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a crate following talks with the ukrainian president, us secretary of state. and to me, playing can declares american support for key f unwavering promises additional aid in the event of an invasion. also on the program, micron tightens its grip on germany for the 1st time, the country records more than 100000 corona virus infections in a day. international communities, steps of effort to help tonga as new images emerge, revealing the devastation caused by last weekend's volcanic eruptions. i'm so nomic, i'm the africa cup of nations, caesar historic upset. we'll look at the small island nation that dumped all time champions gonna out of the tour. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. you are

a secretary of state and to be blank and has urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. it in care for talks with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. he also accused moscow of systematically trying to weaken ukraine's democratic institutions and dividing ukrainian society mister blake and said, washington was committed to protecting ukraine and preventing any escalation with moscow. he shed your 2 whole talks with russia's foreign minister on friday. at his meeting with president savanski, mister lincoln warned russia it would pay a heavy price for any aggression in ukraine. that's why present by nashville to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself. and make clear the

course of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine. straight to you cried capital, where we join our d. w sir, bureau chief matessa bellenger out welcome a matches up, so deed ukraine, get what it hoped for. from mister blinking his visit, while ukraine got a strong sign of support from mister blinkin, and that's what the country needs. at this moment. this flurry of activity blinking his by father 1st visitor in these days in the ukrainian capital, the german foreign minister has been there, her, the burrell from the you has been there and the current delegation from congress. this activity signals that sir secret services in the west seemed to be thinking

that irrational attack might be imminent in these days. so all these activities are there to show that, to russia, that it would have to bear the consequences. and that these countries stand with ukraine, he had also a 2nd, very important announcement to make announced that the u. s. will continue to deliver weapons to ukraine, which is something in the case of an attack by a far superior russian military. ukraine, badly needs that. so ukraine has a live to with a russian annexation of each country for some me a years that do people feel threatened by this at latest military buildup? yeah, there is a lot of fur are whispering and, and are talking about what might happen if you ask people here many say that it seems that something might happen, but what of course, nobody knows. however,

there's no panic. we don't see people buying groceries piling up a stock piling and we also see that currency exchange rates are still stable. so people are not her withdrawing all their money or exchanging all their money into for and career currency, which they might meet in the case or from the tech. or there is attention and people are wary that something might happen right. anthony bring can meet says russian pound counterpart in geneva on friday it's, it's hard to see of what they expect to achieve from this late is meeting got given that nothing appears to have been again from previous meetings between a russian and us leaders. i think both sides are still in the process of figuring out what they can talk about at all. we know rushes demands or says maximum demands . they include many things that the nature has clearly said and blinking us at it today again, that they are not debatable. for example,

nato promising never to take any new members into, into nato. but there are other things that possibly blink and at least how sad they might be able to talk about mutual security guarantees of the kind that had been reached 3040 years ago between the west and the russian. aside the soviet side at the time where both sides withdraw their military, give each other guarantees and a try to be accountable and transparent about what they are planning to do. this is what at least what the americans think they could talk about. now, if this is an option or not, or what russia is, planning at all, whether russia has already made up its mind what it really wants. oh, a at this point we know what is once overall the maximum, the end goal, but we don't know or what is the most important next steps. so this will,

of course, all they will try to figure this out in these talks. i thank you for that. amity is bullying in care and german chancellor, allah shalt says, blamed moscow for escalating tensions between russia and the west. speaking of the virtual world economic forum, the chancellor said it's unclear whether talks with russia would achieve a breakthrough. it is still too early to tell whether they will help deescalate to situation russia created by concentrating 100000 troops along the border with ukraine. but after years of rising tensions, staying silent is not as sensible option as get more from d. w st. political editor, mckayla kirk. no, welcome mckayla. is this a new tone of russia from the chancellor? it is indeed it's is certainly the chancellor farming up his tone after we just saw him yesterday standing next to nato secretary general un stolen back confirmed that

everything would be on the table if there actually was a book board a violation. and that includes the nor stream to pipeline. that's a pipeline that directly links germany with russia. that's something he in the past described as a purely economic project. and this is a chance they're coming from the social democrat party, where there are very leading voices who are much more understanding of russert feeling threatened by the west. so it clearly is a different tone coming from him at the world economic forum there. and also making very clear that when one talks about this very conflict, it's about a lot more than a border conflict that it is about the integrity of europe itself. and this was the chancellor's 1st major foreign policy speech, sir. how different is the vision that he set out for germany's place in the world from that of his, a longstanding predecessor?

well, there's no doubt that he is a chancellor of continuity, but he digress. is from angola, mac calls atone by clearly calling conflicts out. and the prime example is something he said in relation to china, let's just take a listen to that. we would prove wrong. those who are currently portraying our continent as a billiard ball in a great deal economical game between china and the united states. your office, the openness and global societies, the benefit innovation. we are on course towards greater technological sovereignty, the top priority of the pin commission. so messed message of unity in europe. i dare say it's no coincidence that is similar message was sent by french president emmanuel. my call speaking to the european parliament today

that europe must remain independent now all of so it's didn't mention the word independence, but it clearly is a very different tone. when seeing europe more independent, also from its closest ally, the united states, in that deal, political potential stand off with china. now the big question now is whether europe itself can be united enough to deliver on that. he also called out a so called climate club as part of the g 7 presidency this year, where he basically wants to see as many nations join as possible, to turn a huge transition in the name of fighting climate change into an economic advantage . so more details i guess, following suit i can, we cannot mechana christina, chief political editor to take a look at some more stories making news around the world. now starting in israel, where police of evict to the palestinian family from

a disputed property in east jerusalem flashpoint neighbourhood of shake gera, they demolish the building and the rest of at least 18 people. during the pre dawn operation, similar evictions in may last year ignited an 11 day war between israel and palestinian militants. in garza, colombian politician ingrid bet encore has announced she'll run for president on a centrist ticket. 20 years ago she was abducted by the fox. the country's biggest rebel group and held captive in the jungle for more than 6 years to return to politics last year and promised to fight corruption and economic disparity. belgian quarter sentence leader of a human trafficking ring to 15 years in jail. in connection with the death of 39 vietnamese migrants victim suffocated while being smuggled in a truck driven from belgium to the u. k. in the summer of 2019 now to the u. k, where a number of british m. p. 's from the prime minister's own party,

have reportedly submitted letters of no confidence. horace johnson's under fire for breaking covey rules and holding parties as his downing street residence last year at the height of the corona virus pandemic. when such gatherings have been ban with his political leadership hanging in the balance, he faced parliament, a prime minister questions and faced down calls to go. no matter the excuse, there is no excuse for thinking the british people fulfilled the pain as quickly as no time for him to resign. a speaker. but what i can tell her is that i, as i said to us last week, i apologize sincerely for any misjudgments that were made uh, but she must contain her impatience. mister speaker and wait for the very next week before he goes any of the conclusions that he's just go straight to london where we join d w comes well that charlotte chosen po. welcome charlotte. this was a shed your appearance before

a parliament. how did mister johnson defend his position? well, this had been billed as a make or break day for the prime minister given the left level of criticism that has been leveled at him over this series of allegations involving gatherings, downing street. he was a much more defiant figure today than the prime minister that we thought yesterday into yesterday. he was really being ruled on the details of what he knew, particularly about one gathering in particular that he's known to have attended. and he appeared pretty defeated in the interview today. came out fighting, deflected a series of questions on party gates as it being called here, which dominated prime minister questions as i'm sure you can imagine. he referred back to will. many in his government have been over the last few weeks, the investigation that is ongoing into these allegations thing we will have to wait for the funding that was already came to stress from the achievements of the

government to the pandemic, including the vaccine program. now whether that will have been enough to impress members of design party, admit this speculation about rising numbers, calling for no consequence, no confidence that still remains to be thing. and this is not the 1st time that mr . johnson, his face calls for his resignation. i one day is his position still tenable? well, there has been a huge amount of public anger about these allegations for weeks and weeks. now ways have been absolutely full of people sharing that tragic stories about the sacrifices they made throughout the pandemic. and of course, the narrative is that they were making sacrifices while the prime minister and some of his colleagues, the allegations all were breaking the rules that they themselves made. now this public anger is not lost on members of the prime minister's own party. indeed, it shall by number a number and some of whom have publicly called his resignation. we had that again

and found out the name and 2 prime ministers. question time the form of breakfast, minutes to david davis said in the name of god, go a really powerful moment. during prime minister's question time, another member of the prime minister party impact effect affected to the opposition policy just minutes before i think that gives us a sense of some of the anger that the prime minister is facing. now it's not yet clear how close to the threshold of a cooling for no confidence vote that the prime minister is. but if you listen to members of the opposition hooping on the way today, they think it's not a question. it's when, if the prime minister goes, but when thank you for that data because both charlotte chelsea pill in london, a germany has recorded more than a 100000 new daily corona virus infections for the 1st time. the search has been fueled by the highly, highly contagious omicron variant, which now accounts for majority of new infections. defense on hospitals here hasn't

been as bad as previously feared. but authorities are wanting the public not to let down their gods 2 years into the pandemic infections, or at a high, never before seen in germany. and it's all down to army kron. but despite the huge numbers, it seems, most people of only been mildly sick with a slight decrease reported in the number of intensive care patients. the experts wor no, don't get complacent on. this are big enough on all we assume that in the next few weeks. so by mid february, we'll see a significant increase in hospitalizations. so the number of patients admitted to hospital and then ultimately in intensive care units are the kinds of in this doesn't. and it's not just coven 19 that people will have to contend with later this year. and we asked that as this coming autumn will bring a wave of respiratory illnesses with lots of influenza and various are the viruses . it's a big range and there'll be many corona cases to our congo,

and they've been regular protests across germany in recent weeks, over the government strategy to make life harder for the unvaccinated contact. restrictions have been tightened to flatten the omicron curve, but it hasn't led to a significant increase in germany's vaccine uptake. steel over a quarter of the population is not fully vaccinated, but that could change with a highly controversial plan for mandatory vaccines on the cards. and when it comes to testing the sheer weight of all the new, omicron infections has exhausted capacity. and so authorities believe the real number of cases is double. what's officially being counted out on the streets. opinions very from concern and to being completely set up. because i cannot stand this topic any more. you hear it in the news in the media. i know that army corolla isn't a severe most of the time, but of course i have very just like before about people with preexisting conditions

and relatives. i know i'm not worried really. everyone's being careful. staying at home. maybe you send complacency is set in, but i'm double vaccinated in police did. that's all i can do in the rest. i'm leaving up to fate. german authorities expect the army crone wave to peak around the middle of february, and the government's plans are compulsory. vaccines could be in place by april or may discussions on that are due to begin in the bonus tag next week. let's look at some of the latest developments in the pandemic starting in the u. k. and england has announced that his ending most corona virus restrictions, again, as a measures will be introduced in december to slow the spread of army. kron portugal says a citizens in isolation because of covered or will be allowed to leave their homes in order to vote for one hour in the evening on election day. japan has extended

coverage to restrictions to the capitol, tokyo as it registered record infections because of only chrome. the international community has stepped up efforts to aid tonga after last weekend's volcanic eruption. and synonymy. china says it's willing to help the country rebuild a new zealand and australia, a shipping supplies to the area. i made concerns that the country could run out of drinking water. experts say it's likely to take a month to prepare the countries only under c internet cable. despite this, some telephone links have been reconnected. the ash from this volcano is everywhere . it has fogged the skies of 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 need one particular goal and this is one of the lower and so that to be action. all of the home that

have been destroyed and damaged and their grades are the safety of the ships from australia and new zealand are on their way to tonga, 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 tango was cut off from the world for several days after the russian families worried about their relatives on the island. the was sure is always that you're not going to say, but you love it. yeah, that's the worst feet. now,

phone network for slowly springing back to life and lifting the fall, going, how damaged tango really is. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. yes, communications companies, a t and t and verizon have agreed to delay wednesday's controversial roll out of new 5 g technology around us airports. was uproar from carriers who complained the 5 g could interfere with flight instruments. while international airlines had cut some flights to the u. s. or switch to plane types? the committee investigating last year's attack on the u. s. capital has issued subpoenas to rudy giuliani and 2 other lawyers for former president donald trump. the lawyers are publicly pushed. mister trump's baseless claims a vote afford following his election defeat the committee is demanding. the lawyers are here for deposition on in february, volkswagen and basha. plenty on the lines to boost european battery production. a

joint venture aims to shore up supply chains for battery manufacturers and secure batteries for car makers. electric car industries hoping to be less reliant on china. than the africa cup of nations and underdogs, camaros pulled off a surprise, a victory over favorites garner and knocking them out to the competition. in the process of celebrations in the capital city, maroney as their sag claim, a 3 to win, the tiny island nation has never qualified for africans before. and of now i now have a chance of progressing through the group stages. if other results go their way, fans are hopeful that their team will continue each journey at the tournament in cameroon. lemme i have tears of joy. it's a historic wind for us. these 3 points are enough and if we can qualify for the last 16, that would be amazing that plenty of, oh no. i got to point we thank god for the incredible performance our players have

achieved today. i never did that. i thought that they had lost 2 games, but today they show bel able to advance in the competition and they weren't out there. was that mackenzie so? well? let's get more from the louder and are we from d, w a sports? i welcome that melodic. so what needs to happen for cameras to progress? well, 2 things. they need to watch tonight's games between nigeria and guinea. beside niger, i need to begin to be so an egypt need to beat sudan for ah, october's to have a chance. and then into ours games or a c, a loon or equal to agony, need to have will be we have to have a win in that game and there for, for it to happen to leave. there's a draw then one of both of them have a chance to go through a head of a quit or a head of commerce because propose have a minus 2 go goes difference. and then every cost need to defeat

a g at each failing champion, which is the hat core. but these are the things that need to happen for commerce to have a chance to go through to played a wonderful tournament. you know, coming through population of less than a 1000000 people defeats in ghana for time champions with all the stars to, to, to, to you know, to stand a chance but it gets tougher for them. yeah, of course. so what happened to garner because they had been the tournament of favorites. why has this is african powerhouse i've done so badly? well, gonna wanted to end of 40 and between 40 years 3 losing streak there was the last one in 1080 to gather their 4th title was in 1082 and every on every african they've been hoping to pick the dog. unfortunately, this year, again, the dea talisman who was as i'm why john, i retired after the last i've gone and all the stubborn in the draw. but he was sent off early last night. you know, so it gets calmer. so this is walked against them

a lot did then the magic of the former coach who was brought back the man and the serbian meal of an rival. he took them to the finance of the war cope in 2010. he was brought back recently, but the magic has not been able to do. his magic has not worked for them. now they will have to rebuild and hope that they're dead to have a team in it would team enough for the what completed in march. okay. and there was another historic moment of african, yesterday we saw the 1st amends african matched to be refereed by a woman. how did that go? yes sir. 3 sally, my mucus, sanger of one dash, 3 years old, was studied in nursing and mid with free. and wanted to play basketball would have to be a professional basketball or but, you know, had as faith as had it. ah, she's thou, one of the most famous reference in the world. she's the 1st woman to be sent out

for a couple of nations in the 65 year history. so it's, it's really good for, for wonder, for women in football and for girls to see themselves on the peach one day. i spoke to her about what's up a few days before high game and she was never said she was never she, she didn't want to speak to the press yet, but yes, this, she didn't show any nerve in the game between zimbabwe and jeannie and just talk that maybe she'll be part of the cot i woke up with fries. excellent. all right, thank you for that. a lot at a week from the w school. thank you. this is did only news life from ballot is reminder of our top story of this are a secretary of state on to be playing can has cold america support for ukraine, unwavering after talks with president, flung me as an educator to bring in a chair as part of a diplomatic push, i'm preventing

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