[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin rusher admits dozens of its soldiers have been killed in one of the deadliest strikes of the war in ukraine. the kremlin confirms the miss all attack on a barracks in russian occupied east and ukraine. they keep flames the death toll is

much higher. also on the show, jerusalem on edge is a fall right. his railey minister makes a controversial visit to a holy site just days off to taking all this opponents condemned of that intentional provocation. and brazil says that by 2 football legend halley, thousands of paying their last respect that his home town stadium, brazil you president, is attending the funeral. ah and i manuscripts, mccann, and welcome to the program. the kremlin says 63 russian soldiers have been killed and one of the deadliest strikes so fall in the war in ukraine. now this is a rare admission by moscow of military casualties. ukraine launched the strikes on a barracks and

a russian occupied area of the east and done yet screeching on new year's eve. there's not much left of this building once used by the russian army and mc. keith can ukrainian forces attack the site in the russian occupied city after noticing a cluster of mobile phone signals. the russian defense ministry confirmed the attack for the 1st time in a long time admitted significant losses that brought us an inch of the $63.00 russian soldiers were killed as a result of for me, sale strike at a temporary deployment point here. this is one of the relatives and friends of the dead soldiers. it was a being provided with all the necessary assistance and support it by the of ukraine, reckons the number of casualties is much higher. the ukrainian armed forces estimates that full 100 soldiers lost their lives. there is a special on the 31st of december in the settlement of makia, k. internet's up to 10 units of enemy military equipment of various types were destroyed and damaged or within the losses of personnel of the occupy,

as is still being determined while you push neuter. on sunday night, russia again attacked ukraine with iranian combat, trans ukrainian sources, st. 41 of the pilot las aircraft will shut down by anti aircraft missiles. mileage we have information that russia is planning a prolonged attack using shad thrones. it's probably banking on exhaustion. exhausting. are actually around to aircraft. defense is our energy now. but we actually do everything so that the terrorists feel and their aim as all the others are failed. know or well, yes, she each he of may. i be tele glitched. i said that while there have been some damage to energy infrastructure, no one had been killed. i all sal correspondent, in the keep, raymond, going to rank i why it russia acknowledged these casualties in maquida when it normally wouldn't. lessing, there are 2 possible reasons. one is there must have been

a lot of witnesses so you cannot hide it. and the 2nd, which is more important, i think, is that a russian war bloggers, so cold war bloggers, ers, or people who are observing this war, supporting this war. some of them are affiliating affiliated with russian officials or official on agencies. they have criticized the russian officers responsible for deploying jobs in that school. in mac, eve carbide and ask and the criticism was very, very har. so they were enraged enraged and m, i think that reminded me of the situation in have sonnet september when there was a totally unexpected for the russian side. ukrainian counter of fancy, which led to the liberation of large parts of the hockey for origin in the north of ukraine. and after that, there was a change in command and russia, and a, there was also a change of a public strategy. so russian started russia started admitting its losses because, or probably i think they, they, they saw that when they try to hide it,

they also under mine and the trust in the russian army and distrust was badly damaged. in mckee, of car. she said the kremlin is admitting casualties, but there is a significant difference in the number of deaths quoted by each side isn't russia is saying 63 died while ukraine says hundreds of soldiers were killed. so what, which number is likely to be closer to the truth? well, it is difficult to verify the numbers, but i think that the ukrainian numbers might be, might be somewhere closer to the truth. i think that the russian numbers are too low and there is or an explanation to that school. when you look at the pictures when it was i, when it was still there. and it will, it is very big. there are a lot of rooms. there are for, for russian soldiers who would be an deploy of beautiful have been deployed there. and also the moment itself, it was the new year's eve. people were celebrating members, people from, from other places, came there to celebrate to drink, to cheer, to listen,

to vladimir, put into speech, and then moments after that they were killed. so it was, it was the exact time the ukrainians calculated. well, it will be been a lot of russian soldiers there, and this is exactly what happened. that is why i think there must have must be more casualties than the russian figures are. tell us d w 's ran and gun trained care reporting from key. thank you. so much for that the far right is railey politician. it's an i'll bend of air has visited one of jerusalem's most hotly contested holy sites. a move condemned by palestinians as well as arab states. he entered the compound just days off to taking office is the national security minister. the site is known to jews as the temple mount and to muslims of the al axa mosque. vandeveer has long called for greater jewish access to the holy site. the hilltop shrine is considered judaism, most sacred, and islam 3rd holiest flight. i spoke earlier with all correspondent

rebecca riches in jerusalem. and i asked her why this visit has been condemned both inside and outside of israel. well it, you got to the heart of the matter there in your introduction. i know this is considered an incredibly holy site for both religions, al axa compound is the 3rd wholly aside for muslims. as you ready pointed out to temple mount, as it's known is the most holy site for jews. and the status quo is currently that both groups are able to visit the site, but only muslims are allowed to pray their jews cannot pray at the temple mount. now that's something that a to my been gay, who visited today this morning has long wanted to change. this site is considered an explosive flash point. any change to that status quo is seen as a provocation. that would lead potentially, most probably to more violence. now the fact is we haven't seen a government minister visit the compound in some decades. the last person to do that was then of

a late prime minister ariel sharon. and it was largely seen as igniting what was then known to become the 2nd intifada. so you see how it's hence these kind of visits are and just exactly how explosive this site can really be. so everyone watching on to see just what kind of response this visit we'll see, but must be stated that this hasn't changed the status quo yet. it was a visit, but it is sane, is very provocative. so you've described it as an explosive flash point. why did he choose to visit such a hotly contested holy site now? well in the lead up to the election, been clear there was a lot of envy. there was a lot of the election rather there was a lot of rhetoric coming out of been v. i mean, as i mentioned, he really he does want to change the status quo and make it possible for jews to be able to pray at this holy site. and that's something that he was talking about a lot before the election. now, since the election,

a lot of that rhetoric has come down and it's rumored the prime minister benjamin netanyahu put a lot of pressure on been v to com, that rhetoric down to try and hold back. so from provoking the tensions that could be ignited by, by that kind of talk. and that has largely died down a little bit, but we do know that benjamin netanyahu was aware of this visit. the 2 men met. yesterday they discussed the visit and it was thought after that meeting that ben via might actually postpone this visit, that he was decided not to go ahead that benjamin netanyahu had stopped him from doing that. but as we see this morning, he's decided to go ahead with that visit. and so it is a potentially a sign of things to come or becker it is reporting from jerusalem. thank you. now brazil is saying it's final farewell to the football legend. pele, sh, your seeing life pictures here from his home town stadium and some toss where a vigil is being held. brazil's new president lula to silver,

is among the thousands paying their restricts the respects with cues stretching. 4 kilometers. he'll be attending pallet's funeral, which is set to take place shortly. and we are joined now by nicole ris, who is there in san tough for us. nicole people have been waiting in kilometer long choose to pay their respects, give us a sense of what the atmosphere is. lighter was actually a very tranquil and rather cheerful atmosphere. here in santos, i was able to observe how people were queuing and singing, clapping for palais, wearing his shirt as well. and it was rather this feeling of them being very grateful that they had him, that he was the pride of their country that he made brazil what it is in football terms. now arm of several times woke up when as well. and um, i think this is pretty much the atmosphere in santos, or as you said,

its kilometers long lines waiting to take for an individual waiting to pay the last respects. and its very important to many people actually when you talk to some of them are many we'll, we'll say something. and just as something like this, he is here down in my heart to work for ever be in my heart or for everything that he did for brazil. and how he played football arms was out there very strong ties between those people queuing and play. of course and found who else is the town where, where pele played football and he turned this place until a kind of football mecca, didn't he? yeah, football football is very present here from the early morning on. i can observe that people are already on the pitch training, and this is also where police korea started. this is where he had been training from a very young age to become the iconic football player that we was in the end. one of the main scores are when it comes to goals and that's also why there's

a very strong feeling here in santos, for police. and as, as i said, football is very present and, and people also in the day to day life seems to seem to be wearing football shirts . here it is, its belly or other teams just because the training and i think also very many young football players. you have an inspiration in him and do aspire to his success and are obviously inside their wish. that at some point there could be some big football player like pally, he gave it a lot of inspiration here in santos. and it's all natural, i think that there's a very strong bond between valley and his town and are the football. all right, he dollies nicole arrest reporting from santa thanks so much. and when join now here in the studio by chris harrington from the down the school it's hi, chris, now. so some to us as we were just talking about is flooded with people who are not there to say goodbye to their hero. can you tell us about the legacy that pele is

leaving to brazil will a rich legacy. he put brazil on the map, he gives a sense of identity to brazilians. and i do believe in the passing of paley, brazilians have lost the piece of their hearts. you can look at brazil's most famous player name our he also wears number 10 for brazil. you know, he said before paley football was just a sport. and he clearly changed the game and made it a beautiful sport at that. and he gave a voice to the poor, specifically to the black brazilians, and he gave brazil a lot of visibility. when paley scored his reached his benchmark of a 1000 goals, he addressed the crowd and he urged her to take care of the poor. in brazil, the villas he resonated with that story because he has a similar background and he just urge to fight for charity and fight for the children to give them hope. i think more than anything pele represented. a beacon

of hope specifically for the working class in brazil, the blacks in brazil, in a, just a very tell story really come true and, and i believe he will continue to galvanize and motivate generations to come to very much a unifying figure. and we've seen these, these keys, these lines are stretching out people who are, you know, some of those people have never actually watched pele play, but they're staying. they still want to pay their respects to him. so his influence clearly stretched or still stretches, way beyond football doesn't. yes, definitely. he was the 1st global superstar for the golden age of television. you know. ok. so that's one reason you know why his name, in his presence and his accomplishments, you know, reached so far beyond brazil. but in terms of brazil, you know, people believe that he represented the working class and so forth in the best of what brazil has to offer, you know, but as in african american, i can tell you, you know, being at a distance away football or soccer,

not be the most popular sport in my household. i knew well aware i was well aware of who paley was, because i knew that there was a black footballer who is the best in the world. and i believe that, you know, any upcoming footballer typically as compared to the likes of pe, lay in so on. so you know, phenomenal life. and as we see coming to new press harrington from d valleys. folks, thanks so much. thank you. and oh, i believe we do have more time for chris, excuse me. so we can go back to chris and talk about the the, the funeral of the football legend. pele that is happening today. i did want to ask chris about his, his childhood. i mean, many people cold play the king, but as you'd mentioned earlier, his childhood was far from royalty. was it? yes, he was struck by poverty. you know, his pocket money. he could not afford

a football. in his youth, his 1st football was actually a soc fill with paper, you know, and he owned his skills once he got access to ro football and he propelled himself in to start him. as a youngster in age 16, he scored his 1st goal for zill. you know, and then they go on to win free world curves. i mean, just an amazing story, but i think more than anything he represents. what could be for those in the most dire beginnings? and not many people call pele a comparison point. then you know, at 1st there was pele and then came everybody else. i mean, do you think it will always be like that? will there ever be anyone like him? yeah, i think you have to look at him as being a one of one. he was the prototype. many moves in the modern game, are named after players that are not paley, although paley was doing those moves before, you know those individuals, it is his accomplishments. i don't think they'll be another player whose 13 world

cups, who will win 3 will cups moving forward, considering how difficult their competition is. and you know, he was this a transitional force. you know, you can a former american artist, any war hill was a world was a fame for pointing the phrase 15 minutes of fame. he said, you know, when it came to failure, he got it wrong. he believes fairly, we'll have 15 centuries of fame and i think he's a benchmark and he will always be compared to and separated. you know, from the modern players, even though people could argue messy and others like that. but i think pe lays in the classroom. so chris harrington from the time the sport very much and i believe that we will now be listening to a conversation i had earlier with the director of a netflix documentary about pele david tri horn. i spoke to him earlier and he told

me how the football legend shaped brazil's cultural identity. and i am if you look at reserve for 1958, we did notice in the country. oh, once a financing 70. brazil is very much rubber stamp the legacy. brazil is a full nation and that was a huge ha, brazil's identity that lost the welcome home in 1950. they felt these great outsiders. they probably didn't have any some so on a global stage. and i think it was pallet's 1st modern superstar again, who helped imprint, a national and a national identity in brazil will be seen by the rest of the world. we're seeing right now we're seeing people cuing for kilometers to, to pass by police coffin to pay their last respects to the hero. do you think the pele realised himself, the impact that he'd had on his own country on brazil?

you know, i think he actually did, he was a very modest man, very humble, a very warm, friendly man, say very close to the roots. you know, a lovely, ramshackle phillip bone marrow stadium says so much about it. but i think he was a very, very proud brazilian. and you know, he told us many, many times we asked him about legacy. we talked about that we thought about all those things. we, i'm one of the main things he was most proud about is what he meant to his country, country. and i can use out of those games you play with sounds so well, put it on the map and he was very proud of it the way that you, amanda, and pa to be before making the documentary. did that change during and after the process and can you tell us a little bit about who he was for you personally? not really. that's definitely an aura when he support, since we're brutal books,

is the room which in the king is there. and he's got iconic book, you know, going to change it never changes in 606070 years. ok. so the soon as he arrived, you knew that the king was there and he was very, very friendly with everyone. he wanted people to sort of enjoy his company. he hey, silence, says he wanted to crack jokes all the time. i remember one is and we were actually with him when he was going to me, president obama. and he was mentally meeting, i think, at 11 in the morning and the only sort of got out of his bedroom and went to breakfast in the morning to bomb a weight of ours was so casual with it all and so nonplussed by. but, you know, he said, well, i bet every single president kennedy, i waited face audience with the case that he was that kind of a figure, very genial, very friendly and warm and getting with time. and i was a very self confident as well. and this is a big question of course, but what,

what will pallet's legacy be? what would you say? i think is legacy. and i think people love this debate about the greatest football time. and i think it's a very difficult thing to have that sort of cross generational argument. you know, he was clearly best player of his own generation, but i think to me he was high and he was the 1st to do these things and play such a messy rinaldo ever comes late and may become great. but i think what they can do is do what he did, he did it for the counselors, put it in his exact footsteps. so i think that's the legacy of pioneer football, becoming the 1st modern superstar. and as we said before putting his country on the map, putting it on the map. alright, and of course today, and he will be later ask with his mother in attendance i believe. and obviously a just a huge day for, for his country. absolutely. mother just send a 100 only

a few weeks ago and i think it was always going to happen. i think you're going to be the day late on brazil will be finally understand what you meant. meant to everyone. yeah, just one very last quick question david, and i know this is something that i think if potentially try to avoid, avoid answering before. but are there any play? i mean, was he the best you know, are there any players list that equal him? oh i'm going to be by there and say that was the best. i think it's in terms of pure impact it we, we just things on low cost and still the only player 213. welcome. kimberly might get there eventually and look closing in on that record only a few weeks ago. but i think he was his ability to do these iconic things on the biggest stages. you know, new scores, incredible goes well finals and well cluck finals. he said his most like 100 memories for those biggest occasions, and that makes it very, very specially david try one director of the netflix documentary about pele. thank

you so much for your time. okay. all right, we're going to take a quick look out some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the u . s. republican party leader kevin mccarthy is being critical. a former president, donald trump is facing a leadership challenge from the right wing of his party. he struggling to gain enough votes to become speaker of the house of representatives. now that his party has a majority in that body of government, california was preparing for more heavy rain and flooding. a weather event known as an atmospheric river has already dropped 13 centimeters of rain on the sacramento valley. the u. s. national football league player is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game de mar. hamlin received medical treatment on the field before being taken to hospital the nfl game between the buffalo bills on the cincinnati bengals was

suspended. now, brazil says that its final farewell to football legend pele is happening right now . we can show you live pictures from the stadium in some toss, where the 24 hour wake has ended. drew thousands of fans of the 3 time world cup winner with acute stretching for kilometers. the funeral for pele will take place later today, attended by the countries new president lula to silver. me can speak again now to chris harrington from d. w. sports as well way since pallet's a funeral. to start, chris, you know, ha, influenced so many people, but he was criticized by some, wasn't he given the very high profile that he had by, by staying out of politics by, by staying silent one more. can you tell us about that? yeah, that was the criticism he received during the biggest debates of his time,

you know, during a military dictatorship, in brazil, he was quite in that speak out against that considering his platform, considering and being the 1st global superstar. his voice would carry volumes and travel quite the distance, you know, but he refrained from these things. and when you look at his counterparts during that same era, the mohammed i'll ease of the world in others. mohammed ali in the united states, similar civil rights issues were taking place. he was outspoken and he paid the price. you know, his bill was stripped from him for a short period of time. you know, paley opted just to focus on football. and his hope that his football could motivate and maybe encourage change, you know, and things of this nature. but he definitely had an impact. you know, he definitely had an impact in the sport. even though he remained silent. you know,

there was even a ceasefire during the nigerian civil war. you know, in the 1960 s, they wanted to watch pay lay plays, you know, so he was a piece ambassador in that sense, you know, but i just a back to his legacy. i believe his legacy will live on, you know, infant wants to name stadiums after him around the world. rightfully so. and i hope that's done as soon as possible. yes, a said pa will be a name that generations to come will be the well aware of the positive influence that he had on now on football fans around the world. yes, definitely. i mean, even my daughter's only 3 years old, and she is well aware of who paley is and was in what he means you know, to the sport press heritage from d w support. thank so much. thank you. all right, here's a quick reminder of our top story that we're filling for you today. brazil is bidding farewell to football. legend pele funds have been filing into the stadium

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