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to make every delivery specialist with not just next day, but every day thousands of children still waiting for their delivery. sponsor talks to day, so together we can deliver teaches ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night d w. news band in russia. the russian foreign ministry today gave notice it is shutting down d w. 's moscow bureau. the move comes in retaliation for berlin's decision to ban
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russia. today's german language propaganda station also coming up tonight, a major blow to so called islamic state. last night operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. you as president biden says the i yes, leader blew himself up as us special forces approached during a raid in northwest syria and just hours until one of the biggest sporting events of the year. beijing is counting down to the opening ceremony of the winter olympics. with the corona virus pandemic looming, we'll hear from our correspondent about life inside the beijing bubble. ah, i bring gov to our viewers watching a p p as in the united states into all of you around the world. it's good to have
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you with us on this very busy thursday. the german government is strongly condemning moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this network, deutsche developed, the russian foreign ministry today ordered the closure of d. w. 's moscow bureau and revoked the accreditation for our colleagues who are working beer. it's a retaliatory move for the german government's decision to ban the german language programming of russia's state media broadcaster r t. earlier my colleague halo layla iraq asked the head of our moscow bureau uri with shadow about the moment that he heard the news. we found out it from the russian media information about 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 to that off of office has to be closed starting at 9 o'clock tomorrow
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morning. that means i can still talk to you layla from this studio now, but not anymore starting tomorrow. what does this mean? you re to you for your work to do? you have to leave immediately? well, we have to find out this forester as a moment. it's not clear if and if yes, when i personally my foreign colleagues here have to leave the country. of course as this decision by the rational authorities came as a great surprise today to us are we are. yeah, literally shock and shocked for all of us here is this news is very personal. we expect that countermeasures 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 questions, legal questions and so one and so one. so far, we all in all 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
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to that. give us the right to work. as analysts tiasha 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 or 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 deutsch of ela, 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 passionate, are passionate fans of rush by russia. i dont necessarily mean russian politics, but the people of this great country. and in my opinion,
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stories from russia always incredibly exciting and to this country is very rich in culture. we have reported on politics, the economy on sports, and on many, many other aspects of people's lives here. and of course died well a, 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 place a very important role in the world and trying hard to understand it is it remains extremely important, especially in these difficult times. interviews moscow bureau chief uri with shadow and that interview was recorded earlier. the german government has called moscow's move unacceptable. w director general peter lindberg said in a statement that the network is being used as a paula or we had been expecting some measures by the russian side. but i think this is a total overreacting from the russian government because they're
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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 it like this. because 1st of all, you can compare our t german with the dodge of l. i mean we are public service broadcast and not a state govern ment, broadcaster. and on the other hand, we have to see that the russian journalists 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 and to try to, to see whether this measures are legal even from russian standards. but this is
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something which we will have to discuss are 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 minister in, in moscow 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
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they are shocked and yes, it is something which is which is also sad for journalists 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 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 in russia. we will report and we will do more and more to have your director general peter america. thank you very much. thanks so much. that interview was also recorded earlier today
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where there's been widespread condemnation for russia's actions against george avella from the world of politics here in germany. let's hear from some of them now . and i think it's a total overreaction from the russian government to disallow any kind of operation by dodge of the, in russia to send the journalists abroad to even possibly brand a program for an agency. all of these are over reactions. the broadcast band imposed on deutsch vella in russia and the closure of its office in moscow. absolutely unacceptable. the hum, russia to day and in its been yahoo! our experience of or t in recent years, has been as a form of media that has clearly acted more as an instrument of propaganda than as a free and independent television broadcaster the message from germany to russia. must be that deutsch avella and germany's other public and privately on broadcast channels must be free to carry out their work without interference from government
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or the doing in stopped with this decision for moscow comes as german chancellor, olaf sholtes prepares the trip to russia's capital for talks on you, great. schultz calling the build up of russian troops on ukraine quarter. very serious. say any invasion would come with serious consequences. only a german chancellor has been under pressure from other nato members to take a harder line on russia. and for more on this now i'm joined by our political correspondence. i'm in young simon pressure mounting on chancellor shoulds to take more ash and he's headed to moscow a be what does he want to achieve with this visit? what they, what chancellor shelters focused on is de escalation. he says, so that the key thing is to avoid a military conflict between no russia and ukraine. and you know, that's what he'll be using this visit to try and do a perhaps also to find out more closely what president putin wants. it'll be the
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1st face to face meeting between olaf shows as chancellor and, and vladimir putin. and they spoken on the phone before, but this will be the 1st chance to look him in the eye and is part of a wider diplomatic effort by sholtes. he's going to washington to foretold with president biden on monday. there's also the possibility of a trilateral talks with the french and polish presidents together. and of course, germany is also talking to the ukrainian side, so that of multi pronged diplomatic effort ease or underway. what kind of leverage does schultz have? well, i think the main thing is, so what we've talked about again and again, is this node stream to gas pipeline. it's very important for both russia and for germany. russia wants to sell it more gas through that pipeline into
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europe. and of course, any potential decision that's being talked about to stop that going ahead would to have economic consequences for russia. so there is some leverage there at the same time across the kremlin, knows that germany is very reliant on energy inputs, particularly on russian gas. and so it's a tough call for alive sholtes it to say that he's ready to just pull the plug on that as it were. but that's what he said. all options are on the table. if there were military aggression by russia, against ukraine, that you know, they would definitely look at to taking that measure and stopping that, that gas blow, and today's decision to basically shut down door davila in russia. i mean that can only poison this troubled relationship further.
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absolutely. it will do or the culture minister here in berlin, claudia rhodes said it's completely unacceptable or the foreign ministry here in berlin has said, there's no basis for this. and it will definitely year worse. and a german russian relations are already strained. anyway, falling across the poisoning of the key opposition figure like sign the valley and many other things. and of course, this sir, this sir, incident to this decision relating to deutsch avella does not help or simon young here in berlin. so, i mean, as always, thank you. the united states says that it has removed a global terror threat and they targeted raid in syria. president biden, announcing that an overnight attack by us special forces resulted in the death of album. ibrahim al, has shima our karachi, he's the leader, or was the leader of so called his wyoming state. the news comes amid growing concerns that i, yes, may be trying to regroup in the region. a collapsed roof and
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a dead terrorist leader. the result of a us special forces raid in the pre dawn hours on thursday morning in assyrian village near the turkish border. abo abraham a shimmy. a karachi reportedly blew himself up as about 2 dozen troops, back by air support moved in on a house. he was in karachi, was considered the head of so called islamic state. he took over the terrorist group when his predecessor died, much the same way in 2019 u. s. president joe biden told reporters after the raid that the group while smaller than a few years ago, is still dangerous. he referred to karachi by his other name hush abdulla. i says his director, terrorist operations targeting americans are allies in our partners and countless civilians in the middle east, africa and in south asia. hodge, abdullah oversaw the spread of isis affiliated terrorist groups around the world.
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after savaging communities and murder reduces us, officials say the operation biden ordered took weeks to plan. it happened to mid growing concerns that i asked may be trying to regroup. in january i s attack to prison in ne, syria, in an effort to free it's fighters held there. it took days for us back kurdish forces to retake the prison, killing hundreds and the process. no americans were harmed in the overnight raid on alcaraz. she's home. despite an exchange of gunfire, and one helicopter making a forced landing due to mechanical issues, at least 13 other people, including other fighters, women and children, were killed as well. u. s. officials attribute the deaths to al karate his own bomb . they said they chose to risk putting boots on the ground rather than an air strike to avoid civilian casualties. the u. s. military has been under pressure to review its targeted strikes, some of which have killed more civilians than initially reported. i want to get
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straightened out to our oliver salad in washington. oliver. he was, president biden says that he wanted to protect the american people from terrors, threats, what have been the reactions to this operation around president biden, hales, his troops there on the ground is certainly a welcome move. fear in the united states. as a reminder, just about half a year ago, we were covering the the terror attack of cobbled airport where isis terrorists blew themselves up in a crowd of afghani citizens, civilians who are trying to escape the country. and, and among them were 13 us soldiers and back at the time. of course, president biden vall, retaliation of this strike taking down the highest ices leader is that kind of retaliation that president biden was hoping for. but of course, on the other hand, we have reports of civilians that are died and that have died in that raid. the
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situation is still with murky, but of course that raises criticism. also people remember of similar military actions of the u. s. in the past where a civilians were killed. nevertheless, here in the united states, it's considered a successful mission. all the u. s. soldiers, gold safely that were deployed there. and it's been the biggest us rate and serial . also, since the killing of obamacare, bug dottie, the former head of ices in 2019 it. what about the timing of this rate? was always worth looking at the bigger picture. joe biden present bite is under enormous pressure here in the us. some of his policy packages stalled to build, make better act popularity is on a historic low. and it's only donald trump, really at the time was more, was more unpopular as joe biden is right now. solved canister, and is says true pull out in the subsequent chaos chaotic seems that culminated in the attack are considered a failure in his policy. and so this move fear,
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taking down the highest isis leader can be considered somebody somewhat of a correction and the success story that he urgently needs as we also nearing the mid term elections. d w 's overshown in washington, oliver is always thank you. is around of now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the economic community of west african states is asked the hunter that sees power in burkina faso last week to propose an election time table. the group held an emergency summit and gone his capital awkward to discuss measures against vicki, nevada, as well as what the group called a dangerous trend of military power grabs and the reaching italy's president. sergio montela has been sworn in for a 2nd term. the 80 year old did not want another 7 years in office, but was persuaded to stay on after lawmakers failed to agree on a compromise candidate in last week's election unity in his speech to parliament. but of ella appealed for greater unity investigators in argentina,
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erasing to remove the laced cocaine from circulation after it caused the death of 20 people in hospital wines. dozens more. police believe it may have been cut with opi. your several suspected traffickers had been arrested during raids in and around when his office. this is a case of add a misery to worry. tom good has gone in to lockdown after confirming a number of coven 19 cases, the pacific island nation is still recovering from bet, devastating volcanic eruption and massive tsunami. last month now, before the disaster, tonga was one of the few places on earth without coven 19 ships. with humanitarian aid are suspected of bringing the virus to the islands. all is quiet on the streets of the tongue and capital, nuclear low fat images reminiscent for many around the world of the beginning of
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the pandemic in 2020 but for residents here in tonga, the measures to deal with cov at 19 are now necessary varies all of them i think it's a good thing we need to be tricking and entering tracy. oh, those who. ready were in contact with the 1st 2 over cases. tonga entered to lockdown after several, coven 19 cases were discovered. it's thought that ships bringing aid may be had the corona virus reached the country's shores. the south pacific nation was previously corona free. it's another blow to town 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.
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the locked and which only permits essential services to remain open will be reassessed by the tongan government every 48 hours. let's take a look now. some of the other developments in the pandemic. germany's vaccine commission has recommended a 2nd cove at 19 booster be given to at risk groups. so this includes people over the age of 70, those with compromised immune systems, as well as health care workers. sweden has announced that it will lift pandemic restrictions next, wednesday, the prime minister saying the hospital system is coping well despite a high number of infections and bali, indonesia is welcoming back its 1st international flights. in nearly 2 years, a dozen passengers are set to arrive from tokyo on thursday. vaccinated tourist must still quarantine for 5 to 7 days. upon entry. emergency crews in ecuador are continuing to search for people still missing after
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deadly flooding and mud slides in the capital, quito the country is observing an official period of morning after at least 24 people were killed in what is being described as the heaviest rainfall in 2 decades, it's a major operation to clear the debris from destroyed buildings and blocked roads in kito. and if possible, find any people trapped in homes and streets. it comes after intense rain which began on monday and pounded the capital for more than 24 hours. it weakened a hillside and send waves of mud flowing through the city. this man from venezuela was in a small room. he shared with other migrants, when disaster struck it and suddenly the water hit us, the building broken too, and we ended up at the back. so we fell down to florida and then we were swept away
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. you're a death announcement as residents faced the reality of this sudden disaster. and the threat might not yet be over. officials and not ruling out further, landslides. team has gotten about this will video anything could still happen at the top part of the mountain without them and some of them there could be more landslides going will continue monitoring the area with drones galleries. and this is all for our safety and to bring comes, learn a little, not blankly. but with the rain having subsided for now, rescue teams at grabbing the opportunity to search for survivors. it's less than 24 hours until the beijing winter olympics kick off with the opening ceremony. the corona virus pandemic. it's not the only issue that is looming over this mega sporting event. china's human rights abuses are also in focus. ah,
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ah, with less than 24 hours until the games officially open the political clubs over beijing showed no signs of clearing. despite the repeated efforts of, i will see president thomas but to resist what he views as the instrumental ization of the olympics. cctv danger greeks knew that that the if her of the games would be used for her would, would come between those that the political tensions which were high at the time between her sponsor and her things and, and they had others. if her there, the games would not be conceived to be neutral. they would not have her survived. therefore 1000 years young australian open spectators were accused last month by china of politicizing sport. after tennis fans handed out whereas pangs whitey shirts back confirmed that he will meet the chinese tennis star who disappeared
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from public life in november after she accused a high ranking communist party official of sexual assault. thanks, wiley, to retracted that allegation, that there are concerns. he may have done so under duress, it's a necessity to, to respect her and then to listen to her and how she sees her, the situation, how she wants to work to live her life. china's treatment of weaker muslims here. and she, john province, has prompted countries like the u. s. and the u. k. to stage a diplomatic boycott of the beijing games. asked for comment back sighted. his no politics pledge their position or for the the i you see her must be given the or political or neutrality of that. or we are not her commenting on her political, her issues. as the curtain rises on a beach in olympics,
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surrounded by political intrigue backs, insistence that they be kept out of the games remains unwavering. a major snowstorm is causing widespread disruption in parts of the united states. have you there, you know what i'm talking about, but some are reveling in the cold weather, a polar bear in a chicago zoom. he just can't seem to get enough of the fresh, powdery stuff. his name is hudson, you see him there. he's clearly in his element, the state of illinois and parts of northern indiana are expecting up to 45 centimeters by the end of thursday. hudson has reportedly told reporters, let it snow, let it snow. don't you wish you could do that? or it is a reminder, the top stores were following for you. russia's foreign ministry has announced that
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it is shutting down the moscow bureau of this network, deutsch avella and revoking accreditation for our colleagues there. the move comes in retaliation for germany's decision to ban german language. programming from russia's state, the media broadcaster r t and you as president binds hes, us special forces, have removed a major terror threat. he said the leader of so called his womic state, blew himself up during a targeted raid in northwest syria. several other people were also killed in the operation that was near the turkish border. you want to need of a you news after a short break? i'll be back to take you through the day to night. a former white house insider tells me wide our policy in ukraine and regarding russia is quote, not st. we'll be right back with
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