[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is the news live from berlin. germany's chancellor lands in washington for crisis talks on ukraine. law. 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 president biden of germany, resolved that as d w. visit the frontline town in ukraine where residents who have seen armed conflict before now try to keep hope alive. also coming out chinese tennis star

punch way gives an interview with the beijing olympics denying that she accused the communist party boss of sexual assault. but did she speak under duress and cynical declares a special national holiday today. oh, boy, both ends in the capital, the car celebrate after the senate elise team when their 1st ever title at the africa couple of nation. ah. i'm see me. so misconduct. glad you could join us today sees a flurry of urgent diplomacy as european leaders try to defuse the crisis over ukraine. french president, demo on my call will hold talks in moscow with flooding their putin amid fears that russia is preparing to invade its southern neighbour. meanwhile, german chancellor,

olaf sholtes is preparing for talks in the white house seeking to reassure press. central biden of germany's reliability as an ally shows has reiterated that military aggression against ukraine would have a high cost for russia. germany's nato allies, including the us, 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 gill had that for years the german government has followed a clear course of not delivering to crisis owns and not delivering lethal weaponry to ukraine from under forget that was my predecessors, policy, it was right then and remains, right. so 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 deloney says, he does. but not every one sees it that way and their voices are very low at the moment of my but my duty to do what in the interest of the german people from what in this case is also the view of the citizens of this country. on this longest, well, as we said,

it is the start of an intense week of diplomacy over ukraine. russia attentions thought start with our political correspondent here in berlin. nina has a hi, nina. we've heard the white house say that russia could attack ukraine any day. now, what is the german government's threat assessments? ola shirts the chancellor has said that the situation is indeed very serious and that that's how the german government sees the situation. and germany is foreign minister, and alina babcock has called the russian troops on the ukrainian border, a threat recently. but the message that we're still getting from the german government is war can at this point in time, still be avoided and therefore should still be avoided by all means, which is why these next 2 weeks, not just a day, are entirely dedicated to crisis diplomacy in that packed weeks, lots of bilateral multi lateral meetings, including with russia at the negotiating table. what about the fact, nina, that germany has gotten a lot of criticism from its allies for not taking

a tougher line against russia for not sending defensive weapons to ukraine? what are the chances that joe biden and all of shorts will find a joint solution on how to approach the crisis? well, many people have criticized all a shots for taking so long to actually make this trip to washington. because it is his 1st trip and he's been in office for 2 months now. so we'll have show, it says that this meeting especially has been very diligently prepared. so you can expect him to have something in the suitcase with him today. what it is we'll find out later today, but so it's, we'll definitely underline again today that germany plays in t nato, so to speak. and president biden, and all of shows will probably agree on saying that all options are on the table as far as possible. sanctions and the joint reaction are concerned if russia were indeed to invade ukraine, but as far as weapons deliveries are concerned, there's probably not going to be a change in position. gemini will not deliver weapons, but what could be on the table? is that our choice? i'm biden,

might announce that nature will continue increasing its true presence in the baltic states. german defense minister has hinted at that. and charles is also said before departing to washington, that he was willing to make decisions. on the other hand, the german foreign minister on a linear burbock, she is with her check slovak and austrian counterparts in kiev today. or what can they offer ukraine and i didnt, babcock is in kiff and in eastern ukraine today and tomorrow. and alina babcock has said before, departure that you train sovereignty must not be violated, and that she's probably going to stress again today that germany will a continued support of ukraine. what many people don't realize is that germany has been one of ukraine's biggest economic supporters of recent years. and that is a message that the german government is beginning to try and sell more loudly in recent days as well. and the german government has given almost 2000000000 euros to ukraine since 2014. and of course, by going together with a counterparts from other european countries on adena. barrick also wants to signal

to ukrainian leaders the message. the west is standing united. no dividing. that is the message that the german government, including all of shots, are sending in these days of crisis negotiations are political correspondent. neither has i thank you for that insight or we mentioned another piece of that flurry of diplomatic action is the french president, him, i know my call meeting russian president vladimir putin in moscow to day. let's go to our correspond jack, paris, who was following the story for us from brussels, hijack we seen the kremlin today? thing we know him on, on my car, we'll share plans with putin to lower tensions. what might that be? what do you think we can expect from this meeting? the $1000000.00 question, right? nice to me. what exactly is micron hoping to get out of this meeting? i think ideally what he would see as an enormous win is if he could persuade the

russian president to remove any of the nearly 800130000 troops from that border with ukraine. that is very unlikely though. and in order to do so, he would have to provide some concessions from the western side. the difficulty for micron is being able to speak for the entirety of the west. because at the moment, france is slightly in a different position to the rest of the european countries. specifically, the baltics uncertain the in a different position to the u. s. and, and the white house micron gave her an interview to french press over the weekend, where he said he understood the needs of russia to defend its security interests. he also said that he doesn't believe that the objective of the russians is to invade ukraine. that's in direct opposition to what we're hearing from the united states and also from nato. the big question is, as i say, what will he offer his potentially going to warn russian president vladimir putin, of the enormous enormity of the sanctions that the west are potentially preparing that could really hit the russian economy. and also he could potentially put on the

table some more discussions about arms control nuclear issues as well. but the thing that the russians really want to hear from the west is a promise that western troops and specifically american troops will be removed from the, from east in europe. and also that there will be promises from nato, that ukraine and georgia would never become nature. members, nato has already rolled that out. it'll be an interesting meeting to watch our vessels correspond, jack park reporting for us there. thank you very much. well d, w, correspond at matches. brinninger is covering the story for us from the region and he traveled to the front line in eastern ukraine near areas controlled by russian back separatists. and he sent us this report from the village of fanny tina, the village school of ranita, the last village here on ukrainian control territory is close to the frontline. it has come under fire before. now the classrooms i m t not because of the war, but because of new coven restrictions,

the war is something people have been living with for 8 years. they will not a border push on that they did. they began to whack. most of the time the children go to school the to the speech, but we don't know what will happen in 5 or 10 minutes. she but to morrow nice more . so we're always worried that the car always scared saperstein listed are just a few 100 meters down this road is the last ukrainian position with who is in the line. the fi of the opposite side. there is a heavy military presence immigrant. a ceasefire is in place, but shelling can sometimes be heard at night. lamb couldn't hooked her deer for saturday. we already know who shoots and when. so we just sit at home and you said louis, it was worth

a few years ago. we always had in the cellar when there was fighting it. sure. but that was then the shelley, skeptical, takito, lovely. but with the latest russian build up, a bigger escalation is on the table. again. coffee and all kinds of stuff. when things come down, we bought a house here for chester, but now we don't know what will happen deduction. ukrainian territory ends with the last houses of the village. behind a small river lies the demilitarized strip. the pedestrian bridge is the only link to the next village in this so called grey zone. for short, the next village is not small. people come here every day to work. and kids go to school. one of the people who crosses the border every day is teacher louis miller

car truck. she is from across the river and does not want to give her your name because her life depends on good relations with both sides. shelling is even more frequent in her villain. guerrero bought the yell, little nettle, my work is here. i come here every day. yes, it's hard to lose on the yes, it's dangerous, very dangerous. let me but i cannot just quit work and leave. i just can't wait for this week like the lymph. she says she has not yet lost hope that somehow this conflict might come to an end peaceful. now, to some other headlines from around the world, australia has announced it is reopening to all fully vaccinated international visitors starting february 21st. the country shut its borders when the pandemic started nearly 2 years ago. since then, entry rules were only relaxed and november,

1st skilled workers and students. 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 camp was formed after the biden administration limited, the cross border flow of migrants due to the pandemic. and at least 10 people have died after a cyclone, hit se madagascar, nearly 50000 people have been forced to leave their homes. the storm is broad, widespread flooding to the indian ocean island. it is the 2nd storm to hit madagascar in recent weeks. canada's 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. their protests began after they were told they needed to get vaccinated to be able to cross the u. s. border. but it has gathered wider support in the country were many are weary of corona virus restrictions ah,

making themselves heard in canada's capital. these protesters have paralyzed central ottawa and the cities man has declared a state of emergency. the so called freedom convoy started as a protest by trucking at a new cove at 19 vaccine mandate for crossing the border from the us. but it's growing into a rallying point against him. demick restrictions and the government people should be able to make their own choice to take a needle or not take the needle and not lose the job, not lose her house, not lose her income. just for the vaccination also is mess of the situation on the straits was out of control. as demonstrate as outnumbered police, there are reports of protest as displaying confederate and nazi symbols. we have a serious emergency where we have to put all options on the table and that may include some violence. we want to minimize that. but at the end of the day,

the people are not going to leave. we're going to have to be forced to leave plain and simple. this cannot go on for months and months is. this is causing such havoc and such grief. but the movement has gained international support and millions of dollars in donations through its gofundme page. the crowd funding site has now removed the page and said it will refund old donations. many auto residents have said members of the freedom convoy have harassed them and complained of nonstop horn blaring. some have staged counter pro. yes. oh, i just have to stand up. i was born just after 2nd world warranty i heard. yeah, that is like not to be free and they are thing freedom. they are free. but i don't know what it is. lots of referring about 90 percent of cross border truckers and almost 80 percent of canada's population

a fully vaccinated. but this loud minority say this: staying put in till coven 19 restrictions a lifted india is observing 2 days of national morning following the death of one of the country's most beloved singers, latham monkish carter 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 love among gash, gars voice, provided the soundtrack to bollywood movies on the lives of her fellow indians. mourners packed the streets for her opener's state funeral in her hometown of mom by bali would superstars rubbing shoulders with the sporting and political a lease to pay their final respects to

a musical icon. prime minister to rend ramadi, said he was anguished beyond words by her death. a mighty b, alina who lives well. she may not be present physically amongst us, but her voice and love will always be present. and melodious voice will always remain with us. i might, as i met with a heavy heart, i pay my respects to nato, but i needed oh, through her musical talents laza, my guest, gar became known as the queen of melody. and the nightingale of india. her influence was felt across generations. ah,

i grew up because my feet in her heart and my mother, he's the she thinks men read even though he used to sing and that the among is goes and then the love i and every 2 weeks in a ppo soon who's themselves coming in on me that he's normally, my boys got to the soon up in the indian pita cuz the u. c. tech is the armed forces. he because everybody believes that in this country with a gun salute for latin, my guess car as her funeral pyre was live, a great artist, gone. but her voice and the thousands of recordings she left behind, keeping her flame alive. chinese tennis star

punch way has apparently retracted her controversial sexual assault allegations in an interview with western media. previously, pung, had alleged on social media that she had been forced into sex by chant, china's former vice premier, the post was deleted, and pung been disappeared from public view for 3 weeks, sparkling concerns for her safety punch. why spoke to the french sports? newspaper? les, keep with a chinese olympic official in the room and said her allegations of sexual assault against a former official of the chinese communist party was an enormous misunderstanding. sexual assault. she is quoted as responding to pre submitted questions. i never said that anyone sexually assaulted me in any way before her accusatory post from november, 2nd was scrubbed from her verified account on chinese social media. though, screenshots were posted on twitter pong writing, that young girl, li, of the all powerful politburo standing committee had forced her to have sex. despite her refusals, she told la,

keep that she is the one who erased the post. in addition to the le keep interview, the international olympic committee announced monday that i o. c, president, thomas bock, and others dined with pong on saturday. spokesperson mark adams said the i o. c will not judge whether an investigation on punk initial allegations is needed. i think we need also to listen to her and we need to for, to read what she's saying. we've invited to come to europe and we will meet her again. and i think i, i think we can say that we all doing everything we can to make sure that the situation is as it should be at the daily news conference. adams wouldn't say whether i or c officials believe pong, as speaking freely with them, or under duress, as many experts believe in sports organization, or doing everything to ensure that she is happy in her interview with, like keep pung echoed the chinese government, saying her, quote,

romantic problems her private life should not be mixed with sport and politics. and we can speak now to journalist fan crouch, mom in beijing for more on the story. high 5 young and punch way is now saying that she never made an out. any allegations. how does that actually fit with the allegations that appeared on her social media account? why not law is she doesn't doubt that she was writing that post. and in that post there's one controversial line that clearly set am. i was at least pressure into having sex. some media also em translated as i was being raped. i mean, we could talk about than once as of the translation or what fits better into the context. but the allegations were my air made and, and now it's not really very believable that she retracts everything. she basically says, i'm nothing to see here. everything is okay. i deleted the post by myself, am i didn't disappear? i was excessively all the time. that is not really in line with the facts and that

are really well documented club in there have been examples of people of been coerced into making false public statements in a pastor in china under doris. could that e, what we're seeing here with bunch way possibly i don't want to make them any speculation, but it's important to acknowledge that those am cont, faust, confessions do happen to regularly happen. i was interviewed, am several victims and it's a systemic problem here. am i cannot look into the mind of punch. why, but am it's important also to note that she is under pressure. she is most often followed by a government official to also when giving those interviews and m. of course, it could also be that am, it's her free choice to make those statements. we don't know. i mean, from her way, boy count the social media platform. we know that she's also quite patriotic and who knows, maybe she regrets m a. having made those comments, but that's why an independent investigation will be quite important or to get to the ground of the case. oh, last question. we know that she met with the chief of the international olympic committee. thomas,

that what role is the ios the playing and getting to the bottom of this wet thomas bust, plato, quite shameful. roland that already in the beginning of the case, he just basically, um yeah. helped her the propaganda approaches here to get the message out saying that everything is okay. and he is not really credible when it comes to make a critical statement. so yeah, i think his role is not very helpful. journals 5 in customer speaking to us there from beijing. thanks for that reporting. okay, now to another big sport story, senegal, i won the africa cup of nations for the 1st time ever after they beat 7 time champions, egypt and sundays. final, it was a tough start for synagogue, or their star sadie. money fail to convert a penalty in the 7th minute. and the game saw very few chances after that. with neither team able to break the deadlock, it went all the way to a penalty shoot out, as fate would have it. it will save you money. who scored the winning spot kick,

redeeming his earlier mis, and securing synagogue there 1st, ever asked con title? let's talk about all of this with laura de i do we from d w. sports? looking into the ask on a tournament for is this pretty big for synagogue? how, how did they get this or how was this team so good? well then he got the best team on the continent right now when they are the highest rank nationally in africa and the fee for rankings, and they deserve to win the title. great reward for team that the whole system to what the last 3 years said, your money supported by just is it one more di? now, what is could you buy lee and buy a minute? you know, when i saw, you know, they did what they needed to do, we will do money. is that penalty? but he went to school, the winning kick in the shit out and it's great, really redemption for the coach also. i you see, see, who is the penalty in 2002, you know, and then 20 years later,

going on to win the couple of nations for the 1st time for a very talented country of good football us. it is really good for any go. yeah, we can see the country really going while they're in those pictures. now the what about egypt here? because we mentioned there 7 time champions. they didn't manage this time. what went wrong for them? well, i do that myself. i would do the damage for them, but you know, sometimes the pressure can be big, huge on what he's a good good player for the big stage. and he came out to he had shot on target. but this is a title he's always wanted to win for egypt. 8th is tied to record extending one, but it's not to be. and unfortunately he's still going to be compared with his compatriots. so someone like mohammed, i would trigger one is 3 times, you know, played at home, but you know, a still has a what you need to, to win it in the future. and he would hope that the next, the next time around next to it could happen for him. there were some other under

dog stories and big milestones at this ask on 2022. what stood out to you. i think i like the story of gun the really, you know, but to get out there country after the elections and it helped them a lot to, to know some of the names after the elections and the, the beauty and get into the core files as well. as commerce, commerce hadn't on likely story, no big deal. it had no chance, but, you know, on the last the and every, all you know, the tiles fell in the india fable for them to reach to no cost. but also we saw sally mel cassandra, the 1st woman to ship a couple of nations, which was really good. i spoke to her and it's, it's a really bad story that we've seen at the african and so many other stories are on the tournament. that makes it one of the best, the events we've seen in a long time. certainly an interesting turn them about. they're still celebrating

over in seneca with away from the sports. thanks so much for bringing their reporting. let's get a reminder of our top story now. german chancellor la schoultz has arrived in washington for talks with us president joe biden. they will discuss the threat of a new russian invasion of ukraine. but he's repeated his refusal to provide ukraine with defensive weapons. before we go, well, have a look at those scenes of jubilation and a car after synagogue historic with take a look ah

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