ah, what is true? what's vague? it doesn't matter. the only criteria is what will people shed light on the opaque world who's behind benefits and why are they a threat to whistle o peak will this week on d. w bmw ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. germany launches a fresh bid to avert military conflict in europe's backyard. foreign minister,

adelina burbock, meets with ukrainian leaders a mid fears of a russian invasion. nato talks last week with russia, made no progress also coming up, cut off from the rest of the world. with a central communication lines to the island, state of tomba, severed by a volcanic eruption. relief efforts are lagging and another boon for the buddhist league as fire musics polish striker hope levin dorski is named the 1st best men's player for the 2nd year in a row. ah, i'm all me at ease of welcome. in the rush, ukraine crisis, germany is picking up where natal left off. germany's foreign minister anna lena bear bock is on a diplomatic mission to de escalate tensions over russia's military build up on ukraine's border while the u. s. and the you have threatened to punish russia. it

tries to invade. burbock said the only solution is through dialogue. ah, fears of a russian invasion of ukraine have jangled nerves in the region. after visiting a memorial to anti government protesters who died in 2014, on a lena bear box as any solution to the conflict, must come through dialogue, not arms, meeting ukraine's foreign minister. dimitra qu, labor burbock offered an explicit gesture of support for ukraine. zoe, daddy cheat solidarity only european solidarity for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. del hyena. that is not up for debate, not for us, and not for me personally, but any further aggression would have a high price. his emphasized that to day, once again, as tradition island horn price, russia is building up its troops on the ukrainian border. both the european union under us have threatened to impose further har sanctions. if russia goes ahead with

an invasion. for years, ukraine has called on germany to deliver arms to help boost its abilities to defend itself. columbus, as russia doesn't share ukraine's cooperative attitude towards defusing, the tensions money as a mild political stroke to muscle planning. felicia, we've a very constructive stance on this matter to me. but unfortunately, my, our constructive nurse isn't mutual on russia's part of, she was vocal to she even from kiev burbock goes to moscow on tuesday, where she'll meet russian foreign minister serge oliver of. she's keen to revive for weight piece talks in the normative format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. well, roughly a loss is an analyst with the european council on foreign relations. now with germany opposing major arms shipments to ukraine and sticking with the north stream to gas pipeline with russia, we asked him how much credibility foreign minister burbock now has a key. if your own point there,

discussions in berlin over the past couple of days have been dominated by all the things that germany is not willing to put on the table to diffuse. this crisis may, may not seem to transfers and swift financial transfer system. now what? because as offered her ukrainian counterpart to date, essentially to help to beef up ukrainian cyber defenses. any sort of energy partnership. now that might be interesting for you quite a long term, but it certainly will not help them in the short term facing substantial russian products or forces along the border that has hurt german credibility. ukraine drug has some capability, i think, to potentially deter russian aggression against ukraine, but had shown very little resolve to actually make use of those kid abilities. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. medics and sedan have said several pope protestors were shot dead at demonstrations against last year's military coup. thousands of people turned out for the largest protests in

the capitol cartoon moneys rally is come ahead of a visit by a u. s. delegation this week to try and revive talks on a return to civilian rule. who the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for a drone strike and abu dhabi that killed 3 people. united arab emirates vowed reprisals for the attack, which targeted an oil refinery. who these are at war with the military coalition, backed by the u. e. u e in yemen. in the united states, the protection of voting rights is the focus of nationwide demonstrations marking. martin luther king king day the son of the assassinated civil rights leader called on lawmakers to enact national voting guarantees. the several states have passed laws, which observers say, will make it harder from northeast to vote. a new book claims to have solve the mystery of who betrayed the hiding place. holocaust, direst on

a frank and her family to the nazis. a team including a former f. b, i. investigator discovered a note of hunger father. naming a member of the amsterdam jewish council. as the possible betrayer historian say, further investigation is still needed. a court in turkey has acquitted german journalist missiles, told lou of terror related charges. she was detained in 2017, and accused of membership of an outlawed left wing group. what was seen as a politically most motivated case. she was released from custody in 2018, and richard returned to germany. communications with the pacific island nation of tonga, remain limited since saturdays volcanic eruption and synonymy. it's believe the underwater cable that connects the archipelago to the rest of the world was severed during the twin disastrous. there is still no official confirmation of injuries, death, or serious damage in tonga. but that assessment is based on limited information coming from the isolated island. at prelude to

a violent corruption on friday, the hunger tonda hung to hot by volcano, sent plumes of smoke and dash shooting into the sky activity that seemed decrease. it will prove to be a brief rest. by the next day, the volcano rumbled to live again. in an explosion, so powerful, it sent shock waves around the world. before and after satellite images show had the volcano sea level krazer had disappeared, following the blast with regular communication lines to tongue. because all the world's been relying on satellite phones and images to get a sense of the disaster or we're still waiting to receive information from tom or what is much needed. but we know for sure that there will be a need for clean water because of the options and which really

they mention causing lots of our troubles to the water supply. as most of the people collect water through rain, this is something very dangerous for them to consume. a new zealand have sent surveillance flights to help assess the scale of the damage, especially on target islands, where there are fears the devastation could be immense. now could disruption have been predicted and what would the islanders there be experiencing? we put these questions to vulcan, ologist bettina showing an expert on the top of volcano in a way we could have expected that. but we know from the record that actually every 1000 years, the volcano is capital for using such a route that no passivity actually is very hard to focus here. it came from the very efficient make thing off the

point. my mom, the cold water, which made that you know, we know that, that to non is triggered by the rock. it's tom, we know that it hits the others running island. we don't know yet. the width of the stuff that we know that it was ash full. we have cell phone records of small pebbles as long with that, but we don't know the quantity. so that can be very threatening. and we still waiting to hear for the details on that. that was professor bettina troy. vulcan ologist at the ludwig maximilian university and munich. now it's been a year since brazil started vaccinating people against coven 19, with around 70 percent of the population, fully vaccinate the campaign is seen as a success, especially for a country whose president downplayed the threat of the pandemic. j are both narrow,

has also downplayed the current across wave, even as case number's rise. brazil has one of the world's highest corona virus death tolls. the army kron wave has hit brazil. the number of people infected has jumped dramatically despite the shortage of tests, leaving many cases on reported. notice a little i'm running from one place to the next to try and get tested. i had contact with people who are positive with but i don't have symptom. my early last year, brazil was facing an overwhelming number of coven deaths. it has the world's 2nd highest corona virus death toll after the u. s. but with the latest wave of the disease, there's a big difference. most people here and now vaccinated and civic will be doing. i got cove it last year. and so it's very hard to remember that time. it was very complicated,

a desperate time when we didn't know what would happen. it was uncertain. and this vaccine gives us the possibility to keep going back to court in a round. 70 percent of brazilians are fully vaccinated in big cities. authority say the figure is up to 99 percent. experts say the success is down to brazil, strong public health system and the history of successful vaccination campaigns. those factors have bolstered public trust in the corona, virus vaccine. despite the president attempts to undermine it. jail both scenario has openly rejected the vaccine and repeatedly spread misinformation. now he's down playing the danger posed by the i'm a crohn, waive and says there won't be another lock sound or extra restrictions. we're building rule with health services under huge pressure. people are hoping at least the high vaccination rate will help reduce our microns impact your some. the latest

developments in the kronos virus pandemic, france has reported its biggest one day jump in hospitalization since november 202020. that was before vaccines were available. health officials say they expect on a cron hospitalizations to peak by the end of january. germany's top public health bodies says the country has now exceeded 8000000, confirmed coven, 1900 cases. since the start of the pandemic and canada has become the latest country to approve pfizer as antiviral pill against coven, 19 organizers of the next of next month's winter olympics. and beijing have confirmed that tickets will not go on sale to the general public. as part of measures to combat the spread of coven, 19 after last year's announcement that international spectators would be barred from attending. today's decision brings confirmation that tickets for domestic fans will be distributed to quote targeted groups. rather than being put on sale for the general public vision will become the 1st city to host

a summer and winter olympics when the games begin. on february, 4th, world men's tennis number one. novak joke of which has arrived back in belgrade after being deported from australia. the serbian who has not been vaccinated against cope in 19, had been fighting australian government efforts to bar him from the country. on sunday and australian federal court refused to overturn the immigration minister's decision to board him. joke of it received a hero's welcome from crowds of quarters, who had gathered at belgrade and the cola tesla airport to protest his deportation . byron munich, striker robot levin dusky has been named fee for his best men's player for the 2nd year in a row bowl controversially. missed out on the balloon door to line on messy in november, but has now again claimed the other major, individual football honor thief. many football fans was stunned when robert levin dusky was overlooked in the voting for the balance door. after

a record $41.00 goals in abundance, the gas season, or all that lay randolph ski. but now the by a munich forward can again say he is the best men's footballer in the world. the fee for prize is broadly equal to the palace door in terms of prestige. and after a 2nd straight when the poll thank the by and staff who flanked him and fell on my proud i feel a happiness because you know that said this. dorothy blanco's look of my payments to my coaches. because you all her who are carto, doin eat again. leon and missy had taken the balin door, but in women's football field, boss alone is alexia. protests reign supreme by adding fee for glory to her ballot . that was the men's coach of the year prize went to chelsea's german bus thomas taco after he sealed a champions league triumph just for months in to the job again. but the night

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