number of goals,

and a thrilling final. leonor messy is now a veritable great too great in a different sport decided it was time to retire. serena williams, $123.00 grand slam singles titled, in tennis, while roger federer a mast 20 another tennis star was also in the news this year. no, that jock of it was kicked out of the australian open and deported in january. because he was em vaccinated against coven 19. they've since changed the rules. and he is back in australia as 2022 and the year had one last shock. football, i compel a died at the age of 80 to the sporting world, lost one of its brightest stars. portuguese superstar christiane rinaldo has found a new footballing home in riyadh with saudi arabian side al nasser. rinaldo has

penned a 2 year deal with the club. the 37 year old has been a free agent since leaving manchester united on the eve of the could tar world cup pass off the press. this is the shirts they all now want a massa, rinaldo, new crop, hailed his signing, as quote history in the, making it a significant boost for football in saudi arabia and the middle east. put lamb with another, a hit he was having rinaldo. we'll boost the value of the saudi league. if you look at the tweets and the views they getting 2, lots of people abroad talking about this deal. it's a deal that will never happen again. he and into the total of rinaldo will reportedly and around $200000000.00 a year from the dale making him the highest paid football in history. he previously rejected a move to the country, but was seemingly left with few options after his acrimonious departure from manchester united that had followed scathing comments in

a television interview. people shouldn't listen so. yes, i feel betrayed and i felt that some people that don't want me, you know, not only this year, but last year to rinaldo also enjoyed a disappointing recent world cup with portugal benched in the knockout rounds. he left the field in tears after portugal caught final exit to morocco. but there is no doubting the play a star quality. he's won the battle on door 5 times for the world's best football. and in a club career spanning 2 decades with fourteen's, he's made 951 appearances, scoring an incredible 701 goals. he's racked up 7 lea titles in england, spain and italy, and won the champions league 5 times. as for saudi arabia, it will again face accusations of sports, washing using sport to distract from human rights abuses and boost the countries

image. a show world cup victory a but argentine brought a wave, a football fever to saudi arabia, the country, and the play. rinaldo, a boast now entering new territory. all right, well that's all for me for now coming up next it's or it's life. and don't forget this plenty more news on our website, d, w dot com and you can follow up on our social media kinds. for me and the team here in berlin, thanks for watching. i'm happy new year with blue, i'm just kinda, i work that's hard and in the end is a meeting you, i'm not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this.