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ah, ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. the diplomatic push to diffuse, the ukraine crisis moves to berlin, the leaders of france, germany and poland. se there united in their resolved to prevent war and call on russia to engage in meaningful dialogue. you can't crane crisis is sparking concerns across the region. we visit reservists in lithuania, who explain why they too are nervous about what they think russia could do next. plus security forces in canada struggle to contain
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a protest by truckers and ottawa against the government's anti covet measures as the demonstrators to block. the busiest land crossing into the united states and pollution from plastics is already damaging our oceans and the life they sustain. so why are we ramping up production of such a harmful substance? ah, hello m, terry martin, good to have you with us. germany, france, and poland say they are united in their goal of preventing war in europe and have again warned russia there will be massive consequences if it embeds ukraine. leaders of the 3 countries have been meeting here in berlin as part of a round of urgent sh shuttle diplomacy by french president manuel my call. it's been a busy few days for world leaders as they engage in
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a diplomatic push affair to resolve the crisis on ukraine's boulders here under the leaders of germany, france and poland put on a defiant front in berlin on tuesday. all the guidelines, them a common goal is to prevent a war in europe and but deployment to russian troops on the border with ukraine is very worrying. and our assessment here is very much the same as is our position here. this does a dent uncle she in this is the meeting followed a diplomatic blitz by micron who pushed for further talks on visits to moscow and kiev through mama, i believe that we have concrete, practical solutions that will allow us to move forward. we have had the opportunity to discuss this together. i've also had the opportunity to discuss this with president putin, as i have done with my european partners and several of our allies. oh, it was, you lose it. the kremlin denied repulse that putin told micron. russia would not
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further rump up military tensions on would pull troops out of bella roost later this month. that german is foreign minister on elaine. a fair book also visited east in ukraine on tuesday. she said there could be no military solution to russian aggression. backing kiev, president lensky said he expects more talks to take place. sylvia. but as more us troops authentic europe's eastern boulders, it still hoped, but a diplomatic solution can be found. for more, let's bring in bruno to tom. here he is the deputy director of the foundation for strategic research. that's a french independent thank tank. thanks for being with us. britain. multiple diplomatic initiatives are under way to resolve the russia ukraine crisis. would you say that france under and manuel mcclung is now the main player in leading
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those efforts for europe? well, not the main tie and her katie mccoy thought that he needed to take the initiative . i saying he does madison to survey that he will be the only leader and talking to teens. lensky was clearly he's initiative, which is to be followed by chance was charles laser. in a few days it has a trio. the some kind of did somebody come at csm? so i would say he's been leading the way, but he certainly am not beyond the a european leader who's going to play your important role in trying to solve this crisis. she say, momentum is now building in these diplomatic efforts. president kong claims he received assurances from president putin that a d escalation in the russia crane crisis is possible. now russia has been down playing any talk of progress. what's your reading of the outcome of mr. mcclellan's
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shuttle diplomacy this week. well, 2 things. first of all, there's a value in diplomacy in itself, meeting face to face a leader as my horse on and as charles will do a 4456 hour. it has value in itself because it allows the leaders to gauge each other and know each other's attention. i'm not saying that my hall looked into, but in sol as former president bush. one said, there is a value in itself, in the meat, in a long meeting phase for as a boy, there's a war community case, and that's a class like you would anticipate russia saying something like, of course we made no commitments whatsoever. well, i say let's wait and see if it's correct to say that it's a rush as promised you who was raised forces from bell read soft sciences, are going to take place in the coming days. and then it would be very simple to,
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to her. to clarify ok, present a con, made reference though, to concrete, practical solutions for the ukraine crisis and for addressing rushes security concerns. what exactly do you think he's talking about there? he's talking about 2 different things that you see there are 2 separate, tries to both france, germany, colon and the united states and others are trying to rule. there's one try which is circle normally the format which is about the implementation of the mens agreements about the ukraine and countries credit as been successful in rejuvenating a format which everybody thought back in november. that was that was pretty much just the 1st right. the other tribe is the more broader discussion on the circle secuity architecture in europe, and this is about arms control. this is about confidence and security building measures. and that's discussion is obviously also taking place of the u. s. russian
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level at the nato, russia level. but there's a european input in that discussion and that's what i was referring to, is that in us issues the crisis. and what do i know in advance with finance are and new buddy knows what they are. not even sure that the semi colon does not know much more. he returns to paris. just briefly, do you see a crow coherent strategy for shaping the european security architecture between europe, the u. s. and nato in a way that would satisfy russia? well, the 1st of the answers, your question is yes, there's a come here and strategies that despise what many come to day in take to say, ah, europe and the united states, france, germany, and the usaa pre much on the same page here. there are new and so of course, but i don't see any significant divergence, indian,
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or friends who are choices regarding these issues. and that's what really matters there is. there's a unity of europe and there's a unity of the west. the high b nuances. now, do we saying that we can produce options and solutions that are sensible those to us and to mr. dugean? unfortunately, i don't think so on the swear returns comes into play, because evenly, if mr. brewton does not as yet. and he had decided to, to, to inviting a major military operation ukraine. we had to deter him to discourage him from thinking he could achieve meaningful note results without suffering. extraordinary severe analyses bruno to tear deputy director of the foundation for strategic research. thank you very much. for talking with us, i do well, all eyes may be on ukraine at the moment, but other people in the region fear they might be next. the baltic states of
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lithuania, lethia, and estonia share borders with russia. 2 of the 3 also border bella rues, russia's close ally, the multics were once part of the soviet union and, but are now nato members. the alliance has stationed 1200 troops on lithuanian territory. germany provides half those soldiers and has pledge to send another 350 next week. but with tensions running high, many lithuanian civilians are preparing to defend themselves. it's a freezing cold weekend morning, but these lithuanian civilians, leisure time is more like boot camp. they want to be ready to defend their country . took the men crew. there are doctors, architects, artists, musicians, and managers like me. will they need training. they all need to know how to move as a combat unit, how to use weapons, and how to survive on the battlefield. point. if we're late again, cor,
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go galler lithuania shares a border with kremlin aligned belarus, and with russia itself, the giant regional power. the crisis in ukraine is making people here. nervous is thought in a story, doesn't end with the un nato. what has happened in this region over many centuries is not over. our enemies have not changed and we must be vigilant with the wooden monsieur m. good. as much with you, i feel under threat. i want to be prepared and to know what to do. if tea day comes with them and we have to defend ourselves for that. they are determined ready to fight. and unpaid lithuania, as defense, ministry only covers organisational costs. o, c, o. c, at the most difficult in russia, wants to secure supremacy over its neighbors. and it's using highly aggressive tactics. ukraine is the 1st on its radar,
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but others will follow. so good luck with it. at the worst you there below, under chairman command nater treats have been stationed in lithuania since mid 2017 as a deterrent against russia. but germany's hesitant stance in the ukraine crisis has provoked criticism, including here in lithuania, aromatic development, but canada gear. we live in a region where russia keeps nuclear muscle, sir, that russia has li, had to call short range missiles, miller error, and germany refuses to draw a red line at the sock, on the breast that hold on the linear o civilians. preparing for the worst for these lithuanians, a war in their country is a very real possibility. take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. today. indirect talks between iran and the u. s. aimed at reviving the 2015 around nuclear deal have restarted in
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vienna. after a break of just over week. officials say the talks have made significant progress under president trump, the u. s. unilaterally withdrew from the packed in 2018 firefighters in oklahoma city, in the us are battling a massive blaze at a construction site. the cities fire department said the fire was in an unfinished hotel or apartment complex, and parts of the building had collapsed. no injuries have been reported. canadian prime minister just intruder has bout to bring an end to a truck or protest against pandemic restrictions now. and it's 2nd week. the protests have gripped canada and paralyzed parts of the capital. ottawa, bringing the business district to a stand still and blocking the busiest border. crossing with the u. s. auto police are requesting back up from across the country as they struggle to contain the truckers almost 2 weeks into their seat in these protest
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is brush off another frozen auto a morning. each day the hundreds of camped out truckers and joined by support is the movement that began in response to a vaccine mandate has grown into a catch old for anti government sentiment. the truck has say they're staying put in till they get back what they call their freedom. how did there, i mean, are you to continue to the protest? well, if you take a shot of my drug, you'll see my tires are of so what does that tell you? auto residents have faced harassment, and there are reports of hate speech. after a court order stopped, the protest is from constant honking. the truck has began revving their engines instead, filling the air with diesel fumes. palais, say they have slowly started to regain control of central ottawa. seizing fuel supplies in an emergency parliament debate. prime minister justin
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trudeau defended the government's pandemic response. we've been working with provincial premiers right across the country to bring in the kinds of restrictions, the kinds of mandates that have saved canadians lives. everyone is sick and tired of lock downs of the measures. we have to do of the sacrifices we've had to make. but canadians have continued to step up over the past 2 years. been there for each other, been there to get vaccinated, more than 80 percent of adults and fully vaccinated and as being broad support for government measurements. but sympathy has grown for the protesters as canadians tie of restrictions. rallies have sprung up around the country in solidarity protesters have partially blocked the busiest border crossing between the us and canada. a quarter of all trade between the 2 countries normally crosses the bridge, sparking fears of shortages. you're watching dw news still to come
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will meet the illustrator putting black skin in medical textbooks. but 1st un negotiators start talks this month aimed at tackling the growing problem of plastic pollution. plastics take millennia to break down and decompose. they posed particular threat to the oceans and marine life the marine life that they sustain your production of plastics is an alt at an all time high and it's set to increase it's on the surface and deep down on the sea floor. plastic waste is found throughout our oceans. a recent study reveals that more than half the world sea turtles and as many as 90 percent of all sebra swallowing, many creatures get tangled up in it and die. and se researchers this classic
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pollution has grown exponentially. august as august i think is our biggest concern is that there's no end in sight to this crisis. and we know that plastic production is going to rise steeply over the next 40 years. we know that investments have already been made in increasing plastic production capacity. and we also know that once it's in the system, once it's in nature, it can't be retrieved again. that because plastic 1st breaks down into smaller pieces, then into micro and nano particles in science as warren. that even if no more plastic were to enter the oceans from now on, the amount of micro classic within them would still double in the next 30 years. many countries or have insufficient waste management systems. it needs to be a priority for politicians. to put a film production volumes need to be limited, plastic must be used in ways where this is durable as possible and it needs to be reused as much as possible. we need
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a circular economy and we need it globally. the united nations environment assemblies meeting in a row be at the end of february. one key issue will be whether countries can agree on an international plastics plan. showing me enough more is dr. melanie burke. bon, she's biologist. her. the alfred beginner institute in breyman where she specializes in micro plastic and ocean pollution. thanks for being with us. doctor babin give us an idea of just how polluted the oceans are and how much of that pollution is plastic. good morning. at the moment, mobile estimates around 9223000000 tons of plastic debris and to waste every year. so that's actually quite a lot of ways to deal with for the ocean i'm. it sounds like it of course it's very different to very difficult to understand it in relationship to the size of the
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ocean. but plastic pollution is clearly a big part of the problem with pollution in the oceans. what impact is it having on ocean life and our ecosystem? well, it's difficult to answer at the moment, but it looks as if i'm part of the mediterranean and in parts of the yellow sea and also in arctic sea ice concentrations of michael plastics. i actually so high that we may have crossed already dangerous thresholds levels for the species that live that so they may be experience adverse effects already. so this just shows that it's really important to start tackling the, the issue in talking about it. since the eighty's for the measurement that we've taken so far, clearly you haven't shown any effect. world leaders are due to step up efforts to
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finalize a wide ranging and legally binding un treaty next month. the treaty is supposed to protect life and tackle the impact of pollution. what do you think should be in that treaty, and how much do you think will actually be achieved with the treaty? i think the 3 day should have limits for every country to actually limit the production of plastic because of the more plastic we produce the mall that will enter the environment too. so we clearly have to turn off the task and yeah, so once we have such limits for every country a little bit like in with the parents agreement, we can start to think about it and every country to adopt the rights measures to take this problem and also to devise a circular economy. dr. ever thank you very much. that was melanie back on
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a biologist, the alfred vega institute in bream a half thank you. now, white patients like this baby or the default when it comes to medical training. in fact, one recent us study found that in some medical books, only 4 percent of images have black skin. but now one nigerian medical student is trying to change that t w's west africa correspondent flourish trick world reports from lagos. this is legacy university hospital generations of doctors, nurses, all kinds of medics have studied here. and this is one of the books that they use. it's a standard textbook used my international students all around the world. and if you flip through the pages, it's very easy to see that most of the illustrations here are just white. skin is
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almost a black people don't have operations or don't have babies. and for years, no one really challenged that i met with one man who not only challenged it, what is doing something about she the berry, e, b, d, deceased. his illustration of a black fetus went viral. people around the world realised they had never seen themselves represented that his picture turned into much more than a drawing and before like a voice speaking out for the black community, they had to understand the destroyer was more than just american official. and what it was a message of hope to do to the black community. and then i said for me known drunk, i no longer a passion when the pep was for me. so, i mean, i had to torn from being different lo street or to be an advocate,
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a little efficient housing means that news because disney lack of rep with industry medical literature, for example, some skin conditional represent differently on a blocking done eat on. i cities on, on a white skin and it has led to a lot of muse deadness on, on this side of the doctor because he or she had no experience or how can we technical knew how, when, how to that new discount on the block vision and this wondering where a potential matter, because if we walk towards including more diverse joint medical says will medical student and trinity more exposed to dis, drawings, and would have an experience in treating patients. e. b has been inundated with reactions from black communities around the world. we showed his pictures to medical students here in lagos. yes, africa? yes. the melanie, most of the clint alcorda shows me see in textbooks, a gentle white people raise up with the rushes you talked about in what was really pink. so then if i go to the hospital,
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if i stop my clinicals on my be looking for pink roch's, why is not pink in black people. so i feel this and minimal medical condition related to block watch. i the only way in the medical community, especially in africa. so once we start using our black people, once we see is going to, it's in was relevant. these will, you will be like em differences between what you read not as group our to us in our group and at the miller. she's actually her post leg on that. on the bitter c, e best picture went viral. he says several publishers have commissioned him to draw more black medical illustration. he says he plans to publish his own textbook on skin conditions in black people and wants to set up a training school for other african medical illustrators. german painter gerhart alicia has been in the top league of internationally renowned artists for decades. born in what was then the weimar republic. he studied
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art in east germany and fled to the west where he was a driving force and the post war art scene. with laughter turning 9 the today we look at his impact on the world of art. few artists have explored the myriad possibilities of painting as thoroughly as the multi talented gerhard great act. his expanse of approach to art has made him one of the most important contemporary german artists, which there has been influenced by both pop art and photo realism and his trademark is that he's constantly changed his style. in 2015 his work abstract painting, 599, sold for $46300000.00. setting a record for a work by a contemporary artist. honestly, physicist, i always feel like it's nothing just shoddy work. but on the other hand, oh, it's better than the others. yeah, definitely. yeah. or something like that. ah, christos body of work is marked by disruption. he 1st gained fame in the 1960s,
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with photo realistic paintings. part of an art movement called capitalist realism. he painted blurred reproductions of newspaper photos, this via the tides one at the time the assumption was that painting had become irrelevant, superfluous, on these outside. and during that period, he succeeded in asserting the importance of painting over photography by their portal golf. he sabatino vista has repeatedly used his art to penetrate the heart of german society. he has sparked public debate, as with his serious depicting red army faction, terrorists, or, with his beer, can now cycle an abstract rendering of the horrors of now to them. mister hutton, as is to my, my main interest as in paint. if i have a certain freedom doing what i want to. ready god to push us as painting as a form of thinking. for 5 decades he made abstract art. his squeaky paintings from
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the 1980s are especially in demand. fetching astronomical prices on the art market, but at least has withdrawn from public life since 2019 and stopped creating large format, oil paintings due to its physical demands. now at 90 years old god placed our has devoted himself entirely to drawing the oscar nominations for the 94th academy awards have been announced. netflix dark western. the power of the dog directed by jane campion is leading the field with 12 nominations, including one for best picture is followed closely by the sy fi, epic dune which received 10 nominations, and is also in the running for the best picture prize. just reminder, the top story we're following for you here today at dw knows germany, france and poland have expressed their commitment to the sovereignty of ukraine.
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leaders of 3 countries match in berlin as part of ongoing talks aimed at using tensions that were a russian military build up on the ukraine border. you're watching the w news up next close up. looks at the controversial winter olympics underway in beijing. i'm terry martin. thanks, watch a
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