to see a wide spread race as depression today, the street, the people we need to talk about here, the stories, shadows of german colonialism. the . this is dw news line from berlin, firefighters in los angeles. say they cannot contain multiple wild fires. tens of thousands of in order to flee different neighborhoods across the la area, because hundreds of homes are engulfed by the flames. also coming up the deadly as russian to attack on ukraine in the weeks. a day time missiles for our kids, the city is that patricia, at least 13 civilians are reported, killed the, i'm there until them. thanks for joining us. the los angeles fire chief says at

least 2 people have been killed and many more injured by wild fires. he called a widespread disaster fires are raging out of control in at least 3 areas of l. a authority say more than a 1000 buildings are destroyed and that the blaze continue to grow with quote, 0 percent containment. the sky has changed its color in the los angeles area. a series of wild fines that started on the outskirts of the city has spread to several sub urban communities. the places have already destroyed or damaged thousands of homes. tens of thousands of residents have been order to evacuate as the inferno continues to rage. this is our, we get it, i'm driving towards on right now, and i don't even know what to say. i'm sweet. so some shots, just so sad for devastated communities, we lost $600.00 fire helps,

and that was the fire, one of which was fine. and now i don't even know how we're going to be able to recover from this. and the battle against the flames remains and must have challenge dry weather and extremely windy conditions with speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour have time. but the efforts to contain the fires aircraft had to be grounded due to the strong winds. while the firefighters on the ground overwhelmed and the fire continues to grow, was 0 percent containment. we have over $500.00 personnel assigned, and unfortunately, we have to reported fatalities to civilians unknown cause at this time. and we do have a number of significant injuries. local fire departments have us off, do you see firefighters to help best of the places and say the costs as you have to

be investigated? the situation remain style. the national weather service has predicted a continued red flag weather event with strong winds and low humidity's. placing all residents of los angeles county in danger, and even in downtown l. a, where people are safe from the flames. the inferno is becoming more dangerous. with the quality getting worse. let's take a look now and some other stories making headlines around the world. palestinian medic say, isn't really airstrikes across. garza has killed more than 2 dozen people. one strike killed at least 10 in a multi story building and gaza city. another attack in day you are all by law killed. at least 7 people. it comes is international mediators. step up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage release deal between israel and thomas and

italian journalist has arrived in rome after being freed from detention in a wrong cecilia sala was reporting in t. ron last month when she was detained. it was shortly after the us in italy, arrested to a rainy nationals over export and violations linked to a deadly attack on american servicemen. to your greeting, official say russian missile attacks killed at least 13 civilians and would have dozens more in the southern city as a body shop for us involved in it as a lensky called the daytime attacks, cruel. he's urging ukraine's allies to step up the pressure on russia this week. so lensky is due to me key allies, including us officials, the drum up support for the last time before donald trump takes the white house shock, and grief, and deputy everywhere. according to a part of these russian strikes hit, the bush gives me an interesting bessengers. october he goes and

buildings also came and did a dark people who are leaving from work to the main entrance of the building. and that's when the attack happens to a very loud explosions. what a rate explosion the fog smoke. these people have headed down. they will crossing the road when the striking ukrainian of fish and sea minutes before dark people had been born to high speed miss times. and flight bombs being fight at the zip code. we shared each and for some to the warning scheme to the a cause ukrainian president accused russia of deliberately targeting civilians have a physical thing now most cool. we must put pressure on most of the we must force russia into peace and we must continue doing everything necessary to protect lives

and stop this. and at the same time, it's crucial to maintain the unit, to your phone, a partners, america, and europe, and our partners around the world who are helping us get the the, the u. n. c's war between russia and ukraine is intensifying is as we approach 3 years since the russian federation is full scale invasion of ukraine. progress towards a peaceful resolution remains elusive as we witness a dangerous escalation of hostilities. so far, the warrant has killed and wounded the ends of posing the fight this on civilians. ritual rizzo is a senior fellow at the atlanta council. she joins us now from washington, dc. so as we heard in the report, the one is saying that the war is intensifying. what do you think that is? so i think that there has been a few months here where both sides had been somewhat

a stay on the grinding meters, perhaps a few kilometers here and there. but there's a couple of things to note. first is that bite is leaving office and trump is coming into office. biden has been a stalwart supporter of ukraine. you can argue whether or not his approach or what he's sent. ukraine has been effective, but he's certainly been a stalwart supporter of ukraine's fight. trumpet is kind of on the fence about this . and so i think that there's a sense on both sides. russia that it needs to gain as much territory as possible, even through indiscriminate bombings in killing civilians. it's done for years now . and ukraine, in the sense that it needs to gain back as much territory as possible in the next few weeks. now, after this, loneliness attacked ukraine's presence. a little bit at the lensky has again urged his western allies to step up pressure on russia. but after years of sanction and military support for give, what exactly could that look like? so there's a couple of things here. i mean,

1st is obviously more weapons. these are ammunition air defenses. things that so lensky and ukraine have been asking for time and time again. and things that the us and europe have indeed supplied, but should do so in larger numbers. the other thing that you mentioned is economic sanctions. economic sanctions, specifically, you know, russia's banking and financial sector sector earlier in 2024. the u. s. sanction gas prom bank. the country's largest bank, along with 50 other smaller financial institutions. they could expand these to include all russian banks. perhaps they can also expand the scope of secondary sanctions, those that cover 3rd parties that do business with sanctioned entities. so chinese companies supplying rushes were machine. and then finally some also argue that the trumpet administration should expand sanctions to cover russian oil providers and their subsidiaries. something that's been avoided thus far because of concerns over

price increases for europe. now you mentioned here, defense systems, and we know that's a lensky is due in germany for the so called wrong stein group meeting, where it's expected to appeal for more of those defense systems. do you think you'll actually get what he wants this time around? so this is the 25th convincing of the ukraine defense contact group. as you mentioned, a called the ramstein group, and this one will look at as it has done in the past. ukraine's immediate battlefield needs, but also is longer term defense requirements as well. oh, this goes all the way into 2027, as reports from the pentagon have stated so this means, according to the defense department of focusing on the delivery of key capabilities, including air defense system. this is specifically noted by the defense department, also includes the artillery, munitions and armor vehicles, as well as efforts by the united states and europe to bolster and support ukraine's

own defense industrial base. so let's see what happens. supplies are low, but the hope is that the by the administration wants to leave on a strong note and leave you creating the strongest position it can before trump comes into office just a few days from now. well, exactly, and the president elect actually, um, recently stated that he hopes the war would end within 6 months. do you think that time tables, realistic as well? i think the word and is being a little bit loosely used here because it means different thing as to different people. i think for ukraine, what an end of the world would look like is not just a cease fire and a station of hostilities, but also long term security guarantees. and so lensky and many other people have stated that they don't believe that their long term security can be guaranteed

without an invitation to join nato and explicit invitation to join nato. and that is not something that's happened yet. now of course, russia has so shown no desire up until now to come to the table for a potential negotiation, a potential ceasefire. so i think the word ending, the war is a tough one, but i do think we could see a point where negotiations on what a potential cease fire might look like. could start soon after donald trump enters off is not something we should all be watching very closely. all right, that was right for those senior fellow at the atlanta council. thank you very much for your analysis. thanks. european leaders or warning he was president elect donald trump not to invade other countries after he returns to office later this month. trump has said that he wants the us to take control of canada, greenland, and the panama canal. he also announced that he would be changing the name of the gulf of mexico. donald trump has yet to take orders at the white house.

but oh, really, he's facing his sites much further to we're going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory. the gulf of america. what a beautiful name and it's appropriate. it's appropriate. sports started from statement did not come with any explanation about how or why he planned to change the name. it's just the latest in a string of claims he's made about us expansionism. in addition to the gulf of mexico, he's also states as sites on the panama canal, claiming the us will take control of the crucial shipping lane. canada is also on trump's wish list. he wants to absorb the know the neighbor and green light, and the resource rich danish tier a tree is also in his sites. his son, donald trump junior touch down in greenland capital nukes this week, supposedly on

a tourist visit in macs, prime minister says greenland future is completing linds people to decide some as a very close ally to the us. there was a reason to be pleased with the growing interest, but it has to take place in a way that is respectful to as the population of green, the other leaders have been more beloved. canada's prime minister justin true doses . there isn't a snowballs chance in hell of canada becoming parts of the us. and panama leaders say via canal will remain panamanian. so at any of our canals, sovereignty is not negotiable. yes. and as part of our history of struggle and in your reversible conquests or whatever it is. but the trump does not appear to be detect. speaking to reporters, he refused to rule out using military. it's unknown like action to take control of

the panama canal, or green loan. a lot about his bid for growing global rage, seemingly escalating a heat of his, an old duration in less than 2 weeks. and here's a reminder of our top stories at this hour. at least 2 people have been killed and tens of thousands of order to evacuate as wildfire spread rapidly around los angeles. officials say several of the places are 0 percent contained the fires are among the most destructive, ever recorded in california. and officials and ukraine say at least 13 people have been killed in a russian missile attack on the city, is that part of each of the debris had to tramp and a bus with passengers inside and with that you're up to date of next on business. china faces a backlash over a new mega port has built in pair room. and remember, if you need more news in the go, you can always check out our website that still d, w dot com. or you can follow us and social media or handle as,

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