[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is the w news line from the u. s. president joe biden warner, the ukraine crisis remains dangerous, even as russia claims its withdrawing troops and speaking in moscow. german chancellor, olaf sholtes repeats calls for urgent the escalation. and is this what the escalation looks like, nato and the usa? they need time to verify this russian withdrawal claims. so we'll get it. we'll hear from a military analyst also on the program policing on juris arrest,

the former president on drugs charges on orlando hernandez. now faces extradition to the united states and its awards nice at the international film festival stars and audiences are back. despite some pandemic restrictions to which filled with the golden back. we'll take a look at some of the favorites. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. western countries are very welcome to russia's announcement that it's pulling some of its troops back from its border with ukraine. but despite moscow's assurances, they say they need evidence that the withdrawal is happening. us president joe biden board, but the situation remains dangerous. the russian defense minister reporting 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 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 boilers and long ukraine's border and invasion remains distinctly possible. let warning from president biden follows . the german chancellor talks with president putin yesterday and with ukraine's president in care of the day before speaking in moscow, olaf schoultz repeated calls for an urgent de escalation. it was his most important trip abroad to date. for left charles arrived in moscow to carry out what he sees as one of his key tasks,

building bridges with russia. and the bridge is badly needed as the world remains on high alert over a possible russian invasion of ukraine. while schultz made his way to the kremlin, the russian parliament sent a strong signal to the west. any members of the duma asked their president to recognize, to break away regions in eastern ukraine as independent, a move that could kill off what remains of the minsk piece process. difficult pre conditions for shots is crisis talks with vladimir putin. the leaders look for ways to close the gap between russia and the west. speaking afterwards to the media both said they were determined to diffuse tensions on to the album. will only sets more tickets for 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 ensure it stays that way of cover at starts is heads of state and government. it's our damn responsibility in our job to prevent a military escalation in europe. i tumor to it. union condition than you do we want war or not even though, of course not. we. that is why we have made proposals to start the negotiation process is this should lead to an agreement of providing equal security for everybody, including our country. mysterious jo crochet and luscious drama. so more talks are needed for a diplomatic breakthrough, and yet there are small signs, the threat may be subsiding. over the course of the day, russia said it was withdrawing some of its more than a $100000.00 troops along the border with ukraine. if those claims turn out to be true, it would be the 1st sign of the escalation in weeks. well, they don't issue political edison, mckayla cooper traveled on the plane to moscow with the chancellor. oh,

welcome mikayla. so what did he achieve yesterday? well, he achieves that. it's very unlikely that we will actually see crossing of the border by russian troops today. and that is, after all, what western intelligence sticky us intelligence was wanting about. now, this is not something he personally achieved on that very day. the climate was kind of shifting towards that kind of outcome. but then again, so it didn't even make it back to the airport in here before news came through that there were cyber attacks on the defense ministry in 2 banks in ukraine. so clearly we're entering a different phase here, but the most important thing is that he did get some commitment from vladimir putin, the russian president, to engage in talks, talks are a good thing. it's the time for diplomacy, although, and we also heard from mister putin that he would not let this be dragged out. he

wants that equal security, which is something he is we're defining a country to what russia agreed to in the past with nature. right. give us a sense of atmosphere of this meeting between germany's new chancellor, an old russian hand, where there was an air of the cold war arriving on the plane because the chance to remain in the play and he wouldn't be tested by russian authorities. so it was a doctor from the german embassy who came on board to do the 4th p. c. r. test. all of us including the chancellor did for p c r test for actually entering any kind of meeting room that was of the course of several days. so there was this element of distrust. but what we heard after that is talks also talking to the chance and his advisors. these were talks that went very much into detail and they were friendly in atmosphere, although clearly quite tough on the ski sticking points. and that is something that needs to be defined now where common ground can be found because we've seen the

demands from russia. we've seen the response from nato and the you, it's not something very near future, right? this will now be seen as a starting point to re engage and the world is waiting to see whether mister shows addressed that the note stream to a gas pipeline. or did he well, he came closer and so far to actually you directly addressing it. so the interesting thing is that you wouldn't use the in the north stream word, even when he was in the us with his closest ally here. it was talked about it at length actually by vladimir putin and, and it's not something all sorts would repeat, certainly to the face of the russian president. but it is quite clearly understood now also on the russian side, that if russ across the border, if russia attacks and no string to would be off the table. this is something that putin has also warned about. he keeps calling it a purely economic project. but it's well understood by the russian side, but the big question mark hanging in the air is, what is an attack?

because we see now seems to be entering a cyber a hybrid phase. right. and this issue that the ukraine crisis has, has tested. not only the chancellor, but germany is positioned in the world. we have the united states looking at germany is perhaps a little unreliable. we have ukraine looking at germany as being an unreliable, especially, and russia sort of wondering what's going on there. so this, there's a lot for the chancellor to actually achieve in this. i would say that russia's actually wondering what's going on. it's testing what could be going on and when you try and divide the west. and yes, that is true or the fact that or so it's didn't clearly spell out the issue about no stream to that is cost them certain amount of credit bill, etc. also, the fact that germany refuses to deliver weapons to ukraine, which other nato partners are doing. at the same time, there was a clear division of roles diplomatically here with the us thing tough. who emanuel, my call being somewhere in between,

showing some understanding. and basically as an entry ticket to finding some kind of rapport with the russian president, it was what i saw. it wouldn't mention that project, whether this happened has paid off, remains to be seen. i'm sorry to have to put it like that, but we still are in a, in a continuing process and nobody expects us to be resolved any way or the other any time soon. thank you. me. hello, hello is dw such a little editor. so this is all about her russia, amassing her troops along ukraine's border outside estimates. port the number of russian troops and 830000, including 30000 in belarus. moscow says that some of his forces have now returned to base western allies are still waiting for evidence of that withdrawal.

russian fighter jets patrol the skies above bella. ruth, on the ground, russian marines practice combat drills with a bellow ruffian, army. just some of the 30000 or so russian troops taking part in the largest military exercise held between the 2 neighbors. since the collapse of the soviet union in russia is northern lending grant region. more footage, released by the russian ministry of defense. this time, one of its tank units involved in another military exercise. and in the south, russian warships openly train in the black sea the country's military build up her ranch. ukraine has been no secret. even if getting accurate numbers has been hard. satellite images released this week have shed more

light. these jets were photographed on sunday at an air facing crimea. an area annexed by russia in 2014 and images of military helicopters were taken near the russian city of sir lottie. not far from the ukrainian border. on tuesday, moscow announced it was withdrawing some of its forces. this gives grounds for cautious optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of the escalation on the ground. meanwhile, ukraine's military is a fraction of rushes. it's active duty troops and just a quarter of its phase one, even if civilians are being trained up to help bridge the gap. some members of nato have been providing ukraine with military aid. but it's

hard to compete with a nuclear power. even if it says it doesn't want war or thomas says v gold as a journalist, specializing an international defense and security policy. welcome to d w. let's start with the russian claims that there, withdrawing some at shoots from the boarder regence, including an announcement that's just reached us from the russian defense ministry that is now withdrawing some troops from a crimea. should we believe them? well, we have to see whether satellite images will confirms us this might really be happening, but the pointers of the troops which are to withdraw our from garrisons quite close to ukraine. so this means even when those troops i was drawn, they could be relocated pretty fast, pretty soon. so withdrawn doesn't necessarily mean sent home. that's exactly to the

point. well, those troops are sent home, but they are not that far away from your grade. we have seen that troops from russia far east have been relocated to bella ruth and close to ukraine. if those troops went home a few 1000 kilometers, that would make a difference. but if they are troops which are based a few 100 kilometers from ukraine anyway, it's not really an improvement. right? mr. show, mr. pretend met with the german chancellor left schoultz yesterday and talked about the realities on the ground determining what happens next. what do you think the russian president meant by that? well, from the russian point of view, russia is reacting against pressure from ukraine, against pressure from the west. and mr. put in also mentioned that russia considers what happens and on the bus again aside. and he was drawing

a load analogy to the cultural engagement of nato and $999.00. so this means, from my point of view, russian saying if the situation in the eastern ukraine gets worse, we reserve the right to intervene. and i keep getting these, these russian claims about a genocide, who does russia believe a slaughtering? who well, there were reports on russian t v. that the majority government in ukraine is suppressing slaughtering those separatists in easton ukraine. i think as far as i've seen in there were even claims of concentration camps. so the russian impression all the impression in russia wants to give is that there is really, again, no side going on in the eastern ukraine. and russia has

a responsibility to protect its own people. i think that's the major point. we'll have to see what comes out of it. and the next days, as part of the russian parliament has called on president position to recognize the separatist regions have done yet, scandal hands as independent. how would that change things? well, it's in putin's hand, whether he is to sign those into law. and if this happens, then, of course, russia considers to have, not only moral, but also legal right, to intervene in ukraine. and this might change things just a bit more for the worse. if one of russia's goals has been to frustrate ukraine's attempts to join nato, then permanently placing troops at that border at its border with you, craig might achieve that. is that feasible in the long term?

well, it depends. russia surely could deploy material to the board for a very long time. i'm not sure whether it would be possible to deploy troops in the region for an indefinite time. they have to reorganize and you only can live in tents for so long, even if russian soldiers most probably are bit more robust than that's a western european soldiers in that regard. but i would think that at some point to russia has to take a decision, whether this is a really big massing of troops will stay. thank you for clear defense and security journalist, thomas v gold. you're welcome. small stories making headlines around the world now. a u. s. gun manufacture that made the rifle used in one of america's deadly school shootings was resa historic settlement with victims families. remington arms was agreed to pay $73000000.00 to

relatives of people killed the 2012 sandy hook massacre family of a filmmaker killed on sat last year us doing the after alec baldwin. lawyers claim mr. baldwin ignored safety protocols before firing the gun that ended helena hutchins. life during the filming of a western, a criminal investigation is continued. a month after a massive oil spill in peru, authority say less than a quarter of nearly $12000.00 barrels built into the pacific has been cleaned up. reaches near the capital, lima remain deserted. the local fishing industry is at a standstill. the former president of honduras, juan orlando hernandez, is being held on drugs charges. 3 weeks after leaving office, is wanted by the united states for alleged ties to narcotics trafficking. mr. hernandez denies any roadway. dramatic scenes in miss upmarket suburb of the

honduran capital police had come to arrest the man who only weeks ago let the country face with overwhelming force for president on orlando had under 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 was 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 medical laura 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 i feel i can say that it is untrue that i have accepted money from these delinquents and went in the name of the 100 people . i reiterate my complete rejection of the accusations that our country is a drug dealing states for white esl knock without. after his fall from grace, the former president might soon have to make his case again. in the us court of your case, prince andrew has reached a settlement with his accuser in a sexual assault case. but you knew you frame mr in the royal for damages after, alleging she was trafficked by the light financier and jeffrey epstein and forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. louis didn't disclose the size of the pat. you don't lose charlotte shells and 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 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 are 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. if more details 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 year. this is the jubilee year for the queen. she's celebrating 70 years on the throne. the summer to have big celebrations mocking that. i think many will be relieved that there won't be the spectacle overshadowing the celebrations. charlotte chelsea. so carruthers infections in germany has started to fall and the amazon variant is causing mild cases. the countries of public health institute says just under 3 quarters of the population have now had to vaccinations and 55 percent received booster shots. some politicians now want to ease restrictions with plans for most to be lifted next month. early signs of spring in berlin, and hope that it will be

a season with fewer restrictions on public life. the army crown variant and vaccines have re shuffled the cards with less severe cases of coven. 19 the health care system in germany is weathering the current wave. well, new cases also appear to be slowly dropping. and with that grows, the prospect of easing restrictions, the sink lobby, cubby, epidemic conditions can come to an end in mid march, but with 2 provisions. we need to establish a legal basis for the mosque monday, because that's the most effective preventive measure. and we need an emergency strategy for the fall in case there's a new mutation. while the key for the haps fights i'm unable to to hold a draft proposal with a 3 step plan has been circulating at 1st, the number of people allowed at private gatherings would increase. and anyone wearing a mask would be able to enter stores, then access to restaurants and bars would again be allowed for the unvaccinated. with a negative test and clubs would be able to reopen. finally from march 20th all far

reaching preventive measures would be lifted. experts caution against the freedom they style free for all their beasts. upon the most important point for me is that a full reopening is not necessarily linked to the date of march 20th, but that it is determined by the infection rate among the population and how it's less than ever for coal. but despite the calls for prudence, politicians, state leaders and health care experts all agree the time to loosen up restrictions is nearing chancellor's shots and the leaders of germany. 16 states are set to meet on wednesday to the side on possible next steps. tonight is awards. 9th, out about an international film festival. despite some pandemic restrictions, the start are back on the red carpet. and audience is back in front of the silver screen. so which film will scoop the barrel and alice top prize, the golden bear is a look at some of the contenders. the standard performance of the festival came

from german turkish actress milton captain as the title character in robbie. a corners versus george w bush. the oversized job, you couldn't us the 4 with george v bush. no disagreement. president f i contrast via ish o had ins on it's the true story of a loving mother who fought for 5 years to get her son released from guantanamo prison. you miss him. have him, he was on you, but i will describe it misty. this is a give you. the gum is though, because really captains rabbit 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 rober of gems. the day by mexican bolivian director natalia lopez, golardo, 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 managers, to be both stylish and intimate. her story of a woman caught between 2 men is deceptively simple. but the performances by juliet be nash, as long so london are subtle and emotionally devastating. they come to the berlin festivals most moving love story is. the chinese film returned to dust director li ruley. john's 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. nathan, to see that politics are subtext here the real story and returned to dust is the growing love between mar and glee, ying,

an affection that is never sentimental and all the more affecting for its restraint . the 2022 belly nala held in the midst of the crone of iris pandemic has been a bit of a strange affair. and the film shown here seemed to reflect the sense of alienation and the longing for connection that i think a lot of us have felt of 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. in football, the round of 16 and the champions league has begun. i manchester city demolished sporting lisbon 5 mill cities away when i leave them in great shape for the return back at home next month. and killian embrace gordon, injury time goal to lift percentage amount to victory over rail. madrid. i'm to

remind of our top story at this hour the rest president joe biden has warned that russia could still invade you cried despite sir moss goes on. verified claims that its withdrawing some troops speaking in moscow following talks with russian president vladimir putin. german chancellor own sholtes repeated coals for urgent de escalation as it show up to date. more world news at the top. yeah,

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