ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia steps up a tax in eastern ukraine. president valenze, he says, the series of sold our and by mood are completely destroyed, calling the situation their madness. meanwhile, germany's foreign minister makes a surprise visit to ukraine and comes under pressure to supply leopard tanks. also

coming up north american leaders wrap up the so called 3 amigos summit and mexico behind the united front deep divisions over illegal migration and drug smuggling. plus at least 14 dead days of floods and mudslides in california. the entire seaside community of montecito is told to evacuate. and royal fever groups, bookstores, british prince harry's dish, the dirt min more flies off the shelves. but cynic say that after weeks of high, that's enough already. ah, i'm almeni's of welcome to the program ukraine's president volota me as a lensky says, russian bombardments have destroyed the eastern cities of solid, r and back moot. bosco's forces have stepped up attacks in the area in recent weeks,

and russian commanders claim to be in control of the salt mining town of sold are just outside of buffalo. lensky says there is almost no life left in either city. separately the german foreign minister analynn a bare bach has made a surprise visit to har. keith in the northeast, ukraine is asking germany to supply heavy battle tanks. in addition to armored infantry fighting vehicles, lodge berlin recently pledged to deliver as the sun rises and eastern ukraine, german 4 minister, and the lena bab oak is on her way to hockey. if her ukrainian counterpart gimme to recruit labor wants to show her the impact the russian invasion has had on the country's 2nd largest city. often looking around the city center, where local officials described the rocket attacks that hit hockey historic corps. the to a continued to the devastated eastern suburbs. these areas were exposed to artillery

fire in the early stages of the war when the russian advance encroached on the city . louis julia, with babylon promised help, rebuilding ukraine's battered infrastructure and weapons to help fight back the russians. those alligators shaken wouldn't. he wouldn't have been out here on that . i'm here to day to get an impression of how important this military and humanitarian assistance is. so that people can live in peace here and everywhere in ukraine in okay, you know, you, i love it. and he leaving after western countries, including germany recently promised to deliver ahmed infantry fighting vehicles. ukraine. he's hoping that heavy main battle tanks will soon follow coolly about was explicit in his request for german leper tags on them. i assume you shall green. i have no doubt that ukraine will receive german leopard tanks for ya. moreover, i think that the german government also understands somewhere deep in its sole mia

that this decision will be approved in your book and the tanks will be given to ukraine or the green. it's a decision that could help determine the outcome of the war. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. cardinal george pelle, the most senior member of the catholic church, convicted of child sex abuse, has died aged 81 accord in australia, offends pelt point prison for molesting to choir boys. in the late 1900 ninety's, spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement. tells conviction was later overturned. a former executive at donald trump property empire has been jailed for 5 months on charges of tax fraud. alan wife burg admitted dodging taxes on job perks, while he was chief financial officer at the trump organization. the judge said the offences were driven by greed police and climate activists have clashed in

a german village at the center of a battle over coal mining. protesters are trying to block the expansion of an open cast mine at the site. 3rd is worn, dale evict. anyone who refuses to leave. scientists have confirmed that europe headed beckon warmus year on record. in 2022. temperatures hit new records and heat waves cause tens of thousands of excess deaths. the european union's climate service also says the past 8 years have been the hottest worldwide. well, leaders of the us, canada, and mexico have wrapped up talks at the so called 3 amigos summit, mexico city, mexican president, and the rest. manuel lopez over north as migration was extensively discussed as well. security and economic issues. the 3 countries together make up a 3rd of the global economy, closing statements at the summit,

focused on what all 3 leaders said was a spirit of cooperation figures. they can no longer be any question. none in today's interconnect world, we cannot wall ourselves off from shared problems. we are stronger and better when we worked together. 3 of us t w's, washington bureau chief in his pole, was at the summit, mexico city. she says, well, joe biden, and his fellow leaders presented a united front deep divisions remain. so you know, he and also the 2 other leaders really want to demonstrate unity saying that we can only be powerful if the stick together. obviously, they don't want to talk about all the things which kind of, you know, of cause some problems, for example, that each country for itself kind of or, you know, focuses on its own an opportunity, for example, a bite and definitely does some america, 1st politics when it comes to his or her,

a subsidiary, a plan and also the same is true for lubbers abra door, the mexican and the president who kind of puts his own energy sector 1st. so this is something which they kind of want to mental over this like. huge statement, we are all sticking together and this is when we can be strongest. now migration of course is one of the top agenda items and thousands of people are stuck in limbo. the u. s. a southern border, we've seen a lot of pictures in recent days of that. is there any movement on that issue there, right. i mean this is of the most crucial topics for all 3 leaders back home. and they're facing a lot of criticism more than 1000000 people tried to cross the poor border without papers last year from mexico into the united states. so what joe biden, the president of the united states offered was a new will deal that who would be willing to take in $30000.00 migrants if they

apply before they enter the country on an app. and if they fly into the country, and if they have sponsors with in the united states, this is 30000 people. and then then think about that it was a more than a 1000000 people trying to cross over. so these figures are much more symbolic than really would change anything in the real world out there. i was did other use in his whole, in mexico city, thanks for joining us. days of heavy rain have caused rock slides and flooding across california. at least 14 people have been killed in more than 200000 homes and businesses are without power. residents in the town of montecito, at home to celebrities including prince harry and megan markelle, have been ordered to leave. devastations caused by flirting. as far as the, i can see streets adding and dated. horns and cars damaged had to fled water.

california is fighting a series of relentless and powerful storms. to say to wrench rains and high winds have force authorities to issue warnings for large spots of the fate. in santa barbara county, alt and cousin residence of the star studded town of monte c. to my us to leave us the price of living is inter beautiful with one of the fucking he did by the name of a lot of people in fender truth, this rock flight and flat water force, the closure of a highway fantasy these powerful storms. i climate change induced disasters dealing with this new reality. likewise, climate adaptation and climate resilient infrastructure pods getting a lot hotter,

dry is getting a lot dryer, but the wet, skinny malott letter as well. and as a consequence of this, not only in terms of our deeper understanding in our consciousness as it relates to our live realities, but also in terms of policy making, we're moving dramatically in different directions. tens of thousands of people remain without power and forecast of expect maureen. on top of the heavy down bows meteorologist, matthew capuchin in sacramento. california told me what's causing these latest storms. so we tend to see these kind of set ups, these atmospheric river, so to speak. every winter time. now what that means is basically low pressure systems. these big swirling storm systems in train filaments or strips of really robust moisture from the central top pacific and rang out to the co sign like a fire hose, but it is very heavy rainfalls the lowlands and prolific snows the order of several meters to the higher elevations in the mountains. now what we've seen lately though, has just been back to back to back atmospheric members like 8 of them since

christmas time. and so, well we do see the use every winter to see this many so closely packed together is a little bit unusual and nowadays, you know, atmospheric mirrors would happen anyway. they're a little bit wetter. thanks to a warming world. california seems to be quite susceptible to extreme weather events . i know a couple of years ago i was there reporting on wildfires which always make headlines . is there a connection here to climate change? yeah, that's really good when you bring the wildfires because believe it or not, fire and drought and also flooding in california are both 2 sides. the same coin. i'll be unseemly. antithetical being a war atmosphere holds more water. so for every degrees celsius, the air temperature warms the air can hold about 7 percent more moisture. that means in the winter time where the pattern fever's rainfall, you hold that much more rain in the air and of course it comes down to form of heavy rainfall in the summer time when the air tends to be dryer anyway,

you're basically warmer and so you suck all that moisture out of the ground because there's no moisture in the air anyway. and so you can reinforce trout and get those fire conditions. so believe it or not, both are very closely tied to climate change. and both, even though they're opposites are being made worse by unit wounds and with the outlook there are people going to expect the bad weather to let up soon? so unfortunately, changing things that we still have 3 more of these to deal with. but i think after about 8 or 9 more days, things will finally come to an end. and i were forecasting another $3.00 to $5.00 centimeters worth of rainfall over the next 18 hours north of san francisco. or i am in watsonville. things are winding down, but the rivers are still cresting, because oftentimes across comes after the rainfall maximum. matthew, capuchin meteorologist in california. well, after weeks of hype and leagues british prince harry's memoir, a spare has finally hit the bookstores. the book is already a controversial sensation with one reviewer, calling it the weirdest book ever written by royal. but there is certainly

a thirst for gossip about the british royal family. this shop in london's victoria station opened at midnight to be the 1st to start selling. one of the most hotly anticipated books of the year, mama, after weeks of media hype, people here with keen to finally get their hands on a copy of prince harry's memoir. and make up their own minds about his story. i expect to be able to read about it more about the truth of what goes on behind the palace walls. i feel like counting, they are either tory secret family. i want to be able to pains the picture myself see for myself when i hear his story in his words, because at this point, a few like the british media all radicalize in the british public against prince harry. according to the prince, the ghost written memoir is an attempt to tell his own story after he is of spin

and distortion by others. the book made headlines long before its publication. it contains some explosive revelations about the royal family and that treatment of the prince and his wife megan passages from the book were leaked before its release . in one of them, harry describes having a physical altercation with his brother, prince william, this sibling rivalry, something he also brought up in a string of interviews with british and u. s. broadcast as to promote the book is out. there is always been this competition between us readily. they pitch the whales is right, which came with him and on, on our, against the saw success. man, my wife. they always pitched us against each other, a pitch k megan against each other in any way that i can protect chelsea. whether i can correct those mistress is by writing something the truth in one place.

how much harry's truthful hurt the royal family and its image isn't clear yet. they have so far declined to comment on any claims made in the book. for now, read, it will have to decide whether the book that's been causing a huge stir worldwide before it was even published lives up to the hype, some light, winter reading for you there. that's all for now you're up to date after the break . it's dw business with christy plants and the world bank is warning a global recession is likely. i'm ami annisa, thanks for joining us. christian with questions about life, the universe and everything. do you know the answer? well then david here.