when, why did they have all the time? i should just search the day and take them out where i mean that's the this is dw and use live from berlin, strong reactions and cues after the german and russian leaders speak for the 1st time in nearly 2 years. let them hear the landscapes as a phone call between chancellor schultz and the president to team will only help a russia by reducing its isolation. also on the sho, humanitarian groups and the you when raise the alarm on the levels of age deliveries into gauze. reports suggest they've fallen to an all time low and pocket stones tuned up problems declares a state of emergency and extend school closures as battles, toxic small, the

marietta evans, dean, welcome, ukrainian president of what am here? zalinski has condemned a phone call between german chancellor, all of schultz and russia's president vladimir putin. there 1st in nearly 2 years. during the, our long conversation at shoals, reportedly told food team to end the war. and he also stress german support for ukraine. but kids says talks with preteen, never lead anywhere on the phone with boots in for the 1st time. in nearly 2 years, the german government said that shouts told his russian, count about to stop as warn you, crane, and stopped talks with keith. but according to must go to stay with boots, and it was clear that any negotiations would have to reflect russia's gains and on

the battlefield. despite the disagreements, the criminal welcome to call saying that any dialogue a tool was a positive development. in keith, however, schultz, his action was quickly condemned vinegar. oh, that's cool. in my opinion, opens 10 doors cox. now that maybe haven't conversations of the coals, just a lot of words, and this is exactly what foods in his long. one said, he says something to 6th street, really important for him to reduce his isolation. obviously, rough as isolation, this is the let's see what i see. the timing of the call just days off the sheltered coalition. government collapse has some thing was politically motivated. this is about like shots still signaling to the gentleman public that he's still in charge. he's still chat. it's not even if he's a lame duck and it seems that the main purpose was really to signal to the jam. and i'd like to read more germans up being questioning germany support for kids with the economy struggling and ukraine on the back foot on the battlefield. thousands

turned out for this ballot and rally against weapons deliveries. last month until now jim and a to crane has been substantial. with only the wes providing more with snap elections now set for february. and schultz is social democrats headed for defeat the shot and slipped. maybe hoping that is new winning this to, to, to put in for when back. those is shelters. overcharge of food. here comes the days after us president elect donald trump called what appears the landscape. earlier we asked the w correspondent rebecca readers and 2 of how hopeful ukrainian officials were that american support will continue with the incoming us administration. there seems to be 2 schools of sold and 2 series because nobody knows exactly what the 2nd trump trump presidency is going to look like. certainly not means of either ukraine, russia war. but there's these two's, you know, schools of thought suddenly into nationally. but also here in key,

even in ukraine. and of course, one of the peasant mistake is that they see that trump little false, basically ukrainian capitulation by withdrawing support and forcing you crying to the negotiating table with a very decided by this advantages position. but there's a growing now the school of thought and that is one, the president zalinski seems to be subscribing to whether that's because he really believes it, or it's just a pragmatic approach. now that trump is headed to the white house, and that is that in fact, it could benefit ukraine in some ways, the trump, who has promised to, in the will, within 24 hours, may in fact lead to a hastening of the end of the war. and that certainly will love me as soon as he said in an interview last night saying he believes that the will will end sooner under a trump whitehouse. uh then it has with the bite and white house. uh, you know, ukraine becoming increasingly frustrated. the fact that the buying administration hasn't allowed them to, for example, use long right weapons in russian territory and, and other things like that,

holding them back, leaving them in a style night. so there is some hope growing but that at least see some change and that that change will be positive for you. crime, i'm positive for pace, of course nobody wanting pace more than the ukrainians. that was dw, is rebecca readers in kids over united nations is warning about an imminent famine in the gaza strip. this comes as a report by nearly $38.00 group suggested that the levels of a reaching the territory had fallen to an all time low. fewer than 70 humanitarian trucks are set to be entering garza daily. that's compared to $500.00 before the october 7th attacks on israel. the guys, the cities yamaha stadium is barely recognizable as a sports ground. thousands of people in teens packs the former soccer pitch. the surrounding stands have been damaged by his railey attacks,

the fighting and guns that his 1st families to flee multiple times, and many arrived here without any belongings. mamma said, look, we fled with only a single piece of play to each. we came here and waited in the cold until 3 in the morning when they gave us attend. we depends on donations when they distribute food we eat. if they don't, we don't teach. we have 5 families living in a single tend to conclude a deliveries into the guns a strip remain at extremely low levels. last month, the united states won't israel. it had 30 days to improve the humanitarian situation or risk us military funding being cuts the day before that deadline was due to expire. israel open one additional crossing to allow aid and to gaza. but humanitarian groups and the you in say it's not nearly enough with the

blockade in place is riley attacks and northern gals that have made it even harder to get a to civilians. you insist the situation is dispersed on all indicators who can possibly think off in the human. each response of all, all of them are going in the wrong direction. right. access is at a low point, a is chaos, suffering despair, this destruction displacement is at a high point. as temperature is dropping down so that suffering is city it with families at yamaha stadium or among those cooling for age and health. without many fear, it will be hard to survive the coming winter. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news. the sour israel is military,

has bomb buildings and the suburbs of a route, as well as southern and eastern 11 on striking what it said were, has the lot targets. lebanese media reported that is really ground forces as reach their far this point and loving on south so far in the conflict before being pushed back. this comes as lebanese government officials say they're considering a us trust proposal. motors in gabon have cast their balance in a referendum to adopt a new constitution. it was said term limits and banned family members from succeeding a president. last year, a military coup out of the country is a long time president ali bongo, whose father had ruled the country for 4 decades before him. officials and pack as the punjab province have declared a health emergency over toxic smog. 2 of the biggest cities there, lahore and molten are on lock down. authorities, extend its school closures for another 10 days, and hospitals are reporting

a surgeon patients coming in with breathing difficulties linked to air pollution. then smoke goes by pollutants. if so, pick, you can see very far, many headed le horsey reading fields like inhaling ducks and it has caused a has crisis in a city of 11000000 residents, especially children in the people, the audit risk around 70000 patients with respiratory diseases. and i've heard hospitalized staley bought the model. i've been very sick for the last 7 days. my throat is infected badly because of the small i'm suffering from the flu. i kind of go to my office. i'm the only person who earns and feeds my family and i've had got them on the well. the situation have forced the government to declare the health emergency and fox of buttons proven. the most important thing is to stay at home.

if you have not the saturday and if you us for that you have to have other separately then please via moss water quality mos then via glasses to protect yourself from symbol your eyes that allows sugar protector directly from small. then we'll show dave plenty of fluids keep high dated to us as the local government has set up this center to monitor, smoke levels and advice that part of these wind direction. while you go back to me, these along the indian border, such as their farmers, burning stubble, and wind corridors, carrying pollutants toward a significant may contribute to the pollution in smog that impact us. this phenomenon deteriorates our air quality and climate factors like slow winds, high humidity and temperature inversions worse in our air quality and raise pollution level. so what i'll do is go back, but many i purchased, i think the government for not taking the meta seriously enough for

the problem, but some of it is the government's fault. that's why these things happen. if they had taken safety measures earlier on on time, but close down factories that released smoke, then we wouldn't have small green hunters. but the more that the, the local government sees, it is looking for. we do has we are trying to go for the artificial vein, but unfortunately the cloud is not available yet. as soon as that goes, it amount of crowd is available would, would try to boast the cloud and have are deficient in that would also facilitate us in dealing with the problem of the smoking, but the city extends that happens, millions of focused on these wouldn't have to deal with an environment, the prices that many believe could have been oriented environmental lawyer raphael alarm is in lahore and we asked what was causing this severe pollution as we don't

have sufficient air quality monitors running throughout the year that get us the intensity of via pollution and what's causing it, but the scans data that we have has been crunched by, for example, the food and agriculture as a, as a agency of the un of the world bank. our own institutions here in fox on india seem to suggest that about 45 percent of the year long and pollution is from the emissions from ultimately in some cars and motorcycles. and then another 35 to 40 percent comes from energy production and industrial emissions. so it was stuck in the cycle that unless it onto a boxed on improves its refineries, upgrades them most of the renewable energy and can somehow bring industry under control. things already going to get with that was environmental lawyer raphael alarm in the heart. well, the annual lantern festival has begun in thailand, revelers release thousands of lanterns into the night sky over the northern city of chang. mine dw is asia pacific bureau cheese. georg montez was there to see it.

it's full moon. the rainy season is over. it's time to drive out the blue and welcome in the night. the titans ye paying festival business, what thousands of dollars on my for guidelines for the release, for 6, it's time and zones, and to be absolutely on the safe side flights that were scheduled for tomorrow. or for 2 days after 7 pm have been rescheduled or cancel. the lanterns are made of royce paper rebel as can bind them on site and release them on the banks of the ping river, along with prayers and good wishes for the scene. the centuries old practice is rooted in northern thailand buddhist tradition. to this day,

it attracts visitors from all those other world reserves. amazing the 1st time so beautiful people, so great place to be ready by the way. as the lanterns floats, helping to the night they said to take the misfortunes of the previous new year

with them allowing their own is to start to fresh in the new one. that's the latest on dw news, this our a marietta evans team from any of the united teams teams. thanks for watching the, the untold story is going to be the find it here repos every weekend on dw, the camels have a reputation for the.