a valley is, this is the job journalism how i see it, and that is why i know my job. because i tried to do exactly this every day. my name is adding to and i work at d. w. ah . ah, this is did we news live from bruland band in russia? the foreign ministry in moscow announces it is shutting down this network. germany's international broadcaster deutsche develop. the move comes in retaliation

for berlin's decision to ban german language programming from russia, state media broadcaster, and a major blow to the so called islamic states. flash march operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. u. s. president joe bind says the i. s leader blew himself up as u. s. forces approach during a raid in north west syria, several, several other people also killed during the operation near the turkish border. ah. on my lock, thank you so much for joining us. russia has announced it is banning this network deutsch, vela germany's international broadcaster as a retaliatory move. the foreign ministry said it was closing door travelers, moscow bureau and revoking accreditation for our staff there. this is in response

to germany's decision to ban german language programming from russia's state media broadcaster r t. and we can go now to dw moscow bureau chief, uri rochette out, who joyce is from the russian capital. you re, can you tell us how did you find out about this decision? we found out it from the russian media, the information about her. it was on the website on the russian ministry of foreign affairs. in the meantime, i have received an official letter from the russian foreign ministry when i was personally official informed that our off of office has to be closed starting at 9 o'clock to morrow morning. and that means i can still talk to you layla from this studio now, but, and not any more starting tomorrow. what does this mean? are you re to you for your work, or do you have to leave immediately?

well, we have to find out that this forrester at the moment it's not clear if and if yes, when i personally my a foreign colleagues here have to leave the country. of course. so this decision by the russian auth or it is, came as a great surprise tools to us are we are. yeah, literally shock and shocked for all of us here is this news is very personal. we expect that counter measures from the russian authorities. it was announced that there, there would be a response days ago, but just how tough this response is surprising. there are a lot of open questions at the moment, technical or veterans legal questions. and so one answer one. so far, we only know from the authorities there to be have to give back our presentation cards to morrow during the day to the russian foreign ministry. those are the cards to that. give us the right to work. as journalist. yeah, russia, you a, on a personal level, what does this mean for you and your team? nobody from our office layla enter. that's around 20 employees,

sir. a will be allowed to work as a journalist for the w in russia starting to morrow and yup, that effect correspondence produces camera, men, editors, and so one, according to russian law. they are now no longer allowed to work for the traveler. and let me see when a personal note for me personally and for people who support our coverage from russia, this is a big shocker. i have been at the bureau chief and correspondent for di chivera. he in moscow for 7 years. and like all my colleagues, i have loved to reporting from russia even more. we all wore our and we'll stay passing that are passionate fans of rush by russia. i dont necessarily mean russian politics, but the people over this great country. and in my opinion, stories from russia always incredibly exciting and to this country is very rich in culture. we have report that on politics, the economy on sports, and on many, many other aspects of people's lives here. and of course died. well, we'll continue to report on russia in our 30 different languages on television,

on social media and online. there is no doubt that the country blaze a very important role in the world and trying hard to understand it is it remains extremely important, especially in these difficult times d w. 's moscow bureau chief, uri ra shadow, your he thank you. while the german government has called moscow's move unacceptable, dw director general peter lambert said in a statement that the network was being used as a pon. earlier i spoke to him to get his reaction or we had been expecting some measures by the russian side. but i think the sir is a total overreacting from the russian government, because they're closing the bureau, they, they want us not to, to broadcast anything any more in russia. and i think also that our correspondence must believe, obviously russia is something which is a really over erection,

and it's not even a tit for tat measure if you want to see that like this. because 1st of all, you can't compare oe r t german with the dodge of l. i mean, we are public service broadcaster and not a state govern meant broadcaster. and on the other hand, we have to see that the russian journalists, sir, will continue to work freely and germany and can broadcast whatever they want. so this is not the case with our colleagues, so it's really disappointing to see this, how the russian government is reacting and what will happen next. is there anything that you can do, or we will take legal steps sir, and to try to, to see whether this measures are legal even from russian standard, sir. but this is something which we will have to discuss, sir in the coming coming hours. but i think legal steps is something we will take and then we will discuss this also, obviously with the, with our institutions here in germany. you know,

we have so many dedicated hard working staff working for years in russia. have you heard from them? have you been in touch with them? how are they feeling about this decision? obviously they're also shocked by the, by the measures because everybody was expecting that there might be coming something. and this is also what the foreign ministry in oscar yesterday announced that there will be some kind of reaction. but i think for people who really love to work in russia and they love the german, they love the russian culture they, they are really into, into a reporting from this, this beautiful and so interesting country, it's hard to accept that they have to stop one day or to the other. and so i think they are shocked and yes, it is something which is which is also said for a journalist to leave the country on short notice. and in terms of press freedom, of course, the press has been under attack for some time in russia. but what does the signal

to you now? well, the press freedom in russia is minimal. i mean, there, there are some independent outlets, but they're struggling and this is another sign that russia is not interested in. the russian government is not interested in press freedom and freedom of opinion. but i can only say, even if we have to leave the country, we will intensify reporting on the country. so i think this must be also clear to the russian side that we will not just ignore what's happening. russia, we will report and we will do more and more. did have your director general peter limburger. thank you very much. thanks so much. and this decision from moscow comes as german chance. the olaf shots prepares a trip to russia's capital for talks on ukraine in less than 2 weeks time. chance social's called the build up of russian troops on ukraine's border. very serious and said any invasion would come with serious consequences. the german chancellor

has been under pressure from other nato members to take a harder line on russia. for more on this, i am now joined by alexander calf lumps dorf, member of the pro business f t p, and vice president of their parliamentary group in the printer. stack a very warm welcome back to d. w sir. pressure as you know, has been bill piling up rather on a chance socials to be more proactive. we understand. he will head to moscow soon. what do you think he can hope to achieve their will? i think what he should try to achieve is to bring russia back into the fold in the sense that the country stops threatening its neighbor with this massive military build up to underscore the unity of the western alliance in the face of the threat . and also of course, he now has an additional item on his agenda,

which is the fact that starts villa has been banned from broadcasting and russia. that is a bi lateral issue of the highest importance. can i get your reaction on that? what do you make of that decision? you know, i've been living abroad for many years. i followed or to villa, watch your programs when i'm abroad. i listen to the soccer broadcasts and everything. and i know how independent deutsche vela is, and therefore i think, to compare daughter vendor to russia today. as the russian side, the russian ministry of foreign affairs did to day is absolutely ludicrous. and i think it's a total overreaction from the russian government to disallow any kind of operation by dodged villa in russia to send the journalists abroad to even possibly brand the programmer for an edge. and all of these are over reactions which to me indicate a tendency of self isolation on the part of the russian government. and i think the chancellor's visit may help to render that point clear that russia is not helped by

self isolation. russia needs interaction with other parts of the world, and that includes allowing daughter that to work in russian from russia. alyssa, attention back to ukraine if we can. how can germany manage russia? well, i think in nobody should assume that anyone could manage russia. but what we need to manage is the european securities structures that have grown up or over the last what half century more or less, where it's a clear that the borders are inviolable, that that countries could choose their own path, that we do not use of force or to achieve our, our, or political goals on the european continent. and this, of course, is against the backdrop of european history. this continent has a history of centuries of warfare. and therefore, the, it's something extremely valuable. it should be valuable to russia to. and i believe that is the point you should drive home, and that's the point we in the western alliance have to tell the russians you,

the russians profit, the russian government, profits from a functioning security audit in europe as well. all right now on alexander grass, lum star for i have to ask you about the helmets. it has been widely ridicule, germany refusing to deliver weapons into ukraine, but prepared to send 5000 helmets. was that the wrong decision? no, it was not the wrong decision. i think the mistake that occurred was that it was communicated in an isolated manner. not the only thing we do for you granted, i think that's where all the misunderstandings arise. i mean, we are, we have offered a support for their cyber defenses. we have offered military training to offices or from the ukrainian armed forces. we've sent a field hospital, a to ukraine, and we supporting the country economically and politically. and so they are a number of ways in which germany supports ukraine, its territorial integrity. it's political sovereignty,

but to isolate this particular item and take it in the broader context and then just look at that. i understand that people are irritated by it. and therefore, i would have a hoped for a cong indication on the part of our minister of defense. it would have made clear that this is not just a $5000.00 hammons that we're delivering, we're delivering a lot of ways of support to ukraine. alexander, a graph, lamb star member of the pro business f d p, and vice president of their parliamentary group in the blender stack. thank you very much for taking the time to answer questions. we appreciate it. thank you. and are lay developments now out of washington. he was present, jo buying gave a statement a short while ago saying the leader of the so called islamic state is dead after a targeted rate by us forces in syria senior us officials say abu abraham, as she may occur, a, she blew himself up as the operation got underway in the north west of the country

and it'll be washing corresponds oliver salad was following biden's, a press conference, and he gave us more details on what the president shared the biggest u. s. rate and syria since the killing of ob barker albert daddy back in 2019. and we know that some 13 people were killed. president biden praised his service members who said that all us soldiers were able to get out safely. and he also explained in detail whole career, she blew himself up there, you heard of them, the sound blood. and that this raid was a good example of how the u. s. is capable to take down terrorists as a reminder, this rate also comes in half about half a year after that tara attack of isis terrorist at the cobble airport. by the time when thousands of of county citizens, men, women, children were trying to escape the country. and some 13 u. s. soldiers died during this attack, ironically exactly the same amount of people that were killed in that

u. s. raid biden, at the time, bawled retaliation and i'll taking down a 4 is the highest isis leader. is that kind of retaliation of prison blood and was hoping for you to be washington correspond oliver salazar reporting there. and before i let you go, reminder of the top story that we are covering right now. precious foreign ministry announced it is banning this network deutsche of ela and shutting down the w's moscow bureau. the move comes in retaliation for germany's decision to ban german language programming from russia. state media broadcaster, art he watching it. every news life from berlin. stick with as d. w 's asia with deerish. banner g is up next and i'll catch you later. one of main kinds.