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in germany, chancellor, olaf schultz uses his traditional year new year's eve message to pledge continued support for ukraine. ah, unexpired cert. welcome to the program. former pope benedict has died at the age of 95. a spokesman for the holy see said benedict passed away at his home inside the vatican. for centuries, the tolling of the bells in saint peter's square has been the signal that a pope has died. benedict health had been declining in recent days. hm. i am here with sad news this morning, which is the sad news we anticipated with the holy c press office bulletin this morning. that was sorrow. we inform you that the pope ameritas benedict 60 passed away to day this morning at 934 in the matter ecclesial monastery in the vatican. let's take a moment now to look back at the life of former pope benedict, the 16th saint peter's square in rome, april 2005. got it. the name that thing, get it. joseph rat. singer is elected pope benedict. the 16th is in yoda cardinelli. the lord god knows have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the lord lavinia this in your new pol

well, it has been one year since olaf schultz was sworn in as german chancellor. his 3 way coalition government came to power on a platform of change. a rush as full scale invasion of ukraine in february has meant they've had to abandon some of their core principles, not least of all regarding power generation here g, w takes a look back at the chancellors challenging 1st 12 months. for 16 years, she was the face of germany, anglo makeover felt solid, dependable, safe, until 2021. when this guy took over, all of so it's brought in, nicole listen, government of left wing as liberals and greens. they promised big changes. but with the government, just 77 days old, russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. they've changed everything. yeah, we're experiencing at turning point. the newton's law laid out a series of major promises to deal with a new political and economic global reality. for decades, the mighty german economy had relied on cheap oil and gas from russia that had to change and fast. so it gave renewables a big boost, hunted down oil and gas deal

more than a 1000000 people are watching in germany chance or olaf schultz uses his traditional new year's eve address to pledge continued support for you. great. putting up people and superstar footballer chris jenna. rinaldo. signs for saudi arabian club. i'll master in a deal that will reportedly ern him. the biggest salary in football history. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. former pope benedict has died at the age of 95, a spokesman for the holy see said benedict passed away at his home inside the vatican to bailey. for centuries, the tolling of the bells and saint peter's square has been the signal that of hope has died. benedict's health had been declining in recent days. and i am here with sad news this morning. which is the sad news we anticipated with the holy c press office bulletin this morning. not with sorrow, we inform you that the pope ameritas benedict 60 passed away today this morning. at 934 in the matter, it closes him on a street in the vatican. and for more on this, let's go straight to w special correspondent, abraham in rome, and what's, what's the mood

she was receiving another award for her activism from german chancellor, olaf schultz. she said that hasty calls for peace or childish, and ukraine must win on the battlefield. on to the european union is planning to adopt its rules on state aid for companies in response to a new u. s. a green energy subsidy program. european commission president ursula funder line said that the tax breaks on americas inflation reduction act could laura way european businesses e when u. s. officials will discuss the topic on monday that i speak here today. in syria anti government protests have ruptured in the southern city of slater. a protester and a policeman have been killed by gunfire after demonstrator stormed the governor's building. more than 200 people gathered outside to protest against economic hardship and called for president basha on the side to step down. italian authorities in ne sicily have declared a state of emergency after heavy rains caused major flooding. there had been power cuts, public services and schools have also closed. some residents have been evacuated fro

the last hour in the phone call between russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor, olaf schultz. according to the kremlin potent told sholtes that attacks on ukraine's infrastructure are inevitable, and he accused the west of pursuing destructive policies. berlin says sholtes, urged bruton to find a diplomatic solution to the war as soon as possible. that's fair. our corresponded hand front who is in berlin, and d, w, russia, analysts, constantine, egret, who's joining us from the with winning capital vilnius. and hans, i'll begin with you. tell us a little bit more about the german reaction. pretty scuse, the german chancery confirmed that the phone conversation took place that a token are and that's a show. it's criticize the attacks by the russians on infrastructure, on civilian infrastructure in ukraine and germany would continue to support your cry and weapons and in financial support. so that it could defend itself against russian aggression. there was also an appeal to the rational president for the pro magic solution. and the german chance really emphasized that this wou

supplies from russia to mitigate the consequences for the company and households, german chancellor olaf schultz approved the so -called protective shield package of support in the amount of 200 billion euros, but this was not enough writes the british newspaper financial. times according to the german government. since the beginning of the year production in energy-intensive industries in germany decreased by 10% due to which more than one and a half million people were affected to one degree or another, company representatives themselves do not agree with this figure, believing that it is much higher because of rising prices for natural gas , it became cheaper to import ammonia from abroad than to produce it on its own in the period from january to september, the company paid for gas 2 billion more euros. than last year suffers losses and heines eye a bavarian glass manufacturer with a 400-year history in 2019, the company paid about 11 million euros for electricity, and in this year, more than 30 europe's oldest berlin porcelain manufactory reduced energy consumption by almost 15% by abandoni

instead , olaf schultz started reading trying to unravel putin from books german journalists russianriters the chancellor reads articles even collected a collection of memoirs of other politicians, meanwhile, in the coming weeks, the flow of ukrainian refugees may overwhelm german cities, such forecasts were made by the british authorities in the united kingdom with ukrainian guests, and only trouble in wales, they want to force refugees to pay for food and laundry services. well, ukrainians, accustomed to sympathy to pay their bills, do not want to hold rallies and demand more benefits for the situation. she warmed up the europeans so much that an irish deputy began to speak about the topic of justice, which was banned throughout europe, in brussels richard barrett directly accused the head of the european parliament of hypocrisy the european union applies sanctions only in its own interests. and this has nothing to do with the ethics of humanism. the politician said. we are talking about war crimes, there is no israel, whether we apply sanctions against israel, as we did against ru

out in a phone call earlier today between russian president vladimir putin in german chancellor, olaf schultz. according to the kremlin potent told jolts that a tax on ukraine's infrastructure are inevitable. and he accused the west of pursuing destructive policies, d, w political correspond, it has brought, he has more details on that phone call. his the call was confirmed at last an hour, according to the germans and the german chancery says that german shots off shots told footing that the attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine should stop that germany condemned these and that germany continue to support ukraine in defending itself. against rush and aggression, and including presumably weapons and financial assistance. at the same time, there was an insistence by germany that a diplomatic solution should be aimed for and that that would include russia withdrawing its troops from ukrainian territory. and was hunt brought their report . now back to the question that we posed the start of this program, do rushes attacks on ukraine's critical infrastructure amount to war crimes. a team

of the german armed forces is beyond doubt , trying to convince lawmakers about this chancellor olaf schultz during his speech in parliament, our alliance partners know that they can rely on us. they know that if necessary, we will protect every square meter of the territory of the bloc with our resources with kiev . slovakia is ready to share a speech about the delivery of 10 mig-29 fighters. they should be sent in the coming weeks. in what condition is the machine is not reported? but it is known that all of them are modernized according to the us standard, in turn, they are thinking about the supply of petrette systems the ministry of defense has so far refused official comments, but local media, citing some informed sources, write that a decision can be made in the coming days, along with anti-missile defense systems, the us military can also go to ukrainian soil as instructors to handle equipment, but said the recognition of the british military by this presence. in ukraine, it may not be limited to the newspapers of the united kingdom, quoting the words of general robert magowen, who c

out in a phone call earlier today between russian president vladimir putin in german chancellor, olaf schultz. according to the kremlin potent told jolts that a tax on ukraine's infrastructure are inevitable. and he accused the west of pursuing destructive policies. d, w political correspond, it has brought, he has more details on that phone call. yes, the call was confirmed at last an hour, according to the germans and the german chancery says that german shots off, shots told, put in that the attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine should stop that germany condemned these and that germany would continue to support ukraine in defending itself against rush and aggression, and including presumably weapons and financial assistance. at the same time, there was an insistence by germany that a diplomatic solution should be aimed for and that that would include russia withdrawing its troops from ukrainian territory. and was hunt brought the report. now back to the question that we posed the start of this program, do rushes attacks on ukraine's critical infrastructure amount to war crimes. a t

and in that regard, pres, put in how to call a phone call with a german chancellor, olaf schultz, in which he asked germany to reconsider its position to was a war ukraine. and he said that the army, ukraine, by the europeans. it makes it difficult for the ukrainians. busy or makes it less desirable for ukrainians to accept any negotiations at the present moment. and of putting also talked about a it's hard to justify what's going on right now. the bombing and the ukraine infrastructure. he said, but or russia of steam for. busy long time from attacking ukrainian infrastructure on a wide scale. but what is going on now is a reaction to ukrainian attacks on russian is sort of infrastructure, including the climate bridge. and he said that the or germany and the european countries need to stop arming ukraine. so that they can push it to sit to gonna go certain table a u. s. bats group that helped sci fi to iceland, syria says it has stopped all joint operations with american troops. the syrian democratic forces says it's the result of turkish bombardment of territory. it controls turkey

overthrow the government takes place against the backdrop of a critical drop in the rating of olaf schultziegel writes, most residents of the country call angela merkel the best chancellor and schultz's work according to the data 2/3 of the residents of the latest polls are dissatisfied with fireworks natalya goncharova olga albukhina news. in moscow, emergency services are liquidated a flood on dmitrovskoye shosse broke through a pipe in it, it was damaged during construction work at the future fiztekh metro station, water gushed onto the roadway and paralyzed traffic for a while, it is difficult to pass, and now the department of transport recommends residents to look for other ways. now the leak has already been localized to the water supply of residents of neighboring houses. the accident did not affect the rescuer in advance . three adults and their child were pulled from the rubble in the shopping center with burns. they were taken to the hospital. this was reported in ministry of emergency situations ingushetia now the building collapsed this afternoon. after that, a fire started, i

a phone call in the last hour between russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor, olaf schultz. according to the kremlin, putin told shoulders, but a tax on ukraine's infrastructure are quote, inevitable, and he accused the west of pursuing destructive policies of bringing our correspondence in berlin, hans bronson. hans, you, you've been following actually the german statement, what the germans have to say about this call while the german trans, 3 just a few minutes ago confirmed that the talk that this call took place that the to lead us spoke for about an hour, according to the german chancery, the german version of this talk, chancellor sholtes urged president put in to withdraw russian troops from ukraine and to promote a diplomatic solution to the situation in ukraine. alter. the germans insisted that a tax on the civilian infrastructure in ukraine were not to be tolerated, that germany would continue to support ukraine and defending itself against such attacks. and at the same time, there was an emphasis on certain points of agreement, especially as regards the delivery

and in that regard, prism put in how to call a phone call with a german chancellor, olaf schultz, in which he asked germany to reconsider its position to was a war ukraine. and he said that the army, ukraine, by the europeans, that makes it difficult for the ukrainians, or makes it less desirable for ukrainians to accept any negotiations at the present moment and a foot and also talked about it. and he tried to justify what's going on. right now, the bombing of the ukraine infrastructure, he said, but russia abstained for. busy long time from attacking ukrainian infrastructure on a wide scale. but what is going on now is that a action to ukrainian attacks on russian eastern infrastructure, including the crimea bridge. and he said that germany and the european countries need to stop arming ukraine, so that they can push it to sit to the negotiation table. ukraine's foreign ministry says several of the countries embassies have been sent some disturbing parcels in spain. the area surrounding ukraine's madrid embassy was cordoned off. after receiving a suspicious package on friday, sever

she was receiving another award for her activism from german chancellor, olaf schultz. she said that hasty calls for peace, our childish and ukraine must win on the battlefield. in syria anti government protests have erupted in the southern city of slater a protester and a police officer had been killed by gunfire after demonstrators stormed the governor's building. more than 200 people gathered outside to protest against economic hardship and called for president bush. aside to step down, a ron's public prosecutor says that the country has shut down its so called morality police. but local media has pushed back against those comments, saying that the interior ministry overseas, the force and not the judiciary. iran has been rocked by months of protest, sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. she was arrested allegedly for not wearing our, her job properly. the demonstrations now in their 3rd month are the biggest challenge. so the regime in decades, protesters are calling for a 3 day strike this week. ah, the 1979. if la mic revolution changed the cour

need for ammunition is great, but the capacities of the industry are tight. german chancellor, olaf schultz threw himself in the firing line to diffuse the criticism of his minister. that's coming from all political sides. but the lack of ammo for self defense is a systemic problem for other nato countries as well that have been giving away all their stock to ukraine. estonia, for example, faces the same challenge in staying property arms. that's according to its defense ministry. the bus to dickie to the national defense of nato allies have been very much focused on the out of area operations, where amunition requirements are not as lodge, which has some slavery into very low ammunition stalks is clearly unfortunate who had also coal, who responsible. but now it's not true to time to play the blame game. now it's time to find solutions. maybe these western countries should be focusing on their own, actual defense, rather than running around the world playing footsie with china or in africa, trying to keep up with whatever expansionist ambitions that washington throws on the table. russia m

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at e liable partner these negotiations put in had a call a phone call with a german chancellor, olaf schultz in which he asked germany to reconsider its position to was a war ukraine and he said that arming ukraine by the europeans, it makes it difficult for the ukrainians. busy or makes it less desirable for ukrainians to accept any negotiations at the present moment and a put and also talked about m. m. he tried to justify what's going on right now, the bombing of the ukraine infrastructure. he said, but russia abstained for. busy long time from attacking ukrainian infrastructure on a wide scale. but what is going on now is a reaction to ukrainian attacks on russian eastern infrastructure, including the crimea bridge. the cranes, foreign ministry says embassies and concerts. since 6 european countries have been sent parcels containing animal eyes in recent days in spain, the area surrounding its madrid embassy has been cordoned off. early on wednesday, a letter bomb exploded their injuring a staff member or letter bombs were also sent to other addresses in spain. the countries interior min

european leaders, in particular french president emmanuel macron and especially german chancellor olaf schultz , is impressive. before the invasion, they talked until the very end that putin had no intention of attacking ukraine, but after the invasion, they slowly but also began to change their attitude towards the kremlin. and the main thing is - they stopped being afraid of putin and started giving us weapons. francis of rome, from the very beginning of the russian war, he was wary of directly blaming russia, although at the same time he constantly mentioned the suffering ukrainian people, called to pray for us and even offered to become a mediator during the peace talks between ukraine and russia, but at the end of november, the pontiff wrote a letter to the ukrainian people, again he did not directly condemn russia, but he openly condemned the war that the kremlin started and began to call russian crimes precisely yura's crimes i, uh, you know how i'll start my question to you, or giving you the floor, uh, president zelenskyi was the first to call when the war started, this is my opinion

germany's chance hour olaf schultz remembered benedict as a church leader and clever theologian. the catholic church endured a tumultuous time in 2019, he released an essay asking for forgiveness in the sex abuse crisis. benedict was a prolific writer, penning several books including the acclaimed portrait of jesus of nazareth. pope francis will lead benedict's funeral on thursday. his body will be in the basilica at st. peter's where mourners can go with with prayers starting on monday, david. dave dade thank you very much. father gerald murray is pastor of the holy family church in new york. he received his doctorate at at the vatican in 1998, also served as a navy chaplain from 1994-2005. father, great to see you, thank you for being here, appreciate it. he will always have in history an asterisk next to his name for one of the few popes in history to resign. why did he resign? >> he was not able to continue the hard task of being pope. he spoke about both the physical and emotional toll that it put upon him to be the leader of the church. he was always more of an academic, ev

chancellor olaf schultz answered questions from the residents of his constituency in podsdam during aogue with citizens. at the same time, he also told why he would continue to communicate with the president of russia by phone and how negotiations with vladimir putin would take place. i had a conversation with him in moscow before the war then a strange long table i think it lasted about 4 hours since then. i talked to him on the phone several times and always for a very long time, as for the procedure, i can say that he is always polite, no one on the other end of the phone screams. yes, i do not know russian. i tried to learn it at an adult education center, but in 8 hours, i didn’t remember anything except the alphabet, but vladimir putin knows german very well, and therefore sometimes switches to it. so we don't always need translators. scheltz went on to say that he thought it was important to talk to each other. even. if people have different opinions, nevertheless, i will continue to talk with him, because i even want to live until the moment when it will be possible to find a

destruction of ukraine's infrastructure. president putin tells the german liter olaf shoulds by phone that such attacks are inevitable. schultz presses potent for a diplomatic solution to end the war as soon as possible. also coming up around ramps up threats against journalists covering its harsh crack down on.

olaf schulz. as tagi spiegel writes, the majority of the country's inhabitants call angela merkel the best chancellor . according to the latest polls, schultz'sdissatisfied with 2/3 residents of germany natalya goncharova olga lvuhina news. coup in peru, the police arrested president pedro castili after he tried to dissolve the congress and call snap elections. the deputies impeached the head of state and the military refused to obey him. meanwhile the sun. polls show the president is three times as popular as parliament as the seat of the castile, while first vice president dina bluatha takes over. an arctic cyclone is heading for the uk temperatures could drop to -10°c. well meanwhile because of the accident, several thousand houses are already without gas and electricity, the social service fears that many will not be able to survive the cold. hundreds of britons reported that they had already run out of money for heating. inspection of the exhibition dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the military academy of the general staff new challenges in such conditions, the federal regional authorities should work as smoothly as possible, said v

olaf shorts to rethink his ukraine policy. in a phone call or correspond to john phillip jolts is in ki than i asked him what the reaction has been to that phone call between futon and schultz. i haven't seen many reactions. i haven't, i've heard only one comment sir, that nothing new emerged true from the conversation. sholtes underlined that any diplomatic solution has to include a withdrawal of troops putting a blame the westfall prolonging the war. i think if any thing after this phone call ukraine sees that 3rd position confirmed that at the moment, sir, there is no room for negotiations. and this comes, of course, as much as the gum tree, the, or almost the entire country suffering from shortages of electricity, water in heating. how can the ukrainian government help it citizens right now? i mean, kinda, to help them at all. it has set up around 1000 emergency, sent us in the past days in the centers, people can get free electricity, they can get free eating, they can even get them a basic medical services. and also it's quite impressive how fast technicians have been able to repair damaged infrastructure, but of course, with every attack it gets more difficult to rep

french press trying to understand the russian leader with his german head and olaf-scholl said in germany spiegel says that schultz vladimir putin and attempts to understand him thoroughly and very carefully. a passion for reading makes olaf scholz a smart ruler, but also makes him a ruling know-it-all shortly before scholz took office as chancellor, tensions on the ukrainian border began to rise, the first signs that vladimir putin was preparing an invasion, so scholl began to read books. in putin's head are michel's french, putin's elchanin's network is british. katherine balthor the chancellor is trying to figure out who is whispering to putin what books influence the kremlin boss what the doctrine behind his aggressive policy? well , of course, i just don't know, so, krish, too, what is it? so what, how can i understand these russians. and what about reading a book in putin's head to the french michel ilchinina? perhaps everything will be. no, he says, but read catherine belton better to sow putin and then everything will become clear . by the way, well, in a nutshell, just scholz. you see, here they say about