ah this is the w news life from berlin. the german chancellor laughed schoultz is on his way to moscow on that basis diplomatic mission to prevent a fear to russian invasion of ukraine yesterday in the ukrainian capital. he said he would warn russia that any invasion would lead to immediate and major sanctions . the credit has signaled that it is still open to diplomacy. also on the program, canada's prime minister uses emergency powers to end protests against pandemic restrictions with truck drivers are still refusing to add the occupation of the

capitals business district will take you inside beijing's winter olympics. pandemic bubble for a 1st time to look at life for those working the strictly control space. french actress isabel get a lifetime achievement award at the bell to not film festival. take a look at her 5 decades in the business. ah. i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. stubborn chance on allah. schoultz is on his way to moscow as part of diplomatic efforts to stop a fear russian invasion of ukraine who hold talks with the president of law. give me a pooter. as about $130000.00 russian troops appear to be poised to strike ukraine's borders. yesterday, the chancellor was in the ukrainian capital offering solidarity,

but no weapons. though he did promise to make it clear to rush of it, any military action would trigger immediate and widespread sanctions. the kremlin her signal that it is willing to keep talking. oh, it's the crisis meeting to de escalate tensions over a looming thread in ukraine in key of german chancellor, all of shawls reiterated his support for ukraine. the military activity was dance of russia military activities on the ukraine border are incomprehensible to us about this. we therefore expect russia to take clear steps to deescalate the cut intentions for germany. it is clear that for the military, aggression against ukraine would have serious political, economic, and geostrategic consequences. for russia, vincent was long to forget close to ukraine's botto russian military drills are on despite the threat of sanctions and forces continue to amass. the key question is whether a diplomatic solution is still possible,

especially with one sticking point. ukraine wants to join nato and russia doesn't want a member of the security alliance on their doorstep. ukraine's president, bloody meal zalinski says that's not up to russia. the barclay leave 0, not the 6 here. the many leader of say that ukraine shouldn't constantly talk about nato membership because of the risk of a russian reaction. the more i think there's no hiding any more than i think we should be sincere. the was a series of people if our decision to make for the us means the easiest thing you thought was in the spirit alive. wow, allah, sean will now negotiate with the other side of the table. your money. um you will take a look at these developments with a roman gone to ranko from d w's of russia, ukraine in eastern europe department. welcome robin. what message is chancellor? a shells taking to moscow today?

well, i think there are 3 key takeaways. first are the german chancellor have has expressed the german support for your crime. so he 1st went to keith and on the 2nd day to moscow, i think it's a very clear message of support. second is political. russia is demanding that ukraine should implement all the means agreements on eastern ukraine. first of all, of course, it's a special status for those separatist regions supported by russia and elections in those regions. ukraine has been saying so far, we could do that, but 1st, the shooting might stop and we must get the control over the ukranian border with russia, which is um, 400 kilometers long. if we have any, any movement on that, we still don't know, but i expect we could heard some hear some news on that in the coming days. and the 3rd message is for germany still refuses to supply weapons and to ukraine,

which is very frustrating for the ukrainian government. and the german chancellor is still not willing to, to speak loudly about the not stream to pipeline gas pipeline from russia to germany. and to threaten to use it in case of invasion, i think those 2 messages or something on messages that are very welcome in moscow in russia. i think mr. porter will, mike it. the question is, if those messages will help to de escalate if russia is willing to pull up to pull away the troops from the ukrainian border and we still see no signs of that. right? and i, mr. shell says the latest in a long line of national leaders and senior diplomats arriving in moscow for talks. is there any indication that anything, any of them has said, has had any effect on president putin's thinking? well, not really. a president fulton is still keeping all options on the table so he can escalate and he can escalate his rating. and we've just,

one day before the visit of chancellor shoals, in moscow we heard some of the escalating signals or signals that could be interpreted as the escalation attempt, where her russian minister of foreign minister love rove, said we could continue negotiating with the nato. and the russian defense minister saying the military maneuver near ukrainian border will soon be over, but we still don't know what will happen after that if some part of the troops will remain. so russia is keeping all cards on the table and we can see where we still cannot see in those cards. i think we'll, we'll, we will have one more, a clear answer to that crucial question. what will happen next? when mr. booting will deliver his speech or a state of the union speech in the coming days or weeks. ok. now what of chancellor shalt says? our biggest economic bargaining chips is the north stream to gas pipeline. so we'll hear from d, w t for international editor, richard walker,

and then we'll come back to you room. this must be the most controversial piece of infrastructure in the world right now. nord stream to a gas pipeline that connects russia to germany. it's recently been finished, but it's not yet up and running. and it has a lot of enemies. environmentalists hate it because it pumps a fossil fuel. ukraine's president hates it because it undercuts his country's pipelines. and the u. s. hates it saying it'll make europe too dependent on russian gas now with russian forces bearing down on ukraine's borders. u. s. president joe biden says one false move would be the last straw world. the notion that nord stream t would go nor stream to go forward with vision by the russians just not going to happen. this was an awkward moment for german chancellor oliver

sholtes for years he insisted that gnawed stream too had nothing to do with politics. meeting biden, last week, he was under a huge pressure to follow the u. s. line. but instead he spoke in generalities. now we will be united, we will act together and we will take all the necessary steps and all the necessary steps will be done by all of us to get help somehow won't bring himself to say the words nord stream to. and this vagueness has brought him a lot of criticism of the us and from other allies, with all this pressure and with europe seemingly on the brink of war. what's holding him back? the answer lies in his party. the social democrats, it's long prided itself as a bridge builder with russia and north stream to makes landfall in a state governed by the party. he is not. it's susie asking about the speaking publicly about, you know, losing not stream. it would be, it would create

a major role within his own political family. much depends on what happens next. any military action by russia would force schultz to make a decision. but for critics, if not train to, this is all too late. 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 crime is doing right now. for all our sholtes, it's the 1st big taste as chancellor of what can happen when international pressure and domestic politics collide. it could be the 1st many so roman, gone to ranko and international reaction to any russian invasion of ukraine is likely to be economic rather than the military rushes already on the harsh sanctions. so as the threats of law likely to sway a president,

putin a threat of sanctions. i don't think that it will make a big impression on president fulton because russia had years and years to prepare for this escalation, and he did his homework. so russian, you, what is the west is capable of? so russia prepared its financial system, it's bank system. it's, it's ready to cut off the internet. so cut off or russia completely from, from connection to the outside world. it can do it. russian military is ready, russian society is ready. so i don't think that any, any, any sanctions or threats can, can make an impression on him. but we still don't know how far is here ready to go . and what is his play actually in europe is. so we know what he wants in ukraine, but we still don't know what he wants from from europe because his, his demands are very far reaching. so we still have to wait and see what,

what is really his intention. and i keep hearing that chancellor shelton's visit is being seen as one of the last opportunities for a diplomatic solution. but president putin has made it clear that the person he most wants to hear from is the u. s. president joe biden. that's true. so this is actually what i'm waiting for, a new summit between president putin and president biden. just the one like we've seen in geneva in june last year. i think this is coming probably in spring. and only after that, we will know if there is any chance for peace or de escalation. ok, thank you for that roman contractor from the companies that russia ukraine and the eastern europe service. let's take a look at some more stores making headlines around the world. now we'll start in on chum duras where police of surrounded the home of the former president of the united states demanded his extradition. the u. s. accuses one, orlando, hernandez,

of corruption and involvement in drug trafficking. mr. hernandez left office last month following 80 years as president and denies all the charges. least 2 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and right policing sudan. thousands took to the streets to protest against october's military crew in defiance of a government crackdown on descent. and many people who get coven 19 develop symptoms that remain long past. their initial infection often refer to as long comfort. some estimates suggest more than the 3rd of coverage. survivors will develop longer term health problems, anything from headaches to fatigue and more serious conditions. the w correspondent, madeira chowdhury, takes a look now at india's long cove. its situation thought not and, and cause her bad dog ever. her lifeline. she says the bub, he's on her doors all the something which he says was not possible just

a couple of months ago. 50 theodore sardina was infected with the corona virus during the 2nd week, while her initial infection was not severe. a few days after testing negative, she was diagnosed with claudia. information about school would complication which left her with a tripling weakness for months. i used to feel is so vague, so weak that every at dames was to feel a god given set. i must lay down a hardly her daddy's tam neighbors though, a very active person earlier. and i started feeling depressed also ways to feel very low sadness case is not exceptional. many other people have suffered from poor school with complete, more commonly known as long as it a name given to the persistent illness. a person feels quite facing symptoms or effect for weeks or months after testing negative for the grown up virus. doctor i, you scope that says patients have come to him with complications like headaches, fatigue, depression validations, and cardiac issues among other staggering number that is 60 to 70 percent of

patients who recover from over have these effects on them. there are some kind of this factors which predict long of it duration of less is one severity of or less a 2nd. it does not completely understood, it is a science in illusion. so even young patients may be experiencing more symptoms than an elderly, highest patient, 30 year old rationing. the walker was an avid, you'll go back dish. no. she said she was at a healthy a stage when she tested positive during the 2nd. and her infection was quite mild, but soon after she started experiencing complications and was diagnosed with a balance disorder called vestibule disorder. which makes her feel dizzy, and causes constant ringing in her years, like being on a boat all the time. so when i stand in the florida, like this, so for me to walk straight is a job. there was a point where i literally needed to be lifted to go anywhere because i just

couldn't get my man. it can mean very overwhelming and exhausting. why? for me, it happened rehabbing, a date of parent, b, and yoga that i've had to get a sense of control over her condition for sod. now it's been medication, ample rift and help apple which helped her with her post school. with competition. he sleeps with me. he with me like a small and i haven't grandchild, you know, the sadness that she the lot better know as she has found some happy distraction with that. but for many like oh, the lingering effect of co would remains inexplicable. let's take a deeper dive with dr. alonzo pinto, who is a pulmonologist, attend due to a hospital in the indian city of mon bye. welcome to the w doctor. we have learned so much about corona virus in such a short time, wise, long cove. it still such a mystery. hi phil and thank you for inviting me on the show. i think it

began with the incorrect assumption that a lot of it was psycho some ethics. so with the 1st wave would be, but in the middle of flop down, there was a lot of panic. there was a lot of anxiety all around. so it was just the only that somebody who got cold in that kind of a menu would, would suffer from psychosomatic consequences. we now know that that is incorrect, thanks to a lot of exposed to the of the alarm and said there was something going on. which was not merely explained by the post corporate situation because the stress, i think it's difficult to diagnose it because of the multitude of systems in blood . so it could range from a brain fog difficulty concentrating this extreme fatigue that we're seeing, especially with the micron. we're 2 got abnormalities to cardiac abnormalities, the involvement of different systems across which makes it difficult to pinpoint what exactly is going on. i think the 3rd reason why, why it's so difficult is because of the b type of the fees as white as why it happens. so that is a hypothesis that there are

a few bite and fragments which simulate the immune system. there's auto immunity, which has been hypothesized, there's the biggest nerve, which is i know this applies to different organs of the body got by on. so i think, i think these are some of the reasons why it's been so difficult to kind of quantify and define. right, so as you say, just a multitude of, of symptoms there. so aside from not getting cove it in the 1st place, is there anything we can do to minimize the risk of getting long coded so given the fact that we don't know too much about that, you know, one of the things that i have been telling my patients is at least make sure all your co morbidities of control. so we know that corporate causes sugars to race, for example, blood sugar. so i thought my patients with diabetes to make sure that they're diabetes as well, controlled individuals with high blood pressure individuals with cardiac abnormalities. this is not the time to do not adhere to your medications or to experiment. this is the time if you read, you know, i see

a lot of patients with asked my when you're asked that up for school it. and that kind of re emphasize the fact that they need to be very regular with their buffers and getting the letters. so i think that's one of the things that can be done. vaccination has been shown to have a protective effect on long core with. so if you had already not to see bill vaccine vaccine get, this is the time to go ahead and get the vaccine. if you're, if you're on the fence wondering where the pool is a mile illness, i think loan is one of the reasons why you should get back to me. and i think if you have vitamin deficiency, so a lot of us have vitamin d deficiency, for example. i think those sort of deficiencies would also be prudent, given the fact that every small bit probably counts very clear, very comprehensive. thank you so much for joining us. dr. dr. launcelot pinto from hindu to hospital in mom. bye. thank you. now to canada, where prime minister just intruders using emergency powers to and protests against pandemic restrictions? police have played a truckers blockade of a key border crossing into the united states. the drivers are still blocking others

and occupying much of the capitals business district. ah, it's a headache that canada's government hasn't been able to shake, protested in part trucks, still digging in outside parliament and clogging the streets of the capital, otto elsewhere, convoys of vehicles still mobilizing some border crossings. as the nationwide protests entered their 3rd week, prime minister just in trudeau invoked the emergencies act. it gives the government broad powers to intervene. the police will be given more tools to restore order in places where public assemblies can constitute illegal and dangerous activities, such as blockades, occupations, as seen in ottawa, ambassador bridge, and elsewhere. these tools include strengthening their ability to impose fines or imprisonment. trudeau rolled out using the military and set the measures,

would be time limited. with canadas on the con wave subsiding, it has already started. removing some coven 19 restrictions. the protest is key demand. on monday, the province of ontario announced an end to proof of vaccination requirements and capacity limits for businesses that the premier made clear. this was not a concession to the blockade, paralyzing the capital city. today's announcement is not because of what's happening in ottawa or windsor, but despite it to those who are still there to those of you who are there with a sole objective of causing disruption and chaos will be serious consequences for this lawless activity. oh, what started his protests against vaccine mandates who chuck as has grown into a rallying point for opposition to canada's government?

provincial authorities have hesitated to move against the protesters, citing the threat of violence and a lack of manpower. they now have federal back up that protest to say that's not enough to make them back. dan builders. ok, some all stories making headlines around the world. 7 people are missing after a light aircraft crashed into the atlantic ocean of north carolina. u. s. coast guard has recovered a body and found daybreak from the place. authorities say, there is no sign of any survivors. at least one person was killed and more than a dozen injured. when to local trains, collided outside, munich, and southern germany. the incident disrupted regional transport links the cause of the crash is under investigation for under de 11 of the winter olympics and aside from the competitive drama and the doping, i to spend a lot of talk about so called at the so called beijing bubble. so what's life really like inside the inner sanctum that china says is helping keep the

competition cove? it free attainment. beijing has been finding out a typical day in the beijing bubble stops here. the view from the hotel room shows the only way in and out buses leave through god at exit points, moving people from the 70 to officially designated hotels, to various venues. no one can leave on foot. the hotel room and dining tables are the only places where mosques can be taken off. there are precautions everywhere from special tissues to press the button for the lift temperature, measuring devices outside the breakfast. buffet eating options are limited to what is available within the bubble. some athletes have complained about inadequate food in their accommodations. daily p. c. r throat swabs are mandatory and failure to get tested before 9 pm may cost you the ability to move freely the following day. to get anywhere, well must 1st board a bus to the main media center, which acts as

a hub between the various hotels and olympic venues. for journalists working at the games, it is an altogether unusual experience. if games would be held in other country, it would be may be easier for us as a journalist. and if i o. c wants to make games. here we are just part of system that the live tens of thousands of volunteers and workers are also part of the bubble. many staying up to 2 and a half months inside during the olympics and, and suing paralympics. like this organisation committee, staff member who only sees her family from a distance t i of grandeur about her during her time working in the bubble, this is as close as she can get. oh, many problem that her, for the need for me to you. if you're very have before volunteers and

staff rejoined their families, they will 1st have to quarantine after their work is done all to ensure what china is calling a coded free games organizes a vis years berlin, international film festival have received some bad news. french screen legend isabel repair had been due to receive an honor in golden bath for her body of work . however, she has tested positive for coven 19 and won't be able to pick up her lifetime achievement award this evening. the festival is however, going ahead with screening a retrospective of isabel, of past 50 years in the movie business. so we thought we'd take a look as well. now, in a career spanning more than 5 decades, isabel, it has appeared in over 130 films of various john. she's gained of reputation for playing, intelligent and audacious characters. often with a chilly reserve. at the age of 19,

she was already acting alongside european films, stars, such as eve, montoya, and uncle me schneider. she soon became the muse of art house. director clerk shall point cabinet will, with her quiet, distanced acting style. she hints at the hidden depths of troubled characters in the piano teacher, she played a neurotic woman who engages in a sado masochistic relationship with one of her music students. her deep despair never rippling the surface of her tightly controlled self possession. the performance earned her golden palm award at the 2000 to come film festival. for in the 2016 thriller l i, she played a video game producer who was raped. her character refuses to be a victim and seduces the rapist, pulling him into a game of guilt and revenge. that role earned her an oscar nomination and a golden globe award in 2017 cementing her international reputation.

isabel repair has also been a frequent guest at the belly knowledge. she's appeared in 7 films and the competition all highlighting unexpected facets of the actress. 6 in 2002, she displayed her comedic talents in the ensemble film 8 women for which the entire cast one, a silver barrow ward that up. just like did you go with that black and keep barbara in 2018? she showed her vulnerable side playing a philosophy professor, whose husband leaves her for a younger woman with the repair, avoided the cliches of the jilted wife, whose life is turned upside down, showing new perspectives. oh glue. and this year's belly knowledge is the world premier of her new film about joan in this tale of love,

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