ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia says dozens of its soldiers have been killed in a ukrainian ass strike. the criminal confirmed the attack on barracks and russian occupied east in ukraine, the key flames. the death toll was much higher. also coming up jerusalem is on edge after a fall, right is rainy. government minister visits

a contentious holy sites just days after taking office palestinians and arab nations slammed the move as provocative. and brazil says good bye to football legend, pele, thousands of band to pay by loss respects that his home town stadium, brazil's new president, will attend the funeral later today. ah, i'm on your campus mckennan. welcome to the program. russians defense ministry says 63 of its soldiers have been killed in ukraine. now this is a rare kremlin admission of military casualties in this war. ukraine says it launched the strike on a russian occupied area of the eastern done yet screeching on use eve. there's not much left of this building once used by the russian army and mc keith car.

ukrainian horses attacked the site in the russian occupied city after noticing a cluster of mobile phone signals. the russian defense minister confirmed the attack for the 1st time in a long time admitted significant losses that brought us an inch of the $63.00 russian soldiers were killed as a result of a fall messiah strike at a temporary deployment point. terrace is one of the relatives and friends of the dead soldiers of a being provided with all the necessary assistance and support it by the author. ukraine reckons the number of casualties is much higher. the ukrainian armed forces estimates that full 100 soldiers lost their lives. but if it federal, only 31st of december, in the settlement of mc, keith k, internet's up to 10 units of enemy, military equipments of various types were destroyed and damaged or within the losses of personnel of the occupy as is still being determined. while you push nature on sunday night, russia again attacked ukraine with

a rainy combat. drones ukrainian sources say 41 of the pilot. las aircraft will shut down by anti aircraft missiles mileage we have information that russia is planning a prolonged attack using shad drones. it's probably banking on exhaustion. exhausting . are actually around to aircraft. offense is our energy, but we actually do everything so that the terrorists feel in their m as all the others are failed, says no revel. she each he is, may have a tele glitch. go said that while there have been some damage to energy infrastructure, no one had been killed. i also corresponded in key roman gunter and co, why russia acknowledge these casualties after the strike in my keith, when it normally wouldn't? lessing, there are 2 possible reasons. one is there must have been a lot of witnesses so you cannot hide it. and the 2nd, which is more important, i think, is that a russian war bloggers so called war bloggers, ers,

or people who are observing this war supporting this war. some of them are affiliating affiliated with russian officials, official on agencies. they have criticized russian officers responsible for deploying troops in that early school in mcgiff carbide and asked. and the criticism was very, very harsh. so they were enraged, enraged, and em. i think that reminded me of the situation in have san in september when there was a totally unexpected for the russian side. ukrainian counter of fancy, which led to the liberation of large parts of the hockey if origin in the north of ukraine. and after that, there was a change in command and russia, and a, there was also a change of a public strategy. so russian started, russia started admitting its losses because, or probably i think they, they, they saw that when they try to hide it. they also undermine. and the trust in the russian army and distrust was badly damaged in mexico. so the kremlin is admitting

casualties. but there is a significant difference in the number of depth quoted by each side, isn't there? russia is saying $63.00 died while ukraine says hundreds of soldiers were killed to wit, which number is likely to be closer to the truth? well, it is difficult to verify the numbers, but i think that the ukrainian numbers might be, it might be. so somewhere closer to the truth, i think that the russian numbers are too low, and there is or an explanation to that are that school when you look at the pictures when it was i, when it was still there, are it will, it is very big. there are a lot of rooms there are for, for russian soldiers. what would be an deploy gov bristle have been deployed there and are also the moment itself. it was the new year's eve. people were celebrating members, people from, from other places. came there to celebrate to drink, to cheer, to listen, to vladimir, put in speech and then moments after that they were killed. so it was, it was the exact time of the ukrainians calculated. well, well, be been

a lot of russian soldiers there. and this is exactly what happened. that is why i think there must have must be more casualties than the russian figures are. tell us t w's. reverend god, shrink her reporting from keith. thank you so much for that. the united states has been ukraine's biggest supplier of arms since russia invaded. but will that continue as republicans that now take control of the house of representatives? though most republican voters do back that support some radical voices in the party are questioning the policy. we had our cliff now reports now from washington. when you cranes, president flooding is the lensky spoke before us congress in december, he took a calculated risk, leaving his country for the 1st time and 10 months of war was dangerous. but we assuring his most important ally was vital had on your money is not charity

is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. days later, congress approved an extra $45000000000.00 package for ukraine. but that decision was taken by the old congress, led by democrats. this new congress is split. republicans have taken the majority in the house and that's about to sound a lot more like this. president trump's border wall would have only cost $22000000000.00 with the money we sent to ukraine. we could have our a secured our border, but we're not doing that. leading voices of the hard right. echo chamber have little power on paper, but growing influence over the political agenda. americans feel like we've been providing the lion's share of the support for ukraine, both in material and financial aid. they do not want to see the continue because we

have so many domestic problems on our own. they want to see europe step up, their aid and support for ukraine. the u. s. kept or so little debate over whether to help you train in those 1st 11 months of conflict. this new congress includes a large number of hard, right? republicans who want to turn ukraine aid into a political bargaining tip. it's inflation and border control that worry americans a lot more than the war in europe. but polls also say that most americans are in favor of supporting ukraine. that's what the person described here as the most powerful woman in politics is banking on nancy pelosi is stepping down as how speaker, after having led the democrats for almost 2 decades legislative, how will the new congress feel for 16 years? oh, i think we're going to be, i mean, i think there's very strong bipartisan support, respecting,

respecting the courage, other people, if you kind fight for their democracy, the fight that the people have ukraine are making for their democracy is a fight for all democracy or portman so the ukraine debate may come down to mostly drama, with an eye on the next big test at the ballot box for sas. this deeply divided new congress put a horse to jo biden's ability to launch any major new legislation. he will have to work that bit harder at home to remain as stable partner for his allies abroad with the tension fast turning to the question with a bite and we'll run again in the 2024 presidential is about now some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the us state of california is preparing for more heavy rain after at least one person was killed in flooding on new year's eve. the weather event known as an atmospheric river dropped almost 13 centimeters of rain on sacramento valley over the weekend. protested in bolivia,

santa cruz have fired fireworks at police during demonstrations against the arrest of local governor luis camacho. thousands of his supporters have taken to the streets for the past week, burning cause and blocking highways. mr. camacho was detained for his alleged involvement in the removal of former president eva morales in 2019 and he is raney far right. politician. it am. i'll bend. there has visited one of jerusalem's hotly contested holy sites and moved condemned by palestinians as well as arab states. he entered the compound, accompanied by units of his railey forces, just days after taking office. as the national security minister. the site is known to jews as the temple mount to muslims as the al axa mosque. and there has long called for greater jewish access to the holy site. the hilltop shrine is considered

judaism, is most sacred and islam 3rd holiest site. and we can go live now to jerusalem and speak to our correspondent nav rebecca richard. hi, rebecca sch, can you explain to us why this visit has been condemned both within and outside of israel? well, you got to the heart of the matter there in your introduction. i know this is considered an incredibly holy site for both religions, al axa compound is the 3rd wholly aside for muslims. as you rightly pointed out to temple mount, as it's known is the most holy site for jews in the status quo is currently that both groups are able to visit the site, but only muslims are allowed to pray their jews cannot pray at the temple mount. now that's something that it's a mob been gay who visited today this morning has long wanted to change. this site is considered an explosive flash point. any change to that status quo is seen as

a provocation. that would lead potentially, most probably to more violence. now the fact is we haven't seen a government minister visit the compound in some decades. the last person to do that was then of a late prime minister ariel sharon. and it was largely seen as igniting what was then known to become the 2nd intifada. so you see how to, hence these kind of visits are and just a exactly how explosive this site can really be. so everyone watching on to see just walk response this visit. we'll see. but must be stated that this hasn't change the status quo yet. it was a visit, but it is saying is very provocative. so you've described it as an explosive flash point. why did he choose to visit such a hotly contested holy sites now? well, in the lead up to the election, when it was open, there was a lot of the election rather there was a lot of rhetoric coming out of been v. i mean, as i mentioned,

he really he does want to change the status quo and make it possible for jews to be able to pray at this holy site. and that's something that he was talking about a lot for the election now. since the election, a lot of that rhetoric has come down and it's room at the prime minister. benjamin netanyahu put a lot of pressure on. been to calm that rhetoric down to try and hold back, so from provoking the tensions that could be ignited by, by that kind of talk. and that has largely died down a little bit, but we do know that benjamin netanyahu was aware of this visit. the 2 men met yesterday, they discussed the visit and it was thought after that meeting that we might actually postpone this visit, that he decided not to go ahead that benjamin netanyahu had stopped him from doing that. but as we seen this morning, he's decided to go ahead with that visit. so it's potentially a sign of things to come. rebecca versus reporting from jerusalem. thank you. hong kong has scrapped most of its remaining corona virus restrictions following

the lead of mainland china. and this is raised fears amongst hong kong is about a new wave of infections that could prove especially dangerous to the islands. elderly population. many of the older population have refused covert vaccinations. despite the higher death rates in the age group, the w. c. b kang spoke to one senior whose decision not to protect herself is driven by a fear of the vaccines extremely rare side effect. mrs boy is getting ready to deliver some food to her husband at a home for the elderly. she used to visit him every day and 23 years ago, the pandemic put a stop to that. and my rod or the band, i brought him some this kids today and next and they had families. they're only allowed to leave the food at the entrance. and let the staff pass it on. i can only talk to him over the phone, is only one of a variety of places in hong kong. they're still ban. i'm fascinated people until

last week, missus wil could and go to restaurants or public markets. grocery shopping was also limited, like hundreds of thousands of senior citizens in the city misses was down sperm against fascination. despite years long inconveniences and deadly outbreak last year. while she's a bit worried about catching cove, it, she is far more concerned by potential side effects of the jap. gordon county was and i, what if my body cannot handle the vaccine? i'm scared of the side effects. it can't be undone. why our not to mention that doesn't guarantee 100 percent protection. why bother about the severity of the disease depends on how strong people are to go go under. these hesitancy is also attributed to the novelty of cov, if that seems, i mistrust of the authorities. 15 percent of hong kong, 60 years or older,

remain and fax unaided. and those who have gotten jap generally have had a domestically developed cove shot. the german late m r n. a vaccine is available in hong kong, but it's not a puzzled option for the elderly here. many of them prefer the chinese lack sleep because they say it has mild a side effect, even if it's less effective in protecting against the severe illness. as hong kong has lifted most of his cove at restrictions and prepares to fully open his board over mainland china. concern over an influx of infections is growing. that's something mrs will has discussed with the relatives on the mainland us. well. normally i hope it said that cove it can be treated as a cold. now i work for almost 3 years. she has spent most of her time at home, missus will barely left her neighbourhood and cut off nearly all her social

contexts to avoid infection. madame long though, i'm not very anxious about the opening up. i am confident in my own immunity. yes is seldom get sick. but it's my freedom to choose not to get the jap ortho. i don't blame any one if i contract the virus. i go versus. however, now may not be the best moment for her to lower her guard. hong kong is praising itself for an out of search of the corona virus. we spoke about the reluctance of elden ell, elderly people in china to get vaccinated against cove at 19 with dale fisher. he has the world health organizations, global outbreak alert and response network. like we're saying everything that happened last year happening again this year. and in china, this is quite a specific issue. we founded in singapore, in the middle of last year,

when we were vaccinating our elderly people, hong kong realized it's a very natural tang, i guess being cultural it's we found that people both had a fight list together to, to get covered. so be, is worried about the side effect worried of my upset, their mobility is their heart disease and things like that. but of course, people with heart disease, again, a bit more likely to benefit from the back. same so sorry where it is a problem in singapore. we got them so sending out teams of people do individual homes to talk to individuals to try and explain to them to get them back tonight, especially when you say a surge on the horizon. and that's more headlines from around the world already he's in, botswana have issued an arrest warrant for former president in kama. mr. comma is currently living in south africa. he was charged with a legal possession of firearms last april,

but as yet to appear in court. he denies me accusations. it is no place feigns valley. eric islands have introduced free public transport for all residents in an effort to reduce traffic and pollution. the island group includes the popular tourist destinations, new yorker and beta, tourists and non residents are not included in the scheme. and we'll still have to buy a ticket. a u. s. national football league player is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game. the mar hamlin received medical treatment on the field before being taken to hospital. the nfl game between the buffalo bills and the cincinnati bengals was suspended. as a funeral of brazilian football legend pele will take place later today. the country's new president, lyla da silva, has just paid his final respects at pallet's coffin. choose of people waiting to say the final goodbyes stretched up to 3 kilometers at the stadium and some tough

were pele 1st started his career. the brazilian city of santos, which sporting legend pay lay turned into a byword for football. brilliance is bidding good bye to its hero. mourners lined up to see police body in an open casket in the center of the field at the villa bell mural stadium. former teammates and officials were among the 1st to pay their respects. the 3 time woke up when they died on thursday at the age of 82. of course we pay tribute to him by being here. we pay tribute to him by asking an older federations. now to pay a minute of silence and tribute to play. but we're also going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums with the name of philly. thousands of fans gathered on the streets to say a final good bye to their sporting hero, and some of them cued all night too. as to see the coffin,

either thorough it was must have been pill is important here as something else. i've been a santos fan since my father took me to a game. i'm only a sinister because of my father and there's no way to separate that from the connection with a layer. it's something i can't describe and it makes me very emotional. she that they mazama p lay arguably the world's greatest ever player, had been undergoing treatment for cancer on tuesday. a procession carrying police coffee will pass through the streets of santos before he will be late to rest. in a private ceremony, david try one is the director of a netflix documentary about pele. and he told me earlier how the football legend shaped brazil's cultural identity of cool. so the ha, ah, if you look at resume before lighting 58, we didn't know priscilla's the country. oh, once palace one is for well up by 1970. brazil is very much rubber stamp legacy.

brazil is a football nation and that was a huge ha, brazil i had lost the world home in 1950. they sent these great outsiders. they probably didn't have any so soon on a global stage. and i think it was pallet's 1st modern superstar again, who helped imprint a national and a national identity in brazil that was seen by the rest the world. with seeing right now, i think people queuing for kilometers to pass by pallet's coffin to pay their last respects to the hero. do you think the pele realized himself, the impact that he'd had on his own country on brazil? you know, i think he actually did. he was a very modest man, very humble, a very warm, friendly man, say very closely. routes you know, father is general is our son is kind of lovely, ramshackle. philip romero, stadium says so much about him. but i think he was a very, very proud brazilian. and you know, he told us many,

many times we asked him about legacy. we talked about that we thought about all those things. and we, i'm, one of the main things he was most proud about is what he meant. his country, country. and i think he was adamant that those games you play with sound so so well, put it on the map and he was very proud of it. the way that you, amanda imagined to pele to be before making the documentary. did that change during and after the process and can you tell us a little bit about who he was for you personally? not really this. definitely an aura, support since we're bringing books is the room which in the king is there and he's got an economy book, you know, going to change the never change in 506070 years. and so the, soon as he arrived, you knew that the king was there and he was very, very friendly with everyone. he wanted people to sort of enjoy his company. he hey,

silence, says he wanted to crack jokes all the time. i remember one is that we were actually with him when you guys meet president obama and he was mentally meeting, i think, at 11 in the morning. and it sort of got out of his bedroom and went to breakfast in the morning to bomb a weight of ours was so casual with it all and so nonplussed by but you know, he said, well, i bet every single presidents candidate on wasted face audience. but the case that he was that kind of a figure, very genial, very friendly and warm and getting with time. and i was a very self confident as well. and this is a big question of course. but what, what will pallet's legacy be? what would you say? i think is legacy and i think people love this debate about the greatest football time. and i think it's a very difficult thing to have that sort of cross generational argument. you know, he was clearly best player of his own generation, but i think for me he was

a high and he was the 1st to do all these things and players such as messy, rinaldo ever comes late and may become great to them. but i think what they can do is do what he did. he did it for, they can't follow it, but it is exactly what steps. so i think that's the legacy pioneer for all becoming 1st modern superstar. and as we said before putting this country on the map, we brazil on the map. alright. and of course today, and he will be later asked with his mother in attendance, i believe. and obviously a just a huge day for, for his country. absolutely. mother just turned a 100 only 3 weeks ago, and i think it was always going to happen. i think it was maybe the day at a time. brazil finally understand what you meant. meant to everyone. yeah, just one very last quick question, david. and i know this is something that i think you've potentially tried to avoid, avoid answering before. but are there any play? i mean, was he the best, you know,

are there any players list that equal him or what i'm going to be both there and say that was the best i think just in terms of pure impact. if we, if we just things on well cups and still the only player 213, welcome in a killian and back they might get there eventually and, and look closing in on that record only a few weeks ago. but i think he was his ability to do these. i tronic things on the biggest stages. you know, you scored incredible goals and well cut finals and well cluck finals. he said his most iconic memories for those biggest occasions. and that makes that very, very special day there. try one director of the netflix documentary about pele. thank you so much for your time and keep and here's a quick reminder of our top story today. russia says 63 of its soldiers have been killed in ukraine, a rare admission of military casualties from the kremlin. ukraine says it launched the strike on new year's eve and says, the death toll is actually in the hundreds. with that

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