i imagine he's teaching for relevance to. ah, gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah, ah, this is d, w. lie from burly, russia president vladimir putin orders a temporary cease fire in ukraine. it would be the 1st major truce since moscow launched its invasion, keith, as dismissing the proposal as to procrastinate also on the program of fresh bread to break a historic political stalemate in the us. deadlock republicans voting once more to

elect their leader of the house of representatives could concessions to the hard drive. so he'll kevin mccarthy. the leadership speakership and pope benedict. the 16th is laid to rest that a funeral ceremony presided over by pope francis. it's the 1st time in 2 centuries that a sitting po past conducted such rights for his criticism. ah, i'm glad overs welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a 36 hour cease fire on the ukrainian front line. it would take place from the 6th through the 7th of january, to coincide with the russian orthodox christmas crammed, and says putin made the decision after an appeal from the head of the russian

orthodox church. patrick carol, ukraine has dismissed russia's declaration as hypocrisy and propaganda. the warrant this, i'm not john. bow correspondence, roman, gunter, anchor in keys and kelly and buy in riga. welcome to both of you, kelly. let's start with you. what do we know so far? what could this cease? fire ordered by who did look like well, president vladimir putin asked his defense minister, sergey shall go to implement the ceasefire at the request of patriarch real. who has patriot career? peter cruel? is the head of the russian orthodox church. he is the most important person in russia, a spirit, a spiritual person, person in russia, and was also responsible for many ukrainian said before the war. and patrick, real is also a guy who blessed his russian troops before they go into combat. and he says they

shall be washed free of their sins if they die for russia. now this is the guy who's asking for the cease fire. what is president putin say? well, putin is saying he wants the people, the orthodox people in eastern ukraine, where the fighting is going on to be able to experience a christmas without having to fear for their lives. so far. the official version as go to kia now to rome are going to ranko a roman. how has this news been received where you are then ukraine? well, there's been a lot of criticism so far the an advisor to the present presidential or administration caliper. the luck wrote on twitter and he said that it was all on propaganda that it was a trap and hypocrisy the head of the ukrainian national security council. daniel of also spoke of hypotheses and said that ukrainians would continue fighting on during the christmas night. and a lot of ukrainian experts also criticized this or suggestions by russia. they say

that russia only needs time to regroup its forces, and many people are outraged that it's, it's carol who is a suggest, who has suggested this and as killer absolutely correctly pointed out. carol was blessing russian troops fighting in ukraine now killing ukrainians. and menu, remember that or in april 22, the ukraine in presence zalinski and they am un secretary general asked the russian president for a truce or fork. an easter holidays for a for a few days and are moscow? him said no, and a russian representative at the u answered. ukraine would only need this time to regroup its forces and, and now it's exactly vice versa, at least at what it looks like from key of now, though skeptical reactions are there in the ukraine, achille, and why did put in order this sci fi and now roman mentioned it, could it be that russian troops just need a breather?

i think that's it. that's good possibility. i think we need to look at the last few months. we had an, a catastrophic. the feeder is young. we had a defeat at her son, and just a few days ago, we had a strike at mckee of care, the biggest bloodiest incidents for russia since the beginning of the war officially. and at least and mchuga is interesting because it's part of the ukrainian shaping offensive. we're hearing reports that the ukrainians are attacking munition storage facilities. we've been hearing from crimea that there have been explosions there almost every night and it looks like the ukrainians are going after the russian and ground lines of communications. what are those? those are basically the logistical lions connecting the russian troops at the front too. and the logistic centers in the back am and if the russians don't have access to ammunition and fuel and food anymore, then obviously they might need a ceasefire. so it could definitely be that this is also one of the reasons though roman are what will the ukrainians do? will that keep on fighting?

how is this going to player i think the pregnancy will continue fighting and m, i think at least i'm, it, the fighting could maybe subside at some point, but not completely knock on a complete says fire is expected hearing cave. i think right after that both sides will continue fighting more intensely because russia made it very, very clear. it is not giving up on its goal goals and ukraine is a very resilient and the weather is also changing in ukraine. it's getting colder and it may make it easier for both sides to use heavy equipment like main battle tanks, rollin got her ankle there and italian a buyer. thanks to both our correspondence that now the republican politician kevin mccarthy appears to have failed for a 7th time to win enough support to become speaker of the us house of representatives is one of the most important jobs in us politics. and i believe we

can look at some live pictures here of the house where the latest round of a voting had just been held. the previous 6 rounds in the feed for my coffee with a group of hard line members off his own party blocking his election even after form of president. donald trump appealed for unity. mccarthy is the 1st candidate in a century who has had to face multiple ballots. now let's bring in a d, w. washington bureau chief enos pool to bring us up to speed there. it looks like voting has concluded, what can you tell us? just right god, it looks as sir. 1 mccarthy is obviously facing a nother loss as he lost more than 4 volts from in his own party. that means he won't be able to gain these 200 roads. he needs to win the speaker cd or,

and it also looks like that nothing has changed. and since last night, when they adorned the wording in hope from the mccarthy kind of part that they couldn't negotiate or to get some more votes. but as for nowadays, as it looks right now, nothing really has changed. she is, wasn't able overnight or to convince people to come on his side even. so he basically has given away everything what a god left to give. he kind of sold. a his soul for a short time when on the cost of the future, what did he do? he promised are the members of the so called freedom caucus seats and very important committees those that for example, determine the rules of the house. he also agreed a so called one number motion to vacate that would mean that only one member of congress could force to vote 2 hours to speaker and i, we are just experiencing how complicated this is. so overall,

it's very unsure what will happen over the next hours. now what does this power struggle mean, discontinuing power struggle mean for the future of the republicans? and for us politics and general? i think what we're seeing right now is a just kind of a preview of some really very complicated to yours, not only in the house of representatives, but for the republican party overall. the big question will be, how much power do these like 20 or so hard core are right wing republicans have over this very fractions party specially with the house which they own only by such a small margin and a, it's also important to understand that there are republican, a centrist, and they're really growing increasingly frustrated, frustrating,

or mccarthy and others are willing to bend the need to this small majority. so the question here really is, will that more centrist republican, be willing to co operate a little closer with the democrats to kind of save the soul of the republican party? or will they not? so this is something we will have to watch very closely over the next months on interesting day there will turn into an interesting night in washington and of course in as well keep us updated for the rest of the day on this. thank you very much. in the school but francis has presided over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered in saint peter's square and bath and city for the service. for benedict died last week at the age of 95. in 2013, he stunned the world by voluntarily stepping down due to ill health,

becoming the 1st pope in centuries to do that, the funeral, conclude so unique arrangements in which to pope's co existed in the vatican. ah, i historic moment at the end of the funeral mass. as pope francis blast the coffin of his predecessor, it was a ceremonial gesture filled with respect. pope frances has struggled to walk in recent months. but she took grace at 1st to stand in tribute to benedict from the early hours, the faithful lined up to pay you their fine respects to the former pontiff as interest to any good. and he was a man of great fate and, and i want to follow his example and his kindness reserve and great faith. let's have a face and i showed it and defeated the 16th means um yeah,

solid rock for the church. was he through inspiration for the seminaries of my generation? and we all read his works in seminary. the mourners held from all over the world, including benedict snakes of bavaria and southern germany, a benedict for 50, i think benedict. the 16th was the most significant bavaria and german as probably the last 500 years from one of your legal benedict was the 1st german in almost 500 years to lead. the catholic church on the foreign dignitaries in the crowd included germany's president. despite the grandiose sessing, it was a simple ceremony benedict choosing an un unadorned wooden coffin, in which to be laid to rest that good mistake to write the service, pope frances alluded to the former pon tips, religious work,

and the sacrifices he made for his catholic faith. and as the ceremony g to a close, a close round to saint peter's square, a celebration of pancakes life and an anticipation of the eternal life. catholics believe he will now enjoy with god in heaven. aka spawn jack, paris, cross at the funeral mass. and we asked him to give us his impressions of that service. the funeral of pope ameritas vanity, the 16th appears to be very much as the vatican had suggested, that it would be it with scaled back. still somber and very respectful to the former cove. there have been many people that have arrived from all over the world . i've spoken to nuns from tanza near from burundi, from many people from all over the world. 11 of those nuns that was tons from tanza near said that she find it very sad. the funeral,

but profoundly beautiful. a lot of the people that have turned up to this funeral really have done so in a private capacity. we know that the german chancellor and allow shouts and the president frank votes of sy my were here, but also the belgian king felipe turned in attend up in a private capacity as did the former queen of spain, sophia, lots of people that we've been listening to and hearing today is speaking to on the streets, have a personal story to tell about. pope benedict. he was, it appears quite a hands on pope and previous in his, in his job as a cardinal and was very personally supportive to people. i think a lot of people felt a personal connection and decided to attend the funeral. here in rome today, the coffin that was on display the wooden coffin is being sealed with zinc and then put into another wooden coffin and will be moved then into the croc brodis. under the basilica of saint peter. here at the vatican, city for the foreseeable future,

took her jack park reporting from rome, van d watching dw news, and he is a reminder of our top story. russian president vladimir putin says he has ordered a 36 al unilateral cease fire, new crime to mount the russian orthodox christmas. keith as dismissed moscow's announcement as hypocrisy, and repeated its demand for russian troops to leave occupied areas of view. correct? that's it from me, avenue, steam, a phenomenon called florida. we'll keep you updated on all those stories. at the top of the i spoke with stories that people of a world over information. they provide the opinions they want.