host of the home, the grievance, both cost and to me is clear. we need to change the solutions or out the join me predict, due to the green transformation for me to do with ah, this is dw news live from berlin talks that seem to be going no way russia and the us make no progress in the 1st day of discussions to defuse the crisis over ukraine . both sides drawing red line with european security caught in the middle. also

coming up. ah, san celebrate is world number one, tennis don, noise like junk of each wins the 1st round of his legal battle to stay and play india strategy an open despite not being vaccinated, but it's not game said and match just years. ah, i'm jarrett ray, thank you very much for your company. the 1st day of high stakes talks between russia and the united states ended with no breakthrough. they focused on di escalating tensions over the ukraine with western countries calling on russia to send its troops back to their barracks. moscow, on the other hand, wants to promise that the national military alliance will stop it's eastward

expansion and roll back deployments in eastern europe. discussions between russia and the u. s. began in geneva without a handshake or other formalities, irreconcilable positions, divide the 2 countries. russia wants bullet proof guarantees that ukraine will never become a nato member, a promise. the u. s. categorically rejects the u. s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman said the talks couldn't be considered negotiations under current terms, and that russia must deescalate. now, if moscow wants to keep talking. russia has been massing soldiers near the ukranian border for weeks causing concern for russia. denies any intention to attack russia's deputy foreign minister called the talks professional. but he says moscow remains firm on a central point to we on the score that for us, it's absolutely mandatory to make sure that ukraine never, never, never becomes

a member of nato. and the answer to that from brussels. the door to nato remains open for ukraine due to memorial renew. it is for ukraine, on the 3rd to nato allies, to decide when ukraine is ready for membership, no one else hasa. there are 2 same thing, multiple expert suspect that for russia's president, putin. the uncompromising wrangling in geneva is about more than ukraine, if staggered us, i think in the end what he can get is a process which could take longer and could work towards negotiating a new european security order and fun, or fun, annoying, or patient shouts, ordinal. there will be further talks and brussels on wednesday at the nato russia council, though they're likely to be just as difficult. okay, let's bring in d, w, corresponding caroline and she more in washington, high carolina. we heard about these diplomatic efforts from both sides. but in reality, did the positions move forward? was there any ground might not really from what we know

from here in washington. and the problem is russia is calling both for a massive retreat on nato's part and also for the creation of a kind of formal russian sphere of influence in eastern europe. so the caucus and central asia, this would require, of course, not only to rule out further expansion in east europe, but also to diminish military corporation of any kind with ukraine and other non members in europe. also, nato would have to withdraw their troops and their weapons from eastern europe and russia. they would not be bound by any reciprocal measures. russia is also asking us to withdraw their nuclear weapons from europe without any constraint on russia's considerable, one has to say, or arsenal of comparable weapons. these all shows that nato is most likely

not going to agree on this things that russia is asking for. and one interesting interpretation though, is that mr. put in could be counting on the west to dismiss his demands in order to have a products to, to invade ukraine. and to reason to do that. and i guess that does lead to, to sort of hinted at the risk of conflict. how great is it? we have seen that all sides are quite pessimistic and have already said how they would react if there is really no breakthrough. after this dialogue this negotiations dense oldenburg, for example, the secretary general of nato, and said at that, and i quote him, the alliance is prepared for a new armed conflict in europe should talks with russia frail and also sergey lever

off has been quite pessimistic. so if there is no compromise reached, we could see an escalation of this conflict. thank you, caroline itchy, my in washington did we'll, we'll number one tennis player, novak jock of each has returned to the court for training in australia after winning a legal battle to stay and play in the upcoming australian open. on monday, a judge in melbourne overturned the cancellation of his visa over corona virus rules that released the unvaccinated player from immigration detention doc of it. his family and his supporters have celebrated the decision, but this still isn't over. the australian government could still cancel his visa on different grounds and to port him. ah, they were so happy that their hero is free, for now. they mobbed any car, even if they couldn't be 100 percent. sure, novak joke of it was inside. outside his lawyers office,

they celebrated into the night somewhere. pepper sprayed in the chaos. outside court to joke of bitches. supporters cheered the decision to overturn his visa being canceled. i go with the judge ordered, joking, which is released from immigration detention calling the australian government's decision unreasonable. he rolled that joke which hadn't been given enough time to respond to that decision. the serbian had arrived in australia, believing he had a medical exemption to rules requiring a corona, virus vaccine. this, it emerged was due to a december 16th cove at 19 infection, but the australian government argued that exemption didn't apply to people entering

the country from overseas. that contradicted what joke of which had been told by tennis australia the tournament organizers. i'm not gonna blame any one. the conflicting information and the contract information that you receive is because of the changing environment we are in a very challenging ron, for everyone has been involved in this process. ciocca bitch treated that he was pleased to am grateful with the decision after the court's ruling going on to say he's now focused on the tournament. but the saga is not over yet. the australian government can still cancel joke, which is visa on the grounds of public health. for now, though, joke adventures family is thrilled with the rather atypical victory. or for me, this is the biggest victory in his career and he is bigger than all his grand slams . every level winning on the court is 2nd nature to joke, a bitch winning in court. however,

as proved a lot harder. we're now joined from indianapolis in the us by alex grass. can he's the editor in chief of cracked rackets dot com, which covers old levels of tennis. alex hi there. we just heard in that report. joke of it's really has won the 1st chapter in this saga. but it's not over every one, it seems. has an opinion on this. where does the tennis community at large stand on? what's happened over the past few days? i think members of the to tennis community like members of all communities have somewhat made joke, vish, a political martyr. at least those segments that you know, are less predisposed to being vaccinated already. and i think the response we saw as your video mentioned, fans out on the streets ultimately pepper sprayed due to their actions. you know, i believe they rushed a car were throwing bottles, jumping on the top of these cars, no joke which to some has now represented an element of freedom of fight against

the restriction. so many governments are placing on their citizens in order to fight this pandemic. it's so unfortunate that the tennis itself has been caught up . and so frequently when you're discussing tennis, it's about something that's happened off the court related to the story as opposed to on it. but unfortunately, this has become the story in of the australian open. and i think the tennis community like all communities, unfortunately a bit fragmented by, took just a little bit about joke of it himself. because on the one hand we have one of the world's greatest tennis players. but we've also got to know, i guess his less anoine's side, someone who is an anti vac. so who appears to adhere to some sort of unusual, unorthodox beliefs, who is no back talk of it. a fascinating question. it's a one journalists have been asking in the tenets world since his emergence back in 2006, 2007. and look, if you were a 3435 year old athlete who has been crowned a champion,

a king by your home country, one of if not the most successful athletes in serbian history. to some extent, you can understand the drastic quality of self belief that novak joke of it's carries. he has to believe there is something about him that uniquely separate him . not only from every other tennis player, but every other aspect, to the point where at 3435 years old, later this year, he can still compete at his level. it's not very frequently, you can say a 35 year old been doing that off the short list, you know, tom brady, serena williams to those are 2 of if not the greatest of all time in their sports. that's where novak joke of which carries himself, that's what he believes himself to be. now again, people can choose to endorse his beliefs or not. i think that's where some of the radical elements of his belief comes from that he has been the best forever. and to do that, you almost have to convince yourself that you are just smarter and inherently better than everyone else. let's talk about novak talk, which is legacy. has he,

tanya, his legacy that is a polarizing question. much like again, any society pennants? very fragmented into camp, so many team feder team. rafa team jo kabbage. now, depending on the camp you sit in, it will cloud your views on this, i will save this more broadly, particularly amongst the strongest followers of tennis. because of course, tennis has a back history of, you know, activism, look at the foundation of the w k. all that billie jean king has stood for in terms of women, empowerment, l g, b, t q, right? all of the things are in the background of history. and certainly there's a segment of tennis fans that this will forever tarnish ciocca bitch with. there's another segment who look at what he accomplishes on the court. it's impossible to, to deny. and then of course, there are those who are his most ravenous span tool, like any radical band defend him through anything. so i don't think it's a one spot answer for every tennis fan that said, of course, this will cloud him not only at this event, but moving forward. who's to say he doesn't have this similar situation emerge?

come the french open, come will then come the us open as well. great to talk to you alex greske in the editor in chief of cracked rackets dot com, which covers all levels of tennis. thank you very much, alex, for your inside. thank you for having me. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world today. the used climate monitoring service has said that the last 7 years were the hottest ever recorded globally by a clear margin. last year, the average temperature was more than one degrees celsius, about pre industrial levels. scientists say greenhouse gas emissions have supercharged wildfires, heat waves, and flooding effecting every continent. authorities in new york are investigating the city's worst fire in 3 decades. they're questioning how thick smoke was able to below through a high rise apartment building in the bronx, trapping many families. the death toll has been revised down to 17,

including 8 children. several people are in a critical condition. us drug make pfizer is working on a vaccine targeting the armor chron variant of the corona virus and expects to have it ready by march. the company says it's already manufacturing doses due to keen interest from governments. the highly contagious armor chron variant has driven up the number of new cases as well as breakthrough infections in many regions. and his a brief look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic chile has begun . administering a 4th dose of vaccine for vulnerable groups following a sharp rise in infections in neighboring countries. israel has seen its infection right nearly quadruple over the past week, reaching new record highs. an expert say, an allegedly new covered mutation. double delta kron discovered in a cypress lab is most likely the result of lab contamination and not

a new variant. now they've been many great escapes throughout history, but see as unusual as of hon. you're about to see. take a look at these a group of more than 80 ostriches, the court running on camera, running through the chinese city of chung as a war after escaping from a nearby farm. fortunately though it happened in the middle of the night because the birds weigh more than $100.00 killers each not something you'd want to run into on your way to work. local media say the fitted friends were lighter, returned to the farm without incident, i looked up and you're up to date. business is next. ah. these places in europe are smashing the records.