like his grandparents and his parents. this is his business to come here for life. who are the winners and losers? globalization, where do we stand? starts january 5th on d, w. ah, this is the w is leih from berlin. the more does i start to say good bye to the former pope benefits the 16th body of the 1st pope to resign in centuries. will line state for 3 days ahead of his funeral. as people pay their respects, peace, basilica, and also on the program doctor's in ukraine, didn't have

a baby's under difficult conditions as the country wakes up to more missile strikes from russia in this new year. living with cove it 3 years after the outbreak of the pandemic, as china grapples with its worst white 3 factions, and much of the rest of the world is discussing how to deal with the virus host pandemic. ah, i'm sure gail, welcome to the program. the body all former poke benedict, the 16th were lying state of the vatican for 3 days before his funeral on thursday . these live images from the vatican where people have been lining up outside saint peters basilica. since before dawn to pay their respects benedict. the 16th who was born joseph rat, singer, died on saturday, the age of 95 after years of poor health. he was the 1st pontiff to choose to

resign from office in more than several 100 years. is success at pope francis paid tribute to benedict lifetime of service of catholic church in his new year's dang, daily. so really straight to the vatican then where we join our correspondent band rigate. welcome, a band. i see the crowds that lining up behind you. what is it like there are the doors of the basilica open now, and there's a huge procession starting there. crowds are forming here. and you can see the, the cues are now on saint peter's square. several 100 meters long people have to line up. now for 2 hours, and then go to a security check, and then onward the stairs are to the entrance of the basilica inside. you have to wait again or to get to him at the pope lying in state there. and until wednesday, people can pay a little tribute of stop for a moment, pray and not so think about his testament that he left. he wrote

a letter on the 31st of december am saying, asking for forgiveness for his sins. and also at the vatican issued his last words, there were on this, on his deathbed, they were lord, i love you. so people are thinking about that and coming been out of from the basilica, the other side. and the management of this droughts is something that the vatican has values to. right and debra, what can we expect in the coming days for the next day or 3 days or the slaying of state will continue and the vatican expects 4050000 people a day lining up here to get into the church. if all these people are coming to see the pope actually though the form of po benedetto is unclear because they're also the normal tories, if you want to say that, that are coming to rome, there are lots of clerics and nuns lining up here, which are also visiting that, the vatican on a regular basis and this protocol that has followed he is very new because that

hasn't happened for 800 years. that a setting pope will preside over the, the funeral and proceedings for a late pope. so this is quite new. but on the other hand, it's also back to normal because now there's only poke frances, only one living pope that this the situation which is sir the, the church used to and there are some rumors that the pope francis might alter. now take the opportunity to resign himself a sooner or later because he hinted at that possibility or that he might alter, stepped on as his predecessor did. and perhaps you could talk us through the funeral at south bat. well on thursday morning then the on the square, there will be a public service for the pope. everybody can join, you don't need a ticket. and although the pope of the former pope benedetto wanted it as sambal somber and very small and com, this will not happen. i mean,

the crowds will flock to the sir square and want to say good bye to him. but the, the burial itself that be very small, it will be inside the grotto of saint peter's basilica. about about 90 popes are buried in the body of the papa. be put into a sacrifice that will be load in the regret. and only a few people will actually attend the burial, and there will be no official delegations like at a normal event in the very can. there will be no heads of states here, only delegations officially, variation some germany from the home state of her a benedict, the sixteen's, and also some italian delegations, but no big celebrations as you could expects aguilar band, band bigot at the vatican out of the war in ukraine and officials in cave say a ukrainian air defense is shot down dozens of russian drones launched at

a capital overnight case mer. vitale clenched goes as strikes caused heating and power outages in and around. the city rainy and made kamikaze drones also targeted energy infrastructure across southern and eastern ukraine. just as moscow had announced, there was no letter in the attacks of the new year's holiday weekend. despite those attacks the new year holiday, it did bring some good news to some of ukraine's young families, our correspondent manuals. shes been to a keep maternity ward that still operating despite the chalet. my students from necessarily 2nd year. we are here in one of kias figures, maternity ward, but because of the all the hospital is almost empty just before the russian aggression up to 25 babies were born here each day after war starts. we have was delirious because lots of people left to graham so we can easily imagine it's was like less blanched by pregnancies this time. so if you're less newly worse now

fewer birth and no patients names on the usually full board. but one room is still busy around the clock. the neonatal intensive care unit. despite all their care provided to primitive babies, another danger looms over them. with the threat of me silo dance tie, it would be too risky to unplug their monitors and bring them to safety. doing air red alleges on new year's eve, dr. still delivered babies while keith was under heavy shelling of a che hair color prepared to keep a retainer that of usually when such air alarms occur of women who were giving birth, i cannot go down to the shelter and water church. we stay with them that they have support element. although the physically with 3 and morally, if is each night in what i law, we meet alexander a newry whose daughter salome i was born during the attack. one me sire fell a few 100 meters away as alexandra was in neighbour. since the little girl,

this little princess does. there is carrier. because oh, just a few minutes after give a verse. sonton who was hit just near i was under sung that you for ear something like that. so i, i wasn't so scary. it was a head my child, but in general, i wasn't dreaming about such tearful my, a little girl during the night. it was also very scary. ah, because yes, sir, and was there it alone for a very long time? we have been waiting in the corridor or 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 we had these explosions actually nearby. absolutely nearby. i was curious just

as simple as that. i was scared. oh, how quite, quite nice conclusion of the year and say like, the best present for all the, all the hard notes and all that is explicitly. so it's just like stella mia lee to live came to the world in water, ukraine. that for one moment in the quietness of this key of hospital life did feel a bit more helpful is look at the war storage. making headlines around the world will start in brazil where there is a massive lula. the silver has been sworn in as a new president and is appointing his new cabinet lula as he's widely known. narrowly defeated his far right level giant ball sanara in october was election. it's the left is politicians. 3rd terms president. we previously govern between 232010. 10 guards and 4 inmates were killed in

northern mexico when gunman tried to storm a prison in fear that the waters city on the us border. mexican soldiers and state police have since regained control of the prison, but at least 2 dozen inmates escaped. during the attack, 2 helicopters have collided mid air in australia's gold coast region. at least 4 people died and several others are in critical condition. authorities say 13 people were on the 2 helicopters, the australian transport safety bureau has launched an investigation. frances started screaming arrivals from china for cove in 19. it's the 3rd you country after italy and spain to introduce mandatory tests in recent days. they say the measures will help identify any new variants that emerge as china. experience is a surgeon cases of the world health organization has said it's hopeful that it will be able to officially declare an end to the cove in $1000.00 pandemic this year.

but it's wanting that very still a date of new, more deadly variance emerging. let's look at where we are after 3 years of is pandemic. since the 1st outbreak in china, at the end of 2019 nearly 6700000 people have died of coverage 19. even now the virus still claims water 1500 lives a day worldwide. but that's way down on previous figures. vaccinations largely largely protect people against severe disease with w h o says access to effective vaccines is still very unequal. in many past the world co restrictions have been east as people now to live with the virus rather than eliminated over ologist here in europe, and are talking about to cope it. coming and demick rather than a pandemic. asked about of plaster, who is a village is from your school, the university of mine's what this could me well, the situation is such that the numbers of new infections have been stabilized throughout

europe in the recent weeks due to despite the fact that restrictions have been lifted, so there is some sort of relief, but however you might call it pandemic or in them is a virus. it's not gone. it's still causes a number of infectious and also deaths. and so we have to march the situation closely. and we have to remember that other viruses like flu or s virus, are now leading to an increased rate of hospitalization and creased 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? this is one measure they could take a to and identify variance variance you might occur because

a lot of ours is now circulating 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 has them to really be able to quickly and swiftly identify new variance and to take appropriate measures. and so why impose these, against just china? since new variance can come from anywhere that's true, but there is another virus circulating in china as we are now. and the more viruses actually, the higher the level of the chance for patients 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 higher circulation, right? right. and so you say that coverage spread out and for the moment has, has stabilized. do you see becoming something like i don't know, like seasonal flu,

which you mentioned something that comes and goes on with that we just live with 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, what we have to live, what role. thank you so much. that's very clear. val just about plaque from your out of school by university of much. thank you. and brazil is preparing to bid farewell to one of its most famous sons for bowling legend, the appellate died last week at the age of 82 with colon cancer. a procession carried his body from south paolo to the stadium and his home town of santos, where he played for much of his iconic career. the stadium will be open for the public to pay their respects before private burial service. on tuesday, brazil's been observing 3 days of national morning since penny's death last

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