ah starts february 25th on d w with ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, frances, withdrawing its military mission from marley. the statement comes the head of a rare summit of african union and european union leaders. the french withdrawal could have knock on effects for other foreign troop deployment in molly and the why the sa health also of the program, russia publishes more images of what it says are tanks. returning from drills on the board with ukraine bought you

a satellite images show more troops and equipment being deployed to the region and the beijing winter olympics will join the canadian celebrations on the ice as national pride is restored and bring on the bears the belin international film festival awards. it's top price for 2022 berlin allie golden bear goes to the movie. i'll cara, spanish director, carla simone's film about struggling farming family in catalonia, takes the top ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? france has announced that it will withdraw its troops from marley, ending a 9 year mission against islamist militants relations between france and the

western african nation. have deteriorated since the ruling military hunter in bomber co postponed elections and announced it will stay in power for another 4 years french president manuel mccall justified the decision to pull out us. 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 and a joint statement together with its european partners and canada, france said anti terror operations. and molly was seized by june. the issue is likely to dominate arrest summit between the african union and the european union in brussels to day. did up use jack park has more the strained relations between france and molly. after a 2nd military coup in may 2021 which followed one in august 2020 state funerals

like this, conducted by the military disguised 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 rest summit with the you, the leaders of military care. it 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 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 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 only, 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 her region. she's joining us from the army in near as well as france, canada, and some other countries are also with drawing troops from marley. why and why now there has been a break down in diplomatic relations, which was due to the man in transition government potential relations with wagner group. for example. there was a reaction on the part of the french foreign minister to this and also the non compliance with equest mandated timelines for elections post the 2nd queen mattie, as you rightfully mentioned. and finally, i believe the straw that broke the camel's back was the expulsion of french ambassador to molly. 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 island 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. sadie and armed forces em but also mean was 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 can potentially never having intervene or, you know, m been subsequent to, to several in order to tell whether it was better or worse to have, but can there. so where does this old all these withdrawals now leave the fight against jihad is him and maryan in the whole region. i believe there will be a vacuum of security in the short term, especially for at the gap and the there's on that money. and the armed forces of these 3 countries in the tray border areas. and there will be problems in the short term. and, but this will also lead to potentially into a push for negotiations with some of these angles. no tele, notably. and the, the al qaeda affiliated group in the tribe were their area. and potentially in the recruitment base for these i'm groups which have relied white a lot in terms of propaganda on the presence of french european forces. and this will perhaps some of their recruitment base once france and european can need

implicitly. 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 us experience in places like afghanistan from africa, pakistan and but also mistakes made recently quite recently, french in many 3, i got job a security expert on the sale region. thank you very much. thank you. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. heavy rains, flash floods and landslides have killed at least 100 people in brazil. rescue teams are searching for survivors. spot fear the death toll could rise. one of the worst affected areas is the city of patropolis in the hills above rio de janeiro. military leader son, the ogo, a dummy bar has been sworn in as burkina faso president. the inauguration took

place 3 weeks after he led a coup against the elective president to me by seized power, promising to secure the war torn country from the growing threat of g. hardy violence. hospitals and hong kong are struggling to cope with the cities worse outbreak off over 19 infections. chinese president agent being as ordered the territory to get the situation under control. and hong kong chief executive carry lamb has appealed to residents to stick to her government strict 0 cove. it measures rushes foreign minister, sergey lover of says his country wants to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis over ukraine. he also said russia's joint military drills with neighboring bella roost 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 border areas. but the u. s. and natal say they've detected no sides of

a russian troop withdrawal. you as president joe biden, and german chancellor, all of shots are urging russia to state to take quote, real steps to de escalate the situation. more on this, let's bring in the w correspondent, economy and the northern ukrainian city of hark, if near the russian border and make reports or we're hearing here about mortar attacks in the eastern part of the ukraine near the border to russia. what, what do you know? well, this is a place called faith lou hunsicker, which is literally the, in the far, far east of ukraine on the border with russia as you say. but also very close to that separate to tell territory. we know that this shelling affected and the town and also a kindergarten there. and we understand we not have confirmed reports yet, that children are in the conte kindergarten at the of the attack. we don't have reports of casualties amongst the students that kindergarten,

but we understand that 2 adults received some degree of wounds and with their images, a people in bomb shelters. so a bit of an acre up spike in shooting and fighting. there. we have seen continuous fighting in that part of the world for the last 8 years since that separate is conflict began. but now we have weirdly had a kind of quite a time while we had this russian troop build up long grants. borders now may be assigned that, that is returning to the for that, that, that fighting there is going to be more prominent. we're going to see more in the way attention. they're definitely the ukranian government, very keen for the world to pay attention to this and see that you credit citizens are regularly facing the threat of, of, of death in that part of the world. this conflict hasn't gone away. there are conflicting signals really about russian troop withdrawals. the russians are, say they're pulling back some troops. nato says there's no evidence for that yet. so what are we to make of this? well, that thing, there are no observers on the ground. the russians have basically claimed that

these are lots of smaller exercises rather than one big exercise, which if there were more than $13000.00 participants on the internal rules, the russians would have to allow international observers in, as there aren't any. this is all based basically on either what the russians say they're doing or on western intelligence using satellite imagery, or to try and work up what is actually happening. the interesting thing is that some of these people, these russian troops leaving crimea actually based institute on ukraine's border. so they basically be moved back to their home based in locations where they could still potentially strike ukraine. so not much of a difference. the major takeaway is that the troops that have been brought in from siberia, from the russian forest, they are not going home for now. so no real sense here in ukraine that this is a major shift. and more really, the, the of is the idea. at least from ukrainian decision makers. but this is just a bluff from russia, a kind of pretend de escalation without much in the way of any substance to it. so many, many experts as security experts and, and observers think that a full scale russian military intervention is now not likely to happen, at least not at this time. what other kinds of pressure is ukraine preparing for

already dealing with well, let's start with the cyber attack. so just in recent days, every major cyberattacks on government portal that you need to get it possible to get a bus. if your child supports personal data, their banks have been down for hours at a time off to cyber tech, ukraine's main ports are essentially struggling with the situation the international shipping on. they want to go there anymore because the insure say it's just too dangerous. so basically this could be a kind of a can nomic and mental pressure that really puts you on such stress scared of investors makes ukrainians think about what they really want to build their lives here. and whether it's a place that you can build a career, build a business, and i think people here preparing for this to be something longer term rush to try to exert an oppressive that eventually ukraine lives. it makes mistakes or gives ground without actually having to fire a shot. it's with me rather than through those proxy through those separate isn't on bus,

which obviously allow russia that deniability that it needs in its dealings with the west may commonly correspond in the northern ukrainian city of khaki, ukraine. and i'll have some more stories making headlines around the world for you. germany will lift most of its covert 19 restrictions. next month's chance load of shots and the 16 state leaders have agreed a plan to remove measures gradually. corona, virus infections and germany are falling and there's been an increase in the uptake of vaccinations. almost 3 quarters of the population has now had at least 2 shops. gale force winds are sweeping across large parts of germany. bringing wind speeds of up to 150 kilometers an hour and some regions storm elani up down trees caused power outages and lead to the cancellation of flights and trains authorities war that the dangerous conditions could last for a few days. a russian researcher has gone on trial and munich,

charged with spying on the euro on europe's arianna's space rocket program. the man only identified as ill nor n was arrested last year. prosecutor say, the suspect was working at a very in university when he allegedly passed information to russian intelligence. and as sports, national pride has been restored in canada with women's hockey team beating team usa to claim the gold medal. once again, my the flip full arm scored twice and assisted on another goal. the 30 year old team captain proved to be one of canada's best players on the ice. canada has dominated this event since it was 1st introduced in 1998 winning a medal on every occasion with a total of 5 those 2 syllables. well women have had a hand in winning 15 of 21 metals for the united states. so far the women's,

all mixed events, surprisingly none are in the possession of to time. olympic gold medalist mikaela schiffron a very last opportunity to win a metal came in the alpine combined event. but the 26 year old crashed out. that's the way for switzerland's. michelle designed to win gold after this near flawless, flung patriot. wendy, holding up one sofa. italy's feathery covering yona picked up the bones and let's go to a dw sports, jonathan crane. he is covering loo beijing winter olympics for us and joins us from there. not all the action has been all the slopes to day. a chinese official for the beijing games took the microphone to discuss china's schuman rights wreck, or tell us more. yes, quite an extraordinary moment, really in the daily briefing on these briefings happen every day as the name

suggests, and usually the chinese side isn't quite reserved. they've tried to stick to the sports avoiding answering any questions about some of the thorny issues. but today a yan jerome, who it's him, the local organizing committee, jumped in really. yeah, there was a question about, ty, one's participation at these olympics. they're competing under the name chinese taipei. she wasn't even asked the question herself, and then she jumped in by saying that is only one. china in the world. taiwan is an undivided will parts of china. so really following china is that one china line. and then there was another question about alleged force labor of weak as in jang province, and she called that lies and false information. now, of course, all this kind of flies in the face of the eye sees hope to keep the olympics politically neutral. indeed, the i see is kind of used that as cover to avoid talking about such things that miss set, yan really blew that out of the water to day. and the interesting thing was, it was all on prompt it. she didn't need to say it and you know,

far from trying to keep these things quiet is now a blown out into the open. it's kind of a, an own goal. some people are saying, rudy. and so from one controversy to the next, will we see the final chapter of the camila value of us saga today. it wouldn't be the final chapter, but it's certainly an important chapter. camilla valley ava is going for the gold medal in the women's individual fig escaping event. but she does so with this doping cloud hanging over her because she found a drug test in december. and she's being allowed to compete though, because a quarter roof that she shouldn't be provisioning suspended. but if she gets on the podium, if she wins the gold medal, there won't be a meadow ceremony. and she'll have an asterix next to her name. so we won't find out for sure whether she doped or not. and so the whole case is heard in courts or it could still be that she comes away from these olympics as a meadows. but that then taken away from her isolated dates, they had told her about metals, briefly give us an update about the any sports occurrences at the games.

well it's been a very disappointing day again for mckayla schiffron again hot in the nordic at in the super combined event rather. and she was in a good position after the downhill portion, but again crashed out in the slot and that's his 3rd d n. f. did not finish in these games. he says after was had about 60 percent of her career dentist have come here at the olympics and she codle that mind boggling. so a very disappointing day again, for mckayla schiffron who was a real metal hope for the united states. i'll corresponded and jonathan crane there from the beijing winter olympics. thank you very much, johnson. the festival jerry has been handing out the top prizes at the belin international film festival. the golden bat went to spanish director coliseum . on a film i'll cut us, tells the story of a family of peach farmers fighting for their future in spain. my colleague nicole

foolish has more from the belly, another berlin is a lucky place for carla seaman in 2017. she won the barely not his best 1st feature award. 5 years later, she triumphantly returns with her. follow up, phil, medicated as claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like a little of this, please of really money. this is truly our if him home. i think maybe i should just move here because every time we come something a raising happens. her movie is about her real home. the town of al got 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 heard the silver bare for best directing oh, happy south korean production. the novelists film was awarded the grand jury prize and natalia lopez, gayago's stunning debut robe of gems, was honored with the jury price in a separate gala on tuesday. french after is a very fair, remotely received the honorary bare for lifetime achievement, brilliant time passes. time goes by, but is a bit peer. you will always be contemporary. thank 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 burly 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 to 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 brainwashed, all our lives to hate our bodies you twice funny in front of america. 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 rare rounding moment santa bailey. now let that generally spoke in softer tales. 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 a chorus 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 cadillac 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 that is 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 berlin allah, a few years ago. which was called summer 993 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 david, you've 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 we were unaided 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 effective and i make it on the festival. but there was all the dependent 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 dimension the production values. take good luck to you. leo grand day with emma thompson. this is a movie, the 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, cale 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, you'll favorite fill. my favorite film ordered a cider 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, as the winner, so kudos to the winning director calcium on. well, thanks for the tip. another one to watch whether everybody who still wants to go he wants a d. w news. he has a reminder of the top stories we are following for you. france will withdraw its troops from molly by june, ending a 9 year mission against islamist militants. the move looked set to pay for the way for other countries to wind down the upon the patient training and peacekeeping missions that to on russia has published images. so for that it says all tanks

returning from drills on the border with you crying us, satellite images have shown more troops and equipment, apparently being deployed to the region. the leaders of the u. s. and germany, i've called on ross how to take quote, real steps towards de escalation. that's it from me and the news team for now don't go away. conflict, so is up next. i'm gab office in berlin. thanks for watching. ah, with

to enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian much of the u. k. may be getting on with breaks 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 harvey, this the so called northern ireland protocol. my guest this week from county i'm trip in northern ireland is sammy wilson, could be peace chief with the parliament in westminster conflict on

d. w. oh, they've had it for decades. the people of iraq, your country is devastated and there's no end to define how did it comes with key witnesses reveal unprecedented story. they were presenting the you as they knew what the consequences of these sanctions are. and they've liked the world about it. does he make it easy that someone could kill his friends and as a fee and so easily was a really you behaved exactly like have durmit

and the poison spread better. ah, less my 0 in the great documentary series destruction of a nation starts march 4th on d. w. much of the u. k. may be getting on with bread it, but nowhere or its effects more devices than in northern ireland. i'm no political group is about them and the d u p. the democratic union party it's target is the so called northern ireland protocol device. it keeps northern ireland both in the u. k . and for trade purposes in the e. u. single market. at the same time, complicated yes, very. but the aim was simple enough to prevent the hard border between the law and

the irish republic and to protect the good friday agreement.