sally is teaching for relevance to ah, legacy starts january 28th on dw. mm. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the u. s. and germany become the latest countries to announce plans to supply ukraine with armored personnel carriers, german, marta, and us. bradley infantry fighting vehicles may soon be heading to the front lines. this only russian planned christmas cease fire seems to fall through. also on the

program a 3rd day of paralysis in the united states, congress republican kevin mccarthy loses an 11th vote in his bid to become speaker of the house of representatives. despite making concessions to fall right, you will make his in his own policy and will look at growing fears in the netherlands that drugs gangs could be influencing the rule of law that ah, i'm a new keeps mckinnon. welcome to the program. a unilateral cease fire announced by russian president vladimir putin appears to have fallen through as fighting and ukraine continues. ukraine had already rejected the announcement as a trick. many russian, as well as ukrainian christian, celebrate the orthodox christmas holiday, which begins to day. my boy cranium the president, ludmilla lensky accused who said of planning to use

a pause in the fighting to consolidate russian positions. russia has accused ukraine of not respecting the ceasefire. earlier i asked d. w 's ukraine correspondent, roman garner, gunter, and co about the ceasefire, and why ukraine has rejected it from the very start or the major reason his distrust as your present president lensky put it on rush. i won't only use this term show cold, christmas cease fire to regroup its forces and then attack again. men, ukrainian officials see just the same. they say it's a trap. they say it's propaganda. and last but not least, there is also indignation and was that it's hypocritical of russia and of the russian of the potter duck patriarch of the russian orthodox church. to suggest that because the russian orthodox church actually is a strong supporter of this war. it's a blessing russian soldiers who are fighting in ukraine, that is why

a ukrainian society and not just the ukrainian politicians are rejecting. this is far and just a few minutes ago we heard air and saw arid science here and key of so an air ride is possible. the ceasefire is actually dead. this will be the 1st orthodox christmas since the war started. will it be celebrated in cave and anyway? yes, it will be most ukrainian sir. celebrate christmas are on this day? yes. on the 7th of i'd and january and erm. it is a very special day this time because the orthodox church of ukraine will be for the 1st time conducting a christmas service, m e. here in a key of purchase glover just behind my back. or maybe we can a seat and it's a very famous monastery. 11th century, this is where christianity in what later became bratia in ukraine began. this is

where the famous chronicle of the key of ross estate was written. so it's a holy place for many christians in russia and ukraine, and it was for decades under control of the ukrainian church, no ukrainian orthodox church affiliated to russia since the war began since the russian invasion, this church has distance himself from moscow. but there is a legal dispute who can actually a conduct a service here. and there the, this whole ground is owned by the ukrainian state. and the ukrainian government is supporting it's this new church, the orthodox church of ukraine. and it says that the rant contract has expired. so there is no problem for, for the head of this church to conduct the service in ukrainian language, which is also very important and very symbolical, symbolic or so. but, but there is still a sell still attempts to prevent that. and we do not expect expect pleasures here,

but the tensions are of the higher on this whole a historical complex and the heritage here. and if this happens, if this is a service christmas service actually happens, then it will be one more major step for the young and newly created orthodox church of ukraine in establishing itself in this country. and especially here in oliver, on this famous monastery roman countries conky, thanks, he replacing in another development in the war, germany and the usa, they are now prepared to send almond vehicles to ukraine. the 2 countries leaders announced that ukraine would receive german made mata and u. s. built bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows a similar move by france. this is the emx t n r c. it's a french light battle tank that's highly mo bile and fitted with

a powerful gun. now to ukraine's delight frances donating some of these ahmed combat vehicles. to cave france, if a will, did you, france brings a new level of european defense support to ukraine. and i thank president my call for this leadership. we'll get more armored vehicles including french made wheeled tanks, which sends a clear signal to all our other partners. there is no rational reason why western style tanks have not yet been supplied to ukraine. it's important in order to restore security for all ukrainians and peace for all europeans. you will please zalinski has clearly been frustrated by the west's reluctance to give his country the tanks. he says it's so desperately needs. joe biden has now said the us, we'll send bradley fighting vehicles to help key if they've been used by the u. s. military to carry troops around the battle fields since the mid 19 eighties.

military experts say the bradley would give ukraine more firepower and strengthen its ability entrench warfare. but biden's move falls short of sending in heavy tanks. like the abram, which is what key of really wants. berlin was reluctant to agree to donate models which are armored personnel carriers, but the sholtes government gave way to increasing pressure to change its mind. the thought that we have discussed supporting ukraine in its right to self defense, even with heavy weapons. and because borden believes that that he can hold out longer and that if at some point you, crean ran out of happens and international support, he would win this war ha duster to all skins, oregon. yeah, do you think he'd given good him and asked the devastation in ukraine mounts the pressure on all kids allies will only increase the w political correspondent hands

on told me why germany has been so reluctant to send these weapons to ukraine and what changed the governments mind well it's the fact is that since the beginning of this war, these mazda fighting vehicles have been on off because they are basically in storage, waiting to be scrapped because they have been scrapped by the german army. so the arms industry offered to supply them very early on in the war, but that was, that was at a time when the german government was very reluctant about supplying weapons, especially heavy weapons. because germany has always been scared that it could get involved, or nato could get involved as a participant in this war. and the escalation of weapons that have been sent to ukraine has been managed very, very carefully, especially from the german sides. germany is also reticent about this because of the history of the 2nd world war when german troops were in these areas in ukraine

and russia fighting against russian troops. but the situation on the battle ground has not changed. and since the german government has said it would only supply such weapons if other nato allies do so as well. that condition has not been met with the united states and france also supplying such weapons. so now germany is supplying these weapons, but it has to be said, there's also a very simple logistical reason for that. until recently. what has been supplied to ukraine have been soviet era fighting vehicles from, for instance, former communist east germany. but the ammunition for these vehicles was running out and no one in the west manufacturers that ammunition. so if your current has to go on fighting, then it needs new vehicles that can be supplied with proper ammunition from the west. okay, we're going to take a quick look at a recent public opinion opinion poll conducted here in germany says regarding military support for ukraine. only 25 percent of those polled has said that they

wanted more weapons to be sent to ukraine, while 2 thirds said enough german weapons have been sent or that too many have already been sense. so, hans, does this suggest that people may be guessing wary of supporting this war? actually the, i think as a term for those tickets exactly the other way around. there are only 25 percent of people who do not support further weapons deliveries, but they are more than 2 thirds who think weapons deliveries are correct and 25 percent or would even support more weapons being supplied. and in fact, this poll is being taken every month, and this question has been asked every month. and if you watch the development over the past few months, support from the weapons deliveries in germany has in fact increased. it's one of the major concerns of german society, the war in ukraine. and so support for government on this matter is very strong.

and just briefly, germany has been criticized for not keeping its promises of quickly delivering weapons to ukraine in the past. is it going to be different this time? well, it will take quite a long time for these actually to be present on the battlefield. partly because they have to be refurbished. but partly because there's also a lot of training that has to be done before ukrainian military soldiers will be able to use them. so yes, they are promised to, but i think it will take several months before they are actually in battle. w. sounds brown. thank you so much for that to the us. now we're a power struggle within the republican party is preventing the election of a speaker of the house of representatives the battle to the most powerful role in the u. s. congress was entering its full day republican front runner. kevin mccarthy has lost 11 successive votes because of opposition from

a small group of hard. right pair, republican anticipating 435 member body cannot start until as the 6 weeks on this side. wasserman schultz or a foreman is a professor of political science at bard college, berlin. and he told us earlier how this stand of might be resolved. i mean, yeah, you would think 11 times sounds like a lot of ballots, especially since nothing much has been moving in terms of numbers. kevin, mark mccarthy, certainly clinging onto his well to the decision to become the of the house leader . i think one of the reasons why this is going on is also that there are no real alternative. i mean the what the person that has been discuss lease, for example from louisiana, represented from louisiana with representative more of the mainstream. the republicans has been dispute with the hard liners on the other hand, jordan, which has been suggested by the right is

a problematic figure for some of the more moderates a republic. i'm so it's difficult to see a way out really, a concessions have been one way to go. but kevin mccarthy has really already played most of his cards. so it's difficult to, to tell. there is a lot of pressure. and since some of the wages won't be able to be paid next week, they will have to come to a decision. somebody. so can you explain to us why the handful of hard, right, republicans are so determined to keep kevin mccarthy someone from their own policy out of this position? i think one of the things is that this is symbolic. this is a states for them to display the power they have, even though they're only a tiny minority within the republican party. the power they have to determine the agenda. also states for them to argue that they're defending the values of the people. this is the case i've been making over and over again. and of course

this is about heart facts and power. they're trying to to get concessions from kevin mccarthy and they've been very successful at doing that. can you explain to us also what's happening? i mean, it seems to me that this small group of republicans holding holding the whole system to, to ramson. but why is this happening? sorry, why is this important outside of america for people in other countries? i think right now it's not extremely important. it will, it is, but it is a symptom of something deeper. lying, which is an instability of the political system. i think this is the ghost of january 6, which is coming to haunt the g o p. but also the u. s. political system and the u. s has been the dominant power globally and it has in short and guaranteed stability after 945. and this seems to be something that's in question. this is why we should all be thinking about these questions or a phone from bod,

college berlin. thank you. so much for your explanations figured and his look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the trial of a jailed bella, russian, nobel laureate alice b ali ascii has begun. theat, ski and 2 other activists were accused of financing anti government protests after the 2020 election, if convicted they could be jailed for up to 12 years. president, alexander lucas shanker, was declared the winner of the bell russian 2020 election and has been accused of a brutal prop pound on his opponents. a powerful storm has unleashed heavy rains, snow, and high winds across california for a 2nd day. forecast of have warned of more flooding and lands and mud slides. the massive storm is known as a bonzai clone and has killed at least 2 people, including a young child. thousands of homes are now without power. and you study is warning

that 2 thirds of the world's glaciers will disappear by the end of the century. at the current rate of global warming. scientists say, even if future warming can be limited to just a few more tenths of a degree, almost half of the globe glaciers will melt. max and security forces have captured the alleged cartel leader or video guzman. lopez is the son of the notorious drug, lord known as al chapo. the arrest triggered gun fights and roadblocks, across the western state of sinaloa. cartel members even staging and tack on an airport where they believed guzman was being held in custody. terrified air passengers dock for coverage. their plane comes under fire during takeoff outside coolio can airport or nestor ramos captured the mormon to mexican air force plane was shot at

harold of my mouth, destroying the frenz. i'm super nervous. he and hundreds of others took shelter in the airport. as the terror unfolded, the thought on that i was filming with the armed forces arrive to you at the airport. and they were welcomed with shots. we tried to leave walking towards a friend's house for them, but we couldn't because they were shot, and the plane had to take off again in all as elegant august federal. unbeknownst to them, their cities most wanted man had just been arrested, unleashing a violent backlash cart tail foot soldiers set up road blocks and waged war on the police as they try to free their boss right below the rules of life yet. so what is being done? we have 7 state police prisoners injured. we knew that their military personnel also injured, were still working to control the situation. but a lot of video,

guzman lopez, known as the mouse, was previously arrested in 2019 barton, an embarrassment to the mexican authorities. he was later released after the cartel did battle with federal forces. authorities see his rearranged lands. a powerful blow. see though this young for the reverse arrest was the result of 6 months of reconnaissance and surveillance work in the area of influence of this criminal group. they were, it was known that carried out elicit activities and took a you've up. i was active either this elite us officials confirmed guzman lopez was floor into central mexico by nightfall. he was behind bars transferred to a high security prison outside the capital. his chaotic capture, a major coup for american and mexican law enforcement now string of mafia

style murders in the netherlands as led to questions about where the drugs gangs are threatening the rule of law in the country. the high profile killings include that of investigative journalist, painted to face d. w. correspondence. jack park has been exploring how attempts to shed light on criminal forces behind the countries liberal trade and drugs are coming under pressure from matthew, intimidation. his, his report from the hague. a dutch coffee shop where it's permitted to buy small amounts of marijuana. you can even pay with your bank. com. but businesses like this one could spend up to 3000000 euros buying stock without receipts. it's 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 in 1st place for his eyes firmly but also declined. 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 round the clock protection for defending a key witness in a trial against riddle 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 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 less

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 dangers and we are more yeah. more careful. the local, fresh, older, with the port of rotterdam thought to be the main entry point, the 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. a 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 sandy 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 islands or anything like that. it's not like a italian mafia or something, but it is starting to get a big problem. everyone turned to the netherlands as the prime example of equalization, of drugs and how we should, you know, push forward to, for example, you guys, marianna and other kind of drugs. and, and i don't know, it's really open your eyes of the whole reality behind it. and how the netherlands has become an artist. 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. monique, well, is a journalist for the quote house new service in the hague. and i asked earlier

about the current trends policy in the netherlands. yeah, this discussion, as jack mentioned about the dutch hollow front door back door policy, which means it's legal to sell canada marijuana from the front door and the coffee shop. and it's illegal for the growers to be selling it to the coffee shop themselves. has been discussed since this process was put into place decades ago, but has really come under fire in the last 10 or 15 years. particularly by mayor's mayor's in the netherlands, have a lot of power mostly around like security and protection. and they have been calling for changes to be made to that because they say that this policy leads to a lot of other problems including you know, the issues that we were discussing with degrees trial, but also a whole host of other issues, assassinations, and bombings and the like say, could one say that the dutch authorities have been too naive about the level of

organized crime in the country? yeah, i think that is one criticism that sort of lobbied at the government and some discussions about whether or not permitting the legalization of drugs your at all has, has created these problems. on the other hand, you know, the rotterdam is largest port in europe. belgian also has these issues because entrepreneurs, the 2nd largest port in europe, i mean there is no cocaine growing in this country. and these drugs are being imported from other places and sort of any country i think with a, with a c border and a large port is going to kind of run into a substantial number of these issues. though i think it's pretty widely accepted that the way the status of, of legalization candidates here has sort of contributed and like kind of worse and the problems that would exist or any the netherlands is often perceived from the outside as a country with very liberal, even lacks drug policies. is this perception part of the problem to a degree?

i think so. i mean it's a bit of a misperception these days because the ducks lag behind some other countries. portugal for example, has now much more liberal drug legalization policy. another one does another one kind of 1st and sort of has this reputation of having a very lax sort of system. and you know, a lot of the, the big cities find the sort of tourists that got attracted to this kinds of stuff . great, frustrating. i mean amsterdam in particular as long complains that it spends a lot of money on dealing with kind of torres to basically just to sit in the coffee shop because one problems. so i mean, i do think that like, yeah, this has been an ongoing issue and you do see it in other places in society. all right, we'll have to leave it the journalists, molly qual, in the hey, thanks so much for speaking to us. thank you. the general music director of berlin's state of pride, daniel balin, boy, him has announced that he is stepping down from his position.

ah, the world famous conduct, santebanez says that his health has significantly worse and in the last year and that he's no longer able to deliver the performance required of the role. the 8 year old began performing as a pianist at the age of 10 years before becoming a lead conductor. later in life, he's been entertaining audiences with his performances for years. and the world's largest ice and snow carnival is underway in china. this giant ice block tower is the centerpiece of the wind to wonderland in hobbin. for the next 2 months, the north west and says he will celebrate the cold with theme parks and skating breaks, and more than 300 ice and snow sculptures. hundreds of thousands of tourists are expected to visit the festival, which was scaled back in previous years because of covert 19 restrictions.

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