a make up your own mind. w. made for mines. ah ah, this is dw nous welcome to 2023 countries around the world ring in the new year. crowds gather in new york's times, square foot celebrations, and the river nile in egypt, lights off before revel us in high road. also on the show, as the year draws to

a close, ukraine gets no respite from russian attacks. as more missiles rained down on the capital and wealth leaders say, therefore wells to pope benedict, the 16th ah, bells ringing as a teachers of silica, mocking the death of the former. ah, hello monica jones, happy new year, and welcome to the program. a wave of new year's celebrations has swept across the globe with brazil and new york among the latest to ring in the new year. and the county towns will soon be taking down on the west coast cities of the united states . the party was in full swing across europe and africa on saturday night, a cities returned to full scale celebrations following 2 years of restricted events

. from sydney's iconic harbor bridge to times square in new york to rio de janeiro, copa cabana beach. the world 8000000000 inhabit welcomes 2023. with a bag while there was no official fireworks display in the german capital berlin. it didn't stop the city's residence from turning the night sky into a festive spectacle. mindy egyptian capital cairo people were treated to a fireworks display on the nile with revelers and paris gathered on the champs elysees. a many had hopes for a better 12 months ahead. ed domains on 202023. i hope it will be a year full of surprises, full of happiness, full of success and the lots of good things. happy new year. have be one bed box

piece everywhere. people must help fighting lights and music filled the streets of karachi and pakistan. people there wishing for a brighter future after a year of widespread hardship wasn't gonna be done. we must kill the seeds of hatred, dog. and so the seeds of love on him as the new year began operating off, we should renew our pleasure to be able to love each other animal but the job, i got it back on me. britain's capital london lit up in the colors of ukraine and paid tribute to the late queen elizabeth. the 2nd was gracious, understand as the world said, good bye to another memorable year. tributes half poured in from around the world for former. pope benedict who died saturday at

the age of 95. pope francis honored his predecessor at an evening service and st. peter's basilica in rome. benedict's health had been and declined for several years and he had been largely absent from public view belt stolen announcing that a formidable benedict and many are being de respects that though he was a pope nor 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. 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 b c, which had responsibility for issues to do with the sexual abuse commission on chris . so he personally was responsible for the layer size issue over $400.00 priests

around the world that sexual abuse scandal. what device official hearts benedict post repeatedly criticized for not doing enough. i don't remember him as the religious liter riley was me was did no trip within the martin weren't it's if his look was issue, he was surely a very strong thinker. i looked a lot of the positions he took on abortion and homosexuality, so they're really of a different age. i think his dogma, he wasn't living in the same world. but for many people in germany, book benedict with 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 the 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, that he is now ready in prayer and devotion. it said he is ready to go before his judge. so it 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 guy and john for 3 days, followed by his funeral on thursday. i spoke earlier with d. w. special correspondent, i r e bro, him and rome, and i asked her how people in the vatican have been paying their respects. so yesterday, right after the announcement was made, we saw crowds slowly, but surely gro around here around the area of saint peter's square to pay their respects and starting tomorrow. pope, former po bennett, the 16th body will be lying and stayed at saint peter's basilica right behind me.

and so we are expecting that mourners will be pouring in to give their condolences and pay their last respects last night during the last mass. here in, in, in the vatican. the current sitting pope paid his respect to his predecessor, saying that the church was lucky to have him. and while there is a sense of sadness, monica, there's also a sense of acceptance and that this news was really expected. people have really been brief for it already. on wednesday, the sitting pope had asked the faithful to pray for his predecessors, saying that his, his health had been deteriorating. right. and of course, the fact that benedict, the 16th removed 10 cell from the limelight in the years after his papacy, in what way would you say has that effect? it is the section amongst catholic. i think the,

the official reason why he was, he stepped on was, you know, for advanced, advanced age and health. but there's, there's, there is an opinion that this, that he stepped on because of the amount of scandals that had marred his rein. whether that's the child abuse scandal, or there's also a banking scandal. and so it was seen that he was stepping back and kind of giving space to a more you know, someone knew someone who could try to lease it, casting you light on the catholic church while he was not isolated. there was a completely isolated and his successor did visit him on somewhat regular basis and you know, there, there, there was still a kind of sympathy to his more conservative opinions among the faithful. right. i mean, it was quite a unique situation, certainly from what and times having to hopes there at the same time,

they even made a movie about that. for the past 10 years, they have been to pope's in the magic. and how did that dynamic work for the catholic church? i mean it's really no secret that the current pope and his predecessor had very, very different opinions. the predecessor po benedict, the former pope was more of an academic, more somebody who spent a lot of time creating and writing and praying. while the current pope is more interested in a pastoral work and, and had generally more liberal views. so you know, the tension in their opinions and in the style in which they led the church is very, very different. at the same time, outwardly, at least, their relationship was a amicable. and as i mentioned, the sitting pope made an effort to regularly visit his predecessor and speak well of him in public. and so there

were some tete tensions in thought, but at the same time outwardly, they wanted to give a united front in the line. thank you. so much i abraham reporting for us from the vatican in rome. thank you. i. i and he is a look at a some of the other stories making headlines around the welt. qindzhong on has order to north korea's military to drastically increase its nuclear arsenal. commons came just alice after north korea unmarked to the new year with another ballistic missile launch following a record number of tests last year, south korea's president called the launch a publication and said his country should retaliate. columbia's government has announced a 6 months ceasefire with 5 illegal armed groups. president gustavo petro said to the decision was made to support peace talks. the left, his leader and former gorilla fighter has vowed to end columbia's decades long conflict, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in separate

new year's speeches. the leaders of both russia and ukraine have bowed to push for victory over each other. fresh blast have been heard in ukraine's capital, keith, and around the country, russia bon cities, across ukraine, on saturday, sending a barrage of over 20 cruise missiles. he, if may of italy clenched cosette, at least one person was killed. and a japanese journalist is among those injured ah, russian missiles over ukraine on the last day of the year. several waves of attacks hit key infrastructure with debris also falling on a residential area. will not have a shock from the blast through me and my husband against the wall. we fell on the floor in the corridor. then we heard the glass in the window shutter, and then there was explosion after explosion when the attack on the ukrainian capital lasted almost 3 hours. in the center of cave,

a russian missile hit in front of a hotel. what particularly shocked people here was the timing of the attack. there were chuck, or the least on this holiday, the day the whole world celebrates. we were hoping for a miracle. instead, you're sitting in the corridor and you don't know at all if you'll be alive to morrow in this marriage to thoroughly that after this event, when i'm hired as a 6th, the drying with all the might do spa, new years for us. but the conduit, tristan, we will prevail and britain was death and destruction. it is a bitter end of the year for the people of keith fought against the cyclists, dana, rinaldo has found a new footballing home in reality with saudi arabian side on nasa. ranaldo has penned a 2 year deal with a club. the 37 year old had been a free agent since leaving majesty united on the evil the cattle world cap. past off the press. this is the shirts they all now want a massa, rinaldo, new club,

hail his signing, as quote, history in the, making it a significant boost for football in saudi arabia and the middle east. woodland. with another ahead of him, having rinaldo will boost the value of the saudi league. if you look at the tweets in the views, they're getting 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 on around $200000000.00 a year from the deal making him the highest paid footballer in history. he previously rejected a move to the country, but was seemingly left with a few options after his acrimonious departure from manchester united that had followed scathing comments in a television interview. people should listen to true. yes, i feel betrayed than i felt that some people didn't want me here not only this year, but last year to rinaldo also endured

a disappointing recent world cup with portugal benched in the knockout rounds. he left the field in tears after portugal caught a final exit to morocco. ah, but there is no doubting the place star quality. he's won the palace door 5 times for the world's best footballer. 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 leak titles in england, spain and italy. and when 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 shock world cup victory, a bar argentina brought a wave of football fever to saudi arabia, the country, and the play. rinaldo, a boast now entering new territory. and that's it from us. for now we leave you

with some war impressions of new year's a fireworks from the round, the welt taker. ah, i we've got to understand that globalization works, but he does not reach more than 30 percent of the world population in the mediterranean has become a kind of great sarcophagus. if anything he was proud of it was to be a steel who had the witness and.