ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, french president and manuel. micron sits down to talk with russian president vladimir potent or on his aiming to find a common ground and, and fears of a russian invasion of ukraine. where we'll hear from our chief international editor as those talks continue. as germany, chancellor lands in washington for talks on ukraine off schultz is looking to reassure president biden of germany's willingness to help. after being criticized for not fully supporting allied efforts and canada have their 1st gold of the

winter olympic games in beijing. thanks to an outstanding acrobatic performance by max pero in the men's slow board slope style. ah hello, i am clare richardson. thanks so much for joining us. a week of urgent diplomacy kicks off today as european leaders try to diffuse the crisis over ukraine. french president and manual mark wrong has been meeting with russian president vladimir putin during the meeting. micron said he hopes the talks in moscow will start to build more trust between the you and russia, and avoid war. couldn't praise microns efforts to resolve the crisis. the world is watching this meeting and other diplomatic efforts on more than 100000 russian troops are stationed near ukrainian border. so when i got straight across to our

chief international editor, richard walker, richard at so much high level diplomacy going on right now on all france, where does the french president my mama crohn fit in yet? will mccoy is stepping into a sort of leadership role here. what we're witnessing with these talks are taking place in moscow today, and there is one kind of structural basis for that in that france currently holds the presidency of the european union, which is this rotating roll. so my coin partly in moscow in that role, but also i think what we're witnessing is him recognizing that there's been something of a void left by the departure of angle america from from leadership in germany. and of course, her successor, all of schultz is still finding his feet. all of shots himself is in washington today. also part of this kind of diplomatic flurry of activity that is going on. so emmanuel, my cor, i'm a kind of a leadership opening as the senior figure in european politics there. and you have

seen a huge amount of activity from my coin recent week, particularly with outreach to vladimir putin. i think he's the western leader who spoken to putin most frequently in this crisis so far. it's also important to remember that this is an election year in france. so there's a certainly an incentive for my call to try to achieve something here. although of course, risks, if you seem to fail, you guys are changing a dynamics within the you. meanwhile, nieto has firmly rejected russian demands that ukraine never joined the alliance as a what might we expect my crime to bring to the table to de escalate the situation? y'all is interesting because my, i think of all the western leaders is the one who has really signal the biggest openness to come up with some kind of grand bargain with russia over security. on the back of this crisis. i just like to read a couple of quotes from an interview that he gave to a french newspaper just yesterday ahead of this trip. he said that the security and sovereignty of ukraine cannot be a subject for compromise. while it is also legitimate for russia to pose the

question of its own security to that there, seeming to indicate that he feels that russia does have valid concerns over security relating to the situation around ukraine. now that kind of language is the sort of language that really can unsettled, particularly eastern europeans who worry that it sounds like my court is going to russia with concessions in mind towards the russian president, which could potentially come at the cost of their security. so that makes this mission even more difficult for my call. he doesn't just have to try to find solutions with putin. b has to do so in a way that doesn't alienate european allies. are chief international editor richard walker. there, thanks very much for that update. and meanwhile, german chancellor, olaf schoultz is in washington seeking to reassure president joe biden. and germany is a reliable ally, a short as reiterated that military aggression against ukraine would have

a high cost for russia. and germany's nato allies, including the u. s. are unhappy with berlin's refusal to provide ukraine with weapons and shorter stress that decision is in line with longstanding german policy on arm sales. the bonus li gill had that for years the german government has followed a clear course of not delivering to crisis owns on not delivering lethal weaponry to ukraine from one to 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 did it, but not everyone sees it that way and their voices are very loud at the moment of my but my duty is to do what's in the interest of the german people. and what in this case is also the view, the citizens of this country on this longest set of time for some more insights on this from our washington bureau chief in as paul a. in, as we've heard, germany has drawn a lot of criticism from its allies for not taking a tougher line against russia. what are the chances, biden and sholtes will find

a joint solution of how to approach this crisis? i'm just coming back from a bag round this terminus, chancellor shawls. and he was certainly hoping that the 1st meeting between him and president biden would be under better circumstances circumstances. but as it has said, there is a lot of pressure actually. and both presidents on the president and the chancellor to come up with a jain solution this week. this is critical for the relationship with russia and the continuation of the trans atlantic relationship as we just heard from charles himself. so however, for chancellor shawl said, is going to be necessary today to present a clear strategy, how to approach put in if he invades ukraine. and is that clear strategy then mean that we could see an actual action plan coming out of this meeting? that is the big question at the moment. president biden is leaning heavily on congress to come to

a solution that germany chancellor shawls will be able to agree on or will be willing to agree on. just to give you a little bit of a bigger picture from within the united states. democrats and republicans on part capitol hill has been working diligently delivery for several weeks or where and how to implement sanctions against russia. so leaders on the hill are getting closer to an agreement, but the toughest part will be the north for him to project republicans want to impose sanctions, were democrats want to keep it out. so in the moment, however, it looks as if they don't want to take any action unless russia does invade ukraine . i, in as paul did of his washington bureau chief, thank you very much for your time. now, germany's foreign minister and elaina barb walkies in the ukrainian capital key of for the 2nd time in 3 weeks. the foreign minister said she's visiting the country to underlying germany's unequivocal support for the sovereignty of ukraine. bear

both met with her counterpart of demetrius collabo and his schedule to hold talks with president, we'll load him, zalinski th, the foreign minister said berlin, berlin's de term is determined to prevent any further escalation. i'm or to hear. no, i'm, i would just try. so i can turn our attention now to some of the other stories that are making headlines at this hour. mourners in morocco are holding a funeral for ryan, a 5 year old boy who died after spending 4 days tramped down a well. bryan's plight triggered a huge rescue effort. they gripped the country and many around the world, but ended in tragedy. the death toll has risen to at least 20 people after a cyclone, hit se madagascar, nearly 50000 others have been forced to leave their homes. the storm has brought widespread flooding to the indian ocean island. a gun salute of $62.00 rounds has been fired from the tower of london to mark the official start of queen

elizabeth the seconds platinum, jubilee year. britons longest serving monarch elizabeth became queen on the death of her father, king george the 6th in 1952. 0, 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 residence. their protests began after they were told they needed to get backs needed to be able to cross the u. s. border. but it has gathered wider support in a country where many are growing weary of corona virus restrictions. ah. 6 making themselves heard in canada as 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 coven 19 vaccine mandate for crossing the border from the us. but it's

growing into a rallying point against ham demik restrictions and the government people should be able to make their own choice to take your needle or not take the needle and not lose the job, not lose their house numbers or income just for the installation. oh, so as mass said, the situation on the straits was out of control. as demonstrate as outnumbered police. there are reports of protesters 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, people are not going to leave to go out 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 non stop horn blaring. some have staged counter protests. i just have to stand up. i was born just after 2nd world war. i heard this like not to be friends and they are thing freedom there for even don't know what it is not to be free. about 90 percent of cross border truckers and almost 80 percent of canada's population a fully vaccinated. but these loud minority say this staying put in till cove at 19 restrictions are lifted to the beijing winter olympics. now where day force all athletes break records beat the odds and make history on the snow and on the ice. let's take

a quick look at some of the stand out performances in snowboarding, canadian max pero, sort to canada's 1st gold of the games, capturing the top prize in the men slope style pero who was diagnosed with cancer after winning the silver metal in 2018. kept off his emotional olympic come back by winning his 1st winter games. gold. in alpine skiing, one of the biggest winter olympic events, switzerland viet foyce, flew to gold in a dramatic race which was delayed from sunday due to high winds. voice narrowly edged out frenchman johan clary, by just 110th of a 2nd to win his 1st olympic gold. 15 year old russian camilla, val ye. yvonne made history by becoming the 1st female figure skater to land, a quadruple jump at the games. she landed 2 and stumbled a 3rd, but the russians still won a team. gold and in football,

senegal have one of the africa cup of nations for the 1st time ever after they beat 7 time champions, egypt and sundays final. in yonder a result that had fans in their home country celebrating for the night, ah, elation in decor, off to senate goals 1st ever africa cup of nations when, but the party atmosphere was also mixed with a sense of relief after a tricky start to the final against egypt in the 7th minute stop, lay assario manet mister penalty, but recovered from the setback with the help of his teammates. oh, it was obvious a carefully kennel. you know what made the difference when i missed the 1st penalty from all my teammates came to me and told me mc was audio and if you miss but who cares? we are a team. we went together and we lived together. some nicky, gal, thump on federal, someone got an offer after a goal is 120 minutes. money became the hero with a winning penalty in the shootout. and despite winning the champions league and premier league with liverpool, this title rank higher filipinos just people who are the most the best day of my

life. philadelphia, i think it's the most important trophy of my life today. i continue to live a dream. i can't even believe it is another move of weight was long. but finally we didn't learn that we're all happy. and prior to when they say trophy via begonia, talking the reaction to the victory. so fans celebrate wildly and dare to dream of winning even more titles. i was very happy about the scope we knew that synagogue would win the trophy deal. we've been waiting a long time to get his title. it's about time. now we're going to win the world color hope that i know to reach that upcoming world cup and cotton synagogue, we'll have to again beat egypt over 2 legs in march. his final qualification, round a task that now may feel more sieboldt to these delighted supporters. oh,

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