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international film festival stars and audiences. back despite some pandemic restrictions which filled with the golden back. take a look at some of the favorites. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program where we begin with the latest developments in the crisis over ukraine. russia says it has begun to withdraw troops from the crimea territory that moscow onyx from ukraine in 2014. the russian defense ministry says military drills in the region are over. the tanks and soldiers are returning to their basis. yesterday the kremlin announced it was pulling back some forces from its border with ukraine, west and allies of welcome the statement, but say they need to see evidence that the withdrawal is happening.

meanwhile, ukraine, celebrating a day of unity president vladimir savanski, has declared a day of celebration. citizens are being asked to fly the flag from buildings and to sing the national anthem. some us officials have paid previously warned that wednesday would see russia start an invasion of ukraine. well, let's get both the don't you said she's to the school editor, mckayla kushner, who was at travelling with chancellor shots yesterday on his trip to moscow. a welcome mikayla. russia says is withdrawing the sub troops rama ukraine's border. is it too early to breathe? a sigh of relief? no, it isn't. you can have a sigh of relief relief. certainly that immediate military threat seems to be off the cards for now. while moscow adding a putin also speaking to would have saw as the german chancellor there, it was stressing that he would maintain his interests and that means keeping up the

pressure. so it seems to be that those intelligence reports may or may not have been part of a strategy as well at to basically convey the message that yes, the threat was immediate, then action was needed. and that there needed to be some kind of reaction on the russian side as well as to engage in dialogue to prevent those sanctions because those already they can kick in at any time. and that is the message that seems to really have arrived in moscow as well. ok now be jovan jo, chancellor was in moscow a yesterday and i know you were there on that trip. so we'll take a look at the report from yesterday and come back to you or not as the case may be. all right, so that's not ready, but we are. so mikaela did the, did the chancellor come back with anything yesterday?

why is that he come back with some breathing space for the diplomacy. and he basically called on all leaders, western leaders and letting your putin and that is that you to, to ensure that there is not another war and europe. i got the chance to ask loading uprooted about that, whether it would be war peace and he was adamant that in russia also has no interest in a real war. and we saw both leaders having very deep engage talks. that's what i heard afterwards, but also even on arrival, there was an air of kind of cold war. when all i've saw is the german chancellor, like emmanuel mccoy, had refused to take a russian p. c r test. he actually took one on board the plane. so very mixed messages of not really trusting each other, but at the same time, very concrete talks with very in concrete results so far. okay, this was, this was mister schultz is our 1st meeting. we're president bruton,

who has that down his predecessor for 16 years of international meetings. so how did the novices do against the old hand? well, they hadn't suddenly a very engaged exchange in the press conference. also with all sorts, cracking a joke almost about and he doesn't know how long vladimir putin wants to remain in office, but he personally certainly won't stay forever. that's a hint at the democratic deficits that keep him in office. it totally, it seems. and what we understand from what we heard afterwards is that they were very detailed talks that actually there was a friendliness to those talks as well as so that kind of can see us be a bit more hope for that diplomacy might get a chance. and also highlights that division of roles that they're clearly was in the west with the u. s. president biden, during the tough talking and german chance that we'll have. so it's also not mentioning the nor stream of pipeline directly,

not saying directly that that would not go ahead if russia invades ukraine, again, that they, that may have paid off. that one is being a bit softer and successful at engaging value. putin into yet more dialogue. ok, thank you for that. a mikaela griffin. i d w said chief political editor. well, a president biden's, a warning regarding russian claims to for withdrawn its troops follows i was withdrawn. some of its troops follows a chancellor schultz who said, meeting with president putin to yesterday. and speaking in moscow, law firm shall so repeated calls for an urgent de escalation. it was his most important trip abroad to date for love. 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, which 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 preconditions for shots as 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 be a problem. well, i'm, this gets mucus. 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 starts is hands of state and government. it's our damn responsibility and our job to prevent a military escalation in europe. why to move to a union can usually 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 here and luscious thermal. 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 that we had a cooper is esther with us. welcome back. are you able to put the 1st question to president putin act yesterday?

press conference. i tell us about our without that went yes. well that was quite an interesting mon because though it sevalla actually is only able to report from moscow at the moment because i was there as part of that group traveling with the german towns. and i asked and driving recruiting where the, despite all those close ties between rocks and it's european partners, actually they sent me economic cut part is cultural partners that would now be war . and that's what we saw the answer that he said, well, of course we don't want in war, but we also heard the definition of wanting equal stability balance stability in europe. now clearly that's something that nato, the european union felt that was that already. and that person sent a clear message that he will not back down unless there is a re definition of what that means. he put a list of demands,

which also would mean that nato does not, in large, does not include ukraine, nato want, except that it's sent a written reply. and that is seen as something at least a base is the starting point to now engage in more talks. ok, thank you for that. and mckenna. meanwhile, ukraine is celebrating a day of unity president. it's not him is that n k has declared a day of celebration, a sense of being asked to 5 aside from buildings in thing, the national anthem, some us officials, the previous one, was that he would see russia stop. i mean version of the country w correspondent, economy is in ukraine's northern city of khaki, near the russian border. a welcome nick, and so as i said, today's the day that president biden said to expect of russian attack on the ukraine. but in fact,

the russian troops is said to be withdrawing from the border and now from the crime in well indeed, today's the day. that's basically that was an announcement, the sent diplomat scrambling out of key of ex pats leaving, filling flights. the few or any flight, so we're operational and those past few days, even some of ukraine's riches people doing their best to leave the country as far as possible. and now here we are in how to give 40 kilometers from the russian border and it is pretty much business as usual, a normal working day here. i think in terms of the kind of data that was always going to be a very difficult cool. we know, preach and doesn't like doing what's expected of him. and i think that was the american strategy to basically spell out what they thought it was going to do in the hope of encouraging him not to do it. that if you believe that, then that has worked as for the troop withdrawals. well, i think, you know, lots of skepticism here in ukraine. there are no international observers on the ground seeing those russian troops because russia, when it has been carrying exercises,

has claims as exposed to smaller than would require allowing in special observers. so basically the world's just watching satellite imagery, trying to guess what is actually happening on the ground from russian mill channels . we've heard that some units that are based, quite close to the border are being drawn back to their normal bases that are still within striking distance. ukraine, the tick, and the people that demand power brought in from siberia from the far east. they're not moving anywhere. so a sense that yes, this maybe was a kind of plastic overcharge all of sorts yesterday, a sign of kind of friendship for his visit in moscow, but no really wide ranging into this crisis. right. i did tell us about this, this day of unity that's been declared for today. well, it's an extra holiday. it will be one way ukrainians to expect to work. it was only a drift up bible image and the current president a couple of days ago. so most people haven't really had a chance to react. yes, behind me. but you can't see it because it's too big. that huge, huge, huge flagpole with even bigger ukrainian flag that is just being hosted in the

presence of some official school children. be encouraged to come to class wearing national costume. him as the national anthem has been sung in various places. but i don't think it really goes anywhere near the national, the national holiday that ukraine has in the summer. this is just an attempt by the government here to try and take the initiative to kind of change the agenda and to give people a sense that they're on top of this. because up to the biggest sit here and ukraine's the, all this talk of invasion is going to cause panic. we've already seen the exchange rate. we can, we've seen people buying supplies of food in case some kind of conflict would happen. and that is what government now is worried about in the short term is panic population. we've seen cyber attacks coming from russia yesterday on government ministries and on banks. so it's not as if this pressure is somehow subsiding rushes, basically blockading. ukraine's ports on the black sea. it's export through exercise in the black sea. so yes, some limited sides of the escalation, but a very nova, ukraine and government here trying to convince the population that it's on top of

things that it has much western partners. and there is no reason to panic in the immediate short term. i thought that nick don't correspondent nick connelly and some or so as making a headlines around the world now will start in brazil where flooding a lance lives have killed dozens of residents in the hills. above rio, de janeiro, firefighters and rescue workers is still searching for survivors. authorities in the region have declared, i disaster a u. s. gun manufacturer that made the rifle used in one of america's deadliest school shootings has reached a historic settlement with victims families. remington arms was agreed to pay $73000000.00 to relatives of those killed in the 2012 sandy hook massacre. family of a filmmaker killed on sat last year, assuming the actor, alec baldwin, lawyers claim baldwin ignored safety protocols. before firing the gun that ended hellena hutchins life during the filming of

a weston. a criminal investigation is continuing a former president of honduras, so one 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. he 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 faced with overwhelming force for president, con orlando, 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 was involved in drug trafficking. i going to end up facing us justice if only

the 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 them this denied receiving bribes from drug traffickers in a televised address in 2019 freedom. 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 and still not without. after his fall from grace, the former president might soon have to make his case again in the us court.

you case prince andrew has raged a settlement with his accuser in a sexual assault case. jeanette, you frankly, we're suing the royal for damages after alleging she was trafficked by the light financier geoffrey epstein and then forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. loyce i have not disclosed the size of the parent. i heard the complaint about it, charlotte chelsea pill in london has more to some of this will come as a bit of surprise, 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 publicly very dog font, if you speak to some legal experts in the u. s, 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 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 that, i think many will be relieved that there won't be the spectacle overshadowing those celebrations. charlotte chelsea corona virus infections in germany has started to fall on the amazon variance is causing a mild cases. the countries of public health institutes as just under 3 quarters of

the population have now had to vaccinations and 55 percent to receive booster shots . some politicians and i 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. this global 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 leaky put in house. fights and annoying will not so called

a draft proposal with a 3 step plan has been circulating at 1st, the number of people allowed at private gatherings would increase. and any one 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 v sticks 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 hearts less than ever fertile, 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 of spain is suffering,

its drives to winter for 20 years. cold months usually bring rain for the rest of the year, but reservoir, running, so low of villages abandoned a years ago to the waters are reappearing. it's a miraculous re beth, the village of us at 8 owen calisha has resurfaced from beneath the water. g, you to a long running drought. many reservoirs in spain of will, must run dry. 30 years after the houses here were 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 auntie, what made the wedding in the old days, i used to walk here to work as a builder. i remember the sausage you used to eat for lunch or what we have in that, i believe is like being in a movie. i wasa. but after say,

it makes me feel really sad. not that the stiff assy itself. 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 well as cathy be the theater, especially in january, it hardly rained holloway that's why the water level is so low them a sample called be out of key, abbey luna, it on top of that energy companies need nasa to produce electricity. they saw it, they get lucky estie and i explode. they stand by so with the drought has effected all of spain. half of all, farmland is already in critical condition because of the prolong, dry spell it took him this farmer soil is completely parched. let the ellen element another think it will be seized, it will fissile if these conditions last for the next few weeks. viani,

we will experience severe drought on many farms, and he got a full elastic body of the gambling would be. well, we won't be able to water all the fields any more. you will hope was he said he are . the village of us at adolf 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 until i towards night at the berlin international film festival, despite pandemic restrictions, stars are back on the red carpet and audiences back in front of the screen. so which film will scoop the berlin alice top price? 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 for, with georgie bush,

no disagreement. president if i don't trust via ish taught in zones, it's the true story of a loving mother who fought for 5 years to get her son released from guantanamo prison. the missing behaving. he was on you, but i will describe it misty. this is a give you the grammy's though, because really captain's 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 robe of gems. the debut film 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 ruin. 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 method. but 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 krona virus 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. 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, less a celebration of the magic of cinema and more reflection on the people we miss. and on the things we've lost is remind of our top story. this. russia says it has begun to withdraw troops from a crimea, from the crimea territory, that moscow annexed from ukraine in 2014. the defense ministry says military drills in the region are over on with tanks and soldiers. returning to that basis, laska was also announced. some troops are being pulled back from ukraine's borders . teacher today. well, there is at the top of the hour, just

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