okay, well let you get back to listening across all of its central moscow. thanks very much for that, right? you're watching all t z rolling coverage of the russian president press conference and annual q and a. let's go back to the chamber. now. those nights you are seeing our city. yeah. it is that say it them up so it didn't do it either by are there any prospects so that so this line would be implemented me. thank you. we're now on your 1st question. where would i much prefer to leave apart from moscow and saint petersburg? why do need it? why do you want to exclude moscow and seniors burg here? these are russian citizen. i was born in saint petersburg. that's my home city, sir. first and foremost, when you asked this question, i thought of st. petersburg, i met you mildly well, we have small towns and big cities south developing here to see when we fast enough . you might as well we definitely need to focus more on that. if a small towns and we've had extra focus on it, we've embark so no program to promote infrastructure to connect those territories th

well, maybe 3 quarters is why 3 vladimir patients annual press conference being held in central moscow at the moment. he's been failing questions for about 3 and a half hours covering many international issues, but domestic ones to, as you heard, one about development in crime is let's go through some of the big ones he's been talking about with equals donna joins again, eagle, good afternoon, night ukraine gas all up there, weren't they? with the main topics of conversation. let's just start with the, with nato morty, said there. well indeed, andy, i would stop short of saying something along the lines that the subjects of nato stole. the spotlight completely just fell just short of doing that, but still it heavily dominated at least part of this media event. and essentially, as letterman, who was giving his response, he was getting more and more animated as the subject seemed to have cruel, deeply, under his skin. it's something that you don't see often from the russian leader. and basically, his message has been rather unequivocal that the military alliance should give, should give

these are coming in from central moscow again. russians love the fireworks. it's really snowy night bucket in with snow earlier on. i'm see so clear for a minute with just thought we'd show you these of my shoulder that we go. and if you've not had fireworks yet still to come, london of course, display is happening there. but normally crowds, because of the coven thing that just goes on and on, doesn't it? but that's all for better times in 2022. and that this whole coven problem is effective resorts. the fact that it's all nice is to slowly a bait. with all those families as well. well, if we're celebrating that have lost their loved ones and it's also time damage. so as we can take and watch those pictures, 2022 continues to make its way around the globe and time zones. of course, very if we come to the country, the new year has been slowly coming in with an array of fireworks. let me show you some of them want to go to that. well, these gorgeous seams coming in from hot dubai. with the verge khalifa, the famous skyscraper, there was lit up with them. some

coming out of central moscow where 2 people have been killed and 3 others, including a 10 year old child, have been injured in a shooting of the incident occurred of a public services center. as we understand, a member of a public reportedly opened fire following an argument with a member of staff over the need to wear face mosques has been established, was detained. he's a 45 year old moscow resident. and any moment now we'll be crossing live to correspond at the scene for a full report. oh well it shows the wrong one. i just don't know any. well, yes, to save out. disdain becomes the advocate and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds of horn, we choose to look for common ground. ah, it's update on you being a no, no, no, no, but they did not valuable. mm hm. that's been happening by high middle now i own my hit up my laptop that has a new knuckle. but my la bob, you didn't thought no, well, i'm going out there to be a well, i mean i have to be licensed with sonya. hey, it's not in then. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy

he was actually on the iconic red square here in central moscow. as the soviet union fell 30 years ago, he says it was an unforgettable moment. it was a long process that started in august. so this realization came little by little. if i have, if i have to fix a moment, so deep emotion was exactly the night between the 25th and the 26th of december. when with other colleagues in trends, we went to the red square and we saw this flag will be represented for 70 years, the, the, the prestige and the my of the soviet union just coming out and i was not a soviet citizen. no, i mean, it was not the trade to be, but it was quite important was emotional for what? you're the obvious. you don't know how to, for millions of people until the be in the meeting. did they in the russian forest. you know, nobody really believed that this could have happened. there was, there were, i thought is if there were room or there were, but nobody really believed that the, they simply just like that the, the soviet union could be declared not, not, not existence anymore. we

oscar taylor in central moscow. well, let's also bring on to the problem, kill up my pen, or correspondent in new york. caleb, the meeting seemed to start off pretty friendly. we saw a video of that with the greetings between the 2 leaders. what's the sense of how the entire call went down over there? while washington has released a list of talking points from the us, russia crunch talks more reaction, is expected from both sides in the coming hours. but here's what we heard from the biden administration. they talked about how biden raised concerns about the build up of russian forces near the border with ukraine and from there, talked about how the united states and its allies would respond with decisive economic and other measures if there was a military installation. now biden called on to de escalate and to return to diplomacy. and he instructed the respective teams to continue dialog on ukraine. now they also discussed issues related to cybersecurity and to the islamic republic of iran. in addition to that, the

thank sir for that murder that was at his mer, against the air from central moscow or going through the details. what was said at that, russian defense ministry and new debrief that's been taking place at this afternoon in russian capital. now head off those tops, the defense ministry put a brand new submarine from its pacific fleet. through its paces, launching a caliber cruise missiles from underwater. the weapons successfully struck its target on mainland russia. after travelling more than a 1000 kilometers from the sea, japan, while russian military sauce had been showcasing its 1st strike dra drone, and we'll have a close look at that seeing a bit later in the progress. in other new z, beleaguered british prime ministers, approval rating has no style to record low. boris johnson currently has just half the support he had at the start of the pandemic. the majority of people polled now believe he won't be leading the government by the end of next year, or the main reason seems to be the almost daily damning revelations and photographs suggesting that downing street staff, conservativ

okay, let's get more now from our senior correspond we're at gasdio, he's at n central moscow for issa morale. we're listening there to present peyton taking about talking about cert, nato and tensions that are developing with the where stem talk more about that. and some of the other key points that he raised. so the gist of it is, as vladimir putin said that russia doesn't want special conditions for itself, but it will take every step necessary to make sure that it is secure to ensure its own security. he. he remembered, for example, relations with the west, with the united states, with nato scant decades ago off to the collapse of the soviet union. when he says that, marcia devises openly in the russian government advising the russian government and on what to do and how to act. that is how friendly relations were. he said there were also united states military personnel in russia, nuclear silos sitting there or at desks, with american flags, again overseeing everything that is how good, excellent, he says relations were at the time the 2 countries were almost allies, yet. he says

she's an affair at reporting from central moscow. ok, let's bring in our next guest. he's at rein refers, he's a geo political allison. he was across i we think this afternoon at c raina kit afternoon t i'm, let's just start with the main talking point. i suppose in this, the tension that's growing with the western valley. mid. payton made it quite clear . he says he wants the west to give us security guarantees. m g. thank. they'll be forthcoming. yeah, i think for russia, this is a really crucial issue. and the west should understand that point president putin is making when it says that the further east, what expansion of nato is a red line for russia. because he has, of course, the 1st duty to protect the geopolitical interest of his country, which are also legitimate security interest. i mean, in the event of really greater conflict, military conflict, millions, even tens of millions of lives would be at risk in russia. so he has to prevent, from his point of view, of course, that use what expansion of nato, and the installment of deadly weapons with long reach i

yeah, harling developments in central moscow. we will continue to monitor at that, sorry from choose the afternoon stroke evening. there on any and all significant developments will bring them to another story we're across to day. pope frances now has worn the ear that it's in danger of bringing about its own don't fall. that's if it doesn't tone done its desire to impose one way of thinking on all even compared its methods to quote the nazi dictatorship. that of the catholic church was referring to a european commission drive to mc official communications. more inclusive, including a suggestion that staff say holiday period instead of christmas hears ortiz, charlotte davinsky hope frances, essentially condemning the european commission in likening it to the nazi regime. he also offered a warning saying that brussels shouldn't be moving on a path towards this type of woke language. this is what the pontiff had to say in history. many, many dictatorships have tried to do this kind of thing. think of napoleon, think of the nazi dic

we can talk more about this too without correspondence equals dana, if he were joined us from central moscow, too early president page and just talking there again over the last few minutes. and he has talked about it a lot over the last couple of hours about the situation with ukraine and nate or what have been the king points he's made about this sir this afternoon while andy absolutely, while he's just finished talking, once again about the clue, the situation in the ukraine about the situation and don bass and how it can be decided and basically his general outline. oh, as being that the citizens of don barza, the citizens over eastern ukraine. they should be the only rulers of their own fate . they should decide what happens to the region. and well, of course he pointed out and are well pointed out at ukraine, basically accusing care of not following through with the minsk agreements. like for example, instead of a cease fire, they shifted all responsibilities as to whether or not to launch attacks against the world, the separatist forces, the rebel forces are in the east in ukraine, or

the thing is donna phase in our, of the student central moscow. inga at western critics, he don't like put in or she must be going to cardiac arrested. the idea of a meeting of co operation between the 2. what was discussed well, maybe maybe not. so not so radical, maybe not so dramatic this time because it wasn't a real, you know, face to face. it was more of a virtual summit. they video summit. so they met online via a video link and the meeting was rather brief, but long enough for both leaders to confirm that they are staying true to the very cordial, very friendly good relationship between the 2 nations. for example, it has been revealed that the trade turn of a between russia and china during 2021 has increased by 31 percent and has surpassed even the pre pandemic levels. 3 in general, the to lead as they have been, they have been a sort of a bastion and sort of a bastin, a going up against the united states. sir, diplomatically wise and geopolitically wise, in general, their meeting comes amid a very tense situation when both nations have a very tense relationship with the unite

this is the bolshoy moskvoretsky bridge in central moscow.ht up against red square across the from kremlin it has a great vow. in the end the bridge is where they got him. boris nemtsov was the leading opposition leader in russia in 2015.

this is the bolshoy moskvoretsky bridge in central moscow. and you know, location, location, location. it sits right up against red square across the from kremlin it has a great vow. in the end the bridge is where they got him. boris nemtsov was the leading opposition leader in russia in 2015. he had been deputy prime minister in russia under yeltsin. after putin seceded yeltsin, he became a vociferous and fearless critic. of vladimir putin. in february of that year, february of 2015 he was planning an opposition march to protest against the putin regime. it was two days before that he was shot four times in the back when he was walking across the bridge. press reports at the time called it the highest profile assassination in russia since the stalin era. and he wasn't the only target. days before he was assassinated, russian authorities had thrown one of his key political allies in jail. another vocal putin critic who had worked alongside boris nemts o', v's. nemtsov's friend was put in jail for the high crime of handing out leaflets. the gu

this is alleged to have happened in a number of countries, among them ukraine in the central african republic. moscowenies wrongdoing and president putin says private military contractors have the right work and pursue interests anywhere in the world provided they don't break russian law. here is what the eu's top diplomat had to say. >> the activities of this group reflects russia's hybrid warfare. they present a threat and create instability in a number of countries around the world. anchor: let's get more analysis from a researcher at oxford university and a specialist in russian foreign policy. thank you for joining us. what, if anything, are these sanctions likely to change? >> i don't think the sctions are going too much forhe largerroups -- group's effectivenes in their operations. it's also important to note that it's already under sanctions by the u.s. for a year and that hasn't deterred them. what it might do is because of countries using them to have second thoughts because clients will be dealing with a blacklisted entity. anchor: absolutely. you mentioned mali, a thorn in the sight of fr

this is the bolshoy central bridge in moscow. location, location, location.and has a great view. in the end the bridge is where they got him. boris nemsoff was the leading opposition leadingn

this is the bolshoy central bridge in moscow. location, location, location. it sits in the red square and has a great view. in the end the bridge is where they got him. boris nemsoff was the leading opposition leading in russia, deputy prime minister under yeltsin. after putin seceded yeltsin, he became a vociferous and fearless critic. he was planning an opposition march to protest against the putin regime. it was two days before that he was shot four times in the back when he was walking across the bridge. press reports at the time called it the highest profile assassination since the stalin era. days before russian authorities had thrown one of his key russian allies in jail, another vocal putin critic. nemtsov's friend was put in jail for the high crime of hand being out leaflets. the guy who was put in charge just for handing out leaflets about the march, his name is alexi naflny. he went home and went to visit his grave. and navalny meant it. he became the biggest, loudest, most charismatic, pushiest opposition leader in russia. he vowed to run for pres

months later, we continued to see a continuation of this tit for tat between washington and moscow. european central banks under fire of inflation rights in the e u, a broken historical records the worst in the euro's 20 year. history. economies plainly, inflation research than on an unprecedented growth in energy prices, notably oil and gas, as well as the increased cost of goods and services. a tough and slow recovery from the corona virus pandemic is sorta major impact to what small rating agencies are now saying that the on the cross strain could also hamper any improvements of the economic situation by bringing uncertainty to the global economy. european central banks, confident though that the situation as they put it is under control. most forecasts actually assume inflation will fall below 2 percent. so there really are no signs of price raises, getting out of control. if without inflation would permanently sell above 2 percent . we would definitely react, however, at the moment we see no indication of this. despite the words of comfort, inflation in the block continues to gain momentum reac

the agencies at state department went to go central, the white house usa, moscow, occupation of afghanistan, but also draw us to the idea that actually what we think about us funding that would lead to $911.00 happened before the russian invasion of afghanistan. jimmy carter sat in dream events that would lead up to 911 absolutely right base wont. and from this time is in 1978 the show of iran, or the pressure on the government. the republican government in afghanistan, led by mamma and said, there are too many commies in your army and air force, the c. i provided the shot with less. these were did over the news, don't act on it. when this news was leaked in signed lee and air force officers belonging to the true fractions of the people democratic party i missed on met and they organized me good. i suppose. describe as a preemptive coal. and that preemptive go, in april 1978 was portrayed as a revolution. they tried to make it into a revolution. but they miscalculated on a number of things. and they had promised, but now honest on the democratic, in every sense of the word way. if that was

moscow. rachel denber is deputy director of europe and the central asia division of human rights watch. at the court yesterday in moscow, and i think you are off shortly to the court again, rachel? we will talk about that in a minute. ijust wonderwhat we will talk about that in a minute. i just wonder what this initial liquidation of memorial really means for the ability to pursue these sorts of cases in russia. i pursue these sorts of cases in russia. ~' , , ., j, russia. i think yesterday's rulina russia. i think yesterday's ruling means _ russia. i think yesterday's ruling means that - russia. i think yesterday's ruling means that the - russia. i think yesterday'sl ruling means that the state intends to be fully in control of the debate and how discussions of history, the soviet union, repression and the like and people who don't conform to the state's view, it means they need to keep their discussions to the kitchen, just like it was 35 years ago. it means there is no more tolerance for diversion from the state's effective of history, and with the lawsuit against memorial�*s sister o

case while speaking of sanctions, washington's already threatened moscow with extreme measures and globally those penalties are a central tool of us foreign policy to talk to which americans just to irritated beijing by imposing a diplomatic boy caught on china's upcoming winter. olympics aids also impose sanctions on 14 officials and 4 entities in iran and syria over alleged rights abuses. in the way we discussed the role and impacts of america's punitive policies with a panel of guests. essentially, you gotta, you gotta view it and walk into that. it's us, it's american exceptionalism and, and supremacy. and they are basically, they're, they're, they're doing whatever they can do, you know where we're married? it's a very arrogant policy. they use the sanctions. and if it really is a means to destabilize other countries, sovereign nations and create that can make hardships early. why do you think america is threatening to sanction russia for something that a has not happened? and b will not happen according to the kremlin? i think in one way the political move on, on that side. the other part is they, we need it, we n

be quite honest the of, of migrant workers, whether that's from central asia or from europe on one of the top of anyone's agenda in moscow, the friend said this is very much a sort of of an ex pat issue. is it felix? thank you so much to journalist felix light there in moscow. you're watching the w news business is next worth rob watts. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at the w. thanks for watching. thing . ah. ah, she's up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program on line d w dot com highlight. ah, the fight against the corona virus pandemic. now has the rate of infection developing with what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say? information and context with the corona virus updated the coded special monday to friday on d. w. ah ah, the big switch off begins germany is set to shut down 3 of its nuclear power plants by the end of this year. is it ames for a total phase out by the end of 20? $22.00 will look at what it means. the europe the germans are looking elsewhere for their new year pyrotechnics as authorities, again by the sale of fireworks summer even crossing board is to

to be quite honest the of migrant workers, whether that's from central asia or from europe on not at the top of anyone's agenda in moscow. the friend said, this is very much a sort of annex patch issue as it was felix. thank you so much to journalist felix light there in moscow. you're watching dw news, just reminder the top story we're following for you this our hong kong, independent news out that stand news says it's closing after its offices were rated and assets are frozen, police arrested 7 people and confiscated evidence is the latest blow to the free press in hong kong. you're watching dw news from berlin. business news is next with rob watts. i'm terry martin. thanks for what? tooth with her. being alive and on demand. hon gas in language courses with video and audio. any time. anywhere. the d w media center. ah, linda, oh, what people have to say matters to us. and that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w. a. oh, the big switch off begins. germany is set to shut down 3 of its nuclear power plants by the end of this year is it aims for a total phase out by the end of 20. 22 will loo

in case a speaking of sanctions. washington's already threatened moscow with some extreme measures and globally the penalties are central to live us foreign policy right now . washington is just rub china up the wrong way by imposing a diplomatic boycott on the upcoming winter olympics. it's also just imposed sanctions on the 14 officials and 4 entities in iran and syria over alleged rights obese. it. we discussed the role of america as a punitive policy for the panel of guests who were great on their destructive nature. essentially got. you've got a view in washington that it's us, it's american exceptionalism and supremacy. and they are basically, they're, they're, they're doing whatever they can to, you know, where we're mirror, it's a very arrogant, aggressive policy these. and they use the sanctions and it, it really is a means to destabilize other countries, sovereign nations, and create economic hardships early. why do you think america is threatening to sanction russia for something that a has not happened? and b will not happen according to the kremlin, but i think in one way it's a political move on, on that s

to be quite honest the of migrant workers, whether that's from central asia or from europe on one of the top of anyone's agenda in moscow on the thread. so this is very much a sort of of an ex pat issue as it was felix. thank you so much journalist felix light there in moscow. you're watching the w news business is next with rob watts. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at the w thanks for watching with up to date. don't miss our highlights.

in case of speaking of sanctions, washington's already threatened moscow with some extreme measures and globally the penalties. a central tool of u. s. foreign policy. washington's just china up the wrong way by imposing a diplomatic boy called on the upcoming winter olympics. it's also justin post sanctions on 14 officials and 4 entities in iran and syria over alleged rights abuses. we discussed the role and impacts of americans, punitive policies with a panel of guests agreed on that destructive nature. essentially got. you've got to view and walk into the u. s. american exceptionalism and, and supremacy. and they are basically, they're, they're, they're doing whatever they can. do, you know where we're married? it's a very arrogant, aggressive policy. they use the sanctions and if it really is a means to destabilize other countries, sovereign nations and create economic hardships early, why do you think america is threatening to sanction russia for something that a has not happened and b will not happen according to the kremlin. i think in one way political move out on that side. the other part is a we need it. we ne

it's about quarter past 4 in the afternoon here at moscow at a huge rally is now taking place in central london where it's about quarter past 1 in the afternoon. now this is all against the you case, latest covered restrictions. the people have taken to the streets. you can see that the heavy police presence to the government over the past system has spots and wide spread yearly under the new rules. adults in show and immunity policy in nightclubs, fort venues and other large events on a similar pictures playing out across europe. peter, all of our reports now from berlin, for the 4th wave. old covey 19 certainly isn't over. and while we're still dealing with the new german health minister call allowed to buy has been well pacing at pretty bleak picture about the immediate future. he was looking at the number of infections of the micron, very into the united kingdom and saying that there is potentially a massive fis wave of the virus on its way brushed the, i'm assuming there will be a massive 5th wave. i mean, close concert with my colleagues from the u. k. both politically and scientif

well, this is auto international, half part of the our hero. moscow we are back soon with. ah ah ah ah, all central banks, all banks, all unfair bible committees on viable centers of our arc run. some of them are very corrupt, some of them are extremely current here in el salvador. their money system is completely absence of any corruption because it's only dealing towards the pure monetary premium and truth bitcoin on top of that been rocketry if you can build a fantastic country that fantastic culture. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms. race is open, very dramatic development. only really i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk ah good.

power to sub than president mikhail gorbachev. de centralization efforts by isolated the leader in his residence in crimea and tried to occupy moscow's white house. but the tanks was stopped by the public future russian presidents for a sales and famously mounting wanton giving a speech the case bid fizzled out in just 3 days, but had huge consequences for the face of the country. hans vill helm stein felt a norwegian journalist and a veteran, foreign correspondent in moscow cupboards. those dramatic events and he shared with us his memories. for me, this puts, it was very dramatic. i was inside the white house bill, it all together with what his yeltsin and his closest of from the night of the 19th august 1991. i was sitting in the hosp lot of the chairman of the supreme soviets office as the military detachment. sam swore the legends too, but his henson, 12 o'clock, but a sneak large was speaking from the balcony. that was 1000000 moskowitz assa living shield around the white house. we were only 2 journalists inside a lot of people, pension ass. poor people are they are missing the social security that they had. and the former is e

centralization methods. they isolated the leader in his residence in crimea and tried to occupy moscow's white house. the tanks were stopped by the public and future russian president boris yeltsin. famously mounting one and giving a speech. the crew bid fizzled out in just 3 days, but had huge consequences for the fate of the country. now, hans will hammerstein fell the norwegian. john, listen, federal and foreign correspondent, moscow. a couple of those dramatic events. he shut his memories with us. for me, this puts, it was very dramatic. i was inside the white house bill it all together with what his yeltsin and his closest of from the night of the 19th august 1991. i was sitting in the hospital, lots of the chairman of the supreme soviets office as the military detachment, sir, and swore the legends too. but his henson, 12 o'clock. but as the clouds was speaking from the balcony, that was 1000000 moskowitz assa living shield around the white house. we were only 2 journalists inside a lot of people, pension ass. poor people are they are missing the social security that they had. and the former is

central asia. i asked for her reaction to the decision by the supreme court in moscow. it's a completely outrageous decision to close memorial international. this is russia's talk human rights group. it's been documenting atrocities during this, of the, of the saw on era. and also it uses a soviet union's period for 32 years. it's not really just decision and it should be reversed. so if you say it is an outrageous decision, why do you think it was taken? i think this decision was taken because the look that the, the authority and russia have been on a trajectory towards limiting speech limiting free speech towards high on things civil society towards marginalizing civil society. and this is a turning in some ways, it's really a turning point because the prosecutor and his speech today said that memorial had been the starting soviet history. and why should basically, why should anyone put up with that anymore? so that is a, that's a very aggressive statement and, and it's also completely outrageous. memorial has extremely diligence, organization that takes responsibilit

morning. 10 teenagers so now confirmed injured, according to moscow regional authorities after a blast at a conference in the russian city of central cove, which is about a 100 kilometers south of the capitol. police say the attack was carried out by an 18 year old former students of a school located in the conference grounds. go live to ortiz, that konstantin raj. he's that high. just talk us through how events unfolded that alone calling? well, we are at the orthodox school where the explosion happened. now, let me give you a quick look at the scene here. so you can see there is in investigators vehicle. and in front of that, there is a group of journalists and we all have gather here and we're waiting for an official to come out and make a statement of clarifying what exactly happened here. and you can also probably see on the monasteries wall and behind his wall, there is a school we're out is blast occurred. now we know that no one died in this blast, at least for now, but 11 people were injured, including the suspect. all of them are teenage students who arrived here this morning for what was supposed to be a normal day at sc

central toby's code. ah, i'm a good, happy with his life and worldwide this is alta international from moscow. we'll get on to headline stories in just a moment. first, let's update you on that developing incident in the moscow region. 7 people, mostly teenagers, have been injured in a blast and a convent in the russian city of cerebral hall, which is about a 100 kilometers south of moscow. a police say the attack was carried out by an 18 year old. former students of a school located in the convent grounds of the suspects is among the 7 who've been injured and has since been detained. there is no word yet, though about a possible motive. the school itself has been evacuated. devastating psalms have ripped through central and southern parts of the united states. the state of kentucky has some of the worst damage the governor. they're saying around a 100 people have died, but fears that number could increase. he's declared to state of emergency. these are satellite images from before and after. in the city of mayfield, more than a 100 people were trapped inside a collapsed factory building, emer

central parts. if you have all the way down into turkey actually, but spare a thought for moscow top temperature of minus 19 celsius on wednesday afternoon, malware will come in as you go on through the next couple of days, but still well below freezing. as you can see, that mild air makes his way into central parts. easing over towards the east as we go on through thursday and on towards friday. so temperature starting to recover, you can see getting up into double figures there for london. and paris said that is some improvement. so what's going on with the weather was you try then, fog and frost or problem for those central parts. but here comes at moderate in the form of cloud and rain tumbling in from the atlantic. suddenly winds picking those temperatures up, there will be some rain the be some snow for time, for some pretty wet there across the iberian peninsula, and say that mark for the weather sponsored by catera, always healing the debate. 90 percent of the world's refugees have come from of climate impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the wor

and here in russia, central eastern region of this vast country, i'm sitting in the welcome, didn't the new year, while here at moscow we still got another hour and a half or so just to wait over in germany. this been a challenge for people waiting to see in the new year of the special challenges, the government banned the sale of fireworks for a 2nd year in a row that stopped large gatherings and prevent the spread coven. however, it said many germans books clever a bit and help across the board of poland by the festive supplies. with all europe correspond, the run the gates and the location for the traditional job and new year's celebration. it's also home to an annual fireworks extravaganza. the it's about the only place you'll see them lighting up the night. sky is the country rings in 2022. as the german government has found their private sale, as part of the last round of coven measures brought in at the start of december. it's hard to knock the reasoning behind the decision, less and talk firework display between midnight and the early hours. less calls to the emergency services also less people mixing in gath

the code stuff going on, and here in russia, central eastern regions of this vast country, i'm sitting in the welcome to new year as well. well, here at moscow, we still don't walk about just over 40 minutes or so until we ring in the new year as well. we'll bring it that live. now over in germany, there's been a bit of a challenge for people waiting to see the new year. they're the government's by the sale of fireworks and for 2nd year in a row to stop large gatherings and prevent the spread coven. but he said many germans box a bit clever and hope across the board of poland by the festive supplies. with more, a europe correspondent, the brandenburg gates the location for the traditional job and new year's celebration. it's also home to an annual fireworks extravaganza. the it's about the only place you'll see them lighting up the night. sky is the country rings in 2022. as the german government has found their private sale, as part of the last round of covert measures brought in at the start of december, it's hard to knock the reasoning behind the decision les and hawk firework display between midnight and the early hours. less calls to th

to discuss proposal put forward by moscow. russia has demanded a legally binding guarantee that nature will cease its military activity in eastern europe and central asia. it comes amid russian military, build up new ukraine, and the 7th round of talk to revive the 25th. dana run euclid deal has ended in vienna. they use coordinated says they've established good relationships with new delegates from iran and a great upon some of the runs k demand. returning to our top story now on us health officials recommending the use of other vaccines over j and j to send j as in and a r k e is an infectious diseases physician and astronomy national university. he says the benefits of the change vaccine outweigh a small risk against delta. it's even a single dose seems to be quite difficult if acacia sort of the 70 percent plus ballpark with over 80 percent effectiveness against serious disease and hospitalization. that's pretty good. i do actually wonder if he did better off being a to dose vaccine for his prime immunization course, because they have that a booster will increase antibody level, then increases that protection against severe disease. now the j

security proposals put forward by moscow cern russia has demanded a legally binding guarantee that nato would cease its military activity in eastern europe and central asia, presidents let me put in, raise the demand for security guarantees in last week video call with mr bar and the us remains concerned over rushes tray build up of at least $80000.00 soldiers on the ukraine border. washington describe some parts of the draft proposal as unacceptable and wounds. there will be massive consequences. are there any aggression on ukraine to break this? oh, damn for us, that's bringing john herbs. he's a former us ambassador to crank ukraine and is currently the senior director of the atlantic cancels eurasia center. he joins us from virginia. thanks for being on the news. our john talk us through what exactly russia is demanding. and is this just about limiting the expansion of nato? moscow's objective is to make sure that it has control over ukraine's foreign policy. and that it has ob nato's agreement to limit his activities are near russia and territories that were part of the soviet union. and the, all of these objectives, these demands or completely

moscow monday. the 13th of december on calling bray with your world news from archie international. first 4, you have devastating storms have ripped through central and southern parts of the united states. the state of kentucky has suffered the worse damage where the governor initially saying that around a 100 people might have died. president biden has declared a major federal disaster in the state. these are the satellite images from before and after in the city of may feel more than a 100 people were trapped inside. factory building, emergency crews of managed to rescue about 40 so far. destruction was also reported in arkansas, missouri, tennessee, and illinois, where at least 6 people were killed in an amazon warehouse. president biden says, administration is ready to do whatever is needed to help states reeling from the devastation. thing worse. most devastating, most deadly tornado events in kentucky, history through our hometown and everything. everybody involved. walls were shaking, house collapsed in against. you could see where the whole house was buckled, all back, cited it, houses off the total devastation for our town. most of our h

published demands that nato get out of central and easter europe and deny measure -- membership to ukraine. u.s. and its allies rejected those demands before. moscowem again as it deploys thousands of troops to its border with ukraine. and back in this country, the u.s. senate headed toward the holidays with president biden's huge domestic spending bill in limbo. democratic majority leader chuck schumer cited the president's statement made last night, acknowledging they lack the votes to act by christmas. >> the president requested more time to continue his negotiations. and so we will keep working with him, hand in hand, to bring this bill over the finish line and deliver on these much-needed provisions. vanessa: the president today talked of voting rights bills in a commencement address at south carolina state university. those measures are also stalled in the senate, but mr. biden said the battle is not over. afloat a man who attacked u.s. capitol police on january 6 was sentenced today to more than five years in prison. that is the toughest penalty yet for any of the writers. and a trump ally roger stone refused to answer congressional questio

moscow. my name is colleen brace starting a new week here on archie international. welcome to the program. first for you, devastating storms have ripped through central and southern parts of the united states. president biden said the tornadoes could be the most disastrous in american history. the state of kentucky has suffered the worst damage, where the governor, they're saying around a 100 people have died. but think that that number could increase. he's declared a state of emergency in the city of mayfield. more than a 100 people were trapped inside a collapse factory building, emergency crews of managed to rescue about 40 so far shelters have been set up with the help of the red cross with worst most devastating, most deadly tornado events in kentucky history. there's our hometown and just noticing everybody's welfare walls were shaking house collapsed in again, you can see where the whole house is both the backside of that house is off the total devastation for our town. most of our historic buildings are now golf with this is largely one of the largest from new operation. while the deadly tornadoes have been wreaking havoc across the central a

the european central bank is sticking to its low interest rate policy and therefore one has to fear that inflation will continue to rise in the coming years . young moscow says washington still has time to stop an escalating diplomatic row. after us authorities set deadlines to full scores of russian diplomats out the foreign ministry spokesman branding the u. s. move and expulsion and saying they'll react accordingly. thank you. my mother, we've you this american demand precisely as an expulsion of our diplomats. we intend to respond accordingly. by january 31st. all us embassy personnel and moscow who have been on assignment for more than 3 years, must leave russia while kevin, this announcement by the russian foreign ministry that certain number of american embassy workers are going to have to leave the country by the end of january, comes amid a number of diplomatic spats between the united states and russia, and just a day after it was announced that washington will not be issuing new visas to the family, members of russian envoys to the united states, making it extremely difficult for them to live and work at the embassy there. now, the spats actu

the european central bank is sticking to its low interest rate policy, and therefore one has to fear that inflation will continue to rise in the coming years. in india. moscow says washington still has time to stop an escalating diplomatic route after you, as the authority said, deadlines to full scores of russia. diplomats out foreign ministry spokeswoman. we're here. maria is a hair of a brand of the us move an expulsion and will react accordingly. she says him, we're smarter, and we view this american demand precisely as an expulsion of our diplomatic service. we intend to respond accordingly. by january 30. first of all, the u. s embassy personnel and moscow who have been on assignment for more than 3 years, must leave russia. lay so much like a spot then from arte correspondent tunnel course, i don't raj, the back story here. while kevin, this announcement by the russian foreign ministry, that certain number of american embassy workers are going to have to leave the country by the end of january, comes amid a number of diplomatic spats between the united states and russia. and just a day after it was announced that washington will not be issuing new vi