ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the u. s. warrens of russian invasion of ukraine could come at any time. secretary of state lincoln calls for more dialogue. even as the u. s. president tells americans to leave ukraine now. can diplomacy still be the answer to this crisis? also coming up competing claims to the post of libyan prime minister, a rift threatened to tear apart the countries unity government only a year after it was formed. protecting the world's ocean on the final day of an

international summit in france, delegates look for ways to tackle the most urgent problems threatening marine life . plus the figure skating controversy in beijing with gold medals hanging in the balance, rushes teen sensation caught doping and the international olympic committee goes to court to ban her. ah, i'm sim, he's almost gone. i glad you could join us. u. s. secretary of state antony blank, him has urged more dialogue to resolve tensions between russia and the west. over a possible invasion of ukraine. lincoln spoke to journalists after a meeting of the quad alliance that includes australia, india, and japan. at that news conference, he made a clue that tensions with moscow have reached a dangerous level. simply put, we continue to see very troubling signs of russian escalation,

including new forces arriving at the ukrainian border. um, and as we said before, we're in a window, ah, when an invasion could begin at any time. well, there are now an estimated $130000.00 russian troops and positions close to the ukrainian border. for some people living in the eastern part of ukraine, their presence means reliving the trauma of 2014, when russia's annexation of crimea led many an eastern ukraine to flee their homes . this is not the 1st time or got towed over has feared for her life. born in eastern ukraine, less than 30 kilometers from the russian border. she was forced to flee when peace abruptly ended 8 years ago. if small guns sca, i'm from no hands, i was born and educated there, fish. i lived there all my life until november 2014. there was the so called russian spring came to us that yes to footer. no, no, since then i have

a very negative attitude towards our russian neighbour. many of us were forced to leave our homes, willow, you to see them wolf, what little scott, august. one of more than one and a half 1000000 eternally displace. ukrainians are routed by the conflict in eastern don bus region where key of loyalists have been fighting, brushing back separatists. like many others ogre found her new home in hot give ukraine sick and big as city. but many here now worry, they may soon have to flee again. with an estimated $100000.00 russian troops matching and ukraine's border experts won't hurt give could be one of the 1st city to fall ship hooton's forces invade. despite military aid from countries like the u. s. ukrainian army is no match for russia's fire power. so many here prepare for the worst, like if heaney and alexi who run an aide organization in hot giff with federal

issues you especially logistics exclusive today. first of all, we're providing logistical support, but more than willing to, we've bought fuel and repaired vehicles as it could be this fiesta, finished and see if we bought basic hygiene products that will be william. let's go from there. we'll then we'll probably stock up on food to ensure everyone has hot meals. as we have a place to cook, the only one was a product doesn't compete. but august says she's done. fling from the russians. e e eslie. it's in the case now. what's the situation on the board as worse since? and the russian troops attack again, smola war and i know how scary it is for the thrush, the bombings and the russian. more tarzan missile simon. i mean, it's really very scary home, but we won't leave it nor tristan on the bush, i think with a motion, sometimes at the curb. latasha. that's the sentiment many here in hot give share.

let's go to the ukrainian capital now kiev, where our correspondent nick conley. is standing by for us. hi nick. it's good to see you. we heard there from people in eastern ukraine as they're preparing for the threat of a russian invasion. how is that potential threat being perceived there? and yes, while semi it is an extra situation, you had the world's media, basically focused on just this topic for the last best part, 2 months, making headlines every single day around the world. and most of that time here in ukraine, there was a strange disconnect people here getting on with their lives, talking about restaurant openings and new jobs. kind of it, certain incentives, disbelief that this was somehow just another of the escalations that they'd seen time and time again since russia and exclaim in 2014, this was just another diplomatic blip. some showmanship by the kremlin, but nothing more that. but now you get a sense people are really starting to worry. signals like to panic, stuff being withdrawn, investments being delayed. now the russians announcing excise and black see

basically blockading ukraine's port during of sushi people, delaying decisions, not taking mortgages withdrawing their cash from the banks, converting it to foreign currencies in small denominations, so they can leave in a hurry. so all these kind of small preparations that say to the, even the people are trying to keep calm and not panic. at least outwardly, they are preparing for the worst and are very conscious of their invulnerability, if something would happen. and how is that military preparing to defend the country? it's very difficult. i mean, the, now you have rusnick sizes in western bella roost basically on the borders of nato . they're in the, are the far west boilers north, west of ukraine. russia is also present all along the, the 2000 kilometer long border and in an ex crimea. so basically, ukraine's military would potentially be stretched too thin. if an invasion were to happen along that whole line. at the same time, m rush hopes he has huge superiority in the air and at sea. on land. ukraine's army has got strongest as 2014, when rush was basically able to walk into crimea with not much resistance. now

ukraine has received weapons from the u. s. from the u. k. from other nature, allies and especially entertain weapon, something they been asking for for a long time and haven't received up till now. for the most part. obviously, germany, notably in its absence and giving weapons, saying that it doesn't want to give lethal weapons or potentially exacerbate tensions. but there's also the prospect of a hybrid woods doesn't necessarily have to be a traditional campaign. ukrainian officials warning of russian support for protests and other forms of up unrest here within ukraine. things could t stabilize the country and provide a pretext for russian invasion. also talk of her cyber attacks, other things that could bring ukraine to its knees in economic and social terms. so a very nervous time here and also a sense that whatever happens, these kind of tensions will distract ukraine's from getting on with real life distracted from developing their businesses and building a future here. and that is a takeaway for the long term. did have his name connelly reporting there in here. thank you. meanwhile,

the diplomatic process continues last spring and our chief political correspondent, when the crane here in berlin for more on the story. hi, melinda. so germany hosted diplomatic talks yesterday aimed at jumpstarting, the peace process for eastern ukraine, which we know has been stalled. did that meeting produced results? well if 9 and a half hours of talks and a commitment to continue them amount to progress, then yes, after a 2 year pause, this was the 2nd round of normandy format talks between russian and ukrainian representatives under franco german auspices in just 2 weeks. these talks and the 2015 minsk agreements, that that is the focus are aimed not to address the current build up of russian forces, but to resolve tensions and ongoing fighting in eastern ukraine between government troops and pro russian separatists. no concrete outcome was reached yesterday, but d. w has been told by those involved that the talks were difficult, that they revealed divergent positions,

but that all 4 parties definitely want to keep talking and plan to do. so in march and ukraine's negotiator said that this, the at the last round produced a complete ceasefire for several days, which he called a very strong result. so here in berlin, where there's a conviction that only diplomacy can reduce the tensions in ukraine, that is seen as progress. and has all the shots will be heading to kia than to moscow next week. but does diplomacy really stand a chance when the threat of war really has not diminished? we have so many russian forces close to the border. so will chancellor schultz has been criticized for failing to play a more pro active role in efforts to resolve the crisis. and also for what some observer see as a naive insistence on diplomacy to the exclusion of deterrence. so schultz is recent outreach, not only hosting those normandy format talks, but also meetings yesterday, in berlin with the leaders of the baltic. republics, as well as a trip this week to washington, all show that at least the 1st message has been heard and that germany's eager to

demonstrate a pro active solidarity with nato and you partners. and the recent announcement that germany will send $350.00 additional troops to lithuania, where it is the lead nation in a $1200.00 strong multinational nato battle group does count as deterrence since it's aimed at strengthening nato's eastern flank. so will all of that make an impression on protein that is extremely hard to say he plays his cards, go close to his chest. but certainly, the russian president responded favorably to recent diplomatic efforts by french president mcgraw and undoubtedly chancellor schultz is closely coordinate its own visit with the alias, a palace as well as with brussels and the e. u. r t political correspondent melinda crane. good to talk to you now to some other stories, awake making news around the world. the death toll and madagascar from cycling back seed, i has risen to a 111 from 90. 2 reported earlier this week. the storm level homes and left about

30000 people living in emergency shelters. agencies are worried about supplies of clean drinking water and the risk of water born diseases. top diplomats from australia, india, japan, and the us have pledged to ensure the indo pacific region is free from what they called coercion. following a meeting of the quad alliance, the group is focused on countering the increasing influence of china. the 4 countries also agree to strengthen cooperation on cyber and counter terrorism. and the u. s. is urging canada to use federal powers to end truckers protest that is blocked 3 major road crossings. truck drivers want the canadian government to scrap vaccine mandates for them. the blockade is forced factories on either side of the border to slow production due to shortages, theories are growing that libya unity government could be under threat following a rift over who should had that government. parliament appointed a new prime minister,

bus being come in is refusing to seed power and still has the backing of the united nations. the development has raised the spectre of renewed conflict between rival factions, which divided libby up after a former dictator. wal mart, gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011 o. a. arriving in tripoli, one of the 2 men who now claims to be libby as prime minister friday by a former interior minister, was voted in by the countries parliament on thursday. and has the backing of militia leaders in the countries east. why the libya is a democracy and that means the peaceful transfer power. i am confident that the government of national unity will be committed to the democratic principles. but his rival is refusing to go out to a 100 debate, but has been libby as interim prime minister for the past year and has the support of the united nations, which says it's still recognizes him on thursday debate claimed to have survived

an assassination attempt and releasing a video of his vehicle bearing bullet damage. hours later the country's parliament into brook replace to baber, criticizing him for failing to hold elections in december as agreed under it un bad plan. lawmakers also amended the constitution and ordered elections to be held within 14 months. on the streets of tripoli, people express their dismay at the latest political crisis. libyans don't trust any of them, they keep installing prime ministers and then removing them back and forth. they're not steady. if they were honest, they would let the elections happen. and we would have chosen officially a real prime minister. and we would have had a stable constitution. 6 rival demonstrators of picking sides found malicious may follow their fears. libya could slide back into a conflict between factions in the countries east and west,

which have divided the country for years. france and the united states are joining forces ahead of the upcoming united nations environment assembly to push. we're a global agreement to protect the oceans from plastic pollution. the announcement comes on the final day of the one ocean summit, a gathering of researchers and business leaders, which has been taking place in france. the world is warming in the polar ice caps and melting in the oceans. they are melting into filling with plastic review by the w w. f one. the substance has reached every part of the ocean. we definitely reach the point where the system is overloaded and where we enter or where we walk the edge. because the problem seems to become, or will grow bigger over the couple of a coming years, because the producers of plastic already stated that the food was more so we feel

that more plastic will end with the ocean. and the commission in the, in the oceans to micro anaplastic which greats the biggest problems, the temperatures across the oceans, pose, yet more problems. us research is found out, the hottest temperatures recorded in the oceans between 18701919. and look to how often the sees around the world beat that range in the years that followed. they found that in the year 1900, the oceans hit that peak less than one percent of the time. but by 2019 temperatures across the world sees beat that record 57 percent of the time. animals like polar bears are watching their habitats disappear. the birds could bill, but last, by the end of the century, the heat is pushing species such as great white sharks into new waters. this means they other animals like theaters causing their decline,

increases in the heat of the ocean. this is the main cause of cold bleaching. bleach reefs are more likely to die. the outlet for the oceans and the creatures living within them is a troubling one. for more in the story, we have our environment reporter. i just the engine with us, i added. we saw there that things don't look good. our oceans are warmer and more polluted than any time in recorded history. so how bad is the situation? so thing that used to be considered extreme, now normal and this is normal, is constantly changing is not static state in the future. when temperature, they're even hotter. we'll look back at what we have today and think, well that was actually cool. and that one of the study, the phrase it to me like this, but essentially extreme climate change is not this hypothetical future possibility . but it's actually an observed historical fact in the ocean. something that we can see. and often maybe people sometimes think when you see the images of c o 2 as

a title of polar bears, people sometimes think, well, why should i actually care about any of this? and the also, maybe, i mean, some people do care about them in themselves, but it's also important to stress that actually this effect people to 3000000000 people rely on fish or their main kind of source of protein. and so this is actually a question of hunger, it's a question of food security as well as biodiversity. candace damage still be undone . some of that can be and some of the com. so the problem is that we have already warm the planets and we won't be ations with, and that's already causing problems. it's pushing fish out their natural habitat. it's causing anti ecosystems to change in way that they haven't evolved to adapt to at the same time, go to lot of other things that we're doing in the ocean, along with the plastic pollution and things that we said where if we were to stop adding the threat on top of what's happening then fish, population bugs, beach, the speed would have time to recover. what about the decision makers at the summit

in france? what are they hoping to achieve? so the kind of main goal of the summer where to increase the ambition among world leaders to commit to protect oceans, to stop over fishing, to combat kind of plastic pollution and climate change. but what we're seeing so far have been pretty vague. i think the probably the most noteworthy announcement made today with, from the use also on the line who has pledged i think it's so it's 500000000 years in research and development funds to protect conversions. really with this aim of protecting by the end of the decade, this decade is a really crucial one for the oceans. because things happen now will have huge consequences for the rest of the century. it's really about you said earlier that it matters to us. of course, as people as well. so what can we, as individuals actually do to reduce the damage to our oceans? one very clear starting point to what individual viewers at home could do is to think about their carbon emissions. and so even though this is a bigger problem,

but will of climate change, it really does affect the ocean very strongly because it looks so much of the heat that we're adding to planet. and so even little things like reducing the amount of meet the people, eat and flying less to clean rich countries. scientists know that this would have a big impact on protecting the land. you know, i just knew engine from d w environment. thanks so much for your reporting on that story. billionaire, businessman, elaine moss kaz delivered an update on a spacecraft. he hopes will eventually take people to other planets, saying he is confident it will test launch this year. the starship rocket is bigger than those that took astronauts to the moon. it is central to musk plans to colonize mars, but has yet to gain approval for test flight. these pictures are from an animation mosques, company space x has had a difficult week after it lost 40 freshly launch satellites to a solar storm. and earlier we asked keep counting editor of the website spacecraft, dot com, about mosques,

ambitions and space. and how is press conference was received? well, the good point, a show tonight with the rather prominent backdrop by 400 foot tall rocket, which if it were to fly tomorrow, would be the largest thing to ever fly the ledge. largest rocket ever built. pick your support and yeah, you know a lot of people there were quite excited but you know, folks always want more numbers in the media always wants more details and he's willing to give sold half a half. some more headlines for you. now. an unnamed woman as filed a civil lawsuit using american rapper snoop dog of sexual assault and battery in 2013. the lawsuit was filed days before the wrapper is set to perform at the super bowl halftime show. representatives for the star have not commented on the accusation. the australian government has listed quality as endangered in 3 of its states. the native marsupials are fighting to survive and that bush fires,

land clearing and drought by one estimate kuala numbers have been cut in half. and the past decade, conservation of said australia must do more to avoid one of its national icons from becoming extinct. at the winter olympics in beijing, the 3 time gold medalist sean white was unable to make it 4 in a row after falling short and immense snowboard half final. the american had dominated the event during his career, but this time couldn't come up with the trick needed on his last run. the 35 year old says this is it. he plans to retire from competition. the gold medal went to the japanese star i. you will hear, i know the 23 year old, took silver at the 2 previous olympics behind showing what a legal battle is underway at the base. the lympics after confirmation that star russian figure skater, camilla valley ava recently tested positive for doping. earlier this week, she led the russian olympic committee team to gold in the team event. but the metal

ceremony still has not taken place. the russian anti doping agency at 1st suspended volleyball, but then lifted that suspension and allowed her to compete in beijing. the international olympic committee is trying to do to reverse that decision by appealing to the international court of arbitration for sport. now, believe us next scheduled event is on february 15th, when she is favored to win gold in the individual event. earlier we spoke to d w olympics correspondent in beijing johnson crane to get the latest on the 15 year old skating star. well, after days of speculation, we do now know that camilla valley eva is indeed the athlete that tested positive for a band substance. and is the center of this legal dispute that is delayed middle ceremony for the team competition in figure skating. but we're still on the rise as to whether she will be able to compete in her individual event next week. now the band substance valley ava tested positive for is typically used to treat heart problems, but it can also be used to boost blood flow in the body. the course of arbitration

for sport here and basing has an ad hoc panel. it will now arrange an urgent hearing to look at the case. it has to be agent because that individual competition takes place in just 6 days time. the court will look at whether the provision or suspension should have been lifted. it's not even going to consider when the metal ceremony for the team event can take place or it could well be that the valley eva is not allowed to compete in individual event, but could still end up with a go to metal for the team event. after pills and all the other legal processes, but the heart of this, let's not forget the valley, eva is just 15 years old as a duty of care over her. but it's not a good look for russia. is it? the country has already been bad for a taping scandal. it's not even competing under its real name here. it's competing under the russian olympic committee. and again, more questions, more controversy surrounding russia and typing. europe's 1st major international film festival of the year has begun. despite surgeon corona virus infections here in the german capital organizers are stating the berlin international film festival

as a live event, 18 films from 15 countries are buying for the top prize. the golden bear and around $250.00 films will be screen. ah, it almost feels normal walking down the red carpet cameras flashing, left and right. but everybody here is aware of how special it all is this time around reserve. i was so excited to put on a suit again to get dressed up and to leave the house. to meet reporters, meet colleagues, and watch a good movie in good me, interested in that movie is hose, while zones pita on comes. i'm a forceful chamber play about love, obsession and power. starring daniel men oshea impressively channeling the lay design of anna fuss binda. the thing as was five's been that was a very lonely person. you know? i was an only child, he has a he was broken hearted,

very young. so that was interesting to explore and to see how you could put that in how you behave with other people to process that to recreate a family around you and break it again. kathy t. cannuck, the movie is a loose adaptation of vast vendors, but the bitter tears of petrov on can't a film then premiere at the barely noah, exactly 50 years ago. who was reversing the gender roles of the original de movie becomes a passionate homage to the german director. a deeply trouble, genius, revered abroad, but according to his own, all but forgotten at home, safely to jalap, i get the sense that he's not seen as a profit in his own land has been good. i fastened his work was very strong and move you very violent with that city to see forties that i may be. it's difficult for germans to see themselves in the mirror that way. but in friday he's extremely

popular seat thus. yes, he exclaimed, more pushy! we avenue was all on the other hand is very popular in berlin. this is his 8th and tree in the competition and he's hoping to win his 1st golden bear. but even if his stellar ensemble leaves empty handed, this surely will be a festival to remember for everyone involved. and then before we go, let's take a look at the return of the last your mother's carnival to oil wise capital montevideo. ah, the event has returned to the city streets after being cancel last year because of the pandemic. things were delayed slightly this year, but that was due to bad weather. the carnival's name translates as the calls from the ancient practice of beating drums to call the community together. ah, we just have time for reminder of our top story, u. s. secretary of state antony lincoln says russia has sent war forces to its

border with ukraine and could launch an invasion at any time. the warning comes as russia and bella was, carry out live fire drills just to the north of ukraine. further stroking fears of a conflict coming up next, our political talk show to the point this week they discuss couldn't, and she against the west, they tooth ah ah ah ah mm.

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to i'm neil. host of the on the grievance on coast. and to me, it's clear we need to change the solutions or out there join me for a deep dive into the green transformation. for me to do full of them. i have russian president vladimir putin and chinese nita, she ging ping joint forces against the west. well, certainly china has been using the winter olympics for a massive display of its political and economic might. russia meanwhile, continues to flex its muscles in the war of words over the future of ukraine. diplomatic efforts to ease the situation our in overdrive including missions to moscow and washington's.