ah ah ah ah, this is dw, lying from berlin, russian president vladimir putin orders a temporary christmas ceasefire in ukraine and would be the 1st truth since moscow launched its invasion cave is dismissing the proposal as i pock receipt. also coming up he was republican, kevin mccarthy loses another vote to become speaker of the house of representatives

. the setback comes to spies concessions to far rise. lawmakers and folk benedict the 16th is laid to rest. at a funeral ceremony presided over by pope francis. it's the 1st time in 2 centuries that a sitting pope has conducted such rights or has freed assessor. ah, i'm the cough really. it's good to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a 36 hour cease fire on the ukrainian front line. and will take place from the thanks to the 7th of january to coincide with the russian orthodox christmas kremlin, says putin made a decision after an appeal from the head of the russian orthodox church patriarch carrillo. ukraine has dismissed russia's declaration as i parker c and propaganda.

and i'm joined now by our correspondence roman, gone to rank own cave and kilian buyer in riga and see if we can bring them up. all right, kenya, let's start with you. and what do we know so far? what could the ceasefire ordered by putin look like? well, president putin talked to his defense minister, sergey shall go and instructed him to implement the request bay by patriarch real. so who has patriot career painter? career is the head of the russian orthodox church. he is the spiritual leader in russia, and he's also a man who bless his russian troops before they go on to combat and says if they die in combat, they will be washed free of their sins. now president vladimir putin, it saying that he would like to have this cease fire over orthodox christian christmas. so people can go to mass. basically what is implying that people can go

to mass without having to fear for their lives and a fear of dying. really. roman officials and keith were quick to dismiss the move as i, pa chrissy on more. can you tell us about how this announcement has been received in ukraine? oh sir, father has been on only negative reaction. so the 1st rick was the advisor to the presidential administration mahalo for the lack of called it propaganda. hi, paul chrissy and a trap. and the, and head of the ukraine and national security council, alexi, the neal was very, very critical. he also spoke of hi pucker c. and he, i recalled that a pleasure curio the russian patriarch was blessing. the russian soldiers were killing ukrainians just like kill in a sad and a he said the ukrainians would continue fighting. ukrainian experts also say that the russia only needs a small pause to regroup its forces. and they recall that urban, in april or last year, prison zalinski suggested russia

a is to cease fire or east of truth or trust or put in rejected it actually. and the russian ambassador to the un, the un secretary general, also suggested a truce at that time. and the russian ambassador said that a truce would only mean that ukrainian forces would regroup themselves. so russia rejected it at that time. and russia was thinking it was winning in ukraine. now probably not, killian, he was, president biden says he think business burton trying to find some oxygen. why do you think food in order that these are now? oh, i mean, we need to look at how the war has gone for russia. right. first, the assault and kids that didn't work. then in the summer we saw in the russian army really performing very, very poorly is young. the next, the big, big defeat, the very embarrassing defeat, the after annexing at her son, they had to leave harrison. and most recently, of course,

we had the strike in m. mckee of her. and this strike mchuga is interesting because, and it was very far behind russian lines there. it was a base full of russian soldiers that was struck by ukrainian rockets. and what we are hearing is that the ukrainians are and they're implementing shaping operations . what does this mean? it means they are striking logistical targets in the back of the russian lines. they're targeting munition to pose, and we're hearing from crimea as well that there are explosions, they are every night. so in light of this, it, it seems plausible that the russians might need a pause to actually bring equipment back to the front lines, bring food back to the front lines. so i think it is a plausible explanation. roman any idea and how this will play out well, on some, some on the russian side i'll ready 'em hinting that there will be no completes his fire. the nurse of some media reported the head of the so called the daniel creegan

. mr. bushland was saying there would be no ceasefire just for people who believe in god the christians, so that have they have time to pray or to visit the church or be during the mass in a cathedral. so he said, if there were any of it, was there any fighting at the russian troops will retaliate, or he also said, and i think the fighting might subside a bit. maybe it will be not so intense, but there will be no complete stop of it. and immediately after that, here and key of people expect the next collation because the russian forces will probably try to no hit ukrainian cities were with rockets and with drones, again as a kind of what they call retaliation for ukrainian. shelling of the city of mackay of cupboard and asked were, dozens of russian soldiers have been killed and russian present. putting also in his new year's address he made, made it very clear. russia wants to continue this war and not stop it. well and

gunter anchor in cave and killian buyer in riga, thank you. bye. in the united states, republican politician, kevin mccarthy has been nominated for an 8th time to become speaker of the us house of representatives. one of the most important jobs in us politics. this follows 7 consecutive failures to garner enough support at the latest vote showed no sign of progress and mccarthy show down with a group of hard line members of his own party blocking his election. mccarthy is the 1st candidate in a century who has had to face multiple ballads. chamber cannot move on to any other business until a speaker is chosen into and our washington barrett. venus poll is falling all of this very closely. she joins me now from washington. ynez round after round and mccarthy doesn't seem to be making any progress. how long can

this go on? well, theoretically nicola, there is no limit. so she uses american is saying are basically who could go on until the cows come home. so, but would we here is that also many republicans are really getting frustrated. as you just said, no one of the house members is sworn in, so no business can be done not only business regarding washington, but also regarding a topics which really meadows to the constituencies of the house members spec home . so the pressure is raising that mc coffee finally, accepting the reality that is not able to convince the so called rebels to vote for him. what is mccarthy been offering? this group of right wing republicans were blocking his election. he basically has a giving away everything he had, he promised the members of the freedom caucus seeds and very important

committees. those, for example, are that are a, determine the rules of the house that would, for example, mean that it would be very hard to, to go find a compromise on giving them money and aid to countries like ukraine, ukraine. but not only that, he also agreed a one number motion to vacate that means that only one member of congress is needed to force a vote to oust the speaker. and we just experiencing how difficult it is for this chamber to agree on electing a speaker. so he really gave everything a mo, away for a short when, and really kind of sacrificed his future at all of this. it is remarkable, you know, unheard of in a century we have a very small group of people, just paralyzing, basically be entire political system. what is this power struggle mean for the

future of you as republicans, and you know the political scenario in the country in general? right, i mean this is sir, the 1st kind of action of the majority of the republican party in the house to have this majority now since 3 days. and that's what they're doing with it. and it's only like a group of probably 20 people or so who are holding the whole party hostage. so this kind of washington drama really reflects larger structural of forces that are changing american democracy in this whole huge big country i think. or what we're seeing here is that like with the help of social media, individual and groups like the freedom caucus really can much more easily mobilize or opposition to government action. and that is specifically an important here in the call because we have a 2 party system in other countries. like for example,

in germany, we have 5 different party. so you know, each fraction can kind of build its own party. and then we have a system to deal with it, but here in this country, there is no system. and that is a huge challenge and not only for a, the republican party, but also for the dental grades. because we are seeing this fraction in the democratic party just as well and full, we'll keep talking to you until the cows come home if need be. thank you for the diving o. frances has presided over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered and saint peter square and the vatican city. for the service pope benedict died last week at the age of 95 and 2013. he stunned the world by voluntarily stepping down due to ill health, becoming the 1st pontiff in centuries. to do so, the funeral concludes a unique arrangement in which to pope's co existed in the vatican.

ah, i historic moment at the end of the funeral mass. as pope francis blessed 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 and tribute to benedict. from the early hours, the faithful lined up to pay their final respects to the former pontiff or since it's to any good and who is the man of great fate. and, and i want to follow his example in his kindness reserve and great faith over this . and i took it and defeated over 16. what means on your solid rock for the church, was through inspiration for the seminaries margin ratio. and we all read

his works in seminary. the mourners health from all over the world, including benedict snakes of bavaria and southern germany. in benedict, i think benedict, the 16th was the most significant bavarian. i'm german. probably the last 500 years from form of yours. legally 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, an unadorned wooden coffin, in which to be laid to rest. that means the 2 at 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 drew to a close a pools ride through saint peter's square,

a celebration of benedict's life and an anticipation of the eternal life. catholics believe he will now enjoy with god in heaven. here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world to day demonstrators and peru have blocked roads and another day of protests over the ousting a former president pedro castillo. protesters are calling for his replacement president, deana di napoli wanted to resign. the demonstrations died down over the holiday period, but re started on wednesday. jailed nobel peace prize, laurie ed alice elliot ski has gone on trial and bella, bruce, he and 2 others faced charges of financing protests and money smuggling. the men faced up to 12 years in jail. elliott sky co founded the v as not human rights group, which shared that 2022 nobel prize with rights groups from russia and ukraine.

germany has joined a growing list of countries to impose mandatory coven tests on travelers from china, which is facing a surgeon infections. the european union has recommended all its members states follow that policies starting on monday. china has said the travel restrictions are discriminatory. and health experts are actually now concerned about how quickly a new coven variant is fretting the on the cross sub very and x b b 15 is currently spreading rapidly in the united states. official data last week showed it accounting for over 40 percent of cases. scientists say it's the most contagious version of coven 19. yet the world health organization says it has been detected in 28 other countries, mainly in europe, was the very end was 1st discovered in october and earlier d,

w spoke to dr. div t gore dasani, an expert on epidemiology and global health at queen mary university in london. and we asked her if we should be worried about this new marriott. we should be worried if he is liberty to suggest that this is a baby and that doesn't just escape immunity very well. perhaps the most immune, evasive, very routine so far. but is also able to infect cells better. so it binds more closely to the part of the cell, allowing the rise to enter more, which means that it's also likely to be more transmissible. we're already seeing being back in the places when spreading. so for example, in new york, where this brand is already dominant, we have seen in associated with a higher rita hospitalizations. and what's really concerning is that this is now spreading in many other parts of the u. s. in passive your room in the u. k. in canada and is very likely going to be the vein that becomes dominant across europe . in a few weeks time. our drug gangs threatening the rule of law in the

netherlands. many dodge, have been asking that question after a string of drug mafia murders, including that of an acclaimed investigative journalist. it'll be use jack paris reports from the hague. a dutch coffee shop, where it's permitted to buy small amounts of marijuana. you can even pay with your bank called but businesses like this $1.00 could spend up to $3000000.00 euros buying stock without receipts is technically illegal for them to purchase so much, but it's never prosecuted. that legal gray area here is coming under increasing scrutiny. following the 2021 murder of dutch investigative journalist, peter r. devries. he was part of a team supporting a witness in a case against a drug kingpin and firstlight for his eyes family. but also the client, it was a huge blow. yeah. and, and we, we had to look for new balance and, and to,

to, um, to hold on to each other to be able to continue. these lawyers have spent more than 2 years under run the clock protection for defending a key witness in a trial against redo ontology. he's accused of ordering a string of murders, including the former lawyer, and the brother of the main witness against him. lawyer peter shout and says the trial against 2 other men, accused of the related murder of devries has descended into a mess. it's now headed to re trial after a judge left the proceedings and the deluge of new evidence was submitted. but i say is we should just legally men up against she to asians like dish, learn from what is going on here and make changes in the law so that even lesh becomes a problem. the fear is that matthew or intimidation might be winning. journalists like saskia bowman remain committed though. my colleagues are really adamant in

writing about organized crime and am revealing what, what's happening air in the country and how dangerous it is and how important it is to fight organized crime. and, but they're all more carefully. you can say that they're all more aware of the dangers and we are more. yeah, more careful. we look fresh, older, with the ports of rotterdam thought to be the main entry point for cocaine into europe. the netherlands is under pressure from of e u countries. the multitude of coal cases around these criminal gangs rumbles on, but there's also a national discussion about what's being done politically. a many of those questions are being directed here to the ministry of justice, asking exactly what is changing to prevent these kind of crimes in the future. the dutch government sent d w. a statement saying it's taking unprecedented action and is investing an additional $700000000.00 euros in the coming years to fight organized crime. i

personally think this country is not a riddle with gang violence or anything like that. it's not like a italian mafia or something, but it is starting to get a big problem. everyone turns to the netherlands as the prime example of legalization of drugs and how we should, you know, push forward the, to, for example, legalize marijuana and other kind of drugs. and, and i don't know, it's really opens your eyes of the whole reality behind it. and how the netherlands as becoming are christy the mafia. gang has also been threatening people in belgium and germany routing out their influence is significant, not just for the netherlands, but for the whole of europe. and we want to share with you some breaking news and it's just come in germany and the united states said they are now prepared to send armored vehicles to ukraine. berlin wilson martyr infantry finding vehicles and a patriot missile system to help ukraine in its defense against russia's invasion, the u. s. ascending bradley finding vehicles. germany has been under mounting

pressure to deliver battle, tangs and infantry fighting vehicles. long sought by cave after france yesterday agreed to supply light tanks to ukraine. here is eve has become a pretty rowdy night here in berlin over the last years, but after a dozen of of police and fire fires were injured in deliberate attacks involving fireworks. there's now increasing debate about who is to blame the city's mayor as calling for a summit on how to deal with youth violence. but the german interior minister has suggested that failures in the integration of migrants could be responsible for riot like seeds in the heart of berlin. the ushering in of the new year escalated into street violence in many cities across germany. as usual, berlin was one of the main hotspots, but the intensity of this years violence was described by police as far worse than in previous years. police officers warman, those attack during the night,

along with fire fighters, another members of the emergency services. one fire fire to had to be hospitalized . many others were injured. in berlin, a 145 were rested in connection with the rights of those detained. 45 of german citizenship in 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 select for victo and or to cause the debate about what happened on you is evil. but 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 is much more fundamental. this is about an attack on the rule of law to let us start. other members of the governing coalition have warned, against jumping to conclusions. blow, he mindful. we've never seen a phenomenon like this before. mince got at least not to this extent. i'm at home. and so of course i have a problem with a response like this. and mean it's hardly a just description totally discussed. people of an immigrant background, attacking emergency workers and soft and empties. alarms were shocked that english that the scobee finished on dexter, president superintendents. no current district are not surprised at the violence flared up in their neighbourhood. his, his absence, this part of berlin is the worst in these high rise buildings. i am speechless. it's the same every year as well. the burn trash cans set cars on fire or smash bus stops to stella. good car, put up one job. hussle will some do it because the have 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 and smuggle mine fine isn't all summer. and it's nice to let the fan down again. it's kind of normal for berlin, bumping to las vegas muscle. and this is guns the mile and been berlin's mayor. francisco defy, has called the summit against youth violence is a 1st attempt to find a solution to recurring problem. a mother of birth adornment and united states med feler. giovanni raina has revealed. she reported the u. s. national teams coach greg burn halter for a historic incident of domestic abuse, bur helter is under investigation by the u. s. football federation after revealing his quote shameful behavior towards his now wife. the incident has exposed the rift plaguing the u. s. team at the recent world cup and katara were rayna. one of the

team star players only had a limited role. the rain is and the bow houses have known each other for decades. but the family friendship became a family feud during football, the most important tournaments. obviously this is not a positive time for soccer in this country, environment, national teams. and it's a tough time for the families involved. and i'm just hopeful that we can find resolution to this quickly. after talking g o raina, the dorman midfielder before the world cup. he rediscovered his form after a series of injuries. but once in guitar, he didn't start a single game for the us. because greg burn hauser raised consent over rain, his attitude, he told a leadership conference last month, he's made a player thought to be raina. apologize for his conduct. the story took

a twist on tuesday, went by the seemingly out of the blue admitted to kicking his now wife when they were 18 revealing this because quote, during the world cup and individual contacted us soccer saying they had information about me that would take me down the final twist came late on wednesday. joe's mom danielle rayna said she was the one who contacted us soccer about the house has passed off his comments at the conference. she said it was especially unfair that her son was, quote, still being dragged through the mud when greg the asked for and receive forgiveness for doing something so much worse at the same age. cloudy arena g o, his dad and former teammates of greg, but also revealed he'd been in touch with the officials about his son's lack of gain time. both reign of parents denied any threats or blackmail. perhaps his job is coach. meanwhile, is currently under review, pending the outcome of an investigation. when it comes to our head coaching

position that we have right now, greg burn halter until the investigation and the review takes place is still under consideration for the head coach shop over us men's national team to finally synonymous with us soccer. the futures with a national team now uncertain. and before we go, a quick reminder of our breaking news, germany and the usa they will send armored vehicles to ukraine will have more on that at the top of the hour. i've renewed with

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