ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night, the new german chancellor at the white house, a mission to reassure a worried washington transfer. olaf shoulds arrived in the u. s. capital to drive home one message that the u. s. and germany are on the same page, and the crisis is over ukraine and russia, and french president emanuel macros is in moscow for talks with russian president vladimir prudent macaroni aiming to find common ground and to end fears of

a russian invasion of ukraine plus chinese tennis star paint wide gives an interview with the beijing olympics denying accusations of sexual assault. she herself made against a communist party bars. plus the synagogue football team, returns home with the spoils of a famous victory with fans in duck are getting a 1st look at the africa comp of nations trophy ah, i bring gov to our viewers watching on p b. s. in the united states into all of you around the world, it's good to have you with us on this busy monday, we begin with the u. s. and germany, the crisis over ukraine and a crisis of trust. today german chancellor, olaf sholtes met with you as president joe biden at the white house. this was chose his 1st trip to washington since taking office in december,

a confidence building visit aimed at convincing the u. s. that in the face of russian aggression, germany remains a reliable partner. before meeting biden sholtes reiterated that military aggression against ukraine would have a high cost for russia. but germany's nato allies, including the us, are unhappy with berlin's refusal to provide ukraine with weapons. shalt stressing that germany will coordinate its response to the crisis with it's alex, isn't it happened until we are close, allied, and will act in a very coordinated manner to most of the current crises. first and foremost, we have to deal with the tensions resulting from the russian troops up along the ukrainian gorda, lactic sensitive. that's what i thought that germany the u. s. nato and the european union. i an agreement. i'd like it. yeah, there will be a very high cost to a military attack on ukraine plane in the telephone because i want to take the

story now to washington correspondent oliver south. he's monitoring this very important visit oliver in a week. we've heard the chancellor say that again, that if there is any type of military aggression, russia will have to pay a, a high cost. but germany itself has been criticized for not taking a tougher stance against russia. what are the chances that you as president biden in german chancellor sholtes will find common ground here during this meeting over and there's certainly a lot of pressure on the german chancellor of shoals is 1st visit us sitting chancellor here in washington and high expectations in the wide tells us, well at the core, and you've just mentioned it before or to diplomatic issues. number one is, of course the question of military support for ukraine, where germany historically is reluctant to the liver weapons to those areas that are affected by crises. and then as the german reluctance to give up more stream to that gas pipeline from russia that was just finished,

but has never operated yet. and all of shoulds hastily liver. something specific here at the wide holes as pressure is mounting on him. and we can expect a commitment to put not stream to an ice, at least in the scenario that show that russia would invade ukraine. yeah, it's one thing oliver do city over law office in to say you can trust is it's another thing after this meeting is over then to go out and to walk the walk if you will and talk the talk. do you think we're going to see any type of action plan that's going to come out of this meeting? and you're exactly right. and there have been a lot of plans circulating over the last days and weeks with regards to the sanctions. of course, a germany has vowed and reiterated that would be serious consequences. should a russia invade ukraine, but staying really vague on that issue here. and, you know, biden is at the time leaning heavily towards congress right now. that is working on

a sanction proposal. democrats and republicans on capitol hill, i'm currently working on that. and we also hear that they're getting closer to an agreement. germany could agree on that, but of course, the toughest part is nordstrom to even here on congress. republicans want sanctions on that pipeline. democrats and not necessarily, but perhaps none of that is going to be necessary depending of course, on what the german chancellor all of sholtes will have to say. you know, oliver, let me before we let you give the germany bastard, a reportedly sent a warning. if you will, to chancellor sholtes that you're coming to washington, you should be aware that there are a lot of members of congress, for example, saying that we are no longer a reliable partner, especially when it comes to dealing with russia. mean, you're in washington, you know you cover events on capitol hill, is that what you're hearing? i mean, is there this big crisis of trust?

now, especially with schultz as the new chancellor, added joan ambassador, emily harbor a, sent a cable, a diplomatic cable to berlin and own of course you don't even need that type of intelligence. the newspapers are full of it. just open the newspapers and there's a lot of talk about how unreliable germany has become a partner. how wobbly and german diplomacy have become an ethan part correct. but of course it's also historically motivated. germany has always been reluctant on delivering weapons, so that should not be a big surprise for americans, and they surely are not surprised on that. and with regard to nordstrom to, i think the expectations are more justified. don't forget, though, the germany is one of america's closest allies, and that is also something we will hear today. ok, oliver cell theory in washington with the latest on this meeting between biden and shalt. oliver, thank you. well, this week of urgent diplomacy is kicking off today on this side of the atlantic as

european leaders also trying to defuse the crisis over ukraine. french president emanuel micron has been meeting with russian president vladimir putin during the meeting, which just concluded macaroni said that he hopes the talks in moscow will start to build more trust between the european union and russia. and he also hopes that this will avoid a war hooton's praised macros efforts to resolve the crisis. the warrant is watching this meeting and other diplomatic efforts. while more than a 100000 russian troops remain positioned near the border with ukraine. wireless good at our chief international editor, richard walker. he's been following events for is to day getting me to you, richard, so much high level diplomacy is going on right now on all fronts. where does french president emanuel my crone? where does he fit in here? well, what we're witnessing really at the beginning of this, this week here in europe. brent is mac hong kind of taking

a kind of leadership position within european politics for himself. here. i think there are a couple of reasons for that. first of all, france currently holds the rotating presidency of the european union. so, so we see my court in moscow partly in that role representing the european union as a whole. but also, i think this is in part about germany. of course, we've seen all our shots, the new chancellor of germany, he's currently in the united states. schultz is under pressure as we were just hearing from, from all over there. he's finding his feet in this new role. big shoes to fill, of course, angle america was it was in office for 16 years and she really had a lot of experience in dealing with letting me put in. so i think back on kind of moving into a little bit of a vacuum left behind by angle american there. plus he has an election coming up this year. he's standing for reelection so he may see a political upside of he can make some kind of progress with letting me put in. but

of course that comes with risks to if you seen as a failure, then that could cause him some political damage. so. so those are the stakes that we're seeing around a manual and my calls visit right now. and richard nato, i have firmly rejected roshan demands that ukraine never joined the alliance. that was the case just today. it's the case today. so what do we expect? micron to bring to the table then to de escalate the situation. yeah, it, it, that is really the kind of big question here. and i think it helps to think about the situation here at the moment is, is that the sticks in the carrots? yes, we've just heard it in washington, all of the discussion about the potential sticks, the disincentives that to terrance towards russia, against mounting some kind of military action. all of this talk of sanction, some of the most severe sanctions that have ever been placed on russia. so that's

the stick side of things. i think with my core, he's quite keen to talk about the carrot side of the equation. and my court of all of the western leaders is the one who's, who's been most open in his public comments about being willing to, to strike a kind of new grant bargain about european security with letting me of putin as he sees it. he's been saying this in interviews in recent days, he sees this crisis, not so much about ukraine, but about vladimir putin being unhappy with the entire security order in europe that came off to the end of the cold war. now the big question is, what could a grand bargain look like without completely selling ukraine down the river? for instance, blocking it. it's hoaxer of nato membership one day. and a lot of people in europe, particularly in eastern europe, are worrying that this kind of thinking could open the door to be concessions towards russia, which could they feel undermine their own security. so mac ho walking

a fine line here in search of some great big breakthrough, but also having to be mindful of not alienating his allies here in europe in richer when you compare what's happening today in moscow. with what we're seeing this evening in washington, you've got the u. s. president, talking with the german chancellor. basically, this is a almost a pep rally. we've got to stay on the same team in the face of russian aggression. what is emanuel mar, cron doing been to this effort? is he, is he helping the effort or is he actually doing what many? sure the kremlin would like to see and that is weakening the unity of the west against russia. well, this is certainly the big worry among americans. critics and mccoy's face criticism for this in the past he's, he's somebody who has always and this is part of his message to vladimir putin. he's somebody who was always throughout his period in office, try to stress that he wants to reach out and improve relations with russia. this

cause has raised a lot of suspicions about him. but the french are emphasizing and you hear all the hear this also from german officials just how intense the consultations are going on between all of the different allies in this kind of diplomatic dance that's been going on recently. so for instance, my call spoke on the phone to joe biden, yesterday, for 40 minutes. he also consulted with the leaders of the baltic states ahead of this trip, and he's due here in berlin tomorrow to debrief with all i've shown the german chancellor plus that polish counterpart as well. so that would be the message from the french that this is part of a coordinated effort. but certainly the skeptics are worried that they could lead to a sort of unraveling or at least a sort of blurring of the western positions. all right, richard walker, helping us put all this into perspective tonight. richard, as always, thank you. strong words coming today from the german foreign minister on

a lena bear book. she has warned that a russian invasion of ukraine would trigger unprecedented sanctioned during your visit. the key of berber stressed. the need to avoid further escalation. lynn has been criticized for its response to russia's troop build up on ukraine's order, while other nato countries have delivered weapons to you. great. the german government has ruled out such a move, delivering only help males are both scheduled to visit the front line between ukrainian forces and rushing back separatist in the don't. bass region on tuesday, dw corresponded. mathias bollinger is covering the story force from the reach. he traveled to eastern ukraine near areas that are controlled by russian backed shepherdess, and he sent us this report. 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 cov, it restrictions the war is something people have been living with for 8 years. they will not a border bushnell that they did. they began to walk. most of the time the children go to school with the to the spirit, but we don't know what will happen in 5 or 10 minutes. she but to morrow nice. a lot more always worried. the 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 cease fires in place, but shelling can sometimes be heard at night. moses i am glad to do so. saturday, we already know who shoots and when. so we just sit at home because it was worse

a few years ago. we always hit in the cellar when there was fighting it. sure, but that was then. this is shelly. she took the key to lovely. but with the latest russian build up, a bigger escalation is on the table again completed on the cell. when things come down, we bought a house here for chosen. but now we don't know what will happen. deduction, ukrainian control territory ends with the last houses of the village. behind the small river lies the demilitarized strip. the pedestrian bridge is the only link to the next village in the so called grey zone. so can the next village is not small. people come here every day to work it and kids go to school. one of the people who crosses the border every day is teacher ludmilla 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 village, where our boat they go was on that of my work is here. i come here every day. yes, it's hard. yes, it's dangerous, very dangerous. well, i kind of just quit work and leave. i just can't sleep. i don't know whom. she says she has not yet lost hope that somehow this conflict might come to an end peaceful. or let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. mourners in morocco are holding a funeral for ray on a 5 year old boy who died after spending 4 days trapped down a well. bryan's flight triggered a huge rescue effort that gripped the country and many around the world. but

unfortunately, it ended in tragedy. the death toll has risen to at least 20 people. after a slight loan hid south these madagascar, nearly 50000 others had been forced to leave their homes. the storm has brought widespread flooding to the indian ocean. i. 10 of those 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. the freedom convoy began as a protest by truckers against a vaccine mandate. it has gathered wider support in a country where many are weary of corona vice restrictions. a gun salute of $62.00 round has been fired from the tower of london to mark the official start of queen elizabeth the 2nd platinum jubilee year. britons longest serving monarch elizabeth became queen following the death of her father, king george the 6th, back in 1952

are now to the drama, attracting lots of attention on this day 4 of the winter olympic games. chinese tennis star thinks why has given an interview in beijing, and she's denying accusations of sexual assault, accusations that she herself made against a communist party boss. a fierce debate has now started outside of china as to whether she's had to do so under duress. 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, pung, writing, that young gow lee of the all powerful politburo standing committee had forced her to have sex despite her refusals, she told like, 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 punks. initial allegations is needed. i think we need also to listen to her and we need to for, to, to read what she's saying. we've invited to come to europe and we will meet her 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 at the daily news conference. adams wouldn't say whether i o. c. officials believe, pung, as speaking freely with them, or under duress, as many experts believe the sports organization are 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. if a more on this now, i want to bring in yacht show wong. she is a senior researcher on china, human rights watch. ms. wong joins me now from new york city. it's good to have you on the show. i mean, this is astounding. at least when you 1st look at it. i mean, you've got this tennis player telling the world i didn't say what i said is she, in your opinion basically being forced to repeat what the chinese government's position has been on this issue. i don't know whether she's been forced to say, you know, whatever the government tells hard to say what i can say that she doesn't have freedom to speak her mind that having so many ty is human rights. lawyers,

activists who have been disappeared by the government. then reappear, owns some t v program say, you know, i confess to my cries, i defend the country. so there has this history of been. people been forced down to t v say those things. i don't know what happened to it, but we need to understand this is the political asked. you tweeted earlier today, don't ask her person how she feels, knowing that she can't speak freely. you and i know that and china knows that that's what we think. so do you think what we're looking at here is a state sponsored attempt to dinner, great. her credibility or i mean, if the chinese government asking us to help tear down her credibility, well, i think you know, if for, if we're outsiders to participate in any kind of interview or dinner or

meetings, knowing the contents of that a, she could be foreseen to this, i think, you know, people who are side issues thinking twice, whether they should engage in this kind of situation. and what about the role of the international olympic committee? you know, it's trying to avoid really making a clear statement of taking a position here. what's your take on that? well, i mean, this is the 3rd saying, right, if they had a video card and they had another colonized the dinner, i think it's shameful. it's obviously the ios say, is being played as a tool. what a change comes propaganda purposes is a shame for that. i o. c keeps doing that. and you know, when we've seen this pattern before, where you have a high profile chinese person, have to recant something they said or, or did, and then they kind of disappear from the public. i am,

i'm thinking of jack mall of alibaba, for example. now we've got ping, schwab is, is this a pattern in china that we should expect now? i mean, it's not the 1st time we've seen this are absolutely, i mean, even before who should i 1st appear to even that video, you know, having dinner with other people. i already expect this to happen because this happened to so many people in as you mentioned, jack my, the billionaire, and then you know, the human rights act as a lawyers. so this is just a continued thing that a government keeps doing it. and for somebody who study china's human reisinger, he, i totally expect this to happen. you know, to one with human rights watch in new york is when we appreciate your time and your insights. and i thank you. thank you for having me. in football, cynical have won the africa cup of nations for the 1st time ever after they beat 7

time champions, egypt in sundays, final, in your own day, the team arrived back in synagogue to a hero's welcome thousands of people gather to the airport in the capitol the car roads surrounding the airport flowed with a river of supporters, many of whom had gathered in your port the night before. elation in de car, off to senegal, 1st ever africa cup of nations when but the party atmosphere was also mixed with a sense of relief after a tricky stop to the final against egypt. in the 7th minute stop. lay a studio manet, mister penalty, but recovered from the setback with the help of his teammates. oh, it was on his account, hila, can you know what made the difference when i missed the 1st penalty for moving all my teammates came to me and told me mc was audio and if you miss, but hook as we are a team, we went together and we lived together some nicky and gal thumping on someone going off on after a go las 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. phillip, this is dusty, was with at least the best day of my life. philadelphia i think it's the most important trophy of my life. upon closing 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 viet begonia talking the reaction to the victory. so fans celebrate wildly and dare to dream of winning even more titles. i work with very happy about the scope. we knew that synagogue would win the trophy elected. i got we've been waiting a long time to get his title. it's about time. now we're going to win the world cup . i don't want to reach that upcoming world cup and consume cynical will have to

again beat egypt over 2 legs in march, his final qualification round a task that now may feel more than achievable to these delighted supporters. i like it. finally, a curious twinkle in the night sky that have social media buzzing. take a look at this bright light shooting across the sky above 30 hobbles on lucas in mexico's baja, california people shared videos in their theories about what the lights could be. some believe they saw a falling media right, or may be space debris. there is also a lot of trash in space. but so far, the true origin of this show in the sky of color it remains unknown while we just hope that it burned up before it hit the ground. is a reminder of the top stories that were following for you from a chance. oh, love sholtes. as meeting with you as president joe biden, at the white house. this is schultz, his 1st trip to washington since taking office in december. the visit seen as

a confidence building visit aimed at convincing the u. s. that in the face of russian aggression, germany remains a reliable partner and fruits president. emanuel micron is in moscow for talks with russian president vladimir putin ahead of the meeting macro and said that he was reasonably optimistic, that he could help deescalate the crisis over ukraine. where than a $100000.00 russian troops are stationed near the ukrainian board to watch and dw, i'll be back at the top of the hour with more. will news followed by the day i hope to see you then. ah with

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