ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lived berlin, iran is condemned for executing anti government protesters. islamic regime hangs another 2 prisoners detained and during nationwide demonstrations. several others are sentenced to death as well. also in the program orthodox christmas is

celebrated in ukraine, though a holiday truce declared by russia fails to help the fighting plus. so i do, congratulations. i've done republican kevin mccarthy is finally elected as new as how speaker, but only after 15 rounds of voting ah a marion. evan steen, welcome to the program. the european union has condemned iran for executing to men allegedly involved in anti government protests, state controlled media, say they were convicted of killing a member of an official militia. amnesty international has called their trial a sham aimed at intimidating other demonstrators. for people are now known to have been executed in connection with their recent unrest. these 2 are the latest

victims of the war. the islamic republic is waging against its own citizens. mohammed midi cammie, a 22 year old former karate champion, and mohammed jose ne, a 39 year old worker who coached children in his free time. both were convicted and sham trials, where they weren't allowed to choose their own lawyers or even see the alleged evidence against them. the evidence expert say, just as bogus as their confessions at by iran stayed media, found in the moment, 4 weeks, their friends and family hoped they could be saved. as his honor. as i kindly asked the man with author to do, sorry, i beg you, please remove my son's death, said please, or who is on her money? they're called where echoed not only by iranians, around the world, but also by politicians. here in germany haggling book,

a green member of parliament was a sponsor of cami and campaigned against his execution. this new executions will have consequences at the moment it is not pretty clear which are consequences exec that will be what there will be consequences. we won't be quiet a drum government, nor the you will be quite of this violation of human rights. within iran, people are also not remaining quiet, fresh, protests, supplant, and many refuse to be intimidated. on social media, this video is spreading since the executions. mohammad, medi cal army, dancing with his family matters anti government protest, i say, don't die in the vow. they will not rest until those responsible for his and other killings out of power. millions of orthodox christians are celebrating christmas,

but the festivities are overshadowed by the war and ukraine in key of hundreds attended a service at a monastery which was under moscow's jurisdiction before the invasion. on the front line, russian troops also held services. precious president vladimir putin called a christmas truce, which ukraine and western allies reject it. oh, w. d w corresponding to manuel shaws and kev says that while ukrainians of and marking that worth of dogs christmas, there is no real truce. well, our 1st of these are so called ceasefire wasn't c now, such a by ukrainian, the ukrainians, like they don't take anything. that's a, a russian president vladimir put vladimir putin. so he would, would say as a word of, you know, as a sign of a willingness of negotiations, of establishing a truce. you no doubt the bombings are in the eastern side of the country in particular. and even here in key, if we've had a weak of large scale attacks against a capital, so it doesn't make

a difference for people whether or not there's no a bombings for, for a day. and besides, we have a colleagues up to front line or who, who reported artillery fi is a continuing to a christmas. so ukrainians a don't make much of that so called says fire, let's get a check. now of some of the other story is making headlines around the world. in mexico, dozens of people were killed in a gun battle and security forces captured the alleged cartel leader of a deal guzman. he's the son of the drug, lord known as al chapo. guzman was captured in the city of calia con. hundreds of people have been left homeless after a town in northern india began to sink cracks appeared on buildings across a hillside, town of joshi mass, causing the local temple to collapse. authorities, blame faulty drainage. china has blocked the social media accounts of hundreds of

critics of beijing's handling of coven. 19. the government has ended long downs, quarantines and mast testing. the easing of restrictions has been followed by a surge in new cases. the u. s. house of representatives finally has a new speaker. republican kevin mccarthy was sworn in after 15 rounds of loading. the faced fierce resistance from members of his own party. mccarthy was forced to make compromises with right wingers to secure the post. for more on this, we can speak now to charles comp. jan, who joins me now from washington. he is a senior fellow at the u. s. council on foreign relations. welcome to d. w. and an interesting comment by kevin mccarthy. after he was finally voted in, he thanked donald trump for his support. what kind of influenced of the former president

have on the entire process? well, you know, this was a real political mass for the united states. we haven't seen this kind of delay in electing a house speaker since the civil war era. and really what's going on here is because the republicans took the house by a very small margin. the far right wing of the party, what's called the freedom caucus, the america 1st wing that is part of donald trump. political program now has enormous power. it's not a huge caucus there about 2021 members that were voting again. mccarthy initially. but because of the close margin in the house, just a handful of seats, they needed those votes to get mccarthy into the speakership. so what about donald trump? no, not really. it, it's bigger than that is about a very strong far right. well listen in the republican party that's going to make

like difficult for mccarthy as he takes over the house starting with today. well, what about the u. s. foreign policy? what impact will this new house leadership have on that? can we expect a major shift? you know, i don't think you'll see any serious change in the direction of policy because the president has a lot of leeway. the president still jo bye and he will continue to pursue the policies that he's put in place during her 1st 2 years. but i do think you will see a change in resource availability. the republicans are already talking about cutting the defense budget. they've been talking about making it more difficult for biden to get the resources that he wants for ukraine, both military and economic. there's a big fight looming over raising the debt ceiling. and given how coraleive the

republicans appear to be, i think biden is going to have a very difficult time, assuming that he can get congressional support. so the real rob here will be on the resource question that was charles, cochin from the council on foreign relations. thank you so very much for your insights. sure. ah. while the bonus think a mid season transfer window has opened up and plenty of movement is expected before this start on january 20th, champions and leaders by munich appear to be the most in need. after goalkeeper mental nar broke his leg while skiing, let's take a look at his possible replacements. by and munich have arrived and cut off that training. can you signing daily flint dutch defend was among the travelling party,

but the german champions will almost certainly have to dip into the transfer market again. that's because go keep a manual. noah broke his leg while skiing the gym. these will cook exits. he's out for the season and by and only have to spend like as an experience reserved with alexander nubile unload monaco, fans confused that noah was allowed to go skiing in the 1st place. think buying coke, julian now guzman has to recruit another keeper even just for the next 5 months. been because the kind of it, there are no more injuries of this. why plays as a can? i don't see any problem to. the only thing we need is a keeper. that's my opinion for what we definitely my mother will be the german media say by anakin on. i'm chuck frankfort kevin trap, but he is a frankfurt deal until 2024. bruce humans and glad back to yan summer is one of the bundles league is best and is out of contract in june, meaning it would cost by and less money the switzerland international had

a stunning gain. the last time he faced by and, and report say he's keen to join the champions. by and chief executive oliver con was a top goalkeeper himself. is a big decision to make and to talk a bit more about byron's quandary and other goodness league news em joined in the studio by my ts book. he is fam database for since he has get to see you. ok, so byron are going to be without the captain and goalkeeper manual, no air, apparently for some time. so how big of a loss is this for them? it is a massive loss for by and munich. so obviously the captain of the team, the captain of the german national team. and he has been one of the best goalkeepers, if not the best called people in the world for many, many years. so he is 36 years of age right now. he's turning 37 in march. so an injury like a broken leg is really the last thing that by in munich, and let him know monro neu himself needed because the recovery time of his lease

getting longer and longer, the older you get, and he will miss the remainder of the season. i think for a buy and munich and the bonus league there strong enough to actually pull through and win another championship. it's almost becoming a bit boring. will be the 11th in a row in the champions league however, they faced paris, sandra, ma next and in these games, the little moments matter. and people like monro, no, with the great safe, can actually decide these close games. so it is a massive last questions should be asked. why is he going on a skiing trip after the world cup? there's all the players who have a close and their contact not to do any dangerous sports in the off season. apparently annoyed, that was not the case. we didn't do anything illegal by the club, but the timing is really less than i do. i. yeah, absolutely. so he's out for the rest of the season. what about potential candidates to replace him? who do you think is the most likely to take a spot as goalkeeper? so up until today, i thought yon saw mother goalkeeper from brazil mention glove, or he's played an outstanding caesar. now probably the keeper of the season so far

. but gluck have come out like a couple hours ago, and pretty much saying that he's not going anywhere this winter period. if that's really true is remains to be seen by not giving up on him. he would be the perfect replacement. he's in the mid thirty's as well, so he would also be ok once laura comes back to get back in the 2nd row, which probably others keep keepers wouldn't. so it's a chance for a young sama to win a title, but will go up a set? no. and then that leaves alex on the new bill who is a buying player. he's on loan at monaco. he doesn't want to come back. he said that i'm not going back behind, nor after that. that rolls him out. kevin, trump, he's at front foot is pretty comfortable then the round of 16 at the champions league. and then 4th place in the bonus, i guess or there might play champions again. next year and by an are really under pressure right now. they thought young zelma was a done deal. now go up, but actually said no. and that leaves when all right, by on 2nd keepers who clearly buy and doesn't have a lot of trust in because they're looking for these other options. so the next

weeks until the transfer period is over on the 31st of january will be really, really interesting and could actually lead by in a certain direction this year. ok, let's talk quickly about buyers perennial rival bureau said, don't mind dave. welcome back. a player who has yet to make his day view isn't that right? yeah. and that is absolutely great news. so sebastian, her last, they actually sign in before the season as a replacement for elling holland it's, it's really hard to replace eli holland. but after testicular cancer, he's back in training now and he could be the key missing piece, an attack for dormant to actually attack bio my tears truck $70.00 for it's great to talk to you. thank you. let's take a look now at some other sports stories from around the world. did he? ada shaw has extended his contract as the french football coach until june of 2026 . he'll preside over a 4th world comp. the 54 year old lead france, the world of victory in 2018, and to the 2022 final and caught tar, which they lost to argentina. in tennis,

nova jarvis has reached the adelaide international tennis final. after defeating danny men to fe div in straight sense, 6364. chalk a visual plays abashed in corridor and sundays. final disturb is a good form for the australian open. later this month, he missed the 2022 tournaments after being deported for not being vaccinated against coven 19. amidst the latest on dw news this hour, i'm marrying evans dean from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for the company. on the green do you feel worried about the planning meeting on mill? oh so the on the green friends podcast as we it's clear we means to try.