sally is teaching or relevant to a legacy starts january 28th on b, w. ah ah ah, this is d w near his line for land and the u. s. and germany announced plans to deliver armored fighting vehicles to ukraine. the german made martyr and u. s. bill bradley, finding vehicles could soon be on their way to the front line, well, look out the difference they could make on the battlefield. also coming up, russian president vladimir food and orders

a temporary christmas feast buyer in ukraine. keith dismisses the proposal as hypotheses. and in the u. s, there is no end inside to a historic political deadlock. republican congress man kevin mccarthy, appears to lose an 8th vote to become speaker of the house of representatives. the latest set back comes to spite concessions to far right. lawmakers and pope benedict the 16th is laid to rest at a funeral ceremony presided over by pope francis. it's the 1st time and 2 centuries that a sitting pope has conducted such rights for his freed assessor. ah, i'm to call for a shower viewers on p. b s in the united states and all around the world. welcome to the program. we start with some breaking news, germany, and the say they are prepared to send the armored vehicles to ukraine. berlin will

send martyr infantry finding vehicles and a patriot missile system to help you crane in its defense against russia invasion. the us is sending bradley fighting vehicles. germany has been under mounting pressure to deliver battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles long sought by keep, especially after france agreed to supply light tanks to ukraine yesterday and dw correspondence, catherine lank has has more on this. catherine, germany has long been reluctant to provide. 5 armored vehicles to ukraine. why the change of heart now? germany, his long said it doesn't want a single move, no unilateral decision when it comes to delivering heavy weapons to ukraine. so it asked for closed coordination with all nato partners and saying that it simply also feared some potential provocation of russia. if western meet battled tanks

are sent to ukraine are sent to the fight in ukraine. and germany is also always been saying, we are already a very strong supporter of your current in they've send how it serves air defense systems like the iris t anti aircraft guns like the gephart. but so far, no battled hangs that were met western made until france has made it has had a change of heart and decided to send light battled hangs, which germany has now joined in on. and there was a call with the chancellor, all of shawls and us president joe biden, after which it was announced that both countries would be sending heavy weapons like the mortar to ukraine. ok, so let's talk details. what kind of equipment are we talking about here? so one of the 2 weapons that are being discussed is the mortar. as you said in the

mortar, is you have to imagine it's some sort of light tank. so officially, it's not a battle tank per definition, but it's used as one it's used on the front lines efficiently. it's called an infantry fighting vehicle and a canon and machine guns. and it will hold 9 soldiers and ukraine. hope that will make a definitive change on the battlefield for its fight. and the pat tree at miss style l defend system will also be sent. germany will support the u. s. that has already sent or nonce that they will send patriots and it's, it's a machine to protect basically against aircraft long range, drones and cruise missiles. so it's not nothing that will come to ukraine. the w political correspond in catherine lang case. thank you so much. and meanwhile,

russian presidential recruiting has ordered a 36 hour see fire on the ukrainian front line. it will take place from the 6th to the 7th of january to coincide with the russian orthodox christmas the kremlin set foot and made the decision after an appeal from the head of the russian orthodox church patriarch. carol, ukraine has this missed russia's declaration, as hypocrisy, and propaganda. our correspondence roman, gone to rank on keven, killian, byron riga, gave me some analysis on this earlier i asked calion what we know so far and what the, the fire ordered by putin could 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 is patriot career pater? career is the head of the russian orthodox church. he is the spiritual leader in russia, and he is also a man who bless his russian troops before they go into combat and says if they die

in combat, they will be washed free of their sins. now president vladimir putin is saying that he would like to have this, this cease fire over orthodox christian christmas. so people can go to mass. basically what he's 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 them of as high pock rossi. and more, can you tell us about how this announcement has been received in the ukraine? oh sir, father's been only negative reaction, so the 1st to react was the advisor to the produce potential administration mahalo for the lack of called it propaganda. hi, paul chrissy and a trap. and the and head of the ukrainian national security council alexi the neal was very, very critical. he also spoke of hyper chrissy and he recalled that her patrick curiel, the russian patriarch,

was blessing. the russian soldiers were killing ukrainians. just like hillen a sad, and a he said the ukrainians would. ting, 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, prisons, lensky, suggested russia, a is to cease fire, or is to 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 years, president biden says, he think business boat and 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 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 car. and this striking 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 a 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 from an any idea and how this will play out. well, some, some on the russian side. oh, 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 a danielle screech, and mr. pushin 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 the cathedral. so he said, if there were any of it, was there any fighting, the russian troops will retaliate her. 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, hearing key of people expect the next galatian because of 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 mckee of cupboard and ask 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 from. and gunter anchor in cave and killian buyer in riga. thank you both to the us. now a republican politician kevin mccarthy appears to have failed for an 8th time to win enough support to become speaker of the house of representatives. is one of the most important jobs in us politics. there's been no sign of progress and mccarthy's show down with a group of hard line members of his own party blocking his election despite him offering them various concessions. mccarthy is the 1st candidate in a century who has had to face multiple ballots. the chamber cannot move to any other business until a speaker is chosen. and sitting tight,

watching all of this unfold is dw washington bureau chief anus falls. he joins me now for more round. after round enos and mccarthy doesn't seem to be making any progress. how long can this go on? early calls directly. there is no limit you just said the record was 9. avoids a 100 years ago under the current kind of rules. but there is there that they can actually, as we say here in american, go on until the cows come home. but, but what we are hearing is that also really many a remarkable republicans are getting frustrated to be hold hostage by only these 20 or so members of the so called freedom, a caucus, especially as we see that a mccarthy is not able to gain any ground here he has offered so much to the rebellions, but they are not willing to move to his side. so he basically had,

had given everything. so the pressure is raising for mccarthy to accept or the reality that he's obviously not able to convince the so called rebels. he has put a lot on the table though. right. gives a couple of examples of when mccarthy has offered this group of right wing republicans were blocking his election right. he promised her, for example, very important. a committees are those for example, who determine the rules of the house. and that is important also for an international audience, because if there would be members from the far right in these crucial committees, it would be much harder, for example, to vote for substantial support for ukraine. so this is not only something which matters for the united states. this is really as something which matters for the

rest of the world. he also agreed on the so called one number motion to vacate that means that only member one member of the house is needed her to start a vote to force or to oust the current speaker. and we're seeing where this leads to with this little majorities. so there is a lot already offered, but again, the right wing, members of this freedom caucus are not willing to move any any step forward into the direction of mccarthy. and we are sitting tight as i said and watching it all happen. nice as storing days and nights in washington. thank you so much for giving us the latest in its full here's a look at some more stories making headlines around the world today. demonstrators in peru have blog roads, and another day of protests over the ousting of former president pedro castillo, protestors are calling for his replacement president,

dean of unwarranted to resign the demonstrations dying down over the holiday period, but restarted on wednesday. jailed nobel peace prize, laurie and alex biase has gone on trial and bella roost. he and 2 others faced charges of financing protests and money smuggling. the men face up to 12 years in jail. the ascii co founder of the us now human rights group would share the 2022 nobel prize with rights groups from russia and ukraine. germany has joined a growing list of countries to impose mandatory coven test 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, on the other hand, has said that the travel restrictions are discriminatory. health experts are actually concerned about how quickly another new cobit variant is spreading around the world. the om across sub barion dicks, b, b, $15.00 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. the sub variant was 1st discovered in october the earlier d. w spoke to dr. div g, a garage 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 parent. we should be worried that he is live, or felicia suggests that this is a baby and that doesn't just escape immunity really well. perhaps the most immune, evasive, very routine so far. but he's 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 the impacts in places when spreading. so for example, in new york,

where this grant is already dominant, we have seen an associated with a higher rate of hospitalizations. and what's really concerning is that this is now spreading in many other parts of the u. s. in parts of europe in the u. k. in canada, and it's very likely going to be the vain that becomes dominant across europe. in a few weeks time. our drug gangs threatening the rule of law in the netherlands. many dutch have been asking that question after a string of drug mafia murders, including that of an acclaimed investigative journalist. he w struck perry reports from the hague. a dutch coffee shop, where it's permitted to buy small amounts of marijuana. you can even pay with your banker, 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 the 1st place 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 i am to hold on to each other to be able to continue. these lawyers have spent more than 2 years under round the clock protection for defending a key witness in a trial against rid one target. he's accused of ordering a string of murders, including the former lawyer, and the brother of the main witness against him. lawyer, peter shouting, says the trial against 2 other men, accused of the related murder of de vries 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 situations like this, 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 we're all more aware of the dangerous and we are more yeah. more careful. the local, fresh, older, with the port of rotterdam thought to be the main entry point for cocaine into europe. the netherlands is under pressure from other e u countries. the multitude of court cases around these criminal gangs rumbles on, but there's also a national discussion about what's being done politically. and many of those

questions are being directed here to the ministry of justice, asking exactly what is changing to prevent these kinds 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. every one 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 has become anarchist, the 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. years eve has become a pretty rowdy night here in berlin over the last years, but after dozens of police and fire fires were injured and deliberate attacks involving fireworks. there's now increasing debate about who's 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 integration of migrants could be responsible for riot like seeds in the heart of berlin. the ushering in the new year escalated into street violence in many cities across germany. as usual, berlin was one of the main hotspots 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. 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 attained 45 german citizenship. then that's turned the debate from the potential ban of pyrotechnics into one about migration and integration. in its sweet germany 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 arts with an otherwise cautious approach by the german government village for victoria north. of course the debate about what happened on you is eve, but it's not about the so called m aggression background on demand for ban on firecrackers. syndrome. when it's about as much more fundamental. this is about an attack on the rule of law to let it start. other members of the governing coalition

have warned, against jumping to conclusions. blowin lines a little. we've never seen a phenomenon like this before. immense got at least not to this extent. i'm at home and so of course i have a problem with a response like this in the mean. it's hardly a just description, totally disgust people of an immigrant background, attacking emergency workers and stuff. in amps, these allegations were shot that english that the scobee finished on dexter bressard in sub brilinta. no current district are not surprised that the violence flared up in their neighbourhood. he is 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 get cut, put out one job muscle. 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 handle all my friends are into it, like tomato. my to find is it's all summer and it's nice to lead the fan down again . it's kind of normal for berlin, bumping to las vegas muscle. on this is gone to the mile and been berlin's mayor. francisco giff i has called to summon against youth violence. it's a 1st attempt to find a solution to recurring problem. from here, some other news we're covering for you today. agency say hospitals and the african capital cobble are overwhelmed by cases of respiratory illness among children. cases of pneumonia spiked in the winter months and doctors are having trouble treating patients due to a lack of drugs and health workers. the british national weather service has confirmed that 2022 was the hottest here on record in the u. k. it reported that the average temperature for the year was 10 degrees celsius. adding that human induced climate change was responsible. e commerce joined amazon says it's cutting

more than 18000 jobs. signing, current, economic uncertainty, and rapid hiring for the pandemic. some of the terminations will take place in europe, according to amazon, which announced 10000 job cut back. in november. the mother of ross had daughter and united states midfielder. giovanni raina has revealed. she reported the u. s. national teams coach greg bur halter for a historic incident of domestic abuse, for helter is under investigation by the u. s. football federation after reeling his quote shameful behavior towards his now wife. the incident has exposed the rift plaguing the us team on the recent world cup and guitar were rena. one of the teams, star players, only had a limited roll. 3 news and the bird houses have known each other for decades. but the family friendship became a family feud during footballs. most important tournament. obviously this is not a positive time for soccer in this country. environment is national team and it's

a tough time for the families involved. and i'm just hopeful that we can fine resolution to this quickly. it's harty geo raina. the dormant midfielder before the world cup. he rediscovered his form after a series of injuries. but once in a time, he didn't start a single game for the us. the coach greg bo hauser raised concerns 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, wednesday, half a seemingly out of the blue admitted to kicking his now wife when they were 18 revealing this because quote, during the world cup an 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 asked for and receive forgiveness for doing something so much worse at the same age. cloudy arena g o z, dad and former teammates of greg 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 by his job. his 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 the national team now uncertain. and a quick reminder of the top stories were falling for you today. the u. s. and germany

have announced plans to deliver armored vehicles to ukraine, the german made martyr, and u. s. bill bradley fighting vehicles could soon be on their way to the front line. the decision follows and move by france to quote the ukraine with light tanks and russia. president vladimir approved the says he has ordered a 36 hour unilateral cease fire in ukraine to mark the russian orthodox course. mit . keith has dismissed moscow's announcement as can talk for c and repeated it's demand for russian troops to leave occupied areas of ukraine. and that's all from the news for now, but stay with us after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day hope to theater with ah, with

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