you ah ah, this is every news line from berlin duelling allegations. nato insist russia is still building up its forces near ukraine. moscow says troops have begun to pull back with the prospect of a deepening crisis. tensions on the ground are rising. also coming up, mapping the future as friends for parents to pull peacekeeping troops out of molly regional and european leaders gather in brussels to consider the way ahead for security in the health and bring on the barriers. they're berlin international film

festival awards. it's friday. the 2020 to berlin, ali golden bear, goes to the movie. i'll cara, spanish director, carlos siemens, a film about a struggling farming family scoops the honors. ah and why mark, thank you very much for joining us. nato allies have repeated allegations that russia is not withdrawing forces from ukraine's border and is in fact sending more troops to the frontier. as nato defense ministers concluded a 2 day summit in brussels, they said russia has sent as many as $7000.00 additional troops to the ukrainian border. earlier, the russian defense ministry insisted that some forces were,

were drawing to their permanence basis. while on nato, shiva yen stillberg accused russia of destabilizing europe and urged moscow to take the path of diplomacy. as we are meeting to day peace and stability in the unit than think era is sir on the threats. there are signs for moscow that diplomacy could continue, but so far we have not seen any sign of withdrawal or the escalation. russia has yet again demonstrated its this regard for the principles underpinning european security and its ability and willingness to threaten the use of force. in pursuit of its objectives, nato secretary general there is speaking at before, or violence has flared in the pro ration control lou hans grecian of ukraine. ukraine's military accuse a separatist force as of firing shells on

a village. earlier, russian backed horses accused ukraine of opening fire on their territory. meanwhile, many in ukraine doubts there will be any further incursions by russia, even as the west says, moscow's claim to be pulling back its troops is misleading. for days, russia has said its troops are withdrawing from areas near the border with ukraine and returning to their bases. moscow released this footage of tanks and military vehicles being moved. but nato allies and ukraine are not reassured. they believe these claims are misleading. so daughter called last, why the school the situation is being watched by a military, even though profitable. we do not see any changes now, which when these we do see a large buildup of triple. finally, it has not changed in recent weeks teaching, we are seeing small rotations i to young in another law which i would not call these rotations withdrawal of forces by russia. we cannot say that many more than

looks a constant. a lot of these images from a u. s. satellite company appear to show military forces still present along the ukrainian border in bel rue saint crimea, a territory, russia, and next from ukraine. in 2014 nato members claimed that instead of withdrawing, russia is massing further forces. they say $7000.00 additional troops have moved close to ukraine over the last few days. for the west, tangible signs of the escalation on the russian side are yet to be seen over the missing. and now we have to watch closely whether these words are followed by actions. most importantly, how sustainable these actions are, i, meaning which troops are actually being withdrawn for those relevant to preventing an attack. and that is what we will have to monitor closely. we also cannot assume that something like this happens in a matter of hours gushing. tensions remain high, but some people in ukraine say they don't feel an invasion is imminent. you though,

i don't think there's any danger. that's my opinion. i don't think there's any. you are url coming up because, you know, crane and russia is always on war since 2014 i give and this is if oppose ago, i think you're a young man. so dillard, i think there is no chance. so my hootin will take that risk. a clue. good. but ukraine and nato countries remain on alert. they say the threat has not yet receded . want to take you and now to dw correspondence. next call, if he is in the ukranian city of harkey, near the russian border, make reports about a mortar attack in the eastern part of the ukraine, near the border to russia are coming in on what more have you learned about that?

well or yes, we've had reports of a real escalation along that line of control between ukraine government forces in those per russian separatists about 200 clumps more i am here in court give well enough. they had actually been a bit of a low intentions there while russia was building up its troops, long ukraine's frontiers. but now really kind of extraordinary intensity of fire along that whole line where war has often been going over the past 8 years. and people are used to seeing certainly military casualties. bruce's civilian casualties reports of a kindergarten being shelled, no reports yet of any of the children being hurt, but certainly to civilians. reports have been wounded and images on social media of people in that village. now running to their bomb shelters and sitting there waiting things out to certainly a warning signal, the ukrainians would interpret it as a signal from oscar. they say though, separatists are controlled from moscow, and this is just a sign from moscow that even if they claim to be pulling back troops along ukraine frontage, they can dial up the conflict in don't bass if they want to at will. nick for weeks

there have been warnings of a potential false flag events that could predicate a potential russian offensive. if a false flag happens, how would we recognize it? i guess with great difficulty, depending on the competition is going it outs. but definitely that is something that the u. s. intelligence agencies have been briefing on something they think might happen. they talk to effect videos of atrocities against civilian population by the ukrainian or authorities. and there has been a speculation here and ukraine that maybe there would be shelling of civilians in that separate controlled area, which would then be attributed to the ukrainian government is important. remember that russia has handed out hundreds of thousands of passports to people to ukraine . citizens living in that separates control territory. so russia would have the pretext of protect, of protecting its possible holders there. and all these options seemingly on the table now, not to worry that that is what russia is now looking to do to create a cause for war. a reason for war,

we heard vladimir putin restates his claims that rush that ukraine rather was guilty of court genocide against that population living there. so very strong turns coming from moscow and a sense that russia is looking for some kind of justification for an intervention here and ukraine. nick, there are a conflicting signals about russian true for draws. you are very near to the russian border. how are things being interpreted? there will definitely, i think there's no feeling among ukrainian politician so ordering ukraine's this is somehow over i think there was maybe slightly early optimism after chancellor schultz went to moscow and we heard those russian announcements of certain troops being pulled out of annex crimea, for instance, in other places, but it seems like like in other locations, more troops being sent to least that's what west intelligent says. and indeed, the troops leaving crimea are returning to their home bases, which are also not far from you. grains in no sense that the overall balance of power is changing, that this was, may be more just a signal of willingness to engage with chantel salt sholtes that kind of singles

goodwill. but no real underlying changes duration, which remains very, very threatening to ukraine. nicoli did other correspondence in the ukrainian city of her kiefer, near the russia border. thank you. wishes to build up along ukraine's borders is a big worry for countries on nato's eastern edges. while these include the baltic states of lot via lithuania and estonia, which were once part of the soviet union, the alliance has been staging military drills in a stony of this month. german nato troops have also arrived in lithuania, would more from the netherlands do soon, but most military support is from the united states. let's hear now from the double correspondent, a constantine fun exits in the lithuanian capital vilnius. can you talk us through the nato thinking the current perceived a threat is to non nato member ukraine. so what is

a to hoping to achieve by strengthening its eastern flank? well, i think the baltic states and neighboring colon, we're always telling the lines that ukraine is somehow gobbled up by russia. then they annex and also inexperienced all this summer or rather lost some of 2021. when thousands of thousands of refugees rules from the middle east and sent across the border, which is in later bought into the 20 and lock with the help of the, from moscow regime in mid make people here think that this was the test all of this border which is actually not very well protected and that something could come up next for example. and some kind of distraction publication is they say you're in business or in riga, which will basically create the situation in which the west winds will have to

react to prices in ukraine all around ukraine and to something wearing up on its eastern black. so i think it's very much try to are on the side, of course, on the side of caution. if russia did invade ukraine, which is not a nato member again, what would need to do? well, i've been covering nato since mid ninety's. and what i can say is that there's not going to be a collective action by the lines. because article 5 pertaining to collective defense in the north atlantic really does not stretch, does not cover you cry. but what i think in the circumstances will be done. and we've seen it actually with, with a military advisors being sent from different major countries with little arms supplies to grain in the last few weeks. what i think may happen that, that lots of countries, nato countries, will take individual actions won't be free, sending arm actually sending volunteers. for example,

a retired military recently retired military lead 20th to give you an example. has about 10000 strong paramilitary force in support of the army. we just go the rifleman union, these people could go and fight for you. great. i think it will be more on a bilateral basis, rather than kind of all lines action, which is politically impossible. in a few words, if you can, what does the specter of a potential russian invasion in ukraine mean for the baltic states? it means that they will be next, as i said before, that is the thinking because of the very difficult history that the baltic states tragic history that the baltic states had with russia including occupation in 1940 . so they think that if your grain is really taken over by the russian, then they could be next to w correspondence. konstantin, home accurate in vilnius lithuania,

thank you for your reporting. let's take a look now at the other stories in the headlines right now. a russian researcher has gone on trial and munich, charged with spying on. europe's are yon space rocket program. the man only identified as ill nor n was arrested last year. prosecutor say, the suspect was working at a bavarian university when he allegedly passed information to russian intelligence . hong kong is struggling to cope with its worst wave of coven 19 infections. chinese prison gigi green has ordered authorities to get the situation under control. hong kong chief executive carry land is appealing to residence, to stick to strict 0 co vit measures. military leader, son though i go. de amoeba has been sworn in as burkina faso as president. 3 weeks ago he led a coup against the electorate leader. the rebel seized power,

promising to secure the war torn nation against cha, hottest violence france is withdrawing its troops for molly, bring an end, bringing to an end, a 9 year operation against islamic militants. relations between france and the west african nation have deteriorated since the military regime and by marco put back elections. the hunter says it will stay in power for another. for years french president, emily, when michael says it's time for his forces to leave them. 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. the french president there, while the fresh announcement comes as a summit of european and african leaders gets underway in brussels. the to day gathering was planned for 2020,

but was postponed because of the pandemic. that will be one of the big issues on the agenda in addition to trade and climate protection. and now the news that french troops are leaving. molly will also bring regional security issues to the front 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 a 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 cooley does expelled the french ambassador. since 2013, the european union has provided a contingent of 1100 troops, a separate mission known as the u. t. m. to train molly's armed forces. the european commission says the plan remains to keep the e you 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 mercenary soldiers of the russia linked wagner battalion in marley and recent crews and bikini faso guinea and su don a rule providing a less stable backdrop with african leaders. joining a ras summit with the e u. the leaders of military curs won't be attending the a u. s. 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 malia 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 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. flooding and landslides have killed nearly 100 people in brazil, the worst affected city patropolis has declared 3 days of morning and the hills above where there is an arrow. some communities have seen a months worth of rain in a single day, with an avalanche of mud has beaten the path of destruction through this hillside. neighbourhood houses built precariously on steep slopes, have been washed away,

bearing inhabitants in the debris, dozens of dead and rescue as on a grim race against time as they search for survivors. often they come too late. residents are in shock and morn that dead enough. i mean, it might come in 8 family members were in the house. i lost my nephew and his 5 year old daughter. that was, i want to know, they only found him just now. we didn't expect is tragedy. it's the end of our city . i within just 3 hours more than 20 centimeters of rain came down and patropolis acquaint holiday town nestled in the mountains above rio de janeiro. they stalked, survived in, and is being looked after by a local volunteer. his owner was not so lucky. how did i lose him?

we rescued him over there, his own eyes buried in the mud. and we took the dog hot, but he went back for his own a. now trying to not set him down so he can't go back on the shaking batch. been all over this church, built on top of a hill, has become a sanctuary for those who have lost their homes. my judge, look at the people came yesterday and this was the 1st place to welcome them. what they could have a little dignity and shelter from the bad weather bath water, the vamp affordable, a warm meal and a place to sleep. a welcome relief. but the scale of the destruction makes clear that residents need more than a quick fix solution. the jury has been handing out the ta prizes at the berlin film festival. the golden bear goes to the spanish director carla, seem on her film. us tells the story of

a farming family fighting for their future in spain. he abused nichol farley has more from the belin, our berlin is a lucky place for carla simone. in 2017. she won the barely not his best 1st feature award. 5 years later, she triumphantly returns with her. follow up, phil, mike added as claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like lulu this place of really manly. this is truly our film hall. 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 qaeda's 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. milton captain mentioned captain to comb the prize for best leading performance in robbie. a corn us versus george w bush. she portrays

a german turkish mother finding to get her innocent son freed from guantanamo. i would dedicate this award to her robbie 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 hurry, the silver beer for best directing. oh, happy 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 very peer, you will always be contemporary. thank you. fair had to cancel her appearance in

berlin due to a covey infection. the only major disruption to a festival defying the odds in unusual time. the 72nd bailey nala was the celebration of women in film. 2 out of 5 movies screened or directed by women. but many more told stories about female empowerment, emancipation, and sisterhood. we ship eisen pm o. in a memorable press conference, british actor emma thompson called out the media industry for promoting self hatred, through the unrealistic portrayal of the female body. certainly women have been brain most all our life to hate our bodies. you joy funny in front of america because i don't know. don't go, don't just stop me. just effective for that fact it and don't judge it. it's the hardest thing i've ever had to do. it was one of the rare rounding moments

annabella that generally spoke in softer tones, making the message of movies like i'll get us all the more powerful i with me here in person is david levitz from d w culture. david. a well deserved winner. absolutely. this, this film by carla simone, every one who saw it came away saying this was the strongest film at this year's festival. competition. she's a director who really handles very challenging, subject matter with a, with a lot of sensitivity. and it's a story that's very close to her and her own biography takes place in her home town . it's about peach farmers. her own uncles grew peaches in this town. so it's, it's a story that's close to her. what she did for this movie is she cast non actors. these are real people, so to speak and, and they're playing this family who is harvesting their. they love their land and they're spending their last summer on their lands before they're evicted. to make

way for i knew urban ization projects are really some challenging subject matter. similarly to another film that was a big excess of hers as a belly nala, a few years back, which is about a child who's orphaned by aids. so this is a director at 36 year old director from spain who was really capable of taking on these very tough topics with a lot of sensitivity. she's really wanted to keep our eyes on, especially now that she's got the goal bear. definitely. so can you tell us how this this year's bell and allah compared to the previous years? well, it was a, with a lot smaller for one i would say for me, the big difference is i didn't really even know if it was going to happen for real . you know, everyone was saying we've got all these measures in place. i didn't believe it until a couple of days before that this was really going to happen because it was the peak of the omicron wave just days and weeks before. half of my friends, i'd say in berlin including myself, had all me grown. it didn't seem like it was going to happen. and really the

difference is it that kind of overshadowed the festival itself, but it was really a logistical triumph. i mean, we had to prove that we were vaccinated. we had to prove that we had a daily test to wear an f, f, p 2 and 95 mask and keep distance. so is a 4 pronged approach. really, the logistics were the festival this year, but did the pandemic at all feature in the movies that, that, that, that took center stage. you know, it's kind of weird and a lot of movies. it didn't there like in the sort of parallel universe or the pandemic doesn't happen, but there are some movies we saw where you saw masks, and really it did have an impact on the dimensions of the movies. a lot of the movies were a lot smaller, a little bit more like plays up for instance, that emma thompson movie. good luck to you. leo grande's takes place basically in a hotel room. it's the story of her playing, a retired teacher who's hired a male sex worker to broaden her horizons. let's say takes place in one hotel room

because that was what they were able to shoot under lockdown conditions. really same thing for this year. the, at the nurse movie, basically took place in an apartment with a few scenes in a car because it was locked down in paris. very cost a little bit. but you know, they're strong music movies. they're just a little bit smaller in scope. all right, now before i let you go, in terms of the viewers, are they still participating in the berlin? our that's right. with really special also about the betty. now that it's not just the stars, it is the world's biggest public film festival and berliners are back to having this on their calendar. it's the dreary of time of year and yet this is, this is uplifting. we've got the belly nodded back on. people are going to the movies. it's all 100000 tickets. good stuff. all right, david levitz talking to us about the last day of the brown. and allah. ok, well, hope to catch up with you very soon. thanks. so much. thank you. all right, so you've been watching it. every news live from berlin, stick with us up. next is either we news asia with brush batter g on behalf of

david and myself. thank you so much for spending as part of your day with with

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