this is on you too. ah, ah, ah, it's his daily news live from berlin. a german government calls roches decision to band this network. deutsch avila unacceptable. russia has also closed down d. w. 's moscow bureau and revoked accreditation for our reporter's bay. it follows germany's decision to ban gym and language programming of russia's state broadcasted r t plus russia and china signal closer ties ahead. vladimir putin arrives in

begging for the start of the winter olympics. and for talks with changing hank as their countries increasingly align on foreign policy. and it's just hours to go until the beijing games begin amid concerns over china's attitude to human rights. but the organizes pledge to stay out of politics is led to some athletes. uneasy. ah, i am rebecca writ his welcome to the program. the german government has condemned moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this channel. deutsch avella, germany's foreign ministry says the decision would put a renewed strain on already tents. german russian relations authorities have closed down dw office in moscow revoked accreditation for all our journalists there and band d. w broadcasts in russia is off today. it's being seen as retaliation after german

media regulators banned the german language programming of russian state broadcast are take 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 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 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 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. an editorial note he would like to stress that the statement from oscar bureau che

fury rossetto in that report was recorded yesterday february 3 prior to the band taking effect. rushes ban of d w comes as german chancellor. ola shalt prepared a trip to moscow for talks about the crisis in ukraine shells 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 hot, a line on russia. now let's get more now from our chief, little correspondent, melinda crime. melinda. so another issue that, of course, being the banning of this channel has been added to chance for the shelters. agenda . what has the government been saying so far? germany's federal commissioner for culture and media, claudia, quote, criticized the decision as, quote, unquote, wholly unacceptable. and said, russia had drawn false equivalence between r t, germany and d, w basing her argument on responsibility for content. she said quote, d,

w is an independent organization. this means that unlike our tea, russia today, the german state does not exert any influence on programming. and germany's foreign ministry said moscow's measures had no basis of whatsoever. a spokesman also firmly rejected the comparison between door to villa and broadcaster rti. and in fact, foreign minister under lena bear buck already conveyed that message to her russian counterpart, sergey love rough. when she visited in january and she pointed out that because of the central role that state media had played under the nazi regime, no broadcaster, that is an official arm of the state can obtain a license under german media law. and, well, german russian relations of course, already pretty 10 said the ukraine stand off has put chancellor shells in a difficult position with germany's allies. hasn't it? absolutely tensions have been building ever since the annexation of crimea. and

starting with a major cyber attack on the buddhist tug in 2015, that was proven to originated with russian hackers. then followed by cyber attacks on leading german politicians, dis, information in the run up to last year's elections. and in 2019 russian security services coordinated the murder of chechen national in broad daylight in a berlin park. and finally, it was germany where russian opposition leader alex in of only was treated after his poisoning in 2020. when he returned to russia, he was promptly arrested for having missed a parole meeting he couldn't possibly have attended while in hospital, and that 2 felt like a slap in the face. meanwhile, germany has however, maintained close commercial ties with russia, including construction of a new gas pipeline that will take gas from russia directly into northern germany. the allies have been pressuring the new government to put that project on the table as part of a potential tough package. of sanctions, if russia does,

in fact move forward with aggression against ukraine, chancellor shall have been perceived to be sitting on the fence about this. foreign minister burbock has been clearer saying it must be part of the package of sanctions. but we are now seeing some movement on the chancellor's part. he said there will be a high price to pay if there's aggression and he is traveling to washington on monday to talk to president biden before he goes to moscow. right, melinda, thank you. they'd have his chief political correspondent into crime. that's bringing viola on common now. she's the member a great a german member of the european parliament rather for the grains. she's vice chair of the parliament's ukraine delegation miss uncommon welcome to day w. i do want to, of course, talk to you about the russia, ukraine, tensions, but 1st, as we know, russia has just shot down d w. moscow bureau. what can the european union do about it? well, i think it is, 1st of all important that we stay united that we speak with one voice. and

a for example, visits like those from autobahn recently to moscow does not really help. they are rather undermining our, our joint position, our join line. so i'm pretty glad that our, when this comes with our choice would go to washington 1st and then to moscow, and try to align the german position with all of the other european partner. as most as he can. of course only adds to the wide attention currently with russia over ukraine in germany's target target big newspaper. last week, you wrote that germany lacks the will when it comes to pace to demonstrate the necessary robustness. what do you mean by that? well, we have just returned from ukraine and to let you know what i mean. your cranium partner, highly, appreciate all the efforts, the european union that it was so gemini, to ask for their country. they know we send a lot of financial aid,

technical aid or any kind of a just extremely welcome. but of course, to increase leverage in terms of negotiation. they think it lacks or so let's say at least the debate about the delivery of weapons for self depends. and that was what we intended with our opec last week to say, let's open the debate whether germany should not have a shift to in this, in this position. yes. so do you think the chances are held should be taking a hard line with russia? i think it will be necessary. yes. when you see now finally the president out of one gets into this and out on has clearly stated that he would defend your crime. and you know, putting as extremely afraid and concern that took as drones might come

into, into, into this whole military or invasion. and. 6 i am more concerned that in the end, somebody and out across a non demo crowd like out one gets more, let's say, influence in this region in, in your crime than we as your opinions. and therefore, i would say it is up to us to decide what we want. and it's clearly in our interest to keep ukraine in this west and integration on. this was an integration path. yes . all right here on a fun common vice chair of the european parliament, you crime delegation. thank you very much for your time. thank you burka as tensions grow between moscow and the west of the crisis in east in ukraine. russia's president vladimir putin has headed to friendly ground in china. burton is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterpart changing ping. it's the chinese presidents 1st face to face meeting with a world later in 2 years. both men have called for an end to nato expansion on

a return to any cold war era policies. the 2 ladies will later attend the opening ceremony of the winter olympic game and at ceremony due to kick off in just a few hours time. cause cove at 19 is looming large over the winter games this year . but it's certainly not the only issue. 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 bar to resist what he views as the instrumental ization of the olympics. cctv, the greeks knew that the if for the games would be used for coming

between both of the political tensions which were higher at the time between us part i nursing center and they had all of us. he for the games, would not be conceited to be neutral. they would not have her so wife to 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 the 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 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, joan 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 their position or for the the i, you see her must be given the or political or neutrality of that. there 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 they be kept out of the games remains unwavering. a cycle of mount some of the other stories making world news. british prime minister boris johnson has lost a 5th k 8 as his popularity plummets over slew of controversial lockdown parties. johnson's, the chief of staff, private secretary and communications director have resigned policy unit chief from an era mertsa has also quit over comments. johnson made on monday attacking

opposition. late labor. later kish kiss darma he was president joe biden says the later of the so called islamic state hardy abdullah blew himself up as us special forces approached during a raid in northwest syria, 13 others, including women and children, were killed in the operation. but it's not yet fully clear under what circumstances . my tongue as prime minister has extended the nations locked down for 48 more hours after another cove at 19 case was found. that brings the total number of infections on the remote archipelago to 5 tongue, remained virtually covert free until january, when international aid arrived. after a devastating tanami in watching daily news, his reminder of the top story were following. for you, the german government has condemned russia's decision to ban deutsch avella. russia said it was shouting d w. moscow bureau of burden van,

german language programming of russian state broadcast a r t. due to its lack of license, the deputy director general to pay to limbo called the moved by moscow, a teufel overreaction, and promised legal action. that's a news update this out of state you now for business with rob watts will have more news at the top of the hour. the go away. sh her. i'm kinda working. that's hard. and in the end is a me, you are not allowed to see you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this with lions as of the what's your story. ready