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reliable partners, and we can count on one another. u. s. president joe biden and german chancellor left shoulder say they stand united in their response to any russian aggression against ukraine. and we'll work together to find a diplomatic solution to the stand. also coming out french president and, well, my call makes his diplomatic push in moscow. after talks with president, putin con, says the next few days will be decisive in efforts to avoid an escalation of the ukraine crisis. and at the winter olympics, one of the big stars of the games, us born, i lean view claims gold for china in the sky. big air. we get the latest from our corresponding invasion. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. diplomatic. its are intensifying on both

sides of the atlantic to resolve the ukraine crisis in washington. u. s. president joe biden held talks with german chancellor schultz, wide, and stress that germany is reliable partner in that they will work together to try and find a diplomatic solution. meanwhile, frances president, manuel mc con, was in moscow, where he sat down for talks with vladimir putin, the russian president said he was willing to compromise my con, who's due in ukraine shortly said the next few days would be decisive in efforts to avoid conflict. an urgent diplomatic push weld ladies met in the russian vague and us capitals, in an effort to diffuse tension over ukraine in his 1st visit to washington, his german chancellor. oh, laughed shalt sat down with you as president joe biden to pursue what they called a diplomatic resolution to the crisis. i have been very,

very straightforward and want with president putin, both on the phone and in person. we will impose the most severe sanctions of ever been imposed economic sanctions. i think he has to realize that it would be a gigantic mistake for him to move on ukraine. the impact on europe and the rest of the world would be devastating. one of the biggest targets for sanctions is the nord stream to pipeline project, to bring gas from russia to germany. biden said in clear terms, he would shut it down in fresh invades. but sholtes made no such guarantee, vowing only a unified response would be united. we will act together and we will take all the necessary steps and all the necessary steps would be done by all of us together. will you commit today to turning off and pulling the plug on nordstrom through? you didn't mention it. you haven't mentioned it. as i already said,

we are acting together. we are absolutely united and we will not taking different steps. we will do the same steps and they will be very, very hot to russia. and they should have done with at least 100000 russian troops massed along ukraine's border. berlin has faced international criticism for its cautious response. unlike some of its nate, her allies, germany has rolled out sending weapons to ukraine. meanwhile, in moscow, french president emanuel mack wrong focus sunday escalation. as it rushes vladimir putin reiterated his demands for nato to stay out of the region. but said he was willing to compromise if he were a deeper luxury and a number of the crowns ideas and proposals which are probably too early to speak about. i consider quite possible to use and forming the basis of or further joint steps, the leisure measure formulas my struggle for 3 as far as we are concerned,

that we will do everything to find compromises that suit every one of your macro will. how talks in kiev on tuesday before heading to berlin, a long wake of diplomacy for european leaders hoping to avoid conflict from all that speak to go up, man god, he is a professor of international relations at the university of ins, book, an expert on russian and u. s. foreign policy. thanks for joining us. professor. a flurry of diplomacy is underway focusing on russia and ukraine. let's start with that meeting between the german and u. s. leaders in washington. are you convinced by the show of unity between shots and biden? well, definitely it was important for mister shows to show that germany's a reliable ally, and that's what he said, you're absolutely united. but it was really noticeable that after biden concerned that no stream to it would not go ahead after russian, kosher ukraine. schultz did not want to state that explicitly as well. so we still

have doubts whether in the case of a russian incursion in ukraine. the german government will really be ready to stop no stream to on the other side bite and has made clear even if the germans didn't do it, we have the means available to stop it and he will stop it. ok, the north stream to pipeline project has been a thorn in the side of german us relations for quite some time. but why do you think aside from that, why do you think the 2 leaders are being so vague about the sanctions they would impose? if russia does invade ukraine again, well, it seems that there's some disunity between the 2 sides may be among various other nato allies as well. if that would not be the case, they were clearly has stated, what kind of sanctions will be imposed in the case of the russian incursion, but they have not done so we have had statements by biden administration,

officials about what type of sanctions they are envisaging. but it seems that there's still some work to do to unite at least the germans and the americans on what to do after, after such a military invasion. let's move on to moscow or our french president, the man or woman con, match our president putin. there yesterday putting hinted at a possible compromise in the ukraine crisis. any idea what he meant by that? but it was very noticeable that ahead of the talks between put in an mac macro macro status deck tie a fin, lendy sation of ukraine was on the table. vin into zation means that ukraine will be absolutely free in its domestic politics, but will be limited in its foreign policy options that you 1st to the status of finland during the cold war of which could preserve its independence and democracy only by clearly stating that it will mate remain neutral and non aligned in the

conflict between the west and, and to soviet union? so, macro is actually envisioning a dat ukraine takes the same position and i'm not very sure that he is on the same page with the u. s. and other nato allies on this issue. you are the president, my call is due in kiev today. oh, what are your expectations there with us the full mac mall will confirm that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine is undisputable. and that, that france is a, is a apartment with ukraine on the, on this matter and it, francis doing everything it can to this use the crisis and de escalate militarily. however, what's important is what, what is not going to be spoken about afterwards. naming the proposals that macro has made in moscow to legend me to put in macro needs to find out what the ukrainians think about it. and if there is any chance that ukraine might agree to

some sort of neutralization of the country in the future. professor mike r, thank you very much for your and so i show that was gerhart bang professor and international relations at the university of vince book, sketch up on small the stories making have eyes to though in the united states, members of congress, held a moment of silence to mark the countries. 900000 deaths from covered 19 the rest her suffered more fatalities from the corona virus pandemic than any other country . police in the canadian capital ottawa have seized thousands of leaders of fuel as part of a push to end protests against corona. by respect seen mandates. truckers and other drivers have jam traffic in the city center for 10 days for a minister justin trudeau who just recovered from the virus himself as denounced the demonstration saying they must stop. and here's a look at some other developments in the pandemic. new zealand prime minister just into our durn,

has warned that the pandemic will not end with the omicron way event that the country must prepare for future variance on kong has limited public gatherings to just to people as the chinese territory grapples with record infections and sticks . to his dynamic 0 covet 19 strategy, and several u. s. states have announced they will lift indoor mask mandates for schools and other public spaces after the omit cron serge or susan, one of china's most promising winter sport stars has just taken her 1st gold at the winter games in beijing. american born eileen goose only recently began representing china and has been winning over more and more admirers in her adopted country. highly new is one of the best known winter olympians in china, despite the fact that she was born and raised in the usa. she's one of the home nation's most promising medal hopes at the 2022 games. gu is among the many foreign

born athletes. competing to please a new set of supporters in beijing higher for sure. it's not to be ruled out that they will may be looking for a platform that's bigger and brings them more personal benefits of young. i thought this also proves that china's sports and commercial environment is superior to the united states. sure, yo, yo make well 18 year old girl represented the u. s. at major events before adopting her mother's home country for competition back in 2019. she's become a store of teen china, which features more foreign born recruits this time around than at any previous olympics. how not that they represent china and they bring jewelry for our country . i think it's an honor to bring glory to our motherland. well, no matter which nationality you are as long as you bring glory for our country. you are our friend who has become an icon of winter sports in china already.

and her games off for from ovah off the ski began. she'll go for gold again in this slope, style and half pipe disciplines. and joining me now from beijing is dw sports correspond jonathan crane. jonathan, understand you watched i lingo when a gold medal for china in the big air skiing earlier today, what kind of reception did she get? i think it's fair to say the chinese fans absolutely love aileen. she's all over the place here in beijing. she's on billboard, she features in video is publicizing the games, and she really got a very warm reception. it was a thrilling performance in the big guy, she was trailing, going into the final round. she needed something special and she really pulled it out the back did a trick that she's never done in a competition before the crowd. absolutely love that. and as someone who's not

really an expert in this, i have to admit you could see she's head and shoulders above everyone. now she just looked so smooth and graceful in the as she landed the jump. and of course, emerson came in the ceremony and got her award. the crowd cheering up for that to a side by sort of this, she was watched by thomas bach and pung, schreider chinese tennis player, who obviously has had a lot of attention on her people wondering where she is, how she's feeling she was at the event we understand that she will not be leaving this close loop system. the bible for go back into quarantine, said no more olympic events for her. but she was that with some us back. the president eileen goose winning jump. did look impressive. jonathan, tell us what made it so special. what made it so special? she never even practiced it before properly let alone actually perform it in a competition. now she was telling her report is afterwards that she spends an hour and a half a day visualizing her moves. so that's what she'd been doing. and she said she discusses everything with her mom. and she told me to actually she was on the phone

to her mom before her final jump. and her mom was say, look, don't do it, don't take the risk, do a trick that you've done before. be happy with the silver meadow. and she said, no, i'm vetoing that, i'm actually going to do it. she did, and she got the rewards. now. just remember there's a lot of pressure on island. she's so huge here in china. she's kind of struggling this geo political divide where, you know, she switched the agents in the united states in 2019. so now compete for china. a lot of people back in the us, not very happy about that decision. she was asked about the pressure that she fail . she said, look, i think i'm handling it really well. and at the end of the day, i'm competing here for myself. she's got 2 more events to come. she could win 2 more goals, but she said that she at the moment she's just gonna focus on the co matter. she's got round her neck and enjoy that moment i she should do. jonathan, thank very my char sports correspond, jonathan crane, they're in beijing. thank you so much. synagogue victorious football team were treated to a hero's welcome when they landed back in the capital dakar day after winning the

africa cup of nations for the 1st time. ah, tens of thousands of fans flooded the streets to celebrate the historic victory and present lucky so declared monday of public holiday synagogue, pete egypt for 2 on penalties in the final, in cameras after the match. and neil neil you watching dw news life from berlin, coming up next we've got a documentary film for you, the 1000000000 euro heist looking at a state prosecutor hunting the tanks mafia. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at the w. thanks for watching and we're interest in the global economy. our portfolio.