ah ah ah ah, this is d w. news life from berlin. political chaos in washington as republicans failed to unite behind the choice for leader in the us house of representatives. moderate. kevin mccarthy is blocked by trump, loyalists, and 3 rounds of voted. also on the program,

europe reacts to china's corona virus serge, you officials discuss calls to coordinates testing roles patropolis from china as infections in the country search. and brazil bids a final farewell candidate borne line. the st. patrick's coffin passes through the city of santos. legend spent posted life where he's now been late to read ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. the us house of representatives has been unable to swear in hundreds of members on its 1st day under republican rule. a hard right law makers of gridlock, the processed by blocking the election of a majority leader. the senior republican kevin mccarthy had been tipped for the post. but his previous criticism, a former president donald trump,

moved hard right lawmakers to back different candidates, a speaker of the house. it was a night of pandemonium on the floor of the us house of representatives. after republican kevin mccarthy failed to win the $218.00 votes needed to be elected speaker of the house. there was shock in the chamber after the nominee failed to win for the 1st time in a century that annabel kevin mccarthy, of the state of california has received 203. the republican front runner is seeking to take over from democrat nancy pelosi after his party when a majority in the november mid term elections without to speak of the

house. new members are unable to be sworn in on business isn't able to proceed. democratic minority leader hockey jeffries called to sedate for democracy to day for the 1st time in 100 years the house of representatives failed to organize on opening day sad day for the house of representatives as an institution. sad day for the microscope. it's a sad day for the american people. house democrats are unified, ready, willing, and able to get to work on behalf of every day. americans voting has been postponed until wednesday. but neither mccarthy, although voting against him appear ready to back down on

a correspondent carry that you more in washington told us why some republicans were refusing to back having the coffee. so republicans that on support support mccarthy are clearly among the at the far right in this party to the vision is clearly in this extreme m at the heart right, wants mccarthy to give up certain concessions. and he is obviously not aligning with their positions because he needs or them, but he also needs the moderate republican votes. and now he is paying the price for trying to keep the balance between the far right in the republican party and the moderate ones. mccarthy is trying to make a the far right happy, but he is also trying to get the roads are of the moderate majority among the republicans. and now it's going to be interesting to see how they solve this problem. m is the far right. finally, a going to accept mccarthy as a speaker,

am or, or the republicans going to name a new nominee, a situation that we have not seen since 1923, any as congress and at this sill and teens are the u. s. congress completely grated logged until they finally vote for a new speaker. carlita, cham boy in washington. now, russian army commanders are facing mountain criticism at home over ukraine's deadly new year's eve. air strike. the kremlin has taken the unusual step of confirming that 89 soldiers died. oh, ukraine says the real finger is in the hundreds. russia serves the unauthorized use of mobile phones by its soldiers allowed ukraine to pinpoint their location. russian crowns gather and somber ceremony in the city of samara to mourn soldiers killed and ukraine. people who lived here or among those who died in a new year's eve forming in the cave co. who so that is we get to honor the memory

of all dead soldiers of the special military operations. we get there because it's hard for everyone with when it's hard, we should be together, which mr. huge piles of rubble are all that remains from the bombing. now russian nationalists, n, some lawmakers, a demanding punishment for commanders, they say ignored dangers. some reports claim soldiers were located next to a munitions depot which exploded in the strike. others say people had been able to use the russian mobile phones, giving away their location to ukrainian forces. the strike has not flowed russia's own shelling of ukraine. it's defense ministry claiming responsibility for fresh attacks and the de nits region. one of them destroyed this ice rank, which local say was operating as

a humanitarian warehouse. as a result of 3 hits, an ice rink and the center of town was damaged, as well as parts of the residential and industrial sector. were on the circle. ukrainian authorities report that one person was killed and another was injured in the strikes. now a couple more stories are making headlines around the world x crypto boss summit bank when fried has pleaded not guilty to us at criminal fraud charges. a 30 year old former digital currency billionaire stands accused of cheating investors, a looting customer deposits on his crypto currency trading platform, f t x and the state department has joined several arab countries and criticizing a far right is really ministers visit to one of jerusalem's most sensitive religious sites, national security minister, it's m r and veer toward the temple mount,

which is sacred to jews and muslims accessed the site has long been a source of dispute between israel and the palestinians. and european union officials are meeting to day to coordinate a response to china surge in coven 19 cases. travelers arriving from china coming on the scrutiny following the recent relaxation of the country's 0 cove in policy which has led to an explosion in cases or even nations, france, italy, and belgium were the 1st in the block to introduce that testing for a new chinese arrivals spain requires proof of full vaccination or a negative test, or germany still has no restrictions. beyond the e u. britain, the u. s. india, australia, and japan are some of the countries that we say have a decided to place restrictions on chinese travelers. beijing has described, the rules is discriminatory as the covey infection rate in china continues to spike

a shanghai hospital pushed to the brink. doctors working around the clock to save patients after the relaxation of the so called 0 covert policy led to a spike. and corona virus infections yet even as hospital strain, many chinese are heading abroad after years of not being allowed to travel stoking fears that they will bring the virus with them. in december, half of the passengers on 2 flights to italy, we're later found to have cov it. italy started testing all arrivals from china. as more countries joined in china's foreign ministry, pushed back booth and what the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting china lack scientific basis and some of these excessive practices. unacceptable. we have family opposed to attempt to manipulate the curve at 19

measures for political purposes, and we'll take count images. that date. it's unclear just what counter measures are on the table. but the patchwork of requirements as lead to confusion as well. the voice is the family and when my brother, who has not been allowed to travel for 3 years, he is coming from china and didn't know anything about the testing. we had to tell him before he boarded to be careful because they were going to do a p c r on arrival. let me say about that. it's been 3 years since the corona virus started. it's trip around the world. and the end of the journey is still not in sight. a straight to beijing then, or we can join. tamara. antoneyer is a correspondent for the german national broadcaster. i auntie. welcome to mon. let's start with the coverage situation. they. what can you tell us about what's going on and then now? well he and be in beijing. it seems as if the peak is really over,

a traffic is back to normal. shopping malls are quite crowded, but a on monday we went to a hospital in downtown badging, and it was quite crowded. so even in the emergency room, people could not have a seat or even a badge to lie. people advised to bring their own bad into the emergency room if they have family members who are not able to sit or stand. and i spoke to one person who was waiting for 11 days, day and night to be accepted and to have her father accepted as an inbound patient . so the situation is quite dire, officially the case, and the death toll is by 20 since 4 weeks 20 death because of covert. so the official numbers do might not reflect what is really going on at the ground here and waiting. okay, so does it, given that that's the difference between reality and the official view? do we expect the government to do another?

you turn on its covey to policy and reintroduce strict rules? i don't believe so because the, the government shifted the narrative very strictly. and now covered as he considered to be like a minor disease more comparable to a cold and people they accepted this kind of narrow narrative when i was doing some vox pop, like talking to people on the street. that was also what most of the people i saying. so most of the people they don't know about these estimations from abroad, about 1000000 desk that might be that are predicted to happen in 2023. it is expected that 909000 people are dying now these days per day. but these are just information that are not accept accessible for people here. so therefore, the and the need to change or to have another you turn shift and policy. i don't see that right. a child, of course is understandably upset,

but these restrictions were being placed on the travelers from china. yes. as so yesterday the find ministry was saying it as a discrimination against chinese. however, china requires the people from abroad to, to provide a negative test before entering a plane to before entering china. so there is already some kind of reciprocity. so yes, we will see what is going on in the next days. once there might be new rules and china decides on whether they were and decide on some kind of reciprocity as they mentioned yesterday. thank you for that to mara antibody in beijing. i to brazil, which was paid on emotional farewell to football legend, pele star striker was laid to rest of these home city santo's fans, crew for hours to pay their respects. ah,

emotions were running high as hundreds of thousands of people gathered to see the procession of pallet's coffin through the city. the 3 time world cup winner died on thursday. at the age of 80 to dagger. the world owes a lot to pillay, especially the dignity of a man that was born poor, black in a country way. wretchedness is still high and play did not that this affect him. he knew how to be politely shaped the best and the most humble medulla. i'm very said, after a few christian people pack the streets, standing on roof tops and leaning from balconies to get a glimpse of the brazilian icon. the procession came to a halt when it passed the house where his 100 year old mother still lives. it was a day of mourning for the man brazilians called our king, but for many, it was a moment to celebrate him to you. my life really

represents a lot because since i was a kid, i saw him and i was very moved. it's pure emotion today that will miss them and we are here at his funeral and you can see that the whole city has stopped. you will see that the whole world has started. because the pelican edelman that he doesn't assume to lay arguably the world's greatest ever football player was laid to rest in a private ceremony at this most a liam in his hometown. i'll set you up today. it's more for me at the top of the hour. daniel window has your business updates in just about our sports scoring we say thereabout.