[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is d w news line from berlin, more talks, i'm in resolving the crises. so what you cried as russia stages. wargames close to you cried border senior officials from the 2 sides plus france and germany holding talks here in the german capital. also on the program berlin, international film festival, get ready to open its doors in person screenings are back though with some code restrictions. we'll take

a look at the most of the tip to movies. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. we begin where they diplomatic drive to avert conflict in ukraine, senior officials from russia, ukraine, germany, and france are holding more talks here in berlin. a massive build up of russian troops and weaponry crates. border has prompted fears of an invasion which moscow denies the numbers continue to grow more troops, more military hardware. and more big boots in video offered to the media by the russian defense ministry. and even if these big booms are only for drills, they are meant to be loud. just as russia's foreign ministry, as being loud in responding to over church from the west to turn the volume down. louisiana, when they put hulu to mark the idealized approaches, ultimatums,

threats, and lecturing. it's a path to nowhere of me to. unfortunately, many of our western colleagues are now obsessed with this form of public activity published. i can't call it diplomacy was working in one. 0, in enrolling him got google. these ukrainian troops in the don best region were deployed at 1st to keep russia backed separatists at bay. now they're watching and waiting for what they think will be an assault by russian troops. on the other side of the border is often than the shoot the noise of nathan. i'm convinced that our unit, if you can leave my unit, the guys with whom i serve, we're ready for any scenario. the company we have the skills not. we're ready and very motivated. we know who we're defending. ukrainian people are behind us, our home. we're ready to stand our ground until the end. the don best region though may not be the main prize for russia as dw heard from

a chair of the european council on foreign relations. i mean, it's good that sort of berlin and paris is now submitted accelerating efforts on don barza to be processed. we should understand that the russian game at the moment is much bigger. don barzyk sees a side show. i have to say that the russian gave me for listen to mr. poo, didn't see the documents that they put on the table. it's about ukraine's the whole and is about sort of shane she'd been tardy. european security order. as the u. s. moves troops into romania to bolster nato's border along the black sea. karl built says it is in fact the us and nato that russia most wants to deal with. will d, w, correspond mathias, a bullying? i am covering this story from ukraine and census this assessment. there aren't many ways to see these drills from here from ukraine. other than as the menace, russia has extended the horseshoe that is drawn with his troops around ukraine, from crimea,

and the very south all along the eastern border with russia. and now extended to the northern border with bela rose, the northern borders just 90 kilometers from where i am standing from the capital of kiev. and of course, this is a menacing aspect. ukraine has answered with drills of their own, but the ukrainian military is no match to the russian military. what the ukrainians are doing now is mainly to exercise with the new weapons they have acquired. for example, the javelin anti tank missiles or the drones, the bi rockdale drones from turkey that ukraine has acquired last year. this at least has the benefit of the ukrainian soldiers getting more experience with these weapons that are completely new to the ukrainian military or date of a chief. international editor. richard walker has been speaking with the latvian a prime minister or 2 as the christian, his calendar,

about how his country is dealing with the russian build up. i miss karen, how dangerous is the situation at the moment? how close are we to a possible war? well, it's not clear if there will won't be a war. but one thing is clear, president putin is fighting against ukraine's independence against their democracy . that's the 3rd that he feels he talks about the encroachment of natal. but what he is really fighting is the independence of ukraine. and this is what we in the west, what we in the european union, and what we, as nato member states, have an obligation to support is ukrainian independence. that is what is at stake. but you do see the troops that are a master, agen crane is a real threat, a potential threat that could lead to conflict. of course, it's a very real threat. we've seen the exercises before last spring are much higher troop concentrations. there's a refusal to allow observation of the x to sizes and bellows, which are also unannounced. so there are

a troops not only along the ukrainian or russian border, but there are russian troops now in the bellows on the northern border of ukraine as well. now of course lapierre has a border with belarus itself. do you feel that there is a direct risk to your country? my country is that the german a lead a contingent of nato. in lithuania, the british lead contingent in estonia, so we don't feel a direct mil military threat, but certainly this is very destabilizing for the entire region. and it changes the military of posture and we, as nato them states need to react. i think it's very important to strengthen nato's presence are all on the eastern flag that is it from the baltic down to the black sea or but especially of course, also in the baltic countries. and this is where germany is playing. now, an important role. germany is made the decision to strengthen its presence in lithuania,

which is very welcome news indeed. now in the discussion of trying to deter vladimir putin from take military action, there's a lot of focus on sanctions possible sanctions and node stream to is at the heart of that debate will have schultz, the german chancellor has refused to explicitly say that he would put sanctions on nod stream to what's your message to him on that? a message is very simple. everything has to be on the table for it to be credible, deterrent, or put in has to understand that the sanctions could bite in many different ways. so as long as nothing is taken off of the table, this is the way that we have to move forward. now you're a long standing critic of nord string to. when you look at the current situation, do you feel that nod stream to contributed to this crisis? oh, we've been critics for north street one a. so are all along. and we have said from the very beginning that such a, an under c, a gas pipeline to germany will or could, at some point be used by russia as a geopolitical

a lever. and we see that this is what the crown one is doing right now. using gas applies to europe as a pressure with reduced flows and thereby increasing energy prices in europe. or we thought it was a bad idea then, and we think it's a bad idea. now, for iraq to become 2 over dependent on energy supplies from any one country, especially if that country is russia, and we know that a gas promise estate controlled expert monopoly is being used now as an economic, a tool against her, the european union, flemister current, many thanks for your time. thank you. let's take a look now small stores making the news around the world. german foreign minister as use our 1st official visit to israel to reiterate countries determination to fight anti semitism of the holocaust memorial in jerusalem chalet, debrief in memory of the 6000000 jews murdered by nazi germany. babel is at the start of

a 3 day trip to the middle east. president emmanuel macro is calling for a renee sounds for his country's nuclear industry. wants france to build up to 14 new reactors to power. it's transition away from fossil fuels. critics of raised concerns about the expense and the long term problem of radioactive waste is announcement comes as germany prepared to close its last remaining nuclear plants. this year, libya could be facing another political crisis. parliament has appointed a new prime minister, fatty bush august. but the incumbent abdul hamid the bible is refusing to step down listed the bible car came under fire in the day in an apparent assassination attempt at about an international film festival opens this weekend despite the high numbers of corona virus cases here in the german capital last year's event was held mostly online. this year,

screenings are happening in person. those seating capacity has been haft, parties and receptions have also been canceled. the red carpet is ready for the 72nd edition of the berlin international film festival. but unlike in past years and will be thronged with far fewer fans, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars. it's just one of the measures men to allow the festival to take place despite pandemic restrictions. organizers are standing by their decision to hold an in person event. we don't want to make our festival up and, and put people in danger. that's something we really don't want. so we followed the instruction will, will be given by the authority as long the instructional will match with our project. we will go hon. this year's jury for the main competition is headed by american director m 9 shah milan. he says he's looking forward to taking on the new role. berlin for me is always kind a, had a right or wrong. it has this kind of

a kind of classed quality. it has this kind of a, um, breaking breaking norms. rebellion that those are the filmmakers that go to berlin . the festival kicks off with a latest work by french director of consuelo zone, pita on conte is based on the film, the bitter tears of pe tough on conned by late kiner. vanna foss, binda attribute to the german director. it stars french actor is din ye men, or she and isabella, jenny. a jenny colleague and compatriots, isabella bell, is this year's recipient of the golden beer award for lifetime achievement. the french actress will also be seen at the festival and her latest film about joan, alongside berlin hometown favorite last, idaho. this is also generating buzz. is the thriller the outfit starring oscar winning british actor? mark rollins as

a taylor gets mixed up with gangsters and 19 fifties. chicago going to be involved in whatever it is you. do you know exactly what it is that we do? well, the outfit is just one of $256.00 movie screening at this highly unusual belly, not the festival is known to be the most political among the international film festivals. but this year, the overarching theme among the 18 movies vying to win the golden bear is love. the soul event, as of course, overshadowed by germany staggering, covet 19 infection rates. and while much of the battered movie industry welcomed the decision to move ahead with a tone down version of the belly, not many people here in berlin. fear that i'm across might turn the celebration into a super spreader event. ah, and we can have a look at a couple of events at the winter olympics today. 21 year old chloe kim offer us a one golden womens snowboard half pipe event from the youngest woman with

snowboard gold, rich one in 2018 age of 70. on this latest result makes for the 1st female snowboarder to win back to back of gold medals in the ha ha, a scoring 94 out of hospital 100 points. elsewhere, germany completed a clean sweep of gold medals in loos events after claiming victory in the mixed relay. and when that puts them top of metals table to buy a vandal and to boss out a score a set of course record on the final run to forge ahead of the austrian team by just 8 hundreds of a 2nd. i made it 4 goals, aid for events, for team germany, of the wind and the meds women's and doubles categories. waving gold rush, there's confusion after russian figure skaters didn't receive their medals and made model and pick officials say are legal issues. 15 year old star camilla valley ava help the russian olympic committee to 1st place in mondays team event. the mental

ceremony was postponed. russian media reporting gavers tested positive for a band substance. the r o c is refusing to come we remind our top story at this hour. senior officials have begun more talks here in berlin. i am dutch resolve in the crisis and ukraine, both that russia and ukraine taking part in the negotiations alongside france and germany. this is d w coming up next, a news, asia frontline health workers in delhi. go on strike. well here, why they're demanding more pay and better protection. and living with long coven, how india is handling what some accordingly parallel pun deputy. and i said jon hauser stores, i'm all up next here on the w as news asia, i'll be back at the top of the hour with old world news. of course,

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