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but signals rushes ready for another round of negotiations. also coming off, the situation is under control says president and below of guinea be so after a coup attempt in the west african companies report say the attack on the government pallets saw nearly 5 hours of gum fi and the tax on church is on the rise in india, new laws cracking down on religious conversion, r emboldening right wing hindu groups, and christian leaders, fear harassment or even jail. plus with the winter olympics said to begin this week in beijing, athletes are preparing to go for gold while political issues and the ongoing panoramic continue to cause headaches for organizing. ah,

i'm glad else has well come to the program. russia's president vladimir putin has accused the us and its allies of ignoring moscow security concerns. in his 1st public remarks on the stand of over ukraine in weeks, he said the west was using ukraine to hinder russia's development. put in signalled, he was ready to continue negotiations, but so far, neither side has been willing to budge on their positions. for weeks, he has left the talking to others. but now president vladimir putin has accused the united states. they have trying to drag russia into conflict, found mc loaner. you will, that 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 using this can be done in different ways. one of them is to draw into armed conflict across the border and key of british prime minister,

boorish. johnson offered a show of support to ukrainian president vladimir to lensky johnson warned that war would be a lose lose outcome. russia invasion of ukraine would be a political disaster. humanitarian disaster, in my view would also be for russia for the world, a military disaster as well. and the potential invasion completely flies in the face of president putin's claims to be acting in the interest of the ukrainian people. ukraine is not completely relying on diplomacy to protect them. president to landscape announced a huge addition to his nation's army, mobile demos, as the shot west volume on we will create a new political cooperation format in europe between ukraine, great britain and poland was. if you see within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces by 100000 professional

soldiers army in a video release, just hours before boris johnson's visit. so just tested rocket artillery systems, just north of the crimea peninsula, which russia invaded an onyx from ukraine in 2014. both sides are preparing for war . while the diplomats try to make peace for more of their story, i'm now joined by the w correspondence magdalena, whoosh, polo cut in a war. so i'm glad i was colin's role in this conflict. while poland stands for other tough scans on russia, claiming that the only language that is being understood in russia is a very, very clear, you know, and to remember, poland is also in the front line of a criticizing the gas pipeline. nordstrom, to that they, rick, you know, ring links to russia and germany thing that it will be a risk for the whole view of. and so far,

poland made clear that in the crucial question of women delivery, that should be coordinated with the partners. but recently it looks like colin is also willing to an offer, a direct delivery elf military. good sir, to the ukraine. and you know, in this phase many here in poland. remember the words of the former president let kuchinski, she doing their georgia crisis when poland offered an express solidarity to georgia at this time of georgia and next time ukraine. and then it's us. so poland is very, very sensible, with the prospect of and rebuilding a russian empire. so poland prime minister was also a new crane on a tuesday. what kind of support us was offering? well, more of yet still planning to still pull into said poland is going to offer not only as support in the sense, but also in other areas like economical stability or humanitarian aid,

which already happens. he claimed and, and a guest supplier hearing poland, estate gets supplier and proclaimed that it would deliver liquid gas from u. s. to ukraine in the future. and you know, when it comes to military equipment, poland would hand over tens of thousands of rounds on to really, i mean uses right mortars, men, portal al, defense systems and roles. that's what her hearing says a few days or so. now poland, there has been one of the most vocal you members about the thread opposed by russia . more of this he said that living close to enable like russia is like, living at the foot of a volcano. does war. so believe that you can come up with unified response will be here in also the to unified response is of course necessary, but on the other and the hand, we know that of course there are different approaches in europe and war. so has been very critical in the last days and weeks with germany prime minister and more

obvious key even open. the as says that he feels disappointed about germany. concerning its hesitations to give is tonia green light and to send german the weapons to keels and, and conceal concerning alternative alliances. yesterday we've heard of an other one between britain, poland and you cry in which rather for me as seems more symbolic and also a very important geno are healing. poland and army officer said yesterday is nothing new indeed because this countries work already together since and $96.00 in a program called partnership for peace to w's. magdalena gosh, follow cough and i was so thank you. as of a quick roundup of some other stores making headlines today in the u. s. pharmaceutical companies, biotech and pfizer are seeking emergency authorization for a vaccine developed for children under the age of 5. if approved this week,

a version of the vaccine would be the 1st to be made available in the u. s. to children above the age of 6 months. authorities in canada have broken up a convoy of trucks that was blocking a major border crossing into the us truck as states the protest as part of a larger anti vaccine demonstration that block roads in the capital of ottawa. over the weekend, details are emerging after a reported coo and guinea was south. president omero says, so who am by law has said assailants, armed with machine guns, attacked the government palace for hours while he and his prime minister went side . but that the situation is now under control. the violence of getty bizarre is the latest in a series of attempt at military takeovers in west africa recent months, most of which have succeeded. ah gunfire near the government seat in be south forcing bystanders to some shelter.

4 hours president omar osi ciocca and ballas, whereabouts remained unclear until he addressed the nation, saying several security personnel had been killed in 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 hours. yeah. but now everything is under control. the african union and the un have both condemned the attempted coon, it is for us, clear debtor calls are totally unacceptable. we are seeing a terrible multiplication of goes and our strong appeal 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 universal. emberly's opponents had accused the former

army general election fraud. after his victory in the december 2019 poles, he had also recently been at odds with his prime minister following a minor government chicago. since independence from portugal in 1974, guinea bizarre has experienced 4 coups. and more than a dozen attempted ones to india now, where there has been a rise in the number of attacks on churches and other christian gatherings. their being carried out by right wing hindu groups, emboldened by new laws, cracking down on religious conversion. critic say these groups are abusing the laws to push their own agenda, often facing no consequences themselves. did abuse delhi correspondent namisha as while traveled to the town of who bally in the southern state of karnataka. to meet a pastor who has shut down his church in the face of continued abuse. oh,

the highlight of pastors oh i've read this week has always been the sunday sylvia. but now he's being alone at his church and hopefully it is the 1st time he had been back in more than see monday, last october. as faster was on his way to the church. he received urgent phone calls, wanting him that wall into uh, linked with him to right wing. but disrupting the sunday. break at that and they had barged him and started loudly john thinking. c when the bastard, i have to question them basically that they had proof, he had tried to forcefully convert him to manage them in the past to said he never met the alleged victim before. yet he was still taken to the police station on charges of bubbly abusing a man from a protected gar law. i was the one who called the police. i was going to file a case against them. but they pushed me aside and started beating the beat. 7 members of my church shut down,

entered the police station and abused and threatened with them. no action has been taken against the hindu group. it was the pastor who spent 11 days in jail and he continued to face charges. it didn't end. there's the past, his family was standardized in their neighbourhood. the landlord happened with hum if he didn't evict them in. but if they were forced to move that they also had to pull their daughter out of school because she was being bullied. my children's classmates were harassing them, daunting them, and their father had been sent to prison when my children were embarrassed. and i had to pull them out of school. they haven't been able to return for the last year . christian groups have reported a spike in similar attacks and had a good article, especially after plan for the new law, but on the 5th and not 5 in the process of fostering and 90 conversion loss, switched august conversion, fraudulent offers. but the definition of what is illegal is very broad and the

punishment, very strict, right wing him. the loops here strongly support the law. man, do not have sir, was amongst the men who stormed faster of it at this church. he alleges that christian congregations like of it are these being wash hindus into dejected their religion or offer financial incentives to convert the law. he says, will give them strong grounds to put an end to this event. once the law comes, we can demolish these judges or the already prepared to demolish them yet, but we are waiting for the lobby. a rule once it is passed on, our hands are no longer day and we are free to take action. we can get them and report them to the police and legal arizola day that the following up for now passed over the visits church members at home and only in areas considered safe on this man and his family, but also forced out of their village after the attack on the church, but they see the kind comfort and place all they want is the freedom to do so in

all did of his daily correspondence. mister jossla file, this report and she joins us now from day namisha. these attacks have been going on for some time. why is the government not doing more to protect these christian communities? baker had the simpler jesus is that the government is often one of those making these allegations in the case that we just watched. bill b, timmy's, elected representative, was actually one of the people who led the protests following the past as it all at odessa and actually called for action against him. now of course it's important to note here that the in that in your christian community is one of the oldest in asia and did facts, entities in the target of these groups as well as be debbie legislators is daughter was born hinder and of. and have i been officially converted or covertly believing in christianity, but of quite be debbie legislators themselves had actually been present or have ms fleet of the directly call for action and sometimes even violence against these

communities. and the out of was all for pushing and the conversion laws across the country are tell us more about this, this anti conversion. a bill. what's its purpose? where to look at the one and good not to forget hard. interestingly, it's called the freedom of religion. bill, and if you look at it, simply it actually is prescribe for me is to can word, for example, it says that you should lead authorities nor amount before can wording and also to report your conversion a month after it. however, all of these reports actually allow for die of a dime for alicia barrera. hindu rate when golds to attack would abuse these people for this is generally a weighted. in addition, many kinds of conversions are considered fraudulent or 4th and can be charged. the would only autumn wind, for example, is used for what is considered illegal and that has such a broad definition that pretty much any one can be charged with forcing conversions . and anyone can afford these conversions as well. not just family,

but neighbors and bystanders door and strict action taken against these people. mister india has also been recording arise in the attacks on minorities for quite some time as this impacting the modi government's popularity. while internationally, condemnation and attention has been brought to the fact that attacks and minorities are rising and india domestically, political analysts believe that this could actually be adding to the more the government's popularity because of the government's agenda, offer hindu josh, georgia, hindu nation. but has been promoted not only to want to see flag these, but also lawson and as well of silence on attack on minorities. now this for example, again, can include a thing that christians are forcing conversions or thing that muslim from adding him to girls and practicing love jihad all of these allegations, demonizing minorities and thing that him, those on the threat. and that hinder should take over by and should be the should

be the religion that drives the nation. this, of course, please. well, among the war does for prime minister in the movies, government as well as the w's namisha, jazz, while they are reporting. thank you very much. the mission and i have some more news headlines for you. supporters of argentina's government took to the streets and going as iris calling for the resignation of supreme court judges using them of corruption bias and siding with the opposition. the opposition said that demonstrations are an attempt to destabilize the state that a publisher in the netherlands has halted printing of a book, which suggests it was a jewish notary who betrayed direst on the frank to nazi forces in world war 2. the authors research has been fiercely criticized by academics and historians. the publisher apologized saying they should have taken a more critical stance. us actor and td presenter will be goldberg,

has been suspended by the a b c network, following her remarks about jews and the holocaust. goldberg had said that the holocaust was not about race, but about man's inhumanity to man. she later apologized offer a backlash. now, beijing will become the 1st city in history to host both the summer and the winter olympics. when this year's games officially begin on friday. almost $3000.00 athletes will be competing for sporting glory, but with health concerns and political tension is dominating headlines and the build up sport is at risk becoming a sideshow it. beijing 20. 22 billions. have been invested into making sure beijing 2022 is successful. sports fans can enjoy over a 100 events across a range of disciplines. but the build up to these games has been about so much more than sports politics, for instance, where some nations have declared a diplomatic boycotts over human rights issues,

including great britain and the u. s, they will send athletes, but no ministers or officials will attend. meanwhile, athletes have been warned at expressing oneself could result in punishments under chinese law if it's deemed an illegal act. say shaw out even this is only daniel think in the olympic charter. there are very strict rules. so for the medal ceremonies, india and during the competitions, they cannot express their opinions. janet ha, ha ha. but as other occasions yet like at press conferences yet or during interviews, the athletes are free to express their opinions. shy on the cut that they go, but the athletes need to be responsible for what they say to the south that i she as i only got down the highway. yeah. they are they, they see jennifer, due to cove. it, athletes and journalists will be kept in secure bubbles, while no spectator tickets will be sold to the public. organizers say health and

safety are paramount. ha, said his narcotic life, of course cove. it countermeasures are still on top of our agenda. you bagget that we have been making effective measures and everything is under control. without the safe games, they are you, there would be no games you. so we will make sure that the health and safety of all participants is our top priority. so far they have been more than 20 new cove 19 cases among games related personnel. the pandemic proves to be just one of several headaches for organizes of phasing 2022 well from on the beijing winter olympics, when i joined the studio by tom. again, i'll be the w sports, tom, just how much disruption can we expect as a result of the pandemic to stop with? well, there has been plenty of destruction already, of course, and we can certainly expect 20 more. now these obviously on the 1st imp games to

take place during the pandemic, tokyo 2020 ended up of course, taking place a year late and almost totally behind closed doors. so there are some precedents, but yeah, there will still be plenty of disruption. now, athletes are, of course, going to be contained in the coven bubble, subject daily testing. and if any of those are unlucky enough to test positive during that time, that obviously games over there will be immediately removed, taken into isolation. journalists of course, who reporting on the games from beijing or in similar conditions in a separate bubble, also subject to plenty of testing and will have to conduct their interactions with officials and athletes. at a distance and 4 spectators, the disruption has been almost total. now. last year the decision was announced that there would be no international spectators, and only recently we heard that there wouldn't even be a public se of tickets domestically within china now is said that there will still be some spectators. a slightly unclear exactly what the criteria will be. the

spectator need to meet to get a ticket for the games. so yeah, all, you know, cove is costing a long shadow of the games. it's also been in the blue mantic ball. but the, let's go from all those headlines to the sporting aspect because it's a winter olympics in the end. what can we expect from aging in that regard for in a sporting cause? yeah, absolutely. so of course, plenty of sporting headlights headlines and highlights to look forward to now obviously the winter olympics is a slightly smaller scale event than the summer game. so not quite as much action, but still plenty of things to get excited about. one of those is the return of the jamaican bobsled team olympic games after 24 years. they've been training in the u . k. a reportedly partially by pushing a mini cooper around the city of bath. so their appearance at the bob's lead. certainly highlight to look forward to ski, began making it slim, think they do soon, white a massive olympian. probably his last games and of course,

curling and i can explore the winds again, especially in my view and that began today. why curly? why, what's so special? there was, there was a time when the m, when, when the u. k. curly theme just really captured the public imagination in great britain. and that was when i was growing up and ever since then curling is really been a sport. i look out for now the preliminary rounds of curling begin today, actually 2 days before the and the opening ceremony, of course on friday. so yes, the action is starting in just a couple of hours time. i will looking forward to that on going over d w sports. thanks a lot for them. q and i, we go to columbia, which is facing a deluxe dilemma over what to do with dozens of hippos. they were 1st brought there by notorious drug lord pablo escobar, and he was killed by police almost 30 years ago. and since then, a growing population of hippos has been taken over the countryside near his former ranch are reported,

travelled to maybe even in northern columbia to discover why scientists and activists are divided over how to deal with the animals a legacy of drug kingpin pablo escobar, and a problem that has grown over the years, columbia's hippos, now the largest population outside of africa, which is their natural habitat. the so called king of cocaine, brought 4 of the packet homes to his ranch. they've now multiplied to more than 90 and a causing havoc. they like it here, especially in high summer, when the hippos gather plano bodily, they swim out there and then reappeared somewhere else. they rammed my boat and kept it over because you can't see them at night. or the males are so aggressive, but won't hit my boats with a big bang. i'm grandmother, but we will overlook our only eye glenmarie, the hippos in columbia,

and now the subject of public debate. animal rights activists insist that the large mammals are completely innocent. but environmentalists criticize the effects, the hippos have on the ecosystem, and the indigenous foreigner. scientists support an end to the hippos don't fema doors and from those hoping on follicle it sounds rather harsh, but we must clearly state that it must be done. i think that we from the academy must be able to explain why this must be done by necessity, even if no one is happy about it. no one wants to kill the hippos, but it's the lesser of 2 evils. in this scenario, mile may north america, most the environmental agency has started with harmless birth control, a contraceptive that works with both male and female hippos, willa seating. the medicine donated by us animal welfare authorities is given

by injection regard. we're well now we must wait and see how the medicine works. then we will know if it really will. the to few carves been lamarcus cooperative, but young hippos often disappear even without medication. the semi aquatic animals have achieved a kind of cult status among people who wish to imitate pablo escobar. yeah . doors, gay killers, 2 of the little ones have already been taken away when they were sold. there are a lot of rich people in this country who once i found something like this, the last young hipaa was brought to a man who is said to be very powerful. own people with boy rosen. so now there is a market for these exotic animals in columbia and they lack natural enemies. that's

why this is the largest, hypo population outside of africa, where they are indigenous you're watching. the w news is reminder of the top story we're following for you. russian president vladimir putin has accused the west of ignoring moscow's concerns about regional security in his 1st public remarks on the stand of ova ukraine in weeks put in signals, he was ready to continue negotiations. and that's it from me and the news team for now. i'm an update for you at the top of the hour. stay tuned. doubtful eco, india w's environment magazine. this coming up short break bill 1st through a company with with

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