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arrives in berlin for crisis talks on russia. ukraine tension america's top diplomat, antony lincoln, has landed in germany for meetings with key european allies, part of a whirlwind diplomatic tour to try to stop russia from invading ukraine. also coming up the 1st humanitarian aid flights reached tomba, images are emerging from the pacific nation's capital. and they show the scale of the devastation and massive volcanic eruption and a following to nami. cut it off from the rest of the world last week. at a sharp and tuneful protest against covered restrictions in amsterdam, cultural venues of the hack ups and yoga lessons. attempt to persuade the government that it's time to reopen socrates ah.

ahead of us, welcome to the program. you are secretary of state antony blink, and has arrived in berlin. his latest stopover in 3 days of shuttle diplomacy aimed at preventing a war in ukraine. he will hold talks by a video conference with his german, british, and french allies. it is a face to face bilateral meeting with german foreign minister on a lena bear book, blake, and left here. earlier this morning, after meeting with ukrainian leaders, he told them he would keep working to avert a russian attack and urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. lincoln is also due to meet with russian foreign minister, sergey lover off in geneva on friday. now let's bring in our political corresponded hands blunt for more on this story of the meeting to the as is taking place as we speak. what can we expect there?

while there's been a flurry of activity there been half a dozen countries involved, it's been going on for the last 10 days or so. and there's really 2 central questions to this. the one question is, what is the next move in these negotiations with russia? how can one approach russia keep this discussion open, keep the lines of communication open. and the other question is, what should be the response? if russia actually decides to invade ukraine and emit all of these meetings that have been going on over the last 10 days. there has been a feeling that the united states have had the leading role, that at some stage the europeans have been overlooked or that their position has not been respected. so trying to find some common ground there trying to find a common position to present to russia. that's really the question of this meeting and all the other meetings that have been taking place. so ab lincoln is in europe trying to dissuade russia from invading ukraine. his boss president, but made some comments that raised eyebrows. let's, let's have

a quick listen. russia will be held accountable. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing, it's richer minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, etc. but if they actually do what they're capable of doing with the force of mass on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia. now, let me quote this, it depends on what russia does. it's one thing if it's a minor incursion, what does this mean? that doesn't really sound like he was president, being tough on russia. yes indeed, and i think what he's doing there is revealing some of the differences that there are amongst the partners that are discussing all of the white house immediately try to do some damage control and reaffirm that if any, any military boots of any russian military boots were to enter ukraine territory, the response would be severe and, and damaging to russia. and,

but there is still some difference of opinion on what exactly to do in what kind of situation, for instance, amongst the europeans that are participating in this discussion today of france, germany and the united kingdom, the united kingdom has been a lot tougher in its response. in recent days and has even gone so far as to confirm that this is going to supply some defensive weapons to ukraine. that's something that the germans have excluded explicitly several times. there's also some discussion about what germany should do if there is an invasion of ukraine with the gas pipeline that runs from russia to germany. so far, germany has said closing down the power plan is out of the question. now the german chancellor has implied that that might in fact be a measure that germany were prepared to take. so lots of things still to be cleared up. did have you political, corresponded the hans from there. thank you hans. now the 1st aircraft, carrier, humanitarian aids to tama,

has arrived. 5 days of the pacific island nation was hit by a volcanic eruption followed by a tsunami. a cargo plane flown by the roll. new zealand air force was able to land after a carpet of ash was cleared from the wrong way. now as basic communication slowly begin to be restored. the world is getting a 1st glimpse of how badly tom i was hit. these images provide a glimpse of the devastation left behind. this is tongue is biggest island tongue, a top who it escaped the worst of his saturday's volcanic eruption and soon army which it was still badly hit and all around there is a blanket of volcanic ash. the ash

might have health cushions, my car was water, the effects it would have on agriculture and the recovery of livestock and culture, possibly the ecosystem fish stocks. we have to have fish poison testing kits now to ensure that people's livelihoods and local food sources for, for consumption. the clean up has already started as tongue guns try to restore a sense of order. knowing the outside world is struggling to get in to help. but help is finally beginning to arrive. this australian 8 flight is the 1st to land in tonga, base new zealand and australia are using then naval ships, as well as the air force is to bring in aid as quickly as possible.

despite the difficult logistics. the priorities from the tollen government or what we're really working to primarily in the 1st. this is the provision of clean water that that's the key priority that the autonomy government has asked for. no range of other stores from shelter. now, further communications equipment and the like to make sure that we are, can start to search so different and for tongue in that age effort can't begin soon enough. as this nation made up of around 170 islands, tries to start rebuilding its life. we're going to poland now, which is bracing for a strong rise in corona virus cases as it heads into a 5th wave. a peak of $60000.00 daily cases is forecast for mid february, according to the polish government. but a large percentage of the people in poland are still unvaccinated,

only 56.5 percent of have 2 doses of vaccine and only 23 percent have had their booster shots. the w's jack park reports from a hospital in krakow, which is preparing for its beds to fill up on ventilators fighting for their lives. none of the 20 people on this cove at 19 ward at krakow university hospital of vaccinated gregory. she's just been admitted to the ward says he was scared, the vaccine would effect another medical condition. he has rather than have a junior shipper got one of them which convict until now i didn't know how to vaccine would affect me. but anyway, i'm not an anti vac sir in the void because the question is now for my doctor how long after leaving the hospital can i be vaccinated? kid and funny movies are shipped right now. the case load here is manageable, but they're bracing as infection numbers in poland surge and my frustrated that

people are not getting vaccinated. frustration is a difficult turn to to define. i just wish people trust a medical experts more weak and weary. the staff try to get the patients moving again up to a half of the patience on this road will end up needing intensive care support. it's so frequent that the staff here at clack, of university hospital has set up special pathways that go underground straight from this ward to the i see you doctors, here's a currently around a 5th of the people admitted with coven. don't make it out of the hospital when i remember our 1st wave. we hat most sleep, very other people. and a lot of them infected, died at to day. age of patients is different. we have patient clar 40 at 50 years old. there's an ongoing discussion in poland debate, whether the reluctance to be vaccinated comes from long standing lack of confidence

in public institutions, a hangover from the communist era, or whether the government's information campaign around the jobs was insufficient. only 56.5 percent of polls are vaccinated with 2 doses. and it wasn't hard to find people on the streets of krakow, who hadn't had it back to shark, whatever vaccinated people also get the virus scan. they're spreading the virus to left and carrying and suffering at the place where i was working. everyone who was vaccinated got severely ill, me, i wasn't vaccinated and i never got sick. my, any kind of harm needs to give him. so i was also brilliant. i don't know what to say about vaccines because i'm not vaccinated. are you there something new in the world and i don't know what the side effects might be. you have a mac your effect, obama. oh, my gosh. i love the gulf. the steel production company, arsenal, metal, poland, is offering it's $10000.00 employees. a bonus of just over 4000 euros. if they

prove they're fully vaccinated, they say it's getting results. the response has been overwhelming because the program was only introduced on the 21st of december last year. and in the 1st 3 weeks, we received as many as 4 and a half 1000 applications. so it means that 4 and a half 1000 of our employees have been vaccinated. while private initiatives like that might have a local effects. increasing vaccination rates needs a nationwide effort. poland has passed the unwelcome milestone of a $100000.00 covey deaths and with the low vaccine take up. and with the 5th wave looming, hospitals like this one worn, the number of deaths will spike again, museums and concert halls in the netherlands have been offering haircuts, and manicures in protest against corona vows restrictions. that's because the government recently eased restrictions for small businesses, such as hassles, but not for cultural venues. they have been shot since mid september. much to the

dismay of many of the dutch artists. ah, it's a different kind of into met. so at this concert hall in amsterdam, the orchestra plays 2nd fiddle to a pair of hair dressers. ah, if it was her phone, it's so beautiful too, to be here. now in these days where there's no possibility for o, critical to sector, the netherlands was put on to lockdown in mid december due to record coven 19 cases, hair dressers, beauty salons and gyms have now been allied to reopen museums, concert halls, and other cultural venues. have not in a protest, action called hare saloon stages and galleries were turned into small beauty parlors or yoga studios. or at the famous vanguard museum,

you could get your finger nails painted, organizing this to make the point that we think the cultural sector should be open . museums in particular, a very safe places to visit. the way we've set this up is also according to the rules. there's plenty of social different thing. there's lots of space, lots of fresh air. and we think we just really don't understand why we're close. and beauty salon is open. this concert had to eventually stop, but the barbara of seville would surely have been proud lou. and before we go some good news from tahiti scientists have documented a previously undiscovered coral reef. in wonderful condition. much of the news in recent years relates to karl degradation. because of climate change, but a group of french scientists have now discovered a pristine reef. it consists of giant rose shaped corals and its 3 kilometers long

making it. one of the longest in the world is at a depth of between 30 and 120 meters at scientists believe the waters are deep enough to protect the coral from the bleaching effects of warming, ocean waters nearer the surface. and that said from me and the news team in berlin, there don't go away though. the doc film is coming up next and soon some us canada will have a world news update for you at the top of the hour and also do go to our website for more news. it's a d, w dot com and also follow us. if you don't already do on instagram and on twitter handle, there is asked d. w news. i'm gout, elvis in berlin. me in the team. thanks for

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