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. crime, any russian military forces move across the ukranian border and commit new acts of aggression against ukraine. that will be met with a swift, severe united response. the u. s. secretary of state meets his russian counterpart for talks later today. also coming up in a 1st for europe, all 3 of parliament votes to make covey 19 vaccines mandatory for all adults. people who refused that job could soon face, hefty fines plus flying into the record books. a 19 year old becomes the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world. we look at what propelled the fearless fly to make the record setting journey. blue.

i'm glad offers. welcome to the program. america's top diplomat, antony blinking is in geneva to meet with russian foreign minister, sergey love, rav 4 make or break talks that could determine war. a peace in europe on thursday blinking a was in berlin, where he, how talks with german foreign minister, analynn burbock, and the british and french counterparts meeting meant to show united front and clear up any misunderstanding about western unity regarding russian aggression against ukraine. the stakes are high, us 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. their 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 regression, we will impose swift and mass, of course, if one on whose lung thing, and that's why we urgently carl and russia to take steps towards dease collation, you divide, act any further aggression would have serious consequences. see it, would it not even the cleanse, 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. russia will be held accountable. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing influences minor corrosion, and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera. 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 north stream 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. all the w political corresponded hands brand is following this story for us. hans, what do you make of that meeting that the result or did it result in the show of unity that the western allies were hoping for?

it certainly was a show of unity. the question is to what extent the unity is real behind the scenes as it were in the discussions that were going on. and one has to say that there to the diplomacy that has been going on in recent days and weeks. a lot of it behind the scenes has resulted in a more agreement, i think on the side of the one we'll call it a western allies, maybe in the german foreign minister emphasize all the groups that are involved in this the g 7 that the european union and also nato, that all of these were involved. so we're talking about dozens of countries, and that obviously is a stiff code to try and coordinate all the different opinions amongst all of those countries. but i think what is clear now is that negotiations with russia are on the, on the most important at the moment. batch of the responses that might result from russian aggression are being formulated in the background. although not much about

that. it's being said in the open at the moment of lincoln said in that report interestingly, that the north stream to pipeline was leverage in favor of germany and its allies, me that germany could still refuse to finally go and to open. the taps on the pipeline, is it likely the german government would do that in the event of a russian invasion? yes, that is one of the possible responses of that. in fact, has been discussed openly quite extensively because it has been particularly controversial. the german government has said for quite a long time that this pipeline is a project that is run by private companies. it's a commercial venture and that it did not want in wanting to involve this in the whole dispute. but most recently this week, the german chancellor will of shots has implied that the pipeline will in fact, become part of the dealing with russia if aggression should happen in the ukraine.

so there's been some movement in some significant movement on that germany is weakening its pose and is giving in basically 2 united states demands and brought there for us. thank you, hans. in austria, the parliament has passed a new law making coven, 19 vaccination, mandatory for adults. it's the 1st european country to approve such a wide reaching measure so far. only 72 percent of austrians have been fully vaccinated against the corona virus. that is one of the lowest rates in western europe. 137 in favor to 33 against austria's vaccine mandate passed by clear majority in a 1st for any european country legislators said it was a drastic but necessary step. a compulsory vaccination isn't something we wanted, but unfortunately it's become a necessity to close that big vaccination gap in austria. it's my deep conviction

that only then will we have a realistic chance regaining the life we had before. the corona virus. from early february, everyone over the age of 18 must be vaccinated. with exceptions for those who are pregnant, have a medical exemption, or have recently recovered from coven 19. after an introductory phase, anyone still holding out could be find thousands of euro's thousands have joined regular street protests against restrictions and vaccination . a few 100 protesters gathered outside parliament in vienna as votes were cast. but inside only the far right freedom party voted against the mandate, their leader said he would continue to refuse to be vaccinated.

her influence this vaccine mandate is an act of disenfranchisement m. earth with a single blow. millions of austrians are being downgraded by butch. they're not independent, sovereign people, any moral. they're sinking to the level of subjugated people, of servants, for north or offering him fun, connecting. the bill must now passed the upper house and the freedom party has vowed to challenge it in court. turn out of look at some of the latest developments in the pandemic. germany has reported a record number of new corona virus infections, more than 140000 in a single day. and that's 48000 more new cases than this time. last week, france will begin to lift cove at 19 restrictions on february. second, thanks to what are being called encouraging signs that the wave of omicron variant infections is ebbing and the world bankers approved a $750000000.00 loan to south africa aimed at helping. the poor says recover from

the effects of their pandemic. and we come now to a damning new report on the child sex abuse scandal that rocking the catholic church at the ledges that former pope benedict failed to take action to stop for priests accused of child sex abuse and germany in the 1980s. their report concluded that he covered up the abuse when he was the archbishop of 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 former 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 consciously kept in pastoral carols. visiting and

supporting members of the community the current archbishop of munich and phasing called the report, an indispensable building block in the healing process. if you know sure, appreciate it. i am shocked and ashamed for me having to begin the encounters with the victims of sexual abuse. i 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 are whitey benedict who stood down from his rolling 2013 has denied the claims. but the lawyers investigating were categorical . he was aware in incident, in a total of 4 cases, we concluded that the then archbishop cardinal rat singer, is to be accused of misconduct in cases of sexual abuse. and those who represent

victims say, the catholic church must do more. we believe, ah, they are, they have become better in training of lay people are in a put a protection programs for children are but, 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 out a story off to my own heart. a british belgian teenager has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world after a journey that took 5 months. sarah rather, ford has landed back in belgium. she says we took on the challenge to encourage

more girls and women to get involved in science, technology, and aviation. there was no cabin crew on board to prepare for this landing. as 19 year old daughter, mother ferg touched dinah belgium. she became the youngest woman in history to fly solo around the world, and the youngest person to do so in micro like aircraft. i heroes welcome awaited her. i really have to be, they've been a crazy trip 5 months long, and even it's lost both pretty tricky. so even yeah, it's been a challenge the whole way through rutherford's 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 line. the trip took much longer than expected, and there were moments of turbulence. the right now my,

the russian visa has just expired. so i'm actually not allowed to, again, to the country which is frustrating culture is if it that way, oh, i'm not allowed to get the place it because they don't like more abilene language from really how they're on the ground. that is, the 1st, it will be, it was fine and then suddenly the class are getting low and low. i think at the i one point i was at 600 feet above the ation which was pretty scary. beyond breaking records, zera had a bigger mission, meeting locals and giving talks along the way. she tried to inspire other girls and young women to get involved in aviation science and technology. back on belgian soil that work continues growing up in many of the other female pilots on kind of hoping to be a friendly face. and yeah, i've gotten some amazing messages from the girls and willing to saying that they slid, applying of the see what i've been doing, which is their legal reading, your tooth or mission. i think say, i think i like the thing say it was an emotional reunion. for zera's mother,

beatrice, he says there were some nail biting moments. of course this is not without risk and she is breaking a record after all. but, but i was very confident ins, our skills and her experience, and also in, in the team from the whole team behind. and that we get to the safest spot. barely out of high school. zara rutherford plans to keep her feet on solid ground for note and apply for university. but she hopes her double world record will encourage girls everywhere to spread their wigs in any way they can. inspiring that's it from me on the news team. don't go away to w a business is ready for take off in a few seconds with chelsea, delaney and the cockpit. i'll be back at the top of the office with.