[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. a window for diplomacy, while tensions remained high along russia's border with ukraine. u. s. president joe biden says there's no sign yet that russia is pulling back its troops. germany's chancellor. oh, i've sholtes welcome the announcement of the talk with bruton saying everything must be done to avoid war. also coming up for from grace police attained the former president of honduras white orlando hernandez,

now faces extradition to the us on drug trafficking charges class. the abandon village that's become a tourist attraction in spain. it reappeared at the bottom of a reservoir off to extreme drought conditions. ah, amber hill mohammed walked to the program. this cautious optimism about resolving the russia ukraine crisis through diplomacy after moscow signaled it's pulling back some of its troops from the border. if united states is 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 sean noah 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 and circling ukrainian bearers and longing grains border. and invasion remains distinctly possible by those warning comes after devon chancellor. alas, sholtes met with rushes president vladimir putin in moscow. he 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 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 that lever difficult preconditions for shots of 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 steady termination to diffuse tensions, associates motives, courageous and responsible action is now required from everybody, thus finished or 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 at starting as heads of state and government. it's our

dam responsibility and our job to prevent a military escalation in europe or tumor 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 jo. gotcha, and local thermal. so more talks are needed for a diplomatic break through, 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 war. and this i'm joined by leanna fixed from the german marshal 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 in here as well as the talks and moscow showed the path ahead which is the implementation of the mens agreement. and then that were concluded in 2014 and further discussions on secuity 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 russian president also said in the press conference with the german chancellor, that he will not talk for ever, and that he wants very explicit. a statement from the west that ukraine will not join nato, so legally binding witten guarantees that is the language that has come out of moscow and so wild as a window of opportunity and a for diplomacy. now we have to, we made 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 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 too 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 is you can choose it security alliance. that's something that russia has signed with in the chat 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 nato 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 what you yet fix. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. thank you. what his look at some other stories making headlines around the world persons prince. andrew has reached a final settlement with his accuser in a sexual assault lawsuit. papers filed by virginia. jew phrase, lawyers did not disclose the amount due for a suit. the prince,

claiming she was traffic by the late jeffrey epstein and forced to have sex with andrew when she was 17. he has only what he's done a month after a massive orest villain peru authority say that a less than a quarter of the oil has been cleaned up beaches the the capital, lima remained deserted and the local fishing industry is at a standstill. the united nations says it's bruce worst into environmental disaster in recent times. the former president of honduras, one orlando hernandez, is in police custody of to being detained, just 3 weeks off the leaving office. he's wanted by the united states when his alleged ties to drug trafficking. hernandez denies any wrong doing the dramatic scenes and the markets of the hunter and capitol police had come to arrest the man who only weeks ago led to country.

faced with overwhelming force full of present fun, orlando hernandez surrendered himself to the office. at his gate. cheering crowds lined the streets as he was driven off his residence was surrounded by police the night before of the us request of his extradition. alphena india end love involving drug trafficking, going to end up facing us justice if united states has demonstrated that it's an uncompromising when it comes to investigating major drug trafficking. and this is being held at a military base. a supreme court judge will decide on his extradition within 2 months the u as acute, the former leader of being involved in drug smuggling, throughout his presidency and even before. and then this denied receiving bribes from drug traffickers in

a televised dress in 2019 i can say that it is true that i have accepted money from these delinquents and in the name of a 100 people are h right. my complete rejection of the accusation that our country is a drug dealing state. as to now without. after his fall from grace, the former president might soon have to make his case again in the us court. now spain is no stranger to dry spells, but usually the winter months bring the rain that's needed for the rest of the year . but spain and neighboring portugal reporting the driest winter in 2 decades reservoirs are running low so low in facts that villages abandoned years ago. i once again coming to the surface it's a miraculous re birth. the village of us at 8 o in calisha has resurfaced from beneath the water to you to

a long running drought. many reservoirs in spain of will, must run dry. 30 years after the houses here was submerged, they've reappeared again. tourists now come to marvel at the well preserved homes. crates of beer still left outside a place haunted by the ghosts of the past. your do i made the wedding out. in the old days, i used to walk here to work as a builder. i remember the saucers used to eat for lunch. almost. we have been that i believe it's like being in a movie. but i have to say, it makes me feel really sad. not that the stiff assay, lynn dasa reservoirs now only fill to 15 percent of its usual capacity. and that's during winter. this year has seen rainfall reduced by a 3rd. while as, as causes perfectly the unit, especially in january,

it hardly rained hello, that's why the water level is so low. them a sample called viet kiara. b, luna, it on top of that energy companies need nasa to produce electricity? is it a bit get lucky estie and i explored based embassy with the drought has effected all of spain. half of all, farmland is already in critical condition because of the prolong, dry spell it again. this farmer soil is completely parched. let the learn home is another figure it will you see is the professor if these conditions last for the next few weeks. keania we will experience severe drought on many farms article with us, but he has a conflict with you. we won't be able to water all the fields any more. you will talk was hill city. i'll. the village of us at 8 o will remain a tourist destination for the foreseeable future. and it may be a sign of things to come. climate change studies suggest that over the next 50 years,

large parts of spain may turn into deserts. now at the beijing winter olympics, russian figure skater, camilla valley ava is back on the ice for the 1st time. since the court barber treasure for sport allowed her to compete despite testing positive for doping, a 15 year old made an impressive score of $82.00. putting her in the lead of the women short program, she stumbled on her opening jump but regained composure. and then broke into tears after completing her routine for livers team claims that her positive drug test was the result of contamination. and some quick football news. 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 then that leaves them in great shape for the return leg at home next month.

then in the of the game can leanne bob a scored an injury time goal to lift power, sun jayman to victory against real. moderate it watching d. w. it is live from berlin up next is doubtful. more life decoding the secret of aging. i'm writing a public ex, watching cease in a by a what people have to say matters to us. ah, that's why we listen to their stories reporter every