i, you know, on this channel we are not afraid to talk to young people clearly have the solution . good future most the 77 percent. now every weekend on d, w. ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. fresh fears over russia military buildup at ukraine borders. nato warns 30000 russian troops that headed to bella roost. moscow says the west is stoking tensions,

and germany is all left. sholtes plans talks with lot of it. also coming up, have people had enough of facebook. the science reported a drop in daily uses for the 1st time ever as parent company meta these chairs sink a staggering 20 percent faster taste of life. beyond the pandemic, b, u. k. and denmark, a lifting corona, virus restriction, in spite of high case numbers. and with just a day to go before the winter olympics in beijing, we'll hear from our correspondent in the chinese capital about the start of the competition and life inside the beijing bubble. ah, i'm rebecca richards, welcome to the program. the u. s. is deploying some 3000 troops to reassure its allies in east in europe has tensions mount over ukraine. the soldiers will not be

sent to ukraine itself, back to germany, poland and romania, an attempt to deter russia from launching an invasion. may, while nato says russia has deployed more troops and equipment to belarus than at any time in the last 30 years. and germany is at chancellor. all our shalt says he's planning to hold talks with vladimir putin after criticism for not taking a tougher stance on russia. or left shirts had been tight lipped on ukrainian recent weeks, at least in public. but on wednesday evening, the new german chancellor broke his silence in an interview with public broadcasters. at d. f. announcing a trip to moscow. nicholas, which ultimate, because i've spoken to the russian president and we're diligently preparing everything that's necessary. use our foreign, i'm about to travel to the u. s. i'll also go to moscow very soon to continue talking about the relevant questions and it's all about acting in

a card and they took manner as far as the you and they too are concerned. so it's, we'll meet with you as president joe biden in washington on monday. no date has been set yet for the moscow trip. the german government says its goal is to avoid war in ukraine by driving forward different diplomatic formats that also bring russia to the negotiating table. germany's refusal to send weapons to ukraine has been criticized by ukraine and by germany's western partners. but the government's response, in the case of arrest, an invasion would be clear, said charles, the legacy most of the, the situation is very serious. and that's why it's so important that we're being very clear what we say. and what we prepare tended to threatening the territorial sovereignty and integrity of ukraine and attacking it militarily, would have a very high price guy from. and that price would include a potential stop to the controversial gas pipeline not stream to 4 months. the

german government called it a purely economic not a political project, but now all options are on the table says charles, and that implicitly includes not stream to the biggest opposition party and germany's parliament. meanwhile, consider so it's his trip to moscow. long overdue in an interview with d. w. the cd. you welcomed the decision by american president joe biden to sent further troops to europe. since the escalation was not driven by nato deployment. nor we should ask russia why the deploy more than 100000 troops. and by the end of february, more than $150000.00 troops, about 60 percent of their ramp lent forces. this is as color, tory, and it's quite clear that we repeat ones are really nervous and we see those as an escalation without any need. the russian embassy in berlin, moscow's officially not made a decision yet, but the pressure on the german government to take on a more active role is growing. and it's big down to gustavo gretel ache,

her senior policy fellow and the european council on foreign relations. mr. guy, so thanks very much for joining us now. pressure is mounting on chancellor's help to take more action. he's now headed to moscow. what will that achieve? that's a good question because i mean, the interview that you cited before it could have come from a yes, mr. show he didn't really outline what was versus plans what he wanted to achieve and which by the lines he, he will press creating towards, i mean, we can roughly guess that it really be about sanctions that it really will be about the revival of the normandy format. but we actually do not know any details. gemini has consistently refused to send defensive weapons to ukraine, citing historical raisins and frustrating its allies on both sides of the atlantic . has germany's approach been the wrong move? yes. and it was also very badly justified. i mean,

the problem is, or the problem for german policymakers is that there is their domestic consensus in this and there is no parliamentary majority. and that is something people would understand. but if you sort of bring in history and say it's our historic responsibility, not to a country that has suffered more than the verse from nazi occupation and sort of the eyes of the scope. and the as has done a tremendous told to the local population. this is even around that of cause has, has caused much more harm than the faces of other countries who do not deliver weapons, but remain to be silent and history. your opinion watch germany be doing differently? well, again, starting from the rhetoric. also one of the mistakes is and here he's been pretty much repeating michael not to talk to the public on what's at stake and what to do

you need, if you're a politician at certain point, mobilize your public to follow your machaela has never discussed important decisions the thing was she was in charge for so long that pretty much everybody could predict what's going to be the red line and what not. now for example, sholtes not communicating what actually and which side she turns on virus sub topics and issues is making people maneuvers because they don't know him yet because they don't know what the new governance lines actually would be. and then of course, they open up this phase for a mission to station, but also for this information that has been spread, trying to denounce of the german government or discredit. it's another key issue that germany is all very involved with in this issue with of course the nord stream to another issue that's been ruffling the feathers of allies. germany says the gas pipeline is on the table full sanctions. if russia does indeed attack, do you think germany is serious about that?

well, they have been saying that consistently now, and i think that is a consensus, reached a, with washington on the shows america promise talk to the americans that a pretty much can't move themselves out of their old commitments. the little cover you have to have on that is that the germans still think that and all, all the tax on the ukraine is unlikely. and that the main target of the russian war rhetoric is actually the way to press shout concessions from the to and from, from washington on, on other demands in the ukraine. and here sort of the germans put no string to on the table, but they are pretty sure in their believe they will have to pull it. the interesting question, of course, to start if there is no war or there is no further war than we witness. now, which is the correct term, but no student who is not yet certified. done a lot of regulatory issues. the new minister of economy will vote to take the

concerns issued by the european commission and, but also european member states on the legal issues of not too much more seriously . and that will lead to a further interesting debate inside germany. because in the past, this concerns have been utterly ignored and the question on what to do with the pipeline such hence will remain a very hot political potato even beyond the current crisis. and just have chris. so thank you very much for your time because i guess off of the european council on foreign relations and turkish president rhetoric time early one is the latest world later to travel to kid. we've been offered to mediate between russia and ukraine. and one is now meeting with his ukranian counterpart, a lot of the landscape. he's been attempting a type balancing act by showing diplomatic support to ukraine, whilst avoiding damaging relations with russia. the 2 ladies are expected to sign an agreement to manufacture turkish drones in ukraine. date of the corresponding

economy is joining me now from cares. nick, how serious is the turkish offer to mediate between ukraine and russia being taken? well, we've heard voices from moscow, basically saying that this is basically no starter in recent weeks. maybe that will change with time, i think the, the cranes now this is all about the optics of having this basically never ending round of diplomatic visits here in care of showing that ukraine and its future is a priority for western nations. and for big players in the region like turkey. um, i've spent a lot of time here and kevin, i never remembered this kind of intensity of departed visit. so for now, i think the main take away will be those tv pictures. and that sense that ukraine is on its own, especially given later membership or membership in the you is not on the cause any time soon. so ukraine trade show that at least has this kind of diplomatic capital . and that's, it's being taken seriously and things going on here being watched. well,

as we've mentioned, turkey has been supplying drones to ukraine, which russia regards is highly provocative. i can baby a fair broker under those circumstances. well, i think the that the important thing to remember here is that while turkey has supplied these drones took is also a neater member. it is also a neater member that has uniquely bought russian missile defense systems. something that the united states were very unhappy about. so turkey has shown in the past that it is willing to go against the line put down by the administration in washington d. c. that is willing to stray for most major buttons in that sense. it has very intense trade links, both with ukraine and russia. but as you said, those drones have really spooked russia, especially when ukraine use them back in last autumn, after an attack, as ukrainian se from the pro ration separatists. that really has the power to change the balance of force that ukraine has with those separatists. if not with the russian army or at nick, thank you. date of it is nick connelly speaking to us from care

shares in facebook on a matter plunged by around 20 percent in after hours trading on wednesday, knocking a massive $200000000000.00 off. the company's value. chief executive mach soccer burg had warned investors in a call earlier that meta expected 1st quarter revenues to decline due to competition with rivals such as tick tock. if the stock doesn't rebound before trading, resumes on thursday will rank as the worst day, and the company's 10 years stock market tenure and one of the biggest one day falls of any company on record. well, let's discuss that with rob watts from d w. business, rob, thanks for coming. it looks like i'm not the only one turning away from facebook. what are they doing wrong? well, they're losing young people with demographics. i'm sure you consider yourself a very awesome. yeah, over mark is like a book says is that younger facebook uses are leaving the platform and they are going to the likes of tick tock and youtube tick tock in particular,

which is growing in all the markets where facebook is really been struggling. europe, north america, i mean, you don't need to cry too much facebook, they're still getting 1900000000 uses each day. that's around a quarter of the planets population still logging in each day, but for the very 1st time. and it's 18 year history. the number of uses is going down, that's a big problem for them because the big way that they make their money is by advertising to those uses now, matter has various challenges when it comes to advertising. for example, companies are just advertising less at the moment. you know that there's supply chain problems that mean that companies already can't meet the demand from their customers. so they're not looking for more customers necessarily. but also facebook, instagram, both owned by matter, have struggled as a result of new privacy policies from the likes of apple, which meant that they're not as a was a target, the advertising. and that's something that advertise is really want to be able to do. and of course, and what's been the biggest impact then on facebook matter,

i should say, well, you were just talking about this drop in chef rice, 22 percent in after hours trading. that was $200000000000.00 off the market capitalization of matter that is bigger than the economy of greece all wiped out in just a few hours. yeah, it's, it's massive, but we're talking about a company that just a few months ago was worth more than a trillion dollars. it's also spoke to people who are invested in other social media networks, you know, like twitter, another very big name, but text based also snap and pinterest. also shaft places drop after this gloomy news from facebook because we are seeing a change in the landscape when it comes to a social media. yeah, absolutely. i mean, we really seeing it changing very fast ado meta, have a plan to keep up with progress with the way that things are going well. they clearly don't see facebook is the way that they are going to move forward and stay with the times. and we know that because they changed their name at the end of last

year, they changed it away from facebook. to matter. fact, new name gives you a hint about what they do see as the future. mark zuckerberg wants to be right at the forefront of creating the matter of us this virtual reality world where we can meet with people we can work, we can play with also we can spend, spend, spend. but to make that come about matter. mark zucker berg, i've got to spend, spend, spend as well, and it's going to cost billions of dollars, and that's money that they're not going to get any sort of return from for many years. however, that is where matters sees the future. while i may be too young for facebook, but i'm too old for the sounds of that. that sounds terrifying. what thank you very much for coming in to break it down. now a round up of some of the other stories making world news today. rescue in plain up efforts underway in ecuador capital. kito after floods call the landslide. at least 24 people died off to the rightful the countries heaviest. in nearly 2 decades.

doesn't people are still missing. authorities haven't ruled out the danger for the last 5. any gant's has become the 1st is riley defense minister to visit the rain. it's the latest to high profile diplomatic trips since the countries normalized ties israel rec. israel's reconciliation with several admiral arab nations, rather breaks with decades of arab lea, consensus against recognizing israel until it signs a pace agreement establishing a palestinian state. holden, islands, agriculture minister, has ordered an end to all post bricks at checks on trade with the rest of the u. k . written and the you are currently talking about reforming. the northern ireland protocol island says any unilateral change to that agreement is a breach of international law you zealand will begin to reopen its

borders in phases starting at the end of february, fully vaccinated citizens and visa holders from australia will be allowed in 1st, under the new rules vaccinated citizens entering the country will be allowed to quarantine at home, instead of at managed isolation facilities. well, today we've reached a milestone in the pandemic in my colleague amen. s. if is here to walk us through the story. i mean, what can you tell us? well, it's a number that seemed like a long shot at the beginning of the vaccine campaign. rebecca. but here we are. 10000000000 vaccine doses have been administered globally. now that includes 1st, 2nd and booster doses, and that translates to roughly $127.00 doses per $100.00 people on the planet. so more doses than there are people on the planet, but that distribution has been unequal now on average countries in asia, europe, south america, and north america have administered about 150 shots for 100 people. now that's with

the exception of war torn countries like yemen in afghanistan, and asia, and bulgaria and europe, which are far below average for their regions. now in the region of africa, the continent of the continent of africa, the picture looks completely different. this is where the global vaccine gap is, felt the most taking the continent as a whole. only $28.00 vaccines have been administered per $100.00 people. in fact, a dozen countries in africa have given us fewer than 10 shots for 100 people, including the d. r, congo, and eritrea which have vaccinated almost no one. now it's important to note that these 10000000000 doses include 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th shots for the same people. the world health organization is warning, wealthy countries which have vaccinated so many people against giving more and more booster shots to healthy younger adults. while so much of the world is struggling even to distribute for shot. so it's big milestone, but still quite a ways to go before we get

a shot to most people in the world. yeah. ways to go and a will hopefully will say a closing at that max and i should get this. yeah, i mean, thanks very much for coming in to write down those numbers. the united kingdom and denmark are among the 1st european countries to lift most of their corona virus restrictions, despite relatively high case numbers, their governments have decided the virus now poses less of a risk to citizens and to public health systems. but while many a hoping this could be a step towards life, be on the pandemic. some businesses are choosing to keep taking precautions. man, experts, a warning. the virus is still unpredictable. packed pubs in london as people meet for a drink after work, just like they did before. the pandemic, a chair is tradition revived. even as the corona virus is still wafting through the air. being ease into that now and it's, and it's working. i think it's, i think it's okay, and i think it's happy, it's lovely coming without having to wait. while i've had my

coffee, i haven't really and i've been almost all restrictions in the u. k. have been lifted. the vaccination rate is high, especially among older people. new infections are decreasing and hospitals are admitting fewer patients. but some still urge caution. it has always demonstrated its ability to surprise us. now, there are some that have this idea that in some way, viruses tend to evolve, to become less dangerous. that's actually not based on any good historical evidence . and it's perfectly possible that another one will come along. that is more severe . the businesses are now free to write their own rules at the hair salon. employees are supposed to still wear a mask away doing so to make you feel more comfortable if you'd rather not. that's absolutely fine. as a client, sit down where i'm off again,

whatever makes you happy. the government is already planning its final faith from mid march. those with cove at 19 will no longer have to self isolate. meanwhile in denmark restored freedoms are being welcome to designers serve in the schmidt and his team are making final preparations before fashion week starts in copenhagen math, free and test free shows that i am so happy that we can come together again and celebrate fashion with families. a fire mall. many danes are relaxed about restrictions having been lifted a 2nd time. more than 80 percent of the population is double vaccinated. more than 60 percent has had a booster. there are far fewer patients in hospital, i see youth. but the number of new infections remains high. a problem for schools in daycare centers, which are struggling to stay open due to severe staff shortages

the government is warning people not to underestimate the virus in spite of the freedom. that's why here to many businesses are voluntarily maintaining some precautions. and let's take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. now, germany's vaccine commission has recommended a 2nd cove at 9 se booster. that's a 4th shot be given to at risk groups that includes the over seventy's, those with compromised immune systems and health workers. will sweden has announced a will lift, pandemic restrictions next, wednesday, the prime minister said the hospital system was coping well despite a high number of infections and bali is welcoming back its 1st international flights. in nearly 2 years, a dozen passengers are set to arrive from tokyo on thursday. vaccinated tourists must still quarantine for 5 to 7 days upon entry tongue that has gone into lockdown after confirming

a number of cove at 19 cases. the pacific island nation is still recovering from a devastating volcanic eruption and massive tsunami. last month, before the disaster, toner, was coven free? but shapes bringing ada likely to have carried the virus to the islands. bowl is quiet on the streets of the tongan capital nuku. a low fat images reminiscent for many around the world of the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 but for residents here in tonga, the measures to deal with covert 19 are now necessary. there is a lot and i think it's a good thing. we need to be tracking and doing tracing. all of those were in contact with the read. the 1st 2 cases, tonga entered a lockdown after several covert 19 cases were discovered. it's thought that ships bringing aid may be, have the corona virus reached the country's shores. the south pacific nation was

previously corona free. it's another blow to tongue guns who are still struggling to deal with the aftermath of a catastrophic volcanic eruption in january. but there is some hope over 80 percent of people over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated. the lockdown, which only permits essential services to remain open, will be reassessed by the tongue and government every 48 hours. some sport now, a belgian skeleton rice, a kim, male, a month has been taken to the olympic village in beijing. after an i say intervention after she made an emotional appeal appeal on instagram. after a positive test on her arrival in the chinese capital 9, a month was initially taken directly into isolation, where she then returned 3 consecutive negative p. c. as in the video, she describes what happened when she was picked up from the installation unit. we

thought this meant i was going to return to the olympic village and will be treated maximum as a close contact on the way to the village. we did not turn to do a search, but the ambulance went to another facility. i am now after that video was published, the international olympic committee intervened to bring nylons into the olympic village, which she nonetheless remains isolated from her fellow competitors. d. w. sports correspondent jonathan crane is currently in beijing to report on the wind games. and earlier today, he sent us this message on the bizarre life inside the olympic bubble. it's been a very serious experience, like nothing i've experienced before from the moment. we landed in beijing on tuesday. we were greeted at the apple playground stuff and has not sued master

through every step of the apple for p. c. o 2 customs and immigration. and then we had to wait and our hotel room for that. all important negative test result. thankfully i got it, which means i can answer the bubble properly, but the bubble is effectively a 50 ravine. this 50 we can already be in the hotel game is venues special transport takes us in between. and as you can see behind me, the olympic stadium is that this is as far as we can go within this media compound, what date it off. we're watching the people on the other side, they're watching us. it's a really bizarre situation state. i believe jonathan crowns faint. has from beijing i major it snowstorm is causing widespread disruption in parts of the united states . but some are relo reveling in the cold weather, a polar bay in a chicago. so i can't seem to get enough of the fresh, powdery stuff. hudson, as he's cold, is clearly in his element. the state of illinois and parts of northern indiana are expecting up to $45.00 centimeters by the end of thursday.

lay some of us enjoying the cold weather. sh. are you watching date? any news? his reminder of the top story we're following for you javin child's. not all of shall to said he'll mate with russian president vladimir putin to discuss tensions over ukraine and the u. s. is deploying additional trips to europe in a show of solidarity with ukraine, and it's nato allies. attorneys update this alice day to now the conflicts with tim sebastian will have more headlines at the top of the next hour. ah ah ah

ah ah ah ah ah, with who into the conflict zone with sebastian as mounting international concern? no, but tens of thousands of russian troops. doug, along the border review, craig,

we talked this week to a respected foreign policy analyst in moscow, w. kiana. how's the west misunderstood russia position? i'm just hoping this is the current situation. conflict on next. on d w. oh, we're all good to go beyond the obvious where as we take on the world, 8 hour, i do all the fans. we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes, 5 police, my follow with

we are your is actually on fire made for mines for the battle against cove. it the only variant is putting health care systems around the world to the test vaccination campaigns. are accelerating while restrictions are intensifying once again. but are these measures enough to stop the spread of omicron, fax, data and reports? you know, weekly coping 19 every thursday on t w. a. f as mounting international concern over tens of thousands of russian troops. doug in the along the border with ukraine, russia, nato, have traded warning, each side claims it being threatened by the other. but in the west one.