[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, crisis talks tonight to avert a war in eastern europe. german chancellor, olaf shown to meet with ukraine's president. he's promising solidarity in this is russia continues to send more troops through its border with ukraine. also coming up tonight, she tested positive for doping, but that is not stopping russian figure skater. camilla ali eva from competing at the olympics this week,

even if she wins. she could ultimately loop plus women front and center at what is called the most political of all the major film festivals, the berlin on. and on this valentine's day love put to the test flight. the pandemic. taiwan restrictions have forced this couple to live apart for more than 2 years. they say it's time to in the countries 0 coded strategy before their heartbreak. ah, i bring gov, it's good to have you with us at the start of a very busy week. there is more shuttle diplomacy this monday, a bit preventing a russian invasion of ukraine, german chance or olaf shoulds met to day with ukraine's president voldemort zalinski in crisis talks, shouts, offering

a message of solidarity with keep. he travels to moscow next for a meeting on tuesday with russian president vladimir putin. i submitted a warm welcome in uncertain times, chancellor will have shorts, his 1st visit, he and keith took place amid fears of a russian invasion. and so the meeting with his ukrainian counterpart turned into a more than 2 hour long crisis talk at the joint press conference afterwards. zalinski reiterated his country's desire to join nato, despite russia's demands for guarantees. it would not the right chapter. he, barclay, the many leaders hint slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking constantly about membership of the alliance. because this risk is connected to russia's reaction. i think no one is hiding it anymore. i think we should be sincere was it's our decision to take anyway, or a cisco figure. both agreed, however, membership in the near future is not in the cards. just like another thing kia

would like to have german weapons to defend itself. instead, shots offered more money and political support is my health care. but i'm up here and here i am once again making clear ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity are non negotiable for germany. therefore, we expect clear steps from russia to deescalate current tensions. he has come to the german government is clear that further military aggression against ukraine would have serious political, economic, and geo strategic consequences for russia. i will emphasize that to morrow in moscow to forget the west shots, edward was ready for serious dialogue with russia over security matters. so many he and keith, however, talk is not enough. they want shots to act. now she should sanction north stream to . so put in would not be able to blackmail europe. we understand that for germany,

it might be painful because there are beeson, as their industry depends on gas supply. but let's think about diversification of a gas and oil supply to div opinion their controversial gas pipeline. however, was something shots did not mention yet again. instead he called on clear steps from russia to de escalate. a claim. he'll get a chance to reiterate on tuesday when he meets vladimir putin and moscow. ever more now we want to go to our ukraine correspondent months. he is berlin. he has been following this visit by the german chancellor. good evening to you. my tears said the chancellor again offering diplomatic support to ukraine to day. but was there anything else that he could bring to the table? yes, he brought to the table 150000000 euros, and in extra support for the economy of ukraine. germany has been one of the biggest supporters of the ukrainian m. a economy,

one of the biggest donna's to ukraine, something that is sometimes overlooked when a discussion is about to germany, support. however, what he did not do, as we've seen in the report, he did not reverse germany's position on weapon deliveries. and that's, it remains a difficult point because there's a big, big disappointment in ukrainian society and in politics about that, especially as germany is also blocking weapon deliveries from other countries that depend on germany's agreement, for example, for weapons that are originally from germany and need some some kind of an agreement to re sell them. um, however, this comes, of course, at a very crucial time and this support. what is important to ukraine is also important. that shrewd came 1st to ukraine and then is going to moscow. and ukraine president zalinski, he'd touched

a nerve to day when he talked again about ukraine's wish to join nato taylor's frozen in the show. so as we understand that nato membership would ensure our security and our territorial integrity, this is also in shrine in ukrainian legislation. us to bring in the constitution of ukraine will, therefore if it was our decision, then the terms would be shortened. didn't mean the bullets brought. should them, i wouldn't know. okay, so 20 is zalinski. of course, he says that, but that is a political hot potato that not even the german chancellor is going to touch right . yes, the joan since last been very clear. he has. he has, he has not closed the door to ukraine to nato. nato is not closing, it store formerly to ukraine, but he has said clearly that this is not at the on the table right now. the conditions on are there. so his message was that moscow should not insist on this

question because it's not on the table. any way to watch or zalinski has answered what we've just heard. it's a state goal. it's a goal in the constitution of ukraine to join you and nato. and it is of course, important for ukraine that this stays at least theoretically on the table in my tears and wondering since the german chancellor is not bringing anything or, or anything new of significance to the table that the public in ukraine will. we'll see how is his visit being perceived there while germany's reputation has really, really suffered these past few weeks over the controversy of or on the weapon deliveries over and again shows today did not mention nord stream to it. something that people here cannot really relate to. why can't he just say it there that if

something happens, he would not stream to could not, i could not operate or but he doesn't do this and this leaves many people here with the impression that germany is not ready to take any costs upon itself. but that the if in the case of, of a russian incursion that germany is looking for sanctions that it would not have to pay for. now, jim politicians, the foreign minister and him today half said that they are ready to severe sanctions. but they refused to say which ones they are and this is not going down well here in plenty of the german chancellor will be in moscow to morrow to meet with while we're put in. what is the ukranian president? what did the ukrainian people, what did they want to see from that meeting? the most important thing i think people here want to see is to that that shows will

be very decisive and very clear about the cost again about he will that he will keep pressure on moscow. people are afraid, a little bit of germany being too soft on moscow, being too close to moscow. this is how it is perceived here. so the most important thing would, of course be something or something very clear on possible sanctions. a very clear signal that germany is willing to, to react to anything that russia does it any further escalation by russia and germany would also be ready to pay a price of already w's. but he is fairly good in keeping an eye marquis of thank you. are we going to stay with the story now and go to miriam, cause mill. she's a senior analyst at the bertelsmann foundation here in berlin. she specializes in eastern europe. it's good to have you on the program where this, let me just ask you what would be your advice to the german chancellor,

olaf shoulds tomorrow when he meets with russian president vladimir putin to be found. and i think he set an interesting town today because he said that there are no spheres of interest and says that there's a contract to be cited. so he did set an interesting on 3 for tomorrow. he has to, to break that this should start or rather a vicious eternity about unacceptable concessions and just refuses that russia could use to escalate. and then here he has to make clear that he states in the alliance of western partners, the german chancellor. he has been criticized for not taking in strong stance when it comes to the natural gas pipeline, nordstrom, to in fact, last week,

he was asked many times about it and he couldn't even bring himself to speak the words nord stream to should he bring this topic up to morrow, with putin it is difficult to say because this is also something you have to decide certain in that moment. but i think we cannot go back here. i do think it has serious be shifted. and i do here for the 1st time in germany, backing off from that to the market based approach to consider other reasoning sensible reasoning and to actually discuss such things as strategic gets rid of the fact though that shows has been much

more reserved when it comes to the possibility of killing the north stream to pipeline. do you think in the eyes of vladimir putin? does he see then? the german chancellor as may be a weak link in the western alliance. i don't think it's as much the german chancellor as the german chantelle last party and there too. within the social democrats, there has been a lot of movement in the past week or so to be much more firm also on that controversial 9th miriam cosmo with the bertelsmann foundation. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. very welcome. pull socks here in europe, tumbled on the back of that increasing tension between russia and ukraine in today's trading. germany's blue chip index, the dax fell below 15000 points before recovery slightly. it's still close. the

down 2 percent rushes main market for foreign focus companies slid over 5 percent for recovery. some of the losses. european stocks tracked in negative trends set by asian markets in tokyo, hong kong and move by is investors continue to weigh the geopolitical risk of the russia ukraine crisis yet the markets of course, do not like these types of risks. dw, financial correspond against quarter. he joins me now from new york. what about the u. s. market to me we're hearing from the pentagon that this could be the week when we see a russian invasion of ukraine. how a markets react. i mean, to a certain degree, the european markets say played catch up on monday as so wall street was already trading down on friday when we heard from the white house that invasion could be imminent. there was a little bit of

a relief here on monday when we heard from the russian foreign minister that there still might be going the diplomatic way, but all of that has evaporated now as well. so blue chips are trading down by almost $400.00 points. and even if you look the high end of the site, it's the stock price as the price of oil jumped by 4 percent on friday and is up another 2 percent today here in new york. so clearly, also all the energy market show that investors are very nervous at this point. and if there were to be a, an invasion or any type of military conflict, what would we see on wall street? yes, i mean, obviously the, the initial reaction would be shock. would you expect the shares then to tank, and to stay down about police? nobody really knows for certain, but if history is any guide them, yes,

we do see the market plunging, but nobody really expects a massive drop. goldman sachs, for example, on monday, predict that if an invasion should happen, maybe the markets might lose the 5 percent or so. and if you look into history books, especially after world war 2, if we had some military conflicts around the world, you did see a stock. so dropping, you might see energy increasing, but specially when it comes to stock price. it's usually, it only took a couple of days or weeks before we were back up to where before the conflict started. so at this point, at least, and nobody really believes that there is going to be a massive drop with stock price. but as i said, nobody really knows for sure. and yeah, just let's hope for the best. that's right. hope for the best, despite all the jitters there on wall street in the quarter in new york. it's always he and thank you to hear some of the other stories now that are making

headlines around the world. it through the in canada, ontario says it is dropping code 19 vaccine passport requirements. it says they are no longer needed as the vast majority of people there involving vaccinate. this was one of the measures targeted by demonstrators who have blocked the capitol all the way. now for more than 2 weeks, at least 2 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and wyatt. police in the sudanese capital cartoon. thousands took to the streets in defiance of a government crackdown on descent. they approach testing the military coup that took place in sudan last october, already to the winter olympics in beijing. it was the story of redemption for a french do oh, in the figure skating ice dance as gabriella papa dawkins and gillian c. thereon claimed gold. after falling short in the previous olympics, and they set

a new world record with 226.98 points. beating the previous record that they had set themselves 4 years ago, a dress torn during their routine austin victory and the piano john ganes, where they can only secure the silverman caly. humphreys has claimed the 1st ever gold metal in the women's mano, bob event, which made its olympic debut, and beijing on pres was competing for the united states. she won 2 gold and a bronze in the 2 women event for her native canada. last time she competed, but she have since switched countries after alleging harassment with in the canadian bomb sled tea. she became a u. s. naturalized citizen. back in december in the women's priest out skiing aerials,

china's ju main towel has one her 1st ever gold metal. she was run rough at surgery back in 2014 and she had to settle for silver again in the mixed aerials. and these games in beijing, but she prevailed in the scene, was event to claim an emotional victory in the 1st ever chinese go in women's airy well, it has been confirmed that russian figure skating star camilla valley ava will compete at the games following a decision by the court of arbitration for sport, the 15 year old help the russians when the team event last week, but then reports of a positive doping test for a heart medication. for back in december emerge. the court ruled that bali eva should not be suspended ahead of a full here you to the case. and she is favored to win gold tomorrow at the women's individual event. after nearly 2 years,

taiwan is looking hard at ending it's 0 coven strategy. authority say they may want to lift entry restrictions on business travelers beginning in march. the 0 covet approach has help the island of 23000000 people keep reported. corona virus cases to under $20000.00. but the rules come with a cost to couples whose love transcends borders. as d w 's joyce lee reports on this valentine's day from taipei. it has been over 700 days since ireland and has singapore and boyfriend morris last met in person. she can't afford to leave taiwan because of the strange quarantine ruse when she returns home. and morris can't come to the island because the border is closed too . yes, a pod have been hot on a couple days ago that you go. we can only see each other on the screen whenever i see couples on the street. and i feel very sad because my boyfriend can't be around

to him at home and i will play at 1st. we thought the border would be closed for 6 to 12 months, but it's already been 2 years, and taiwan is still under tight cobit rules that then held on. under the sierra covert policy, taiwan has kept a sport as seo to since the beginning of the pandemic. all forms of terrorism, all band and transmitting to another country through taiwan is suspended. only residents are allowed to enter the island. every one must quarantine for 2 weeks and south isolate for another 7 days despite being fully vaccinated. i'm in the major international airport in taiwan, but you can barely see any passenger in the arrival whole. this used to be one of the busiest apples into wode, but passenger for them dropped to a less than a 1000000 last year. the was in for decades. morris can only fish a taiwan if he and i really get married. but they con to, unless they meet face to face many by national capos are stuck in the same dilemma

. you hankle it is unfair. i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple like why every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ago, because we didn't have vaccines at the time with the marine meal, but now almost everyone's fully vaccinated. and the new variants are much milder. yet the same policy remains. i can't accept that with my beautiful cove, it restrictions half and a to come less long distance relationships and a past 2 years. i renamed morris i. one of the few capos still surviving love from afar. the berlin all has made a name for itself as the most political of all the major international film festivals. now, after a lukewarm start, it's beginning to live up to its reputation. over the weekend. the competition put women front and center,

focusing the wine white on the fight for their rights and the rights of others. bobby corners is a woman on a mission, one that might seem impossible that'll thier take on the u. s. government. and when and last reasons movie robbie corn us versus george w bush tells a romanticized version of a true story that of a german turkish mother seeking justice for her son moved that innocently detained in guantanamo them. an in guantanamo zits is to when you're detained in guantanamo this no perspective, it kind of focuses no hopeful. it's kafka. s look. and so i was lucky to maint marat's mother revere an a, an enchanting, wonderful, cheerful woman who is also funny, leaves full or not. that's who, whom offered of co met him, captain brings all those adjectives to life. and it's her stellar performance that turns this story of david and goliath into

a heart warming tale about the boundless power of motherly love. phyllis nod cinematic directing debut call. jane introduces us to a clandestine women's network. providing safe abortions in 1960 s, chicago, a distant past one might believe. i think women's rights in the united states you're talking about. they have not moved on one bit since the events of that film . and it's something again we, we touch on at the end of the call jane, you know, hey, let's go get equal pay. yeah, you'll be waiting until we're longed finance. mikhail arrest drama and the passengers of the night uses politics as a means of triggering our collective memory. shallow gains boom portrays elizabeth, whose life changes drastically around the time form. swami. debt all is elected president of france. she's

a very ordinary woman. that's what i loved about her and she's going through what a woman of her age left by her husband with our children mornings in mind, and john, just very basic things. it was okay for us to reinvent herself. the film follows elizabeth in her years of transformation from broken spirits to lie ins against all our knowledge and before the end of mitchell's presidency. all right, for more movie talk, i'm joy nel barberie on stacy beavens. she is at the berlin olive forest. good evening to you, stacy. so what caught your eye on this monday? well, it's valentine's day, so i went for all the love movies, but they were not like your typical rom. com type movies we're talking berlin, ala. deep feeling. depressing,

sad. all that stuff. um. and so one of the 1st, um selections i saw is out of spain and france, and it's called one day one nights. and it's one of those movies where the, the action picks up rather quickly. it's not like some of these others where, you know, you have long pauses and there's like no dialogue and forever. and we meet this young couple who have been traumatized by the events at the bad o'clock theater of the terrorist attacks. and so one of them run rahman is very st. he stuck and he doesn't know what to do and he's constantly reliving what happened and his girlfriend saline wants to forget. and it's this tug of war of how they're handling this. that hurts their relationship and the movie, it's based off of the real life ramon who gave his testimony. i had some heavy stuff for valentine's day. i understand too,

that there's this really moving film that said in the alps that apparently did not leave a dry eye in the house. did you need a kleenex? very touching? no. well, you know me now, i'm a tough chicago girl, but i thought i felt it, it was, it's a powerful movie. it's called a piece of sky. and it's about this young couple who and we meet them right before they get married. and bob, the husband gets sick and he changes his personality and it makes him a danger to himself. add to his wife's young daughter. it was a very powerful movie, very beautifully shots. but the thing that really got me is that none of the actors are professional actors. like the main, the lead lady was an architect. and the lead man was a farmer. and he was didn't want to be in the movie because he thought it was going to mess up with his farm and duties. so they shot around him. so i thought that was

fascinating. it sounds great. we're going to have to wrap it up there, but i wish you were very happy. valentine's day. i hope there are some hearts and love in your life with stacy evans at the bailey dollar force. you watch any w news? i'll be back in the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i to see that

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