w ah, ah ah, this is the w is life from berlin, u. s. president joe biden awards the ukraine crisis remains dangerous, even as russia claims its withdrawing troops. german chancellor off shouts calls for an urgent de escalation, also on the program policing 100 juris arrest. the form of president on drugs charges plan, orlando hernandez, now faces extradition to the united states. it's towards night at the berlin international film festival stars and audiences are back described some pandemic

restrictions to which folk, well, with the golden back. we'll take a look at some of the things ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. western countries of welcome to russia's announcement that it's pulling some of its military forces back from its border with ukraine. but despite the assurances from moscow, they say they need evidence of the withdrawal. u. s. president joe biden has warned, the situation remains dangerous. the russian defense minister reported today at san 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 returned to their home basis. indeed, our analyst indicate that there remained very much in

a threatening position. and the fact remains right now. russia has more than a 150000 troops circling ukraine and bella roost. and along the cranes border. and invasion remained distinctly possible. mister biden's warning follows a shuttle diplomacy by the german chancellor lachelle in kiev. and moscow, after face to face talks with the russian president vladimir putin, mister schultz repeated calls for an 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 at the very difficult preconditions for shots as crisis talks with bloody me, a protein 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 the speaking to the press, afterwards, both emphasized their determination to diffuse tensions associates more to gus. a courageous and responsible action is now required from everybody, thus volatile, 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. why to move to it union you 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. it is, will, this should lead to an agreement of providing equal security for everybody, including our country, just as you grew here and local terminal. 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. those claims to now to be true, it would be the 1st sign of de escalation in weeks. let's get more from the w is a chief international editor, richard walker. welcome richard. so some signs of some mover, but it sounds like it's too early to breathe. a sigh of relief. yeah, i think that's right. and phil, i mean, 1st of all, of course it's going to take a while to ascertain whether those troops really are moving. what numbers of troops are moving back? where are they moving back to?

are they moving back to base or are they moving to other forward positions from which they also potentially pose a threat? so there's, there are those questions still to be answered? but still, many people have been clinging on to that moment yesterday when this announcement came out, is the 1st sort of deescalate return that this crisis is taken in many weeks of ratcheting up of steady escalation. but we should stress that also yesterday, some other escalate. 3 incidents did happen. we saw in the report there this vote in the duma in the russian parliament to call on the kremlin to recognize those rebel regions in east and ukraine. that will be a hugely disruptive move if the russians move to head with that that would throw the whole crisis into a new level of dangerousness plus. also, there was a significant cyber attack yesterday that took place against various ukrainian institutions that always takes a while to attribute who,

who actually initiated the cyber attack. but of course, they'll be very strong suspicions that russia is involved, given the circumstances that were in at the moment. plus you have a very large number of troops, certainly still in the region around ukraine. so all in all, this is still very volatile. the situation of the german chancellor, olaf sholtes was in moscow yesterday following his talks in care of the day before . did he achieve anything? well, i think he'll be reasonably satisfied with how the trip went. i think on 2 levels. essentially, partly just the opportunity for him to get his message across, not just in public, in the way that we saw in the press conferences in the report just there, but also in private, several hours of getting his message across to vladimir putin and indicating that the western alliance is united on the situation. and then otherwise simply, the pledge from the russian side came out to keep talking some of the more positive noises from vladimir putin on his interest in talking coming out from the press

conference yesterday. so i think all and all a shots will be reasonably content with how things went. and one of us to persons biggest demands is for nato, holds its expansion eastwood's, especially regarding ukraine, which of course nato has rejected. so how do we resolve that? how do they resolve that clash of positions? yeah, well this is one of the naughtiest question. so into any talks going ahead are really going to find difficulty resolving this and sholtes voicing some frustration almost about the situation. so posing the question, why the russians sort of instigating this crisis over a question, which is really nobody believes that ukraine is, is about to join nato at any time soon. and there have been some questions about whether some sort of formula could be found to reassure the russians that, that, that ukraine, membership of nato is not imminent. but one journalist opposed that question to vladimir putin asked if he would accept something like that. and he,

he rejected that quite angrily, sort of saying, when would it then join us if it's not to morrow? when might it be? so rejecting this idea quite, quite strongly. and the problem of all of this is that vladimir putin essentially has a strong incentive out of all of that. just to keep up this kind of level of pressure on ukraine, because if he can't get a pledge from nato that it won't expand. then this kind of disruption, this constant harassment of ukraine is a de facto achievement of that goal. stopping it ever, being in a position where it could join later. thanks for that. richard richard walker is did of his chief international editor. let's take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. a britain's prince. andrew has reached a financial, a settlement with his accuser in a sexual assault lawsuit junior defray a claim. she was traffic by the prince's late friend, the disgraced financier, jeffrey upstate. when she was 17 and then forced to have sex with the royal and

court papers to not reveal the amount of the payoff, he knows exactly what a u. s. gun manufacturer that made the rifle used in one of america's deadly school shootings has reached a historic settlement with the victims families. remington arms is agreed to pay $73000000.00 to relatives of people killed in the 2012 sandy hook massacre. family of a filmmaker killed onset last year, assuming the actor, alec baldwin. lewis clay mister baldwin ignored safety protocols before firing the gun. that ended hellena. hutchins life during the filming of a western criminal investigation, is ongoing. a former president of honduras, the one orlando hernandez, is being held on drugs charges 3 weeks after leaving office is wanted by the united states for alleged tied to narcotics. trafficking denies any wrong doing

dramatic scenes and miss upmarket suburb of the hunter and capitol police had come to arrest the man who only weeks ago, let the country face with overwhelming force for president on orlando had unders serenity himself to the officers at his gate. 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 was involved in drug trafficking. i going to end up facing us justice if only the united states has demonstrated that firm and uncompromising when it comes to investigating major drug trafficking, one of the medical that if you go 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 there's denied receiving bribes from drug traffickers in a televised address in 2019 we have freedom. i can say that it is untrue that i have accepted money from these delinquents and went in the name of a 100. people are iterate. my complete rejection of the accusations that our country is a drug dealing states for white esl now without. after his fall from grace, the former president might soon have to make his case again in the us court. how tonight is a was ice at the berlin international film festival. despite pandemic restrictions, the start are back on the red carpet and audiences back in front of the sofa screen . so which film will scoop the berlin olives top prize? the golden bear is a look at some of the contenders. the standard performance of the festival came from germany,

turkish actress milton captain as the title character in robbie. a corners versus george w bush. eat with us. i job you could nasty for voice. george lee bush. just looking in please identify john cast via ish o had in zones. it's the true story of a loving mother who fought for 5 years to get her son released from guantanamo prison. if you miss him, you haven, he will show you, but i will describe it misty. this is a get you the gum is though because really captains robbie a is a force of nature who doesn't lead anything. german bureaucracy, social norms or the u. s. government stand on the way of getting justice for her son. justice is nowhere to be found in robe of gems. the debut film by mexican bolivian director natalia lopez, gay ardo, a moody impressionistic look at the violence and brutality of the mexican drug wars

. the film divided critics, but many agree it was the most visually arresting film in berlin this year. in both sides of the blade, french director clare denise manages to be both stylish and intimate. her story of a woman caught between 2 men is deceptively simple. but the performances, bye as juliet be nash, as von so long dog are subtle and emotionally devastating. they come to the berlin festivals, most moving love story is. the chinese film returned to dust director li ruin jones gentle tale follows a pair of outcasts and a forced marriage as the eke out in existence in a series of small villages. they're constantly uprooted as farming communities are torn down to make way for urban expansion. that's interesting. but politics are subtext. here the real story in return to dust is the growing love between mar and

glee, ying, an affection that has never sentimental and all the more affecting for its restraint. the 2022 barely nala, held in the midst of the crone of iris pandemic has been a bit of a strange affair. and the films shown here seemed to reflect the sense of alienation and the longing for connection that i think a lot of us have felt over the past 2 years. the movies have been less spectacular and epic and more intimate and introspective. last a celebration of the magic of cinema and more reflection on the people we miss. and on the things we've lost. now the russian figure skater, camila valley eva, has been back on the ice at the winter olympics after being allowed to compete despite positive drugs. tests the 15 year old put in an impressive performance to take the lead in the women's short program. despite stumbling on her opening jump, she found her feet before being overwhelmed by emotion. the don't test is still

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