groups is a bit of. a child being in russia today on t.w. news. this is news coming to you live from poland and russia shrugs off international pressure over its fair up with ukraine accord detained supreme incidence captured in a neighbor's the weekend moscow also insists the clash in waters of the and its crimean peninsula orchestrated by. a taliban leader

dismisses a qana songs plan for peace settlement this is it now gone the some confidence in geneva to find ways to stabilize the country after seventeen years of conflict. and reseal from a young german muslim hoping to shape the future of concrete and steel feed this as chile brings together political religious and academic leaders in a conference focused on integration and. on the thought she must go has shrugged off suggestions by european officials that it could face fresh sanctions over the crimean crisis tensions escalated between moscow and kiev off to russia sees three ukrainian naval vessels in a skirmish on sunday at least a dozen sailors have been detained for trial ukraine's president has warned its

neighbor is for bread and for war and requested bowen's help. speaking on ukrainian state television president petro poroshenko said he turned to berlin after the kremlin failed to respond to his request for dialogue it was. immediately that night i ordered a phone conversation with the president of russia vladimir putin. we did not receive any response and i had to turn to the german chancellor so that she could talk to put on the immediate release of ukrainian servicemen and ukrainian ships. poroshenko also said the authorities would take all necessary steps to release the ukrainian sailors detained on sunday when russia seized three vessels off the crimean coast captured sailors appeared in a russian court and were charged with unlawfully entering the country carrying

weapons they face up to six years in prison. earlier other sailors were shown on russian television saying they had deliberately entered russian waters as a provocation kiev denounced what it described as forced confessions moscow accuses kiev of sparking the sea skirmish to boost support ahead of an election. most probably this provocation took place in order to achieve certain political decisions which are beneficial for the current president of ukraine. if. ukraine accuses russia of illegally capturing its ships and sailors of the coast of crimea president petro poroshenko now claims moscow is preparing for an invasion together with the country's parliament he has imposed martial law in the regions bordering russia for thirty days. fundamentally the whole martial law is. getting the resources together. for

everybody here in ukraine to understand. he's a hero place whence the russians come for us president poroshenko insisted the measures won't interfere with elections shuttled for march but his decree is causing concern and confusion in the capital kiev for ukrainians it's unclear what changes martial law will bring after a four year sand off with russia peace seems the distant outcome. just a short while ago russian president vladimir putin commented in public on the situation for the first time it turned out that among crew members to security services members were on the board and they confessed they were members of the security services of ukraine so all fine fine place off

three media truck asians it was intended to use it as a pretext to introduce the martial law in the country it has nothing in common with an attempt to him settle for relations between russia and ukraine it is them play for escalation it is a dirty game within the country in order to him a surprise political opponent. the leader because one and nick connelly joins us now from the ukrainian capital kiev they did their reports on russia's deploying new surface to air missiles to the crimean peninsula and ukraine's president reportedly said there's a russian troop buildup at the border what do you hearing there. good morning amritsar well yes though that information about russia deploying.

ground to air missiles crimea that is official we've heard that from several sources in russia today in terms the intelligence provided by petro poroshenko yesterday the that was intelligence information satellite images that he showed ukrainian journalists purporting to show russian tanks massing along ukraine's borders over that's very hard to verify independently but this is definitely worrying we've seen in the past during exercise this kind of thing but given the confrontation we've had in the strait of courage is really the first time that russia and ukraine have faced off against each other directly the conflict that's been going for the last four years is by proxy that's ukraine against russian backed separatists nice the country but this is really the first time that the professional militaries of both countries seem to be standing and standing off against each other in such a direct way and we're hearing that moscow's concerns lie over a planned a ukrainian naval base which is being built in the area which moscow feels good to threaten its geo strategic interests and russia's holding seven ukrainian citizen

refusing to let them go is it normal to happen to them. in terms of the fate of the ukrainian sailors they were yesterday most of them given two month sentences for illegally crossing russia's borders. having said that i think you know the legal detail is less important if we get some kind of resolution to this we might see them out through some kind of humanitarian deal equally if the political situation continues to worsen they may spend a lot longer in detention in terms of those plans by ukraine to up its defenses its naval defenses on the sea of as of i think it's still very unlikely that ukraine in the near future will in any way be able to challenge russia there has been talk from some russian sources about fears that ukraine's might bring nato forces there but there's no real clear perspective of nato offering ukraine any further guarantees so this all does seem fairly farfetched for now. that is the.

economy speaking to me from the ukrainian capital kiev just a short while ago. let me have been the operative with some of the stories making news around the world a scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies has defended his work at a genetics conference in hong kong he is young quick said he was proud off his research he says he altered the d.n.a. of twin girls a claim but sparked outrage amongst other scientists. an explosion outside a chemical plant in china has killed at least twenty three people the blast took place in the city of course some hundred sixty kilometers northwest of the capital beijing several dozen vehicles were destroyed in the blaze. and of gonna stand the settlement with the taliban can be reached in a step by step process that's according to the of gone present of danny as he

presented a roadmap to peace today at a u.n. conference in geneva the biggest challenge however has been to get the taliban on board we hear from one militant leader who is far from the afghan capital kabul and also far from interested in peace. our camera man has been waiting in a hotel in west afghanistan for two days he doesn't want to be recognized. suddenly a phone call and he's picked up by a heavily armed man wearing a mask. he's taken to a small village under the taliban's control three hours away then. the appears surrounded by bodyguards the combat gear is not just for appearances this taliban leader has no interest in a ceasefire. doesn't matter if the american government talks with us it doesn't matter if the discussions take place in moscow kabul was pakistan or qatar. flown all the way was want to throw sand in our eyes and lolo's to sleep so we stop

fighting. as he has been living in the underground for seventeen years now his fighters have been waging a war against the afghan government and western troops based in the country. he is said to have organized countless suicide bombings including ones which killed dozens of civilians for a few years now he's also been fighting against rival taliban factions the islamist group appears to be deeply divided that doesn't seem to stop their military successes however they now control more than half of afghanistan the taliban feel like they're heading towards victory and want nothing less than the reestablishment of an islamic state. in islam which is esteemed. democrat to. its woman fields. like two weeks ago in moscow the taliban took part in a major international conference for the first time after years of being locked out

of talks the taliban have gained acceptance that's also an acknowledgment in part of the nations involved in afghanistan that their previous military strategy has failed just conflicts because everyone knows of there will be no me. the true solution to the conflicts in afghanistan the americans and nato as well as the taliban recognize that outright victory is not possible and sometimes it is important to make peace with your enemies as well as your friends sometimes painful compromises have to be made. and many of the civilian population will be forced to compromise too already in taliban controlled regions there are almost no women in public just like in the village where our camera man was allowed to film the taliban has already removed many civil liberties. more going to the west wants our women to be naked prophet forbids this but i would send our women to school even let them a treat in hospitals but only according to islamic principles it's unclear how many

of the taliban are willing to compromise and how many irreconcilable. these fighters don't see themselves as terrorists rather as insurgents but as our cameraman leaves the fighters tell him that actually they want peace too but they want it on their terms. a conference focused on islam and integration is under way here in britain and it's quite simply the german islam conference was the fourth of its kind since two thousand and six interior minister horsey ofa is the official host this is the organizers say they've invited liberal theologians social scientists and academics but critics say in the past the conference have promoted a too conservative form of islam some point a half million people in germany are muslim and our next report be here from one woman who's trying to encourage a more nuanced version of a faith. understanding how muslims are perceived in germany is the mission for.

an author and the daughter of moroc an immigrant's she was born and raised in germany she comes from a conservative religious home sundays were devoted to learning verses from the koran by heart but at the same time she managed to follow her own interests. when i would have it was a huge deal to my mother that i should be independent there was nothing off limits no sense that you can't do this or that just because you're a girl. with fewer restrictions on what she could do and must have had an easier upbringing than many young muslims in germany now thirty seven she writes books portraying the complex city of muslim life and disc keen to dispel stereotypes she says all too often women are depicted as victims and men are unable to show any sign of anxiety or insecurity. and must i believe both muslims and non muslims need to abandon such oversimplified views. it is much much. time to tie

on the one hand some muslims have a romanticized image of other muslims and ignore anything problematic within their own community all they set themselves against mainstream non muslim society on the other hand you have those who are panicking the islam has almost completely taken over is in quotes up. for many muslims their big turbos surrounding religion family and sexuality but instead of breaking down these barriers and muslims says some muslim groups reinforce them she is critical of the german islam conference for including in her view to many conservative groups. to my school although with all this most muslim groups don't believe in equality they are highly patriarchal some are actually reaction or anything and that's certainly not interested in islam becoming more liberal or in advancing gender equality that's

the best i'm going to dinner for i won't walk in and must rest opinion that's exactly what german islam requires emancipated muslims who are not held back by tradition or the dictates of religion living freely and enjoying equal rights. chats with young women in their peril in a cafe they too want to see an open mind it islam. and for more the german islam conference you can always check out our website that's d.w. dot com and do stay with us because helen i will be with you shortly with our business news. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with six people in a room and. it was hard i was free. i even got white hair. learning the german language hit me a lot this gets me it up.