and some great cultural memorials to boot w, travel we go ah ah, this is dw use 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, lights up revellers in cairo. also coming up as the year draws to

a close ukraine gets no respite from russian attacks. is more missiles, rain down on the capital key and world leader say their farewells to pope benedict, the 16th ah, bells ring at saint peter's, the seneca marking the death of the former. ah, hello monica jones, happy new year, and welcome to the program. a wave of happy years or new year's celebrations swept across the globe with brazil and new york among the latest to ring in the new year . the count downs will soon be ticking down on the west coast cities of the united states. the party was in full swing across europe and africa on saturday night, and cities returned to full scale celebrations,

willing to he is of restricted events, awe from sidney's iconic harbor bridge to times square in new york to rio de janeiro, copa cabana beach. the world's 8000000000 inhabitants welcomed 2023 with a bag. with 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. in the egyptian capital cairo, people were treated to a fireworks display on the nile revelers and paris gathered on michelle's alizae. many had hopes for a better 12 months ahead. ed domains on to 2023. i hope it will be a yay! full of surprises, full of happiness, full of success, and

a lot of good things. happy new year. i 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. love what i said, god will be dead. we must kill the seeds of hatred. montague and so the seeds of love on him. well, as the new year began operating off, we should renew our pleasure to be able to love each other more. but the job i got about on britain's capital london lit up in the colors of ukraine and paid tribute to the late queen elizabeth. the 2nd was greater understanding as the world said good bye to another memorable year.

tributes have poured in from around the world for former. pope benedict who died saturday at the age of 95. but frances honored his predecessor at an evening service in st. peter's basilica in rome. benedict health had been in decline for several years and he had been largely absent from public view belt stolen announcing that that a formidable benedict and many are being de respects back 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 whole b c, which had responsibility for issues to do with clerk with sexual abuse from should

on chris. so he personally was responsible for the layer size issue over $400.00 priests around the world. her sexual abuse scandal. what's the def? i fisher benedict post repeatedly. curtis faith for not doing enough. i don't remember him as a religious leader was me was did no trip within the morton weren't it's if his look was a sure he was surely a very strong thinker. i looked a lot of the positions he took on abortion 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 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 with borne 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 pope ameritas, that he is now ready in prayer and devotion. he said he is ready to go before his judge. so it does a bit i does 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 by silly kind. john for 3 days, followed by his funeral on thursday. i spoke earlier with dw i r e e pro him in 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 a crowd 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 himself 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 official reason why he was he stepped on was for advanced, advanced age and health. but there's, there's, there's 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 that he can. 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 pre assess a co 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 paupers. more interested in 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, you know,

there were some tet 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 and he has a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. yeah, kim john own has order to north korea's military to drastically increase its nuclear arsenal. comments came just alice, after north korea marked 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 these fire with 5 legal armed groups. president gustavo pedro said the decision was made to support peace talks. the leftist 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

speeches. the leaders of both russia and ukraine avowed to push victory over each other. fresh blasts have been heard in ukraine's capital key f and around the country, russia bon cities, across ukraine. on saturday, sending a barrage of over 20 cruise missiles key of mayor vitale. clinico said, 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 dog or chuck, or they leased 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. she's the really this after this event, when i'm a hired as a 6 the drying with all the might this boy 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, france and the united kingdom have joined a growing list of countries now requiring people, arriving from china to show negative cove at 19 tests. beijing has reopened its borders after nearly 3 years of pandemic travel restrictions. but china's surgeon corona virus infections are making other countries nervous. the world health organization has urged china to share more covert data with the international

community coven 19 patients being treated outside this hospital in shanghai. a rank glimpse of the prussia doctors and now under low was middles across china are overwhelmed. up to the government. granted strict nero cove in policy in early december, the virus now seemingly unstoppable as it rips through the population. can use hasn't been if there was a stake over controls there. i think you people get here. now it's only oil on the us of it. most people are infected and that's what's alarming the outside world. an increasing number of countries are now demanding screening for travelers arriving from china. anyway, last, you know, but my part of another level on will if i don't what controls, it'll add thoughts. if she, i enjoy traveling from the china to present a negative, i only tell her that i will be fully back as an 8th grade that direct one as young

. but that's angered the chinese, even though authorities their demand mandatory p c r t s. for travelers entering china or compared to more countries, cove at 19 control measures should be signed. terrific and a premier doctrine touches among all people to people contact as well as corporation. do your own recent days, 1000000 medical experts, your drug apple countries have said no need to improve legit. restriction crew on traveled from china and of course many chinese and making the most of their new found freedom. but as infection rates rise, those who want to travel abroad may find themselves facing extra hurdles. and you're up to date now, we'll leave you with some more impressions of new year's e fireworks from around the well to season.

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