ah ah this is the w news live from by laying the mourners get a chance to say good bye to form a pope benedict. the 16th body of the 1st pope to resigning sentries will line state a 3 days ahead of his funeral. people pay their respects at some pieces, basilica, and also on the program ukraine defeats. it calls for more state of the art western

weapons and the face of brushes, aggression has its own supplies, dwindled living with cove it 3 years after the outbreak of the pandemic child, that grapples with its worst wave infections, much of the rest of the world. this is gushing how to deal with the virus post pandemic. and india promises to speak out for developing countries as the world's biggest democracy begins its leadership of the g 20 issue. ah i'm sure gail. welcome to the program. the body of former pope benedict the 16 for line state of the vatican for 3 days. as take a look at some live images from saint peter's square in rome, where people are expected to gather to pay their respects. a public viewing is due

to begin in the next hour of sunday. benedict spotty was placed in the chapel of the vatican monastery where he lived until his death. he was the 1st to pontiff, to resign in 700 years. a success approached frances paid tribute advantage lifetime of serves the catholic church. in his new year's day mass. we'll provide, he'll preside over the funeral on thursday. when john roy bo none no less joined our correspondent, band reger to the at the vatican. welcome a band to people starting to arrive the doors of furs and peters pacifica open. now for the mourners who want to pay a lost tribute to the former pope. and as you can see behind me, there's already a huge crowd gathering you a huge que forming a several 100 meters, sir, thousands of people who are waiting to get into the church. and the very can also expects about around 40000 people a day. now for the next 3 days, but this is

a rough estimate because you don't know who wants to see benedetto into, with just a normal tourist who wants to get into the business basilica because these people are to you and in the crowd. there are many nuns and also clerics visiting from all over the world, usually in rome, and also working in the vatican. and also they want to say good bye to the pope laying in state here. right. so all sorts over every one there at this is quite an unusual situation for the catholic church. so just talk us through what we can expect in the coming days. well actually the vatican, police and others, the italian police, i used to this kind of trout management because we have occasionally these events in rome and pope dies when a pope is elected. and then these, these crowds are coming to rome em. but the situation is unusual. in a way that there were for 800 years, there was no protocol how to proceed with a funeral or a display of

a pope. when another pope is still alive. and this is what happenings over the for the 1st time a pope will actually barry a pope on thursday. they will be a funeral services sir on the square and says, peter square open in the public and turn all to 40000 people are expected for that . and also some states are of the heads of states and dignitaries, especially from germany, that this is unusual. but now it's also going back to normal a little bit because there's only one living, poke now, and the funeral itself. what will happen then? well, as i said on the present, peter square here behind me, there will be a if it be open to the public. so you don't need a ticket, you can just come and $40000.00 people are on the square. and then this would be a normal service to honor a po benedict and the funeral itself had take place in fights of basilica. his body will be put into

a sack of hark and that sacrifices below it into the gutter of saint peter's basilica. other pope's also buried, but this bid will be only in a very small circle of people taking you've taken part in this as so no, no big a funeral, as you would expect from a pope that actually died in office. i fat band band being at at the vatican now to ukraine and keeps mer vitale. clips go says another round of overnight airstrikes as course heating and power outages in and around the ukrainian capital . as russia promised, there was no let up in attacks over the new year's holiday weekend. with little change on the battlefields was russia's war near its 1st year, ukraine's hoping that more weapons deliveries will help turn the tide in 2023. but so far, key western suppliers have been holding back. some of the high tech equipment at key wants most as the war drags on the ukrainians weapons. stocks are running

down key of has repeatedly called for the west to help. apart from the energy aid, of course, ukraine still needs more weapons and ammunition. because the best way to protect our civilians from russian terror is to defeat russia. can germany send more military hardware from the start? olaf schultz. his answer has been consistent as a soda sierra community, very trying to do, i weapons are helpful and can be used for that. we have done that in the past, and we will continue to do that. at the successes of the ukrainian army show that we have supplied effective weapons. anti tank weapons is anti aircraft weapons often with a lot of ammunition. few wanted to him out of foster, too good. so far, germany has delivered around 2000000000 euros worth of military equipment. that's only a 10th of the amount committed by the united states. but it is the largest e u contribution among the arm sent by berlin iris

t long range air defense systems whose value has increased given russia's concentration on air strikes. germany has also st key battlefield weapons like mars t rocket launchers and pants or help. it's a 2000 self propelled how it says. in both cases, a lack of spare thoughts is cause delays when those systems needed repair. but they have been effective and more have been promised. what ukraine really warms, though, is state of the art heavy tanks like the leopard to these they say would help when the ground war the german government has so far, refused, pointing out that other nato countries have also not provided the most modern tanks in state berlin has delivered leopards to nato allies like the supply to check forces in december, part of an exchange deal under which the check sent soviet designed t 72 tanks to ukraine. evidence,

according to the chancellor. the germany is doing its bit good minds on the together with the friends and partners, we have resolutely supported ukraine with money, humanitarian agent, and also with a weapons ego. we will continue that support for as long as it is needed. the us has now agreed to send ukraine patriot defense systems. some of its most advanced weapons, the german government has offered its patriots to nato member poland, but so far says it cannot spare any for deployment in ukraine. meanwhile, keith continues to ask the west for more of those powerful weapons, much of what it has seems unlikely to make the decisive difference in this war. mike martin is a senior fellow in war studies at kings college london. i asked him about the danger of ukraine running out of weapon supplies. i think it's important

to consider that all was eventually become economic if they go on long enough. and, and we're seeing it not just on the ukrainian slash western side, but also on the russian side. both sides for different reasons are running out. so particular weapons. it takes a long time to get a munition, a shell from a factory to the front line. and as was proving difficult, and we heard in the report, but germany's contribution is europe's biggest, but only a 10th of that of the u. s. or other countries that could be doing more there are countries that could be doing more it. the problem is that what's happened until now is that western countries have used up their own stocks that they keep if they ever end up in a war, probably because they thought the war might be over in 6 months or short period of time. now it's very clear that was going to go on well, in 2023. and in order to get the factories to produce more munitions,

the governments have to sign contracts with those factors so they can ramp up production. and that's what's been happening over the last 6 weeks or so. so rather than it being a question in particular, countries doing more, i think we could all do more britain, the u. s. france, germany, et cetera. but it is actually quite a, an administrative question of actually sitting down and signing the paper work so the factories can run production. i'm what's happening on the russian side in terms of munition supply. yet they have a similar, probably weapon sourced. yes. but it's a bit different so their problem is that because they've been on the sanctions, very heavy sanctions since last february, but also since 2014, they're short of specific components. so micro chips gyroscopes, sensors, all that kind of stuff. so that meant that they haven't been able to produce high attack weapons like guided missiles. and so they've had to go to north korea, iran for those countries to get quite low technology weapons. so much cheaper,

throw away like the suicide jones that we've been seeing. but that's mask the bottle laid on a guy almost completely run after the ability to produce high tech ammunition a defense or analysts to mike martin speaking to me as lawyer will this by this relentless attacks in ukraine, the new year holiday has brought some good news for some young families, i correspond to manual shars has been to achieve maternity ward, but still operating despite the show. last night for a 2nd year, we are here in one of key is figures maternity ward. but because of the all the hospital is almost empty. just before the russian aggression up to $25.00 babies were born here each day after war start. we have was delirious because lots of people left to graham so we can easily imagine it's was like less blantan. we're pregnancy resist. i'm sorry,

here. less delirious. now here we're birth and no patients names on the usually full board. that one room is still busy around the clock. the neonatal intensive care unit, despite all their care providing to premature babies, another danger looms over them. with the threat of me silo 2 ounce tie, it would be too risky to unplug their monitors and bring them to safety, doing air, read aloud. on new year's eve, doctor still delivered babies while keith was under heavy selling a chi hair color tablets had to keep up with that of usually when such airlines occur of women who are giving birth, i cannot go down to the shelter and more richer. we stay with them the defense support element. what are you physically with 3 and morally, if you visually in what i lot, we meet alexandra, newry, who's daughter salami i was born during the attack. one missile fell a few 100 meters away as alexandra was in neighbor. since the little girl was

little princess. was there is karen because so just a few minutes after i gave a verse, sonton, who was here just near. i was under some that if her ears something like that. so i, i wasn't so scary because the head, my child, but in general i wasn't dreaming about such day for my little girl during the night. it was also very scary. ah because s saran was there it alone for a very long time. we have been waiting in the corridor for several hours. and leona also gave birth at the same time to a little boy named live. i was actually in the active face of giving birth already and harold, these explosions actually nearby. absolutely. and right,

i was curious just as simple as that. i was scared. oh, hell, quite a quite nice. her conclusion are the year for the most present for all the for all the hard moments and all the dish. it is just like sola mia. lita live came to the world in a water ukraine. but for one moment in the quietness of this key of hospital life did feel a bit more hopeful. there is a look at some more stories making headlines around the world or south in brazil where louis the national newly, the silver has been sworn as the new president is pointing his new cabinet lula as is widely known, narrowly defeated the far right to rival a giant both in arm and october's election run off. it's the left is politicians, 3rd term. previously i governed between 232010. and as well and colombia have reopened, the key bridge linking the to south american countries is marked the full,

the opening of their share order since restoring diplomatic ties. last year, columbia new left is president. gustavo petra had sought to re establish times with venezuela, which were broken off in 2019 under his predecessor francis started to screen arrivals from china, for covey. 19, it's a 3rd you country after italy in spain to introduce mandatory tests in recent days . they say the measures will help identify any new variants that emerge. china experience is a search in cases a world health organization has said that it's hopeful that it will be able to officially declare an end to the coven pandemic this year. but it's wanting that very still a danger of new, more deadly, a new, more deadly variant emerging. so let's look at where we are after 3 years since the 1st outbreak in china, at the end of 2019 nearly 6700000 people have died. of coven 19. and even now the

virus still claims water. 1500 lives a day worldwide. but that's way down on previous figures. vaccinations are largely protect people against severe disease. the w h o says access to effective vaccine still remains very unequal. in many parts of the world, covey restrictions have been ease that people learn to live with the virus rather than eliminated. o. here in europe, northern italy was the 1st region to see a rapid spread of crone of arses infections. at the start of the pandemic and followed china's lead in locking down part of the country, one city in particular, burglar became a powerful warning sign to the rest of the world. back in early 2020 the corona various picked the northern italian city of burgle. as the place where it would cost its dark, his shadow during the 1st wave of infections for a time. bergamot was the world's epicenter of the viruses,

deadly outbreak. leading to these haunting scenes bodies of the dead in army trucks being transported to crematorium in neighboring regions. inside burger, most hospitals, health workers battled to keep people alive. i remember the sounds. yes, all of a different devices that you are using are of the time we fall for, ah, you know, when we give a lot of gas oxygen to their people and i am also a kind of smell something with which i remember very well at the height of the crisis burger, most hospitals did not have enough oxygen and intensive care beds. consuelo localities, 82 year old father, died just days after being admitted a b. i must go bear dolly jane to the lookout if they luckily nika were discovered from reading the medical records. the day after he was hospitalized. he was given

the steep up ventilation helmets. and unfortunately, at that time, there were not enough dose helmets and doctors who had to choose who could survive and who to lead die in my dead or so for the choice to be accompanied to diving men . there are so little a shade that the us that a companion dog nella maud cove, its raf on bergman was filled by a snow response by officials to detect the virus and enforce measures to contain it spread a population of older adults with underlying conditions and a desperately under resourced health care system that had suffered years of budget cuts we need were doctors in the territory of horn generic who are poses and or so small. i asked carol please you sit in the, in the, in the seat in the territory program. all won't forget those that were taken away by cove at 19. this memorial is a tribute to them surrounded by a grove of trees,

releasing the oxygen so many needed in their final moments. more on this from bowden platter. who's the virology from your hands, gothenburg, university of mine. so welcome to d. w. veronica just here in europe, and are talking about coven becoming endemic rather than the pandemic. could you just explain to us what that means? while the situation is such that the numbers of new infections have been stabilized throughout europe in the recent weeks due to the despite the fact that restrictions have been lifted. so there is some sort of relief, but however, you might call it pen. there we go. in there is a virus, it's not gone, it's still causes a number of infections and also deaths. and so we have to march the situation. busy closely and we have to remember that other viruses like flu or virus are now

leading to an increased rate of hospitalisation. and then the priest, very close for nurses and doctors was already exhausted after 3 years of condemning . so we have to watch the situation. and part of that situation is china now reopening its borders. what's your view of those countries who are screening arrivals from china? which is seeing this surge of infections? that is one measure they could take a to and identify variance variance you might occur because a lot of ours is now a search ready in china and other countries or simply so it's one measure. but we have to, of course, think of other measures i sequencing of these ice and then to really be able to quickly switch the identifying new variance and to take appropriate measures. and so why impose these against just china? since you variance can come from anywhere?

it was true, but there is not a virus circulating in china as we learn now. and the more viruses circulating, the higher the level of chance for rotations and for new variance. and so wherever the virus is circulating into high level, there's a chance for development variance. and so we have to look into these countries who have a high circulation, right? right. and so you say that coverage spread for the moments house has stabilized. do you see becoming something like i don't know, like phase no flu, which you mentioned, something that comes and goes on with that. we just live with we have we have to live with grown and there's no doubt and it's not clear how this will develop. it could be like a flu like symptoms with severe cases occasionally seen. could also be that is just a common cold. we don't know yet and nobody can know how that develops. but we have to live with chrome. thank you so much. that's very clear, very just a boat platter from your house is good and the university of much thank you.

was dealing with the consequences of the ukraine war will be one of the main challenges for india as it assumes the g 20 presidency this year. the world's most populous democracies, declared global unity as motto for it's for it's term fi minister in there and remote, it is promising to speaker for developing nations on issues including food and energy security. the last day of the g. 20 summit in bali, the presidency goes to india. it's a big job. the g 20 represents 19 major countries as well as the european union. and he is expected to push international debt, economic growth, and food in energy security to the top of the agenda. it also wants to showcase its own advances and its role in technology worldwide. india, if he's a tough job of navigating the biggest economies in the midst of a global down done, and at a time of escalating tension between the united states and china. the long term

impact of the pandemic and the war in ukraine are also challenges that india has to grapple with in its ear of heading the g 20. there's a theme for this year's presidency, global unity, one earth, one family, one future and even a government created logo. but there are power politics at work as well. india sees itself as representing a particular group of countries. we have the rare opportunity of being in the midst off the global south leading the g $24.00 for successive years. and i think that makes it a great opportunity. not only for india, but to the country, the, the south within the g. 20, who deals with situation, which is getting extremely difficult with the big power rivalry between the u. s. and china. the g 7 and russia did. yeah. you know, stultifying all decision making for that we have to look at the real problem build

the world while not creating new lives and ambitious agenda. india has plenty of work ahead as it takes the g twenty's help. straight to the indian capital, an average on that correspondence to her children. katie k. a welcome true at india, says ill try and find what he calls pragmatic, global solutions for the well being of all. what are they proposing to we know what they're proposing beyond platitudes? well, some of it we do know about, but it's, it's, it's, it's, the presidency is coming in very challenging times. phil, so some are agendas have been clearly spelled out, for example, climate finance, for example, love, which should be led by multilateral institutions. they would be a women lead development and digital public infrastructure. so these kind of jargons have been thrown in. but then a, what will actually come out, the tangibles that will only be revealed in the discussions on that to take bids in

the working groups in the lead up to the summit, that refund will be held in september. and what are the risks that india is likely to to face as said g 20 chair? well that the rest so many supposed to fall is the ukraine war on which india has at a very peculiar position, a difficult spot because the west has been upset with the sounds that india has taken off, not calling out rushes aggression, and also not citing with a west in the united nations, but then india has been doing a sort of a title walk frank trying to balance its multiple interests. so while it speaks about championing the global south, that also tries to further deepen its interactions with the west in terms of the quad and then a taking a long taking china also a long. so a and china is going to have specifically a very difficult challenge for india to handle, and that's something that we'll all be looking forward to with this year. okay, so,

so, so briefly, what will a success look like for an indian presidency this year? well, of ukraine war, if there is a breakthrough, because or india has consistence consistently been seen as a power that has been appealing to a russia, especially for president vladimir putin to call off the war and move to the stage of dialogue. so if there's a breakthrough in the war that could be seen as a one of for india's biggest achievements. but more interestingly, there is a lot of domestic fostering also that the prime minister that in, with these hoping to be able to do because india goes for parliamentary falls in 2024. at this summit, this presidency is, is a way for him to showcase that that, that he has arrived at the, as the international forum and under him in a world listen to india. thank you. a true cartucker and deli

and i finally, brazil is preparing to bid farewell to one of its most famous sons. footballing legend palette died last week at the age of 82 of colon cancer possession carry a huge body from south paolo, to the stadium in his home town of santos, where he played for so much of his iconic career. the stadium will be open for the public to pay their respects before private burials. tuesday, brazil has been observing 3 days of national morning following his death last thursday. i set you up today to have more of the top of the have a good day. happy new year. ah ah, with

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