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resolve the crisis, but says there will be consequences if moscow continues along the path of aggression. also coming up turkey is hailing a new home roman coke 19 vaccine as a big success. but doesn't really work. and zealand and australia rush supplies to tonga after reports emerge, that water is running out after last weekend volcanic eruption and through not ah i'm so be so much gone. that's good to have you with us. the united states believe moscow could launch an attack on ukraine at any point. washington, a stepping up diplomatic efforts to try to prevent a conflict. u. s. secretary of state antony blank in his and t. f for talks with president logan mercer lensky. he will also meet with his russian counter part,

so gay love rove later in the week, and speak with the german, french, and british foreign ministers. russia has deployed more than $100000.00 troops on the border with ukraine, but denies it is planning and invasion. earlier blinking addressed embassy staff, and key of he said the u. s. is committed to protecting ukraine and preventing any escalation with russia. it's bigger than ukraine because what russia is doing with the aggression that it has already committed. and the threat of further aggression is to challenge some very basic principles that undergird the entire international system inter necessary for trying to keep peace and security principles like one nation can't simply change the borders of another by force. principles like one nation can simply dictate to another it choices including with whom it will associate. principles like nations cannot exert spheres of influence to try to subjugate their, their neighbors,

to their will. if we allow those principles to be violated with impunity, then we will open a very large pandora's box and the entire world is watching what is happening here . let's bring in our key bureau chief matches filling for more on the story he is following this diplomatic visit for us today. hi me, a ts, we heard a secretary blank and they're really driving home. be urgency of the situation saying the whole world is watching. what ukrainians want to get out of this visit today? while there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity here in kia for the last few days, the german foreign minister has been here 2 days ago. yesterday there was the delegation from congress and all this points to the fact or to judge to that the, the, the secret services of the western countries and of ukraine are really very, very aware of a, something that might happen in the next few days. and as long as people come

visiting, as long as talks are going on, an attack might still be delayed. there might be still some room for dip, for a diplomatic resolve or some kind of a passed to a diplomatic resolve. and this is what her, these visitors, including blinking are trying to, to, to bring on the way now to engage russia in talks. ers, so that are, they will not shoot how real does the threat of a rush, an invasion actually feel to ukrainians. people are of course aware of the situation, but for now people still follow their usual routine. you don't see panic buying in the supermarket. you don't see people on the streets rushing to by dollars the currency, the foreign current currency exchange rates are still pretty much stable. so there

is no panic. but a people are very well aware that something could happen and a have been for the past 8 years. and some people have been preparing to act in case russia would invade and i have met some of them. this is how martin use give has been spending her weekends in the past few months. she has joined ukraine's territorial defense forces, a volunteer brigade designed to support the army in the hinterland. in the case of an attack, marta is 51 and has no prior military experience. all the stuff that you couldn't just seal and the more this on the commentaries, you know, they seems very simple. but in general, when you're starting to do it, it's quite difficult because you need to know how to do it correctly or you know, not to be in danger for yourself and for your colleague. so quite a motor skills, very basic, but very important. every saturday she swaps her suburban home for

a training camp. during the week she works from home for a company that conducts pharmaceutical studies. an idyllic life, she shares with a family, and more than a dozen stray cats she has taken in it's almost impossible to imagine what will happen if i have to leave it. if i have to just fight and it will be destroyed, it's good happens. i'm trying to be ready for this because definitely i don't want to present it was, is a on the price of being live on to patients. if war breaks, i would be volunteer. troops will work behind the lines to secure buildings, provide logistics to the army, and possibly even deal with hostile inter trace. there are questions about how effective these troops will be marked as commander. the new middle order look is an

architect. he doesn't have any prior military experienced high micro, ashton? yeah. well you, we are not service in that we're on duty every day. we are civilians who have other jobs, but nevertheless i have training for 3 years now. and it has already had quite an impact on the when you know good though, one thing's for sure. the weekend warriors have attracted a lot of attention. martyr tirelessly explains in what ways to join a list from all over the world. even if that means that her faith now well known also to the enemy, it's important not to sketch on because i am in my country, i'm not doing anything wrong. and i'm just trying to protect my country. so it's like through some my sites. nobody doubts and rushes troops

militarily superior to ukraine's defense forces. but marta and a fellow volunteers, i determined to make an invasion as def as possible in that yes, it's remarkable to see civilians they're preparing for the threat of a rush. an attack, something that the u. s essentially said could happen at any point if we look at the diplomatic side of efforts here, the u. s. secretaries to secretary state is going to to russia as well this week to meet with his counterpart there. so gay love ross. what is your sense, how much space is there really for diplomacy at this point? it's very hard to say. i mean, one of the things that put in has been doing for years now is that he's always sought to stay unpredictable. so we do not know what his immediate goal is. we know, of course, his long term goals. he wants to extend the sphere of influence to regain some of

that sphere of influence that the soviet union had. and he wants to bring ukraine back into it. but wish his priorities, which are his tactics. this is the big question, is everything already decided in moscow or not? and i think you're all these talks, of course they are meant to find out. oh, where is the point where we can still reach an agreement with russia or, or, or is everything already decided? much yes, building a reporting there and she has thank you to the okay, now were a number of british m. p. 's have reportedly submitted letters of no confidence in prime minister boris johnson. he's come under fire for breaking rules and holding parties that his downing street residents last year at the height of the current of ours pandemic. johnson's political leadership hangs in the balance as he's answered questions in parliament. and this was a one exchange that took place a little bit earlier. no matter the excuse,

that is no excuse for taking the richest people for fools. the prime minister agree is no time for him to resign, a speaker, but what i can tell her is it, as i said to the host last week, i apologize sincerely for any misjudgments that were made, but she must contain her impatience. mister speaker, i wait for the enquiry note before she goes, any of the conclusions that you just assume. let's go right to our correspondence in london of charlotte. charlotte shall some pillow standing by for a sy, charlotte, we saw a boy's johnson addressing parliament there earlier. tell us more about how he defended his position. well, it was no doubt may call day break for the prime minister in the wake of the succession of allegations. regarding gatherings in downing street in the prime minister, there was a different man for the one we saw yesterday wearing an interview where he was pinned down on a number of details regarding what he noted. a party that he said to have attended

for 25 minutes. he appeared defeated today a bit more defiance while he repeated apologized apologies for missing judgments. he really did come out fighting a little bit. he deflected questions that were direct to that him about party game, to being called here in the main. what he really wanted to to champion was the government's record on vaccine roll out to jobs and so on. whether it will be enough to, to impress m p 's, members of his own party, who apparently are lining up to express discontent at the moment that still remains to be seen. that's the question show it. i mean, is the prime minister's position still tenable? whitening mistakes in me this succession of allegations against the prime minister the last few weeks. of course, an immense amount of public can good. the waves have been filled with ready,

tragic stories of people who made a men sacrifices during the course of this pandemic in the narrative. of course is that the public with being off to follow the rules which the government itself at times didn't appear to. now, there is anger also being echoed crucially within the prime minute design party. a number of pieces said publicly that they would support a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. this feverish speculation about whether or not the threshold have been met in all to this in order to hold that vote of no confidence now labor policy, the opposition party, as i'm sure you can imagine. also incredibly course the call of the prime minister . if you off, then many of sent today, it's not a matter of if the prime minister is going to go, it's a matter of when. so what do you think the biggest threat is right now to the prime minister? is it the party get scandal or his own party?

well, both there is an investigation ongoing at the moment which the prime minister referenced repeatedly in prime minister question time a short time ago. they say that he says that the government or his actions, the actions of the party, should not be judged until the results old dot inquiry are non known at the moment. what the results of that would be. so this, that will clearly mean that this story is ongoing. a prime minister will have to answer those questions. in the meantime, there is this possibility there is this speculation about the both of no confidence . now, it's not clear what i said, whether the numbers have been reached to meet that threshold to hold that. and indeed, whether or not the prime minister would win or lose if he wins not vate, of no confidence, he would be safe for another year. charlotte chelson pill reporting there for us from london with the latest. thank you. that is mother stories making headlines. a belgian court has sentenced the leader of

a human trafficking ring to 15 years in jail in connection with the deaths of 39 vietnamese migrant. the victims suffocated while being smuggled on a truck driven from belgium to the u. k. in the summer of 2019 israeli police have evicted a palestinian family from a disputed property in the flash point. east jerusalem neighbourhood, shake your raw and demolish the building. at least 18 people were arrested during the pre dawn operation. similar evictions and may of last year ignited an 11 day war between israel and palestinian militants and gaza. and the committee investigating the attack on the u. s. capital a year ago has issued subpoenas to rudy giuliani and 2 other lawyers for former president donald trump. the lawyers publicly pushed trump baseless claims and voter fraud following his election to feed. the committee is demanding the lawyer sit for deposition. in february, agencies fear the pacific island nation of tongue may run out of drinking water

because many sources were contaminated after last weekend. volcanic eruption and massive tsunami. new zealand and australia are shipping supplies to the area, but they will not arrive until friday. experts also say it's likely to take a month to repair the only under c internet cable. however, some telephone links have them reconnected. the ash from this volcano is everywhere . it has fogged the skies over the pacific islands of tango. it has carpeted the airport runway and it has fallen back onto the ground, mixing in with the water supply contaminating it. the russian has wiped out some villages completely. we also need one particular item that is my goal, and this is one of the like. and so that to be action. all of the hong kong that have been destroyed and damaged and their grades be in for the safety of people who

ships from australia. new zealand are on their way to tango, bringing much needed relief, including barrels of clean drinking water. but the ships have thousands of kilometers to cover. one estimation was that they could be there as early as friday, which is encouraging use. of course, as has already been mentioned, we don't know what the shipping lanes look like. and so we want to of course proceed with that of course. and as we get closer to the dongle was cut off from the world for several days after the reception families worried about their relatives on the island. what a sure is always that you're not going to say that you love it. yeah, that's the worst. now phone networks are slowly springing back to life and lifting the fall. going, how damaged tango really is. frances president,

manuel my call has addressed the european parliament. in his remarks, he laid out the political strategy and aims for the french presidency of the council of the you. that includes how to fight the pandemic, the rise of aggressive foreign powers and climate change. and i, here is some of what the french president had to say. pardon me, i'm a clicker sort of a pandemic has shown this solidarity isn't a weakness. it's a force greater than any other because it allowed us to save lives, protect yoga. it allowed us to get together a vaccine for us in europe is the spirit of solidarity that let us as europeans to be the most open in the world as far as extra sporting vaccine as a gift. and i hope that opportunity will continue that work for more in the story. we can speak now to cut off in a barley. she is a vice president of the european parliament and a member of germany's social democrats, the s t t. miss barley,

welcome to the show that the message of president my cons speech was essentially, this is a moment of truth for the european union. do you agree? i do agree, absolutely. and pleasant. mcgraw dedicated the 1st and biggest part of his speech to democracy and the rule of law and when, when it comes to these topics, it is a moment of truth. not, not now, but already. well, for, i would say 5 to 10 years, but we are at a crucial point now where we have to decide outside, but especially inside the european union. if we hold up our democratic values and principles. and i was very impressed and i was very pleased. that's such a big part of his speech was dedicated to this topic. well, this is not the 1st time that president mccoy has laid out a, a big and rather ambitious vision for europe. germany has not necessarily reciprocated in the past. there is

a new government here in berlin. so what role do you think germany will play in seeing through my cons vision for a more stress strong or rather more sovereign europe? well, it was very interesting that among, on my call mentioned the french, german, a relationship several times. it was the only relationship to a member state that he stressed at all. and he even referred to the coalition treaty in germany. so obviously he is, he is putting a huge importance into this into this relationship and indifferent sense is one was when it came to supporting the european parliament and demanding the right for initiative. another one was when it came to the norman d format. so in external policies, so across the whole range,

obviously imminent mccoy's willing and wishing to corporate or very closely with, with germany. and i think that is a very good news. also i have to ask you about a foreign policy aspect of his speech. he also talked about needing to have a frank conversation with russia, and i have to ask you about these tensions between russia and ukraine. we know that the u. s. secretary of state, under the blinking is in kiev, saying a russian attack could happen really at any point, is that you actually ready in the event of an invasion. well, you have to take into account that the european union does not have an original competence in foreign policy. so we are actually here a group of 27 member states and their interest to who unites to, to have a common foreign policy. and that is a weakness at times because reactions are sometimes not as quick as firm as

a single member said can give them. but on the other hand, we have to variety of, of historical experiences of networks that we should turn this into our strength and be as a european union. one of the force is that, that really contributes to a dialogue and to search a solution for a, for this conflict that is actually in a very crucial phase at the moment. but if there were to be a russian incursion, how would the respond well, the, you has already put up a lot of sanctions during the, the crim conflict and is ready to, to put out more. and there are discussions about reacting at a, at the level of the swift accord, which is the, the question of russia being part of the international banking system. so imagine if russian companies of the russian government, russian,

oligarchs would not be able any more to exchange their, at their money with other states, that would be a huge impact on the russian economy. and this, for example, is a threat that is on the table. we'll have to leave it there, catalina barley, social democrat, vice, a vice president of the european parliament. thank you very much. hey, welcome to now to the corona virus pandemic. let's take a look at some of the latest developments. the world health organization says the pandemic is nowhere near over and vaccine inequality could lead to new variance. france has reported more than 460000 positive cases over 24 hours at the new one day record. and australia is calling on backpackers to help ease its labor shortage field by the on the con variant. the government says it's waving at $630.00 visa application fee for backpackers arriving on work and travel visa. like

many countries, turkey is grappling with a major surge of coven infections fueled by the amok variant. the government is pursuing an ambitious vaccination program which now includes a home grown vaccine turco vac the new job received emergency approval last month. but some experts say its effectiveness is not yet proven. our correspondent, eula hon. reports from assemble ah, queuing for a well prim. yet, at this a stumble hospital, people have been receiving the taco vac vaccine since the beginning of the year. the 1st cove at 19 jap, developed and produced in turkey to go up to do to go. i have more trust until callback than in other vaccines because it's made by my own country. it is still there to go up to more i wish they had launch to go back sooner. i would have gotten it for all my shots. school will just go to the limits on the i haven't been

vaccinated at all until today. i waited for turco box because i trust our turkish scientists more than those abroad. a sham was engaged in for president reggie ty, about one took havoc as a symbol of national strength with its own vaccine. he says, turkey is one of the most innovative progressive countries in the world, and no longer dependent on others. the government, a celebrating, took luck as a great success. but how effective as the vaccine, and doesn't protect against all micron and other potential virus variants. many medical experts here in turkey remain skeptical. so wasn't, isn't she know from the countries independent doctors union criticizes the fact that hardly any data on 2 o'clock has been published? that is why she isn't recommending the new vaccine. political success, she says, seems to be more important to the government than scientific accuracy,

horribly. they are. i can't evaluate how effective this vaccine is, because i don't have the necessary information. the results of the phase one and phase 2 studies have not been published. we also know next to nothing about phase 380 until we have the scientific fact. so we can't consider this a vaccine, but just some kind of liquid on the head argument. so you see on as in many countries, only crohn is behind the number of new infections, rapidly surging. here in turkey, the lexi nation rate is comparatively high. about 85 percent of adults have received at least 2 japs. but the uncertainty surrounding took havoc is causing concern to call o'clock. we don't know much about 2 o'clock yet. that's why i don't think it's very safe beating that i wouldn't take it because i haven't seen scientific data in studies about it. her mom quoted out of the didn't saw what was that old little vision room. we're going to go to me. i will get my 3rd day of by

and take to day. i don't trust the turkish. maxine, i have my doubts glances equal renewed m nora. teen yee, has overseen toko vox development. he says the warriors are unfounded. the turkish vaccine is a safe and effective as others. it can limit the image of it, which is what we have all figures and all studies show show. we do not have the slightest concern or doubt in terms of its effectiveness being vaccinated as better than not being vaccinated at all. if turco voc helps us convinced those who are unvaccinated, that would be one of our greatest achievements. because the lose wilshire. over the next few months, as many people as possible, are expected to also get their booster shots with turkey's own vaccine. and soon, according to the government's plan, to go back will be delivered to other countries to help them in the fight against cove it coming up next on d. w. news,

asia. why rights groups are calling this opposition? leaders trial in cambodia, a charade, and hamsters at the center of a cove it outbreak in hong kong. a look at the outrage over plans now to cold. thousands of small be reached by energy. has those doors involved coming up next on dw news, asia for all of us here in berlin? thank you for watching. ah ah, with

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