the the, this is the w news live from berlin. the european union agrees on fresh sanctions on russia. the death of dissident alexis, of all new motivates the you to put more pressure on the kremlin for it's invasion of ukraine. we look at whether previous sanctions are having the desired effect. also coming up, the un security council moves to force an end to the fighting in gaza. but the us lots of resolution calling port and then media troops as china and other nations criticize the us veto washington proposes its own cease fire resolution for the 1st

time. and the manager of germany's football champions goes from 0 to 0 as buyer and unit give thomas to quote the booth at the beginning of at the end of a disappointing season. the sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the well has agreed on the 13th round of sanctions against russia. the move coming as the kremlin is war against ukraine nears it's 2nd anniversary. the death last week of russian dissident alexi and a volley has also played a big part in the use moved to punish moscow beyond the measure is already in place . lucio shelton is our brussels correspondent and gave us more details about the new sanctions on russia. yes, so there is an agreement in principle by the european union states investigators on

the 13th package of sanctions against russia. and in this package, which has not yet been published. there supposedly nearly $200.00 persons and entities listed. and they are also new measures for seen to avoid sanction um, circumvention which is making use sanctions in effect this. so this is what has been agreed to today. they will still have to sign it also officially and then it needs to be published in the official journal. it only been the sanctions will enter into force. and it is for seen that this will happen by saturday 24th. the 2nd anniversary of the russian arrangement into ukraine. so let's get a little bit more background because since february 2022, the you has band goods worth over 43000000000 euros and would have been exported to russia. those include advance technology items like radar systems, drones, camouflage, gear weapons and luxury items off by russia's lead me in portside. meantime the

goods under sanctions are even more value valuable. russian commodity is worth 90. 1000000000 euros are now banned across the block equal in coal, iron gold and steel, as well as much as most iconic and coveted products vodka and caviar. here's a look at how russians economy is doing under the penalties that are already in place. the defense industry is currently the most important pillar of the russian economy. thanks to significantly increased government spending. the defense industry accounts with 10 percent of gd pay. all the sectors such as the steel industry, also benefiting off to the slump in 2022. the russian economy is now growing, according to data from mosca. gross is also full cost for 2024. it does come as you get this message english. what's that? what's happening? what's the russia is actually what i'm running late,

becoming more like the soviet union in that it has high spending on the military and in some cases heavy industry. and at the same time, the level of consumption is holding for the population people seat. the cycle box industrial production is also doing surprising. the well, for example, in the automotive sector, components are increasingly coming from china, off to the europeans, withdrew from russia, thanks to chinese impulse, the russian economy is being kept afloat. she never takes that tradition is china, or is of course not officially participating in the sanctions. so it is not a partner, so to speak of the western states when it comes to sanctions. and sometimes when get to finance impulse, russia needs exports, income from gas sales. these are full and dramatically at times. the use extensive impulse band seems to have had an effect. tapping into a new customers with new pipelines is only a partial substitute. volume simple the with the 5

lines uh on a different uh when you compare them for lots of defy plays, come from sport, uh to, to the you or come from sport to, to china and even the new infrastructure of products. like all else i give you a tool of stealing the. ready you funds they however oil sales rushes 2nd most important source of export revenue almost as good as before the war and ukraine. this is despite use sanctions. i am just enforcing a price cat of $60.00 us dollars a barrel transportation of oil. um probably are violating that because so there is a week i'm for as many to on the side of it is there is also a shadow trading uh where you know all the is uh, uh, discharged. uh and the charge of the on another bus or the. ready sees a more and more oil is ending up in india. its most important oil supply is no

russia. nevertheless, rushes growth is partly finance don't credits, including military spending. how long can put seen actually afford to do this? this come with the concepts. i can write that for quite a while. well, so i'd have to brush i had a very low deb leveled at the beginning of the war. it still has a low debt level even now actually extend. russia does not look set to run out of money to finance the board and ukraine any time soon. and here are some other stories making headlines. russia has banned to the us funded broadcast or radio free europe radio liberty designating it as quote, an undesirable organization. it is the latest outlet to be targeted by the kremlin is cracked down on free media, which stepped up since it began its invasion of ukraine. the police in india have fired tear gas, protesting farmers has thousands of them,

were preparing for their march to deli, 4 rounds of talks with the federal government have so far failed. the farmers formed a major voting block in india and their anger could impact national elections due in a few months time. south korea's private, a star has inspected an emergency medical unit after thousands of training, doctors walked out in protest. without enough staff, 5 major hospitals in sol have had to cancel and nearly half of their scheduled surgery. younger doctors are protesting the government's new plan to increase medical seats. the u. s. has vetoed an arab back, the resolution and the un security council demanding a ceasefire in the war between israel and loss, which is labeled a terrorist organization in many countries. china and even us ally, france criticized washington for blocking the resolution a 3rd time. the u. k. of stained and the vote. well, 13 voted in favor. you know,

he, les instead proposed its own plan between the new american draft resolution calls for a temporary cease fire linked to the release of hostages. hell, bring him on it and sustain here's what time is investigator. i have to say about washington's veto. it was the veto exercised by the united states that stifled counsel consensus made what the us veto sent the wrong message. pushing the situation in gaza into more dangerous territory that can be. journalist felix lee is an expert on china. i asked him what he made of china's comments. yes. well, hello. yeah, china wants to position and solve the voice of the global fault and i'm enjoying 2 of these countries. to be honest, i think, is rarely exaggerating with its actions is a god a strip and the most aggressive voice against israel, south africa, brazil, and other large, emergent countries criticize these way. the government,

you more view mentally? oh, well yeah. trying as a time to try to present itself with a comfortable i'm just calling for the excavation without making any constructive suggestions on its own. yet, at least on the outside to what extent trying to actually play a constructive role remains to be seen. and the also chinese deployments often lack the experience to meet if effectively so yeah, i'm also curious how much of china will get involved. it's been interesting to track the commentary because i mean china has, has not been very outspoken since the october 7th, the tax on israel, although it has repeatedly called for a cease fire. and god, can you explain to us from, from, you know, from a strategic perspective, what is at stake for beijing in the middle east, and in this conflict and blood sugar? oh, yeah, sorry, yeah. china, its the testing itself. and what is it uh, do to china has on the diplomatic level, i think there's

a lot going on behind the scenes. we should under estimate china, the china has becoming increasingly involved in the middle east. we are, we were last year we were completely surprised that the leadership in building manage to bring the wholesale state. so i ran in saudi arabia together last year and trying to insult in the middle east has increased a little bit. and that is certainly will all come by many countries also in the middle east. so yeah i, i'm also curious what, how china will get involved in, in, in, in, in israel and the conflict as well. it gets a posting in, to what extent does china playing to a domestic audience on this issue given it's many troubles at home, not, not least with the economy. well yeah, the kind of big problems in china are big, but china phone policy approach and little to do with the

a domestic problems at home and i can join me. it is not the keys at the middle east conflict place. a major role for the majority of the chinese people, quite the opposite is perceived as a distance conflict. what many trying to feel, however, is that the us above all has double standards when it comes to human rights violations by the is really government that you have criticism as well, does not go as far as it does with other human rights violations. of course, by this channels and wants to distract attention from its own human rights violations. journalists and china expert felix lee. thank you so much for joining us to show that to you. thank you. i soon. this league champions byron municipal part ways with coach thomas to hold at the end of the current season. now to close position has been questioned in recent weeks after run of the re straight, the fees fluffed buyer off the pace and the bone does take

a title race. and on the brink of illumination and europe's champions league to hole took over as buyer and coach last march for helping them to 11th consecutive one dislike a title some more until his departure from buyer and munich, cress harrington from database forces. here with us in the studio was this is the price above all else we need is the most important thing for buyer. and it's uh, boss is without a question. and when you factor in time is too old. you look at the 1st piece of silver, where the 1st title he won was gifted thanks to told me he arguably didn't even earn the one, but as a good title. he, he got with a buyer munich. and, you know, a shock not at all. i did expect this to come because one thing you realized about by meeting they've been winning so much. and so often going to their 12 title in a row. they don't even put way the but as they go on there to do list anymore, it's a foregone conclusion that they would win the league. the champions league is what they're about when you look at just

a bruises and bob stool is gotten along the way. booted from the german cut. molly bought by labor crews and beat up in the champions league looking. maybe they don't even advance in that competition. and then they're looking up at 8 points in labor cruising right now. it's not a shock, so they don't have to explain to us because i mean they, they brought in thomas to whole, right. i mean, this is a guy with a track record at p. s. g, a chelsea was able to do some great things. why could he not replicate that now? if fire well to who is an acquired taste? you know, he doesn't really deal with management. everything is all good when you're winning, you know, but once you're losing, once things get a bit difficult to hold, typically has a gets my weight or the highway attitude reports are he lost half of the locker room environmental after the most recent last a bowl home manuel lawyer held in high regard, the cap in the goalkeeper. he said, we need to question everything. and i think he probably gave thomas to all aside i, after you said that comment, you know, so you, the locker room is split. you're not winning anything. i think it's very clear you

have to make a change any time you've had this, ron and a coach. forces you to press the reset button and not when you're 12 title in a row that coaches to go. what do you think of the timing of the announcement? because mean, does this now hurt byron's chances of salvaging? you know, whatever it is they could salvage. and in the meantime, before he's gone, i'm scratching my head on that, you know myself. i think the timing of the situation is horrible, but to a had no confidence of winning the title anyways. he said that he doesn't think they'll do it. you know, that trickles down to the team. and now the team is split. there's a split divide. i think the only thing going for buying right now, possibly cherry came, setting a new single season record for scoring goals. that's all i can see in buying unix immediate future. at least there's that growth harrington database for i think. thank you. now here in berlin, director martin scorsese has been honored with a lifetime achievement award at the international film festival to berlin. our

1st easy receiving the award. speaking of his ups as a love for cinema and saying that he will keep making his movies his latest film killers of the flower moon will be competing at the oscars in just over 2 weeks. you're up to date. thanks for watching. the we are all set we are watching to see all the to bring you the story behind the new will on about come by as information for free might say, do 10 in the

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