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language programming of rushes state road casa for the winter olympics. it kick off in beijing. the opening ceremony is underway at the landmark stadium built for the 2008 games badge inc now becomes the 1st city to host both to summer and winter olympics. ah, i am rebecca writ 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 . is comes on a growing tensions over the crisis in ukraine. russia's president vladimir putin has met with his chinese counterpart shaking, paying in beijing. both sides say their relationship is at an historical high point . they pledging closer co operation on energy supplies and on stemming major protest movements. journalist fab encroachment is in beijing and spent following

the too late. as may tang fabian potent and shame making a joint call to limit nato expansion today, some of 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 to now to expansion nato expansion. and 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 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 to put it in context for us is china now directly involving itself in russia. ukraine issue where it's a display of solidarity. 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 it to how they deal with their own crisis. namely, the taiwan crisis and the 2 ladies have also pledged cooperation to stem political protest movements. what would that involve?

where i'm concrete measures we still have to see, but i mean just a one hour before before m, 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. am 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 that's called cross either to brussels and a w corresponded jack pac jack, china is now supporting pollutants 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 right 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 anytime 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 pohden out in a difficult situation. i think this was an expense. his statement, to be honest with you, we saw she champagne, the chinese president, his 1st meeting in about to 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 you 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 troubles with the west sort of come together as fabio 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. 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 this strong statement together. jack, thank here. database jack packs are from brussels. the german government has condemned moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this channel. toich develop germany's foreign ministry, said the decision would put a renewed strain on an already tense. german russian relationship authorities have closed down the dublin office in moscow revoked accreditations for all our journalists there. and band de, deputy broadcasts in russia as of today is being seen as retaliation after german

media regulators banned the german language programming of russia state broadcast are take the day before because it doesn't have a broadcasting license for germany. deutsch village. moscow office has to close by order of the russian government. the decision came after germany's media regulators, band, 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, 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 shocker. 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 are passionate fans of rush, marashi i dont necessarily mean russian politics, but the people over 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 uri rosetta in

that report was recorded yesterday february 3rd prior to that band taking effect and dw broadcast. not only news about russia in english, but also has a huge russian language department. the editor of dw russia service arena philipo joins me now from bon arina. thanks for joining us. was this band by rational authorities to be expected. well, it came as a huge harper, as i have to say, clearly we expected some retaliatory measures from the russian government after our tea was been in germany. but we never expected that these majors 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 in plays will lose their accreditation. so the answer is yes. there mirrors were expected and mill. 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 air massive, clamped down by the, the russian authorities on independent media. many of them have been labeled for an agents, 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 other countries in order not to be abide by this measures. and if we look at these are statement by the foreign ministry from yesterday. and there, russian authorities may also consider putting though to valid on this is a for an 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 are 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 today, our comics have to return their press accreditation cards to the foreign ministry till 16 a pm to until 4 pm a local time to day. that means that they will not be legally allowed to work as journalists in russia any more, anywhere in russia, whether the band will be lifted or when it be lifted. it also remains. i'm clear. some 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 madam and put in which is supposed to take place in the next few days. so whether it will happen and whether this meeting at all wheel bear in a fruit, it remains open or in a thank you very much for bringing us up to speed data. ms. urena. phillip over in bon 7, chancellor,

olive schoultz is set 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's border. very serious and said any invasion would come with consequences. he's also set to host the leaders of estonia, latvia and lithuania in berlin, next week to discuss their concerns about russia's military build up. and get morn out from our chief, political correspondent, melinda crane, and all of sholtes has been criticized for his restraint on the russia ukraine issue. now, a flurry of international appointments, including, of course, meeting with potent 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 sholtes or even in power asleep at the wheel. so 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 equivalent would equivocate. and was particularly in regard to germany's commercial ties with russia and to it's north stream 2 and 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 sholtes 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 fraud 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 is said between germany's license 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 as 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 chancellor cat 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. nato secretary general yen stoughton berg will become the head of norway's central bank. when his term finishes. at the end of september, critics say his next appointment could weaken the banks. independence stop berg has previously served isn't always prime minister and finance minister. people in germany have observed a minute of silence for 2 police officers shot dead during

a traffic stop. the officers were killed on monday in the western town of carousal, after finding 2 men with poached animals in a vehicle. the suspects already known to police, were arrested hours later by the british prime minister boris johnson has lost a 5th key aid as his popularity plummets over a slew of controversial lock down parties. johnson's chief of staff, private secretary and communications direct to have all resigned policy unit chief mentor emerged. so also quite over comments johnson made on monday attacking opposition. labor late a kiss. donna police in columbia have arrested 5 people after a large hall of cocaine was found hidden inside an ambulance police search the vehicle after the driver climbed. 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. good tongue, as prime minister has extended,

the nations locked down for 48 more hours after another. cobit 19 case was found that brings the total number of infections on the remote archipelago to 5 tongue. a remained virtually covert free until january, when international aid arrived after a devastating volcanic eruption and salami. let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the pandemic. india's official death toll from the corona virus has now reached half a 1000000 people. experts believe the real toll could be 10 times higher. world health organization has said europe may be entering the end of the pandemic. high vaccination writes the milder ami con variant and the end of winter. i mean 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 had to test it in humans. by the end of the year. the united states is calling the death of the leader of the so called islamic state milestone

in the fight against the group. president joe biden said hussey abdullah 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 right follows growing concerned that i as may be trying to re group 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 assyrian village near the turkish border. abo abraham, a shimmy r 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, our ally and our partners, had countless civilians in the middle east, africa, and in south asia. hi, jeff duleigh 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 to mid growing concerns that i asked may be trying to regroup. in 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 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 underway. the iconic birds nest stadium in beijing. the stadium was originally built for the summer games in 2008 and is again in use 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 or to the general public with in china. so selected spectators have been invited to attend the events and build up to the beijing games has been overshadowed by

criticism. and the chinese government's human rights record, particularly with regard to the treatment of weak muslims in the province in jang. all several countries, including the u. s. a staging, a diplomatic boycott. the international olympic committee has refused to comment on matters. he considers political. they doubly correspondent jonathan crane is in beijing where he had the chance to ask ios, a president, thomas back about the committee's endeavors to kate politics and sports apart were charged back grooves, clearly pains to reiterate the earthy star that is 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 their platform at these games to speak up on such issues? i asked voc 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 handed 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, or they were there any of them will for you feel brave enough to do so, given the climate here remains to be seen said emily's johnson crying in beijing. well, if the february blows have already taken hold for those in the northern hemisphere, at least to the 1st sy fy blockbuster of the might offer a welcome escape. german director, roland m rich, now known as the master of disaster for films like independence day and the day after to morrow has delivered his latest apocalyptic vision moon full with a plot. but if nothing else is out of this world in breaking news, the governor has just order a man fall planet. earth is in peril after

a mysterious force throws the moon out of orbit. as it hurt his towards earth. chaos ensues and it's up to a nasa executive, an astronaut, and a conspiracy theorist to save the day a worker will get away with the unlike him, 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 look on the thing the movie has to come to tap into a problems of our time. and so i think there's a movie sheets, a big warning against her shouldn't be, should be very careful with artificial intelligence. ah,

and she should sob. 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 shut 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. 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 during their mission to save the planet. the team makes us shocking cosmic discovery. kept under wraps for decades by nasa that the moon is not what we thought it was. both. you're paying $200.00 off. it's a rough ride, but moon fall will fit the bill for fans of the genre and make any worldly problems

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