ah w made for mines ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the german government calls roches decision to band this network deutsche a valid unacceptable. russia has also closed down the w moscow bureau and revoked accreditations for reporters that it follows germany's decision to ban german language programming of russia state broadcast a r t in germany and a major blow to the so called islamic state. last night operation took

a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. president joe biden says the leader of the islamic state group blew himself up as us special forces approached during a raid in northwest syria. and i just hours left until the opening ceremony of her bay ging winter olympics with the prone of iris pandemic looming. we hear about life inside the beijing bubble. ah, i'm good. have others welcome to the program. the german government has condemned moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of deutsch avella, germany's foreign ministry said the decision would put a renewed strain on german russian relations authorities. there have closed down the w's office in moscow revoked accreditations for all our journalists there. and bounty w broadcasts in russia. as of today, it's being seen as

a tit for tat move. german media regulators banned the german language programming of russian story state broadcast a r t the day before. because it doesn't have a broadcasting license for germany. deutsch velez moscow office has to close by order of the russian government. the decision came after germany's media regulators banned german language programming of russia's state media broadcaster r t for operating without a german broadcasting license. d w's director general peter lim, book called the russian government's decision, a disappointment and a total over reaction. 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 um, 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 for the team at d. w's moscow studio. losing their press accreditation in russia takes a more personal toll. yup, that effect correspondence produced as camera men, editors and so on. according to russian law, they are now no longer allowed to work for the age of ela. 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, i've been at the bureau chief and correspondent for deutsch avella, 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 will stay passing that passionate fans of rush marashi i dont necessarily mean russian politics but the people of this great country for now d, w is weighing its options and considering possible legal avenues at added and

it had tauriel note here we'd like to stress that this statement for our moscow bureau chief, uri risha, to in that report was recorded yesterday february 3rd. now, russia's ban of the w comes as german chancellor all of shows prepares a trip to moscow for talks about the crisis in ukraine shoals called the build up of russian troops on ukraine's board. a very serious and said any invasion would come with consequences. the german chancellor has been under pressure from other nato members to take a harbor line on russia. i view now let's bring in our chief political correspondent, belinda cray. melinda. so another issue has been added to chancellor sold, says agenda, what has the government have been saying so far? well, the german federal minister for culture and media, claudia, quote, criticized the decision quite emphatically yesterday and said that russia is drawing a false equivalence between russia today and deutsch avella. and she said that

the broadcasting band that russia has now imposed is wholly unacceptable, quote unquote. and says that d, w is an independent organization, meaning that unlike russia today, german government does not steer broadcasting content. as you know, again i d, w is an independent broadcaster funded by tax payers. but we are not a state broadcaster, as russia today is. and the foreign ministry of germany made the same point yesterday saying that moscow measures have no basis whatsoever, quote unquote, and add up to a new strain on german russian relations. and they 2 rejected that equivalence between r t and d w. and you know, the german foreign minister, and then a bare buck pointed this out directly to russian foreign minister lathrop, when she visited moscow in january, saying german history, which involves

a nazi control of the media german history, has led to the fact that german licensee authorities simply do not give licenses to state broadcasters. well, this fall comes out of time when the german russian relationships are pretty fold. right? absolutely, you know, going all the way back to 2015 when there was a major cyber attack on the german parliament, one to talk, which was later definitively proven to have come from russian hackers. and then we've also seen cyber attacks on leading german politicians, especially from the c to u chancellor macros party. we've seen the poisoning of a former chechen commander right here in berlin, in the middle of the day time in a city park again attributed to russia. and then of course,

the treatment of alex in the bomb the after he returned from being treated for poisoning in a german hospital, promptly arrested for a parole violation for not attending a meeting. he couldn't attend because he was in the hospital. so with all of that already on the plate, now we also have the tension over ukraine and in particular, over how germany will react, whether it will hold on to its project. which always the german authorities claim to be a private project of the gas pipeline that a north stream to that would bring gas directly from russia to germany. so lots and lots of issues on chancellor shelters. agenda. indeed, charles has been earned by nato partners to take a tougher line on russia. there's a perception that he has only been in the office for a couple of months. ok, but he's been sitting on the fence. is that likely to change? now? we are all ready in hearing some movement from him even more so from the foreign

ministry alena burbock has made it quite clear that she is working with other european partners on what she called a tough package of sanctions. that would include north stream too. she said basically everything's on the table this week, chancellor schultz, austin said it's very important to coordinate with you partners that central to germany. and he said that it's also very, very important that germany send a clear message that there will be a very high price as he put it didn't mention nod stream, but said high price. and you know, he'll be traveling not just to moscow, but also to washington before the meeting in moscow. so undoubtedly, that's a message that he will be firming up. i think in that meeting melinda, crime, that thank you very much. belinda. you as president joe biden as announced that the leader of the so called islamic state has died during an overnight raid by us special forces in syria. the news comes as concerns

a growing that i us maybe trying to regroup in the region. a collapsed roof. and a dead terrorist leader. the result of a us special forces raid in the pre dawn hours on thursday morning in a syrian village near the turkish border. abo abraham, a shimmy, 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 as director terrorist operations targeting americans, our allies and our partners,

had 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, nooses. u. s. official say the operation bitin ordered took weeks to plan. it happened to mid growing concerns that i asked may be trying to regroup. and january i attacked a 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 correct 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. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today. british prime minister, bruce johnson, has lost 4 more key aids as his popularity plummets over lockdown parties. johnson's chief of staff, his private secretary, and his communications direct, i have all resigned and his policy unit. chief manila mercer quit over johnson's controversial comments on monday when he attacked opposition. a labor leader you hear stammer, the northern islands, 1st minister as resigned in protest at post briggs trade rules. he stepped down after one of his ministers try to block the inspection of goods arriving from other parts of the you. k hd region is facing fresh tension over the brakes. it protocol

that keeps nolan island in the use single market be economic community of west african states. eco weiss has asked the regime that seized power and beginner fossil last week to propose an election time table. the group held an emergency summit in gun us capitol, across to discuss measures against booking a fossil as well as what the group called a dangerous trend of military power grabs in the region read. now it is hours away from the opening ceremony of the bathing winter olympics of the corona virus pandemic isn't the only issue looming over the games. china's human rights abuses also in the spotlight. oh, with less than 24 hours until the games officially open, the political clouds over beijing showed no signs of clearing. despite the repeated efforts of i will see president thomas back to resist what he views as the instrumental ization of the olympics. cctv danger greeks knew

that the if her of the games would be used for her would, would come in between those are the political tensions which were high at the time between his father and her things and, and, and others. if her there, the games would not be conceived to be neutral. they would not have her survived. therefore, 1000 years australian open spectators were accused last month by china of politicizing sport. after tennis fans handed out whereas pangs whitey shirts back to confirm that he will meet the chinese tennis star who disappeared 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 she may have done so under duress it's a necessity. they to,

to respect her and then to listen to her and how she sees her, the situation, how she wants to, to leave her life. china's treatment of weaker muslims here, and she's young 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 know politics pledge, dear her pussy should offer the, the i, you see her must be given the or political or neutrality of it. we are not her commenting on her political, her issues as the curtain rises on a beijing olympics, surrounded by political intrigue backs, insistence that they be kept out of the games remains unwavering. what's indeed, avenues. as a reminder of the top stories we are following for u. d, w has condemned russia's decision to band this network,

dw director general pita limbo coal. they have moved by moscow, a total over reaction and promised legal action. russia said it was shattering dw moscow bureau after berlin band, german language programming of rushes, state broadcast r t, do. it's lack of a broadcasting license. that's it for me and the new steamer. i don't go away though cbs, they will have your business update that's coming up. right? are you ready to get all these places in europe are smashing all the records. sent into bold, adventure. just don't lose your grip. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of europe's wykard breaking sights.