hardships, dangers, and death. magellan journey around the world starts january 19th on d, w. ah ah. this is the w news live from berlin, b u. s. and germany become the latest countries to announce plans to supply ukraine with armored personnel carriers, german, martha and u. s. bradley, infantry fighting vehicles may soon be heading to the front line. meanwhile, a christmas sci fi offered by russia seems to fall through both on the program.

there's hope for millions of people suffering from alzheimer's disease. a promising new drug is on the verge of approval. in the us and we look at growing fears in the netherlands, that drugs gangs could be undermining the rule of law in the country. ah, i'm gabelle as well come to the program. a unilateral cease fire announced by russian president vladimir putin of his or fallen through as fighting in ukraine continues. ukraine has already rejected the announcement as a trick. many russian, as well as ukranian christians celebrate the orthodox christmas holiday, which begins to dance. ukrainian, president vladimir landscape accused putin of planning to use a pause in fighting to consolidate russian positions. russia has accused ukraine of

not respecting bessie's far for the latest. we can cross to keith now and speak the d. w as you crane corresponded roman gone. sharon co that roman. what more can you tell us about the status of the ceasefire? well, at the moment it looks like and the fighting continues, but may be less intense than in the, in the past days. or he and key if we heard an error, tyrants are at about mid day. and in other regions of ukraine as well. that was no shelling though, so no rockets, no rush and drones hating the ukrainian capital. but along the frontline, there were reports about the fighting. there were pictures also and in social media, russian social media showing russian short soldiers firing on ukrainian positions and reports from ukrainian side also that the fighting continues. so basically

there is maybe a little less fighting. maybe there will be even some changes during the night and during the actual christmas day, which is on a saturday january 7th. but there is no cease fire. we cannot talk about it. now. what was behind putin sees fire announcement. we're here in ukraine own. nearly all people we talked to and, and government officials are saying the same, the basic ground for that and they think is de russian, attempt it to regroup its forces and maybe pull up some reserves, ammunition and then start again with new forces. ah, and am we all we're also hearing and a 2nd reason possible reason, which is propaganda and an attempt to portray the ukrainian side as not willing to negotiate, not willing even to pause for us 36 hours as the russian president suggested. and

some also believe that russians may be waiting for a weather change and it is indeed changing it is very cold in ukraine at the moment . also in key of the it is snowing, icey wind is blowing and the temperatures are below 0. so am, these are actually good conditions to use heavy weapons tanks. and maybe russia is just waiting for a couple of days for the ground to freeze and then start it's offensive or smaller offensive on some parts of the front, where there has been intense fighting in there recently. no roman, this is the 1st orthodox christmas since the war started. how is it being celebrated? and here we were. all people are celebrating. we've been a couple of churches here and we've seen people just like on a normal christmas day coming. they are praying. m a and so of course it is, it is a very special christmas. it is overshadowed by this,

this war. but on the other hand, we see that people are trying also to preserve traditions to cook 12 meals at his orthodox christian tradition. took 12 meals on this on this christmas eve. and many people are doing this. so people try to just find something they can stick on to they can hold on to and, and celebrate despite this war my colleague roman, gone to ranko in t of there, thank you, roman and in another development in the war, germany of the usa, they're now prepared to sent ahmed fighting vehicles to ukraine. the 2 countries leaders announced that ukraine would receive german made mazda and us build bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows a similar one by france. this is the amex, then 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 awarded you are a fran springs, 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 hero. please. zalinski hath 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 sent 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. biden's move falls short of sending in heavy tanks like the abram, which is what key if really, once berlin was reluctant to agree to donate matters which are armored personnel carriers. but the shelter government gave way to increasing pressure to change its mind that some dep. okay. we have discussed for putting your korean in it's right to self defense. we haven't even been heavy weapons and because i wouldn't believe that that he can hold out longer. and that if at some point you clean, ran out of that been school and international support, he would win this what i just did. so all skins laden he had isn't he given good? an after devastation and ukraine mounts the pressure on on key exam. eyes will only increase though i has germany been so reluctant to send these vehicles to ukraine

and what's changed. the government's mind did of political corresponded hands blunt, explains well, it's the fact is that since the beginning of this war, these moder fighting vehicles have been on offer because they are basically in storage or 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 at her. it was at a time when the german government was very reluctant about supplying weapons, especially her 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 side. 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 said it would only supply such weapons if other nato allies do so as well, that condition has now 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 the ukraine has to go on fighting that it needs new vehicles that can be supplied with proper ammunition from the west of political correspondent, husbands speaking there. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today. the trial of a jailed bill, erosion noble, orient, aaliyah's, billiard. he has begun. he and 2 other activists work used of financing anti

government protests after the 2020 election. if convicted, they could be jailed up to 12 years. president alexander lucas ankle was declared the winner of the 2020 vote and has been accused of a brutal crackdown on his opponents. the u. s. house of representatives is still without a speaker front runner, kevin mccarthy from the republican party failed to gather the necessary votes. in 11th successive rounds of voting, the speaker of the house is considered the most powerful role in the u. s. congress in mike holly on this as wrong storm as are least heavy rain, snow and high winds across california. for a 2nd day forecasters of warned of more flooding and months like massive storm is known as a bomb psych loan and has killed at least 2 people, including a child. 1000 homes are now without power.

alzheimer's disease affects tens of millions of people worldwide, and that number is expected to rise as population's age right now, there are next to no effect of treatments for the disease, but that could soon change a promising new drop developed by a japanese farmer company. a say, and you as biotech from a biogen, my get accelerated approval from you as regulators. as soon as to day all timers disease was 1st diagnosed in a woman named august the tear over a century ago. it's the most common cause of dementia. in general, it's expected that 2 thirds of all cases are due to all times to see. but for a number of reasons, cures, or even adequate treatments for alzheimer's, have proven, stubbornly, elusive to has been a taboo. people didn't talk about it. second, on the funding, we have $15.00 to $20.00 times less funding for this disease area. go back to

cancer, also we have equal numbers about 5055000000 in the world. and 30, it's very difficult. this is a brain disorder. and as the most difficult organ of the body has alzheimer's disease progresses, clumps of protein called amyloid form in the brain of the affected patient. another protein called tao, which usually stabilizes neurons instead begins to form tangles like those here in blue. that also plays a key role in degeneration. there is a picture and metaphor for it. so the eminent pathology is the, the trigger that of the gun. but finally the bullet that kills the certainly top of the g. macanna, mab, the new alzheimer's treatment slows the formation of plaques in the brain. it's an artificially produced antibody that works by binding to amyloid the medication has broken new ground in the field. this is a big success, and this is the 1st,

this is the 1st trial with the proven result in a phase 3 clinical trial. i think the science is hard there. and so this is opening the door. i would say it's a milestone. it's definitely a very important milestone because it's the 1st druck, but it's not acting. some symptomatic lee, it's clearly deceased modifying. and the circumstance that showed in a phase 3 trial, positive outcome in all, i'm really and 2nd on the kind of map only slowed the loss of cognition. it didn't halted completely. still, it's a promising step towards potentially stopping or even curing this debilitating neurological condition. and earlier i spoke to bar to a stroke, but he's one of the world's leading alzheimer researches and director of the u. k. dementia research institute. you also saw him briefly in our report and asked him

what this new medication can do for patients. but with the trial shows is that it slows the case so that people remain longer at the 2nd stage of the disease. and overall, it's a mean and we need to be h h a mean over the whole population. but overall, patient game, certainly a few months in becoming in their decay basically. what do we know about the risks that come with this new drug? yeah, there are a quote from report. so these antibodies, you know, that they can cause brain him and i just, and this is especially the case in patients be to if we for which is and gene. and then it's also more happening apparently in paper, people who take on people or last year. and so there have been one or 2 basic parts of severe side effects there. now, according to the world health organization,

dementia is a leading cause of death globally. yet only 1.5 percent of the global health research is focused on the disease. why is this so under funded? yeah, that's a good question. i am asking myself already for the gates. so i think it has partially do with the top who it's a disease mainly of the elderly. it's something which many people don't like to talk about. and so that is sort of papa is morality is disorder. like, yeah, we can do anything about it is, is happening, etc. and i think that has being why it's not in the mainstream and not fancy and but this is changing. i have the impression now the w h o also expects the number of people with dementia worldwide to almost triple and reach 140000000 by 2050. why is this disease so common? well, 1st of all, it has always been a common disease, but the main driver,

but in this expansion is increasing life expectancy all over the world. so we get more and more people who come 7080. and that's the big group of people reach alzheimer's disease. and dementia, so that's the main driver behind this. but also this drug, it just puts the brake on the disease. it doesn't cure it. do you think that will be a cure for alzheimer's within our lifetimes? yeah. well, i think it, of course you need to test these drugs at the moment that the patients have already symptoms. so if you want to put the brake on, you better do it in the beginning of the disease. so what i expect is that these drug will gradually move more forward into the show. there is a then 15 years that people accumulate this, i'm going to brain read off any symptom. and i think that's the moment that you need to use the truck. and so i guess that one of the story is approved to see experimentation to that direction. so i think there is a q a possible here. and then in the stage that the drug test and now that he's also ready to talk, which we hear about. and another inflammation, and so there is

a lot of effort going on at the moment to also stop the reply mission and to stop the stop over g. and so the future for patients in the stage when, when they have a symptoms will be a combination of therapy. so that's hope bob, to stop there with the u. k. the mentor research institute, thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. if you're welcome to mexico, now as security forces have captured the alleged cartel leader of video guzman lopez, the son of than the tories drug lord, known as al chapo. there, there were shootouts across the western state of sinaloa as cartel members tried to prevent the arrest. some even staged an attack on an airport where they believed guzman was in custody. terrified air passengers duck for cover rush. their plane comes under fire during takeoff outside cooley, a con airport and national ram moss 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 the i was filming with the armed forces arrived to you at the airport. and they were welcomed with shops. we tried to leave walking towards a friend's house for them, but we couldn't because they were shot into plane had to take off again in all as a silicon corker sparrow. unbeknownst to them, their cities most wanted man had just been arrested, unleashing a violent backlash. cart tail foot soldier, 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 personal injured. we knew that their military personnel also injured, were still working to control the situation. but i got a lot of video, guzman lopez, no one 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 authority. see his re arrest lands a powerful blow. she though, thinks yon for the reverse arrest was the result of 6 months of reconnaissance and surveillance work in the area of influence of this criminal group. where it was known that carried out elicit activities into okay, you've ok, i was like tv though this elicit us officials confirmed cuz man lopez was flow 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. a string of a mafia style murders in the netherlands has led to questions about whether drug gangs are threatening the rule of law in the country. the high profile killings include that of investigative journalist, peter, the face dw corresponded jack parrot has found that any one attempting to shed light on the criminals. behind the country's liberal drugs, straight as coming under pressure from the mafia, is 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 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 round the clock protection for defending a key witness in a trial against rid of 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 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 lash 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 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. 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, state. 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. china is preparing to drop. that's quarantine requirements for inbound travelers. this sunday, the relaxed entry rules are expected to boost the number of chinese tourists headed abroad. but a big surgeon called with 19 infections within china. as some countries worried about an influx of chinese travelers, many asian travel hotspots are hoping the health risk and economic benefits can be balanced. tokyo's asakusa tourist district is preparing for what could be its busiest time in years. chinese tourists, a set to make a big come back here as beijing lifts quarantine restrictions from sunday. but some in japan's tourist sector have mixed feelings about their return. a them more body to work with all that. there were so many attorneys customers before that were grateful that they're returning and shopping here again with all the tim was in,

but at the same time without it, since we downsized our operations and personnel during the pandemic. i wonder if an influx of too many people might overwhelm our capacity. so ha, i'm also worried that we need to be more careful to keep the virus from spreading multiple can live was enough to pan, has announced tougher border control measures for chinese travelers amid concern over a spike in china's cove, it caseload people traveling here from china will have to present a negative covey test before flying. but in other asian tourist hub, such as thailand and indonesia, where tourism plays an important role for the economy. authorities decided not to impose any restrictions among the woodward. one, i'm concerned because the pandemic in china still hasn't subsided, and the reports of new coven cases every day. but it might also be beneficial because the chinese tourists will boost our economy and people will be able to make a better living on the south. korea's government is taking

a more cautious approach, demanding covered tests from those traveling from china and limiting flights and visas. but here in the capital sol, this st. food bender says he's already stalking up on supplies to prepare for more hungry visitors. a little chinese tourists are our main customers. so the more the merrier told us that he's hoping the chinese will be back with a renewed appetite for travel. and for his pancakes, i would say in china where the world's largest ice and snow carnival is on the way this giant ice block is the centerpiece of the winter wonderland in the harbin. for the next 2 months, a north western city will celebrate the cold, with faint parts stating ranks, and more than $300.00 ice and snow sculptures. hundreds of thousands of tourists

are expected to visit the festival, which was scaled back in previous years because of colbert 90 restrictions. you're watching dw news. he is a reminder of the top story we are following for you as been a no let up in the fighting in the ukraine despite the unilateral rush and cease fire. and also friday heavy shelley has been reported in the east and don bos region. keith has rejected moscow's proposed truce as a trick to re position russian troops. and as it from me on the news team, thanks ah, [000:00:00;00]

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