special every thursday on t w ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin draw down disputes nato. is this. russia continues to beef up its forces near ukraine. moscow says troops have begun to pull back with the crisis, deepening tensions on the ground are rising. also coming up, mapping the future as france prepares to pull counter terrorism forces out of molly regional and european leaders gather in brussels to contemplate the way ahead for

security in the sal ah. on layla rock, thanks so much for joining us. nato allies have repeated allegations that russia is not. we're drawing forces from ukraine's border and is in fact, sending more troops to the frontier data defense ministers meeting in brussels, said russia as sent as many as $7000.00 additional troops to the ukrainian border. russia insist that some of its forces are, were drawing to their permanent basis on nato chief against dalton. burke has accused russia of destabilizing europe, and once again urged moscow to take the path of diplomacy. as we are meeting to day peace and stability in the unit land think it is on the fits. 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. violence has flared and the pro ration control go hand squeezen of ukraine. ukraine's military accuses separatist forces, a firing shelves on a village, earlier aggression backed forces accused ukraine of opening fire on their territory . meanwhile, many in ukraine doubt, there will be any further incursion 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 of the situation is being watched by a military even though profitable, we do not see any changes now which one of these we do see a large buildup of triple funding. it has not changed in recent weeks. do change. we are seeing small rotations, i see in another law, which i would not call these rotations to withdrawal of forces by russia. we cannot say that minimum looks like us to love these images from a u. s. satellite company appeared 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. with m isn't good. now we have to watch closely whether these words are followed by actions. most importantly, how sustainable these actions are high, meaning which troops are actually being withdrawn for those relevant to preventing an attack. and that is what we will have to monitor close level. we also cannot assume that something like this happens in a matter of hours stronger. she tensions remain high, but some people in ukraine say they don't feel an invasion is imminent. yes, you those, but 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 wars since 2014, i guess. and this is if a pause ago, i think you're

a young man. so do i think there is no chance who am i? hootin will take that risk occlusal, 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 is he is in the ukranian city of harkey, near the russian border. nic 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 ukrainian government forces in those per russian separatists about $200.00 clumps more. i am here in car give well enough. there 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 are far

along that whole line where war has often been going over the past 8 years. and people are used to seeing certainly military casualties brought to 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 predicates a potential russian offensive. if a false flag happens, how would we recognize it? i guess with great difficulty depending on the competence those carrying it out. 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 this speculation here in 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 it's possible old as there are all these options seemingly on the table now, or 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 restate 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. hearing 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 is 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 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 chantelle, salt sholtes, that kind of single of goodwill, but no real underlying change situation, which remains very, very threatening to ukraine. nicoli w correspondence in the ukrainian city of her kieffer near the russia border. thank you. 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 heavyweights, flash floods and landslides have killed at least 100 people. in brazil, rescue teams are searching for survivors, but fear the death toll could rise. one of the worst affected areas in the city of patropolis in the hills above rio de janeiro. authorities in australia are hunting a shark that killed a man in sydney's 1st fatal attack. in nearly 6 decades, beaches have been closed and helicopters, drones and beta lines are being used to catch the shark. it's believed to be a great white at least 3 meters, long. military leader. sand. oh, oh go. what dummy bout has been sworn in as burkina faso as president,

3 weeks ago he led a coup against the electorate leader. the me boss sees power promising to secure the war torn nation against hottest violence. france is withdrawing its troops from molly, 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 canceled elections originally scheduled for this month. the one to us says it will stay in power for another 4 years french, president, amory, when michael says it's time for his forces to leave me alone. we cannot remain militarily involved alongside molly and authorities with whom 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 french announcement comes as

a summit of european and african leaders gets underway in brussels. and we can take you now to the very venue where this is taking place. did you corresponded christine? what is it standing by and covering this sir? summit christine, in addition to france, we understand canada and some other european countries are. we're drawing troops from molly. so where does this leave molly's fight against your hot us? that's right, layla as, as you are just pointing out the anti french sentiment i right now in molly is, is very high. so this will most likely be welcomed by many on the ground. but what it does layla is it leaves a vacuum in the country, a vacuum that the russians are likely going to fill. we know that in molly, since december last year, you have the russian private military company called vog in a group on the ground. in molly, it has links to the kremlin, the criticism there is that they are not necessarily there to address the

insecurity challenges in the country, but are other there to prop up the agenda in the country that they're there to cruise qu, proof the military june tail and so there are concerns at this will further destabilized not only molly, but neighboring countries as well. we know that the troops that are being pulled out of molly will likely be re deployed to 2 other countries in the region. the europeans, along with ross, have also committed to supporting african union peacekeeping troops in the region. but it does appear that looking at the situation right now, this withdrawal, many looking into the country have great concern about the vacuum that has now been left by the departure of france and others. christine, what else is on the agenda of today's african union? you summit well, as you can imagine, i, as, as the african union, presidents, whitlow, said african presence. we're coming in that we have the opportunity to engage some of them by a doorstep. the vaccine, payton's issue is of course,

something that they're interested in discussing. they still want to discuss that despite the e u. m, committing more vaccine donations, add to the continent at peasants, and the ability to will manufacture vaccines on the continent is something a lot of presidents are still calling for. the other thing is, investment are in energy, atlanta, we're still talking about in africa where most people don't have access to electricity. but along with that are big ambitions to industrialize and, and boost manufacturing. so you have presidents, for example, the president of cynical calling for investment in transition fuels for some, for example, something that the european union is reluctant to do. so this is a very thorny issue to sticking point. the ambitions of africa and also the ambitions of europe appearing to collide. because african states have a lot of fossil fuels that they would like to use in the transition period. whereas the europeans are speaking more about transitioning to green energy, green, clean energy at the moment and in a space way. you have china willing to step in and make investments. no questions

asked no strings attached. this is likely to be a very contentious one. kristin while reporting from the u. africa summit in brussels, christine, thank you. flooding and landslides have killed nearly 100 people in brazil, the worst affected city metropolis as declared 3 days of morning in the hills above rio de janeiro. some communities have seen a months worth of rain in a single day. an avalanche of mud has beaten the path of destruction through this hillside. neighbourhood. houses built precariously on steep slopes, have been washed away. boring inhabitants in the debris, dozens of dead and rescue as are in 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 one. 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 him, and his 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 flash belong to you.

this church built on top of a hill has become a sanctuary for those who have lost their homes. my judge, look out, 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 family for the sugar, 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. economic collapse and venezuela has forced more than 5000000 people around the 6th of the population to flee their homeland many and up in chile to get there. they have to travel thousands of kilometers, often on foot through columbia, peru, and bolivia. many cross into chile, through a small border town. and from there too, i key k on the coast. but the sheer number of venezuelan migrants is stirring

hostility. club carlo has travelled almost 6000 kilometers to get here. he's left everything behind in venezuela. his house, his work. he and his 3 children had headed south to chile. she led by eagerly that i now chile as the stable country is better than elsewhere. that's why i wanted to come here to africa. i hope off on work if we can get ahead here even though and that our children will have a better life reachable and he overdo deborah literacy. unless otherwise deb traveled for more than a week by foot. by truck and by bus. now i've reached co, chaney, actually in village with just over 1500 residents. it's time for a brief stop. for earth, internet infomatica macbook, my husband is a programmer, e name for them. i'm a lawyer,

but none of that matters aren't. they would work anywhere in the restaurant hotel now anywhere as long as its honest work lead, as it will not aim for all these families here. here they've carried the young daughter for the past 2 weeks. for the children, this journey is an adventure. the adults, however, know how serious it is. and not only at the border once of entered chile, the migrants have to register and undergo hygiene measures, including having a p. c artist. a large number of migrants have ended up in the hobbit town of a kiki without being met with increasing hostility or yeah, many here lost their jobs during the pandemic

o. 2 a recent rise and crime and violence has been blamed on the venezuelans leading to protests by local residents under go in who in the last few months, up to 500 people have arrived here every day. but it's one of the areas i'll that's up to $15000.00 new people. me per month warner. most weilacher, thunder gumbo, lsu. i, me, stickle. thank you. know, my children have grown up around chinese people. hindus, they know about co existence community. this is a free trade area and there are many foreigners, but this is different now. criminals are coming over and nothing is being done about it. the mother of zillow mother, who's almost sick when not jennifer binkle, racist. we always code it peacefully with peruvians, with colombians, but open borders on without a need for papers. know if i go to another country, i have to show valid papers, migrants to welcome him. we just want him to have valid passport and papers of it

again to hope in via the mood and the kicker. in northern chile remains tense, the jury has been handing out the top prizes at the berlin film festival. the golden bear goes to the spanish director, carla seaman. her film i'll cut us, tells the story of a farming family fighting for their future in spain. he w. 's nico further has more from the brown. our 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, phil, mike added as claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like a lulu 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 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. midtown captain met him captain to comb the prize for best leading performance in robbie. a 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 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 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. 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, were directed by women, but many more told stories about female empowerment, emancipation, and sisterhood. we have phone ship eisen diploma 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

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 rare rowdy moments sanibel the knowledge that generally spoke in softer tones. making the message of movies like al got us. the more powerful and with me here in person is david levitz from d w culture david, a well deserved winner. absolutely. 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 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 land 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 success of hers at valley 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 want to keep our eyes on, especially now that she's got the golden bear. definitely. so can you tell us how this this year's bell and alec compared to the previous years? well, it was a was a lot smaller for one i, 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 waive 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, to prove that we were vaccinated. we had to prove, we had a daily task where an f, f, p 2 were and 95 mask and keep distance. so the 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 things in a car, because it was locked down in paris. very cost a little bit, but the, you know, their 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 belly. 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 as 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 sold 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. you're watching did every news live from berlin up next to is focus on europe with ice bathers in switzerland and crypto mining in coast about. and there is a lot more world news if you want. you can add to our website as database dot com will be back at the top of the hour. with

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