this is the moment to unleash on violet bars on these legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. germany name's a new defense minister. forrest stories will succeed. christina le ledger, who resigned on monday, he takes over the post as a critical time, burl and under pressure to boost military support for you cried also coming up a green deal for europe. you commission president or sla funder lion unveiled her

plan for a clean tech transition. as the world economic forum kicks off in devils, switzerland, and china records, a population decline for the 1st time in 60 years. it's birthright has flowed in the face of mounting financial pressures and shifting social ass. ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. welcome to the program. german chancellor or la charlotte's has chosen a new defense minister forest to story us will replace christina lambert who resigned on monday, following a series of controversies for his postilion, served as the interior minister for the western german state of lower saxony for the last decade. shout said that historic is assertiveness and experience. make him the right choice to lead the german army. i are steadily chief,

political correspondent, nina houser. what the new german or defense minister will bring to the job. all i searched the chancellor in this statement that you close a day and calls him the ideal person to lead this ministry in these times of site and vendor. so, so it's called the stories, an outstanding german politician who's extremely experienced. he knows how to run a big machine like a big ministry. he knows his security policy is competent and has authority to push through important decisions. now those are all of choices, words, but you do have to know that bullet. pistol is indeed has been the interior minister of louis saxony, one of germany, 16 states for 10 years. that means he does have a lot of experience in running a big ministry. and, and that is vital at a point in time where the bonus fair and the defense ministry. they're facing lots of challenges and they do need reform. so they do need somebody with leadership skills per story is, is

a social democrat from all of shows his own party. and within the s p d, he's known as representing the more conservative wing of some call him a law and order person a. he's apparently quite popular with his own police that he's the boss off there. and he is well connected with india's pity. he is often described to somebody who takes a tough stance towards criminals, for example. but he ultimately, he does have those leadership skills and perhaps most importantly, and that is really not something that you can take for granted within the s pd. he served in the military. and one thing you do have to mention when you talk about this new defense minister visorio says appointment means that this is the end of gender parity in the government coalition. now, germany will have 9 male and 7 female ministers. you can are talking about defense minister means we need to talk about ukraine. what does this new appointment mean for the war in ukraine? specifically, germany's support of that war. it was vital to have

somebody a leading the ministry who can jump into cold water and swim immediately and are brought to store as really is not going to get a new phase where he can warm himself up. there are important high level meetings this week regarding ukraine on thursday. the us defense secretary lloyd austin is in berlin. he will want to talk all things ukraine with his new counterpart who will be sworn in on thursday officially by the way. and on friday, a group of international defense ministers, they will also be discussing ukraine at ramstein military base here in germany. this is where they're going to coordinate, which weapons are going to be sent by whom, where, when and how and there is a lot of pressure on germany to deliver those combat tanks to ukraine. but there again, there will have shows the chancellor has made it very clear no matter who leads the defense ministry. those decisions will germany deliver combat tanks. this decision lies with him. he w a chief political correspondent, nina has

a thank you at the european commission president, also a funder lion has pledged that support to ukraine will continue for as long as it is needed. speaking at the world economic forum in the swiss town of w, fonder. lion praised the ears response to russia's aggression in ukraine. she stress that in less than a year, europe has freed itself from what she called a dangerous addiction to russian energy supplies. she addressed delegates after allin, as the landscape ukraine's 1st lady spoke of doubles. she called on countries to continue their support of ukraine as take a listen to what the european commission president had to say. there will be no impunity for these russian crimes and my friends there will be no let up in our stead for support to ukraine from

helping to restore power, heating and water to preparing for the long term effort of reckless reconstruction . i just want to say my dearest alana, and i think i can speak on behalf of this whole and this audience here. we are in it for as long as it takes and stand by our ukranian friends. and to me now from davis is dw correspondence. emily sherwin and here with me in the studio is our chief international editor, richard walker. and emily, i'd like to start with you if i may also not found a lie and began her speech with a very strong focus on ukraine. she's been speaking for months about the need for unity and cooperation against russian aggression. was that any change in her focus and tone from what we heard today? well, it's interesting, ah,

to compare her speech to day to her previous speech and divorce, which was at the world economic form that took place in may. so just a few months after russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, and that speech back in may was really completely focused on ukraine. she talked about the use need to reduce its append dependents on gas and oil. and on the need to come up with a plan to rebuild ukraine today, or the laf underlie and did as we just heard, have strong words of support for ukraine. talk about the bravery of ukraine and the necessity of europe to really continue to support ukraine until the end. but that was just the starting off point of her speech. she then went on to really focus on the need for a clean for clean technology in europe. and she really used the platform here at the economic form, almost to advertise the u as a really good platform for investment in green technology. she talked about the use plans to cut red tape when it comes to that kind of investment. and i think,

you know, what was kind of running underneath that was a, also a kind of sideswipe at the u. s. which has just introduced the so called inflation reduction act, which is going to offer tax credits and rebates to businesses who want to invest and shift all their production to the u. s. when it comes to the green economy. so she was talking about unity, but there was a sense of competition there as well. and really a focus on the economy, the green economy, and a little bit less on ukraine. richards it ukraine, obviously, climate change, green tech, china, the u. s. what stood out to you in particular from what was the le underline said today? yeah, i think i would it would, would pick up on what emily's talking about this so, so good and le underline having a really specific announcement in her speech language, she really got into the detail of, of the approach that she wants europe to take towards the next few years of trying

to tackle the climate crisis to investment in clean technology and proposing what they call a net 0 industry act. and that is designed to, to kind of match pretty much what the americans have done with the inflation reduction that so called that emily just referred to. so incentives for companies to, to do clean tech development within the european union. and i think in line with what emily just said, it is very interesting to, to look at what's potentially happening here because there's been a story very much last year or something since the ukraine war began of how the west is coming back together and how you've seen a revitalized even expanding nato, a common purpose among democracy, standing by ukraine. what we're seeing here is an issue where there is really scope for severe severe economic division between the european union and the united states. over how to handle this transition to

a cleaner economy and also a transition to an era that may be somewhat di, globalize less with less complex supply chains with leading into countries. where there are difficult relationships with china, whether it's russia and trying to bring back industrial production, especially kind of future oriented, green industrial production. bring those things back home. and there's a certain risk that the united states and europe might get into a dynamic where they're at cross purposes rather than really kind of working in harmony on this. so i think it's very interesting to see what happens with this proposal that frontline has come through come through with how european member states pick up on it with to what extent they like it. and the dynamic that then develops with washington in the months ahead. emily, if i can just come back to you now, the war is obviously dominating the forums agenda this year. i want to ask you,

you know, what might this event in particular achieve in terms of support for ukraine from its allies? well, it's hard to know unusually, there aren't very many big concrete deals that come out of the world economic forum . it's more kind of place where people can meet and discuss the year ahead. in part, we did see of course, ukraine dominating in some senses. we heard the 1st lady of ukraine all in the landscape speaking today as the opening speech and also calling for a continued support. and also was interesting to see yesterday i was that the ukraine house here in divorce, which is where the ukrainian delegation kind of assembled their events on ukraine. and they started out this forum with a report on kind of support and fundraising. so it does seem that they're a little bit worried that attention on ukraine is flipping to other issues, other global crises,

and they want to bring that focus back and get more support. more i d, w correspondent, emily show, and reporting that from us. and dw is chief international editor richard walker, here with the cd. thanks so much t both and it's to ukraine now, where the death toll from a russian missile strike on an apartment building into the pro has risen to 41. after rescue. work has pulled the body of a child from the rubble will be 2 dozen. other residents are still missing. your trans president is calling for foster deliveries of heavy weapons from the west in the wake of this attack, which he is describing as a war crime. and not the body recovered from the rubble. rescuers say they have little hope of finding any one alive under this mess of twisted concrete. but they keep up the search any way for making you more open law. mostly dana,

james said we are not giving up hope of finding anyone alive this year. the 1st group is looking for the dead. give us the more help with that to actual place with a little more them more, but not only them of those who were rescued were rushed to hospital national with there are 3 people on the ward, including the 19 year old woman. they were admitted with wounds after the explosion . 2 are in our ward with relatively severe conditions, burrow trauma and head trauma, as to what i thought all more, living alone, all across the road from the apartment block, neighbors and relatives pay their respects to the dead. and try to process their grief similarly with it could have been, this is a community reeling from profound loss. in all of that one story of hope,

this man's elderly mother was rescued from the building unharmed. then he found his cat, a small comfort in a time of tragedy. in recent months, russia's repeated assaults on ukraine's energy grid have forced many cities to roll out power cuts to save energy in the casual cave, which is still home to $3000000.00 people. city authorities have restricted public lighting at night and this has had significant consequences for people who are out and about on the streets. t w. sonya found the car ventured out on a dark keyed night and sent us this report. during the day, despite the war, the ukrainian capital can look and feel quite normal. but as night falls key if slips into almost darkness. streetlights are off, and at many crossings,

traffic lights as well. the dark mix, a downright risky for those on the streets, booked on wilkes for the food delivery service in keith, taking orders to customers around the city. go few isn't until 11 pm. so much of his work is in the inky dock or water. broadest dollar washer. lemme work has become much tougher because of the lack of light. music is futile. it's hard to ride in the dark, oscar, and if a person doesn't have reflectors in them, i just can't see them. so sure. all the ones you have to be careful because they could be people on the street from you. the kids were booking and they were potholes and open drains, which you could fall into their mortgage. didn't they? motiv with a yamazik with or for their shorter both with griffin look. a month ago, buck done had an accident. when he hit a cold in the dark, he smashed all the reflectors on his bicycle. the streets in the ukrainian capital

are clearly not safe at night and that's especially so for those navigating the city on foot. not the deputy head of keeps traffic. police told me the car accidents involving pedestrians had gone up by a whopping 80 percent since last october. that's when the city was forced to introduce rolling blackouts in response to russia's debilitating miss. silent don't attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure. everyone sure has a story about the dock holding there was spoken. it's really dangerous. i'm wondering how i can cross the road to the other side. shall i go further and look for a proper crossing? or should i follow another person? so we're in a group mister bought, i bought a glow, stick color for my dog because i can't seem when there's no light in the park. it's very convenient. yeah. look, i'm looking at it. it was doc at the crossing moment for people approach me. punch me in the nose and snatch my phones from my pocket. well,

the blood telephone of the braly, but living in the city shouted in darkness can also habits of sight. vincent is a bit of intrigue and mystery in the air was a little especially when it's close to the curfew. and there's no one around there quite interesting to ride along dark and empty streets and listen and quite literally disappeared into the night time. now for a look at some of the other headlines from around the world, the trial and up censure of the exile the battle russian opposition leader fet, lana, sick of mas gaia opened in a minute on tuesday, speaking of the world economic forum and devil, switzerland 2nd off guy a denounced the trial as a 4th. she claimed victory in the 2020 presidential election. that is now facing a range of challenges, including high treason and a former commander with the russian paramilitary. wagner group has claimed asylum

in norway off to deserving and crossing the border border. in this video posted in december, he criticized the group's operations. he entered no way last friday, and faces charges of entering the country and the li. now china is the most populous nation in the world, but perhaps not for much longer officials. there say the population has declined for the 1st time in over 6 decades shrinking by some 850000. over the last year, an aging population coupled with a low birth rate, means that china is now facing a demographic crisis. a busy beijing st. belies a burgeoning problem. for the 1st time since 1961, china's population has fallen. birth rates have been sinking for years. many experts plain, china's decades long punitive one child policy that was only abandoned in $2016.00 rule. beijing is now trying to encourage families to have more children,

but many chinese say they simply can't afford to buy them. there's a lot of pressure to have kids, but who dares to have kids? the unemployment rate is so high. covey destroyed everything. there's nothing we can do. next year, we'll have a declining growth again. those out something we feel that the economic pressure and young people is quite high, especially for those from outside of beijing living here. here that's already difficult. oh, for those of us born in eighty's, this more of us that are from one child family as well as a lot of pressure when it comes to taking care of your parents out in improving your quality of life in the future. the laura johan valley alley, for decades china has relied on its vast population to drive economic growth. now it's confronted with an aging shrinking workforce. you are experts predict this is just the start of a long decline. with india soon set to overtake china as the world's most populous

nation. journey me here in the studio is beijing based correspondence. harvey encroachment has been living in china for the last 3 and a half years. welcome. far beyond. can we start by and getting a sense of how significant this our population decline is? is this really a major thing? yeah, definitely. i mean, last year the population has decreased by 850000 people. that's the 1st population decline since the early sixty's. now beg, then, you know, the population decline was caused by a mess of famine. now the problem is that people are opting or choosing to have less babies and the really birth rate, so it are heck, historic record low. and if this continues, and it's very likely that india will overtake china as the most populous nation, probably in the on going here. ok. so, so give us more of a sense about the reasons for this as you're saying this historic low birthright, i mean, what are all of the things that are affecting?

i mean, it's obviously a very complex issue, but i would say them 2 main reasons. one is especially a middle class families, they are basically am complaining that they cannot afford to have more than one child because the costs are really very high child care costs. but also, you know, after school, which is almost mandatory for many m, a chinese children. and then of course, the living cost, the real estate costs. so that's one big issue. and the 2nd, a big reason i would say is a change in values, especially many young woman. they are now prioritized more their professional development. or they don't necessarily feel a committed to not having a lot of children by, you know, serving those traditional confusion really values. so there is, of course, also playing into this. of course, china has the well known one child policy. i mean, is that still sort of having an effect that people are, are just not used to having more than one child? you could argue, but i mean, now for example, people are allowed to have 3 children, but they don't want any more. and it's basically the communist party,

they try to steal this issue by, you know, imposing those restrictions. but it does work like this is much more complex. people would like to have maybe more children, but of course the conditions have to be favorable. and yeah, the one child policy actually was, you know, maybe started with good intentions, but it cost less of a suffering. you know, they were forced abortions. selective abortions. now we still have millions more of a male people than female in china. and because the social consequences also can be felt, i mean, there's basically one generation of single children where you can really see the sometimes maybe like social skills or empathy. and is that still a thing in china that you know, people say the male children to see my children, what it has decreased to some somewhat and you know, in the urban areas where people are more educated, i would say this. i mean, this preference is not so prevalent anymore, but especially in the provinces, more rural provinces. yeah, you can still see that and you know,

females are definitely not as preferred as male children. ok. so looking ahead and give us a sense of what this will mean for the, for the country, for the people, and also the see for the economy. this is my massive consequences. i mean, for example, in the coming years, probably many universities will have to close while you know, the demand for retirement homes is increasing. and yet the obvious consequence of course, economic. so if the population is aging, that means they are more senior people and less working people. so the population becomes less productive and the growth rate will basically not be as high as before . so that is a big issue and then there will be also global consequences. maybe that are not so direct, but indirect. if, for example, the workforce becomes less and china and the manufacturing sector will be less. china will produce less products that will of the 2 high higher product prices and will also impact on the inflation in europe to lately and knock on effect. i do

just want to ask him in, is the government reacting to this? i mean, do they have any kind of, i don't know, incentive programs to encourage people to have larger families on various levels. some local governments, for example, they are offering a financial incentives to have more children than, you know, the, some governments are also organizing, match making services. they want to encourage people to get married all this and then there are various other aspects, for example, this censorship. now, for example, when movies get produced and most of the female roles tend to reflect more the traditional mother role and not so much, you know, the alternative lifestyles. and of course, there's also no efforts to make living costs more affordable, et cetera. but this is so complex, this is not a solution that you can basically solve over night. all right. harvey unclenched mar based in beijing. thank you so much for that. really interesting. and staying in china, the annual mass migration for the lunar new year holidays has begun. that health

experts are already sounding the alarm about the effect that this could have on china's because it 19 outbreak leaning you. yeah, means being on the mays, travel hops across the country are packed with people having higher to celebrate the holidays with their families. memories of luck, downs, and travel restrictions are slowly fading from china's collective conscience. i don't wanna i haven't been home for about 2 years ago. he. i'm so excited right now. so happy young emmy. oh to no. i was in my parents in 2 years . okay. don't you go to the pri holiday but that's gripping the country stands in contrast to the atmosphere in the cove. it 19 boards of chinese hospitals are a doctor at this hospital and in your city tells the chinese broadcast has cctv

that he seeing an upset and critical k that 19 cases mostly affecting the elderly yoke. ha, been in the number of severe cases is climbing. dodger, because patients in rural areas, pay less attention to the mild symptoms at the early stage of infection and fail to receive time treatments. recall to the order for java to go switch it. since paging abandoned it 0 cove, it approach hospitals have provided clues that the corona virus is wreaking havoc and china right now. especially those hospitals felt by foreign camera crews and mobile thing uses last saturday, the chinese government announced that nearly 60000 people with coded 19 had died in hospitals since last month's policy change. and that's a big jump from earlier official figures who you should i that statement followed an accusation by the world health organization that beijing as heavily under

reporting deaths from the virus aria sharia by the total number of deaths, including those outside of hospital is likely to be much higher than 3 years into that. pandemic health experts fear that this lunar new year travel season will intensify the current outbreak. but like citizens and other countries, china is learning to find a balance between caution and the desire to live a normal life again or up to date. thanks so much for what you did a li ah ah.

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