ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, china joins russia and condemning nato expansion. vladimir putin travels to beijing for talks with gigi and paying ahead of the olympics. both at odds with the west. the 2 leaders signal close at ties in the future. also on the program, european union joined germany in condemning russia's decisions to ban deutsche a fellow the w is moscow bureau spoke to close in retaliation from russia's state. media outlets are not being allowed to broadcasting germany and the winter olympics that begin in beijing,

fireworks at the opening ceremony in the chinese capital light up the night sky. as paging becomes the 1st city to host the summer and winter games. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. china has joined to russia and criticizing nato expansion. chinese president. she shouldn't ping on the russian president vladimir putin. i've been meeting in beijing in the head of the opening of the winter olympics. this coming, growing tensions over brushes, troop build up on its board with ukraine. the statement from the 2 latest highlighted ben agreement and proposed cooperation on a raft of issues including energy supplies, and stemming major protest movement. so let's get more from a journalist a 5 year crash in beijing. welcome fabian. so talk us through the main

points emerging from this meeting. yet the meeting was quite remarkable. i mean, what we expected and what are so many analysts taught me, is that both sides will announce some energy deal, some corporation. but the meeting went far beyond that. the statement was already quite a long, 5300 words and had really strong political message is a message that was mainly aimed at to washington and to some degree also to brussels. so both sides or po, oppose, an expansion of nato. the both m. o, m a post, the trilateral em military corporation between m, australia, united states, enter the united kingdom, arcus, and, and basically, they shawl and solidarity towards each other. moscow and paging. they show unity and demonstrate that they have a common and shared foreign policy interests. and they that the ex or pulse also m

a u. s. lead world order, so to speak. right? and a bit of domestic issues in there as well. that pledging, closer cooperation to stem political protest movements to what is that likely to involve what that's a good question. they left it quite wake and am cynically speaking, at least from the chinese perspective. am it's hard to imagine why am baiting would still need any assistance or cooperation with moscow to stem protest because that's what they do every day. just to day one activists in hong kong was arrested. why? because he was trying to protest against the olympic a winter games which started today because it's against the national security law. and that gives you an idea how strict authority is. there is no descent or am dissent possible within the mainland and also in hong kong. and their protest movement basically disappeared already. so um yeah, it cannot even escalate any further. so i would guess,

and we have to wait and see what that will mean in the future or, and cross of the big issue is the russian true build up or on, on its borders with ukraine. what has been china stance on that and how does to day statement a fit in with that? yeah, it's quite ambivalent. so a china official stands is that they support a peaceful m solution in the ukraine conflict. however, today, statement showed very clearly that the solidarity of begging is with moscow and m. how far that will go. however, we're not sure. i mean, we know that and abating doesn't want any further military escalation during the winter games because that's the estate of presenting themselves and they don't want any interference. however, am, if, for example, russia would invade ukraine than it would also be tactical knowledge for china itself. because they have that issue on their own, they have a conflict with taiwan. and even though the matters are slightly different and separate, there is some parallel and am, if a china, for example,

ceased at the west, will not oppose strongly a possible invasion in ukraine. then maybe they could also feel more confident in containing toe on. okay, thank you for that fabric crash more in beijing. the european ecosystem. the european union has joined the german government in condemning moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this shuttle torture vella. the moose, apparently in retaliation for german media, regulates, was prohibiting russia state media outlet r t from broadcasting in germany due to the lack of a valid license. critics, i ought to often broadcasts criminal propaganda and this information. foreign ministry, and berlin said the decision would increase the strike on already tense. german russian relations. though each of alice, moscow office is now closed and the double use journalist can no longer work from russia. the russian government announced on thursday that it would shut down

d w's bureau, and revoke the accreditation of the w's journalists and russia. it also said, in the statement, it would terminate the satellite and other broadcasting output of deutsch. avella in the country. the measures come after germany's media regulators banned the german language broadcasting of russia's state media, r t for operating with our license. the german government says russia's actions are unjustified. people disagree with german government, strongly condemned. the measures being taken against ojo vela, the measures are completely unfounded and go against the principles of freedom of the press portraying this as being a legitimate response. the german authorities decision to prohibit ortiz broadcasting due to licensing issues. this is neither legally nor substantively understandable off. what's he bomb? germany's commissioner for culture and media, criticize the decision and called it hostile. yes, my globe is these drastic measures from the russian side are not acceptable by any

means. allan phone was fishes. i to always for to it is a truly aggressive act as, as in victory. i don't, we don't need aggressive acts all we need dialogue actors or we need de escalation and not escalation that so wouldn't managed as colored. so the russian government also said it plans to initiate proceedings to label deutsch avella as a media outlet acting as a foreign agent, a designation that carries further government scrutiny. for now, d. w, as considering possible legal avenues and says it will not stop reporting on russia . russia. let's take a closer look at this with the w 's editor in chief, manuela casper. clarity. welcome to the studio title. let's start with what d w is doing about reversing this decision. well, our colleagues had to give back their accreditation today at a foreign ministry, unfortunately, but vp will certainly take legal action. we have spoken to our solicitors and to

leave a go and negotiate, of course, also with the russian or authorities next week. or there's already an appointment been made. and we see how we proceed from there. and what reason has moscow given for, for closing down d w 's operations? well, as you heard, those reports are the russian state own broadcast, her r t, germany, or was told to shut down its services or to broadcast in germany because they don't have a papa license for darcia avelaire, it's probably, it's totally different because we have a license or had a license up till to day to broadcast in russia and knows his license has been taking away. and the reason see russian authorities are given given is retaliation . they have said that this week are the victims of this retaliation. so. so just to be clear, rational authorities, her said we are closing you down because you closer to you down. exactly. ok. why

is 0 is not us understood. why does this matter? why does it matter for whom for us, why yeah, why does it matter? for deutsch avella, that russia chooses to close down operations in their country. obviously, i mean, we need to feed them to report in russia, you can't report, then you don't have accreditation. it's, it's forbidden. you know, that means our journalist can't work from today on. and we have quite a bit of his air and we do extensive reporting from russia. it's a vain, important reach for us, you know, a stuff in any danger. well, hopefully not there, but there could be in danger if they are declared phone agent. because that means if say where to do a report then since say, have been proclaimed for an agent. they can get a, they can go to court, you know,

and so it's that can be dangerous for them. but at the moment, no, our staff is not in danger. and of course, the, and continuous contact the sam and we will look after them. we do whatever we can. and so what, what happens, what are they doing? while the 2 governments rankel was unfortunate at the moment. we have to wait, how sinks they're developed, but we have plants and we will as go on reporting about russia, probably not from russia, of a likely not from russia, but from regions around russia. we have offices in latvia and, and other many other countries like and ukraine and so on. poverty, go on to report from there, about russia and we have an extensive network. so don't very nice if the government is the german government doing enough about this where you had the statements in the report. so obviously there's an awareness and chancellor charlotte's visit moscow and hopefully he will talk about our situation as well that we don't know

yet. okay, so with your, as it stands, your content that the german government is doing enough about the situation with statements and the possibility that this will be raised when the chancellor visits russia next. yes, they trust the german government that they do, but if necessary. certainly. thank you so much for joining us. d. w 's. the editor in chief monroe casper class like to look at some or source making new skills, making news around the world. now, nato secretary general the m stalson berg will become ahead of norway central bank when his term in the alliance ends on the 30th of september. critics fear his appointment will weaken the bank's independence. mr dalton burke has previously served as no as prime minister and finance minister. germany has observed a minute silence for the 2 police officers killed during a traffic stop on monday. they were shot in the western town of cousin,

after finding 2 men with poached animals in their vehicles. the suspects who were already node to police, arrested hours later. british prime minister boys johnson has lost a key aid as we are to plummet, so slow with controversial lockdown passes. johnson's chief of staff of private secretary communications director, have all resigned policy unit. chief money are also quit over false claims, foreign minister made on monday attacking the opposition. medicare stormy iceland has announced plans to end whaling by 2024. the fisheries minister said she sees little reason to permit wailing after the current license expires together with no way in japan. iceland is one of the countries to continue to hunt wales, to mostly on the 2022 a winter. olympic games have now opened at beijing's iconic birds nest stadium. originally built for the summer games in 2008. it's in use again as beijing becomes

the 1st city in the world to host a summer and winter games. and tickets weren't on sale to international visitors or to the general public in china. of select spectators were invited. dw correspondent, jonathan crane, sample the atmosphere. last night your teacher of controversy in the winter olympics especially underway. beijing is the 1st duty to host a summer winter games. and once again, the iconic birds and stadium plays host to the opening ceremony. i think 2008. it was masterminded by the chinese film direct says jang, the moon. this started around a slightly lower key on the still paying tribute to try and his coach and history and also playing up the countries credentials as a winter sports country. of course, not everyone wanted to see it. the united states and other western countries joined together and diplomatic recalls in the ceremony in protest in china and human

rights. over the competition about china and the international committee will be all the crane, i'm sorry, wendy bay shanks. now here's a reminder of our top stories at this hour. presidents of russia and china have demanded an end to nato expansion. russian president vladimir putin is invasion souls with chinese counterparts and she's in peg unfilled me. off the winter olympics. the european union has joined germany in condemning russia's decision to ban deutsch avella. russia said it was such shattering d, w, 's, moscow, pure and band german language programming of russian state broadcast r t because it lacked a license. this is d. w, coming up next in news, asia, afghanistan's female students have returned to university with what are the telegrams plans of women's education?

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