ah, ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from by lane france and i'm says it's withdrawing its military mission from molly state make up a rest of african union and european union leaders and hey, what this means for other foreign troop deployments. and molly, i'm the why the saw how also on the program russia publishes images of what it says, a tanks returning from drills on the board with you, craig, but us satellite cambridge is show more troops and equipment being deployed to the region. ah,

i'm fo gail welcome to the program. france has announced it will withdraw its ships from marley and the presence of other foreign troops in the country is uncertain. germany is punters. fair is as part of an e you training mission and a un peacekeeping mission. the issue is likely to dominate a rest summit between the african unit and the european unit in brussels. today. jack paris has more on strained relations between france and boy. after a 2nd military coup in may 2021 which followed one in august 2020 state funerals like this, conducted by the military discount is the underlying instability in molly. until now, france has retained the military presence of over 4000 troops in this whole region . but as long wanted to reduce their numbers, and especially to move them out of the former french colony of molly,

after the new cooley does expelled the french ambassador. since 2013, the european union has provided a contingent of 1100 troops, a separate mission known as the e. u. t. m. to train molly's armed forces. the european commission says the plan remains to keep the e u mission going for now, the situation of the u t. m, for the moment are there, they are present in my li, our position is that we do want to stay engaged in the sale. we do want to stay engaged in money. having said that, no, not at any price from the european perspective, there is another military complication, the arrival of a $1000.00 mercenary soldiers of the russia linked wagner battalion in marley, and recent cruise in bikini faso guinea and sudan rule providing a less stable backdrop with african leaders joining a ras summit with the you. the leaders of military cares won't be attending the

a u. e u summit here in brussels. and while security is a crucial issue on the table for the leaders. this is the 1st time they've got together altogether. in this matt since 2017, they wanted to talk about vaccines and investment opportunities and they will, but the molly issue is likely to pull focus on the ground. the people of molly are also questioning european motives for the troops deployments. according to some experts, there is an understanding by the population, but also independent observers that this is not the objective is not security on me, or that this idea it does. conceptualization of security is also married with conceptualization around migration management on top of the european missions. there's also a un mission running concurrently in molly. the country hasn't really known peace or stable self governance in over a decade. well, that report from jack para, who joins us now from brussels. welcome jack. so as well as france went over to

canada and a couple of other european countries are withdrawing their troops. so where does this leave marley's fight against you? hardison? well, in a pretty difficult situation, to be honest with you, phil, what the french president and i was showing a press conference in paris is that the around 2400 troops that is stationed in marley, specifically with the a goal of trying to fight extremist to had his a in the country, they will now be moved into other places. he suggested that they might go to natasha and also into the gulf of guinea as well. he wants to keep them in the, in the region. he says, but the instability after these 2 crews in molly means simply according to present micron, that they cannot remain there and that they cannot fight the extremist in this current climate. the current grew leaders in malia refusing to hold elections. they expelled the french ambassador, and they allowed this russia backed wagner battalion of mercer and mercenaries into the country. and while that's the situation,

the french president says that they cannot keep their troops there. and that's why they're withdrawing. right. so does the a, you have a new strategy for the wider so how well the it's difficult position now for the european union, because the training mission that exists, of the e. u is a mandated mission. it was voted through by all of the e u. countries and therefore the mandate would need to change for them to change it, but it's an awkward look to be training the military of a qu essentially. so at the moment the, it's the situation. it is extremely fluid. there are a lot of foreign influences and foreign actors in that region during that press conference in paris. it was also joined by the senegalese president mackey sol. he said that they will be meeting west african leaders will be meeting with the leaders of the, the current sort of transitional administration. and molly, in the coming days and weeks perhaps to try and encourage them to find a time frame to hold elections so that they can be some structured and

internationally accepted or authority in maryan that them may change the current situation. this is going to be something that is going to dominate the conversations. those leaders that have been in paris will be heading to brussels for an e, u, a u summit, 40 african leaders and 27. european leaders will start sitting down together in the coming hours. ok, so marley to one side. what else is likely to be on that agenda? well, they want to talk the african leaders want to talk about vaccines. they have been pushing for european companies and european authorities to lift the waivers that basically entrench intellectual property of vaccines. meaning that only around 10 percent of our africans are fully vaccinated in less than 10 percent. where we're seeing many european countries reach high levels of booster shots, and they're also going to be talking about this new global gateway initiative, which was in the u initiative to compete with china's belton road infrastructure project. soft power, soft influence to try and, you know, pull increase,

the investment relationship was recently united by the even, there's 150000000000 euros up for grabs for, for african investment projects. so the leaders will be talking about that as well . so thank you for that jack. i jack park in brussels. i'd say most of her stories making headlines around the world. a military leader, santiago at amoeba, has been sworn in a specular fossil new president inaugurating, took place 3 weeks after you had a que against the elected president at the member seize power. promising to secure the country from the growing threat of jihad is violent, heavy rains, flash floods and lands lives have killed almost a 100 people in brazil. rescue teams are searching for survivors with fear the death toll court increase. one of the worst affected areas is the city of patropolis in the hills above me. near hospitals in hong kong, struggling to cope with the cities, worst outbreak of coven 19 infections. chinese president is eugene picking has

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escalation on ukraine's border. is follows a phone call between the western data to discuss the crisis on europe's eastern flat. russia published more images that it says shows its withdrawing some of its forces from the border. the u. s. and natives, they have detected no signs of a russian troop withdrawal. nato secretary general gets dalton burg, describe tensions with russia in eastern europe as the new normal and as go to d. w correspond mathias at berlin, a neck here. the you credit the ukrainian capital welcome mathias to how these conflicting signals about russian troop withdrawals are being interpreted there. well, there was a slight sign, a sigh of relief because, or everything has been culminating towards something. and then this announcement by russia took some pressure off, but of course, nobody knows here whether russia is really withdrawing its forces. this is highly

contested for them. in the mean time, however, a people here in ukraine continue about their lives as they have been doing for the past few days and weeks and just to day this morning. for example, i don't know whether you can see them well, but there is a demonstration here on independence square my done in in key. if it has nothing to do with this conflict, it has nothing to do with russia or than i or nature or the military. it's about tax reform. so people here keep going on about their lives are still watching the events, but are keeping their calm. though are you crimes present at zalinski as says that russia isn't withdrawing troops from his border h just rotating them, is just moving them elsewhere at what west is evidence? well, it's probably the other way around. they haven't seen the evidence yet, that they are withdrawing the troops. they have seen movements around the border

and crimea as well as the eastern border, but the overall number, the technical equipment, and probably the tense, the number of tents where the soldiers were staying in the past few days. all this is the does not deliver the picture yet that they are withdrawing. they're careful, however, they're saying they're waiting. they're looking at the evidence. they're waiting for it. they haven't, or they have, they haven't drawn a conclusion yet. meanwhile, the u. s. is getting a more troops ready for support in eastern europe, not being deployed to ukraine, of course, but i'm guessing this is some comforts to the government. very care. i think here in ukraine every thinks that might work as a deterrence to russia is welcomed. of course, nobody here expects that these soldiers would be involved if something happened here in ukraine. the u. s. has said they would not deploy troops to ukraine. but

anything that is the deterrence that might a show of force, these of you russia is welcomed here in ukraine. are you so much for that? 30 to be correspondent, which is brilliant in here. so how a ukrainian feeling about this potential threat, a country 2nd largest city hockey is just 40 meters from the russian border. dw correspondent economy is there and sent this report from a town that will be on the front line. if russia invaded denouncement by russia's military, that some troops will now be pulled back from ukraine's frontier to be welcomed by many observers abroad. the beginning of the end of this crisis assign, the risk of conflict has passed with no international observers on the ground to check these claims and tens of thousands of russian troops still in place and bowers, the black sea you graze. leaders say it'll take more than just a few statements as a photo, opportunities for them to believe that the danger has really paused. hearing,

heard, give people tell you that they've been living with war in their country for the past 8 years. the tensions of recent weeks and nothing new. the russia can't scare them. yes. you know, usually, i don't think there's any danger. that's my opinion. i don't think there's any war ever coming up because, you know, and crane and russia is always on wire since 2014, i guess. and this is just a political thing. you know, yet, so the dealer, i think there's no chance. so my futon will take that risk a closer, but ask a few more questions and many will admit the news of ukrainian oligarchs and politicians leaving the country in recent days. and private jets came his shock, the wealthy and the well connected. no things will re, people, didn't. ukraine's president will admit zalinski is now struggling to take back finished off the weeks of do laden headlines. like crazy and new holiday. unity day was just 2 days. notice flags flying on government buildings. school till

the seeing the anthem valencia himself been attending military exercises. the threat or russian dimension may not have significantly been reduced in recent days . lensky wants $40000000.00 ukrainians to believe that their country is taking the initiative. the country is prepared. whatever happens next. even if it is a returned to the negotiating table and no shots are fired, one thing is clear, these escalations undermine him, ukrainians, belief in their own country stability and in their own future in that country. and that's something it will take far longer to repair than any jokes. finally, a california landmark got a temporary maker to recognize some hometown heroes. the iconic hollywood side about the hills of los angeles was changed to read rams house and tribute to the and i ramen's victory, an american football, super bowl tires and fans most are treated to a parade through downtown. and i i think you're up to date, god,

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