to waste from just one week. how much work and really get we still have time to work. i'm doing with his subscriber or more than he was like ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. germany's chancellor heads to the white house for a crisis talks on ukraine, or the shoulds has been criticized for not fully supporting allied efforts to counter rushes to build up on ukraine's borders. he is looking to reassure the u. s

. of germany's result. also coming out chinese tennis star punctuated gives an interview at the beijing olympics, denying that she accused a communist party boss of sexual assault. but did she speak under duress and india bid farewell to one of its greatest singers. thousands gathered for the funeral of la mancha car in her home city. we're buying, she embodied music and melody for generations of people in south asia. ah, i'm sim, he's almost gone. that's good to have you with us. today's, he is a flurry of urgent diplomacy, as european leaders tried to defuse the crisis over ukraine, french president emanuel my call will hold talks and moscow with lighting, reputed, amid fears that russia is preparing to invade it. their neighbor,

german chance all our shows is preparing for talks in the white house seeking to reassure president biden of germany's reliability as an ally. now before leaving for the u. s. sholtes reiterated that military aggression against ukraine would have a high cost for russia. germany's nato allies, including the u. s. are unhappy with berlin's refusal to provide ukraine with defensive weapons, but shall stress that the decision is in line with a long standing german policy on arm sales. the bonus will gillham's for years the german government has followed the clear course of not delivering to crisis owns on not delivering lethal weapon to ukraine. philmont forget that was my predecessors policy. it was right then and remains right by the way. and this is really important to me that the majority of german see it exactly as i do as the government does. and as my predecessor delegating says he does, but not everyone sees it that way and their voices are very loud at the moment of mine. but my duty is to do what in the interest of the german people, and what in this case is also the view of the citizens of this country on the

longest. while it is a start of an intense week of diplomacy over ukraine, russia attention, let's bring in our political correspondence. nina has a i, nina. so the white house is saying that russia could attack ukraine any day. now. what is the german government's threat assessment? well, germany's foreign minister and alina babel did call the troops of the russian troops on the ukrainian border threat recently. and all i've showed the chancellor does say that the situation is very serious. but the message from the german government is still that war can still be avoided and should still be avoided. which is why these next 2 weeks you've mentioned it are entirely dedicated to crisis diplomacy and they're packed weeks. ms. prayer book is in here and in easton ukraine today to morrow. the french president in one room i call meeting with vladimir, who's in today. and that appears to be something that he closely coordinated with the german chancellor left shorts and lots of other multi lateral and bilateral

high ranking meetings. also sometimes rush hour at the negotiating table happening this week. and next, including of course mister shows this trip to washington to day and to care for moscow. next week, we mentioned nina that germany has been getting a lot of heat from its allies for not taking a tougher line against russia. for example, not sending defensive weapons to ukraine. so what are the chances that joe biden all the shots find a joint solution of how to approach this crisis? well, i saw it said that this meeting was very well prepared, so he does have something in his suit case that he will present together with joe biden. and of course, 1st and foremost, all i've showed will underline that germany does play in t nato. so to speak, and president biden, and all of shows will also agree on saying that all options are on the table as far as possible. sanctions are concerned if russia were indeed to invade ukraine, but as far as a weapons deliveries of lethal weapons are concerned, germany will not change its position and it will not deliver weapons. but what

could be on the table in concrete terms, is that we might have from left shows and joe biden that need to will continue increasing it's true presence in the baltic states. the german defense minister has hinted at germany's readiness to increase its true precedence in lithuania. and charles also said before departing to washington, that he was willing to make decisions. and you know, just a very quick last question. you mentioned another piece of this diplomacy is angelina burbock in care of with the european counterparts. what are they able to offer ukraine? well, and germany has said repeatedly that it's a ukraine's most important economic donor. and alina babel will, of course, stress that factor again, as well as germany, has given almost 2000000000 years to ukraine since 2014, to help the country develop economically and also in terms of democratic structures . but of course, by going together with her counterparts from other european countries on alina babel also wants to signal to ukrainian leaders. that same message,

the west is standing, united, know, dividing that by vladimir putin. our political correspond at nina has a thank you so much. we can check in now on some other headlines making news around the world. australia has announced it as reopening to all fully vaccinated international visitors starting february 21st. the country shut its borders when the pandemic began nearly 2 years ago. since then, andrew rules were only relax in november for skilled workers and students. canada, as capital city has declared a state of emergency, the mayor of ottawa says a blockade by truck drivers is threatening the safety and security of residents. the freedom convoy began as a protest by truckers against a vaccine mandate, but it has gathered wider support in a country where many are weary of corona virus restrictions. and mexican security forces have evicted nearly 400 people from a makeshift camp in the border city of tijuana. it had been occupied for more than

a year by migrants trying to reach the u. s. the campus formed after the biden administration limited, the cross border flow of migrants due to the pandemic. chinese tannist are punch way seems to have retracted her controversial sexual assault allegations in her 1st appearance in western media. since she made the accusations in an interview published today in the french newspaper lay cheap, she said sexual assault. i never said any one had sexually assaulted me in any way of a former doubles world. number one had previously alleged on a social media host that she had been forced into sex by china's former vice premier. the post was swiftly deleted, and pung then disappeared from public view for 3 weeks, sparking concerns for her safety. she met with the chief of the international olympic committee on saturday in beijing. and we have our state of the sports correspond and jonathan crane who is falling the winter olympics for us in beijing

. hi jonathan, it's good to see you. so what is the i o c saying about the situation in short, not a lot, but that is a story in itself because pung, swine once again dominated questions by western media. the daily news briefing in between questions and chinese media about sporting equipment and athletic competition. now, as road back on her allegations in this interview with keep raise each just more questions about how free she's actually to speak about her situation. the i see was asked about that in today's briefing, essentially mcadams, the spokesman said reporting organization and he said it's not for us or you meeting the the media to judge has situation. now, thomas bock and his press conference last week said that the c would support, punish, try if she decided to pursue her allegations in the court. i wanted to find out how that actually would work in practice given her situation. and this is that exchange . what conversations have been re the fisher with here and basing about

a possible investigation and does the, i think that is actually possible for public to do, can she make that demand without fear of any repercussion? thank you. i'm not sure we are able as a, as a source organization to make that call. i think the president was right and saying it shouldn't be for us to judge whether there should be an investigation or not. you've seen the words which in the interview which she gave to keep. i think it was an hour and more into yes. yesterday or the day before whenever it was which was published this morning. i think we need also to listen to her and we need to to read what she's saying. as we've also discussed, we've been in contact with, we remain in contact with her. we met her in person, we've invited to come to europe and we will meet again. and i think, i think we can say that we are doing everything we can to make sure that the situation is as it should be there. like i said, jonathan, not

a whole lot of information there. so what else do we know about punch weighs latest movements and that interview that she did with the french sports new side. well, the strange thing is that the, i see was the yes, the meeting will happen when clearly it had already taken place. that we can only assume from that, that he didn't want to ruin any kind of carefully stage choreography, including that interview with keith had been set up already because we've known for some time the i see was planning to meet punks, right here in beijing. as for lay keep interview, that took place official was like he had to submit the questions in advance. they had to publish her answers for based them in a q and a format. so that really doesn't need too much room for any context or explanation . or indeed, any follow up ok, and jonathan we mentioned you're, they're covering the winter olympics for us. it looks like we are having a little bit of trouble with your line. but if you can still hear us,

tell us what's been going on with the olympics today. yeah, few matter have been handed out today already in the alpine skiing flight to switzerland, one the men's downhill. that was dispos yesterday because of the heavy rains that took place this morning. sorry, a heck of sweet and won the women's giant slalom. her 1st ever made individual title. but the big story that with mckayla schiffer in the risk that the defending champion and a heavy favorite did crash out in the 1st run, didn't make it into the 2nd run. and then of course, on the ice, we had committed the valley. eva, the teen sensation. she became the 1st ethnic escape to land, a quadruple jump in competition. now that's for rotation. she did it not just once, but twice you 15 years old. she's the youngest competitor in this competition at the winter olympics. she's already helped russia when the team event. she is the heavy favorites at win gold in the women's event later on. d w, jonathan crane in beijing for us. thank you very much.

not another big sports story. senegal one the africa cup of nations for the 1st time ever after they beat 7th time champions, egypt and sundays. final, it was a tough start for senegal. there star sadie manet failed to convert a penalty in the 7th minute the game. so very few chances after that and with neither team able to break the deadlock, it went all the way to a penalty shoe down as fake would have it. it was sadie money who scored the winning spot kit, redeeming his earlier miss. and securing cynical the 1st ever african india is observing 2 days of national morning following the death of one of the country's most beloved singers. laugh out monkish car, passed away at the age of $92.00 after being hospitalized with coven 19 last month . bollywood stars and india's prime minister all paid their respects at her funeral . ah,

india mourns one of its greatest cultural treasures. for decades last among gas cars, voice provided the soundtrack to bali, wood movies on the lives of her fellow indians. mourners packed the streets for her open air state funeral in her home town of mom, by bollywood superstars rubbing shoulders with the sporting and political elise to pay their final respects to a musical icon. prime minister, nor, and ramadi, said he was anguished beyond words by her death. a mighty alina who lives well. she may not be present physically amongst us. what a voice and love will always be present and melodious boys will always remain with us. i might, as i met with a heavy heart,

i pay my respects to nato. i need it. oh, through her musical talent, slauson, i guessed gar became known as the queen of melody, and the nightingale of india. her influence was felt across generations. oh, i saw on my feet in her hardcore fan. and o my mother, he's the she thinks men very men. so he used to sing, and that among escalade them to love i and every day. silly sinner may kilo soon guzman some coming. he cannot believe that he is normally a voice that is the soul of indian heat that has the youth to touch as the armed forces. he touches everybody believes that in this

country with a gun to lose for last. hm. i guess car as her funeral pyre was live at grace osh. it's gone, but her voice and the thousands of recordings she left behind, keeping her flame alive. coming up next trade is also on the agenda for olaf shells. as he visits the united states, chris corporate will have more that on dw business that's coming up in just a moment, figure out what secrets lie behind these.