ah, ah, ah ah, this is the deputy needs live from berlin, russia and china join forces to oppose an expansion of nato, that m a potent joins changing, paying for the start of the winter olympics in beijing, both at odds with the west. the 2 latest signal close ties ahead. also coming off, the german government condemns rushes decision to ban this network. deutsch avella and dw moscow bureau is shot down after germany's moved to block the german language programming of russia's state, broadcast a r c. and the winter olympics kicks off invasion this. our human rights concerns

have overshadowed the run up to the games about the olympic committees. pledge to stay out of politics as left athletes uneasily. while march operation took a major terrorist leader off to battle. president joe biden says later, all the la mc state group blew himself up as us special forces approached during a ride in northwest syria. ah, i'm rebecca writt as welcome to the program. the ladies of russia and china have pushed back against pressure from the west and demanded an end to nato's expansion . this comes, i made growing tensions over the crisis in ukraine. russia's president vladimir putin has met with his chinese counterpart. she jang pang in beijing. both. i'd say

their relationship is at an historical high point. they're pledging close cooperation on energy supplies and on stemming major protest movements. the 2 ladies will shortly attend the opening ceremony of the winter olympic games. journalist fab encroachment in beijing and spain following the too late as may tang fabian potent and shame making a joint call to limit nato expansion today some up that message for us. yeah, i mean, 1st of all it's really important to see that this statement contains 5300 words. it's very lengthy, it's quite surprising that because most observers expect that more is symbolic deal energy deal. and, but this is really a strong political statement. yeah. they're against the nato expansion nato expansion. they basically blamed the nato for creating an ideological cold war mentality. why, of course, i'm sure that, for example,

the u. s. would blame you m china and russia. exactly, for doing the same, namely forming a block against the west. so i would say it's really a very strong political, a statement. and of course young we have to wait a little bit to get a deeper analysis on them. mm hm. yeah, it's all quite fresh right now in indeed, but put us in a put it in context for us is china now directly involving itself in the russia ukraine issue well, it's a display of solidarity. um, china is baking russia and also vice versa. russia pledged solidarity towards china for the taiwan conflict. that's also and i mean there are a lot of similarities, but the official stance of beijing. is it once a peaceful solution a for the ukraine? but i mean, of course, for them, it's very important to follow it closely. and i don't think they want to get involved, but they want to gather knowledge technical knowledge on because they can apply to

how they deal with their own crisis. namely the taiwan crisis. and the 2 ladies have also pledged co operation to stem political protest movements. what would that involve with concrete measures? we still have to see, but i mean just a one hour before before. and hong, hong kong in hong kong that was one protest arrested. and i mean, that's basically what baiting us doing the beijing blames color revolution apparently started by the u. s. without showing evidence, i must note, am for milk creating instability in russia's doing the same for m, ukraine. so they share the same position on that and they don't want interference by other countries. it also involves, for example, she's young. china doesn't want any inter insurance by the west for the human rights violations and the same for russia. so i would say it's a continuation and

a very confident propagating of their message and i didn't expect it in that sharpness actually. all right, sadly and thank you, journalists have an freshman for us in patching for a look at the european response across either to brussels and a w corresponded jack pack. jack, china is now supporting peyton's call that nato stop any further expansion. what kind of reaction has that prompted in brussels? well, i don't think we're gonna get any specific reaction from nato to be honest with you, rebecca. and that's because we've heard the very same things as we've seen this troop build up on the, on the russian border with ukraine. we have heard from nato saying over and over again, and they did submitted a letter outlining the nato position, which says that any country can become a nato member if they should want to. that's the, this is this open door policy that nato holds, which says that every sovereign country has a sovereign rights to,

to join the nato. any sort of military alliance that they want. should they wish to do that for their security and oversee that is of red line for the russians? they are very concerned that potentially ukraine and georgia would eventually it's not likely to happen any time soon, but could potentially join the military alliance that they see as antagonistic. and that would bring that alliance right up to the russian border. so you think nato unlikely to respond publicly, but they are likely to be worried about this development. surely. all or do you think the view is in brussels, that china is just helping couldn't out in a difficult situation. i think this was an expense. his statement, to be honest with you, we saw she's been paying the chinese president for his 1st meeting in about just under 2 years with the russian president, president vladimir putin. this is a sort of big moment for the 2 of them. and as we've seen this tension grow between russia and the west over the troop build ups. but also those tensions with china as

well. it's important to say there are no diplomatic missions from a number of countries, including the u. k, the u. s. australia and others to the beijing olympics at this time over human rights concerns. and china is pretty upset about that. so what we're seeing is sort of 2, the 2 countries to 2 big international players that are having big trouble with the west sort of come together as fabi and was saying this is a huge document there. it covers many, many things. agreements on nuclear on. i to space on dealing with biological waste, et cetera. and i think it's, it is a strong statement. it's significant that these 2 countries, these 2 big global plays that are really at loggerheads with the west or coming out and trying to make the strongest statement together. jack, thank you. database jack packs are from brussels. a german government has condemned moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this channel. deutsch avella, germany's foreign ministry,

said the decision would put a renewed strain on already tense. german russian relations authorities have closed down the dublin office in moscow. remote accreditations for all our journalists there, and benz de w broadcast in russia. as of today, it's being said as retaliation after german media regulate has banned the german language programming of russian 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 lynn 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 cameraman 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 shocker. i've been at the bureau chief and correspondent for deutsch of ever 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 are passionate fans of rush. marashi had gone to necessarily mean

russian politics, but the people of this great country for now, d, w is weighing its options and considering possible legal avenues. and editorial note here, we'd like to stress that the statement from our moscow bureau chief theory rochette in that report was recorded yesterday february 3rd prior to that band taking effect . and he doubly broadcast, not only news about russia in english, but also has a huge russian language department. the editor of dw russia service arena fil a tova joins me now from bon urena. thanks for joining us. was this band by rational authorities to be expected? well, it came as a huge truck for, as i have to say, clearly we expected some retaliatory measures from the russian government after r t was been in germany. but we never expected that these meters will. it will be so hard. we never expected that we will have to shut down our office in moscow. we

never expected that all our colleagues there. it's about 20 employees will lose their cretaceous. so the answer is yes, there mirrors were expected and no, it was not expected that they would be so hard. right now the state of press freedom has become increasingly difficult in russia, not only for d w. what can you tell us about press freedom there the state of press rhythm has drastically deteriorated over the last few years. in fact, there's been a massive clamp down by the, the russian authorities on independent media. many of them have been labeled for an agency, meaning that they are now due to their subject to a bigger extra government scrutiny and have to report to the russian authorities on all their financial transactions. some of them had to relocate their stuff to the countries in order not to be abide by this measures. and if we look at these statement by the foreign ministry from yesterday,

and their russian authorities may also consider putting though travail on this is a foreign agents. what do you think will happen? i mean, especially in regard to our colleagues there, what are you hearing? well, there are many open questions now. first of all, a legal questions, technical questions. what do we know for sure that our office in moscow is not allowed to be operating anymore? since 9 am local time to day? our colleagues have to return their press accreditation cards to the foreign ministry, till 16 a pm to until 4 pm our local time to day. that means that they will not be legally allowed to work as journalists in russia any more anywhere in russia, or whether this band will be lifted or when it be lifted. it also remains unclear. um, sam journalist associations in germany have already demanded that the german government raises of this question, brings it up and all the shows brings it up during his meeting with vitamin put in

which is supposed to take place in the next few days. so whether it will happen and whether this meeting at all will bear any food it remains open or in a thank you very much for bringing us up to speed databases urena phillip over in von as serena just mentioned, german chancellor, allah felt is said to visit ukraine and russia in 10 days time, in both countries, he'll be discussing height intentions over ukraine. schultz has called the build up of russian troops on ukraine, ford a very serious and said any invasion would come with consequences. hazel, so set to host the leaders of estonia, latvia and lithuania in berlin. next week to discuss their concerns about russia's military build up. let's get morn out from our chief political correspondent, melinda crane, and olive schoultz. her has been criticized for his restraint on the russia ukraine issue. now a flurry of international appointments, including, of course, meeting with putin in moscow, is his approach likely to change. there are indications of that he

has indeed been facing criticism not only from allies and partners, but also here at home with headlines like germany is searching for the chancellor. where is olaf shoulds or even in power asleep at the wheel. so i, what think what we're seeing now is a very deliberate attempt to try to get out in front of the wave and demonstrate that olaf schultz is ready to play a leadership role. just a couple of days ago, he emphasized the importance of close coordination with germany's nato allies and european partners. and he also said that it was important to send a message that there will be a very high price should. should russia, in fact take aggressive action against ukraine? so where he had been perceived as equiv, elating would equivocate. and was particularly in regard to germany's commercial

ties with russia and to it's north stream to gas pipeline. that will bring gas directly into northern germany. the foreign minister has said it would be part of a package of sanctions, but i think we're now seeing from olaf shows that he is ready also to get on board with that line. now what about the issue of moscow? shutting down d w operations and broadcasts there, will he bring that up? do you think? absolutely. it certainly will be on the agenda. officials here say that the russian ban on dw operations impose is an additional strain on an already fraught german russian relationship. and that the german government is going to be doing all it can to make clear to russia, that there is no equivalence as russia itself has said, between germany's lice. it's a decision which by the way, does allow russia to days, reporters here in germany, to maintain their bureau and continue reporting online with russia's decision to ban all operations by

d w entirely. and they also have been pointing out that there's no equivalence in the sense that r t is a state broadcaster, while d w is a public one in which decisions on content are made independently. so i think we'll certainly hear the chancellor or we won't hear it because these negotiations will be that behind closed doors. but i think he will be taking that line, but he's not going to have a lot of room for maneuver. a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman has said that russia would respond if kind, if germany tries to normalize the situation. but the chaslek hat simply tell german licensing authorities what to do. that's not rule of law. so his ability to normalize is undoubtedly pretty limited. and i will certainly be keeping a close eye on that, melinda. thank you. they w melinda crime. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. nato

secretary general again, stolen bird will become the head of norway's central bank when his term and the alliance ends on the 30th of september. critic say his next appointment could weaken the banks independence. schellenberg has previously served as noise. prime minister and finance minister, british prime minister bars johnson has lost a 5th key aid as his popularity plummets a wrestler of controversial lockdown parties. johnson's chief of staff, private secretary and communications director, have all resigned policy unit chief than aramis that also quit ovo comments. johnson made on monday attacking opposition. labor lead, a kiss. thomas, hello, and columbia had arrested 5 people after a large hall of cocaine was found hidden inside an ambulance police search the vehicle after the driver claimed he was transporting a cove at 19 patient to hospital. but couldn't name the facilities location. some 60 packages, filled with cocaine were found inside tongue,

as prime minister has extended the nations lockdown 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. tango remained virtually covert free until january when international aid arrived after a devastating volcanic eruption. and sa nami. let's take a look at some of the developments in the koran of ours pandemic now. in the is official death toll from the corona virus has now reached half a 1000000 people. experts believe the real toll could be 10 times higher. the world health organization has said europe may be entering the end of the pandemic. high vaccination writes the milder ami kron variant, and the end of winter maids. europe is set for a quote, period of tranquillity. and a south african biotech company says it's made its own version of madonna's cove at 19 vaccine. they hoped to test it in humans by the end of the year. the united

states is calling the death of the later of the so called islamic state, a milestone in the fight against the group. to you as president joe biden said, haji abdulla blew himself up during a us special forces right in syria, 13 others, including women and children, were killed in the operation. but it's not yet fully clear in what circumstances. the raid follows growing concerned that ice may be trying to regroup in the region . a collapsed roof and a dead terrorist leader. the result of a us special forces read in the pre dawn hours on thursday morning, in a syrian village near the turkish border. avo 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 isis 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 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 asked, 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 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. the opening ceremony of the 2022 winter olympic games is currently on the way at the iconic birds nest stadium in bay. jing the stadium was originally built for the sum of games in 2008 and is in use again as beijing becomes the 1st city in the world to host both the summer and winter. olympics tickets were not on sale to international visitors, nor to the general public with in china. those selected spectators have been invited to attend the events on the build up to the beijing games has been

overshadowed by criticism of the chinese government's human rights record. particularly with regard to the treatment of week muslims in the province of tion. jang, while several countries including the u. s. a staging, a diplomatic boy called the international olympic committee, has refused to comment on matters in consider as political date of the correspondent jonathan crane is in beijing where he had the chance to ask io say president thomas. bah, about the committee's endeavors to kate politics and support a pot were charged back. roof clearly opposed to reiterate the iron he starts that is a politically neutral organization. indeed, the question of whether a sports and politics should mix with a central theme of the press conference. so the, i see the answer is clearly no. but when bach was asked specifically about the rigors and their oppression, that no comment felt especially jarring. now are human rights groups of urged athletes to use that platform at these games to speak up on such issues. i asked

bach whether he could guarantee athletes safety for them to do this. here in china, he avoided answering that instead made some bizarre comparison about athlete protests and an actor playing 100 on stage. but athletes are actually allowed to express themselves, but certain times in the places at the olympics, just not during their events or during metro ceremonies. although whether any of them will for you feel brave enough to do so, given the climate here remains to be seen. now if the february blues have already taken hold for those in the northern hemisphere, that is the 1st sy fy blockbuster of the year might offer a welcome skype, gym and director roland m rich known as the master of disaster for films like independence day. and the day after to morrow has to live at his latest apocalyptic vision noon full with a plot. that is nothing else. if nothing else is out of this world. if we can do the governor has just order

a non fall planet. earth is impaired laughter. a mysterious force towards the moon, out of orbit possible, as it hurt is towards earth. chaos ensues. and it's up to a nasa executive, an astronaut, and a conspiracy theorist to save the day of the sudden worker who will yet with the unlike heroes are played by halle berry, patrick wilson and joe bradley, who suit up for what looks like a suicide mission to save earth from certain annihilation. german director roland emmerich is famous for his apocalyptic vision. and this film plays out a typically wacky scenario, in which our own technology can and does get the better of us. i always like on the thing, the movie has to kind of tap into a problems of our time. and so i think there's a movie sheets, a big warning against her. this shouldn't be the should be very careful with

artificial intelligence. ah, and we should. so, you know, keep our on our planet and tucked things, didn't run smoothly. during the making of moon fall, the coven pandemic forced a temporary shot down and pushed up production costs with a budget of $140000000.00. it's the most expensive in the film of recent years. how heavy emphasis on visual effects meant the actors had no idea what the finished product would look like. i will say i was most excited to see what the inside of the moon would look like. per roland emmerich i was waiting to see that because he tried to describe it while we were shooting and, and just none of us understood it during their mission to save the planet. the team makes a shocking cosmic discovery kept under wraps for decades by nasa that the moon is not what we thought it was. your quote, i see your face turned it off. it's a rough ride,

but moon fall will fit the bill for fans of the genre and make any worldly problems . look quite small. skunky. finally, the dodge city of rotterdam, home to europe. busiest port has given the greenlight to dismantle a historic bridge for a very wealthy custom up the bridge will be temporarily taken apart so that an oversized yacht under construction can pass through on its way to the north sea. the vessel which is a 127, made his long and fought, he made his high is set to become the world's biggest sailing yacht. when it's launched, light of this year, it's been commissioned by amazon, found a jeff bezos, one of the world's richest people. you're watching daily news, his reminder of our top story. the german government has condemned russia's decision to ban deutsch avella. russia said it was shouting de deputies,

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