this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin president obama clears the u.s. is back on the world stage by delivers his 1st foreign policy address announcing a reversal of the problems america 1st agenda he vows to end support for the war in yemen and halt the withdrawal of troops from germany also coming up they protested in moscow and now they're paying the price we speak to friends and relatives of

those arrested in protests supporting opposition leader. who's due back in court today this time on charges of slander. and fleeing war only to find more suffering bitter cold and the pandemic make life even harder for syria's refugees sheltering. we meet a family whose efforts to keep war ended in tragedy. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. president joe biden has outlined his vision for u.s. foreign policy in his 1st major policy speech biden sought to assert u.s. global leadership rebuild alliances and reverse donald trump's america 1st agenda here nelson and to support for the war in yemen and a halt to the withdrawal of u.s.

troops from germany. the united states is ready to engage with the world again that was dr biden's message from the mob of holes of washington state department for biden this means foreign policy must be grounded in the multilateral wote rather than in defense of america's interests that puts america 1st america is back to plumb lucy is back at the center of our foreign policy. so that the us will once more try to find solutions to the world's problems like in yemen the world would she managed in crisis years of conflict of destroyed much of the country killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving more need starvation. the us has given tacit backing to one side of that war no more says biden this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment we are and you all american support for

offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales biden also said he's ministrations diplomacy will involve a clear defense of democracy he called on me and my generals to surrender power. and he signaled a tougher tone on russia than the last administration urging the release of kremlin critic alexei navalny and pledging you'll keep plugging that putin's kremlin in check. days the united states rolling over in the face of russia's aggressive actions interfering with our elections cyber attacks poison its citizens are over. biden strengthening the u.s. the stance on russia and china will mean reaching out to washington's old allies in europe and elsewhere. he ordered a freeze on u.s. troop withdrawals a parole board. including from the us is bases in germany

the trumpet ministration war to pull out nearly $10000.00 troops biden will depart from that plan. america in the alliances are our greatest asset and leave you with diplomacy means standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies and key partners once again the sudden ministration comes to power with diplomats marlowe and its alliance this child feeling restoring both will be a huge challenge. to w.'s pitta little adult is monitoring the story for us peter what sort of vision did biden lay out for america's place in the world. well what we saw there was really buying you know trying to turn the page on 4 years of isolationism and really restore diplomacy ass the u.s. main tool of choice it was a speech that in some ways reminded me of former president teddy roosevelt's famous

phrase speak softly and carry a big stick. they're clearly promising to counter advancing authoritarianism singling out russia and china you know saying really putting them on notice with regard to human rights abuses singling out china's unfair trade practices so a very clear signal there that the times are changing or really we're returning to or turning our backs on the policies that we saw during the trial but ministrations of the of the courting of more authoritarian regimes also talking about restoring. america's moral leadership there saying you know that he wanted a strong support for l g b t rights but also resorting america's refugee program admitting a lot more refugees into the united states and i think from a european perspective really sending a clear signal to allies that the u.s. is standing shoulder to shoulder with its allies that it will pursue

a multilateral approach and i think that's going to be music to a lot of people's ears here well talking about to. mention germany several times in his speech a real departure in tone from his predecessor. yeah i mean biden there is singling out germany as one of the us his top allies and that was very notable he also announced a freeze on the withdrawal of more than 10000 troops from the u.s. a very controversial move by the administration not ruffled a lot of feathers here in the u.s. and also maybe signaling that biden will continue to look to extract his trans-atlantic allies to also keep russia is also a signal of russia i think to tell him that the u.s. is not going anywhere but it's not a complete sigh of relief for germany maybe just yet biden also signaling that he will continue some of the pressure campaign that we saw during trying to get its

allies to spend more on their military to spend more on nato so the u.s. germany not completely off the hook and really also signaling says allies that they need to pull their weight on the global stage but that the u.s. is right there with them so a very important speech i think from both of us but also a little perspective here. peter thank you very much as always. well thousands of people have been arrested across russia this week in protests against the imprisonment of opposition leader alexei and he's due back in court today for a separate trial this time on slender charges he is expected to receive a fine or community service but more jail time is said to be unlikely meanwhile about $500.00 of the arrested protesters are being held in a detention facility near moscow outside their friends or relatives wait for news

our correspondent yury or chateau spoke with them. whose number 15 and line is this woman asks she's one of the volunteers outside of the soccer of a detention facility at 2 hour drive from moscow these people have been standing in the freezing cold since of the early morning. they want to help of their friends and relatives people who were arrested to during the protests. some of them are waiting for their sentence some are already serving it is the shame of you that we have collected warm things this is a sweater there's a sublanguage because we don't know if our friends in there have anything to cover up with little see if they're in sucks underwear t. shirts and wore gloves just in case all of this is awful even cried a few times my friends are in there. looking back. more than

7000 people have been arrested across russia in the past 10 days. the police were particularly brutal during the last protests in moscow and st petersburg on the weekend and after alex enough found his sentence some time security forces dragged people into police buses for no reason some of them were random passers by several cases are now being investigated the police. authorities argue that the protests were not authorized and therefore posed a security threat in reality however the police officers themselves have at times become a security threat to some you know sent passers by. these young people say they spent up to gabel for us as a courthouse after being detained apparently they had to sleep on the floor they were sentenced to several days in prison but since prison space seems to be running

out they have had to wait for hours in a police bus. it's stuffy one young man explains he says he spent 7 hours in here so far. it's now afternoon in front of the detention center the queue has apparently moved. they also take their time accepting the packages and a searching each one carefully and the couple at the police because this is all so surreal we don't know what all this will lead to but we want to continue fighting for our rights and our freedom was much to give you but yes of course we're also scared but many people want to keep fighting for their future on the streets we did it was the audience of. more than 500 people to be in detention behind to these fans and to more young people i expected to arrive here from moscow. especially if the protests continue. catch up on some of the stories making headlines around the

world today in indonesia activists protested the myanmar military coup outside the embassy in jakarta indonesian government is seeking a special meeting of the bloc of self east asian nations to discuss the situation in. a controversial republican lawmaker has been sanctioned for promoting chewing on conspiracy theories and and or seeing violence against democrats marjorie taylor green was removed from 2 committees after a vote in the u.s. house of representatives 11 republicans were among those voting against her green said she regretted some of her past words but stopped short of apologizing. in the u.s. state of iowa a number of people were injured in a pile up of some 40 vehicles police said 2 officers were helping with multi car crashes in the area when the larger pileup happened officials said there were no fatalities. now to syria were the conditions facing refugees in the north west

of the country or increasingly desperate there's ongoing fighting the coronavirus pandemic heavy rains and bitterly cold temperatures tens of thousands of people fled to the province about a year ago in search of safety away from the assad regime to tax or rebel territories hundreds of makeshift refugee camps were set up close to the border with turkey but they lack basic supplies and the winter weather is making things worse there is no safety there d.w. correspondent for get a short visit a family in one of the camps. to bartend frame standing among charred to ruins a reminder of the horrible night 4 weeks ago when up to him just his 10 year old daughter. in the bitter cold his 10 neighbors were trying to light a home at furnace when the entire tent went up in flames.

the fire spread very quickly there were huge flames and a motorcycle and some fuel exploded all the tents caught fire my wife and children were trapped inside the 5 made it out of the homes of. my sister yes i mean try to save our mother and she pushed her out she told her go i'll come out right after you but yes i mean got caught inside and she died. their youngest daughter also suffered severe burns and the aid organization brought the one year old to turkey for medical treatment doctors have sent messages and videos but the family's not allowed to visit. the border with turkey is closed to syrian refugees the mother fatima can barely stand it. i hope so much that you. back healthy but i saw the fire i fear the worst.

tragedies like these happen frequently in the makeshift camps in the northern eclipse tens of thousands of people are living here in miserable conditions even basic necessities latrines food heating fuel and medical care. constant heavy rain has now made the situation worse people here were cut off from all supplies for days many tents were destroyed age organisations have been doing their best but are totally overwhelmed the situation is made even worse by the rampant coronavirus infection rate anita province has risen dramatically. falling out of the country we've done what we can and together with other aid organizations and the white helmets we've tried to raise awareness about the coronavirus we've handed out masks and disinfectant but given the desperate situation it's not enough

. of them. have to fight half family are simply glad that the aid organization has given them a new tent some clothing and even a new furnace but they hardly use it despite the cold they have no money for fuel and they are terrified of using it anyway. my children and i have a psychological problem in the tent we are afraid to light the furnace when my husband isn't here so our children panic and start screaming when they see fire so it's very very hard for us. when they fled the fighting and their rates up to fatah thought they would only be here for a few days but now it's been 14 months and they are too afraid to go back home to southern eclipse because the fighting rages on. or joint or he has issues with the syria response office of the norwegian refugee

council and she joins us from beirut in lebanon thanks for being with us how would you assess the situation for refugees in syria right now. this wish for refugees in syria is terrible as there are reports. of very clearly. in syria in general we are. this here we are facing 9.9.3000000 people are facing troubles or issues having food on their plate every meal so it means that and more than 80 percent of the population is living below poverty rate in addition to that if you had the heavy rains you had become the only think of $1000.00 pounds a week and you had active conflict in some areas it meant it makes the situation for the relations very very difficult and very dire one of the refugees they have been talking to lately was telling me that the most difficult situation for him is

that him and his family don't have to be even have a point and he has been in a camp for the past 5 years 5 years without a toilet i think it's a behavior huge breach to their dignity and something that shouldn't be shouldn't exist or aid organizations managing to get resources to these camps because the conditions as you describe are very difficult. so we're managing to get aid to these carriers through several of them that it is one of them and the most important one if they're going to what we call the cross border is emotion that is going to be made even when security council every every year and there we have to call for this resolution to be really really getting to lagger why do we not have access to this will be nations anymore and the current practice isn't really very small and the funding we have is important but it's the needs are so

huge because we're talking about a warden have to population who is we need. assistance to do so so we need to me this is going to well in addition to basic humanitarian assistance which the need is dire as you say what what about the pandemic because the coronavirus pandemic is also affecting that region what are the chances chances that the displaced people in syria will have access to a coronavirus back saying this year. so this is also something that has been and these being disgusted negotiated and there we have to try to get the court here 16 inside syria to provide food full of population but to ensure in this axis we need this will be a reason to be reviewing again we see because it's our only way to be able to exit those will be patient and we also need everyone just to fit in with more funding to

make sure that it's we can provide the vaccine to hold a population in northeast syria but mostly the rest of the country the order. issue is why the big scene is coming we need to make sure in it we keep this think it's we keep providing humanitarian workers we we. think it's they need to be able to do their work safely and to prevent the populations right. thank you very much for filling us in there at that was but he has secretly with the syria response office of the norwegian refugee council. now let's look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic biotech pfizer have withdrawn a bid for emergency authorization for their vaccine in india pfizer says it will resubmit the bit with additional information required by the indian regulator the

u.s. has recorded over 40000 virus deaths in 2 weeks amid concerns that cases could spike again after gatherings for sunday's super bowl mexico has run out of vaccine doses and no new shipments are expected until the middle of this month with the hospital countries hospitals and over 80 percent capacity there denmark says it will launch a 1st version of a coronavirus vaccination passport by the end of february. now let's look at politics here in germany for almost 3 weeks now has been chairman of the german conservative party the c.d.u. but can german citizens also imagine him as chancellor as the successor to uncle americal machall has said she will not run in this fall's general election and for the 1st time since its party party's big 3 the polls in for a test deem up who germans would vote for ephedra lections were held on sunday

well the c.d.u. c.s.u. would get 34 percent which is a drop of one percentage point since polling last year the social democratic s.p.d. party would gain one percentage point the far right d remains at 10 percent followed by the business friendly f.t.p. and the left and the green party would remain 2nd strongest in the country with 21 percent support. the crane is our chief political correspondent and joins us now to help us make sense of all these numbers good to see you again melinda germany's conservatives they picked their chancellor candidate but the earth they have not picked their chancellor candidate rather they have chosen the new party leader tell us more about this poll . well i wouldn't read too much into the call at this early stage the fact is other potential chancellor candidates and party leaders have seen this kind of a bump the war and that army mash it is now enjoying immediately after their

appointments to top positions only to have that boost disappear later i'm so one example you will remember well is that of s.p.d. chancellor candidate martin shots who in the same poll in almost exactly 4 years ago saw his own and his party's ratings skyrocket only for them to plummet months later now in comparison interestingly enough despite army lashes bonus points in this poll that doesn't seem to be rubbing off on its party's party as you said the cd use own ratings are down by one percent and overall satisfaction with the c.d.u. lead federal government is down by 5 points that in fact is its lowest approval rating since the pandemic began. ok well those numbers don't really make it any easier for chancellor merkel's potential successor those are. no not at all the

fact is if you look at this poll what's really surprising is that the chancellor absolutely continues to ride high despite the drop in approval for the government and a similar fall by 4 points in the public's overall satisfaction with the government's carona management and yet she is still enjoying approval ratings of 69 percent that's down a little bit but it's still far above the 2nd strongest other politician there yet minister president possibly a successor to out of america marcus so now maybe this astonishing stability in the approval ratings for the chancellor has to do that with the fact that the majority of germans think that the current code that rules are just about right or maybe even should be telfer and she herself has indicated very clearly that she would be in the latter camp and thinks they could be tough are ok let's

drill down a little more into this poll as you might expect germans are deeply concerned about the coronavirus pandemic the focus at the moment is on everyone getting vaccinated but the back scene rollout in this country has been very bumpy if you ask germans about the pace of the back soon nation campaign the verdict is clear 68 percent think it's too slow an increase of 16 percentage points from the last survey in january now a small minority think the pace is appropriate or even too fast. what are you seeing the numbers there is is there anything the government can really do dispute up vaccine delivery at this point or new germans just new patients. i would say rather the latter there isn't a lot the government can do right at this moment and the government's vaccine summit at the beginning of this week which also included members of the pharmaceutical industry essentially admitted as much saying supplies will remain

tight until spring for about the next 8 weeks germans do need to be patient we'll see a new meeting of the federal states mr president and the federal government this coming week what we definitely are seeing is a major information offensive on the part of the government and especially the chancellor she has repeatedly appeared in prime time television interviews this week yesterday she did a big zone call with families in germany to talk about one of the main concerns and we see it by the way in this poll as well that people have concerning children and the fact that they can fall behind in school due to school closures and the chancellor has said that she will address parliament this coming week so clearly she is trying to don't go on a communication offensive to help generate that patients that people really do need to have. germany decided early on to act jointly within the european union on

vaccine rolled out the e.u. commission then negotiated with the palmer surgical companies and placed orders on behalf of member states where polling shows german citizens continue to back that joint e.u. approach and back seen ordering 63 percent expressing support but that's a drop of 7 percentage points from january and support has diminished somewhat when 3rd think the joint approach in the e.u. is wrong. some of them is still a clear majority for that you approach but smaller than before is there a risk that back scene issue the vaccine if you will fuel your of skepticism among germans briefly if you can you know what i think is notable is that such a large majority does still favor the e.u. approach yes there's been a drop that given the amount of back complicity used to getting about the vaccine shortages i would have expected a much more negative reaction and it's interesting to note that wyatt majority said although we do support this common procurement so if anything i think the pace of

the vaccine will hurt the german government but not necessarily already low expectations. when it thanks so much our chief political correspondent melinda crane. you're watching d.w. news from berlin coming up next we've got to the point for you and a look behind the coup in myanmar i'm sorry marsha thanks watch.

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