♪ >> this is dw news. germany's defense minister resigns. the approach follows a series of myths steps. a new year's video widely criticized for being tone deaf. mourning the victims of a russian missile strike on an apartment in ukraine. 40 confirmed dead. dozens are missing and hopes of

finding them alive are fading. italy's most wanted fugitive arrested. matteo messina in custody after 30 years on the run. an italian movie star dies at the age of 95. once known as the most beautiful woman in the world, she was one of the last surviving icons of cinema's postwar era. ♪ >> i am nicole --. it is good to have you with the spirit germany's defense minister has resigned, triggering a shakeup and a key ministry dealing with the were in ukraine. the decision follows a series of blunders that damaged her credibility. recently, a new year's video

that was considered tone deaf. the german chancellor says he will act quickly to appoint a successor. >> in the end, she -- deflated figure. defense minister christine lambrecht friday. her last outing on the job. by monday morning, lambrecht had pulled the prologue -- pulled the plug. the month-long video focus is allows for objective reporting and debate on the soldiers, the army in germany's security in a way that serves the german people. the german chancellor he put praise on his outgoing minister. >> i have enjoyed working with christine lambrecht for many years. now too, after russia's terrible war of aggression in ukraine, the defense minister has made enormous efforts to ensure well

trodden paths are left behind. >> pressure had been building since lambrecht posted this video on her private instagram account on new year's eve. against a backdrop of fireworks, she evoked the war in ukraine. critics called it unprofessional and unbecoming. it was not lambrecht's first pr faux pas. she was derided for initially offering to send ukraine helmets instead of weapons. >> we will deliver 5000 helmets to ukraine is a very clear signal we are standing by your side. >> she was criticized for taking her son on an army helicopter trip which happened to coincide with a family holiday. as the war wore on, she appeared out of the depths -- out of her depths discussing weapon system. >> it is designed to protect critical interest deaf critical

infrastructure because it has a tube that can hit objects that are very far away. >> news of her resignation welcomed in milan. >> i think it was time. other politicians should follow her lead. >> she was pretty forward with her new year's eve video. personally, i would not have called her resignation after that. >> she was completely incompetent, it started when she offered ukraine 5000 helmets. that was a joke. >> attention turns to her successor. with stakes so high, olaf scholz has promised to fill the role as quickly as possible. >> -- as a member of german parliament, conservative cdu party. i asked him if he found any of the criticism faced by lambrecht was unwarranted. >> not really. she was the wrong person for this post. especially in wartime.

ms. lambrecht was not familiar with questions of defense policy before she joined the top of the defense ministry in germany. she never aligned with the issues. the tasks. the tasks you have to face if you have that job. after one year, we really can see she was the wrong person. it is good news for germany, and especially for the bund, that we will see a new minister here for the very decisive question of defense policy. not only for germany, but also the alliance and for ukraine. the war is going on. i think help from germany, military aid and help, is still necessary and to the defense

minister has to of course organize this. we will have a meeting of the group, which is behind ukraine, on friday this week in ramstad. >> what would you like to see in your next defense minister? >> i think the most important point is that we have one as soon as possible. a new defense ministry in germany. under german law, the defense minister is the commander-in-chief of 200,000 soldiers who are doing their jobs not only here in germany, but also abroad in africa, niger and other countries. since friday last week, we have this deadlock situation and everybody is waiting for the new

commander-in-chief, the new defense minister. and of course, we need a person who is competent, who not necessarily has to be a former soldier, but we need a person who will be able to tackle the obstacles and the tasks of this very job from the first day. i really hope the chancellor will be able to present as a new minister by tomorrow. >> thank you for your time. meanwhile, the death toll from a russian missile strike in ukraine has risen to 40. people have been gathering in the ruins to pay tribute to the victims. dozens are reported missing. searched efforts are continuing, although hopes are slim. sweden, which holds that you's

rotating presidency, said any intentional attack on civilians constitutes a war crime. russia claims it had nothing to do with the strike on the apartment block, instead blaming you kate -- blaming ukrainian air defense systems. >> it is difficult to judge who is actually responsible. russia has launched a barrage of missiles. we also know that ukrainian air defense systems have shots of missiles down. because it happened so recently, there should be an independent investigation to find out what actually happened. obviously, the russian side will try to deny this while the ukrainian side will point fingers at russia. because as you said, this would be a war crime. as a matter of fact, this battle is going on in the information

severe, both sides trying to point the finger at one another. the -- advisor said at first it was ukrainian missiles that basically hit the russian missile and that is why it happened. and then he retracted his statement. there is a lot of confusion and it is impossible to tell who is at fault. >> russia and belarus have started joint air force drills. ukraine is worried moscow could launch another ground offensive with its ally from the north. are those worries justified? >> i think we all have a bad aftertaste from the last military exercise that russia conducted with belarus. right now what russia is trying to do is divert attention. we are more focused on the eastern front, however, knowing what happened last year,

obviously ukraine will be a little nervous about the possibilities that russia could launch another attack in the direction of kyiv. using belarus as a springboard. however, i do not think russia has the capability right now to open a new attack. given the fact that this exercise has been announced, it is more done as a show of force and to show belarus' support because belarus does not want to get involved in the war. this is an attempt to appease putin to do something together with the russian armed forces because lukashenko is faking a lot of domestic unrest. people do not want belarus to be dragged into this conflict. for now, it is safe to assume, also we cannot exclude anything, that this is probably a way to divert attention and perhaps get

kyiv to send some forces to the border just in case. >> great speaking to you. thank you. let's look and some other headlines from around the world. the german foreign minister had said she wants to hold vladimir putin accountable for his war in ukraine. she made the comment during a visit to the international criminal court in the hague. she called for the formation of a new tribunal to investigate the russian leader. officials in nepal say the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have been found at the site of the plane crash. search efforts have resumed, but there is little hope of finding survivors. a yeti airlines plane was carrying 72 people when it crashed into a steep gorge. hundreds of the world's top political and business leaders have arrived in babos, switzerland for the world economic security is tight.

the government has deployed security personnel to help police at the event which regularly attracts large scale protests. oxfam says two thirds of the global wealth created in the last three years have gone to the ultrarich 1%. the remaining one third was shared by the 99%. survival of the riches is being presented at the world economic forum in davos. one of the recommendations is to make billionaires pay more taxes , including windfall tax on profit made during the recent crisis. earlier, i spoke to one of the authors of the report alex maitland. i asked him how the superrich can amass almost two thirds of new wealth generated globally in the past couple of years. >> to answer the question of how

we got here, these huge levels of global inequality, billionaire fortunes have been -- have not increased because they are working harder. it is the workers were working harder for less money. there's a couple of things that are really driven this massive inequality, particularly since the pandemic from a and now with the cost-of-living crisis. firstly, the tax base for the superrich has really declined and to the tax burden has been shifted onto ordinary people. just four cents to every dollar, it is a tax on wealth. and half of the countries where alien or live, there is no inheritance tax, which means their wealth can just grow and grow. billionaires have also been able to profit from crisis. during the pandemic, governments

pumped trillions into the economy, protecting them from collapse, but a lot of that has meant that asset prices, particularly on shares and stocks is increasing, which benefits the super wealthy who tend to own those sorts of assets. >> i want to talk about the me in two and have decades, an increase in extreme poverty as well. are these interconnected? >> absolutely. during the pandemic, we saw workplaces close around the world and that story has continued. 1.7 billion people now live in countries that are facing a real pay cut because of the cost-of-living crisis. these two things are very much connected. on the one hand, you've got companies come up particularly

in the food management industry, making massive windfall profits from the inflation and that is causing suffering to many. in just three months last year, 70 million people were likely pushed into poverty because of the rising cost of living. so yes, these things are connected. a wealth tax on the richest can help protect those people who are suffering most from these crises. >> how could the money you propose the super rich contribute, help ease the remaining 99%? >> there are a few ways that i would work. improving circumstances of public spending on everything from health to education. and most immediately, assuring that people can afford food and

energy. this can be affordable by a wealth tax on the richest in the world. just 5%. just 5% tax on the richest people in the world could raise $1.17 trillion. that is enough to lived -- lift billions out of poverty. the money is there. if governments worked together to tax the wealthiest, and these companies making these crazy profits. >> but the richest people are also known to find loopholes. oxfam's inequality policy advisor. thank you. italy cosmos wanted mafia boss has been arrested after spending 30 years in hiding. he was taken into custody in sicily where he was undergoing treatment for cancer under a false name. the mafia cosa nostra has

ordered killings and bombings. >> a mafia don that entered captivity after half a lifetime on the run. matteo messina denaro was 30 when he went into hiding. now 60, he has been tried in absentia for dozens of murders and faces multiple life sentences for italy's prime minister flew to palermo to congratulate the police. >> it is an historic day. it is a day of celebration for decent people. it is a day of celebration for the families of the victims of organized crime. the sacrifice of so many heroes was not in vain because someone picked the baton and the war was carried on. >> she also paid respects to the prosecutors whose killings were ordered by him before he went into hiding. those murders, alongside

bombings in florence, led to an unrelenting manhunt that is finally resulted in arrest. denaro is the last of three top level bosses of the notorious sicilian cosa nostra syndicate. -- was caught in 1993, the year denaro went into hiding. provenzano was captured in 2006 after 30 years in the run, meaning that leaving denaro as the only boss in charge. his capture was met with relief on the streets. >> today represents the end. the end of the cosa nostra. finally, a cycle has been stopped. it was not a coincidence that yesterday was the 30th anniversary of rena's arrest. the mafia is over. the mass murdering mafia that brought down this country. >> denaro's arrest is a blow to the cosa nostra who is weak in

that whose weakness is a mixed blessing to the authorities. focus on the sicilian mafia have allowed the mainland syndicate to pick up the mantle is that he'll -- pick up the mental is italy's most powerful criminal group. >> more headlines and brief. authorities in romania say they have seized goods and money from controversial internet personality andrew tate. among the items confiscated from his luxury villa, a fleet of luxury cars. tate was arrested as part of a criminal inquiry into alleged human trafficking. in western germany, two activists who had hidden in a tunnel to protest coal mining have left. there were the last two protesters remaining near the village, which is slated for demolition to extract the coal underground. a man has died after his car crashed into the brandenburg gate in central bulletin sunday

night. -- central berlin. police say no other injuries were reported. investigations into the incident are ongoing. sports, now. day one of the australian tennis open was off the court. one of the favorites, hometown player needs -- has announced his withdrawal from the tournament due to injury. he said he noticed problems with his knee. his trainer says he will be ready for most of the season after keyhole surgery. the injury may make the path an australian open title a little easier for rafael nadal. this pinard had a difficult time gaining the upper hand against jack greenberg. nadal script by, then dropped the second, but is the defending australian open champion.

if he settled in to win the mentioned four sets. although it took an energy draining three and a half hours. italian movie star -- has died at the age of 95 she became one of cinemas most like that's most iconic actresses for her career as an artist continued. gino lillibridge it up was among the actors who enchanted audiences in the 1950's and 1960' in 1955, she started beautiful but dangerous and some called her the world's most beautiful woman. eight years earlier, she had only come in third in the miss italy competition. but in front of the film camera, her looks and temperament but the competition to shame. she became known alongside gerard philippe.

also known as fearless little soldier. but the role that made lollobrigida famous was that is the seductive as marella in the adaptation of victor hugo's the hunchback of notre dame. ♪ >> hollywood offered her more and more roles like in the film come september. she didn't want to leave italy long term. she gradually moved from in front of the camera to behind it in the 1970's and became a successful photographer. she took portraits of many famous acting colleagues like paul newman. >> he was 50 years old and he decided to pose nude for me. so, he broke the ice and went down on the ice. >> in 1990, lollobrigida launch

a third career as a sculptor. she took instruction and worked intensely in her studio in tuscany and has exhibited her works abroad. first a film star and sex symbol, then a photographer, and finally a sculptor. >> for more on the life and legacy, how did she get her start? >> the irony is she never intended to be an actress at all. it was that tremendous success as a model that launched her film career. it was her looks that initially caught people's attention. she was voluptuous and had sex appeal. later she even had a type of lettuce named after her. she did have talent, but it took a little long for that to be recognized and she would eventually win acting awards. she acted against all the greats. humphrey bogart, frank sinatra,

were all among her leading men. she was famous for having celebrity admirers, including european royalty. but she resisted them all. this adulation had a flipside. before she was known in america, at the beginning of her career, howard hughes saw a photo of her in a bikini and became obsessed. -- as she thought she was going to start her career there and he turned into kind of a stalker, almost imprisoned her, tried to get her to agree to divorce her husband and pressured her to sign a contract saying she could only work for him in america. she eventually got out of that, but it did delay her hollywood career for a number of years. she did have her early struggles. in 2017 at the height of the me too movement, she revealed that she had been sexually harassed and abused, but told me she just

didn't have the courage to complain. >> there was an incident at the berlin phil kessel back in the 1980's -- berlin film festival? >> she was -- and a jury voted to name a film about the german terror group as the winner of the golden bear. for best film, but without her agreement. although she was president. instead of keeping this discord among the jury private, she publicly spoke out against the decision and said she thought the film was terrible and should not have won the prize and that caused a bit of a scandal. it is about her outspokenness and her refusal to go along with things she disagreed with. tempered by her earlier experiences in hollywood. >> and then she reinvented herself in a legally new direction. >> she did. you could almost say she had four careers. in the 1970's, she took a break

from acting and concentrated on becoming a portrait photographer. she was published in time, life, though. she photographed and spent a week with fidel castro and got an exclusive interview that became the envy of the world's press. it was not that much of a departure because she did begin studying art. she studied art at the beginning. she said in an interview, i studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake. she became a sculptor with some success. in 1990, she turned her hand to social work and politics. she was an ambassador for unicef. she even made a bid for european parliament. she never stopped working. she said the secret of her success was to work all of the time. because she said, when i am working i feel the most alive. >> fascinating. in front of the camera and behind the camera. thank you for breaking it down for us.

before we go, here's a look at an unusual method of pest control used by a vineyard in south africa. around 500 indian runner dogs are helping sleep -- are helping keep props clear by hunting for snails and small bugs. they produce a lot of manure, which is used as fertilizer. making her next bottle of shiraz as sustainable as possible. cheers to that and stay with us because after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. hoped to see you there. ♪

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anchor: welcome to move from paris, world news and analysis from france 24. these are the main headlines. this monday, hope fades for those still missing where russian missiles destroyed an apartment block in ukraine. president zelenskyy says the search will continue. the death toll of at least 40 is expected to rise and the united nations says the strike could be a war crime. the u.k. has condemned the hanging of a british iranian national in tehran.