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a brand recreate mass. first, pope to retire in centers will have to live coverage ah i'm so girl. welcome to the program. welcome to our special coverage offer your funeral of pope embarrasses to penetrate the 16th, which is due to begin in rome and about half an hour. thousands of people have gathered in saint peter's square head of the funeral mass, which you sort of being presided over by his successor pope frances. please estimate around 100000 to people will attend the event. some heads of state and royalty are also expected to pay their respects, including their germany. president frank welter style but addict was the 1st to germany nearly 500 years to have the catholic church bringing live coverage of the funeral. as it gets under way in this

time will be life to ra, corresponded to the vatican that later in the show. also, adults are following events in the studio. here with me is john berry to cover the election as a job is joseph rat, singer as a pope benedict the 16th in 2005 for d, w, and use a welcome john. a somber atmosphere in the vatican today. what should we expect? well, we will kept guessing until really until yesterday, because this is a pretty unique event. open meritus, right singer. but for the meredith benedict had been living in the vatican for longer as the retired pope. and he had actually been raining as pope and said we've had an effect to pope's and this was a very unusual situation. and nobody quite knew what the funeral would look like, where it couldn't be

a normal funeral with which would take place for raining. but it's going to be a very simple ceremony for benedict himself said he wanted a simple ceremony. it's not going to be radically different from the kind of requiem mass that will be held for any catholic except at the end. they will be special prayers, of course, for the, for the hope a meritus. and he will be buried in the grotto beneath some pieces, basilica, and a post celebrating the funeral of a former pope. this is unprecedented. well, as i say, it's pretty well unprecedented. certainly, there was, it has been one case i was alerted to this by a colleague. i didn't know myself about this, to be honest. there is a case actually of somebody who had been a poker and was buried afterwards by a successor. but it is highly unusual, there is no set form as i was saying for this ceremony, it's going to be a very simple ceremony. and so we're looking at live pictures now of the same in

and the vatican just described to us what it is that we're seeing and where the action is going to take place. where we see that the altar that has been constructed in front of st. petersburg silica is the mass is being held outside in the main square because that's simply because to accommodate the crowds. and the body of the late pope is in a seat, a coffin, placed in front of the of the altar. normally with a raining pope, there would be a quite an elaborate amount of ceremony attached to this, the breaking of an example of the paypal seal and the breaking of the ring. the paper this, this has been dispensed with because he wasn't raining any longer. the earlier interesting little anecdote is that the, the commemorative coins that were made during his reign will be placed in the coffin with him. that's something that, that happens when it, when it dies,

and also the, the stole. but that he where where's that is given to all archbishops? it will also be placed in his coffin. but apart from that, it will just be a simple cedar wood coffin. it will be taken at the end of the mass innocent peters as i was saying. and placed in a zinc coffin that's a tradition of hopes. why exactly? nobody knows the lots of theories. it probably dates back to the papacy being an important political role. and of the importance of the pope in political terms and then into a 3rd coffin of food and he will be buried then under saint peters, probably in the very grotto that pope john paul the 2nd was buried in his backpack. john paul, the 2nd body was transferred to a chapel after he was proclaimed assent, and that to give more access to, to his relics as it were, to the faithful a chapel in 2 pieces, basilica,

so that that grotto has become free as it were. and hope benedict for certain i think we buried that. ok, thanks very much for that. john. john barracuda. our guide through the suddenly i, when it begins in about, in just under half an hour or so, i had a that will have full coverage of the funeral to say when it starts in about a half. now, before that, let's catch up with some of the rest of today's news and we'll start in washington . we're a 2nd dramatic day in the us congress. republicans in the house of representatives have failed to elect a speaker following a sick vote. conservative for carrying the car is great to be the republican majority in the house is being blocked by a group of right wing hot liners leaving to file an appeal from former president donald trump. on mr. mccarthy as be ha or makers of adjourned until noon on thursday to allow the republicans to seek away out of their own pass. mccarty. but

is there a way out we asked? i correspondence in washington sumi so much god we don't know exactly how they're going to solve this crisis. we just know that they're working on it. we've heard rumblings and rumors that kevin mccarthy has been huddling with his critics. those have been standing in his way in the path to be the speaker of the house and tried to crank out some concessions to bring them over to his side. it looks like things might be moving in his direction, but none of that has actually played out into a vote on the floor of the house of representatives. so that means we're going to head into a 3rd day and a 7th round a voting. and some of our viewers might be wondering, where does this actually go? what the says, pretty new territory here in modern politics. it hasn't happened in 100 years. so law makers themselves are navigating the situation, but we know they're going to continue to vote until they select a speaker of the house. that could be kevin mccarthy. it could be someone else. we could just see several rounds of voting ahead of us. but let's see what progress is made in negotiation to the light in the morning. so miss ellis gander in washington

. the russian president vladimir putin has announced the deployment of a warship armed with hypersonic cruise missiles to the atlantic. the show of force comes as western allies move towards increasing their support for ukraine by supplying armored vehicles. deployment of a new generation missiles also comes after was believed to be russia's biggest single military loss to a new crime strike via video link. russian president vladimir putin joined a sending off ceremony for a new frigate equipped with missiles. but, but the celebration looks like a distraction tactic. laughter russian troops suffered heavy losses in her son. and my give her criticism of the military's leadership is mounting. moscow says 89 russian soldiers were killed in mackie of k dozens, more than the death till it initially announced its thought the men were killed in the school building where they were staying in part of a russian controlled area of east in ukraine. military officials say the soldiers themselves were partly to blame. moses is just such

a commission is working to investigate the circumstances of the incident. but it's already obvious that the main reason for what happened was the switching on and massive use contrary to the ban of mobile phones by the troops who were in the zone of enemy weapons. yep. this allowed the enemy to locate the troops for a missile strike. given all the other like care in samarra, on tuesday, people around russia a morning, the dead investigations by the military's commission ongoing. meanwhile, some politicians and military commentators are venting their anger at the russian military leadership on the online service telegram and calling for revenge. deputy do, must speaker andre met viet if says housing troops in buildings rather than bunkers is akin to helping the enemy. and while russia steps up its attacks on ukraine's civilian infrastructure, it plans to protect itself with a new hypersonic missiles system. we're still gives

us co and i am sure that such powerful weapons will make it possible to reliably protect russia from potential external threats, received balance. and when you see cobra, with that put him sent off the new frigate and it's hypersonic cruise, myself for now on a training mission while correspondent roman gotcha and coast following developments from keith. i asked her what he's been hearing about ukrainian warnings, but russia's planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive. well yes, we're hearing and such have such a statements nearly every day hear from top ukraine and officials from president himself from the ukraine and military. they're saying that russia is preparing an offensive. nobody won't knows when exactly and at what place are some so that could happen that may be in the coming days or weeks, other site would happen in february or march and the weather conditions are

decreasing here in ukraine. so frost is coming, was temperature sinking on to minus 10 degrees celsius, and this will make it possible for russia to use a heavy tanks. but it will also make it possible for you, great to use have a tank. so this an escalation possible escalation coming. we don't know that for sure. our and ukraine is also are considered. well, russia could strike from the north, from belarus, or from the east at the moment, the heavy fighting continuous, especially in these, around the city of baltimore. but on the other hand, we hear reports from ukraine and not yet confirmed by independent sources that the ukrainians were able to push back the russian forces in baltimore at least a little right. and that, that talk of tanks is, is interesting untimely, because he does look now as though france will become the 1st western country to deliver light tanks to ukraine. and how is that likely to change things? well, it could be a game changer, but it depends on how many such tanks or france will provide and whether other

countries will follow. because we are also hearing that the united states are considering of sending m similar similar a light, a military vehicles to ukraine. bradley, for example, and it will also put additional pressure on the german government to deliver marta and those light infantry vehicles that are the ukraine has been asking for 4 months . if that happens, that could make a change, of course, and here and key of people. hope that if that happens, if france does deliver and other countries follow, then maybe in the next step robust and countries will provide ukraine with main battle tanks. like the german leo, pud, 2 and this will be definitely a game changer and these coals these warnings by the romanian a president about a russian offensive being in the offing. are they actually being taken seriously, or is it more of a sort of an effort to guard against complacency? no, no, they are taken of being taken seriously. and i would say that some military experts

here in your crying and, and i'm some western experts also see the decision by the united states, for example, to provide patriot a defense systems to ukraine and other non weapons, a new weapon systems to ukraine, as an indirect indicator that the russia is preparing for, for a new of when you offensive. and the russian president himself said that in his goal remains. so he's not or considering any option of giving up his on his or major goals, which is to control major parts of ukraine. and the former president would read of speaking again that the russian russia wants to ago regime change and key of so all the things are taking here very, very seriously. thank you so much. that room room and gone to ranko and keith small storage making headlines around the world. there israel's new government is unveiled. the planter overhauled the judicial system and weakened the powers of the supreme court. the proposals would allow parliament override some supreme court

decisions. but a simple majority critic say the plan would append the country a system of checks and balances and undermines democratic institutions. anti government protest in peru of the ousting the former president of address dia, have resumed after a brief pause over the last week's authorities reported that roads had been block to dozens of provinces, protest as in libra. tried to reach congress to demand the resignation of lawmakers . e commerce joined amazon says it's causing more than 18000 jobs. i think current, economic uncertainty, and rapid hiring for the pandemic. some of the terminations will take place in the company say, i'm zone announced at 10000 cuts in november. iranian authors is released a prominent actor. tap ta ronnie. ali ali dusty from prison on bail image is on twitter, show her celebrating her release. the oscar when it was arrested in 3 weeks ago

after criticizing a crackdown on anti protest of posting at least 3 instagram messages and supportive demonstrations before her account is disabled. the european union has agreed a number of restrictions on travelers from china lane response research, and coven 19 infections, but stopped short of making the restrictions mandatory for member states. recommendations include requiring negative coping 19 tests from passengers at the party from china, as well as a face masks on flights to him from china, beijing threatening countermeasures against restrictions which it's described as discriminatory and not based on science. last ira brussels bureau chief, alexandra, found nomine. why the, you is only made the recommendations as only made recommendations instead of issuing mandates. because member states could not agree whether it is urgent to

take action right now, italy, spain, friends are saying yes it is. they do not trust information coming out of china. they say they want to protect their citizens and that is why they of them there are already demanding a negative, covetous from anyone arriving from china. other member states, such as germany are saying this is not a science based approach to situation not is not as bad as, as it is being pictures. other are states, for instance, austria are hoping for their chinese new year. a try a trouble rush to start. they don't want to discourage tourists from china, from a coming to their country because of course, at that is also important for their economy. right. well, the pandemic has was likely ended in the e. u. we have 7 day average is in germany and france running at more than 33019000 cases a day. so what a brussels girl specific concerns about china?

i think that then the major concern is of course, the fear of new variance. and there mistrust her of information coming out of china . china was a withholding information at the beginning of their pandemic. and now a critics are seeing it's happening again. even experts of their world health organization are complaining they. china is not very transparent. a bit about what's coming, what's happening in the country that china should be more for, it's coming with sharing data. we know that hospitals and funeral homes in china, china are overwhelmed and still according to official data. they're on only few official das registered. so i think that they were peons or not trusting their to data coming out of china, and that's the me major reason for them and their concerns. thank you so much. alexander alexandra phenomena in brussels. new

year's eve here in brook berlin is normally a pretty rowdy night, but after dozens of police and firefighters were injured in attacks involving fireworks as now increasing debate about who's to blame the cities mass. calling for a summit on how to deal with youth violence of the germany interior minister has suggested that failures in migration and integration could be partly responsible re like seeds in the heart of berlin, nurturing in the new year escalated into st. violence in many cities across germany . as usual, rollin was one of the mean hotspot. with the intensity of this years, violence was described by police as far worse than in previous years. police officers were among those attack during the night, along with fire fighters and other members of the emergency services. one fire fire they had to be hospitalized. many others were injured. in berlin,

a 145 were rested in connection with the riots of those attained 45 german citizenship than that's turned the debate from the potential banum pyrotechnics into one about migration and integration. in its wheat, germany's interior minister nancy phaser said, we have a problem in major german cities with some young men with an immigrant background who despise our state. commit acts of violence, and it's very difficult to reach them with education and integration programs. the statement is said otts with an otherwise cautious approach by the german government village for victo, an ortho. cough a debate about what happened on years eve about it. it's not about the so called m aggression background on demand for ban on firecrackers. who don't want to know when it's about as much more fundamental. this is about an attack on the rule of law that i just thought. other members of the governing coalition have warned, against jumping to conclusions. it's blowing mindful. we've never seen

a phenomenon like this before. men's got at least not to this extent i'm at home. and so of course i've a problem with response like this. in the mean. it's hardly a just description totally discussed. people of an immigrant background, attacking emergency workers and soft entities, alarms were shot that english, that the scobee finished understand precedence of brilliance. no con district are not surprised at the violence flared up in their neighbourhood. he has this absalom . this part of berlin is the worst in these high rise buildings. i am speechless. it's the same. every year. they burn trash cans, set cars on fire, or smash bus stops to stella. good car put out my job has a full exam do it because the heed the police some because i think it's fun most or angry because of cove. it's more for some people. it's in a nature much. i'm into it because it's waste of money for those who want to use fireworks, let them and all of my friends are into it, like tomato man

a fine isn't all summer. and it's nice to lead the fan down again. it's kind of normal for berlin bumper, lost his irish muscle. and this has gone to the mile and been berlin's mayor francisco giff. i has called this summit against youth violence. it's a 1st attempt to find a solution to recurring problem. we take you back to our top story. now we're going to take you to row. we're a correspondent jack percocets, peter's square and the vatican, or pope for francis will provide preside over the funeral of his predecessor immersive. so pope embarrasses a benedict, the 16th, which will happen in about 10 minutes or so out. welcome jack. let's start with your im impressions of this unprecedented day. well we're here now on saint peter's square, just bracing for this funeral to begin. there's been a steady stream of public into the square,

but certainly not the huge cries that you would perhaps expect if it were the funeral of a sitting pope. it's really has the feel of a moment specifically internally for the vatican church. there are delegations, obviously, from the church all are from all over the world that of arrive in rome to mark this occasion. the vatican says that this will be a solemn funeral ceremony and will be marked with simplicity rather than perhaps the pomp and ceremony again of a sitting pope francis will preside over the funeral and it will last summer in the region of an hour, perhaps a little bit more and tens of thousands of people are gathered there, the catholic faithful. have you been able to speak to any of them? yeah, people have arrived from all across the world for this event. we've been here over the last week or so ever since it was announced that po benedict had been taken ill and was in a serious condition. i've spoken to people from poland, from brazil,

from ireland, who came into the city to come and just mark this this moment, which has been something of a particular and peculiar, perhaps a kink in history where there have been 2 popes alive at the same time. pope francis and the pope ameritas benedict many people from the, from the catholic church really did favor pope benedicts of traditional and perhaps more conservative values. and the way that they that that sort of marked his papacy, and still feel very, very strong me towards him as the pope changes, there are always people that favor the different positions. but now the sort of the vatican and the church itself will be marked more clearly by the perhaps more progressive philosophies of pope francis. he can hear neither the singing is just a getting going. we know that the service is gonna stop any moment. now i felt as

you were speaking, i saw that a, the current pope book francis has been a we'll deck into the square. so you're right it's, it's not, not long now. i'm quick word about the international delegations, not many there because the pope benedict was not in office when he died. no, that's right. so a lot of this very important and prominent leaders of arrived in a private capacity, including the german chancellor o. last shows the president frank vall, to sty my. the belgian king felipe and the former queen of spain, sophia, sophia, has arrived to pay their respects, as well as to the pope. but this is really a scaled bag. a funeral in that sense where people that are members of the catholic church themselves have chosen on their own initiative to come and pay their respects to pay for marriage. suspended the 60 and what would you say his biggest achievement asked pope was well, i think, you know, it,

during his time he sort of credited with kick starting at least the investigations into some of the sexual abuse scandals that have brought the church for, for a number of decades now, he was accused of not doing enough, but certainly during his papacy, that was when the conversations really started in the vatican. and that's certainly something that has, has been taken up by pope frances. always allegations that not enough has been done, but certainly that is something that, that he'll be remembered and we know the term pope francis has been plagued by a knee injury for some time. now i'm, is it likely that he is going to step bouncer? well, there have been some suggestions that his ill health is perhaps affecting his role as pope as well. but i think certainly the overarching sentiment of the vatican

church would would be that to have another hope resign would be extremely problematic. i think that is something that will be widely attempted to be avoided . normally, the job of pope is a job for life. and if you know of this, nature happens, you know, the ending of the pope's life is the ending of the job. and that's why this is a peculiar moment here, this funeral, which really ends this this, this time where we have had these 2 pokes alive at the same time. ok, thank you for that, said jack jack parrot at the vatican covering the funeral of the late pope benedict the 16th at the cardinal's and have begun to enter the square. so let's, let's take a look at the pictures that are there. and john barry is here to talk us through today's ceremony. and john, with we seen the, the, the cardinals were seeing the cardinals enter the square. perhaps you could talk us through what's going to happen?

well, as our correspondent in rome pointed out, this is going to be actually quite a simple ceremony or in vatican terms, at least it's following very much the kind of a requiem mass funeral mass that would take place for an ordinary humble catholic priest in germany or poland or wherever. there are, of course some differences and, but basically it's going to be very simple ceremony. that's what benedict himself wanted. and it was the decision of pope francis ultimately what, what form this, this funeral would take. and it's probably going to be something that is as the corresponding rumor also said, something that's going to be rather personal rather than simply ceremonial. it's i find personally rather touching. but there are heads of state who were not obliged

to come or not there in official capacity, but came because of a personal respect for, for the pope. and you covered the election of joseph rat, singer as he was then back in 2005 for us here at d. w. a news now you, you're here to see him take his say his last farewells. this must be quite a day for you. yes. i must confess something here, phil, that i had not anticipated, but benedict being elected. he seemed too old and too frail to take over the job. and himself said afterwards that he had prayed in the moment of the conclave, when it became clear that the cardinal's we're going to elect him. he, he prayed, oh please, god don't do this to me. he felt inadequate in the roll, i think from the beginning and saw himself as indeed the cardinal's probably saw him as a caretaker. and he eventually, i think,

one of the most moving moments of his papacy, ironically, was his decision to resign. it was the, the humble decision of an honest man who realized that under the circumstance that his health and his, his mental condition as it were, his psychology as of motions and so on. we're not up to the huge challenges that we're rocking. the catholic church at the time in the beginning of the new millennium, and even added to the, the uncertainty within the church, by ushering at a period in which the church had to pope's. would you say that the catholic church manage that, that era? well, i think the benedict managed that very well. there was lots of speculation the time that he was going to be a focus of conservative theology within the church. frances was very clearly from the beginning. somebody who was going to be a reformer and much more forward looking and there was anxiety within the church.

the conservative elements within the catholic church would rally around benedict. and this would only exacerbate the tensions within the church, which was as i mentioned already being rocked by scandals of various sorts. we say that they were almost ready to start and we were starting with the literature of the word. so just a quick word on what we can expect next. well, it's going to be, as i said, a more less standard. a catholic mass is going to be a penitential rise, the confession of sin. and at the beginning, everybody acknowledging their own sinfulness and asking for forgiveness that is a normal part of opening of catholic mass. and then there will be the so called literacy of the word in which we would have readings one from the old testament, one from the lesser of peter and a gospel. and then the eucharistic.