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across the ukranian border and commit new acts of aggression against ukraine. that will be met with a swift, severe united response. also coming up damming accusations, a new report, fines former pope benedict, the 16th turned a blind eye to cases of child sexual abuse during his time as archbishop of munich plus flying into the record books. a 19 year old becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, will look at what propelled her to make the record sat injury. ah,

i'm pablo fo lillius welcome to the program. america's top diplomat, antony blinkin, is in geneva for a summit with russia's foreign minister, cedric saturday. lab rav make or break talks that could determine war or peace. here in europe. ahead of that meeting blinkin was here in berlin, where he hell talks with german foreign minister and alina bell, bach and their british and french counterparts. a meeting meant to show a night at front and clear up any misunderstanding about western unity regarding russian aggression against ukraine. the stakes are high. you a secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. they focus how to credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow

even as were relentless in pursuing this diplomatic path. will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path of further aggression, we will impose swift and massive cost. if lot on who was landing and that so we urgently call on russia to take steps towards the escalation, either by any further aggression would have serious consequences. see it? would it not even the cons extensive nasty thing. but comments by the you with president a day earlier, have right questions about whether those consequences really do apply to any active aggression. one 3rd, russia will be held accountable if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing offensive, minor corrosion, and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do it better. but if they actually do what they're capable of doing with the force, the mask on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia. the white house later try to clarify,

insisting that the west would react come, what may. but the issue has highlighted questions over what level of aggression would trigger what kind of response the u. s. has made it clear that it would expect berlin to target the controversial nord stream to pipeline which linked germany to russian gas. it's also worth noting that gas is not flowing through nordstrom to yet, which means that the pipeline is leverage for germany, the united states and our allies, not russia. for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, seen as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. so is there a diplomatic way out of this crisis? we put that question to you as a political analyst, jessica berlin. at this point, the only way out of this crisis is their deterrence. anthony blinkin has already

been pushing hard behind the scenes for germany to take a stronger stance against russia's aggression. for the you to tow a stronger line and now he's here in person to push that at the end of the day dialogue will not solve this issue. anthony, blinking tomorrow is going to have to make perfectly clear to russia that the cost of invading ukraine will be higher than the cost of invasion. and russia is one of the use largest trading partners. not only in energy, i mean trade between russia and the you. in 2020, i counted for over a 170000000000 euros rushes, also germany's largest gas importer. so the economic cost to europe, to serious consequences for russia would also be dire. and this is why we haven't seen a clear line yet, but this is hopefully what secretary blinking, i'm is pushing for with the quad group. i'm and at the level to make sure that at

least behind the scenes, that we agree on a price tag that europe and germany are willing to pay economically to preserve security and peace in europe. former pope benedict. the 16th has been accused of failing to take action in 4 child sex abuse cases in germany. and you report has found that he covered open clerical, sexual abuse when he was cardinal. joseph ratner, archbishop of munich, the report identified almost 500 victims of abuse between 19452019 in and around to munich. turning a blind eye to sexual abuse. that was the definitive conclusion of a report published in germany on thursday commissioned by the catholic church. it accuses the form a pontiff of knowing about sexual abuses committed by priests. while he was archbishop of munich

a post he held between 19771982. the report said the offending priests in bavaria during his tenure were conscious the kept him pastoral carols, visiting and supporting members of the community. the current archbishop of munich, confiding, called the report, an indispensable building block in the healing process. if in a shooter compassion, i am shocked and ashamed from me having to begin the encounters with the victims of sexual abuse, have brought about a turning point where they have changed mine of our name and continued to change my perception of the church. and these of i to benedict who stood down from his rolling 2013 has denied the claims. but the law is investigating what categorical he was aware in exquisite. in a total of 4 cases,

we concluded that lead then archbishop cardinal rat, singer, is to be accused of misconduct in cases of sexual abuse. and those who represent victims said, the catholic church must do more. we believe on there they had become better in training of lay people are in a code of protection programs for children are but in terms of on dealing with the victims and not protecting of the perpetrators, it's still the same old system. benedict proffered his resignation as pope ameritas last year, an offer declined by the current pontiff. but thursday's report is just the latest in a torrent of abuse claims that have come to light in recent years. further exposing the decades of hidden crimes committed by the catholic church. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making use around the world. austria has

become the 1st country in europe to vote in favor of vaccine mandates for all adults. the new rule targets all residents of austria, 18 and older. lawmakers voted to 137 in favor to 33 against the measure. a crowd of demonstrators march to outside austria's parliament in vienna to protest against the vote. around 70 percent of austrians are considered fully vaccinated. the 1st deliveries of aid supplies have arrived in tonga days after the pacific island nation was hit by a volcanic eruption and soon nami. many areas were devastated. the islands were cut off from most to communication for days afterwards. toxic ash from the volcano has covered much of the landscape and contaminated drinking water. scores of people are feared dead after a massive explosion near the town of picasso. in western gannon. police reported

a blast after a mining vehicle carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle videos posted on local media, showed a large blast site and dozens of destroyed builders. u. s. political analysts to, sorry, gonna jump ahead. a british belgian teenager has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world after a journey that took 5 months. as i read, rotherford has landed back in belgium. she says she took a on to the challenge to encourage more girls and women to get involved in science, technology, and aviation. the there was no cabin crew on board to prepare for this landing. at 19 year old dot or rather for touchtone in belgium. she became the youngest women in history to fly solo around the world. and the youngest person to do, you know, micro like aircraft a heroes welcome. a way to turn really has to be to say the truth 5 months long.

and even this last those pretty tricky. so even yet it's been a challenge. the always are rather foods around the world, right? spend 5 continents and covered 52000 kilometers. she raised money through sponsorship and often stayed with host families. zara shared the highs and lows of her adventure on lane. the trip took much longer than expected and there were moments of turbulence. so right now my, my russian visa has just expired. so i'm actually not allowed to go into the country, which is frustrating. no stories that way. i know unless you get to places because i don't like line room, somebody on the ground that is the little bit was fine and then from the cloud so it gets in low low. i think at the i 160 feet, which is pretty scary. beyond breaking records, 0 had

a bigger mission. meeting local in giving talks along the way. she tried to inspire other girls and young women to get involved in education, science and technology. dot conversion, soil that work, continue going on monday. the other female by the phone. kind of hoping to be a friend. yeah. i'm going to amazing messages from both girls and women to saying that they split applying to see what i've been doing, which really isn't your to your mission. i think so. i think i like to think it was an emotional reunion ferrara's mother, beatrice. he says there were some nail biting moments. this is not without risk, and she is breaking records after all. but, but i, i was very confident ins, our skills and her experience, and also in, in the team, the whole team behind. and that we kept at the same spot, barely out of high school. zara rutherford glanced to keep her feet on solid ground for no and apply for university. but she hopes her double world record,

will encourage girls everywhere to spread their wings in any way they can. in other news, at least 29 people have been killed in a stampede. in liberia's capital monrovia, many of them children, large crowds, had gathered for a christian prayer service. witnesses save, a stampede ensued after robbers with machetes, began attacking worshippers. a pile of shoes is all that is left. this is where hundreds of worshippers had gathered on wednesday evening. prayer turned to panic when a local street gang attacked them with knives and machetes. while while while we're man said the attack started at the entrance, when people were trying to leave the service. yeah. dear laura, this is the moment people started to wrong. if there is going to therapy. nick, they are people. well, william, all ready,

christian prayer gatherings are popular among liberians, known as crusades. they provide comfort. more than half of the population lives on less than $2.00 a day. president george ware visited a local hospital to show support to the victim 15 people from the gathering where admitted here for their injuries ursa. he said it was a very sad day in that country and the tragedy he wanted to express his sympathy for all the family but lost then loved ones. we are, has declared 3 days of morning and announced an investigation at the africa cup of nations defending champions. algeria were shockingly knocked out of the tournament as the group stage concluded, algeria lost to ivory coast and fail to win

a single group stage game. while the ivory ins go through to the round of 16 also on thursday, equitorial guinea eliminated sierra leone, gambia beat chin india. but both advance and molly knocked out martina you're watching. deed of news live from berlin up next in business, global oil prices hit a 7 year high. chelsea delaney as that and more business news after the break. and don't forget, he can stay up to date on all the latest news and information on our website. that's d, w dot com. or you can follows on our social media accounts. i'm pub affiliate symbol. and thanks for watching. take care to the top of the next are.