ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. the german government calls russia's decision to ban this, that work deutsch village, unacceptable. russia has also closed down t w's moscow bureau and revoked accreditation for all our reporters that it follows . germany is decision to ban german language programming off russia state broadcast and a major blow to the so called islamic state. last night operation took

a major cherish theater off to battle. president joe biden says the leader of the islamic state group and blew himself up as us special forces approached during arrayed in northwest syria. and it's just hours to go until the winter olympics kicks off in aging. human rights concerns have overshadow. to run up to the games. but organizers pledge to stay out of politics as left. some athletes, uneasy? ah, i'm gabrielle as well come to the program. the german government has condemned moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this program. dodge avella, germany's foreign ministry said the decision would put a renewed strain on german. russian relations authorities have closed down the w's office in moscow. revoked accreditation is for all our journalists, them,

and ban dw broadcasts across russia. as of today, it's being seen as a tit for tat move. german media regulators banned the german language programming of russia 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 broadcast a r t for operating without a gym and broadcasting license. d w's director general pita lim, book called the russian government's decision, a disappointment and a total overreaction. 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 produces camera, men, editors, and so on. according to russian law, they are now no longer allowed to work for the traveler. 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 dutch 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 will stay passing that passionate fans of rush by russia. 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. a quick

editorial note here, we'd like to stress that the statement from our moscow bureau chief yuri rosetta in that report was recorded yesterday february 3rd. and for more on this story, i'm now joined by my colleague serena phillip over in banos, the editor of the w's a russia service, rena was this band by russian authorities to be expected. well, it clearly came as a huge shock for all of us. we clearly expected some measures after our tea. deer was banned in germany, but we never expected that these retaliatory measures by the russian authorities will be so hard. we never expected that our musk us to do would be closed and that all our colleagues working russia would lose their accreditation. so the answer is yes, the meters were expected, but no, they were not expected to be so hard. this, the state of the freedom of the press has become increasingly difficult in russia,

not just full d, w, but will, can tell us about pers, freedom in russia. the state of the press freedom in russia has drastically deteriorated over the last years. there's been a huge clam down by the russian authorities on that independent media. many of them have been put on the list of foreign agents, meaning that they are subject to, to an extra government scrutiny. and they also have to brand mark themselves as far as for an agency. i mean, any time that they publish something in russia, and clearly that has been a huge, a huge step to deter each other. freedom of breast in russia are right now, they're over 100 media outlets and independent journalist on this list at the moment. and, and, and according to the statement by the foreigner, by the foreign ministry, russia, which was published yesterday. the russian authorities might also consider to put

a note to villa on this, at least a foreign agents. and so it is all unclear which is going to happen. so what's gonna be happening next, especially with regard to our coverage and oh, colleagues there, what are you hearing? well, there are many questions that still remain open, like many technical legal questions. what do we know for sure that our moscow studio is not allowed to be operating anymore? it had to be closed tardy. 9 am today. and all our colleagues working in moscow have to return their breast accreditation cards and foreign ministry. these are the accreditation cards that allow them to work as journalists in russia. so that means that none of our colleagues in russia allowed to work as journalist over there. and there has been a have been a lot of voices of independent journalist organizations journalism. la bergen is ations in germany, calling for their government in germany to provide a clear. and i mistake about an set and reaction to these drastic meters by the

russian authorities. and it is very much expected that chancellor of charles to which is going to travel to russia within the next few days, is going to bring this issue. abdur, in his talks with redeemer putin, whether this conversation will bring anything, whether what it is talks will bring in a thing concerning our musk us to do. it remains unclear enough to la tova in been talking to us. so thank you. you're welcome. well, rena just said it rushes ban of the w comes as german sean. so all of shows prepares at trip to moscow for talks about the crisis in new crime shows called the build up of russian troops on ukraine's border. quote, very serious and said any invasion would come with consequence. the german chancellor has been on the pressure from all the natal members to take a hard line on russia. now let's bring in our chief political correspondent, belinda cray, melinda. so another issue has been added to chancellor schultz as agenda. what is

the government have been saying so far? well, the german federal minister for culture and media, claudia, vote and 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 r d w is an independent broadcaster funded by tax payers. but we are not a state broadcast are, 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, an add up to a new strain on german russian relations. and they to 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 involved a nazi control of the media, german history had led to the fact that german licensing authorities simply do not give licenses to state broadcasters. well, this bowl comes are the time when german russian relationships are pretty full. right? absolutely. you know, going all the way back to 2015 when there was a major cyber attack on the german parliament bundis 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 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 tensions 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 schultz is agenda indeed shows 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. and elaina 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 also said it's very important to coordinate with partners that, 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 priced 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. i think in that meeting, melinda crane, the thank you very much. belinda. united states says it has evidence that russia is preparing a full flag operation to justify an invasion of ukraine. official said moscow was producing a video that portrays a fabricated ukrainian attack on russians. now we can say that the united states has information that russia is planning to stage, fabricated attacks by ukrainian military or intelligence forces as a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. one possible offs and the russians are considering and which we made public today involves the production of a propaganda video of video with graphic scenes of false explosions depicting court corpses. crisis actors planning to be mourners and images of destroy locations or military equipment, entirely fabricate,

fabricated by russian intelligence. well as tensions are growing between moscow in the west. oh, the crisis that rushes president vladimir putin, his head, it's too friendly a grant and china put in his, in beijing 4 talks with his chinese count upon region. think it's the chinese presidents 1st face to face meeting with a world leader in 2 years. the pair will lead to attend the opening ceremony of the winter olympic games. or journalist javion catch ma is in a beijing following the to lead as meeting fabi and managing this relationship is crucial to both leaders. how good is it right now? where you can argue that the bilateral relationship between the 2 countries is as good as it has never been before. and that also includes the soviet times and politically. they need each other in their antagonism against the west there, but also both oppose an expansion of the nato and not only politically also economy

. economically. they have shared interests. for example, china is a rising economy and very energy hungry and russia. hester, oil and gas supplies for china. i vice versa. china can invest in russia and also has the technology to sell to russia. but if you look at the number than at least from the view from aging, it's clear that russia is a junior partner, m o, in g d, p per capita, china has now exceeded russia, and yet russia economy is much more depending on china than it is the other way around. so all i is currently on the, the raw, the 10th situation on the russian ukrainian border. tell us more about china stance in this conflict with china officially once a peaceful solution. and yet they oppose anything that could endanger the stability, the social stability, but, and they are clearly loyal to russia and for them. it's also,

and the conflict provides valuable insights for one of their own m. conflict. namely the taiwan conflict. of course, m is the 2 issues are quite a separate and different, but there are some parallels. and for example, if russia would invade ukraine than of course, for china, it's really valuable to see how much would the west oppose, what, what is the reaction, and they can use it as a technical information in the way how they would deal with taiwan. a lot of speculation that russian military planning may be affected by the olympics. how important is maintaining an olympic truce if you will, to china? where for china, it's a very important mean. the leadership has waited a long time to, i'm present itself here as a, as a rising nation, as a world power to the international stage. they want to basically em propagate their message and then a rate of and they don't want anything to interfere with that. be it an escalation

that ukraine, but also be a military provocation by north korea. so, and it's very important. and if putting would indeed invade ukraine drink olympics, that was would be quite disrespectful against the leadership in beijing father of her mother in a beijing talking to us. thank you from you now we're just hours away from the opening ceremony of the beijing winter olympics. but the corona virus pandemic isn't the only issue looming over the games. china's human rights abuses are also in the spotlight. oh, 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 back to resist what he views as the instrumental ization of the olympics. pct. danger greeks knew that

they did it for the games would be used for good would come in between those that the political tensions which were high at the time between as part of their things and, and they and others. if they're 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 confirmed 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. 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, to leave her life. china's treatment of weaker muslims here in san 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, cited his no politics pledge the 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, surrounded by political intrigue backs, insistence that the be kept out of the games remains unwavering. mo, from on this, on no joint by jonathan crane from d. w. sports reporting there from a beijing as well. jonathan tomas back was asked some tough questions and

yesterday's press conference. what did you make of his answers? well, he stuck to that line. the the i see as politically neutral. it was the central theme of the press conference gerhardt this question or what the sport and politics should makes. and as we had in the past, the i see clearly says no, but that status is particularly jarring. yesterday i have to say when he was specifically asked about the weakest and that repression, and he answered no comments. now, critics would say this whole argument from the i see is very contradictory. that's just costa mind back 4 years ago. the opening ceremony of the piano chang olympics, 2018 north and south korea march together. and the i r c was instrumental in that. so how do you square that box rights groups here are calling rights groups in general, a calling for athletes to use that platform and speak out against the human rights abuses. now i asked thomas back in his press conference yesterday, whether he could guarantee athletes safety. if they did choose to speak out the

rules, say they can in certain situations and not allow to protest it, their events or on the podium. but they can in press conferences or mix zones, things like that. he refused to answer that question. specifically, he just talked about the olympic charter and the rules. they can protest whether they are brave enough to do say though in this climate remains to be seen. well, chinese centers by a punctual i was also disgust. what did but have to say about her faith as last. i can't hear anything. i'm a fright. leave last contact with jonathan badge in johnson. can you still hear us? no, that seems to have broken down. we apologize for that. ok. ok. let's go to an exciting minutes around up of some other stories and making news to day. british prime minister burrows johnson has lost 4 more key aids as his popularity

climates over lockdown parties. johnson's chief of staff, private secretary and communications director, have all resigned and his college policy unit. chief manila meza quit over johnston's controversial comments on monday when he attacks opposition. labor leader kissed armor quite unfairly the end of northern islands 1st minister has resigned in protest that your host begs pray brewers. he stepped down after one of his ministers tried to block the inspection of goods arriving from other parts of u. k. the region is currently facing fresh tensions of the briggs it protocol that keeps northern ireland in the use, the single market. the economic community of west african states eco vos, as asked the regime that seized power burkina faso last week to propose an election time table. the group held an emergency summit in ganawe's capital,

a crowd to discuss measures against booking of fossil, as well as what the group called a dangerous trend of military power grabs in the region. you as president joe biden says, the leader of the so called islamic state has been killed during an overnight raid by us special forces in syria, 13 others, including women and children, also died after the target detonated a suicide bomb. it follows growing concerned that i s 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. avo abraham. allah, shami al 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 isis as 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. after savaging communities, murder reduces us. officials say the operation biden ordered took weeks to plan. it happened amid 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 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. turner for a quick look at some of the latest developments in the corona, vars. pandemic. germany is vaccine commission has recommended a 2nd cove 19 booster. be given to at risk groups that includes the over seventy's, those with compromised immune systems and health care workers. the wealth

organization has said europe may be entering the end of the pandemic. i vaccination writes the milder omicron variant and the end of winter mean europe is set for a quote, period of tranquillity. and austria's, a vaccine mandate has now passed both out, both houses of parliament. austria is the 1st european country to make vaccination mandatory for all adults, with only some medical exceptions. and finally to night, the dutch city of her rotterdam, europe's busiest port as given the green light to dismantle a historic bridge. for a very wealthy customer, this bridge will be temporarily taken apart so that an oversized yours, on the construction nearby can pass through on its way to the north sea. the 40 meter long bessler's set to become the world's biggest short when it's launched later. this year's believe to have been commissioned by amazon found that jeff

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