ah, ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin to night, europe steps up efforts to avert a war in ukraine. there's more high stakes diplomacy, plus the u. s. to sidney troops and weapons into eastern europe to counter the threat for russia. also coming up tonight or u. s. troops are now in romania, the nato members. a key deterrence in the black sea region will tag along and naval exercise to see what that deterrence looks lot. and the main suspect in the 2015 paris terror attack tells a court that he loves so called islamic state. but he insist he is not

a murderer. and regenerating the coral reefs in them all div why conservation is say they must act now before it's too late. ah, i burned god's, 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 wednesday. we begin with efforts to avert the crisis over ukraine from escalating into a war french president emanuel micron is leading the latest diplomatic push, holding talks here in berlin, following meetings and keith and moscow. micron says he has reassurances from russian president putin, that a de escalation is possible. but ukraine's foreign minister is less than impressed . pointing to the 100000 russian troops still positioned at his country's doorstep . a small group of protest as gathered outside the u. s. embassy in kiev.

their message was clear. no war with russia. but despite a week of frenzied diplomacy, so as no sign yet of a military climb down. more us troops are being deployed to southeast and poland, bringing the total to over $6000.00 be united states has also begun moving its forces from germany to romania around a 1000 nato troops are expected to follow in the coming days if size denmark has also announced it is enhancing is military preparedness. it will deploying fight jets to the baltic sea salt water. but nato's reaction in response to the more than 100000 russian troops. a must, ne, a ukraine's borders are not viewed as a direct defense of ukraine. now in terms of numbers, this is meant to be

a symbolic show of resolve that the nato is united and it will defend its members if attacked. for ukraine, we've provided arms and training, but we're not providing any direct forces. nobody is further consignments of british weapons have arrived in ukraine. britain has said it only intends them to be used in self defense. speaking in berlin on wednesday, german chancellor, ola sholtes said a jewel approach was needed. adding, while all diplomatic channels must be pursued, allies must be prepared to act if bush and forces cross these boulders an end to ukraine. and for more now i'm joined by raphael loss. he is with the european council on foreign relations. mr. laws. it's good to see you again. so what do we got going on here?

nato and russian forces are holding war games as political leaders are doing all caught types of diplomacy trying to find a diplomatic breakthrough, but they haven't. do you see these war games as being some type of strategic? so, you know, saber rattling while adding on reports as outlined and russia as a master, upwards of 100000 troops on the border with ukraine and has deployed troops, 2 bedrooms, for exercises. nato reports that these are the largest deployments to bellows. and since the end of the cold war and in the russian navies are messing ships in the, in the backseat and the russian national guard is mobilizing units at the same time and need to, in an effort to show support to, to east and allies, to reassure them to signal to russia that there is a resolve to act united as an ions and to defend natal territory at the same time

need to have not in any way indicated that they would send troops to fight alongside ukraine. route to the contrary. they've been very clear that nato will not be involved if there is a, an attack on ukraine. let's compare the numbers there from mr. laws. good, 830000 russian troops along the border with ukraine. the u. s. sending what 2000 troops to eastern europe, nato members. i mean that's, that's just a drop in the bucket is more symbolic than anything else, right? if can be symbolic and res, really an effort to, to, to bolster natal support for eastern allies, these troops will not be involved in any conflict between russia, ukraine, but they are supposed to signal to russia that nato serious. and that is a serious about protecting its territory and its allies. as i said, natal, you haven't, in no way indicated that they would get involved and fight alongside ukraine, but they have sent weapons. they f, i described a serious sanctions package that would significantly hurt russia. it was

a review attack on you, great. and has been others that are becoming support for ukraine as it is suffering a s a v economic crisis that has been triggered by this specter of renewed war tomorrow. here in berlin, we're going to have negotiators from the group that's known as the normandy format to france, germany, ukraine, in russia, they're going to meet, they're going to try to salvage the minsk to agreement, which was designed to bring peace to eastern ukraine. what are your chances there for anything coming out of this meeting other than a lot of talk? when encouraging that, we continue to talk with the leaders have visited, getting approved, and the credit of the past couple of days on upshaw's. german chancellor is going to visit next week. coordination between nato allies between the open union member states with partners and the regional ukraine. and to get the get the,

get everything on the diplomatic, correct? what's the escalation? but in the end, this is the decision to make whether he wants to use any of the off ramps that natal readers have presented with a proposal on the table to engage in risk reduction measures and reduced ability to talk to renew when control agenda between the west and russia and, but as the troop it up continues, the pressure on potential continue when this could be of a sort of drawn out crisis. that was the next couple of weeks continue. well, here last with the european council on foreign relations, mr. laws, as always, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. are the u. s. is any more than a 1000 troops from germany to romania to beef up nato's eastern european defenses. romania has been investing heavily in defense as well as modernizing its armed forces. d. w. 's. alexander phenomena takes us on a naval exercise in the black sea. engender and changing and changing. want

eleanor. a military drill on the border room, the women washer, and simulated scenario. there a joel fred in and forget has been hit by a missile. the cruise job is to safe lives and to put out the fire. the ship has just been through a maintenance period. the commanding officer, captain george victor, dora tells me that it's now crucial for the crew to get back in shape for future operations, including joint nato, exercises, rental noise door opening. but for us, it is an opportunity to train together to show that we are capable of operating together. and at the same time to show romanians that were a security provider in the black sea region. 14 good general equity thought them above. nobody nigger since becoming a nato member romania has increased its defense spending to just over 2 percent of the g. d. p. investing in the modernization of its forces and investments deemed necessary. given security challenges in the region since the illegal annexation of

crimea in 2014, the black sea has become a flash point intentions between moscow and the west. russia has significantly increase its military presence and the size of the black sea fleet, headquartered, it said as to pull a port that's less than 400 kilometers from here. and sailors here say they're not afraid of a russian aggression. still, the government has been calling on needed to boost its military presence in the region. crimea annexation was a real shock to romanians because it literally happened on their doorstep. says armand, go show a russia expert in bucharest that got roger. i kidding you. the for russia fires a rocket from crimea will. it will arrive in bucharest in 10 minutes. the biggest shock, however, was not only the fact that russia and next crimea, but the fact that the west did not respond. you're not on the streets in bucharest,

the mood seems to favor hosting additional nita forces in the country. yes or no, it's a good thing. it can only have a positive influence and where safer purpose it when with yes, considering that we are strategically positioned between the east in the west, we have the black sea as well. um body, shi might i? nagra was very good. i think it's a bad thing. romania is not under threat or under any circumstances happens when we talk for more. nato has already stationed up to 4000 troops in romania, 900 of them. are you asked service members with additional forces on their way. the americans are doubling the number of soldiers here, but many among whom he has political elite would like to see an even large in nato contingent in the country resembling those already in place in the baltic states and poland. senator t to his color, ziann says he believed strengthening nato's posture here would benefit all allies, laser need to deter the russian law a through z asp,

in military terms and to car. sorry they imply the east of like of natal. that me is also a much stronger military presence off of the allies on the royalty, tory on board there at joan ferdinand. the crew is gearing up for new missions. we don't talk politics, they say we're here to do our job, whatever it takes. let's take a look now, some of the, of the stories that are making headlines around the world. the international court of justice is rude. that uganda must paid $325000000.00 us dollars in reparations to the democratic republic of congo. it's 4. uganda is rolling conflicts in eastern congo more than 20 years ago. the previous relief found that uganda broke international law with an occupation in the d. r. c. or kena fast o's ruling, military hunter has installed a new head of the armed forces. 54 year old davi comp rate. a former sports minister was given the job and an official ceremony in the capital who wanna do

good. the regent regime came to power after to posing the democratically elected president in a coo last month for jazz. have been intensifying in india over decision by some universities to ban students from wearing the, his job inside classrooms. as others, fate has announced the closure of all educational institutions for 3 days, citing violence between muslim and hindu students. the main, suspecting the 2015 parents terror attacks says that he loves so called islamic state, but he denies murdering any what the french moroccan national is on trial accused of jihad, his atrocities. including the assault on the bat, decline, concert hall, a $130.00 people were killed after nearly 6 years of silence victims and lawyers want answers from this man. cellar of dis, love is believed to be the sole survivor of the terror squad. how did he become

radicalized? at the hearing? he speaks, but doesn't provide any clear insights or a hero. he renewed his allegiance to the so called a slamming state, and even described himself as a cylinder of ideas. but we already knew that we wanted to hear factual, precise detailed answers to be able to move ahead with the gray areas of this case . to get real answers and not political messages by the massage. what it is to know how the young this arm has been described as someone shy and normal as becomes someone with them, with an explicit vest on him, on the night or for the november such as with us. how did you get ridiculous that so quickly? and so we've going unnoticed by anyone. on november, 13th, 2015 extremist killed 130 people and wounded 350 others when they attacked a soccer stadium. the basic line concert hall, as well as 6 bars and restaurants in paris. when his explosive vest malfunctioned of this law managed to escape to belgium where he was arrested in march 2016.

investigators believe he's the only assailant still alive. the trial is said to end in may, prosecutors hope little help bring some closure to the worst attack on french soil since world war 2. ever more now joined by our correspondent lisa louis. she has been following the trial closely for she's in paris. could he be to you, lisa, sorts of high hopes roll emotions in court to day did the victims, did they get any of the answers that they'd been waiting for? well brand, the 1st good piece, a piece of good news is really that sort of does land talked to the court other accused in the past chose not to do so. so he answer questions for over 6 hours here to day in paris, but did the victims and the civil plaintiffs get answers? i'm not sure about that one. really, because a he depicted quite a contradictory image of himself. on the one hand, he said, you know,

i didn't hurt anybody, i didn't kill anybody. and you should take that into account when judging me. on the other hand, he pledged allegiance to so call islamic state. he said he was in favor of sharia law. he said that western democracy wanted to impose democracy on muslim governments and that wasn't the right thing, right? thing to you as opposed to that. so when he finally said something that is, was a piece of information everybody is waiting for. and that he said that on the night, on the 13th of november 2015, when he was in paris, he left a suicide belt behind. and the open question was, did he try to trigger it did not work or did he just back off and leave it behind to night he said i backed off. i didn't want to triggered and i went back to brussels. but many people will not believe what he said, given that the veracity or after he of his or what he says seems quite and out of her his, his show today we're here really. yeah. i mean it's, yeah, you've got

a very good point there, especially someone who is even in possession of a suicide book to begin with. how did people inside the court react? well, people were listening attentively the court room, the jaime was pack today. that's not the case. on each day of this trial that has been going on for more than 5 months now. and when he said things like, you know, i'm, no, i don't pose a risk to society. people were laughing nervously. obviously, they also reacting when he said, you know, we didn't start the war, it was france that started to bomb iraq in syria. many people amongst the civil plaintiffs then said no, no, no, no, that's not true. when i talk to civil plaintiff's afterwards, they said, you know, again, it's a good thing, he talked, but we can't re, to rely upon what he says here, as course. and also they were actually quite frustrated because he didn't many times he actually didn't answer questions about little details. you know,

if he had known someone, if he had picked up someone he couldn't remember, suddenly he said a trip to greece, an overnight trip where he drove through the night 2 nights in a row. that was actually a road trip and holiday. so many plaintiffs told me that they would like to know more about what really happened, but they didn't really get all the answers they were looking for here. today. d w is lisa louis in paris with the latest tonight. lisa, as always, thank you. authorities and hong kong are imposing their toughest restrictions since the start of the pandemic. as infection numbers, they're explore most venues, including scores, jims, churches, and hair salons must shut down. cases almost doubled, to hit a new record in the last day alone. hundreds queue to get tested as hong kong prepares for some of its toughest covered restrictions. yet as many countries shift their approach to living with the virus. hong kong is pursuing

a 0 coven strategy in line with the chinese mainland. but a sudden surgeon cases is complicating matters. the government responded by announcing tough new restrictions on tuesday at closing hess alons and banning public gatherings of more than 2 people. at this moment, we still feel that this is the best strategy for hong kong. using all our capacity and i'll means to ensure that we could to achieve the dynamic as 0 target. but the announcement of new restrictions and disruptions to inputs have caused food prices to skyrocket. as fee, as of a shortage grow residents of feeling the pressure. some have begun to question whether the cities 0 coven policy is worth the damage that it's causing. now like all the restaurants are closing everywhere with economists already getting,

making i guess living with the call, that would be the best solution. and the easiest way. i definitely, it's going to follow me last night because it doesn't have any other often. so i mean when 123 to lockdown, them has to lock down. for now, there is little that hong kong 7500000 residents can do. but wait and hope that case numbers begin to fall as soon as possible. over the next 2 days, ward leaders only to see ers will discuss how to save our oceans at the one ocean summit. no oceans produce half of the world's oxygen. they regulate our weather and they provide humana. these largest source of protein. plastic is one of the biggest threats to the marine echo system. it takes thousands of years for plastic to deacon hose. it kills marine life. and global production of plastics is at an all

time high pollution, also litters, beaches and larger mammals are now dying from eating the man made waste. take a look at that. another issue is the rising temperature of the oceans warmer sea waters are toxic for coral reefs. when the reefs die, suddenly the habitat for countless forms of marine life, one country where core reefs are threatened by climate change. that's the mel deeds . and you are about to see active as there are devising ways to help the coral grow back an ocean paradise full if color and life. but rising, see temperatures a damaging the color reefs if the mouth leaves and the ecosystems marine life. the signs all to clear, good idea that there won't be any color on it. when you go via the color,

you can see any light alive. oil in a light bill. oh good. there they go. now look like ok. but steps to being taken to save the coral. marine biologist, emily cattle has established a coral breeding program. last year. she placed 200 metal structures to build a coral nursery, and to read life has returned to little can. i don't see all the corals be planted are healthy. we can see that they've grown. we can see that the fish arrived and we can see the positive impact on the rebates with it if you've heard of others like seen in the seen, a building a different kind of nursery, an educational one. she was the 1st woman to get her diving diploma on the island, and now gives free lessons to make children aware of the corals. if you don't love something, you can't protect it. she has to fall in love with the re for the ellison. then

only you for an effective make sure that it remains her methods or working as young people learn what could be lost without html protection. if a morale, i'm joking, dr. judith helen, she is with the alfred vague and her institute in germany. that's a center for polar and marine research. it's good to have you on the show. i understand that you will be speaking at this summit on friday. you're going to be talking to politician scientists, business leaders. what are you going to tell them? well, we had a good works up stay and on the polar oceans and their am contribution to mitigate climate change. and the message on friday will be presented by the avi director at and he reads you. and i think one of the key messages is that in order to have the oceans, not warming any further, and not a city playing any further, the most critical is as a clear and pass you to the missing on the other hand, to 2nd mess,

go ahead what, what are the 2nd message? and the 2nd message is that we do need and very clear and sustain observation systems reaching all the way from physical to chemical and biological systems. so that we are actually able to observe the change from the ocean entry act accordingly. this how we know that the oceans are very polluted. what can we, as individuals? what can we do right now to change that on the ocean is of course polluted in many ways. my research area is the emotions to you to uptake. and in that respect, and of course, the main thing again is to reduce c o 2 emission, so bad to we can support by always being active in many and many activities supporting m parties that, that are for a, for a strong cut into 2 mission sco and vote,

and just not be in the way of energy transition, but in general, of course we need to reduce all the, all the brushes on on the oceans, which as you mentioned correctly as marine plastics as well and many other stressors. yeah, i mean we see all these videos of plastic to the ocean. you know, i was in the united states all over the holidays at the end of last year. you go into the grocery stores and be are still giving people plastic bags, you know, you know, hundreds, thousands, millions of them. that's got to be very frustrating for someone like you. yes, absolutely. i mean everybody can of course and try to avoid plastics. but a, i do support both individual action that we also need legal regulations to make it easy for everyone to and to make a change. let's hope that the change comes before it's too late. doctor judith, how the marine researcher with the alfred wagner institute. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. china and japan are not always the best

of friends, but at the beijing olympics, japanese figure skater, you 0 hon. you has captured the hearts of chinese fans, including illustrator, jour shout here is a very or art see, look at a winter games store. ah, japanese k, tell you 0. hon. you has been immortalized in the artwork of chinese illustrated ciao, ciao. the fact that double olympic champion has fans in china may surprise some, but chow, till d. w. he cuts across the divide organ. my family are not upset that i like japanese athletes. hun, you has a cult following among social media uses in japan and china. creative fan out of bounds. his arrival at the beijing games is eagerly awaited, but covey rules mean chow can't get to see her hero. oh, it's a pity because he is actually here in beijing. but we felt more comfortable this

way because it guarantees the safety of the venue 100. how much did the, the, and how it, japanese, and chinese fans normally don't support each of a stars. but ciao, ciao, and han, you approving the power of art and sport. can sometimes overcome age all differences and you struggled in his 1st competition in beijing, but his fans in japan and china will always adore him. but here's a reminder of the job stories that were followed before you. european leaders are stepping up the drive to prevent the crisis over you grained from escalating into a war, us, or a war troops into eastern europe to counter fears that russia might invade ukraine . and the main suspect in the 2015 paris terror attacks as denied murdering any one, the french moroccan national was on trial accused of jihad as to atrocities. including the assault on the back lawn concert hall, a 130 people were killed. you're watching the w news after

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