asia is growing and young people clearly have the solution, the future, a 77 percent. now every weekend on d w ah ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d w. news. why from a for a lead, a total over reaction. d. w, condemned russians, decision it to van this network, torture valid. it comes out from moscow's note to shutter

t w's. moscow bureau after germany ban to german language programming of russian state broadcast or archie, due to its lack of license. also coming up on the show, us intelligence agencies believe russia has planned options to give it an excuse to attack the crate. the pentagon says moscow could fake a graphic video to justify taking military action against its neighbor. as a major blow to the so called islamic state, last march operation took a major terrorist leader off the battle to president joe white and says, the leader of the islamic state group blew himself up as us special forces approached during a rate in north west syria, ah, hello, i'm clear, richardson,

welcome to the show. the german government has strongly condemned scouts decision to shut down the russian operations of this network. deutsch avella, the russian foreign ministry on thursday ordered the closure of dw moscow bureau and is revoking the accreditation for our colleagues. there is a retaliatory move for the german regulators decision to ban german language programming of russia, state media broadcaster r t, due to lack of license germany's foreign ministry has called russia's ban on d. w a renewed a strain on german russian relations and earlier we spoke with our moscow bureau chief uri rossetto to get his reaction. we asked him what the decision means for him and his team that affect correspondence, produces camera, men, editors, and so one according to ration law, they are now no longer allowed to work for the civilian. and let me say, when a personal note for me personally and for people who support our coverage from russia, this is

a big shock. i've been at the bureau chief and correspondent for deutsch of ela, he and moscow for 7 years. and like all my colleagues, i have lost the reporting from russia even more. we all wore our and we will stay popular. passionate fans of russia by russia. i dont necessarily mean russian politics, but the people of this great country in my opinion, stories from russia all with incredibly exciting and this country is a 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 shallow will continue to report on russia in 30 different languages on television and social media and online. there is no doubt that, that the country plays a very important role in the world and trying hard to understand it is, it remains extremely important, especially in these difficult times. are moscow bureau chief bear, while the german government has called moscow's move unacceptable. w director general pater lindberg said in a statement that the network was being used as

a pawn or we have been expecting some measures by the russian side. but i think this sir, is a total over reacting 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 leave. 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't compare o r t german with the dodge of l. i mean, we are public service broadcasters and not a state govern ment, broadcaster, and on the other hand, we have to see that the russian journalists, sir, will continue to work freely in 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 step, sir, and to try to, to see whether this measures are legal even from russian standards, 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, hardworking staff are 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 moscow yesterday announced that there will be some kind of reaction. but i think for people who really loved 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 journalists to leave the country or on short notice. and in terms of press freedom, of course, is 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. de w director general peter, a limburger. thank you very much. thanks. okay, martin and interview from my colleague layla iraq. this decision from moscow comes as a german chancellor. all i've shawls prepares a trip to russia's capital for talks amid fears of a russian invasion of ukraine shawl to hold the build up of russian troops on ukraine. border, very serious and said any invasion would come with serious consequences. a german chancellor has been under pressure from other nato members to take a harder line on russia. and we also have an update from d, w as political correspondence. simon young. you can tell us what leverage chancellor short will have during his trip to the kremlin. well, i think the main thing is what we've talked about again and again it's, there's no stream to gas pipeline. it's very important for both russia and

germany. russia wants to sell it more gas through that pipeline into europe. and of course, any potential decision that's being talked about to stop that going ahead would have economic consequences for russia. so there is some leverage there. the same job across the kremlin knows that germany is very reliant on energy and ports, particularly on rushing gas. and so it's a tough call for sholtes 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 up to taking that measure and stopping that to that gas blow. and meanwhile, us intelligence has said it has evidence of russian plans to stage a fake attack of a pretext for invading ukraine. tension between russia and the west have been escalating the fresh massing troops along its border with ukraine,

parking fears of an invasion, us and some nato allies have equipment to ukraine and troops to eastern europe in response. us officials did not provide detailed information backing up the claims. but here is what pentagon spokesperson at john kirby had to say about russia's alleged false flag plan. you know, we've discussed this idea of false fledge by the russians before we made no secret of that. and we do have information that it is that the russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for an invasion, which again, is right out of their playbook. one option is the russian government. we, we think is planning to stage a fake attack by ukrainian military or intelligence forces against russian sovereign territory. and earlier we spoke to d w with oliver's outlet in washington and asked him how reliable this allegation

of a false flag attack is. the pentagon is quoting intelligence and it says, and you just heard the spokesperson, john kirby speak, it says it has evidence of a plan. and so that's really important when we talk about this. now that we point that out, that this plan doesn't exist yet. however, the pentagon does believe there is something in the making and the strategy coming out right now with that information is to discredit the authenticity of a potential video that the pentagon is talking about before it even exists. and that's very important because this conflict is shaped by misinformation, by wrong allegations. and the u. s. government feels it's important to act swiftly to share that intelligence with the public. so it won't stir up any case in case it plays out, how they predict and how they believe it could play out with regards to the question, how that would change the u. s. position. that is very unlikely because the u. s.

has warned time and time again that they believe an attack as imminent. they just changed their wording and they don't use that word imminent anymore. but of course, russia, they want that russia would create a reason to justify an attack. and such a video that they've been talking about would be just what the u. s. for saw. and under these circumstances, of course, the kremlin will have to think twice about this plan if it exists, of course correspondence. olivers all it there. now let's get a round up of some of the other stories that are making world news at this, our british prime minister, boris johnson, has lost 4 more key 8th as its popularity plummet over locked down parties. johnson, chief of staff, private secretary and communications director, have all resigned and policy unit chief when you're a mercer which over johnson's controversial comments on monday, attacking opposition, labor leader here summer. this is the world health organization has said. europe may be entering the end of the corona virus and dynamic. the organizations, europe, directors at high vaccination rate law,

the milder omicron variant and becoming end of winter here in europe is that for a quote, period of tranquillity, several european countries have already begun lifting restrictions. the economic community of west african states echo was, as i speak to that power in burkina faso last week to propose unelected time table . the group held an emergency summit in gone as capital opera to discuss measures against per keenan foster, as well as what the group called a dangerous trend of military power grabbed in the region of the grave. sort of at least the president sergio montela has been sworn in for a 2nd term. that old didn't want another 7 years in office, but was persuaded to stay on from all makers failed to agree on a compromise candidate in last week's election. but in his speech to parliament matter, i left you for greater, you and the united states says it has removed a global terror threat,

and he targeted rate in syria. president joe biden announced that an overnight attack by us special forces resulted in the death of him show me, could she the leader of the so called islamic state. the news comes and growing concerns that i asked maybe trying to regroup in the region. a collapsed roof and a dead terrorist leader. the result of a us special forces rayed in the pre dawn hours on thursday morning in assyrian village, near the turkish border. abo abraham a shimmy. i'll 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 terrors groups around the world. 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 with 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 crashes 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 been initially reported. you are watching the news. stay tuned for the business headlines that coming up next and don't forget there is always more news and analysis on our website at at g w dot com. i'm quite richardson in berlin from the team here. thanks so much for joining us.