ah, ah ah, this is dw news line from berlin, living with the threat of more of ukrainians rally for a unity in the face of russian aggression. their president appeals for com as western nations warren, an invasion may be imminent. also coming up germany, real life as president frank walter sty meyer wins a 2nd term with a bagging of the governing coalition and a special electoral assembly. in his acceptance speech, he says he will find for democracy. ah

a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. ukraine and the united states have agreed to continue to pursue diplomacy in response to russia's military built up on ukraine's borders. this comes amid warnings from the west that russia could invade at any time. and my pre to surprise pretext for an attack on. meanwhile, people in ukraine have rallied to support their government, which is calling for calm, even as foreign countries rush to evacuate their nationals, a show of unity in ukraine's capital. the brave faces here though belie growing fears about a russian attack. he and we more are we afraid would probably yes, i feel the anxiety inside me like by them. others are already planning their escape

. yes, i'm yes. we will side to real pulled back. will them of them hazelynn and to prepare all documents in one book and making plans for their children i. e countries. ukrainian forces training near the black sea. these urban warfare exercises hint at the kind of unrest they're preparing for. president zalinski, however, cold for com heads, the best friend for enemies that hispanic in our country. and all this information that tells only for fanny doesn't help us during an hour long phone call on saturday, u. s. president joe biden warn vladimir putin of swift and severe costs. if russia does invade,

hooton's team accused the u. s. of unprecedented hysteria. the u. s. is top diplomat entity blinking also spoke with his russian counterpart on our call for minister lever off. said that job 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 itself all through on that, but if they do, we'll be ready to engage on sunday contingency plans turned real us staff at the organization for security and cooperation in europe faced in the rebel held city of dun asked for packing up and heading home, they're just the latest group to decide that the risk of all out war is now 2 great . a short time ago we spent 2, i correspond an economy in key and then asked him how the people and he crane are dealing with a situation. where i think some of those are more extreme mornings in washington

have indeed a gone over people's heads. people trying their best to focus on everyday life and enjoying what was a beautiful sunny if very cold sunday here and key of lots of people out. anything that really cut through though, after all, that diplomatic flurry of activity, all the meetings or the summits, was decision in the last few days by most western embassies to shut up shop, or at least to bring out most of their staff from kia, sometimes to western ukraine sometimes taking them even out of country, the u. s. is even evacuating soldiers that are here in ukraine to teach ukrainian soldiers to use us weapons. so those are decision seeing people pack up seeing the embassies draw down staff at that really has got people thinking then there was a decision in the last 2 days by various airlines to also stop their flights. ukraine of security fears. so i think those are more practical things. people seeing the holidays are made impossible by flights cancelled that kind of thing. seeing those institutions close that really has got people thinking, should they be leaving to lots people here and you can have suitcases packed anyway

with cash, with clothes, with documents in case they need to go. i think most people here and keep thinking about whether they're going to need them in the next few days. german president frank walter, sty meyer has been elected for a 2nd term, an office. his re election was something of a foregone conclusion. as he had the support of the parties in germany's governing coalition, as well as the mainstream opposition parties bound due to the coven 19 restrictions, the ceremony was far from conventional. is philip, i declare thus that doctor stein, my aunt, i am has received the required majority, and has thereby been elected from one to president of the federal republic of germany, the german president for a 2nd term. but compared to 5 years ago. thank walter, stein myers, reelection looked a little different. it didn't take place in the parliamentary chamber, but in the halls outside, where the voiding was organized this year because of coven 19 and stain,

my as 2nd term begins and turbulent times. as he warned that russia could trigger a war at any time. nicholas, good young and this cannot be disputed. agatha, there is a risk of a military conflict of a war in eastern europe on russia, bears the responsibility for this. and what runs russia, troop deployment cannot be misunderstood. it is a threat to ukraine and it should be seen as that goes on. but people there have a right to live without fear and threats. a right to self determination and sovereignty of that the semblance of an old country in the world has the right to destroy this, thus took the stone and to whoever tries to do. so. we will answer decisively unfold. is alicia niche diet my you're about to continue strengthening democracy in

germany. seeing that growing unrest during the pandemic showed the need to defend it, aberdeen and deal to those who open wounds and who spread hatred and lies during these distressing times of the pandemic or not. who talk about coven dictatorship and don't even stop at threats and violence against police women, nurses, or mayors to their my say, i am here that and i will stay. it's been here is blither, is very as german president, i will not shy away from the debate because without discussion there can be no democracy. i but there is a red line and it stops at hate and violence house and devote when diesel orderly indian mission to hope in a given london more than a 1400 people to part in the vote. members of parliament and representatives of germany, 16 states, the result was never in doubt with most mainstream parties bagging shine,

myers reelection. he will now represent germany for another 5 years, addressing the tensions in europe's east. the consequences of the pandemic and what he called the biggest issue of our time climate change. now to some of the other stories making news around the world, dozens of migrants have been rescued off the coast of italy after attempting to cross the mediterranean sea in dangerous conditions. they were picked up by coast guard rescue vessels and arrived on the island of lung who do some. however, several people are still on accounted for. hundreds of women in the indian state of karachi have been protesting against a ban on wearing. he jobs in educational institutions. the protest come after a number of government run schools in the region bard students wearing the garment from entering classrooms. demonstrators have condemned the ban as dis empowerment of muslim women. thousands of people have rallied in indonesian capital tunis

against moves by president chi east saeed to give himself sweeping powers over the judiciary. a new decree allows him to appoint and dismiss judges. protesters accused him of undermining democracy. site has ruled by decreed since last summer. police and ontario have moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters blocking a major bridge. crossing between the united states and canada. truckers have been demonstrating for weeks against coven, 19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions. the ambassador bridge remains closed to traffic. hong kong like mainland china, is one of the few places in the world, still pursuing a 0 coven 19 policy. well, that's being put to the test. now, as the city's struggles to contain an unprecedented outbreak, authorities are imposing new restrictions and china is stepping up support by ensuring supplies of food and medical equipment. but hong kong residents are

wondering whether the strategy still makes sense. the familiar sight of crawling qs as thousands are forced to test every day. this follows the announcement of hong kong, toughest isolation measures, yet including the closure of places of worship and hair dressers. a vaccine pass mandate for shops and supermarkets is also being introduced later this month. hong kong government wants to stick to its 0 case policy. with leader carry lam, saying, the city is unable to live with a virus. i hope you realize, i hope we all realize that the time has come for hong kong to take some tough matches. and every measure that we now introduce has been undertaken in another jurisdiction, including some places and countries wish ah,

ah, very proud of their human rights that they're ma chrissy and so on. they had doing all these sort of things because this is a part about life, public health prevail. so vaccination rates are now rising, especially among the elderly. many seniors were unvaccinated because until now, hong kong had been coping well. but there is growing frustration towards the government's approach to seeing with eyeball this is insane, but there is no way to reach 0 cases. debra one by the time we achieve that every one's wallets will be empty, a lot of people will be out of work and have no income. the restaurants can't do any business. the government is really crazy. we can see the all that a ground threes, we've been following up router, so i bought and lee the situation currently is whether i'm here. it just got worse. empty restaurants and supermarket shelves,

hopefully becoming a thing of the past for countries trying to live with the virus. but now common place here in hong kong, as the city adjusts to tougher measures ah, to the beijing winter olympics now where heavy snowfall led to some delays in sundays program. but the floor is did not stops with scare marco watermark and norwegian bath onstar, marta. all spoon royce salon from adding to their countries hall, switzerland, now both 3 alpine skiing golds at the beijing winter olympics. after marco old am i to pirates a victory in the men's giant slalom. he led after the 1st room and hung on to triumph seconds. i'm around. it was the 24 year old's 1st olympic gold near perfect shooting for marta ols blue roy salons, help the norwegian pick up her 3rd gold and beijing alone. she easily won the by

after on 10 kilometer pursuits. a hard slog in snowy conditions was all too much for some of her rivals. women's mono bob competition made it to limbic debut. and caly humphreys holds the lead of the half way mark. humphreys went to golds at previous games for canada, but she switched to compete for the united states in beijing after alleging harassment within the canadian bob system. to the bundis league on sundays games are over endorsement have put themselves back in the title, rains with a comfortable win over when you're on berlin. that leads them 6 points behind byron after the league leaders suffering for too long to bonham on saturday. 3rd place, liver cruz and beach should guard by the same score. glad bow it alex burke. frankfort, lost a vase for fryeburg. drew with mines and for me beat had to berlin. back on friday,

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