westerns for the present future heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain. i 42, the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w. ah ah ah, this is dw news countries around the world ring in the new year from the beaches of rio de janeiro in brazil to sydney's harbor bridge in australia. thousands gather to usher in 2023 after 2 years of restricted events. also on the show,

as the year draws to a close, ukraine gets no response from russian attacks. as more missiles ran down on the capital q and world leader stay there for wells to poke benedict, the 16th, and st. peter's the silica marking, the death of the former ah, hello monica jones, happy new year from here in berlin, 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. the count downs will soon be taking down on the west coast cities of the united states. the party was in full swing, crossed europe and africa,

and saturday night as the city's returns to full scale celebrations. following 2 years of restricted events, ah, from sydney's iconic harbor bridge to times square in new york to rio de janeiro, copa cabana beach. the world's 8000000000 inhabitants. welcome to 2023. with a bang 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 revelers and paris gathered on michelle's alizae. many had hopes for a better 12 months ahead. ed domains on 2023.

i hope it will be a year 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. what would i said god, no, we don't. we must kill the seeds of hatred. dog and so the seeds of love on him all as the new year begin off, we should renew our pleasure to be able to love each other animal but the job got an army. britain's capital london lit up in the colors of ukraine. and paid tribute to the late queen elizabeth the 2nd was greater understand as the world said good bye to another memorable year.

tribute south poured in from around the world for former pope benedict who died saturday at the age of $95.00 pup francis on it. his predecessor, at an evening service in st. peter's basilica and rome, benedict health had been in decline for several years. and he had been largely absent from public view belt, stormy announcing that that a formidable benedict and many are being de respects vexed that though he was a token, will go down in history for an enormously significant shark ticket, which was his resignation. it, i've had not happen for 600 years, and it was a jester of great freedom, great audacity and great courage, religiously disproved him for being the 1st to meet the victims of fiction abuse within the catholic church. or he was elected pope. 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 chris. so he personally was responsible for the layer size issue over $400.00 priests around the world fiction abuse gaga. what's the device? the official heart benedict was repeatedly certified for not doing enough. i don't remember him as a religious leader was me was did no trip within them. morton weren't it's if his look was issue, he was surely a very strong thinker. a level to law, but the positions he took on abortion and homosexuality, so they're really of a different age. i think his dogma, if 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 malt down the house where benedict with borne 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. he said he is ready to go before his judge. so this does a good idea for and that he is ready for the last earthly journey. it's the addition. big book, benedict barclay. he will be displayed in st. peter's specially kind job for 3 days, followed by his funeral on thursday. i spoke earlier with did all the years, i abraham in rome and asked to how people in the vatican hath 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 and 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 that effective perception amongst catholic would be the official reason why he was he stepped on was for advanced, advanced age and health but there's, there's, there is an opinion that this does he set down 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 at least testing you like 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 suddenly from what, at 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 vatican. 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 po benedict, the former pope is more of an academic, more somebody who spent a lot of time for reading 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. thank you so much. i abraham reporting for us from the vatican in rome. thank you. i i and here's a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. kim john own, has ordered north korea's military to drastically increase its nuclear arsenal. the comments came just alice, often 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 at publication and said his country should retaliate. columbia's government has announced a 6 months to cease fire with 5 illegal armed groups. president gustavo page was said 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 years 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 key f and around the country. russia bomb cities across ukraine on saturday, sending a barrage of over 20 cruise missiles. keith may of italy, 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 shatter, 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 which up 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 nurse. she's the really this after this event, when i'm a hired as a 6 the trying with all the might use boy new york 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. portuguese superstar christiano ronaldo has found a new footballing home in reality with saudi arabian side, alt nasser. rinaldo has spent a 2 year deal with the club. the 37 year old has been a free agent since leaving majesty united on the eve of count the cut, our wealth cap. pass off the press. this is the shirts they all now want.

i'll massa renelle those new club hail his signing as, quote history in the making. it's a significant boost for football in saudi arabia and the middle east would learn with a loaner. do i have to help you with 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 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 play a star quality. he's won the balance due 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 of argentina brought a wave of football fever to saudi arabia, the country, and the play. rinaldo,

a boast now entering new territory and as all from us, for now we leave you with some war impressions of new year's eve fireworks from around the world. ceasing ah her, i'm skill that i work. that's hard and in the end is a me. you are not a lot of to you anymore, we will send you back her.