everything starts january, 17 on d, w. ah, ah ah, ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. a military court hands down in new jail sentence to all sorts of cheat be on mars out did leader gets 4 more years

in prison for being found guilty on criminal charges that's on top of convictions last month. it already carried jail time. also on the program, no back joke of it when the 1st round of his court battle to stay in australia and contest, the australian open. a melbourne court quashed the australian government's decision to cancel the tennis stars visa and ordered him released from detention. but it's not game set and match yet. plus ahead of us, russia talked on the 10th situation and ukraine would take a look at the situation along russia's border and how relations fell to such a low point. plus a brooding western and revamped west side story take tal prizes at this year's golden globes, but on televised and on watched by hollywood, have the wards finally lost their gleam. ah

hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. a military court in myanmar has sentenced, ousted leader on so on. so she to 4 more years in prison. she was convicted on several charges including possession of unlicensed walkie talkies. the conviction is just the latest chapter at a trial that critics say is politically motivated. last month pro democracy leader was convicted of incitement and breaking corona by risk rules. oh me and merged opposed, lead remains and detention. confronted with a slew of charges that could see young some, so she locked up for the rest of her life. the international community has denounced her jailing by me and mars military government, calling the legal campaign politically motivated. sushi was one scene as a beacon of human rights and the savior of me in mars democracy. thanks to her fight against the military that ruled myanmar for decades. she became the country civilian leader in 2016. but her international reputation was left in tatters after

the army suppressed. the countries were hinge of muslims by thousands died and many more were displaced. known simply as the lady, she remains immensely popular with the countries who does majority. since the military pushed their way to power, civil society, myanmar has been in disarray. clashes between the armed forces and militia groups have left scores dead and the regime has come down forcefully on widespread protests. the hunter has not relented. they are dead set on preventing sushi and her supporters from returning to power. it's get more now from tintin yoshi's, the managing director of berman news international based in bangkok, thailand. thanks for meeting with this tenant for years in prison for possession of walkie talkies and violation of corona measures. how is that sentence justified?

and these are not really surprising at all because the jim trying to make every possible way to knock down down, send you away from the various politics. so these that use this and then the men of the charges are being committed by dawson city. so we, we are not surprised, but we, we have areas that, that you know, one of the leaders of the, our county, i kept away from s and all of the people are now attack and who had been killed the lease. we are very central. tell us about the conditions under which this trial took place yet now is like the 3 more charges, of course, like i one is like she as she is found with i want to talk to you. so this is like i, she's preaching the import and export law. and also like there's also the electric

trans transition. not that you break. and also like, you know, this, the, the natural disaster management. so these are the 3 laws that, you know, they have got this new child just for 40 years. so now she with 30 or 6 years in total. but there are many other, many other charges against her. so they might want to get that she may be a 100 years. so that is very, very intentional and will that she's already, i'm 70 years old so she can live with this kind of a very true academic and from them. literally, jim, do you think this was a fair trial in search of support or say, the court proceedings against her were designed to legitimize the actions of the military regime and prevent her from returning to politics? do you agree with that?

i think as long as like at the far do not accept all the charges against her. that means that she will never lose people hope. and also i got the ball. i'm to say respect on her. so whatever the military is doing, it gives them the g. and also any wanted to get activists. it is all out of the humidity and also it is everything to be a political activist. those i would want to move in human rights. so like at the people when it's done about the action taken place and the control of the military and that of them acceptable. 1010. thank you very much. that was trenton neo with the berman news international based in bought bank cop. thank you very much. now tennis star, nobody chuck of it will be released from immigration detention in australia. after a judge overturned the australian government's decision to cancel his visa. but the

tennis stars saygos isn't over yet. the government lawyers say it may now use its powers to cancel the visa on different grounds. the rule number one player was detained after arriving in australia last wednesday. australian open organizers granted him a medical exemption from corona vaccination, but he was dramatically denied entry because of the requirements that all non citizens coming to australia must be fully vaccinated for cobit 19. to talk us through the story i'm joined now by tennis commentators, steve piers in melbourne. steve, jock, a bunch of pre how did this unfold? it's been quite the day to say the least again, with no joking, which in the style you know, and it's basically say the die has unfolded in a, in a series of moments where the federal circuit court was open and discussing the

case. and then moments when it was adjourned to the drama, the live stream of those proceedings constantly crash because of the interest in how this is going to unfold. but as a court essentially heard from and i think jumping, which is lawyers throughout the day, basically stating that the reason for the the reason for the cancellation was completely unreasonable. and that he hadn't been given enough notice. proper process of not being followed. and that even left the judge and kelly to come up with a state of what else could this man have done to, to satisfy all the conditions to come into australia and then the court was adjourned again. and it seems during this agenda, the government's lawyers and judges, lawyers and the judge have come to the understanding that really the case need go no further. because of the technicality that the buddha falls official stated at 20 past 5 on thursday morning that he can have another joke which could have

until 830 to present is his arguments as to why he should be allowed into australia . but at 742 and therefore nearly an hour before that deadline was set to expire, the visa was canceled anyway. therefore denying jock of the office. you need to speak to tennis, a strategy and put forward for the presentations. and on that basis the government does not seem to have contested this decision. and therefore the states joke of it is a free man and was 20 minutes ago. ok. so a timing technicality. very interesting. still just troubles may not be over. a government lawyer understand is warning that the immigration minister still has the power to remove jock a bit from australia. is that likely to happen when it suddenly possible? because m. so alex hook is met, feels bit like a v i r n a and a football match, doesn't it ever i'm celebrating, but now they're not really sure whether they can celebrate. we've seen the serbian

fans and supporters outside is i tell celebrating, but it is a possibility. so the government's been very strong on the fact that the actual st . moving away from that technicality of the timing wise, the actual fact of the coven infection is in their mind still. and everything that the federal government has been saying. and therefore, voter force has been saying that that is not a valid reason to be able to come into the country. start with alex, who the minister immigration is going to stand by that he can step in and cancel that job, which is visa, in which case do we then go back to the court again. oh, et cetera, et cetera. but if that candidates think in cancellation does then stand as i understand it, know that job, it would not then be able to enter the country for further 3 years. so it is really significant moment, whole around the federal government here in australia. does it stand by everything it's been saying over the last week to say that this man, mr. johnson, shouldn't be in the country or does this now just do they let the court decision

stand and everything moves on? really intriguing, fascinating, bent, complicated. last they said say thank you so much for filling us in there. that was 10 us commentators stay pierced in melbourne now least 19 people have died in a fire in a high rise apartment building in new york city. dozens more were injured when the blaze ripped through the building in the bronx had happened just days after a fire in philadelphia claimed the lives of 12 people residence are still in shock after the fire, which took so many lives in this close knit low income community. i live in this building for 16 years. i never experienced something so sad, especially at this time it was that it's like my family and see them. it's this is where it's at this cry. pain witnesses reported seeing flames

blowing out windows. the building was fitted with smoke alarms, but many residents were slow to react because of frequent false alarms. by the time they realized what was happening, thick smoke made corridors and stairwells impossible trapped residence screamed for help from the windows. i think it started in a malfunctioning electric space heater. that was the cause of the fire. the fire consume that apartment, that is on 2 floors. and part of the hallway, the door to that apartment. unfortunately, one, the residence left was left open. it did not close by itself. the smoke spread throughout the building. thus, the tremendous loss of life around 200 fire fighters responded, entering the building with breathing apparatus. they reported finding victims suffering, severe, smoke,

inhalation and cardiac arrest. in stairwells on every floor. the mayor said it was one of the worst fires, new york has seen in modern times. this is a horrific a refill, painful moment for the city of new york. and the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in our city. the numbers all a rift, malfunctioning smoke alarms and the fact that the building had no external fire escapes. i like to raise questions on safety standards in low income city housing catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. leaders from the west african regional walked eco was have imposed severe new sanctions on molly's military rulers after the hunter suggested postponing elections for up to 4 years instead of holding them next month. mani is highly

unstable and has seen 3 military takeover since 2012. most recently, last may assume these protester was killed on sunday, during demonstrations, against the military. that brings the tally of deaths since a military coup in october to $62.00, the united nations, his coal for talks between military leaders and political parties to end. a crisis triggered by the qu, cause extends interior ministry, says almost 8000 people have been detained as of monday initially peaceful protests against fuel price hikes turned violent last week. local government buildings in some, several major cities were torched. authorities have now largely restored calm in the largest city almighty with the help of russian lead troops. a week of diplomacy aimed at d escalating tensions over ukraine begins to day with representatives from russia

and the u. s. do to sit down together in geneva. tensions have risen over rushes, massing of troops and tanks near its border with ukraine. the talks are expected to be quote, difficult, western countries fear the kremlin could be planning an invasion of ukraine. moscow says it feels threatened by us and nato expansion. both sides had played down hopes of a breakthrough. us president joe biden on the phone with moscow in december, on a business like call that was meant to ratchet down tensions over ukraine. the u. s . has threatened severe economic sanctions if russia invades an advisor to russian president vladimir putin pushed back after the call that i need to such sanctions would be a colossal mistake. that would entail grave consequences. a lot of mistakes have been made over the past 30 years. and we had better avoid more such mistakes in

this situation. russia is already under sanctions for its 2014 annexation of the crimean peninsula. weeks afterwards, pro russian groups these parts of the desk and the hands for regions on ukraine's eastern frontier near the russian border. the government launched a military operation and the long war began in earnest. meanwhile, thousands died and shelling and firefights between separatists and government troops. russia has been widely suspected of financing and equipping the separatists . in early 2015, as the casualties mounted, the parties agreed to a cease fire in talk, sponsored by germany and france, the war slipped from the world's attention, even though the cease fire was frequently violated. over the years. in september 2019 russia and ukraine exchanged prisoners,

the un said the death toll from 5 years of fighting was as high as 13000 with another 30000 wounded in june 2021 put and wrote an article claiming that russians and ukrainians were one people who shared a single, historic and spiritual faith and what has been happening is this people and the russian nation has been designated as an outsider on historically russian territory. she blessed the russian nation is being pushed out of those territories . this is what's happening, neutral when you, me talk sure. with the us and nato saying they won't intervene militarily. russia seems to hold most of the cards over its weaker neighbor, thousands of kilometers away. the talks in geneva began to get some analysis. now from margarita klein, she's a senior associate at the german institute for international insecurity affairs and

head of research. therefore, eastern europe. thanks for being with us, dr. klein. what should we expect from today's talks? well, there should be some clarity where there are rushes. draft treaties that he proposed in december are, in fact meant only as a pretext for an intervention in ukraine. putting the blame on the u. s. need to, for, not reacting appropriately to the treaties or whether russia is really interested in serious talks and negotiations, meaning reciprocity, concessions, and the end of the week shouldn't have clarity whether there is a common agenda possible. and what are the formats and what are the issues to talk about. ok, so this is more setting things up this week exploratory talks really. but these talks between the us and russia today are very much about ukraine. is ukraine itself participating in the talks whether us half and consulted with the

ukraine and, but the russian approach is on the 1st side, it is only about ukraine demanding an end to a further enlargement round of nature, 2 bits, ukraine and shorter. but if you take a closer look at the draft treaties of russia, they're much more broader. and it's a maxim melissa agenda too, but it's a complete revision of the european steel bridge order. and it's not only about freezing, further rounds of nature expansion. but if you look closer, it is about freezing nature at a stages before the 1st round of nature and lodgement. so there is a maximum approach and a threatening and rhetoric, so that makes it kind of very hard to come to common crimes. because for russia, it's hard to find a face as a thing option. and for the u. s. need to and ukraine. it's hard to come to concessions to what's russia, when it's a mix. and melissa approach. think we'll be talking about that. those ideas a lot more later this week. but right now, what's already happened last week?

it was russia sending troops to cars extend to help the government. there are quilts, civil unrest there is talk of spheres of influence. is this having any influence on these talks today? we're for russia, it is an opportunity to demonstrate results and military capability to underpin it's claims for europe in france. and that is kind of a threat clueless towards you credit into but nevertheless, we should not forget that sending soldiers to cause our son was also driven by necessity from the russian perspective. because there was a serious risk of losing influence in central asia. so it contains both wrists and opportunities for gosh, what options if any, do you see at this point dr. klein for building trust between the 2 sides and achieving a mutually acceptable outcome? while the key question is how that maxima least approach of russia revising the

security order completely? and the more minimalist approach, the what am up approach of nature and us can come up to a common um solution. and it would be about your rounds of arms control, about confidence and security building measures, for example, the n r document. and it will be about establishing kind of technical issues like hot lines between both sites. but the key question still is, principles collide when it comes to the right of countries like ukraine and ga, choosing of the alliances and defect to no real appetite of nature to admit those countries at the current moment. and there see, there could be only defacto agreements, not kind of legally binding agreements with russia. it's demanding dot kline. thank you very much for your insight. that was margarita klein from the german institute for international and security affairs. thank you.

now traditionally one of hollywood biggest parties, an and televised glow golden globes took place on sunday, largely ignored by stars of the silver screen with winter's announced on a lie blog. jane campion became only the 1st 2nd female director to win the best drama products with her dark western power of the dog. steven spielberg's remake of west side story picked up the gong for best musical or comedy. the ceremony was held behind closed doors following an ethics scandal or from or join our by entertainment journalist k. j matthews. in los angeles. good to see you again, k j. so no red carpet, no, no live stream, no tv coverage catering. how did you follow this and what happened? well, full disclosure, i don't know if you know, but i officially became

a member of the hollywood foreign press association back in october. that was, i think about 6 or 7 months after a lot of the scandals. i had been unveiled so i attended the private ceremony here in los angeles on sunday night for sure. so i just was rec home actually to be a part of your program here. so i just really, you know, it was a really different tone. normally the award show goes for about 2 hours, 2 and a half hours, lot of celebrity eating and drinking. and it's just one of the largest awards show at the beginning of the award seasons here in los angeles. always this year was different because the hollywood foreign press association has been through a lot. so this year no red carpet, no celebrities ah, 90 minutes. it was not broadcast. it was video tape. and of course our organization tweet it who the winners were. but this time the focus is really on a lot of their philanthropic effort. so you had

a lot of people who were the recipient of various grants and millions of dollars over the years show up. they had their executives from various charitable organizations show up and present. the awards for the various categories is about 20 by category. so was very, very different this year. okay, just a little bit about the winners. um nicole, nicole kidman, she won best actress for, for her performance and being the recorders. how did that go down? you know, everybody was very happy to see the people that one, you know, even will smith won his 1st golden globe awards. i know you are right, thinks that will smith is won everything already. so how could he have not won? but he had been nominated like 5 or 6 times and i think his 1st nominations in the early ninety's. so he finally received his 1st nomination. and for the rest of them, yes, there were a lot of us, you know, i'll straw is that one of course you mentioned nicole kidman, but there is also sarah, not a winning best supporting actress and t v series for her role in succession. and

then there was newcomer cody smith mckee wanting when he best supporting actor a motion picture for the power of the dog. so a great night for australians. definitely a great night for you know, will smith because he's been in the business for so long. but again, the focus is really put back on the philanthropic effort, and it was a very interesting time when the president of the, his organization invited various members on stage that were helping them kind of way. imagine reimagining. they said the organization, they had the head of the in double a, c p on they had their newly elected chief diversity officer on stage. so they're really looking forward to the future and tall, telling everybody that they have new bylaws ah, they now have obviously black members, i'm a member. so they're trying to move forward and ask or ask everybody really in hollywood to give them a chance and kind of an canceled it through it over

a very different golden globes. are k j matthews in los angeles. thank you very much. thank you for having football now and cologne kept their bonus league a status by the skin of their teeth last season. those they survived to relegation play off, but things have improved this time around and they made the light work of how to berlin on a chilly night. here in the german capital o cologne, arrived in berlin, hoping for a 3rd when in a row for the 1st time since march 2020, as they looked to bolster the european ambitions. the appointment of typhon kirkwood, his coach, in late november, hasn't made harris for many more predictable. and after beating darkman blas time out, they soon found themselves chasing the game. here. anthony modesta finished a sweeping move on 29 minutes to make it one mill to the visitors. 3 minutes later it was to nil andre dude, a shot wasn't the cleanest. but it still evaded her to keeper alexander,

swallow. in such a fortune brought her to back into it after the break, as vladimir to read as free kick missed every one nestled in the far corner. but the read his joy turned to despair, as young tillman wrapped up the points for cologne in the 90. second minute the check was weakened dealing with a dropping ball, and substitute tillman skipped away to seal a 31 win jubilation for cologne. coach stephan bombed out as his men move up to 6, while her to remain just 4 points off. second bottom you're watching dw news from berlin coming up next. it's are science magazine to more to day. i'm jerry martin, thanks for watching. ah ah, ah ah

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