or like a jewish 16 o d w ah ah, this is dw news. why? from berlin doubling down on diplomacy as tensions mount over ukraine. the u. s. and the u. k. threatened new sanctions. if russia invades drawing a blistering response from vladimir potent also coming up on the show, the situation is under control. so says that president m below of guinea was south after a crew attempt in the west african country report say the attack on the government palace involved nearly 5 hours of gunfire plus on icey roads to the beijing winter

olympics. in coming athletes already testing positive for coven 19. and countries including the u. s. staging a diplomatic employ caught for china's treatment of its weaker minority. ah. hello em claire richardson. a warm welcome to the show. the international community is stepping up diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis over ukraine. the us and britain are threatening to impose tough new sanctions if russia invades ukraine, u. s. secretary of state antony blank and has reinforced washington support for kiff. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has hit back in his 1st remarks on the crisis. in a month. he accuses the west of ignoring moscow's concerns about security in the region. russia still in dialogue with the us and its allies about ukraine,

but president vladimir putin expressed skepticism about the process. so for them, i guess. so my glow, nick, you village is the united states, most important goal is to contain russia. what that's the thing you wouldn't believe in this sense. ukraine itself is just a tool to achieve this goal. this can be done in different ways. one of them is to draw into armed conflict on across the border and give british prime minister boars . johnson met with ukranian president followed amir zelinski in a press conference. afterwards. johnson warned that war should be avoided at all costs. russia invasion of ukraine would be a political disaster, humanitarian disaster. in my view, it also be for russia, for the world, a military disaster as well. and i, i the potential invasion completely,

the flyers in the face of president putin's claims to be acting in the interests of the ukrainian people. but ukraine are not completely relying on diplomacy to protect the president. zalinski announced a huge addition to his nations army. my boy demos was to shop west william. ah no, wait for them. we will create a new political co operation format in europe between ukraine, great britain and poland was to be within the next 3 years. we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces 210-0000 professional soldiers. army in a video released ours before boris johnson's visit. soldiers tested rocket artillery systems, just north of the crimean peninsula, which russia invaded an annex from ukraine in 2014. both sides are preparing for war. while the diplomats try to make peace. earlier we asked our corresponded in kiev, nick connelly about russian president putin's comments about the u. s. using

ukraine as a geo political pon. and this is why he had to say, i think for ukrainians, the fact that they are going to be, as long as they are not part of nature, not part of the you or not closely controlled by russia. they're always going to be tensions around ukraine. ukraine is too big in terms of population in terms of its size, geographically and in terms of its strategic location, halt of europe to be a kind of strategic off to thought in the way that the country like finland can be . that is a given. i think most ukrainians are not surprised by that. i think the big thing for most cranes is where the ukraine is at the table when these discussions are taking place. now vladimir putin has consistently ignored the ukrainians. in recent months, russian leaders calling ukraine of western vessel and took a any to the u. s. administration. the u. s. for it's bought has made a big effort to try to include ukraine's this format even here, anti blinking. you a secretive state saying nothing about ukraine without ukraine at the table. so i found out that ukraine's feeling relatively calm, that they all being kept in the lute economy for, as they are now,

get around above some other stories. making world news at this hour, denmark has become the 1st european union countries lift all of its pandemic restrictions. that includes face masks, vaccination passes, and limited opening hours for bars and restaurants. the move comes despite record numbers of cove at 19 infections. the government says it's now relying on denmark's high vaccination rate to cope with the omicron variance in the u. s. pharmaceutical company biotech, pfizer is seeking emergency authorization for a vaccine developed for children under the age of 5. if approved this weaker version of the vaccine would be the 1st to be made available in the u. s. t. children above the age of 6 months. german police say the motive for a deadly police shooting on monday was likely an attempt to cover up a legal poaching. 2 men aged 38 and 32 are accused of shooting dead. 2 police

officers during a routine traffic stop. in southwestern, germany, police say they found wild animal carcasses in the trunk of the car. will details are emerging after a reported qu any guinea pa, south president numeracy, so co m, below has said assailants, armed with machine guns, attacked the government palace for hours while he and the prime minister were inside of the situation is now under control with violence in a guinea bas how is the latest in a series of attempted military takeovers in west africa, in recent months, most of which have succeeded? ah, will come fire near the government seat and be so forcing bystanders to some shelter. 4 hours president omar osi chilcote, in barlow's whereabouts remained on clear until he addressed the nation, saying several security personnel had been killed and what he called

a failed attack against democracy. this i was in the middle of the council of ministers with all the members, including the prime minister. we were attacked with very heavy weaponry for a duration of 5. 0 yeah. but now everything is under control. oh. the african union and the un has both condemned the attempted coup. it is for us, clear debtor calls are totally unacceptable. we are seeing a terrible multiplication of goes and our stronger view is for soldiers to go back to the barracks and for the constitutional order to be fully in place in the democratic context of today's gay nearby sol. emberly's opponents had accused the former army general or the election fraud after his victory in the december 2019 roles. he had also recently been at odds with his prime minister following a minor government,

chicago. since independence from portugal in 1970 full guinea be south, has experienced for coups and more than a dozen attempted ones. the bay winter olympics are due to open later this week with united states and other nations staging a diplomatic boycott to protest. china's human rights record now is not the only thing casting a chill over the games. growing numbers of cove at 19 cases are also worrying athletes and officials. a beijing in says the gains will be safe arrival at the airport in beijing. chinese workers in protective gear. welcome the incoming olympic teams and their baggage. then it's a p c r test. before a trip to the venues in the olympic village, where similar tests are to follow on a daily basis. caution, as the watchword changes cross country skiers are being shielded from foreign rivals. their norwegian coach tells us with this team we have been staying in

china full time for the past 2 years. so and they have been extremely careful. we haven't actually competed the i the nationally for 2 years of the foreign athletes who have already arrived. 125 of tested positive for coven 19, and have isolated. it's not clear whether they will all get the negative test result the need in time to compete. the opening ceremony fireworks have been rehearsed. but critics say that china is using the possess of the games to distract from human rights abuses. have hers is, is that k to turn this cause arina into a space? political is menissi and are talk to white was all those are sizes. but china itself boast of its strength and promises a safe winter olympics in beijing, or china's heart repression of its weaker population looms large over the winter olympics, with opposition suppressed within china itself. many are making their voices heard

abroad even that can have devastating consequences at home. he'd have been a week or man in los angeles was father disappeared. 3 years ago. these mountains remind book ra kean very much of home. he left china 6 years ago to start a new life in the us. everything seemed to go well until his father, who remained in china, was a promptly snatched from his home during the night of october 25th in 2018. his father owned one of the biggest rigor publishing firms and arkwin believes that his fight to protect the legal language. and culture was the reason why the chinese government put him in prison. arkwin says his father was like a best friend supporting him financially in the less my biggest fear i really scared like he couldn't her cadillac his grandfather,

childrens to his color of his me again. that's my biggest fear. to see him again. i this u. s. government then euro, they can do more to pressure on china. about the jan da genocide. after his father was detained, mcgraw are keen, opened the restaurant in the larger l. a area he named it to lands after the rigor region in east orange and john where he grew up. one of the most popular dishes is lockman, a dish of pen pulled noodles. we can convince them from the fall, wrestling area, china. we're all here. he's gone in tajikistan, where most of the regions 12000000 wiggers live. surprising not many people

know about vigorous even there. so many news on the media. so like, i have to la attract them too. career like curiosity. dan lester. this t shirt, i think it helps a lot like people they ask about vigour. they googled riggers, some of his customers already know a lot about the topic. others are just about to find out. as an american, i feel a responsibility as a conscientious consumer. to understand that the wiggers are inextricably connected to american consumer ship and capitalism. that there are so many companies that have direct or indirect relationships to weaker labor through the forest detention and force labor camps. that the chinese are inflicting on them and have been for so long. so i am definitely interested in knowing more about them. and i plan to google a wicker later today or one year after the army

clue that toppled man mazda factor leader on, on, sued. she streets and some main cities where nearly deserted as worker staged a silent strike in defiance of the takeover. widespread non violent demonstrations over the past year were met with the lethal force. and now some pro democracy protesters are organizing into armed groups. the hunter is determined to hold on to power the meal. my regimes responds to popular resistance, tells a story of indiscriminate violence from the 1st protesters gun down. just days after the military coup to air strikes, launched in a remote area in december, sending people fleeing into neighboring thailand by him. and that more and more the conflict is becoming a civil war. and st protestors are deciding to take up

arms with them. i shall fire, we hate the military dictatorship. oh, and we've decided to end it by routing out the military from the country. he's all i am all making out. we promised to help and try our best to finish them off when the war starts on all of those sit of, i don't know, give him as when i look when you know, i don't have any and i don't follow when you fill out all these anti co activists have joined the ethnic rebel group, putting their lives on the line against a regime they've sworn to resist their decision. the sign of desperation, of having no other option. i see the stage so to set for prolonged conflicts need aside, seems willing to back down. i just very difficult to see how the conflicts will, will diminish. i will reduce, i'm in the, in the near term, even in, you know,

over a period of several years. neither side may be strong enough to win an outright victory . meaning villages and army base is like this one will continue to burn my there watching these other news. stay tuned for the business headline that's coming up next. and kyra checked in in berlin. it's thank you so much for your company with sh her. i'm just kinda, i think that hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this smudges with lions of me? what's your story. ready i.