the destruction of the nation starts more torn d w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news live from berlin. a window for diplomacy, while tensions remain high along russia's order with ukraine. u. s. president biden says there's no sign yet that russia is pulling back its troops. germany's chancellor olaf sholtes welcomes the announcement off the top with vladimir putin saying everything must be done and to avoid pool. also coming up, you case. prince andrew settled

a sexual abuse law suit with his accuser. virginia you free for an undisclosed and french actress. isabel pear gets a lifetime achievement award at the burden film festival. ah, i'm really mohammed walking to the program. this cautious optimism about resolving the russia ukraine crisis through diplomacy of to moscow signals. it's pulling back some of its troops from the border united states, as among nations welcoming the announcement from russia. but president joe biden also warned the situation remains dangerous. the russian, the french minister reporting today at san mold, jo 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 they remain very much in a threatening position. and the fact remains right now. russia has more than a 150000 troops and circling ukraine and bearers, and long grains border. and invasion remains distinctly possible. o biden's warning comes after jam and chance that olaf shelter met with rushes. president vladimir putin in moscow is the latest western leader to hold crisis talks and appealed for urgent de escalation. it's his most important trip abroad to date arriving in moscow. olaf shots once to do what he and his political party historically consider one of their key tasks, building breaches with russia and a bridge as badly needed just a day ahead of what some belief is. the date russia 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 to 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 with even difficult preconditions for shots as crisis talks with vladimir putin held at a distance due to cov, it concerns the lead. us looked for ways to close the gap between russia and the west. because when speaking to the press, afterwards, both emphasized steady termination to diffuse tensions. hello, this gets more tickets for courageous and responsible action is now required from everybody. thus volitional, sorry, to line again. 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. starting is heads of state and government. it's our damn responsibility and our job to prevent

a military escalation in europe. why to move to it union can nationally 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. just as you grew chair and marshal 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 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 nater, defense ministers are g to meet in brussels. the talks about sending reinforcements to southeast europe. d. w is brussels bureau chief, alexandra von nomine sat down with the us ambassador to the alliance. what's next

in the ukraine crisis? is there a chance for a diplomatic solution? let's speak about that. with you as ambassador to ne, to julian smith. hello, met him ambassador. at the you ask, government has warned that a russian invasion of ukraine could happen any time. and still, there is a flurry of diplomatic effort still underway, and now we are hearing from the crowning kremlin that they would like to continue to talks. so please tell us how close are we to war in ukraine? well, as the u. s. administration has made very clear we remain concerned about the build up of russian troops around ukraine's border. we do believe that at this time, russia possesses all that it needs to invade ukraine further invade ukraine. all that said, we have also made very clear to moscow in recent days, in fact that the door to dialogue is wide open. and we are collectively here at

nato and at the o. s. e. but also back in washington, were prepared to sit down and engage in a dialogue and hopefully deescalate the situation. but right now we don't have any evidence that that's occurring. and for that reason we've been very clear that we're looking at a variety of contingency operations. nato insist on its open door policy. i u. s. president joe biden, however, has suggested that ukraine is not likely to join nato any time soon. so why not use this obvious fact as a starting point for talks with moscow? well, what nato has been crystal clear and messaging to russia is that it is not prepared to engage in a dialogue on nato's open door policy. nato believes that that policy is only something for the aspirant countries and the nato members to discuss. so we are not prepared to put that on the table. what we are prepared to do is to have

a dialogue with russia a brow broader aspects of european security. we would be happy to sit down and have a conversation about arms control. we've made very clear that we'd be happy to talk to them about risk reduction and other steps that we might be able to take in the name of enhanced transparency ought to bring more stability to, to this part of the world. so again, our hope is that president putin ups for that path. but we have not received any formal replies or responses to our letter that we sent to moscow some weeks ago. and we keep hearing time and time again. and old allies are on the same page. however, the german government has been facing some criticism. for instance, we're not sending defensive arms to queen. so how happy are you with the commitment of the new german government? i don't have any issues with the new german government, very comfortable with where we are as an alliance. we all come to the table with

different perspectives. we all come to the table with a different history. we all sit in different corners of the world, and that makes for a lively discussion where we have our differences from time to time. but in this moment, in this moment, as we all think about russian aggression and what russia is doing to destabilize european security more broadly, there's no question in my mind that we are united as an alliance on that specific question. and so i, i don't, i really don't worry course we have different perspectives, but on that particular question we're united. thank you very much. thank you. well has look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. so the president of honduras is in custody, offer 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 after 8 years in office. he denies the charges, will make his in ethiopia voted to lift a state of emergency as that mediation efforts continue to end the conflict in the countries north. the 6 month measure was imposed in november as to grind forces fighting the government moved closer to the capitol, addis ababa maple that cardinal. a month after a massive oil spill in peru, authority say less than a quarter of the oil has been cleaned up beaches the the capital. lima remained deserted and local fishing and the local fishing in industry has been brought to a standstill. the united nation says it's peruse was environmental disaster in recent times. and the u. k. is prince andrew has reached a settlement with his accuser in a sexual assault case. but you know, you phrase lawyers did not disclose the size of the payout. she was doing the royal for damages, claiming she was trafficked by by nancy, a jeffrey epstein,

and forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. d w is charlotte . chelsea pill has more from london to some of this will come as a bit of surprise of a surprise. both candidates, including prince andrew's team, had 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, both public clean, very dog. in fact, if you speak to some legal experts in the us, 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 something in its 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 at both of which could have been the damaging to his reputation. if more detailed a,

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 out i think many will be relieved that that won't be the spectacle overshadowing the 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 15 year old made an impressive school of $82.00. putting her in the lead of the whims short program. she stumbled on her opening jump but regained composure. and

then broke into tears after completing her routine for labors team claims, a positive drug test was a result of contamination. ella, here's some football news 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 that leaves them in great shape for the return leg at home next month. and then the other game, killian bob, a scored an injury time goal to lift paris on demand, a victory against real madrid. france screen legend as a bell or pair has tested positive for cove at 19. and that means she won't be able to accept the honorary golden bear and lifetime achievement award at the berlin film festival. all despite the set back is a look back at her impressive korea. in a career spending 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 films, stars, such as eve, montoya, and uncle me schneider. she soon became the muse of art house director. clerk 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 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 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, eat women for which the entire cast one, a silver barrow wore it up. now is quite difficult with black and keep ah, in 2018. she showed her vulnerable side and the playing of philosophy professor, whose husband leaves her for a younger woman available to the heaviest 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, life and memory is appellate and pass stars alongside german act allows idaho, and gives yet another extraordinary performance. what indeed, obedience live from berlin up next is duck. felt the season like sun are driven by merciless greed. others are fighting the destruction length grabbers are exploiting. the amazon reinforced indigenous peoples upon now. bravely opposing them to report from the heart of brazil stuart's