o peak wolf this week on d, w. o, [000:00:00;00] a, the sustainable, you news line from berlin, last ditch diploma, seem to from vent a war in europe. fears of a russian invasion in ukraine, the u. s. and nato deliver replies to moscow security demands. they say they're offering the kremlin a peaceful power out of the crisis. also coming up with the british prime

minister under fire morris johnson fights for his political survival ahead report on alleged me breaking accusations of lockdown parties are fueling calls for his resignation. ah, i'm nicole relish welcome to the show. a highly anticipated response and a widely predicted one at that. the u. s. and nato have formerly reject it. moscow sweeping security demands refusing to rule out a future nato membership for ukraine. instead, washington offers what it calls a serious diplomatic path out of the crisis. russia has mass, so 100000 troops near its border with ukraine fueling fears of another invasion,

military exercises on the russian side of the border. exercises that ukrainians fear might soon turn lethal, should times roll across onto their territory. the u. s. and its nato allies have sent weapons including anti tank missiles and bunker busting grenades. meant to help offset the huge russian advantage in troops and equipment. the aim is to make an invasion as costly as possible. there should be no doubt about our seriousness of purpose when it comes to diplomacy. and we're acting with equal focus and force to bolster eucharist offences and prepare a swift united response to for the russian aggression. more delivery is expected in the days to come. we provided more defensive security assistance to ukraine in the past year than in any previous year, but not everyone's on board with the effort to ukraine. reagan and bush,

former the present so disappointed by the german government. this position, the winter school, some good climbing over germany is blocking the delivery of defense at west wilson from other countries to ukraine. ah, on the landed, so don't do crime. estonia says it will send modern artillery. meanwhile, germany has refused to send weapons, but has announced it contributes helmets and other vital, but non lethal items. like i'd scan storage, this is the, this is also a very clear signal that we stand by ukraine side kind of equipment that it's not weapons but it helps. it provides supports and we will continue to work in the same way. in this conflict. we are working to resolve this conflict peacefully conflict mitten in our hopa, lately by late that that approach will be put to the test with many ukrainians

already convinced the russians over the border are coming they way. any day now. join now by our washington correspond and all of our salad who has been following events for us, from their oliver high water report and had to wait quite some time to get a response to his security demands. now he's gone in, but it's not been made public just yet. what more can you tell us about the content of the reply and it's frightening call. and secretary blinkin talks about a serious diplomatic path forward to day. and that document that was handed over to the russian side to day. what we know is that it won't offer any concessions of nato in the united states until the russians and the u. s. wants russia to accept ne tools open door policy to move away from their maximum demands, which of course, are russia is claiming or calling for guarantees from the to that ukraine can join . the take of the western allies is that every country can choose with whom to

align. and that certainly also applies to ukraine. the response also very likely to find areas of potential negotiation like missiles in europe, arms control, also tactics to further reduce risk. so nothing of that really nicole is new. it's rather the reiteration of an old message. and that de escalation that the us you just said and is offering a serious diplomatic path out of the crisis. they're saying, but they don't want to make any concession. so what did that path look like? what real leverage does the west have at this point? and we're hearing a lot of optimism on the diplomatic stage right now. what behind closed doors, and especially if you listen to members of the intelligence community, there's a lot of skepticism that, that this kind of negotiation that is a kind of a diplomacy in fact would lead anywhere. so what we are hearing is that the situation is considered pretty serious, and that diplomacy can only be one part of

a successful approach. the leverage you were asking for, of course, our weapon deliveries for the ukraine. and in addition to the threat of sanctions, and at the same time again, a to offer diplomacy to find a way out of these tensions here. so essentially, and we've heard that in the report earlier, nato is trying to put a high price tag on a potential invasion and to deteriorate. what im putin in russia to take any military action there. the secretary said antony blank and has urged americans to leave ukraine warning that an invasion could be imminent. now, the ukraine, on the other hand, is playing down the threat. what do you make of that? well, it is in one part, certainly an abundance of caution. the u. s. trying to avoid that images that we've seen just the summer when kabul afghanistan fell to the taliban when there were no warnings issued early enough, and there were a lot of was

a lot of last minute action desperate action and evacuations underway. so this time, of course, they can sell they, they can say they want early enough, know, evacuation will be necessary and then therefore, also avoiding the political damage back home for the biden administration. but it's certainly also part of the rhetoric of showing that the united states is taking the threat posed by russia seriously. for the ukraine. on the other hand, that all sounds a little bit too much like giving up on them. and perhaps therefore they are reluctant in supporting that kind of rhetoric on re salad in washington. always good speaking to you. thank you so much as now, get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day. interest rates in the united states could soon be on the way up in march. the federal reserve is expected to raise the cost of borrowing for the 1st time in

nearly 2 years and wind down it's acid purchasing program that could help slow down inflation, which is running at its fastest rate. and for decades, working a fossil military junta has met with members of the ousted government. the former ministers have been told not to leave the country. the military seized power on monday, imprisoning burkina. faso is democratically elected leader. the crew has been condemned by the african union and the united nations q a publishing their german chancellor. all our shots is pushing for a vaccine mat dates to slow the spread of the corona virus. the on the corner and ascending infection rates soaring to record levels and germany, but lawmakers and the public are defined it over whether people should be legally required to get vaccinated. and let's now take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic,

felice and the german capital have been authorized to take action against protesters who trivialize the holocaust vaccine. opponents have been wearing badges resembling the yellow stars that jewish people had to display under the nazi regime . denmark has announced it will lift most restrictions next week. the government says that although infections are surging, they're not overwhelming. the health system and an australian naval ship has delivered a to tonga without making contact with anyone on land. about 2 dozen sailors tested positive for cobit 19 raising fairs. they could spread the virus on the pacific island nation, which has never had an outbreak. curtis led forces say they have regained control of most of a prison and northern syria. days after it was taken over by inmates. dozens of people were killed when detained members of the so called islamic states seized the

site. last week, the un has expressed deep concern about hundreds of children being held at the facility. the battle outside these kurdish lead forces firing on i as fighters ensued, hundreds of children were caught in the crossfire the united nations children's agency. so the situation is dire. he on concerned, i mean that the concern is behind us. we are talking about at least $800.00 children the prison and our soccer in northeastern, syria is in a region controlled mainly by kurdish forces. many of the children's parents were i, as fighters drawn from all over the world. they were detained during fighting in 2019. that drove ice from the last territory it held in syria. kurdish forces hold the city and control the prison, which was attacked last week by

a fighters in an attempt to free their comrades. the children are probably witnessing that no, i should witness. they needed to get out of the business owner of the bill. and this is exactly why we have all for a human in order for yourself and other humanitarian organizations to be able to evacuate and been as soon as possible so that they can finally see the children stuck in sight, have been held for years without legal recourse and many of their home governments see them as a danger. even know that the fire fight has ended. their troubles are far from over . the u. k is anxiously awaiting the publication of a report that could spell the end of prime minister boris johnson's time and office and internal investigation is looking into his participation in a theories of parties that took place while millions and the country were enjoying

corona. vars locked hands on wednesday johnson faced fresh grilling and parliament over the scandal that's become known as party gates. but he once again refused to step down. i would prefer to be led by law than a lie, or will he now, was i ango, ran high in the u. k. parliament as m p. 's questioned prime and the boldest johnson lawyer. not a leader looked opposition leaders, one johnson to resign it saying that he lied to the parliament, critically fed it whatever he says in his statement later today or tomorrow won't change the fact isn't this a prime minister on a government showed nothing but contempt for the decency honesty and respect, but define this country. oh, this is beaca, we love this country, i'm doing everything in our power. i. of course, of course,

he wants me out of the way to speak, of course. of course he wants to be out of the way he does. i caught and many people course of course i didn't know a lot of reasons. many people may want me out of the way, but i'll tell you the reason he wants me away from his, he knows that this government can be trusted to deliver the u. k. leader is in a political crisis over allegations that he attended parties during lockdown or we can rec, johnson wants to continue in office. various other empties believe he has become a distraction from other important issues facing the u. k. every nick is sucking attention from the real issues facing the problem. 40 car breaks and the sorting cost of living have pushed millions of families into poverty. it is time to get this over with sure. the prime minister, my daughter, public trust in johnson's leadership, is that an all time low?

one paul suggests that 2 thirds of the british want him to resign. no one should be about the law even in the prime minister. and again, if it's, if it's on the 19th of july, my baby was 8 days old. my mother couldn't travel over to come and see if she can meet her grandchild. little child was, you know, 6 months old because of restrictions. and you know that all that kind of stuff, the findings of an internal investigation headed by civil servant. so gray are expected soon and be strong. johnson's party are waiting on that to decide whether to hold a no confidence booked for your christian and soccer. now, egypt have defeated, i rico's, and a penalty issued out to reach the quarter finals of the africa cup of nations after the game finished, go less liverpool star malls allan ned at the 5th penalty for egypt to put them through the game between molly and equitorial guinea was another goal as

a fair with equitorial guinea coming through in the shoot out they do now or our business bulletin with more on the feds plan to raise interest rates and the implications for the global economy. i'll have more headlines for you at the top of the hour. if you're looking for more news and analysis, there's always our website, d, w dot com. i'm to go further from me and the entire team here in berlin. thank you so much for your company. i sh ah, where i come from, we have to fire for a free press. it was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one tv channel and a few newspapers with official information. as a journalist, i have work of the trip of many cameras and their problems are always the same for