[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, an urgent call for de escalation. the german chancellor visited visits the russian president vladimir putin, chancellor shawls welcome proteins, announcement that some troops are being pulled back from ukraine border, but later says it has not seen anything looking like de escalation. also coming up and you case prince andrew, settle the sexual abuse lawsuit with his accuser,

which and as you fray for an undisclosed son and a french actress, isabel and pear gets a lifetime achievement award at the berlin film festival. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. german chancellor olive shoals has appealed for urgent de escalation to avoid war between russia and ukraine. sholtes met with rushes, president vladimir putin in moscow for crisis talks. he welcomed the pool back for some russian troops along the border with ukraine. schultz is the latest western leader to meet with bruton and the bid to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. it's his most important trip abroad to date arriving in moscow. all of shots once to do what he and his political party historically consider one of their key tasks,

building breaches with russia and the bridge is badly needed just a day ahead of what some belief is the day rush our plans to invade ukraine. while shots made his way to the kremlin, the russian parliament sent a strong signal to the west. members of the duma asked their president to recognize the 2 break away regions and eastern ukraine as independent and move that could kill off what remains of the men's piece process. putting in words that lever difficult preconditions for shots as crisis talks with vladimir putin held at a distance due to cov, it concerns the leaders looked for ways to close the gap between russia and the west. when speaking to the press, afterwards, both emphasized eddie termination to diffuse tensions, associates, motors for courageous and responsible action is now required from everybody. thus belittle sorry for binding another. i want to say one thing for my generation war in europe has become unthinkable. and we must, in sure,

it stays that way of cover at starting is heads of state and government. it's our damn responsibility in our job to prevent a military escalation in europe. why to move to it union can usually do we want war or not even though of course not we. that is why we have made proposals to start the negotiation process. this should lead to an agreement of providing equal security for everybody, including our country. as you grew here in marshall thermal, so more talks are needed for a diplomatic breakthrough, and yet they are small signs. the threat is subsiding. over the course of the day, russia announced it was withdrawing some of its more than $100000.00 troops along the border with ukraine. if those claims turned out to be true, it would be the 1st sign of de escalation in weeks. while you, as president joe biden has also welcomed russia's announcement of a partial troop withdrawal,

but he had strong words for russia's leda. the russian de french minister reported to day, and some military units are leaving their positions near ukraine. that would be good, but we have not yet verified that we have not yet verified the russian military units are returning to their home basis. indeed, our analysts indicate that the remain very much in a threatening position. and the fact remains right now. russia has more than a 150000 troops in circling you grand and belarus, and long ukraine's border. an invasion remains distinctly possible of worn this and joined by leanna fixed from the german marshal fund of the united states. it's good to have you with us on deed up in years. now, russia came as withdrawing some of its troops from the border with ukraine. but we just had the u. s. president,

back house casting some doubt. what should we be reading into this? it is the right approach to be cautious. we have seen in the past that announcements from the russian ministry of defense to withdraw troops actually led to just troops. we stationing troops remaining in position. that was the case, for instance, in the spring of last year. so it is the white approach to we may cautious until with all thought of tube, but we fight. but on the other hand, and child's trip to moscow has symbolized this. that is a window of diplomacy which now has to be used and both the talks in here as well as the talks and moscow showed the path ahead which is the implementation of the minsk agreement. and that were concluded in 2014 and further discussions on security, the stationing of missiles in view. so in your opinion,

is that what would represent some form of diplomatic breakthrough an agreement on the implementation of minsk and on security measures. arms control measures in you could be enough for the russian president to withdraw and to argue that he has achieved victory, that he has forced the west to the negotiation table and the chief significant results. on the other hand, the russian president also said in the press conference with the german chancellor, that he will not talk forever and that he wants very explicit statements from the west that ukraine will not join nato. so legally binding witten guarantees. that is the language that has come out of moscow. so wild as a window of opportunity and for diplomacy. now we have to remain cautious as the russian president, as signal this is not a window that made we made open for a long time. well, yeah, i mean,

president joe biden has said that there are ways to address russia security concerns. and one might be wondering if this issue of ukraine sovereignty and that option to join nato may be up, have to be up for discussion. it is a difficult issue because russia ones to define what nato dusts they want in implicit reach are wide over nato's policy, which is something that in turn made to cannot accept they to has to defend its principles, but also not only its principles. the principles of nato, but also the principles of the youth in security order that also russia find that every country you can choose security alliance. that's something that russia has signed with in the chart of powers of 990 and in the house. and the final act of 1975. so this is not a principle that can just easily be thrown out of the window. but

a compromise might be, and this has been signaled by the german chancellor, but also by washington, that no one is actually planning to admit you claim into nato at any time. so the question really is, if this statement is enough for the kremlin to stop the tooth tooth build up or if it needs, if it requires more formal arrangements, which for nato and the west will be very difficult to agree or not. you yanna fix. thank you. very much for taking the time to talk to us. thank you. well, let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. the former president of honduras is in custody after a standoff with police at his home. the united states is demanding the extradition of one orlando, hernandez accusing him of corruption and drug trafficking. hernandez resigned last

month off to 8 years in office. he denies the charges, will make his in ethiopia voted to lift the state of emergency as mediation efforts continue to end the conflict in the countries north. a 6 month measure was imposed in november as to grant forces fighting the government moved closer to the capitol, addis ababa and the u. k. is prince andrew has reached a settlement with his accuser in a sexual assault case. but you know, you phrased lawyers did not disclose the size of the payout. she was suing the royal for damages, claiming she was trafficked by financier geoffrey epstein and forced to have sex with the prince. when she was 17 years old about it dw charlotte, chelsea pill has more from london to some of this will come as a bit of surprise, surprise both candidates, including prince andrew's team, has suggested that they wanted to take this case all the way to trial prince andrew saying that he wanted to clear his name in court,

but it's publicly very dog. in fact, if you speak to some legal experts in the u. s, they were saying that an out of court settlement was always the most likely outcome here. indeed, out of court settlement in cases like this, all very frequent in the united states. now on the question of timing, there's some advantages for prince andrew in settling this case. now we know that he was facing a deposition next month. and of course, a trial potentially later this year, both of which could have been the damaging to his reputation in more details. why release? they could have been hugely embarrassing for prince andrew. and indeed, not just prince andrew, the royal family by association as well. they are likely to be breathing a huge sigh of relief today. this case has reached a settlement that there won't be the public spectacle media frenzy surrounding a trial, particularly this of all,

this is the jubilee year for the queen. she's celebrating 70 years on the throne. the summer to have big celebrations, marking that i think many will be relieved that there won't be the spectacle overshadowing those celebrations. now at the beijing winter olympics, russian figure skater, camilla valley ava, is back on the ice for the 1st time. since the court of arbitration for sports allowed her to compete despite testing positive for doping, the 13 year old made and impressive school of $82.00 to give her the lead of the women's short program. she stumbled on her opening jump but regained composure. and then broke into tears after completing her routine for labors team claims, her positive drug test was the result of contamination. and to some football news now and the champions league, ground of 16 kicked off on tuesday with 2 matches. manchester city demolished

sporting lisbon 5 mill cities when took place in lisbon and leaves them in great shape for the return leg at home next month. and then the other game, killian buffet scored an injury time goal to lift power sun, gemma, a victory against real much it. a french screen legend, isabel, who bear has tested positive for coven 19. that means she won't be able to accept the honorary golden bear. and lifetime achievement award at the burden film festival, while despite has said back, he has a look back at her career. ah, in a career spanning more than 5 decades, isabel repair has appeared in over $130.00 films of various genres. she's gained a reputation for playing, intelligent and audacious characters, often with a chilly reserve. at the age of 19, she was already acting alongside european film stars, such as eve, montague,

and call me schneider. she soon became the muse of art house. director clod shall point. government rule, 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. in the 2016 thriller l, she played a video game producer who was raped. her character refuses to be a victim and seduced as the rapist pulling him into a game of guilt and revenge. that roll earned her an oscar nomination and a golden globe award and 2017 cementing her international reputation. isabel repair has also been a frequent guest at the bailey 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 entire cast one a silver barrow ward above. yes, quite did. we say bless and keep. wow. in 2018, she showed her vulnerable side and the playing of philosophy. professor whose husband leaves her for a younger woman over the heaviest pair, avoided the cliches of the jilted wife, whose life is turned upside down, showing new perspectives. oh, blue and this year's belly knowledge is the world premier of her new film about joan. in this tale of love, life and memory is apparently past stars alongside german act allows idaho, and gives yet another extraordinary performance

where he has reminder of our top story of the crisis. tolts with washes that in the uprooting german chancellor. oh, laughed shalt, as coastal and urgent, the escalation of tensions of the ukraine could signal if he was more open to diplomacy set the west was ignoring russia's concerns about nato expansion. up next is all the latest business season of i saw are driven by merciless read, others pushing the destruction to forget not holding. the invaders came to prison. they shut down the next to the government is trying to destroy the business people in a large scale version of a deposit lend grabbers or exploiting the amazon rain forest indigenous peoples or no. briefly opposing them. a long term report from the heart of brazil starts march