[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, frances, withdrawing its military mission from marley. the statement comes ahead of a rest summit of african union and european union leaders. the french was drawled, could have knock on effects on other foreign troop deployments in marley and the wider style. also on the program, russia publishers more images afforded, says off tanks, returning from drills on the border with ukraine. but us satellite images show more

troops and equipment being deployed to the region and bring on the bare they berlin, international film festival awards at the top prize. the 2022 berlin allie golden bear, goes to the movie. i'll cara spanish director color siemens film about is struggling farming family in catalonia takes tops. ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? france has announced it will withdraw its troops from marley ending a 9 year mission against islamist militants. relations between france and marley have deteriorated since the ruling military hunter in bar michael postponed elections and announcer will stay in power for another 4 years. french president,

manuel mccord justified the decision to allows that we cannot remain militarily involved alongside molly and authorities with who we don't share a strategy. or you have a hidden agenda. that's the situation we're facing in. molly french president, emma michael speaking there and in a joint statement together with its european partners and canada, france, france said anti terror operations. and molly would seize by june. the issue is likely to dominate a rare summit between the african union and the european union in brussels to day did abuse jack power has more the strained relations between france and molly. after a 2nd military coup in may 2021 which followed one in august 2020 state fuels 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 al region but

as long wanted to reduce that numbers, and especially to move them out of the former french colony of molly, after the new koolaid is 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. european commission says the plan remains to keep the e u mission going for now the situation of the u. tim, 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 molly and recent crews and bikini faso, guinea and sudan rule providing

a less stable backdrop with african leaders joining a rest, some it with the you. the leaders of military coups won't be attending the a you you 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 format 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 trip 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. and for more on that,

we're not joined by de lena go. jo, she's a researcher and security expert on the saw how regents, she's joining us from the army in near as well as france, canada and some other countries are also withdrawing troops from marley. why and why now? there has been a break down in diplomatic relations and which was due to the manual transition governments, a potential relations with wagner's group, for example, which now we know i, we seem to have equity, mandated timeline. sorry, continue please. sorry. where the problem here, yes, i can hear you now and all right. and there was a reaction to the height of the french foreign minister to this and also the noncompliance with equest mandated timelines for elections post. the 2nd queen might be, as you rightfully mentioned, and finally, i believe the straw that broke the camel's back was the expulsion of french

ambassador to malley. and the growing hostility from molly's new governing military, june time towards the danish contingent of taco bell. so the fact that the danes were sent back to copenhagen and meant that there was a very strong reaction on the part of the french but also of other european countries. so should we now consider the french intervention in marley a 9 year mission, a failure for containing some of these armed insurgencies in the tribe border area with denisia a quick enough i saw and money that can, we could say was not to failure. it's the stated objective of but can was to contain the level of violence and not to allow armed groups to gain as much territory or as much recruits as they were possibly seeking to obtain. but this doesn't mean that it was a success either. and the number of kill civilians, the number of killed armed forces, civilian armed forces em,

but also minos map present forces m and the number of displaced people remains huge . i believe this is a difficult question because we would need to see another tentative reality with but pan potentially never having intervene or, you know, m m been subsequent to, to several in order to tell whether it was better or worse to have a can bear. so where does this old all these withdrawals now leave the fight against jihad ism and maryan in the whole region? i believe there will be a vacuum of security in the short term, especially for at the gas and the there's on that money. and the armed forces of these 3 countries in the trade border area. so there will be problems in the short term and, but this will also lead to potentially into a push for negotiations with some of his ankle. no, to lead notably the the aldehyde activated group in the tribe or their area. and potentially the recruitment base for these and hopes which have relied to wait

a lot in terms of propaganda on the presence of french and european forces. and this will perhaps some of their recruitment base once france and european canadian policies. and i think there will be also much more reliance on our power and which presents a number of risks of a number of significant risks for civilians. given what we have seen with the u. s . experience in places like afghanistan, soma, i kiss them and but also mistakes made recently quite recently rich in money to do r go job, a security expert on the sale region. thank you very much. thank russia's foreign minister, sergey lover of says his company wants to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis over ukraine. he also said rushes joined military drills with neighboring bill. a ruse would end as planned on sunday. his comments come as russia published more images that it says show,

it's withdrawing some of its forces from board areas. but the u. s. and nato say they've detected no signs of a russian troop withdrawal. you as president joe biden, and german chancellor will of shows are urging russia to take, quote, real steps to the escalate the situation. now let's talk to hoard of the skis of at o is a member of a german, germany's parliament for the opposition christian democrats. he also sits on the parliamentary foreign affairs committee. mister keys with russia has announced that withdrawing some of their troops a couple of days ago. you said that a major russian attack on ukraine was conceivable without before the end of this month. what's your assessment today? yes, hello, mr. alford. well, we see no signs of a troop withdrawal. in the contrary, we see still some augmentation, not only in russia,

but also in billows. so we need to take glover off in person and work by word. so we expect signs of the escalation. so have you seen a sorry for interrupting? have you seen evidence that suggests that there's no real withdrawl of troops, and in fact, bolstering of russian troops near ukraine. so far there is no real evidence. that's true. so we need to wait and see what will be done or achieved by the end of this week. nevertheless, we believe that there will be no real a tech or something similar prior to the end of the olympic games. but we need to ask russia, when do you give significant signs for with role? and so we need to be cautious. so a, do you think a chance that all of shows did a good job during his visits and diplomatic efforts in kiev and moscow?

yes indeed, he was really clear and outspoken and he gave also a sign of european cohesion and we expect that he will become stronger in his language. there is no genocide in easton ukraine, done by ukrainians. and there is a strange mixture of allegations put in that, but our chance long was strong enough to withstand some seductions. so we need to continue with clear diplomatic endeavors from the european side. and it's good that our chancellor, as well as the foreign minister, bab walker is present in the reach. and that's also a sign of cohesiveness and trust in our immediate neighbors put him into hold of the keys of anti there. from germany's opposition c. d u party. thank you very much . good luck. thank you. have a nice day. and his look as some of the other stories making headlines around the

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a few days to california now home to a large community of iranian exiles who left their homes during the 1979 revolution . what many didn't leave behind was a very conservative approach to homosexuality. in iran, homosexuality is punishable by death. but in iranian communities abroad, l g, b, t 2 people can still suffer rejection by their families and social isolation. w corresponded in his pull reports on how a support groups are trying to change that with around 700000 iranians southern california hosts the largest irina community outside the country . many came after $979.00 as a result of the revolution and the fall of the monarchy to keep their independent lifestyle. matthew muriel, a child of iranian immigrants used to perform as

a drag queen and now gives online make up tutorials on instagram in force year foundational. hans, i'm wrong and john, he gives technique, tips to people back in iran, being a g, b t q of the slamming republic means living in fear of getting the death penalty. and the stigma travels with the iranian community to the u. s. we have something in persian called our barrel, which is basically if you took shame and reputation and melded them together. and that's what our barry was so that this is paramount in persian community. and me coming out as gay, didn't fit in well with, with that my cinema garden has worked since 15 years as a social worker in the iranian l. g b t q community and started the support group for parents. we do care. and the main challenge was to get the parents to 1st of all understand the importance of being

accepting and like the tremendous change that that makes for their children and not just their children. but for algebra. 2 children who are iranian across the board to see supportive parents is incredible for them seems to be young. was one of the pioneering parent in this group. but she didn't have an easy start when her son, benjamin came out to her. when he came out and he told us that his day it was kind of like a this, this is not happening, is not happening to me. i'm not my son. and because our community was a little further behind than everyone else, there was this idea of was like, there's something wrong with you if you are gay, ah. and if other people knew that this was in your family,

then they wouldn't want to join your family. when he was, he came out of the closet. we actually went inside the closet because we didn't want anybody to know that i have a son because i was kind of embarrassed. but how long can you live like this? it was the parent group which helped xena to find the way to love her son. just how he is when are joined by shoddy. i mean she isn't raining l g, b, g q plus right? and researcher at we saw in the report that evening countries were eligibility to people have a measure of recognition. they can still face barriers within their own communities . what more can be done there? i guess. so we all come from our country as with our baggage and moving physically from iran to other countries are much easier than changing the car. 8

and the culture we have been raised to read and culture are changes take years. and you should know that many are on the ends only socialized with iranians and have a very limited connections on communication with none iranians. even those who are not home of 4 or are not transformed many have stem trouble to your own once or twice a year, and therefore, they do not want to speak about shoes and publicly because security reasons. so that's the situation. so there's a lot of rainy and the asked for in california and how much influence do liberal steps and communities like that have on society back in iran. i have to disappoint you. it's so unfortunately, despite the large size of the iranian community in california,

i'm the fact that many, some maybe there's our base, their, their influence on the progress, the context that they leave in. they could have advocated for g, g i q right loudly. but they chose not to do so, i think it was because the culture of the barrier you mention in a recent years, however, people from the young generation raise their voices, but they are very limited. and i hope that be to change this situation in the society of california, even have a large community up here on yet. and they can make or play a big role, a changing the situation in iraq. and i hope that we will see that in the future. well, in terms of rights and recognition globally in societies that are considered more

conservative, what do you say the situation is improving our worsening for algebra. 2 people i so we, in the last 2 years we had a lot of adage, thing the j q ag tv. it's more cases on a trans people and gay people in new york on. so social media has played a significant role in increasing the build up in the community that is correct. and men and years and groups like 6 trying the organization i'm working with. i am director and many other and years that have tried to educate the general public about that and you can write a retard social media. we couldn't overcome the states censorship and reach out to thousands of young people inside the country. and this is why they

run in government tried to search and media and not letting the young generation using that saudi. i mean that iranian writer and research, i thank you very much for your input. thank you. thank you. the festival jerry has been handing out the top prizes at the belin international film festival. the golden bat went to spanish director carla simone. her film i'll cut us, tells the story of a family of peach farmers fighting for their future in spain. because foolish as more from the belly knowledge, berlin is a lucky place for car lassie. money in 2017, she won the barely not his best 1st feature award. 5 years later, she triumphantly returns with her follow up, feel medicated as claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like a little of this please of really mainly this is truly our if him home i think maybe i should just move here because every time we come something

a raising happened her movie is about her real home. the town of al got at us in catalonia, it tells the story of a family of peach farmers threatened to be kicked off the land they have been cultivating for generations. met on captain menton captain took home the prize for best leading performance in robbie. corn us versus george w bush. she portrays a german turkish mother fighting to get her innocent son freed from guantanamo. i would dedicate this award to. yeah, robbie, a corners and all the mothers whose love is stronger than border. thank you so much . love is also at the center of clear denise movie, both sides of the blade, which are in heard the silverware for best directing oh, the south korean production. the novelists film was awarded the grand jury prize and natalia lopez, golardo stunning debut robe of gems,

was honored with the jury price in a separate gutter on tuesday. french actor is a very fair, remotely received the honorary bear for lifetime achievement, brilliant time passes. time goes by, but is a betty peer. you will always be contemporary. thank you. if that had to cancel her appearance in berlin due to a covey infection, the only major disruption to a festival defying the odds in unusual times. the 72nd barely nala was a celebration of women in film to out of 5 movies screened or directed by women. but many more told stories about female empowerment, emancipation, and sisterhood. we ship eisen pamela o. in a memorable press conference british after emma thompson called out the media

industry for promoting self hatred through the unrealistic portrayal of the female body. suddenly women have been brain most all our lives to hate our bodies you twice funny in front of a marathon. don't move, don't go, don't just don't move. just effective 5th effect it and don't judge it is the hardest thing i've ever had to do. it was one of the rear rounding moment santa bailey. now that generally spoke in softer tones, making the message of movies like i'll get us all the more powerful. so let's bring in david, let us run d w culture, who's been to the festival seen a couple of them. i saw the boat before across as a good choice. i think it is absolutely the right choice. and this is what pretty much all of the film critics i've talked to agree on. this was the strongest movie at this year's festival competition. and it comes down to a catalyst him on the directors. real sensitivity handling very difficult subject

matter. of course, it is a story that's very close to her. it takes place in her home town. her own uncles were peach. farmers like the family in the movie and she cast non actors in the roles and the story is of this family's love for the land, but it's also the last summer, the last harvest before they are going to be evicted from their heart, from their farm to a really difficult subject matter which she handles with absolute sensitivity. something we've come to see from her as a director, also in her last film, which one big at the battle in at bailey now a few years ago, which was called summer 1093 about a child who was orphaned by aids. so this is a director who really can take on the hard topics and really do it in a very humane way. she's a director that we should keep our eyes on and absolutely will especially now that she's one of the golden bear so that they would have been reporting on this festival for years. what was different this year? i think the biggest difference for me was that even a few days before the festival,

i really didn't think it was going to happen. i mean, just the days in the weeks that led up to it, about half the people i knew in berlin had cove. it including me, it really didn't seem like it was going to happen. so i think, you know, normally at the festival it's the big stars who are the, the highlight are in the center in the spotlight this year. it was the logistics, i mean we had to prove that were vaccinated and tested daily. and where an f of p 2 or and 95 masked and keep our distance in the theatre. that was it half capacity even on the red carpet. as a journalist, you couldn't get within a meter or 2 of the stars you were interviewing. so, you know, it's not that often that we as culture journalists come away and say, well, i've been part of this great try logistical triumph. but in a sense that, that was the highlight of the festival, maybe even more than the festival itself. we've been hearing, i mean, you've been telling us about the, the effect dependent on the festival. but there was all the depend on the goals

will had an effect on production of the. so it did, and you could, you could tell that a lot of the movies were made during locked downs, not just because some of the people were wearing masks, but also just the dimensions the production values. take good luck to you. leo grand day with emma thompson. this is a movie that basically play it out in one hotel room. she's a retired teacher who hires a male sex worker to me to kind of broaden her horizons if you will take place in a hotel room. same thing for both sides of the blade with julie at the nose. it takes place in an apartment. and that was because the director cloud disney who was supposed to do a bigger film with a bigger budget simply could not. and this is what she actually could do during locked down in france. just very briefly, your favorite, my favorite film, and where they cited rimini the story of a washed up washed up singer who hustles and tries to keep his life together. but it was not as strong as the winner. so kudos to the winning director,

carla simone. thanks for the tip. another one to watch whether everybody who still wants to go and you're watching t w's alive from berlin, that's it. from david and me and the rest of the team are next focus on europe. and of course there's plenty more news on our website, d, w. 2, call god office in berlin from the other team. thanks for watching

with who are in easton ukraine kilometers from the from don't boss. this is where priest chico in his family flat 8 years ago. i'm home now threatened by the possible invasion of russian troops. but the jenko self standing strong and to refuse to be driven away,

we can focus on europe next on d, w, enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian. much of the u. k. may be getting on with rex it but no way or it's affects more devices than in northern ireland. and no political group is angry about them in the democratic union party. it's target. it's the so called northern ireland protocol. my guest this week from county and human northern ireland is sammy wilson, could be peace should whip the parliament in westminster conflict zone. in 60 minutes on d. w. a or driven by merciless read. others are fighting the destruction forget the invaders came to prison. they shut down the next 2 days to get from and is trying to destroy the indigenous people with large scale bertha and grammars are

exploiting. b, amazon rain, forest. indigenous peoples are now briefly opposing them because it's not only the earth's brains lines that are dying. the rain forest we cease to exist and or people die out. a long term report from the heart of brazil starts march 9th on d. w. ah, with hello and welcome to focus on europe. and the eyes of the world are still on the 10 situations along the border between russia and ukraine. despite signs of a possible de escalation, russia had amassed heavy weaponry and well over a 100000 soldiers close to the frontier,