of $95.00 boosting his nuclear arsenal. north korea's lead us as he wants to out class us in south korean forces. ah, paris is one of the latest cities to put on a spectacular show to welcome in the explosions of rock ukraine's capital less than an hour into the new year. they follow a barrage of missiles strikes by russia targeting keys and other cities. the 1st blasts of 2023 hit, 2 districts. keeps mad. baton crisco says the advent system was working to defend the city. resident shouted glory to ukraine from their balconies. as the explosions hit al jazeera was charles trap reports from keith on the earlier tax. a residential street on file homes destroyed real good on. a dead woman covered by a plastic sheet rolled over more boom. the aftermath of yet another barrage of russian missiles when the ukrainian capital keep not almost all them a growth of obamacare, me and my husband were literally thrown into the corridor. we regained consciousness. we heard glass shattering, and then there was an explosion. one after another. we ran to the basement mode. now when we came out into the street, we so ambulances and there are casualties. order for hip, see this hotel was reportedly only closed down in recent days. was also hit by what's believed to have been an intercepted russian missile. the hook us rather than hulu. it was a nightmare. it was a massive explosion. we have a strong building, but it still shook. i was standing by the window and went to the corridor and hid. i can't believe it was so close yet, and i show you another neighbourhood, police gather shrapnel. nearer to meet it. the crater of a single building isn't partially destroyed. people rush to repair their windows in the winter cold. this is the 3rd consecutive day. russia has launched missiles will so called chemicals, drones, cranium, capital, and numerous cities across the country. all it was with his wife, tatiana, in their sitting room. it was a sudden deafening blast. there were brought the hotel to the floor. i entered my head. my husband face was cut and was terrified. what can we do now? is cold and they are afraid of ma. strikes is a constant fear for her through a perpetual on her move, there was a crash and glass flew. i was afraid for my wife, more than myself briefly were she, if you a blood covered pavement in a park where children play, shock fear and the terrifying uncertainty of not knowing where the next one will land scenes of utter devastation in this residential neighborhood. the level of the destruction here, it's incredible that more people were injured or killed. this is new years eve on the cranium, capital char stratford, al jazeera cave. when he claims president says his country will never forgive russia for the latest barrage of strikes. he concluded, know, several waves of missile attacks on year's eve, missiles against people, the non humans did it a non humans or lose you and i know it. terrorists can not change it or easter be carried out such attacks. and at christmas now at new year, they call themselves christians. they are very proud of their orthodoxy, but they are following the devil. you know, no one will ever forgive you for the terror. no one in the world will forgive you for this. ukraine will never forgive, and you yourself will not forgive who till everything he will destroy, and every one he will kill me. no rush of leader has spent new year's eve with soldiers who fought in ukraine. no, vladimir putin says moral and historical rightness is on russia. side, he adds his forces, are fighting to protect people in what he calls historical territories. that's a reference to areas of eastern ukraine illegally annexed by moscow during the conflict. how process is paid tribute to his predecessor benedict. the 16th was died at the age of $95.00. the former head of the roman catholic church, stunned the world when he resigned in 2013. he was a 1st pope to step down in 600 years. but france has called him a noble kind man. was a gift to the church and the world a bundle of us in the late inquest, a momento. at this moment, our thoughts go to our dearest benedict, the 16th, who left us this morning. it is with emotion that we remember this person so noble, so kind of young and we feel in our heart such gratitude, gratitude to god for having gifted him to the church and the world. gratitude to him with all the good he has accomplished. and especially for his witness of faith and prayer, especially in these last years of his retired life is only god knows the value and strength of the intersection of his sacrifices offered the good of the church out there was poor brennan takes a look at the former pope's legacy. benedict the 16th final actors. pope arguably changed the catholic church more than anything else he achieved during his entire atm papacy. on february 28th 2013 benedict became the 1st pope in nearly 600 years to resign. and with his departure flight over the rooftops of rome he officially left behind the vatican the enclave. where he'd held key leadership positions for decades. the official reason for the than 85 year olds decision was frail health. the vatican stress benedict didn't suffer from any specific illness, but even by 2011, his physical deterioration was obvious. and he had to use a wheel platform to make his way down the long aisle of saint peter's basilica. in his roomy shoes anteater getting in these last months, i felt my energies declining, and her boss got insistently and pray to grant me his light. and to help me make the right decision or not loving the church means whole. so having the courage to make difficult and painful decisions always look into the good of the church and not of oneself. benedict was elected pope in 2005, his reputation as a hard liner, earned him the sobriquet gods rottweiler. he was a traditionalist with strict views on catholic doctrine, but his was a troubled papacy. benedict certainly made numerous efforts to tackle the global problem of child sex abuse by catholic clergy. but he was also criticized for his own past failures and inadequate handling of abuse cases. and in 2012 documents leaked by his butler in the vatike scandal, revealed a papal administration, riddled with factional power struggles and financial mismanagement. i was at least conclave knows a very different feeling, a very different dynamic in the 20131. it was as if and is it the 16th bite by retiring by, standing down simply handed over a job. you know, that was, that was that needed to be done straight away. he handed over, as it were, an inbox, you know, that was very clear. and so the cardinals were able to say, right, this is what needs doing. who is the best person to do the job? the full reasons for benedict resignation may never be known, but the message of reform that it seemed to cent is credited with profoundly influencing the cardinal's choice of pope frances. as benedict successor or benedict, the 16th body will lion state. from monday at the basilica in vatican city, hope frances will lead a funeral service on thursday in saint peter's square. meanwhile tributes have been pouring in from global leaders, but german chancellor left sholtes as the world had lost a formative figure of a catholic church. georgia maloney, italy's prime minister remembered benedict as a giant of faith and reason. and the french president de manuel mcroy hailed benedict phase work towards a more brotherly world. and britain's prime minister re, she soon said he was saddened by the death of a great theologian. but people had been remembering for martha benedict and the german town of mock till he was born to stealing this kid trick. not early the mood is somber. of course, sir, we are in a state of deep sorrow because he is our po, pops, our pope from mark told up, and we born his passing on me. do you think him, i believe it's heavily for him and that it was his wish. so it's the way he wanted it to happen that he is now with the lord. so i made him personally twice during the paypal visit here. so i stood over there when he got out of the car and walked through the crowd. he even shook my hand, but i noticed that already that he was wake. he was shaking, but he still went around and grated people. north korea's lead as promising an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons state media. se kim junglin has ordered new intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability . he says he wants the arsenal to outclass us and south korean forces. not as it was unit skimmed joint us now live from the south korean capital units at warnings . from the north korean leader he intends to increase the country's nuclear arsenal . but what more did he have to say that yeah, happy new year from sole dera. 2022 was bookmarked by north korea with those 3 short range, ballistic missiles and justice warning opened up with another north korean short range, ballistic miss out less than 3 hours into 2023. and this, that we are hearing this morning from north korean state media that these were from the mult, the super large multiple rocket launcher, which would align with assessments by people here and soul. that these were of the k and type of ballistic missiles which runs on solid fuel. now it is rare for north korea to launch a ballistic missile on the 1st of the year, which is usually reserved for a new years address of some sort by leader kim chung. and now it could be posturing as it did come hours ahead of an announcement by state media that leader king john . then during a enlarge plenary meeting that had run all week last week up until saturday. which discusses goals for the new year had ordered a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, also for a mass production of tactical nuclear weapons. it said it would also achieve a military, a satellite program at the earliest date in order to strengthen its sovereignty and security. st. media also said that these come as the unparalleled efforts by the u. s. and south korea to isolate and stifle and north korea in an asian version of nato. so certainly we're setting up for another eventful year on the korean peninsula. all right, so, you know, give live us the in, sol, eunice. thank you. not also to come here now does air including canada, becomes the latest country to impose cove at 19 check. some companies from china, where infections a soaring and a new year, a new currency. we find out how correlations are feeling about john in euros in morning status. ah hello, welcome. snellville, a cat. the international forecast. we've got yet more snow in the forecast for japan. i'm afraid it's been quite over the last couple of days, but the winds just veering back round to more than north westley direction. so we're feeding that see effect snow into japan as we go on through the next couple days. western parts of han, she, some areas could see another $40.00 to $50.00 centimeters of snow over the next 2 or 3 days was snow there to northern part, surging the sea just pushing across into hawkeye. are the sort of the mountains, not too bad. i think it should be generally dry with some brightness and sunshine to just around tokyo and south thereof. that he a dry, crisp sunshine, blue sky sparkling sunshine. therefore we're creating a solar m minus to celsius is a plus day for beijing, generally dry here. bit more clerical, southern parts of china, now plenty cloud making its way towards vietnam over the next day. or so. the northeast li monsoon, just driving showers into central and southern parts of vietnam, and we'll see some live showers just lingering across a good part of the philippines. you shall scattering a showers in malaysia. indonesia seems a big down. pause over the next few days. no significant downpours across much of south asia. you might catch a shower or 2 interest lanka, but for india is lottie. dry had fine. ah ah ah. ah lou ah, welcome back. a good reminder. the top stories here on to 0, explosions of shaken ukraine's capital less than an hour into the new year. i follow a barrage of missile strikes by russia targeting tea and other cities. the 1st blasts of 2023 hit 2 districts. leaders around the world, a paying tribute to former pope benedict 16 there was died at the age of 90. 5 benedict led the catholic church for just under 8 years. he stepped down and 2013 because of ill health. and north korea's leaders promising an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. kim jong has ordered new intercontinental ballistic missiles. edible of a nuclear counter strike. isn't a secondary protests in bolivia as santa cruz region after the arrest of a right wing opposition leader police were out in force after fridays, violent confrontations with supporters of jail. governor luis fernando camacho. he was arrested on thursday and placed in pre trial detention camacho denies accusations of leading a qu during protest through 2019 that forced then president, even moran is from power one claudia legend. as a political analyst, he says, support for camacho has grown in other parts of bolivia. 6 months ago. nobody of the rest of the provinces would be backing a ha camacho very much baby, him have very much sympathy yet. they didn't have very much. ah, to begin to have a good opinion of camacho, today's different today you can see very many protest. not only you, santa cruz, but also indifferent prob, of bolivia because the bolivian people is feeling that it's not only come out to that same period. but everybody else that everybody else could be kidnapped, everybody else could be. everybody from the position could be taking to prison. they have complete power. odyssey and the, the party in government for after 15 years in power, they have the parliament, they have the police, they have intelligence laid by cubans. and the military's all think crazy by humans . very humans are very keen, oper, oper, oper, active, political, military operative. so i think he will faith probably the same faith that jamie, i knew that because there is no organized opposition that can stop for the time being he's doing the government, this kind of human rights violations. but still president elect to luther nasty luma. the silver will be sworn in later on sunday. security has been stepped up outside congress and the capital brasilia. soon the supporters of been gathering for the event now to beat out, going to need a job both scenarios in october. after a divisive and bitterly fort campaign. canada has become the latest country to impose cobra, 1900 checks on travelers from china, where infections a soaring from january, 5th, they'll have to show a negative p c r test for departure. canada joins a growing list of countries. introducing similar measures. you members are expected to meet on wednesday to discuss a joint response on chinese president chasing pings, says the country is entering a new phase in combating the pen pandemic and its 1st comments. since the government abandons its 0 covered strategy this month, the call for unity and televised address. beijing's handling of the outbreak has prompted criticism at home and consent abroad for city reports from hong kong. at this shopping mall in beijing, people take a few moments to stop and listen to the chinese precedence new year's speech. she didn't ping appealed for unity as his administration faces criticism at home. but it's handling of corona virus from want to move back. china is so big a country for different people will have different demands and different views on the same thing, which is normal. well, it is necessary to build consensus through communication and consultation. this more would normally have been packed on new year's eve. but infections have searched since the government abruptly reversed it. 0 cove, it policy. and that's put a damper on celebrations. i forgot has actually to was all about cove law. i hope the panoramic goes away in 2023 and a country goes back to normal. what i see to, to him, the whole of last year, the pandemic is horrible. i hope i don't have to stay at home this new year in hong kong. the mood is decidedly different. nearly all cove, it requirements were removed on thursday. people out to party and hoping for a better year ahead. man, bring hong kong back. yeah. we hope that hong kong is going to be back to its former glory. why, how cold it goes away earlier? cuz it's affecting everybody. so yeah, the like the only indication cove it is still a concern. here are these face masts are mandatory and all public faces even outdoors. but while china and hong kong have relaxed cove, it ruins of the countries are fearful of another wave of infections and have placed restrictions on visitors from these places. and some health experts say the increased cases in china could lead to the development of new variance of the virus . florence li, al jazeera, hong kong residents in india's capital, are complaining of breathing problems as pollution and gulf. the city new denny's air quality used. it gets worse at winter, as commer winds cause dust and small to accumulate work has been stopped on construction sites, preferred as a warning, equality will worsen. sh. so polluting fuels including coal, had been banned in and around new delhi. it's the latest attempt to improve air quality, but many are concerned. the band could affect businesses and the livelihoods of thousands of people, poverty, metal revolt, bit by bit agriculture waste is shoveled into a boiler powering this factory in northern india. the unit next door is using natural gas. both textile plants had been running on coal, but after the government announced a bad on polluting fuels beamed on our spend a $150000.00 to switch over. he says his operating costs have doubled little them from the bottom of our industries unable to compete, it's much cheaper to die, textiles and cities like food i call program. one job is still using medical. the industry here is a grieving. and so we are thinking of shifting our factories to others. the region around new delhi is one of the most polluted in the wood ed remains toxic, despite several efforts to reduce it. now authorities have band industries from burning polluting fuels. it's also illegal for people to use coal in their home. according to government data, the region uses 1700000 tons of code every year. industrial emissions are gone for about 30 percent of the pollution this band is aimed at reducing them and also phasing out dependence on fossil fuels. the high cost of switching to alternative fuels has for some businesses to shut down. while some are moving to areas where coal is allowed, others are planning to sell and recover their investment handle malta, we are living hand to manage that we are struggling to repay our loans. people here are desperate. i'm not the only one suffering we even considered protesting, but business people don't want that bank. i got that liberty have on is on the committee that recommended the bad. she says it's the only way to drive change. a risk to some is convince that president spots of development is not sustainable. and therefore they have to adopt cleanup. the only problem today's due to have the money. i'm not in favor of subsidies, but maybe a sort of soft tomo plans are exempt from the ban. many business people rely on fuel want the government to ease restrictions, or give them financial support to make the transition bargaining missile. odyssey deandre, northern india, the libyan coast guard says it stopped a ship can at least $700.00 refugees and migrants as one of the largest interceptions in recent months. the vessel was reportedly blocks on friday, near a town west of been ghazi, as it was, making its way to europe. the migrants are set to come from several countries. already say those who enter libya and eagerly will be returned to their home nations. croatia has adopted the europe as of midnight on january. the 1st comes almost 10 years off and joined the you. it also becomes part of the shingles zone, meaning unrestricted, travel to other member nations without identification checks, stephanie decker reports and the capital zagreb, on how creations feel about the change. it's not just a new year, it's also a whole new currency. and here in crecia feelings are mixed seems every, every country who took on the euro, you less than the stuff leaving the downs you, i think is going to be the same in creation of me. so i'm not happy because i think everything will be more expensive to be honest, i don't really care about that much. i think it's probably a natural transition and that's fine with me when it comes to business imports, exports, and the tourism. the crecia is hugely reliant on many say it's a benefit. more than half of our external trades done, the, the euro zone countries, and approximately 2 thirds of the tourist overnight face done by the tourists who are coming from the euro area. so for us, it's a huge, it's important for our tourism, for our economy. jeweler, mario not guy agrees, i think it will be easier to work and many levels and we don't lose money on conversions. the challenge in the short term, however, is that for the next 2 weeks, the local currency can still be used to buy, but the change must be in euro's. we will be a little exchange, but though i will push more kind of payment and just slowly transition i think i hope the card payment will work would if that breaks down and then we are the 1st day of 2023 has another 1st 2 as the euro currently takes over your career is also entering the shank and zone. it's the 1st time a country adopt both on the same day. and that means that from now on, if you're entering or exiting from the change in zone, no more identity or board of trucks. most of creation is foreign visitors or european said a lot, definitely know borders. and border control or sunday free movement of people and everything. yes. for now, it's the new euro. that is one of the main subjects of conversation. and prices will continue to be displayed in both currencies as the people navigate their way through the transition. many years also, i'm sorry we are losing the corner, but nobody as the people, i feel sorry because i think a country which has their own currency maintains its identity and historical values . not just an economic and political change, but for many here. the last of the small sense of creation identity, even if it comes with the benefits. stephanie decker, al jazeera, i grabbed brazil is in a 3rd day of national mourning for pele, widely known as the king of football. the late football legends wake will be held on monday at the club stadium in santos, where he 1st made his name. tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a funeral possession, carrying his coffins with the city on tuesday. john hallman has more from santos. were in the museum, dedicated pele in his home town, santo's, and you can really see here where it all started for him. this is a shoe shining box that he built with his uncle, and that used in the 1st years of his life to shine shoes in the local railway station. it's a piggyback for the few coins it managed to put together to try and play a match. and it then grew from there, obviously to more than a 1000 goals later and 3 wo cups that he was. you can see there's actually in this museum, a floor dedicated to each of the woke ups. and i asked one of the people that had traveled here to, to see this museum. what made him so special? there's been a lot of great plays and a lot of great brazilian plays and he just pointed to 3 of the stalls. i'm is brazilian and said, who else is 13 wo cups. but for a lot of people in brazil, he was more than that. they referred to him as someone who unified the country, someone that everyone seemed to be able to get behind because he kept it simple. he was seen as keeping it reasonably humble. and he was seen as someone that spread joy through some difficult times. in brazil, most of the time he was playing the country, had a military government military dictatorship, which he play through. so if you come a little bit further this way as well, we'll see some of his achievements throughout the years since he became more famous . he started playing obviously, in his teenage years and he won the cut when he won the woke up, he was only at 17 when he was playing in the final. you can see that right at the end of it. remember this, the boy that is gone from shoe shining in that railway station. here he is with one of the presidents of the united states that he met jimmy carter with a bow. and obviously in the later part of his life, pele became very well known among the movie world, among famous celebrities. until he died at the age of 82 in south. paolo now from oakland to london, the world has been ringing in 2023. has a quick look at some of the new year celebration ah with with with ah, ah, richard of the headlines here on al jazeera explosions of shaken ukraine's capital less than an hour into the new year. they follow a barrage of missiles strikes by russia.