for mission to analyze the fight for market dominance. east this is wes. ahead with the w business beyond ah this is d w. news alive from berlin, a historic battle for one of the most important jobs in us leadership is over. so i do. congratulations. i, after 15 ballads republican kevin mccarthy, wins a vote to become the speaker of the house of representatives will talk about what

he had to concede to right wing hold out and how that could shape us policy also on the program. no let up in the fighting in ukraine, despite a cease fire proposed by russia. heavy shelling is reported in the countries east have to keep dismisses moscow's truce announcement as a ploy to reposition it. soldiers and the rest of an alleged cartel leader in mexico. turns a city into a war zone, leaving a trail of destruction and dozens dead. mexico deploy hundreds of police and military to rein in the violence. ah, i'm michael ok. welcome. the us house of representatives finally has a new speaker. kevin mccarthy has been elected to the post after days of turmoil.

the republican was sworn in after he won on the 15th ballad. he faced fierce resistance from members of his own party. mccarthy finally clinch victory with 216 votes, but has been forced to compromise his agenda to secure the when without a speaker the house has been unable to swear in new members or proceed with any business. after the longest fight for the house speakership in over 160 years where course, he finally made it across the finish line. you know, my father always told me. it's not how you start. it's how you finish. and now we need to finish strong for the american people. now the hard work begins . what we do here today. next week, next month, next year, we'll set the tone for everything that follows. a speaker, the house,

my ultimate responsibility is not to my party. my conference or even our congress, my responsibility, our responsibility, country. but the change in house leadership is likely to have implications. extending far beyond the united states, including the war in ukraine, says our washed and corresponded misha laqueena. this could have an impact on defense spending. also with his view on ukraine, kevin mccarthy, of course, in the past having said that there won't be any blank texts anymore. so this makes the life of do biden harder when he vowed at ukraine that he would do whatever it takes. although we do expect there to be solid funding to go forward, we expect yet more high drama when it comes to policy areas that also even impacts

the war in ukraine and where there is broad support that the u. s. wants to be that staunch ally and pushing back rasa with its ambitions in europe and potentially further field. also with a view on china. now to some other stories making headlines around the world at this hour. iranian state media say 2 more men involved in nationwide anti government protests have been hand, it said they had been convicted of killing a security official rights groups described their trials as a sham. 2 others were hanged in december. the authorities are seeking the death penalty for more than 20 other protesters, horsham and omega. protestors have blockaded highways throughout peru as unrest continues following the ousting and arrest of president pedro castillo in december, demonstrators, or calling for his release the resignation of his successor, deniability. and constitutional reforms, the protest restarted following

a christmas law in kenya, police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a prominent l. g. b, t campaigner whose body was found earlier this week and went to lobo was a fashion entrepreneur and model human rights groups have condemned the killing. a unilateral russian ceasefire ordered by vladimir putin in ukraine, appears to be having little effect. heavy shelling from both sides has been reported along the front lines in eastern ukraine that despite moscow's claims, it would observe a 36 hour christmas truce key, which never agreed to the cease fire has dismissed russia's offer as a trick. skepticism was running high in the ukrainian capital. as the start time of moscow's declared cease fire approached people he and saw numerous missile attacks

over the new year's period and expectations were low. oh yeah, no coil. i think the cease fire is irrelevant as it will only be another chance for the russians to attack ukraine with missiles. 3 gentlemen with alliance, weekly, missouri. you can never trust them, never. but they do nothing to join whatever they promised they don't deliver them. they said they wouldn't be a war how every live they say one thing one day and another the next of those. we don't trust them when it over them. shortly after it was announced on thursday, keith rejected the truce saying it was a stunned by moscow to buy time to reinforce troops before the cease fire was due to come into effect. russian missiles rained down on the southern city of his own ukrainian authority, say one rescue worker was killed and for others injured. and

in the east of the country, rockets slammed into a residential building in the city of climate. hoist. many of the units fighting for russia in the dumbass said they would not recognize the cease fire in a message published online. dennis, pushin the head of the self proclaimed don, it's people's republic roads. there can be no talk of any truce. our president's decision, as an orthodox person refers to the orthodox people who go to church to attend the service on the feast of the nativity of christ. for obvious reasons, we do not consider the leadership of the rest of ukraine to be orthodox. and just as the truce was set to kickin, there were reports of heavy artillery fire from both sides in the eastern town of bok. moot oh, ukraine blamed russia while moscow quickly pointed the finger at keith.

it's well known as the beginning. it was like the fact that the russian military observed to cease fire to day january 6th from 12 pm. moscow time. the key regime continued shelling, residential areas and positions of russian troops like if there is, if you're what the unilateral cease fire would have been the 1st complete leilani fighting since russia invaded in february 2022. but keith says the only way to restore peace in the country is for russian troops to leave ukraine. let's dive a little deeper with the w correspondent, max xander, who joins us now live from keith mack. so what's the status of this so called ceasefire? now i make this, i think it's really important to reiterate that this cease fire was announced one sided. it was uni lateral announcement by the russian side into the ukrainian side was very quick to dismiss it as a what they call it,

a manipulative diversionary tactic. so the fighting appears to have continued a we to saw it in the report that have been some attacks on ukrainian cities. there has been exchange of showing up along the eastern ukrainian frontline and the russian side claims that they downed a ukrainian drone over crimea. now ukraine did not confirm this. they haven't done this in the past, but there have been attacks drone attacks by ukraine on, on crimea in the past. but all in all bottom line is that it seems that the, the fighting at here in ukraine, the does continue and the ukrainian defense minister justice morning came out and made an announcement saying that fighting in fact, continues at routine levels. so there doesn't seem to be a ceasefire here at all. max, it's worth noting that this is the 1st orthodox christmas since the war started, or people in ukraine celebrating or put another way is this day any different than

any other given the fact that no one's taking this cease fire seriously. right, so it has been a very difficult year for ukrainian sa, with the launch of the, the full scale invasion of many ukrainians living having lives are still living under russian occupation. and yet attack on ukraine in cities, rocket attacks drone attacks. despite all of this, i think i was talking to people here. people seem to to want some sense of routine that is not war. some sense of normalcy. being being able to get together with family and friends and celebrate. so there are church services being held here in ukraine today for orthodox christmas. families are actually coming together and celebrating if they have the opportunity to do so. yeah. so i imagine that people are with their families. they are celebrating on some level, but being villa vigilant. all the while that is on max xander in keep many,

many thanks to you next. mexican officials now say dozens of people were killed during thursday's capture of a ledge cartel leader of video guzman, the son of the infamous imprison drug, lord known as al chapo 10 soldiers and 19 suspected gang members were killed during the operation in the city of quill yukon, a heavy police presence in the mexican city of kula khan. reinforcements keep pouring in. the arrest of drug kingpin of video guzman prompted a violent response from mexico as infamous siena lucca. tow piece has been restored for now, but at a price $10.00 soldiers and the policeman died and thursdays, fighting according to the government lament that must mitchell let better the that we regret the loss of lives, of those who died while carrying out that jobs begin to say that the owner,

we also regret all other losses dilemma. daniels tall alice perez? yeah. what the cartel members shot at army helicopters with heavy machine guns in a bit to stop guzman from being flown out. they also attacked the cities airport. this footage shows passengers. no commercial flights, ducking for cover as the aircraft is hit by stray rounds. but authorities anticipated problems at the airport and flu guzman to mexico city from another location is the sort of n. as in these criminal organizations shot with weapons at across from the mexican air force and from commercial airlines. and at the international click on add port facilities gallery of woodville. nevertheless, they did not achieve that goal of rescuing the alleged offender will know that i

don't because we've taken him down until delinquent as i lucas a little. so note that he says you have a botched arrest and 2019 and it with police releasing guzman pictures here as gang violence spiraled out of control. having stirred the hornets nest once more security forces managed to come out and talk this time laura colson is director of the americas program at the center for international policy in mexico city. we asked her how big of below, good funds arrest is for this in a low a cartel. the world's most powerful. first of all, it's very important to mention that video. good man, the son of chapel is not a major leader in the seen a lot of cartel and this, you know, a cartel now has major rivals. it doesn't have the, the hedge a monic strength that it had in mexico in the past. and so this blow on the level of the cartel hierarchy is not the highest ranks of the cartels. he's not the

one who was calling all the shots. in fact, his older brothers are really in a far more powerful position as well as other leaders that were left within the similar cartel. so in that sense, we don't expect to see an immediate dismantling or weakening of this in a low cartel. in fact, when we look at the overall effect of an act like this of the rest of the deal, man, we expect it to be negative, negative for public security and safety in mexico with no substantial or perhaps even none whatsoever effect on the float on this address to the united states, and this is simply because this war on drugs model of taking out the drug lords while leaving the structures, including the huge demand in the united states in place, doesn't work. it never has worked anywhere and certainly never worked in mexico

since it was launched at the end of the year, 2006. and so we really are many experts. and those of us who have been studying this issue for years here in mexico are not expecting a positive outcome from this arrest. unfortunately, lora carson, talking to us a short while ago. that's all for now. up next, which wife goes to munich to discover how boxing is helping one young man in his struggle to integrate into society? remember, there's much more news in our website, d, w dot com a michael. ok for me in the team here. thanks for watching. with are you ready to get a little more extra.