ah, ah ah, this is, these are the news live for from berlin. a window for diplomacy, while tensions remain high along russia's border with ukraine. u. s. president joe biden says there's no sign yet that russia is pulling back his troops, germans, chance germany, chancellor, olaf schoultz, welcome to announcement often talks with who just saying everything must be done to avoid. also coming up. you case prince andrew settles a sexual abuse lawsuit with his accuser. virginia jew frame for an undisclosed

plus fall from grace priest. attain the former president of honduras, kwan orlando hernandez, now faces extradition to the united states on drug trafficking charges. ah, and really mohammed welcome to the program. this cautious optimism about resolving the russia ukraine crisis through diplomacy after moscow signal it's pulling back some of its troops from the border. united states is among nations welcoming the announcement from russia, but president joe biden also warned the situation remains dangerous. the rushing, the french minister reporting to day at san lowell jo units are leaving their positions near you grant. 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 in circling ukraine and bearers, and longing grains border and invasion remains distinctly possible. o. biden's warning comes after javin chancellor olive shells met with rushes, president vladimir putin in moscow. he's 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 bridges 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 at the very difficult preconditions for shots as crisis talks with vladimir putin held at a distance due to cove. it concerns the lead us 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 motives for courageous and responsible action is now required from everybody. thus volitional, 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 as heads of state and government. it's our damn responsibility in our job to prevent

a military escalation in europe or to move to it. union can usually do we want war . an argument, 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's mysterious, your group, and local 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 of warren, this i'm joined by leanna fixed from the german marshall fund of the united states . it's good to have you with us on did 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. bear cast 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 and key of as well as the talks and moscow showed the path ahead which is the implementation of the mens agreements 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 view of 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 achieved significant results. on the other hand, the washer 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 wooden guarantees that is the language that has come out of moscow. and so while there's a window of opportunity and for diplomacy, now we have to, we main cautious as the western 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 once to define what nato deaths they want in implicit re to ride 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 need to but also the principles of the youth in security order that also russia find that every country you can choose it security alliance. that's something that russia has signed with in the chart of powers of 1990 and in the helsinki final act. of 975. 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 ukraine into ne, to at any time. so the question really is, if this statement is enough for the kremlin to stop the tooth tooth and build up or if it needs, if it requires more formal arrangements, which for nato and the west will be very difficult to agree in, not you yet. thanks. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. thank you. well, here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. make as an inch o p, i have voted to lift a state of emergency. as mediation efforts continued to end, the conflict in the countries north piano, a 6 month measure was imposed november as to grant forces. fighting the government moved closer to the capital, addis ababa a month after a massive oil spill in peru,

authority say less than a quarter of the oil has been cleaned up beaches near the capital, lima remained deserted, and the local fishing industry is at a standstill. united nation says it's peruse worst environmental disaster in recent times. the family of cinematographer helena hutchins, who was killed in a u. s. film said last year, say they are swimming act. alec baldwin, attorneys claim baldwin disregarded safety protocols before handling the gun that wounded hutchins. while filming the movie rust so fought, no charges have been filed. and a criminal investigation is ongoing. and the u. k. is prince andrew has reached a settlement with his accuser in the sexual assaults case. but you know, you phrased lawyers did not disclose the science of the payout. she was showing the royal for damages claiming she was trafficked by finance. yet jeffrey epstein and

forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old to become clean about it. did her please. 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, 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. both public clean, very good font. if you speak to some legal experts in the us, they were saying that announce 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 mocking not. i think many will be relieved that there won't be the spectacle overshadowing those celebrations. a full president of honduras, kwan orlando hernandez, is in police cost the day after being detained, just 3 weeks after leaving office. he's wanted by the united states for legit ties to drug trafficking. hernandez denies any wrong doing dramatic scenes in miss upmarket suburb of the hunter and capitol police had come

to arrest the man who only weeks ago, let the country faced with overwhelming force for president, one alondo hernandez surrendered himself to the officers at his gates. cheering crowds lined the streets as he was driven off his residence was surrounded by police the night before of the u. s. requests of his extradition alvina. in the end. those involved in drug trafficking. i going to end up facing us justice if only united states has demonstrated that it's an uncompromising when it comes to investigating major drug trafficking. one of the nonprofit under hernandez is being held at a military base. a supreme court judge will decide on his extradition within 2 months. the u. s. accuses the former leader of being involved in drug smuggling throughout his 8 you presidency and even before. and then this denied receiving

bribes from drug traffickers in a televised address in 2019 we have food, i can say that it is untrue that i have accepted money from these delinquents. and when in the name of the 100 people, i reiterate my complete rejection of the accusations that a country is a drug dealing states for white is still not without. after his fall from grace, the former president might soon have to make his case again. in the us court at the beijing winter olympics, russian figure skater, camilla valley ava is back on the ice for the 1st time since the quote bob attrition full sport allowed her to compete despite testing positive for doping. the 15 year old made an impressive score of $82.00, putting her in the lead of the women's short program. she stumbled on her opening jump, but regained composure, and then broke into tears after competing her routine flavors team claims her

positive drug test was the result of contamination. men's tennis number one, novak joker, which says he would rather skip the grand slams than be forced to get a cove at 19 jab. he is unvaccinated and was to ported from australia before the australian open. the sog are involved to visa cancellations, to court challenges, and 5 nights at an immigration detention hotel. the 20 time major champion is set to return to action at a tournament in dubai next week. and some football now and the champions league round 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. full the return leg at home next month. and then in the other game, can even babe's scored an injury time goal to live paris centureman to victory

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