jim gazande about this video, anything could still happen at the top part of the mountain without them, and some of them there could be more landslides going. we'll continue monitoring the area with drones. galleries on this is all for our safety on to bring comes along a little not blinky little but with the rain having subsided for now, rescue teams grabbing the opportunity to search for survivors. new data release this week by danish researchers shows that greatland's massive ice sheet has lost enough ice in the past 20 years to cover the entire united states with half a meter of water. the arctic is warming faster than any other place else on earth and ice melting away from greenland is now the main contributing factor in rising sea water levels. on the front line of climate change, current studies show green lands rapid melt is helping push up global sea levels.

they risen by an average of $1.00 centimeters around the globe. dot see him all the up the arctic ocean especially is warming up on dust. that's led to this dramatic melting of ice. the ice sheet at the top of greenland is actually continuing to grow. but the ice low it down is melting away, much quicker than what's going on topic. this is free, if you me, i thought omagh called this nasa model shows just how rapidly it's happening. since 2002, 4700000000 tons of ice have melted away from greenland coasts. that's enough to put the whole of the united states under half a meter of water. rising sea levels are a threat to us all here and the insulin that sci fi, the islands of the pacific countries like bangladesh, but also here in germany, it also plays a role for the german coastline guy where already strengthening our defenses. it all costs a lot of money and so we're also affected by the rise in sea levels. often climate

researches a warning that time is running out the urging politicians to act. now. greenland glaciers, a melting $6.00 to $7.00 times faster than they were 25 years ago, and an end to that development is nowhere in sight. meanwhile, a major snow storm is causing widespread disruption and parts of the united states . but some are reveling in the cold weather. a polar bear in a chicago zoom can't seem to get enough of the fresh, powdery stuff. hudson, that's his name is clearly in his elements. the state of illinois and parts of northern indiana are expecting up to $45.00 centimeters by the end of thursday. much the delight of hudson was served. go back to our lead story,

the crisis in ukraine, turkish present, rich of type air, and one is the latest world leader to travel to keep in a diplomatic effort to ease sanctions. mr. ardon offered to mediate between russia and ukraine that has already met with his ukranian counterpart valadez lensky. the turkish presidents has been attempting a tight balancing act by showing diplomatic support to ukraine, while avoiding damaging relations with russia. the 2 leaders are expected to sign an agreement to manufacture turkish drones in ukraine. and here in germany, chancellor, olaf short says he plans to meet with russian president vladimir putin. in moscow chassis schultz has been facing pressure to take on a tougher stance when it comes to russia. with critics accusing germany of being out of step with its allies in tackling the crisis. all f shots had been tight clipped on ukraine in recent weeks. at least in public. but on wednesday

evening, the new demons, chancellor broke his silence and an interview with public broadcasters. at d, of announcing a trip to moscow. near to dish, which ultimate, because i've spoken to the russian president and we're diligently preparing everything that's necessary. it's use our farm, 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. 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. good, germany's refusing to follow the example of its allies like the u. s. and is not sending weapons to ukraine. that decision has been criticized by ukraine and by germany's western partners. but the government's response, in the case of a russian invasion would be clear said shorts. the legacy ernst of the situation is

very serious. and that's why it's so important that we're being very clear on what we say and what we prepare it 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 in germany's parliament. meanwhile, considered chances, trip to moscow long overdue. the c d. u welcomes the decision by american president joe biden, to send further trips to europe, saying the escalation was not driven by nature. after all, know we should ask russia why they 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 ins are really nervous and we see this as an escalation without any need. the russian embassy in germany's capital as tensions on berlin's dose. to bryce the pressure on the german government to take on a more active role is growing well, go back to another breaking news story that we are covering as for you out of washington. u. s. president jo byne says the leader of this so called islamic state has died during a targeted rate by us forces in syria senior us officials say abo ibrahim and has she, me, al, could a, she blew himself up as the operation got underway in the north west of the country prison biden is expected to make a statement momentarily, and we will be carrying that life for you. here at dw news is

a waiting for him to come out. in the meantime, i have my highly sick colleague william glucose here to talk more about these a braking developments. what will have you been able to learn about this? right? i mean, there's a lot, we don't know. of course, in situations like this highly covert, highly secretive operations that take place in the darkness of night, which is what happened in the overnight ours are hearing from both president biden . and us officials that the current leader of i asked ably remo his she, me, courage, karachi was killed in this raid. apparently he ended up killing himself. it wasn't the result of any american weaponry targeting him, although there was a, so we're hearing a significant a gun battle around this compound in the italy province. that's one of the, you know, a tiny remaining strong hold of rebel fighters unaffiliated with isis in syria along the turkish border. but there is an isis contingent still in that area operating in that area. and what we're hearing is us forces about 2 dozen of them, backed up by helicopters and fighter jets and drones landed in the overnight hours

made announcements to their presence told women and children to leave the area. there was no response. so we're here from us officials and that's when you are special forces. open fire on this compound. they were returned fire. actually, these act order. i should be terrified. we don't as actually know who open fire what, but a guns. a gun battle ensued, and at some point in the course of these events, that's when we, we're being told that al, has shamia crash, you detonated a bomb on his, on himself or near him, himself, and women and children, others around him. we should know that there is a u. s. presence in syria. i'll be it rather covertly with special forces. and there have been a lot of criticism about civilian deaths. duty was operations. in this case, it's looking like the civilian deaths were the result of the targets exp, explosive device, and not us forces. so what does this signal it does? the us think the i s is on the rise again? well, we heard from bite in, during the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan that they spent with regards to

afghan us in. but also generally the region, the u. s. wasn't going anywhere just because it's physical presence was gone by them. what he likes to call over the horizon attacks over the horizon operations, where you can use drones or you can put in special forces in a targeted way to go after certain, you know, targets of interest for us forces. isis has been, at least in some 4 way shape and form defeated in syria. been very quiet. certainly even the last few years where there was very heavy, heavy combat operations involving turkey involving kurdish forces. some us forces. russia was also there where it's a very different picture today, but there is concern that isis does have a presence there. the 8 they are able to make trouble. just the last few weeks, we saw this, this rebel held rebel controlled prison in that area. basically be take over taken over by ins fighters or alleged i as fighters being held prisoner in that prison. as many as 3000 i asked, fibers me held net, that prison. they took rebel rebel prison guards hostage, and it took

a very significant effort from kurdish forces to up and that situation to stop toot with some great casualties on the curtis side. so there is some, some concern that isis could be rearing its head again to cause trouble to cause instability. but we're nowhere near where we saw the so called caliphate. we're really had extensive control of a large muscle and only in syria, but elsewhere in the region. and we were waiting to hear from you as president to deliver remarks regarding this operation. on this operation, does it bear some resemblance to previous operations so that the was launched? absolutely. i mean there's almost deja vu here in, in the previous targeting, killing target, killing of ob bucher. i'll buck dottie, who was the previous i asked leader, he was killed in october 2019, almost the same way, almost the same location. us special forces moved in. he detonated a bomb suicide vests killing himself and others around him. so there's a lot of parallels here, and special forces going in is become almost a common occurrence now that there's no longer large us true presence in iraq and

afghanistan. syria is always, of course, been a touchy subject, whether there should be a u. s. presence there or not, especially with russian forces, they're special forces have really been the tool that you, that you u. s. policy makers have been using to go after terrorists. leaders are terror cells, which is interesting because in the years after 911, many of the critics of the war on terror saying, this is the way you should be handling the warranties handling terror. the terrorist threat not with, you know, shoot troop presence on the ground. and massive operations, invasions of countries toppling governments like we saw in iraq and afghanistan. but with these more targeted strikes using special forces that seems to be where we're moving now. nonetheless, we talk about precision targets and targeted strikes, but target strike still can have a significant civilian casualties. and this does, of course, indicate that the kurdish forces are overwhelmed. yeah, i mean kurdish forces have, are, are, some of them are us back. the highly complex picture of course and allegiances keep changing in line front lines. keep changing. the u. s. relies on some of these

kurdish forces for to keep the peace to maintain status quo. keep the pieces of course, very tenuous term it's. it's not a peaceful situation at all, and civilians are often caught up in that in that chaos. the kurdish forces, remember there's a strong kurdish minority in syria. of course, the whole region there into northern iraq that have their own a desires on sovereignty on independence. very much their own way of living. there highly skill, highly trained, highly experience after so many years of war and their back by the u. s. and turkey for example. and they're really from the u. s. perspective, the force on the ground where the u. s. can't, for political, diplomatic reasons, can't really show such a public face of a u. s. presence there. all right, well i'm, we're going to leave it there or we're still waiting for us to president joe biden to come out and deliver those remarks and tell us more about what exactly happened . but we do know for a fact that the ice leader has been killed in a u. s. military rate. thank you, william or catch up later to the pandemic,

the united kingdom and then mark are among the 1st european countries to lift most of their corona virus. restrictions, despite relatively high case numbers, there governments have decided the virus now poses less of a risk to citizens and public health care systems. but while many are hoping this could be a step towards life beyond the pandemic, some businesses are choosing to keep taking precautions and experts are warning the virus is still unpredictable. packed pub in london as people meet for a drink after work, just like they did before the pandemic. a cherished 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 out with wow, i've had my coffee that i haven't really and i'm

calling my place. 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, don't wear him 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. so math, free and test free shows me the v. and i am so happy that we can come together again and celebrate fashion with families. a fire mold. 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 and daycare centers, which are struggling to stay open due to severe staff shortages

the government is worn.