a clip to queen scott's descend associates. i'm d w, the . this is dw news live from berlin. russia launches a massive aerial assault on ukraine. rockets, head cities across the country, including the capital q. ukraine calls at the most intense russian badge and yet also in the program the u. n. ones that a 150000 people in gas. i have no way to go. israels intensifying and ground offensive is driving desperate time. and these to the south of because of the territory,

but not out of harm's way. and relentless rains on these events flooding across germany. many communities are under water, rivers and streams bus. their bags and more heavy rain is focused on the weekends. the no, i'm told me online people. welcome to the program. un secretary general, antonio gutierrez has condemned russia's latest attacks on ukraine. the attacks killed at least 30 people in india. many more queens government says more than a $150.00 missiles and drones struck cities nationwide. damaging vital infrastructure as well as industrial and military facilities. schools and montana and the maternity hospital were among the buildings, had maternity ward blown apart and ukraine's eastern city of ne pro of the

mothers and labor for rushed down to the basement for shelter. the kremlin massive area was sold over whelmed keys air defenses, ukraine's president says russia hit them with almost every thing and its arsenal. residential buildings and a shopping center were also hit and the waves of attacks, which began overnight and lasted for hours. in keys, there were multiple depths firefighters battled a huge blaze at this warehouse. the attack serve as a stark reminder for those living far from the front lines. it's a beautiful mind, that's why we're shocked, because we've gotten used to things becoming calmer unless not intensifying the whole thing as was. so what do you today was a terrible day? is somehow reminds me of the 1st day of the full scale invasion because i didn't expect it because in keep it was more or less safe matches up will of a bit as much spokane a ukrainian space yet another windsor with critical infrastructure under threat.

keith has long been pleading to western allies for more air defense missiles. these attacks are now ramping up the pressure on them to deliver air. right. and let's sound it all day across the ukraine. correspondence sonya talking uh tool dw, more about the attacks. right now. i am here in a district in case of quite close to the city, same to where fragments of rocket that we're down to by you creating a defense this morning, damage several buildings. the registration behind me, the facade was damaged. the highlights, building offices were on the windows, are blown out, and then we'll also the overhead houses that were hit in 3 districts in keys. i was in one of a, i was in the district, and one of those warehouses was still ordering. that was an operation on to skilled the building, the city of khaki, which is close to the russian border was also came under heavy attack and sustained . it's the same a mass of attack for over 3. i was to a hospital in a school they would talk to and the eastern city of naperville has also face

a heavy vaulted file and went down to the hospital and shopping center there. uh, lots of hits. now these are on the schools frontline cities and the not the defense systems. they are not as strong as they are and key of and this is something that the ukrainians parties in recent months have been very pressing their wisdom partners to provide them with more air defense systems, like the patriots to protect, you know, frontline cities like khaki but also regions, legs off for the show and audience. military analyst, marian, i'm there on of kings colors. london gave us her assessment of this latest russian attack actually has been collecting missiles and preparing. we haven't seen the scale of an attack on ukraine since the start hopes of war. indeed. and specifically, after ukraine has intensified strikes on the black sea fleet and crimea, and after the destruction of the russian over here, across the ship. on december 29th. and it seemed logical that

russia would respond was a beverage of missiles and ruins. however, this amount of missiles and drones has not yet been seen before. so they seem to have targeted amongst other things, according to ukraine, defense industry official. so some production side. so they are trying to destroy ukrainian, the military capability, and its inception is turning to the middle east now. and the u. n. is wanting that a 150000 people in gaza have nowhere to go. as israel widens, it's an ground offensive against thomas, which has been classified a tower group. by many countries, dozens of people, mostly women and children, were killed in a new wave of his reading. it strikes overnight, writing the names of the dead on the body back and

saying good bye to loved ones. the bodies of those killed by and is really striking the dead by law refugee camp in central golda. i laid outside the hospital. * this mother lost face to for the twins. no, no, no. you mean when they made me, we were sleeping in the room when 2 of my children in my twins in another room. you know, this in the house was bomb i live and the rubble fell on the twins. really so many on their birthday she on the inside the hospitals, doctors rushed to treat those images. these really minute tree has stepped up bits and ground defensive in areas of

central and southern goza. it released this footage of tanks rolling into the southern city of con eunice. the israel defense forces claim to have killed dozens of terrorists across calls in a single day. 85 percent of causes population has been displaced by the ongoing conflict pots of data by law, flattened children such belongings from the place that men include home. well, final, pres, a said for those who were killed correspondence on the circle has more details on the abstracts. so we're talking about the, the area in the center. the does a stream where you have very large refugee camps. and these are refugees that came there in the 19 a 48 war from well then became is right. and we'll talk about the delay

j new. see the a, my as the, and the, as these really forces the tanks are approaching this area, the residents are being called to leave this area. at the same time, the air force is showing this the area and they're targeting a, how my cell for davis. but the, as we know, most of the casualties are, is civilians. and the people there of course are stranded and they said that they have nowhere to go at the same time is one is also continuing in the campaign either around the eunice. this is where the believe that the mouse leadership is located. let us take a look now at some of the stories from around the world. south africa as filed a case against israel and the international court of justice. calling as well as

a tax on palestinians in gaza. genocidal in character further calls on the i. c. j to order israel to stop its attacks. israel has rejected the finding an acute south africa of cooperating with home us. argentina's president, have you amy lay has formerly cancelled plans to join the bricks groups a group of nations. argentina had been due to join the comic block on january 1st. line says, it's one of many foreign policy decisions made by the previous government and being reviewed. the shipping from half a lloyd is to divert more of its vessels away from the red sea because of attacks by humans who the rebels were routing ships from asia to europe. around the southern tip of africa is estimated to cost an extra $1000000.00 yours voyage. but who these say they're attacking ships linked to israel? google has agreed to settle a lawsuit which claimed it secretly. tract and millions of internet use us lawyers

at google gather details of people's contacts, preferences, and shopping habits, even though they've set their browsers to private. it's not known how much compensation will be paid. germany's i'm highlighted for flooding with heavy rain full battery, many areas. official say the situation in the north west is critical as rivers and streams over flow. and in western jeremy forecast is have one that almost a month's worth of rain could fall in the next 24 hours. a landscape of lakes created by the flood waters in the north western states over that was tax and the many communities can now only be reached by boats. and in this village you need rubber boots or an inflatable thing. you to guess around what the levels are rising relentlessly for the moment because of this i thought i was seeing things. spend vicky. it's like

a swimming pool full of clear water. it's money that is done by somebody. you just don't know what to do. the surrounding low line areas are also badly affected. the flood dikes are simply giving way under the way to volta police and military helicopters have been sent in to strengthen the dykes. a nearby cat who had to be evacuated over night is filled with one of the police following cove and 19 side. this is the 2nd major crisis. our residents have had to deal with the music for new years and suffering from dementia. and of course, they're better off in their home environment. the case is it, you know, keep them. but also the pumps are already running $24.00 as a day and there's no laptop in sight. light is loyal reading on most of the. unfortunately, there is more rain on the way. the next low pressure system is likely to bring 10 to 20 liters of rain to the northwest sunday installed in healey areas that could

rise to 30 or 40 leases. a fortnight's worth and is not likely to ease off in the next few days and was on an inch by no means defect getting mixed in powder, understand light of many local authorities, a band fireworks in the run up to new. yeah. and the flooding site see is it being told to stay away? a european. so becoming increasingly pessimistic about the economic outlook survey of you citizens shows 7 out of 10 things. the standard of living will fall in the coming year. but the block has been more resilient than many expected. dw, christine window reports from brussels, the lights or twinkling, but for many life indeed, it feels like it's losing its shine. with the inflation, everything good, good, higher, like the price of for living in a center. he is like at least $500.00 so hard. if i want to get some great food, i know that they have to invest more than i did before. so that's something i'm to

be concerned about because i still want to have high standards and statements. foods definitely feels like the sound of living is getting was i live in the u. k, but we have a lot of friends across europe and we have the same thing from pretty much one of them. and most people don't expect things to improve. and opinion poll earlier this month showed 73 percent of kia pins. think their standard of living will go down in the next year. and 4 in 10 people says 8 in the same polls. say if they sometimes all, most of the time have difficulties paying bills. inflation and high energy price is brought on by the cobit pandemic. and then the war and ukraine has hit household budget. it's hard, but europe's actually doing better than expected. at some point, governments were planning for power outages and energy rationing to get through a wind. so without rushing gas, while the economy isn't surprising, the worse fee is have less and then the big picture is less bad then was initially

thoughts. despite the gloominess, there is some reason for optimism, wages of growing and inflation is dropping. europe overall is pretty comfortable. a part of what makes europe crate is also part of what makes europe challenging, which is it's, it's inertia. you know, people are used to having a certain level of health care and public services. they're not used to changes in that. if you look as european union in global, there's not too many notes. so many domains where we are not the one of the top performers. we are one of the most innovative continents and the world we are a wealthy continental, the very high purchasing a purchasing power. your position as an economic to see the policies being tested in the face of crisis. but so far the confidence has shown more resilience then predicts that you're watching dw news. here's

a reminder of our top story. un secretary general onto the gutierrez, has condemned rushes, latest attacks on new cream that killed at least betsy people. capital q is one of the cities. that's it for me. for now there's one use in our website and our youtube channel as well. to me a lot of things to watch the sometimes the best. right. how about you? out to the hot every week. not the not much as to what did you do to leave the tenant? she survived. oh sure. it's thanks to music. he was the nazis favorite conductor.