in his his business, d w. all admire. well the winners and losers. globalization, where do we stand? starts january 5th on w. ah ah, ah. ah, mrs. dw news live from berlin. the faithful bid farewell to former po benedict, the 1st pontiff to resign in centuries will lie and stay for 3 days. so mourners can pay their respect at the vatican and also coming up another round of overnight air strike damages homes and critical infrastructure in ukraine. but keith says

that shot down most of russia's attack drones, plus living with coven, 193 years on from the start of the pandemic. as china grappled with its worth wave of infections, much of the rest of the world is working out how to coexist with the corona virus. ah. a mariner evans dean, it's good to have you with us. the former pope benedict, the 16th is lying in state at the vatican. tens of thousands of mourners are expected to pay their final respects before benedict burial. later this week, it will be the 1st paypal funeral in nearly 2 decades. for 3 days, mourners will have the chance to say good bye to paul benedict. it's how you prime minister georgia maloney among the fashion to do so. the somber mood insights

saint peters basilica, disrupted only by the need to document as crowd sneaked around the vatican, waiting to enter the faithful. coming out. try to sum up the experience there and amber lame would soon it's a beautiful emotion to see the body or even a little transformed by suffering by. but even, and this is the pope gave us an example of faith when i'm with zoning that it's an indescribable emotion i was in front of the pope's body. i didn't realize that he was right there. yeah. that it was really heavy. i think i'm in there on sunday. poke francis praised benedict during his new year's day prayer. junior mountain is here, me gone. let us all join together with one heart and one soul in thanking god for

the gift of this faithful servant of the gospel and of the church. and he is then addict made history in 2013, when he resigned. siting ill health. the 1st point of to do so since the middle ages, he led the church at the height of the clerical child abuse scandal, offering an apology to victims during a visit to australia in 2008. indeed them, i am deep is sorry. was it pain and suffering? so victims haven't you? in his bavarian birthplace, a message to from beyond the grave, a local priest read from benedict spiritual testimony, released posthumously with this unwavering message. state 5th, him stand firm in your faith lot. do not be confused. pope

benedict will be laid to rest on thursday in a funeral service that is expected to draw thousands an historic occasion that will mark the end of an extraordinary iraq which sought to pope's living in the vatican . and standing by for us at the vatican as need be, a correspondent, ban triggered. so bend can you give us a sense of the situation now? at saint peter's square and in st. peter's basilica. what's happening? the doors to the basilica. open the cynthia early morning and thousands and thousands of people are lining up on the sun, peter, the square to get into this enormous huge church, one of the biggest churches in the world. and if you enter, you see this, this all this re mason's architecture marble, gold and m. under the copper law, there's the, the body of pope benedict lying. not in the coffin, but are on

a little pedestrian. and you can, you can see, and actually from all sides, people can stop, say, a little prayer and say their own personal good bye to look benedict. and many did so, and many more expected 40 to 50000 people a day or, and amongst the 1st visitors or the president of the italian state church. sergio, martha rella and also gil kenslowe and the private secretary of the pope. and his long time lifelong confidence. one was of course, a rather unusual situation to have 2 parks living at the vatican at the same time. but now that a former pope has died. what exactly is the procedure for the catholic church? yeah it's, it's new also of the catholic church. how to proceed with this because served for 800 years not a the pope has not buried a pope and that will happen on thursday. pope francis will oversee that. the

proceedings and the service for the late pope and after that, francis will be the only pope again, and the situation goes back to normal a. but the vatican is used to these kind of big events and an assembly. so everybody thinks yeah, that it will both be the very smoothly and accordingly to a dignified term procedure or pub, francis himself has his share of health problems. would stepping down be an option for him like it was for po benedict. yeah, that's a very interesting question. the vatican vista of a talking about this here because hope friends actually hinted at the possibility that your to mad to step down because of his age and deserve failing her health's or it's not very likely, but it's not excluded. and then you would have to have the same situation,

or pope frances, 86 years old, and the use of rod singer was only 85 when he resign. did have a banjo, great reporting for us from the vatican band. thank you. well, ukrainian air defenses shot down dozens of rush and drones. launch of the capital camp over night mer vitale. quit go. says the strikes cast, heating and power outages in and around the city drowns, made in iran also targeted energy infrastructure across the southern and eastern ukraine. there was no let up in russia's attacks over the new year holiday. earlier we asked to d. w correspondent manuel shares in kiev for more details on the later strikes. exactly, it has come over or under attack again last night for hours of wait, while ukraine an air defense shut down around. 40 iranian made to head drove

over to capitol. dee's house, unfortunately, become a pattern for the past 3 nights. we've had 4 large scale attacks here over there, capital r n a. it has become of course, quite exhausting for people here because every night they have to spend hours in the shelter when they do go to the shelter. explosions could be heard to day in the city center or with damages caused to a few buildings and of course energy infrastructure, which is still being targeted by russia. while despite the relentless bombardment, the new york holiday has brought some good news to a few of ukraine's young families, he w as a man all shares spend time and a key of maternity ward that still delivering babies. most of them mostly 15th year . we are here in one of keir speakers 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's. we can easily imagine it's was like less blanched by pregnancies this time. so if you're less newly worse, no fewer birth and no patients names on a usually full board. but one room is still busy around the clock. the neonatal intensive care unit. despite all day care provided to primitive babies, another danger looms over them. with the threat of me silo drones type, it would be too risky to unplug their monitors and bring them to safety, doing air red alerts. on new year's eve doctor still delivered babies while keith was under heavy selling. a k hair color prepared to keep with that of usually when such airlines occur of women who are giving birth, i cannot go down to the shelter anymore. we stay with them that they have support element. what are the physically for 3 and morally, if essentially in what i lot,

we meet alexander a neary whose daughter salome i was born during the attack. one missile fell a few 100 meters away as alexandra was in neighbor. since the little girl this little princess was there is karen because oh, just a few minutes after gave a verse something. who was he just knew i was under some that if her ear something like that. so i, i wasn't so scary because i had my child, but in general i wasn't dreaming about such day for my little girl during the night. it was also that her scary. ah, because as saran was very 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 we heard these exclusions actually nearby up still to nearby. i was curious just as simple as that. i was scared. oh, how quite am quite and nice a conclusion of the year for the most present for all the all the hard moments and all the dishes. so just like sola mia, lita live came to the world in water, ukraine. but for one moment in the quietness of this key of hospital life did feel a bit more hopeful that was did i lose my nauseous reporting from keith? well, 10 months into the war, ukraine is hoping that more high tech weapons will help turn the tide in its favor . this year. the western allies have been holding back some of the sophisticated equipment, the key. it says it urgently needs as the war drags on the ukrainians

weapons stalks are running down key if has repeatedly called for the west to help them 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 the solder sierra community, very trying to apply weapons are helpful and can be used. and we have done that in the past, and we will continue to do that. and to the successes of the ukrainian army show that we have supplied effective weapons. anti tank weapons is anti aircraft weapons and a lot of ammunition, few wanted to on others 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 is increased given russia's concentration on air strikes. germany has also st key battlefield weapons like mars t rocket launchers and panza 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 left 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, that germany is doing its bit give minds on the program together with the friends and partners. we have resolutely supported ukraine with money, humanitarian agents and also with a weapon season. 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. german defense minister christina lamb christ has ignited a political controversy with a new your video message on her personal instagram account. she says the war and

ukraine has brought her fascinating experiences and meetings with wonderful people . her tone sparked as social media uproar, as well as calls for her to resign. the ministry says the video is the minister's personal matter, div water. the ministers in land place were speaking against a background of new year celebrations. what is raging in the middle of europe? for me, the spend that i gather many special impressions. there are many encounters with interesting and wonderful people. for this, i wish to express my heartfelt thing. let's bring indeed of these political correspondent hands, but aren't for more on this. so, hans, what's been the reaction in germany to this video by the defense minister? the reaction has been huge. there's been a huge wave reaction, especially in social media ranging from this belief to derision to anger and many, many calls for the minister to does to resign or to be fired and factor in the

media, but also from opposition. politicians, of course, a was also been interesting is that there has been very little reaction officially from the government. the government itself has said it does not want to comment on this. no one has rushed to the defense of the defense minister from her own party. there's been a deafening silence from her political allies. so all in all, i think one can say she's really and caused quite a lot of dismay with this video. well has, we should also mention that this is not the 1st time that the defense minister has been mired in controversy. what else has she been criticized for? well, one of the things that cause a lot of public discussion was some months ago when she took her adult son long on an official trip in the government helicopter, she said she paid for that trip. everything was above board,

but it was regarded as a very strange and unusual and full step basically for the defense minister. there also been several statements by her about weapons deliveries to ukraine, which have been regarded as inappropriate or not sensitive enough to the needs of ukraine or to the feelings in ukraine. and of course, she is defense minister at a time when german defense system and the nato defense system. the european defense system is under a lot of strain. so she is playing a central role in all of this and has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders. under these circumstances, the way she has been operating in recent months has really not strengthened her position. it does seem that it is quite tenuous at the moment. well, you mentioned arms deliveries to ukraine, so what can kids expect in terms of weapons deliveries in the coming months from

germany? the 1st answer to that is more of the same and that's actually a good thing because things to get kids to destroyed ammunition gets used. and so more ammunition, more trucks, more defense systems, defense systems and so on. all of that, including things like sleeping bags, how much the winter gear, and so that's sort of important. but the big question is whether really sophisticated systems will be delivered to ukraine and there germany has been very reticent. the main question is around the major battle tanks, but also air defense systems. i think germany will only step ahead and deliver these systems if this is done together with nato. and there is some discussion with a native the net, or general secretary is pushing for that to happen. if they decide to do that, then germany will pull along the w political correspondent, hands brant hands. thank you so much. let's get you up to speed now and some of the other stories making news. this our the international monetary

fund is expecting a 3rd of the world to tip into recession this year. the fund is produced thing a tougher year than 2020 to the downward trend is being driven by a slow down in the united states. china and europe. north korean state media is the 2nd most powerful military commander after leader kim jong on has been fired. pack jung chon was replaced at a meeting of the ruling party. it's not known why he was act. 2 helicopters have collided, mid air in australia is gold coast region. at least 4 people were killed and several others are in critical condition. authorities are investigating friends has started screening arrivals from china for coven 19. it's the 3rd e u country, after italy and spain to introduce mandatory test. official say the measures will help identify new variance. the world health organization is hoping

to declare an end to the coven 19 pandemic. later this year. but officials still warn, there is still a danger of deadly new variance emerging. let's take a look now at where we stand after 3 years of the pandemic. since the 1st outbreak in china, nearly 6700000 people have died. the corona virus claims more than 1500 lives every day, but numbers are much lower compared to last year. the w h show recommends vaccination, but says access to effective vaccines is still unequal, globally restrictions havanese in many parts of the world as people learn to live with the virus. and for more, i'm joined in the studio now by our senior science correspondent derek williams. get to see you, derek. so yeah, it's been 3 years since the start of the pandemic. can we say the worst is indeed behind us? will some experts, particularly here in germany,

are beginning to say that, but i think that that's really a relative, an assumption. i think it's important to understand that just because an end of the pandemic, even if it were declared tomorrow, we wouldn't stop having cases of coven 19 somehow magically. that wouldn't happen under it's important. understand what a pandemic is. and then like is a, is a, is an infectious disease that, that crosses international borders and affects large regions internationally, maybe globally, and it, and it hits populations and unpredictable ways it fluctuates. a disease only becomes endemic when it becomes more predictable. so it's all about predictability, and at the moment, it looks like the numbers have stabilized to some extent, most places in the world. and so we can guess, may be expected to be declared the pandemic to be over and for it to be an endemic disease. in the future, but of course, the question marcus is, is china. okay, so if we have to assume that we're going to be living with coven, 19 people still be getting sick?

does it still makes sense to impose regulations or restrictions on travel? for example, like we're seeing right now with people traveling from china who have to take these mandatory tests. can't we just accept that people will have cove it and that's the end of that? well, just not really travel restrictions don't really work. we've seen that with earlier versions of the virus with, with earlier various for example, with on the crime they, they can have a, they can have an effect short term effect that they can slow things down. but they're in our modern network societies. they're not going to stop the transmission across international borders. the question would be then, if of new variant did appear in china. and if these travel restrictions might be able to slow its appearance and other countries, but it's not going to stop it if it's circulating in china, it's going to be circulating in other places then fairly quickly of course, but that's just a theoretical scenario. ok, so there in different approaches to how to slow down the virus or how to even deal

with the virus. you say these travel restrictions are not particularly effective. there was the 0 cove approach in china. there was the attempt to get hurt immunity in the u. k, in your opinion, what then is the most effective approach for dealing with comment? well, obviously neither of those approaches really worked. in my opinion, locked downs helped i think a lot of experts think that they but they were of course a pretty draconian solution because we had no other solutions at the time that we impose those, those lock downs. i would say that a couple of different measures have really had a big impact on, on the course of the pandemic. one of them, for me would be universal masking. i'm, it's been shown that if everybody is massed up, that can help slow down the transmission of the disease in populations. and then of course, the other one would be the introduction of vaccines very quickly. they, although they don't prevent transmission, they'd have really managed to cut down the transmission of the disease and they've

saved tens of millions of lives over the course of the band. i'm derrick williams from d. w. a science. thank you so much, fair in science, great to talk as turn our attention to brazil now, where louis in our seo la la da silva is appointing his new cabinet. and after being sworn in for his 3rd term as president, he narrowly defeated far right. outgoing leaders at your ball scenario in last october's election run off when there's promising to uphold the law and to rebuild brazil's economy a new year and a new leader for brazil. as louis enact seo lula da silva returned to the president's 8 for a 3rd term in his 1st speech to congress. he pledged to combat deforestation in the amazon and restored trust in the countries ecological credentials. some of his full 5 if dilemma we are responsible for most of the

amazon and for vast biomes large aquifers or to posits oil and clean energy sources. also, we will address these issues with sovereignty and responsibility. we will share these achievements with humanity in a communal way and never with subordination. the form a union leader received the presidential sash from representatives of brazilian minority groups, an act normally conducted by the outgoing leader. but j a boston i wrote, refuse to perform his last duty or for a visibly emotional lula hood that made his inaugural address to the nation. speaking to the gathered crowds he pledged to govern for all brazilians. much generally did is you, i want to address those who voted for other candidates who did that. i will be the

president for 215000000 brazilian men and women. and not just for those who voted for me. move over, i will govern for every one looking to our bright common future away and not through the rear view mirror. pass divisions and intolerance ain't the little ship . following the formalities, lula met foreign leaders and dignitaries, including argentine president, alberto fernandez. king philippe of spain and the german president. frank, vault a shy maya, it was a day of ceremonial pump and celebration. but now lead a face is a bulging in tray. of rebuilding environmental credibility, tackling soaring gun violence. i'd be uniting a deeply divided nation and brazil is also bidding farewell to

one of his most famous sons, football legend, pele, and died. aged 82 of cancer fans have been filing into the stadium in his hometown of santos, the public have a day to pay their respects before a private burial service. brazil observed 3 days of national morning following pallet's death last week. you're up to date on dw news, stay tuned for a dw news asia and marion evans team from me and the entire team in berlin. thanks for watching. ah ah

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