ah, a canoe ah ah, this is dw news. welcome to 2023 countries around the world ring in the new year. crowds gather in new york times square for celebrations. and the river nile in egypt lied soft for revelers in cairo.

also on the show farewell to the form of pope for the bells ring at saint peter's silly car, mocking the desk benedict, the 16th and ukraine gets no respite from russian attacks as the year draws to a close. as more massage rained down on the capital key. aah! monica jones, happy new year and welcome to the program. a wave of new year's celebrations has swept across europe and africa, and the count downs have kicked off in the americas. in the west city of new york times square lit up as crowds gathered for celebrations. and in the egyptian capital cairo, people were treated to

a fireworks show on the river nile. the party was in full swing across europe to our city is returned to full scale celebrations. following to is of restricted events. aah! with the final countdown over europe welcomed 2023 with a bang after a 2 year break. following covey 19, while there was no official fireworks display image, german capital berlin. it didn't stop the city's residence from turning the night sky into a festive spectacle. in paris, revelers gathered on the shuns alizay. many hot hopes for

a back to 12 months ahead. and we don't like this, you know 2023. i hope people will be a year full of surprises, full of happiness, full of success, and a lot of good things. happy new year. everyone would bed about peace everywhere. people must stop fighting. ah, in london, the skylight was lit up in the colors of ukraine. do those around the world displacement destroy the climate crisis and as a shell, and also paid tribute to the late queen, step towards greater understanding. ah, as the world said, good bye to another memorable year, ah tributes of port in from around the world for former. pope benedict who died saturday at the age of 95 pup. francis honored his predecessor at an evening service and saint peters, basilica, and rome benedict's health had been in decline for several years. and he had been

largely absent from public view. bell stony announcing that a formidable benedict and many are being de respects vexed that though he was a person will go down in history for an enormously significant fact which was his resignation. it had not happened for 600 years, and it was a gesture of great freedom, great audacity, and great courage. religious cletus praised 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 of the holy sea, which had responsibility for issues to do with clerk with 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 was the device official heart

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, is sure he was surely a very strong thinker. i looked a lot of the positions he took on abortion here and homosexuality. the 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 morning down the house where benedict was born has been opened and a book of condolences is on display on the notary. but i am of course, concerned and sadly, but you have to say he already wrote in february after 10 years as prob,

ameritas would have said that he is now ready in prayer and devotion. it said he is ready to go before his judge. so this is a good idea for and that he is ready for the last earthly journey. it's the addition big book. benedict body will be displayed in st. peter's bethaly kind june for 3 days. follow it by his funeral on thursday. let's go straight to our special correspondent ion abraham in rome. i up. how are people in the that account paying their respects? well, monica can't really see right now because it's still quite early on year and stay. but yesterday, as soon as the announcement was made, that former pope benedict, the 16th had died, a crowd started gathering slowly here in the area immediately around saint peter's square, where i am right now. this is expected to continue today later today, and in the coming days as well on monday,

starting tomorrow. his body will be likened street for mourners to come and pay their last respects. and also last night in his last service of the year. the current sitting pope of pope francis did offer condolences for the death of his predecessor, saying just how lucky the church is to have had him and how you know, essentially thanking god for for betty to the 16th. at the same time, there is a sense that this, this, this news sad as it is, was coming already on wednesday. the current sitting popo francis had braced the faithful that his predecessors, health was deteriorating and ask them then to pray for him. right? you just mentioned to the current sitting pope for the past 10 years. they have effectively been to pope's in the vatican. how did that dynamic work for the

catholic church? i mean, these pope's could really not be different from each other. the former, the pope or murderous. 16 more as an academic, somebody who spent, you know, had an academic career prior to becoming pope whereas prentice more focused on pastoral activities. really trying to bring back the faithful to the church. and po, benefits were also very, very conservative. as the report mentioned, with more conservative opinions on abortion, right. and so on. whereas the pope, the current hope francis, i was more liberal and you know, even after he had retired, his role which is c, normally as roles for life. he was, he was seen in the vatican, i think as a, as, as, as a moral authority. and certainly there were, there are many supporters within the church for his interpretation rather more

conservative interpretation of the faith. all right, sir. i abraham reporting for us. so from rome, where the faithful will gather in the course of the day to pay their respect to the former pope benedict, the sixteen's who died yesterday. i thank you so much and here's a look now at some mark the other stories making headlines around the welt. p. kim jong or not or decimals korea's military to drastically increase its nuclear arsenal. in footage ad by state tv, he also outlined plans to launch the countries 1st spies satellite. the comments came to us, ours often. north korea marked the new year with another ballistic missile launch following a record number of tests last year. croatia is now officially part of the use open border shannon agreement, and it has also adopted the euro. people have been able to withdraw euros from

local cash machines since midnight to join the blocks monetary system. croatia had to fulfill a set of strict economic conditions. preparations have been taking place in brazil for the inauguration of president elect lulac silva. the left wing politician won his 3rd term in office in october and will take over later. today. he beat his right wing opposition. the right wing opposition leader, jared balsa narrow by less than 2 percent. and norway based human rights group says at least one person has been killed in job and wrote a kurdish city in western iran. video posted on social media allegedly shows the revolutionary gods clashing, was protest. this people had gathered to commemorate the 14th day after the killing of 7 kurdish demonstrators in separate new year's speeches. the leaders of both russia and ukraine have bowed to push for victory

over each other. fresh blasts have been heard in ukraine's capital key if and around the country, russia bon cities, across ukraine, on saturday, sending a barrage of over 20 cruise missiles key of mayor vitale. click go said at least one person was killed, and a japanese journalist is among those injured. russia may files over ukraine. on the last day of this 1st year of wall, several waves of attacks hit key infrastructure targets with debris also falling on residential areas. will not form the shock from the blast to 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. how much of a very lovely one. at least one person died and others were injured. we will be attacked on the ukrainian capital lasted almost 3 hours, a russian messiah london in front of a hotel with people shocked by the timing of the attack, there could shout,

at least on his holiday. she said, the day when the whole world celebrates, we were hoping for a miracle, you could you go when you instead, you're sitting in the corridor and you don't know it's all if you'll be alive to morrow, of i accept good authority. even this may excuse the valley. this after this event, when i'm a hired doesn't 6. 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 mold death and destruction, it's a bitter end to the year. for the people of keith. sports thou and 2022 has in an olympics, a wild cup, corona virus case, and russia being thrown out of a number of events. it's also just seen the death of a true sporting legend. so here's a look back now at the sporting. yeah. the years 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 one by house england. it was a 1st major trophy for an english football team since the men solar she woke up success in 1966. speaking of men's world cups, the 2022 edition in katara was dogged by off field controversy. but on the field, it delivered a 3rd title for argentina, a record number of goals and a filling final. leona messy is now a veritable great to greats. in a different sport decided it was time to retire. serena williams, $123.00 grand slam singles titles and tennis, while roger federer a mast 20 another tennis star was also in the news this year.

novak jock of it was kicked out of the australian open and deported in january. because he was on 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 compello died at the age of $82.00. the sporting world lost one of its brightest stars, a watching dw news life from berlin, where it's already january 1st, 2023. and i'll leave you with more new year's eve of fireworks from around the world from all of us here in berlin. happy new year and so you said ah, 303

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