ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from bell. it is diplomacy. finally working, russia says it's with drawing some of its forces from ukraine's borders. the apparent de escalation comes as german chancellor. all of choice becomes the latest western leader. travel to moscow for talks with president vladimir charlottesville and the head of this trip than any russian attack would trigger immediate western saxon class. just minutes before the 2 leaders met. russia said it is

withdrawing some of its forces from ukraine. sports moscow says to pull back from southern and western military districts is planned following the completion of schedule maneuvers. but it's still unclear how many troops are being withdrawn. also the program cameras as prime minister invokes emergency pass to end corona virus block, a protesting truck drivers are still refusing to end their occupation of the capitol also was business district french actress vow we'll get a lifetime achievement award at the belly. now the film festival, we take a look at her 5 decades in the movie. ah, i'm good. how else has well come to the program?

germany's chance that all of shots is in moscow holding talks with russian president vladimir putin on the agenda as deescalate intentions with ukraine. in the last hours footage from russia's defense, ministry has shown some of its troops, allegedly returning to their bases, after completing military drills near the ukrainian border. over other drills are still under way ahead of his meeting with putin shirts visited a world war 2 memorial ant paid his respects, their shoals talks with hoot income a day after the chancellor's visit to kiff shall said he would warn russia that any possible invasion of ukraine would lead to immediate sanctions. moscow has always denied it, had any plans to invade. for more of this, i am now joined by 2 of my colleagues are political correspondent, nina hossa and roman contra rankel from r d. w's, russia, ukraine, and eastern europe. department rama, let's start with you. how do you assess the situation? now?

there are others reports of a troop withdrawals. we've also seen pictures. how reliable is this? well, things are changing very fast to day, so we're getting mixed singles. signals from russia. on the one hand, russia is saying we are ready to continue the diplomatic dialogue over you crying and with nato countries as well. on the other hand, or the russian parliament has just voted for a document. asking president putin to recognize of the separatist republic or republics in eastern ukrainian don't ask in the hands. this would be a major escalation. and it could be a, something of a pre stage for a possible invasion light. i would say. so if russia would sent a weapons and troops to those reasons, so very dangerous, very conflicting signals there. also the ukranian foreign minister has just made an

interesting statement. let's listen to that 1st. you know, we have managed to prevent russia from any further escalation together with our partners with today. it's already the middle of february and you can see that diplomacy continues to work while taken into consideration robin. what you told us earlier, what you make of this statement? well, i think it's too early to tell, and maybe the ukrainian foreign minister is too optimistic. so that's, that would be my assumption. because things are, as i said, moving and changing very fast. if russian president gives a green light to recognizing those separatists in the east of ukraine, and if russia starts supplying them with weapons openly, ukraine says it has been doing that for years. but under cover, russia denies that, of course. so if, if, if it's, if it's moved to the stage where russia is openly supporting those separatists or

republics, so called people's republics, then it is an invasion, and the west will have to react. the west will have to impose sanctions. so we are not deescalate in the moment, it's a very dangerous escalation. i would say nina, chance household is in moscow today, as we've seen, a put in is unlikely to make any concessions without expecting something in return . what is german chancellor shaw? it's bringing to the rather large negotiating table that i believe at the moment. many people don't want to be in love shots, his shoes. this is a highly tricky mission that he is on. it is a situation where diplomatic skills of the highest sort in are needed. now of course, the german delegation is prepared for a scenario like the current one that we're experiencing, where there are mixed messages. they have told us also in background talks that

they know that not everything that happens in the kremlin and comes from a sort of a rational and perspective. so sometimes decisions are a bit arbitrary, so they are very much on the alert. but in concrete terms, what last choice of course brings to the table to persuade vladimir putin that a diplomatic talks can continue. and that there is a value in that for him as well. is that a concession that he got from the ukranian president on monday when he met with the lensky and zalinski said, essentially, here you have my 3 draft laws and that would help revive the men's agreement process. now of course, there are many different assessments as to just how likely that is, especially now that we've heard roman just mentioned what happened in the parliament today in moscow. but still he's got that with him in the suitcase. another thing that and the landscape put into the suitcase of all of choice is of

course that statement about nato membership. that, that is not something that anybody is seriously considering, considering at the moment. and that is, of course, something that putin is highly addicted to roman. it's also a short visit to moscow today is being seen as a, one of the last opportunities for diplomatic solution. but president putin has made it clear previously that the person the most wants to hear from is you as a president joe biden. why did he say that? well, because russia sees joe biden is the only one who wants to talk to, because russia sees itself as a superpower, as a and now to the soviet union. and it doesn't, it communicated that message. many times russia doesn't, would accept a europe or ukraine. of course not as well as, as a separate actors, so they think that the west only exist and when, when, when you talk to united states. so that's why they want to talk to joe biden. just

just one point to what we've just discussed before. if, if of the russian president, putin really gives green light to that initiative by the russian parliament and russia acknowledges the separatists. the separatist republics in the east of ukraine. that would mean that the means peace process is dead. so we are talking now about probably a dead horse and so this is something very, very serious. what we are talking about, and as long as we don't know what pollutants answer will be to that initiative by the russian parliament, it makes little sense to discuss what diplomacy could do in east of, in the east, in ukraine. because in one move, russia could just kick the chessboard from the table. and he, very much to 2 of my colleagues are political correspondent in a honda and roman countries or from t w's russia, ukraine, and it's in europe department. i will go straight to another. one of my colleagues

are chief political editor, mckayla kusha, who's a traveling with the chancellor is in by moscow now. michelle, what are you hearing from from the delegation? what can we expect from these talks with law to be put in a silver lining and contrast to only yesterday because it actually will app. so it was stepping off of that plane and there was news coming through that process and it would send some of it back to back away from the front line. there is no independent, very patient yet, but certainly there's the climate where it appears that tools could make a difference after all, that expectations were never very high in the german delegation that today could bring any kind of breakthrough is also like rejection. when say really is something like a real deadline,

a billing and diesel returning on a track to release back with where you mentioned that you're not coming in there. and is it like not with the term inside a presidency that is willing to take with rates that crane to is willing to do its own work to put 3 drop on the table with 4. is that a separate with a well coming? president stressed that to russia had been a reliable energy teacher. here for a very old titles. dorothy katy portraying the rely. i saw

i wants to be met that somebody has it all the time. it there, you know, table with thank you. mikaela cuba, our chief political edits are traveling with the german chancellor in moscow. a timeout have look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. brushing a position figure, alexander javante has gone on trial again in a new case that could see his present term extended. he is currently serving a sentence in a penal colony, and russian. prosecutors are now accusing him of stealing almost $5000000.00 from donations to his charity. amnesty international has described the trial as a sham police in honduras have surrounded the home of the former president of the

united states demanded his extradition. the u. s. accuses while nor alondo hernandez, of corruption and involvement in drug trafficking. mister and under his left office last month following 8, he is as president and denies all charges. whenever at least 2 people have been killed in clashes between demonstrate as an riot, police and sudan. thousands took to the streets to protest against october's military coups, in defiance of a government crackdown on dissent. it has been called the parallel pandemic. many people who get sick with cove 19 developed symptoms that remain long past their initial infection. so called long cove. it, some estimates suggest more than one 3rd of covert survivors will develop longer term health problems ranging from headaches or to fatigues or even more serious conditions. w correspondence, madeira child re asked, taken a long look at the long covert situation in india or not and,

and cause her bad dog pepper, her lifeline. she says the bub, he went on her toes all the something which she 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 sylvia a few days after testing negative, she was diagnosed with cardiac information about school with complication which left her with a tripling weakness for months. i used to feel so weak, so weak that every time she was defeated i can't even sit. i must lie down a hardly had at this time and i was do 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 full scope. it completes, more commonly known as long as it a name given to the persistent illness. a person feels while facing symptoms or effects for weeks or months after testing negative or the grown of iris. doctor i,

you scope us as patients have come to him with complications like heading, depression validations, and cardiac issues. among other astounding number that is 60 to 70 percent of patients who recover from calvin, have these effect on them. there are some kind of this factors which predict long duration of less is one severe to be less a 2nd. it does not completely understood, it is a science in solution. so even young patients may be experiencing more symptoms than an elderly hired a sufficient 30 year old watching the walker was an avid yoga practitioner. she said she was at a healthy a stage when she tested positive during the 2nd route. and her infection was quite mild, but soon after she started experiencing complications and was diagnosed with a balance disorder called rest hibler disorder, which makes her feel dizzy, and causes constant ringing in her years like being on

a board all the time. so when i stand it, no, it is like this. so for me to walk straight is a job. there was a point where i literally needed to go anywhere because i just couldn't get my that it can be very overwhelming and exhausting. right for rush me. it has a date of therapy and yoga that it had to gain a sense of control over her condition. plus out now it's been medication, ample draft and have a paper which helped her with her post school with competition. he stayed with me with me like a small child. i haven't drank a lot better now as she has found some happy distraction with that. but for many like her lingering effect, of course, would you means inexplicable. well, let's get more on this phenomenon from dr. launcelot pinto, he's a pulmonologist that is a long specialist at in do just hospital in the indian city of mom,

by doctor pinto, our health authorities in india, and elsewhere taking the dangers of long cove. it seriously enough. hello. good afternoon. thank you for inviting me. i think one of the things that gets lost out is the magnitude of the problem. and even though it may be relatively rare, the fact that the entire world seems to have been infected over the past 2 years at some point to suggest that even if a tiny fraction of those individuals have long symptoms that refused to go away, i think that's a, that's a cost, a serious concern, and i think we need to take this more seriously in terms of number one, acknowledging the problem, spreading a very much about the problem so that people approach positions approach the health care system. knowing that there is a problem that needs to be looked at. and of course we need a lot of research initiatives to try and figure out why this is happening and therefore trying to address it. so how widespread is this problem? this long cove in india and also in terms of

a percentage may be of people who are infected and then develop the symptoms. so as a physician, as a, just an issue, i do see a lot of individuals when coming back with just being with shortness of breath even after having me can do to minimize the risk of getting long cove it i think there are studies which have shown that vaccination heads up, possibly by inducing a robust immune response, and therefore preventing fragments of the vitus from circulating around for a long time and possibly contributing to long over to anyone who's on the fence. who's been wondering about whether to get back to preventing long with strong reason to get back to me. i think making sure that all your home on these are better control. so whether you ask my whether diabetes, but that high blood pressure, if you suffer from any of those conditions, please make sure that you take your medications regularly. this is, this is the time to really, you know, to your medications. and of course, making things like nutrition, things like sleep would be an important role in recovery as well. so we've seen the

various karone of ours variance emerge over the past 2 months to other any numbers in there, a difference in that danger to develop long cove it from either of the variance. so i think that's, that's a difficult question to answer and time will tell us exactly where we end. but you know, it has been interesting that every baby and seems to have some sort of a signature. so the loss of smell, which we saw a lot with, was not seen as much with all micron and majority of individuals that all micron seem to be reporting for the last of a really long time. hopefully, the vaccination as a, as a variable which has changed between these visions will also make a difference. but i think time will really tell us whether all be inside equally responsible for long what are some more than others? duct alonso pinto. there from hindu to hospital in mom. bye. thank you very much, dr. thank you. to canada. now where prime

minister just intrude old is using emergency pass to end protests against pandemic restrictions. police have cleared a truck blockade of a key border crossing into the united states, but the drivers are still blocking other crossings and are occupying much of the capitals business district. ah, it's a headache that canada's government hasn't been able to shake, protested in parts trucks, still digging in outside parliament and clogging the streets of the capital ottawa . elsewhere, convoys of vehicles still mobilizing some border crossings. as the nationwide protests entered their 3rd week, prime minister just in trudeau invoke the emergencies act. it gives the government broad powers to intervene. the police will be given more tools to restore order and places where public assemblies can constitute illegal and dangerous activities,

such as blockades and occupations, as seen in our ambassador, ridge and elsewhere. these tools include strengthening their ability to impose fines or imprisonment treatment rule that using the military and set the measures would be time limited. with canadas on the con wave, subsiding, it has already started removing some cove in 1000 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 for truckers has grown into a rallying point for opposition to canada. 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, but protest to say that's not enough to make them back down the skiing sensation. eileen go were was back on the slopes, representing china at the beijing winter olympics. today. the american born freestyle skier, mu, now competes with china, one silver in the women's free ski slope style by the barrister margins, needing a brilliant 3rd round run to get herself on to the podium, to play 2nd behind mer, to get him off. switzerland who won gold, but who remains one of these stories of these games.

and to talk more about this story, let's bring ended abuse bosco's bonnet. jonathan crane from bay ging, jonathan, american born girl, was competing for china again today. how close the, how the chinese actually following her, her journey will they are following her very closely. indeed that silver metal performance has been a repeat on chinese television. it seems like she really is the face of these games, hugely popular here. but there is a twist because island grew that's not forget was born and grew up in california. she switched allegiance to china in 2019. so she really kind of straddling a geo political divides. you trying to keep 2 sites happy, and it's not easy for her in the us. she's accused of being a traitor. is accused of selling out to china. she's incredibly market. suppose she's got multi $1000000.00 sponsorship deals on both sides of that divide in the west and in asia. and she's been criticized and not necessarily using her platform

to speak out on human rights issues, for example. now, just as she's got tricks on the slope, she's also got tricks in press conferences because she's asked about this and she always manages to avoid it quite success successfully. and she basically says, look, i'm here to inspire people. i mean im, i'm inspiring people to take out winter sport say, you know, the press conference is often feel like just as much of a performance as the performance on the competition. another big story, these games is camila val, yoga, as she skates to day, 24 hours on from the decision that actually allowed her to skate despite doping, allegation the way is that discussion standing now where the discussion is still raging and i don't think it's going to go away any time soon, it will surely dominates and probably overshadow tonight's competition in many ways . because while there is a lot of sympathy for valley, eva, she is just 15 years old. we keep saying it, let's repeat it. 15 years old. there's

a lot of anger at how this is played out. now. i just want to read you a tweet from megan to hamilton. she's a canadian, a fixed data and she said, how is any one going to take the women's events seriously? we have, we're just told illegal drugs and abuse are okay. today we've had a bit more detail about what sir valley eva's lawyers argued in that hearing yesterday. basically they said that the positive test was caused by contamination from her grandfather's heart medication. now of course, that will need to be proven at a later date valley eva has also been speaking to russian television. she says she's happy to be competing, but he's emotionally. ty, at that's not really surprising. so we'll just have to see how that affects the performance tonight. she is, of course, the go bundle favorite for the event. doesn't cry, and d, w sports there, we bought it from they g. you're watching the w news. he has a reminder of the top story we're following for you. with germany's chancellor. all

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