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i'm jared read. thank you very much for your company. a phone call between the us and russian leaders has failed to ease tensions over ukraine. president joe biden and vladimir putin spoke after the us warned that russia could invade ukraine at any time. moscow has dismissed that claim. as hysteria, ukraine's forces are on high alert as more than 100000 russian troops are gathered near the border. germany has joined other countries in telling its nationals to leave ukraine, a shoe of unity in ukraine's capital. the brave faces here, though belied growing fears about to rush an attack on their country. e, we must, are we afraid would probably yes, i feel the anxiety inside me like others are already plotting their escape. if i'm here, so we will try to call you back then evelyn,

to prepare all documents and making plans for their children to regulate them. countryside, ukrainian forces, training near the black sea. these are been warfare exercises, hence at the kind of unrest. they are preparing for president to lensky. however, cold for com heads to prevail. the best friend for enemies that is benny in our country and all this information details only for fanny doesn't help us during an hour long phone call on saturday. you as president joe biden warned vladimir putin of swift and severe costs. if russia does invade, perkins team accused the us of unprecedented hysteria. the u. s. is taught diplomat,

antony blink, and also spoke with his russian counterpart on our call for mr. lover off said the tub russians are working on a response to the paper that we sent to moscow. more than 2 weeks ago, proposing concrete areas for discussion. it remains to be seen of the fall through on that, but if they do, we'll be ready to engage on sunday contingency plans. timed real u. s. staff at the organization for security and economic cooperation, based in the rebel held city of donnette, were packing up and heading home. just the latest group to decide that the risk of all i wore is now 2 great. let's go to ukraine now. mattie, as billing is d w's bureau chief in kia mathias. hi there. how concerned are ordinary ukrainians? about a possible war? if somebody dropped you yesterday or today into the center of give, you wouldn't think at all and not telling you where you are. you wouldn't think at

all that you are in the country, threatened by war. people are out on the streets. they are enjoying their life. you see street musicians, people doing their shopping. it's a beautiful day. but of course, people are concerned and many people have done some preparations. some people have withdrawn an amount of money to be safe for the, for the, for any, anything happening. and some people have been stock piling, fuel, or food. people have thought about what they will do or whether they will, for example, go to their country sides, how's their summer house, or whether they might even flee the country. so people are of course concerned, but this does not mean that people are sitting there scared panicking. you don't see a panic buying of groceries and even the currency exchange is still stable, although the government has to support it. not speaking of panic, president zalinski is saying that that is his big is countries biggest enemy right

now. so does zalinski not share the u. s. assessment that an invasion could happen within days? yet he has been saying this for some weeks now that he's unhappy with the communication by the us and other western partners about all these detailed or, or are very specific scenarios that they are, that they are giving. there has been also some speculation about why they are doing this. it's the 1st time her a crisis is communicated this way and he feels that this is making his job to keep the country together and to keep the economy together. her make is making it more difficult because of course in a if, if a capital flees the country, which is already happening at the country, will be weaker in the case that something happens. however, he does not say he has an entirely different assessment of the situation. he says

he has no detail, he knows does not know about any detail plans of an incursion, but he sees of course, the threat and he also sees the same military picture around his country that the western allies, mateus bollinger in kia. thank you. mathias ok. let's get a round up of some other headlines making a world news to day. police have failed to clear a major bridge crossing between the us and canada. it's being blocked by truckers protesting vaccine rules. police persuaded some drivers to move the vehicles bash, they reconvened later on hungary as prime minister victor. all van is campaigning for a 4th term in office over the weekend or been told supporters in budapest that there could be an influx of refugees from ukraine should war break out there. he also hinted that hungry could leads the european union. the election is due in april

or here in germany, what's known as the federal convention is gathering today to choose the country's president populate incumbent frank file to stein maya is expected to be voted in for a 2nd 5 year term. that's after he won the backing of all 3 parties in germany's governing coalition. now, the role of president is largely ceremonial. we're going to take a look now at what exactly the job entails. it's time to elect the president in germany, the countries highest office, such as who can be german president. there are just 3 requirements. you have to have germans, citizenship, the right to vote in federal elections and be older than 40. since the federal republic was founded in 1949, they have been 12 president and 7 since german unification in 1990. the post is only ever been held by men. so what does the german president do? the president represents germany at home and abroad, and concludes treaties with foreign states. they also appoint german envoys and

receive foreign dignitaries. the president also proposes a chancellor and after parliament. alexa chancellor, the president officially assigned them and them ministers, their roles. they also have the power to dissolve parliament and laws only come into effect after the president has signed them. they also appoint and dismiss federal judges. have the power to pardon people and would thousands of honors. make it $300.00 or 100 and 5th birthday and he'll get a special congratulations off the president. the same goes for couple celebrating my 65th 70th am 75th wedding anniversary. had flesh in brooklyn. at the request of parents, a german president can also act as a good parent to a family 7 or subsequent child. since 1949 german presidents have become godfathers to more than 81000 children. ultimately, the german president is expected to have a positive impact on society, and many use that christmas address to connect with people at home. most recently,

during the pandemic president frank vile to shine maya called on germans to remain united. the coming term for germany president looks to be another tumultuous one with challenges both at home and abroad. while our political correspondent, nina hazard is act, build berlin's bill v palace, which is the official residence of the german president. nina, great to see you. style my as re election today as president is considered certain . tell us a little bit about him. what does he stand for? well, frank processed, i, my a does look certain to be able to keep his office here at bellevue palace behind me here in berlin. and he has been the president for the last 5 years, but he is somebody who has a very solid background in politics. so he was german foreign minister. he was also the chief of the chancellor re under chancellor gerhard schroeder. so he's been around,

he knows people worldwide international leaders and for the last 5 years or he has stepped away, of course, from party politics. and he has seen himself as a bridge builder in this position as german president. so he sees himself as somebody who can bring people back together when there is a contentious debate, for example, like in the coverage times. or he brought together people from the supporters group and also from the opponents group of cove. it measures to enable them to have a proper and thorough debate repeatedly he intends to continue to do that. also for the next 5 years, he's already identified the topic of digitalization and ethics. so he's spoken out against hate speech on digital platform several times. okay, notched i my a does have wide support, but the far right alternative for germany, the left party and the free voters have also put forward their own candidates. was that because they can it is their right to do so. now that all these

3 candidates stand very little chance, but of course there is one woman. so that also has as some sort of in a symbolic value because many people have criticized that so far in germany. we haven't had a female president, and a many people are saying that in 5 years time will probably see a woman in bellevue. but for now, the most contentious candidate is of course, the one m, who's been appointed by the far right, a f d max auto, because he is a member of the conservatives. and that is clearly seen by many people as a provocation. by the far right h d, they want to tickle the conservatives. not nina. the party is also nominate celebrities and other well known figures to attend this. a federal convention could explain why they do that. because the federal convention is a body that only comes together once every 5 years, and it is different every single time. so it's made up of all the members of parliament and all the parties get at the same amount of votes,

and they can give those votes to people who they feel represent their own values. so we've got top fire our logistic has to and austin there, but we've also got football, supersize, leon getsco there. we've got anglo miracle there. we've got her singers there. and the idea there is to make this event some sort of her a celebration of democracy if you will. we have very few glamorous occasions and to day or with a federal convention to day is such a day or beat her in a slightly more minimal version. because of course of the existing andy cove, it measures glamour and famous faces are political correspondent, nina, ours are. thank you, nina and he w will bring you the results of today's german presidential election lies at 2 p. m . central european time or to sport. and the pandemic has made it harder for many olympic athletes to train them the way they normally would. it's forced many to

find new and creative training methods. for the past a year and a half, the german bobsled team had been using a secret weapon located in a munich office building, with a bobsled competition starting promptly today in beijing, the team hopes that it will help take them to gold. german bobsled athlete hands peter hanning, hoffer is getting ready to practise on the beijing olympic course, but he's nowhere near china. he's using germany simulator, which they created to give their team a competitive edge at the winter olympics. there's a mulatto homes. there. simulator is really realistic, i wouldn't have imagined it could be as good as it is. it feels a lot like a real life bobsled. the simulator allows the athletes to train in a real bobsled mounted on a special platform where they see intricate digital models of real life tracks with the or the driving lines in 3 dimensions. so we really have a complete picture of what is going on of the simulation. and this is why we can

make a very good suggestions to book dr. us on how to improve. beijing provided the added challenge of an unknown track. so the simulator created its own mock up to help the german team keep up with their chinese competition, who've been practicing on the real course for the last year. taking law in the absolutely fine vision was a totally new truck. none of us have been there and so no one could share any tips or impressions for my coming here gave us a chance to get to know the track in advance of fusion like atlanta of almost one. ok. sorry, i'm getting an impression of the track here. puts you at a huge advantage. it means you're a step ahead on the track in real life policy on the gone to lunch with mottos. the germans who have historically dominated bobsled are helping this technology helps them to secure more metals in beijing. either way, the simulator has one major advantage for pilots. when they crash, no one gets hurt. and you're up to date up next on d,

w. europe's duty secret. a look at the $1000000000.00 waste business that's in our show reporter. of course there's plenty more for you on our website, www dot com. and on instagram twitter to i'll handle there is at d. w. use and expires. so we'll be back in 45 minutes with the headlines. i'm jared rated building. thanks for watching. have a great day with fake hair and real stories where i come from, a lot of women like me have fe care. sometimes it hair cell takes up to 2 days. it's a lot of time that needs to be filled. so people at the salon talk about what's happening in their lives. i became a journalist to be a story.