first and foremost, oh, climate neutrality. mckayla. thank you very much. archie, political editor, mckayla kutner. and you can watch shall the new year's dress by the german chancellor in its entirety at 7 p. m. central. european time. here on d. w. now let's go back live to sydney harbor. now we got those pictures were thousands of gathered to watch the iconic fireworks display. take a look with unlike previous years, crowds are being kept small this time. oh, really and health authorities have reported a record number of wrote a virus case is many of them in city in his new years message prime minister scott morrison said australia should be optimistic about the coming year. beautiful day. and these are live pictures from sydney for 2022 has already begun there. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. step 3 nuclear power plants go off grid in germany today. the last remaining 3 stations will be switched off at the same time, next year. nuclear phase out started under chance. what i'm going to m

, thank you very much, chief political editor, mckayla covenant. and you can watch the new year's address by the german chancellor in its entirety at 7 pm central european time here on the w fair. let's get you up to speed on some other stories making headlines, rail the world today, the american president, joe biden, and his russian counterpart vladimir putin had discussed russia's troop build up near the ukrainian border. biden demanded a de escalation and threatened russia with new sanctions. but putin worn such measures would cause a complete rupture of time. despite their differences, both sides agreed that progress was made on the call. russian authority, so designated a member of the russian punk group pussy riot. now desta total connie cova is a foreign agents. another member of which he rides was also added to the list along with several journalists, a satirist, and an art collector. the move by the justice ministry is being seen as an attempt to stifle dissent in russian business. people in south africa are streaming into cape towns, cath

first and foremost, oh, climate neutrality. mckayla. thank you very much. archie, political editor, mckayla kutner. you can watch the new year's address by the german chancellor in its entirety. by the way. that's coming up at 7 p. m. central european time right here on d w. now tens of thousands of presidents in the u. s. state of colorado have been forced to evacuate due to are quickly spreading wildfires. the flames swept through residential areas near the city of denver, burning hundreds of homes of shopping complex and a hotel authorities say, these are the worst fires the state has ever seen. ah, fake smoke fills the air outside as the fire approaches at this diner in superior town, just outside denver, colorado panicked families tried to get out with strong winds of finding the fire dine as rushed to their cause, hoping to out race the fast moving blaze. gusts of a 100110 miles an hour can and have moved this fire down a football field in a matter of seconds. very little time to get out of very little time to even get the most im

are there any surprises in the speech mckayla? did we learn anything new about chancellor shelves as priorities? well, no huge surprises. but what i think is notable is that not any the spend less to studs on just cove at 19 and the internal challenges, but he calls them people not to let the nascent be divided at the same time. we've heard from the president of german parliament about bosses from his own s p, the party who calls on people to bridge those divisions. now this is more than just semantics. clearly, there seems to be a strategy of the incoming government to call on that unity and to simply not address those divisions that are clearly tangible and that too much to avoid them from becoming ever deeper. and the only concrete policy change we've really heard from all r. so it says that he is determined to see the german minimum wage rise within the coming year. 212 euros is just over 9 years at this very moment in time. so it's very much nitty gritty domestic stuff with just pretty much the bottom 3rd of the speech really

and zip that deanthony was told to archie, political editor, mckayla kaufman. now hi mckayla, welcome shelter. speech was dominated by covey, as you might expect. how did his address, if it did address concerns that is taking over divided country? well, his line is that germany should not be divided, that is not as divided as is sometimes being reported despite the fact that once again we've seen demonstrations from people who are against vaccinations, who see a deep state behind that. i think it's interesting to note that the president of parliament babbitt boss at the same time called for bridging that very divide. so this may also be a strategy not to blow those divisions out of proportion to not see a loud minority really take over the public debate. and it is all i saw it in his 1st direct address to the german people. basically calling on everyone to pull together while at the same time saying, look, i see you pulling together, let's keep doing that was really interested in the time when asked in a pre election interview. if he had enough teresa yet for t

i t w t political editor mckayla kutner more almost with a doctor and a politician, dr. johan of sir wagner, is a pediatrician and an m. p for the green party, which is part of germany governing coalition. welcome to d, w. dr. will these new restrictions a delay, the only tron wave? good evening. yes. well, we hope so and we will do everything which is needed. and on the other hand side, you also do have to prepare a general lockdown. so in case we need one next here, this can be implemented very, very fast. but for now, with this, we are going to be hoping to see a further declining of the numbers. but, and actually the numbers are still declining, but we have heard in just a few seconds ago, it is on the rise. so that's why the combination of those measures and planning are generally locked up, preparing it in or locked on in case you need one. next here is the best. yeah, best option right now. why don't general lock down? now where the robert to call is to shoot is calling for for one. why ignore the experts and pounded to people and say, all right, well, we'll just keep it out f

that the name was told to watch a political editor, mckayla kaufman now. hi, michaela, welcome shelter. speech was dominated by covey, as you might expect. how it is a dress, if it did address concerns that is taking over divided country. well, his line is that germany should not be divided. that is not as divided as is sometimes being reported despite the fact that once again we've seen demonstrations from people who are against vaccinations, who see a deep state behind that. i think it's interesting to note that the president of parliament babbitt boss at the same time called for bridging that very divide. so this may also be a strategy not to blow those divisions out of proportion to not see a loud minority really take over the public debate. and it is all i saw it in his 1st direct address to the german people. basically calling on everyone to pull together while at the same time saying, look, i see you pulling together, let's keep doing. i was really interested in the time when asked in a pre election interview if he had enough christmas yet for the j

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clear message that germany, europe is in for drastic change 1st and foremost of climate neutrality. mckayla. thank you very much. archie political editor mckenna, kutner, and you can watch the new year's address by the german chancellor in its entirety at 7 pm central european time. here on d, w. l, catch up on some other stories, making news around the world. stage 3 nuclear power plants go off the grid in germany today. the last 3 remaining stations will be switched off at the same time . next year. nuclear phase out started under chancellor. i'm going to michael after the nuclear accident in fukushima and is said to finish by the end of 2022. people in south africa are streaming into cape towns cathedral for a 2nd day to pay their respects to. archbishop desmond to 2 anglican clerics carried his coffin into saint george's cathedral, where the former nobel peace prize laureate once railed against a party white rule. $22.00, died last sunday at the age of 90. tens of thousands of residents in the us state of colorado have been forced to evacuate due to so quickly spreading wildfires. the f

i know that simone biles and a number of top athletes, maggie nichols, mckayla maroney and aly raismannd i don't know if that has come to the forefront and come public. we need to know who knew what went. tom forester, who was in charge of the selection process with usa gymnastics, has stepped down and simone biles had a tweet saying it's not tom forester is the problem. much more will be revealed and we need to know who knew what with regards to larry nassar and look at the big picture, the level of toxicity in the sports of gymnastics, full of rampant, verbal, psychological and emotional abuse and needs to start now. i opened my first academy in maryland and we're doing things the right way, building up young kids' self-esteem and not tearing them down and i will be opening up my second facility in rockville, maryland in 2022. i'm excited to be a part of this positive change to plant positive seeds in each kid that walks through our doors and not planting seeds of doubt, shame and guilt. >> if you want to be an athlete you should be able to be an athlete without fear of being sexuall

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online, david gregory, who lost his 20-year-old daughter mckayla shared this emotional post on instagramsaying, quote, life goes on, i guess, but it will never be the same. nothing has been the since. while the families mourn, voices of silicon valley choir held a virtual memorial concert to celebrate the 36 victims and their artistic work. >> they were incredible artists. they were incredible musicians. and visual artists and sculptors and dancers. that not as well-known. >> it's been five years since they lost their loved ones in such a horrible, terrible tragic and preventible fire. >> so now what happens to the what's left of the warehouse? well, we're told it will be sold as part of the warehouse owner's settlement. money from the sale of the ign families will ultimately go to the families of the victims. >>> moving you forward tonight, a live look at capitol hill where congress acted a few hours ago to avoid that government shutdown. the senate passed a stopgap bill to fund the government through february 18th. it passed by a vote of 69-28. it needed 60 votes to pass. earlier in th

mistake political absent mikaela kirchner was a, at that press conference, and joseph, now welcome mckayla. i'm just rounded up the measures chancellor. sholtes announced this evening if you would well, 1st of all, he is keeping measures in place affecting those who are not vaccinated. and the real change here is that even those vaccinated will now face contact restrictions, but after christmas he says the latest this will have to stop that only up to 10 out of can meet who are vaccinated will be the 28th of december. so clearly, christmas may be on for mamma, many families, but new year's celebration simply off for larger groups. and also groups won't be allowed to gather in sports stadiums and other events will have to take place without any audience. the sound that we heard that is also a new tone. when assessing the risk, clearly this phase similar to the night it states that there will be such an overwhelming amount of people, overwhelming number of people who are ill, that critical infrastructure will potentially be affected. and that's something germany is trying to brace itself for

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missing. protest isn't the george and capitol to policing of demand the release of former president mckayla sack, i should really support is the place to go on hunger strike until he's freight is the 2nd release him was imprisoned when he returned from international exile in october. now back to the u. k. and when the abernethy hope family lost their son billy in a motorcycle accident 3 years ago, they decided to start a project to ease their pain and keep his memory alive. they created a new local currency really chips to help local people to help homeless people. the bully chips can be used by the homeless to purchase a drink and hot food and hot drinks. in the u. k. homelessness is on the rise with charges, estimating that up to $8000.00 people don't have rooms over their heads. w's berg mass reports from the southwest and english city of bristol. ah, not simply to work on by, but to help others. that's one thing meghan abernathy. hope learned from her brother bitty right. is there anything that i can get you she often stops in bristol city center to talk to homeless people like laura. i

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all right, she political editor, mckayla griffin are reporting. thank you so much for now. we'll catch up with you later. like to tell you now about the other developments in the pandemic. the use cove at 19 pass for travel is set to expire in 9 months after vaccination, unless the holder has a booster shot. the new rules. new rule rather, is due to come into force in february. the use drug regulator meanwhile says it's still unclear if existing vaccines need to be tweak to better fight on micron. but during a says, it could begin work on a new booster shot within weeks. and thailand is reinstating a mandatory hotel quarantine for foreign visitors. and it concerns over the arm across variant was turned to the horn of africa. ethiopia, government says it's forces are read, taking territory after fighters from the to grind people's liberation front, announced their retreat to all the central government claims. their withdrawal is a result of their recent offensive against the rival forces. to grand leaders now demand a no fly zone and arms embargo to avoid retaliatory strikes

and jones is now welcome mckayla. i'm just round up the measures chancellor shelves announced this evening if you would well, 1st of all, he is keeping measures in place affecting those who are not vaccinated in the real change here is that even those vaccinated will now face contact restrictions. but off the christmas, he says the latest this will have to stop that only up to 10 out of can meet who vaccinated will be the 28th of december. so clearly christmas may be on for mamma, many families, but new year's celebrations. cynthia are off for larger groups and also groups won't be allowed to gather in sports stadiums and other events will have to take place without any audience. the sound like that we heard that is also a new tone. when assessing the risk, clearly this phase similar to the night it states that there will be such an overwhelming amount of people, overwhelming number of people who are ill, that critical infrastructure will potentially be affected. and that's something germany is trying to brace itself

who were sexually abused by nassar, including olympic gold medalists simone biles, aly raisman, and mckaylamaroney. rachel denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse nassar, said on twitter -- "most of e over 500 represented here are not but showed up over and over again. weid this together. don't rget their voice what they gave come and what it took." in 2018, dr. nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing more than 160 women and girl athletes. wikileaks founder julian assange suffered a mini-stroke in a british prison in late october as he fought to avoid extradition to the united states to face espionage charges. that's according to assange's fiancÉ stella moris, who said the stroke left assange with a drooping right eyelid, memory problems, and signs of neurological damage. moris believes the stress from captivity paired with endless legal challenges has taken a deep toll on assange's mental and physical well-being. on friday, a british court ruled in favor of the biden administration's appeal to extradite assange to face charges in the u

now some of women's gymnastics biggest names including simone biles, aly raisman, mckayla maroney andor what was done to that. jessica howard is one of the plaintiffs. >> it's validation and feels like justice. >> reporter: this fall biles, maroney, raisman and maggie nickels detailed it for congress. >> one adult to do the right thing. >> reporter: the agreement with usa gymnastics and u.s. olympic and paralympic committee covered abuse by any. the former doctor of the u.s. women's team serving what amounts to life in prison for sexually assaulting minors during supposed treatment. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar and i also blame -- an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> reporter: the world saw the lingering impact of abuse at the summer olympics when biles withdrew for part of the competition telling hoda -- >> soon as we stepped on to the olympic scene it's just, decided i couldn't do it anymore and cracked and that's what happened. >> reporter: a system that maroney hold savannah in 2018 didn't care about the women. >> all they cared about was their reput

want to bring in that it is chief political editor, mckayla, co, family killer. we understand that the germans, political leaders, are meeting virtually as we speak on how likely is it that they could possibly impose a national lockdown. and assa lockdown is very unlikely actually even what became known as a lockdown in germany was often and always more flexible than in neighboring countries. like france will britain for instance, at the same time, it is absolutely sure that there will be new tough measures. dots about a has a draft document here. and what we seen in that is that there will be no big and new year's celebrations, even amongst the vaccinated, and those who received the booster shots and it will be most likely a maximum of 10 people who are allowed to gather with children. not counting in under 14. now these appear to be details. 1 because against this backdrop, we've now seen a message come out like a tweet that was quite, quite an explosion into this whole thing of the whole call institute demanding effectively. and by saying a maximum as is that

money will go to hundreds of athletes, including olympic gold medalists simone biles, aly raisman and mckayla maroney. they and others were abused by nassar when he was the u.s. women's team doctor. the two sides have been negotiating since 2018, when nassar was sentenced to an effective life sentence and usa gymnastics filed for bankruptcy protection. christine brennan is a columnist for "usa today" who has long covered olympic sports. thanks for joining us, this set will-- settlement has been a long time comingk what is the significants to you? >> john, for me it's the end of a terrible chapter, certainly not the end of the story. but st a significant development. and as rachel, who was the first courageous gymnast to come forward ad start this story of abuse, she said today rachel van hollander, i think is the perfect person to quote that this is an important step and she said to get money, actual money to these survivors, many of them need it for mental health issues for all the depression and other trauma that they have dealt with. something we don't often think of is actually that money

now some of women's gymnastics biggest names including simone biles, aly raisman, mckayla maroney and one adult to do the right thing. >> reporter: the agreement with usa gymnastics ant u.s. olympic and paralympic committee covered anyone associated with usa gymnastics. most notorious dr. larry nassar, former doctor of the u.s. women's team serving to ma amounts in life in prison for sexually abusing minors during supposed treatment. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> reporter: the world saw the lingering impact of abuse at the summer olympics when biles withdrew for part of the competition telling hoda -- >> as soon as we stepped on to the trumpic scene, just decided i couldn't do it anymore and it chacked and that's what happened. >> reporter: a system that maroney told savannah in 2018 didn't care about the women. >> all they cared about was their rep lation, money, gold medicalings and that was it. >> reporter: this morning, usa gymnastics is apologizing saying the bankruptcy reorganization reflects our