ah, ah ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, russia winds china's backing in its stand off over. you cried president total and she made in beijing as to winter olympics, open and use the opportunity to oppose nato expansion and promised close that strategic ties. also coming up a nerve wracking dig in morocco, where rescue was a racing to save a 5 year old boy fell down well. and the opening of the winter olympics in teaching fireworks lies out the night sky. and the chinese capital event takes place on to

the shadow of far terrorism and the pandemic. ah, i'm rebecca richards, welcome to the program. the ladies of china and russia have resolved to work together and against the united states. vladimir putin met with sheeting ping in beijing, in a choreographed show of solidarity just hours before the opening ceremony of the winter olympics. and the 2 sent a message to the west that bay unified in their opposition to nato expansion. the highest profile guest of the winter olympics, touching down in bay jing russian president vladimir putin is in china to attempt the opening ceremony. but before that, a much awaited reunion with his chinese counterpart cheating pin to 0 work. but the

opening day of the wintel im huh is the start of spring lead here. and on this special day we meet we believe this new spring new change there will inject more vitality into china. russia relations torsion. they're only the only it is the so what i would like to thank you for inviting me to the opening ceremony of the beijing olympic winter games. muslim people that we know that that is will say, have a task that we believe that our chinese friends have is always made excellent preparations for this large scale event. but the look at that recruitment, middlebury, it. but the new russia, china partnership goes way beyond the winter olympics. china added its support for russia, but the tensions with ukraine. both lead us highlighted their aligning views and global security. while accusing the u. s. a. nato of a cold war, ideological approach to defense policy,

a show of unity and mutual backing emit fears in the west that moscow is preparing for military action against ukraine. as get more now, man journalists have encroachment in beijing and moscow, and beijing, a calling. this is strategic partnership and one as without limits. what's meant by that yeah. when they say of without limits and of course it's rhetoric. i mean there are limits, for example, when it comes to military corporation. but even economically and their interests are not completely aligned, but yet the message was very strong and they want to signal that they are a united front against the west are specifically against washington. m. they stated that they see or the united states said main driving force em escalating tensions and are also they pledged legions. i mean, basically i'm showing solidarity for their security concerns are both in eastern

europe, for example. they both oppose an expansion of the nato, but also he and the indoor pacific m. they are a poster, or course the trilateral, a military alliance between australia, the u. k, and the u. s. so it's a clear em message. basically, you are directed against the west arms ur, brussels, and also washing. now the conflict in ukraine on the tensions in ukraine weren't specifically mentioned. but what implications could this partnership have on tensions there? yet? it's a highly complex good question and it cannot be simply, m are answered m, you have to see. but, and it's important to note that actually bating does not have a clear interest in an escalation over ukraine, because the stakes are very high officially. the position of aging is that they want a peaceful solution. and ukraine is also a trading partner. it's a part of the boat and wrote initiative and m of course, if m or china would openly beck a russian invasion of ukraine, that they have

a lot to lose. for example, also economic interests are entered erm erm relationship with europe and that is quite important. in europe, after all, is more important as an economic trading potter compared to russia. so i don't think that a china will openly support an invasion and ukraine. now, on the other side, president putin ur stress that russia support head, beijing's one china policy. what could that mean for taiwan? yes, that is also very interesting. and i mean it, china, it's leadership the, they want to unify, i mean, forcibly unified, taiwan, so to speak. and what they need for their strategy is it's a long term strategy. they need military dominance, they want to win this fight without actually shooting a bullet. and for that they need to back up. i mean, if they have to solidarity of russia, then of course it would m. yeah. and it would give them support and make derrick at the threat more credible. and so i guess it's really bad news for the people in

taiwan who oppose repressions by bridging french. i must have him catch my in beijing. thanks very much. let's take a look now and some of the other stories making news around the world. former us vice president mike pants has criticized his former boss, sang donald trump was wrong to believe that pence could have overturned the result of the 2020 election. trump president handwriting blank congressional certification of results after falsely claiming the election was stolen. the american people along the u. s. military pro a u. s. military pro brother has found that the suicide bombing that target had cobble airport during the evacuation of afghanistan was not prevent if the resume semester at hand. more than $170.00 afghans and attained u. s. troops died in the attack. lance overs investigation also concluded that re bomb i acted a line point. a gasket is bracing for a powerful cyclone,

full cost to hit the ons, east coast on saturday. authorities, the tropical storms impact could be severe, with winds of almost 200 kilometers in our hearts of madagascar, still reeling from deadly flooding. after a heavy rainfall in recent wakes of a 100000 dead fish have been spotted off the french coast after they spilled into the atlantic ocean from a lodge fishing vessel. diona has blamed his bill on a broken net. but environmentalists have accused the trula of illegally dumping its catch. french authorities have called for an investigation. criticism is growing here in germany and across europe over moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this channel. deutsch avella. the move is in retaliation for german media regulators, partially prohibiting russia's state media outlet r t from broadcasting in germany. deutsch of alice,

moscow office is now closed, and d, w journalists can no longer work in russia. the russian government announced on thursday that it would shut down d w bureau and revoke the accreditation of d. w journalists. it also said in a statement it would terminate the satellite and other broadcasting output of deutsche avella in the country. the measures come after germany's media regulator blocked the german language broadcasting of russia, state media or t, which began operating in december 2021 under serbian license regulations. say the license does not comply with european law or to journalists are still allowed work in germany. detox so for this is the fact that deutsch avella has been deprived of its broadcasting license and that its employees have also been denied accreditation is completely unacceptable. yet walden is, is for come in october. this violates the freedom of the press and independent

media is after all, a sign of free and democratic states that says a lot. i nikos deutsche of ela, has our full solidarity, had hundreds of it was already deleted. the german government says russia's actions are in justified and cold at a hostile decision. if my globe is a moth, these drastic measures from the russian side and not acceptable by any means upon it is a truly aggressive act by health. but we don't need aggressive ag cliff, we need dialogue, we need d escalation and not escalation law group often, day as escalade. so nish, escalade, so the russian government olds have set of 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

. flood rescue workers and morocco have been working tirelessly for days to save a 5 year old boy who fell into a well. crowds have flocked to the village of a grand to cheer on the rescue is official say they are getting close to the boy, but that conditions a dangerous and the rescue is in a challenging phase. throngs of people. watch as rescue was raised to save a boy's life. little ryan has been stuck. 32 meters down this well since tuesday that a him i had done. he was playing until the middle of today. he was with me at 1st, but then i looked for him and couldn't find him. you know, after searching were realised that he fell into the well as it has now, we are praying to god lonely miss to miss ellen. at less than half a meter wide, the well is too narrow to pull the boy out. rescuers use ropes to lower oxygen and

water, as well as a closed circuit camera to check on his health. on thursday, a rescuer was able to go down a parallel hole that had been doug to get closer to ryan watson up there. but i managed to communicate with the child and asking that he could hear me. oh that there was a response, is going hell windshield. i waited for a minute and saw that he began using the oxygen. once rescuers were able to dig down to the depth where ryan is stuck, they began excavating a horizontal tunnel to try and reach the boy. but the loose soil has slowed their efforts. gripped by the boy's terrifying plight, many have come to cheer on the rescuers or even to volunteer. but authorities have asked them to stand back and let them do the work. blood was many people from the region came to the science of the accidents and some even spent the night that it's a ryan touched them and every one is praying for him. a drama official

said on friday that they were just meters away from reaching ryan. a police helicopter is waiting to take him to the hospital as soon as he is freed. the 2020 tay winter olympic games are now open after a scaled back ceremony at bay. james iconic birds nest stadium. tickets one sold to international visit has ordered the general public in china to try and prevent the spread of curve. at 19, several countries have declared a diplomatic boycott of the games because of china's human rights record. about another opening ceremony at beijing's birds nest stadium. haul must 14 years on from the 2008 summer olympics. $3000.00 performers took part in the proceedings as athletes from around the world took a lap of ana in front of a reduced crowd, with only a select few allowed into the stems. many spectators

instead enjoyed the fireworks from outside the stadium. disappointed that events will be held without fans. yeah, i think i really need some pity. we cannot go to watch the games. we didn't this out. if it weren't for covered, we would be very happy. in case you guys, yes, at all, sent it to the kale has a being held on our doorstep. i really want to go watch the events and cheer for it . when it's a pity this time we can only watch our athletes on tv and on line that yes, but i will still cheer the mom to. yeah. child already along with hazy, saudi arabia are taking part in their 1st winter games with both countries sending just one athlete. meanwhile, the usa have the largest contingent with $224.00 competitors at the games. but no diplomatic representation traveled to beijing. the political sub plots of these

olympics is just as much part of the proceedings as the coven restrictions. all those attending events must wear and f, f, p to moscow get tested twice a day. almost 12000 people are in the olympic bubble, of whom over 300 have already tested positive. it is still unclear whether all athletes will receive their p. c. r. test results in time to compete. many events will be held on artificial snow. the use of which has been heavily criticized due to the regions water shortage bought as venues opened that was to athletes. organizes will hope that the sporting action becomes the focus of the headlines and soccer now and in the bonus lay matched. 821 began in berlin on friday night, where relegation candidates had to and bought them for a drop. her to strike is act, they'll fuddle, opened the scoring with

a head on 23 minutes. the algerian did well to redirect stephan yoga teaches a free kick at bonham, introduced sebastian poultry at half time, and he took advantage of a gold key pink kalina to secure a point for the visitors that to news update this, i will have more headlines at the top of the next hour, thanks very much with my 1st vice, i was a sewing machine i found from women are boned by their social goals. even something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't since i was a little girl, i wanted to have a bicycle of my own, but it took me years to life. finally, they gave up and went to buy me on my side, but returned with a sewing machine. sewing, i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing a by.