[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, a dangerous escalation in the crisis over ukraine. u. s. president biden says he expects russia to invade within days. it uses moscow of misleading the world and even more to the border while claiming to pull its forces back. meanwhile, russia accuses the u. s. a. fanning the flames also coming up with parts of northern europe, slammed by a fear storm wave smashed through the window of

a commuter ferry. in the german city of palm board and tributes have been paid to a veteran of the 1940 berlin airlift was just for where u. s. air force pilot deal. halverson became famous for dropping candy from his plate to children. below. we look back on the person forever linked to one of the german capitals, most iconic moments. ah ameren tilton, thanks for joining us. there is no sign of d escalation in the crisis over ukraine. he was present, joe biden said, he thinks a russian invasion will take place any day. now. moscow immediately fired back, accusing the u. s. a fuel intentions. russia continues. deny any plans to russia continues rather to deny any invasion plans and says it is withdrawing some troops from the border with you. craig,

in this government held village and eastern ukraine, a kindergarten hit by a shell. ukrainian and western leaders believe it was struck by pro russian forces . no children were injured, but the kindergarten teacher said it was a close call. know, a little money due to non continuous navarro. children were having breakfast at the time and were planning to have lessons in that room at 9 a. m. according to their schedule. luckily, the children were not heard. only the employees were shell shocked by western observers. believe the shelling may have been a false flag operation by russia prompt a counter attack, but separatist accused ukrainian government forces of opening fire as well. you as president joe biden believes the russian invasion of will take place any day. now. how high a drought moved. woo hoo, good number one number to reach the breed,

that they are both wide operations at every indication. we have with that at a un security council meeting you as the secretary of state antony blinking, warned russia was already manufacturing at provocation to justify an attack. you went to someone who was with this could be a violent event that russia will blame on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the ukrainian government. moscow has already accused ukraine of committing genocide in the eastern don best region and labeled the false claims as hysteria authorities over nobody seeks any excuses for hostile lexus. we said we do not have an intention to do this for days. russia said it's troops, i withdrawing from areas near the border with ukraine,

but the west police moscow has a mass, some $150000.00 soldiers around its neighbor. the conflict is far from oven. earlier we spoke to our ukraine, corresponded nick connelly who's in heart. if you're the border with russia, we asked him how we would recognize a false flag event. i guess with great difficulty depending on the competence those going it out. but definitely that is something that the u. s. intelligence agencies have been briefing on something they think might happen. they talked a fake to videos of atrocities against civilian population by the ukrainian or thirties. 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 of latin putin restate his claims that rush, but 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 in ukraine. the ukraine crisis will also be dominating the munich security conference, which gets underway on friday. he was pres, vice president, rather kamala harris was among the 1st foreign representatives derive in germany for the 3 day event. the annual discussion form was launched at the height of the cold war. this year, for the 1st time since 1991. russia is cindy, no official delegation. and of course, the w will be bringing you exclusive coverage and extensive coverage from those security talks and munich. frances withdrawing is counter terrorism troops from the west african nation of molly and in a 9 year fight against hottest and insurgents. the pull out opens the door to islam extremists and russian mercenaries,

and raises concerns about security in the wider. so the whole region off to nearly 10 years of corp, french patrols like this will soon be a thing of the past and marley france. first deploy troops here to fight islamist insurgence in 2013. now president mackerel says it's time to go with us when we have come to terms with what's evident, we cannot remain militarily engaged alongside the de facto authority. the strategy and hidden names we do not share. that is the situation we are facing to day in marley. but one member of the gentle controlled parliament. the real reason for the end of frances operation, volcano was simple on the failure. lumala, an obviously bar canes, actions have not been able to contain the advances of the jihad, his groups from the douglas, when the french intervention was set up,

that the security situation was deteriorating in the north, not in the center to day. it is practically in the south obama, which means things have not worked in marley's capital. the mca reaction to withdrawal was mixed in. so my lead, if you did, we've been allies for years. we are allies, we cannot do without france, just as france cannot do without us. so he must not throw them away like garbage and france should not play with us either. he could you woke no, no, that young noble before they arrived. we lived well. it was frowned to impose this war on us so, but this is a good decision for molly had a good. while french soldiers like these will soon be leaving paris and its allies have promised to keep up the fight against islam as insurgents in the region. same troops will be re deployed elsewhere. but the departure from molly will only put further pressure on un peacekeepers amid rising millison to tax and could push the marlene government even closer to all of the controversial mercenaries of the

russian wagner group, which is already helping train its soldiers. is a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. i are, you was judge has ruled that former president, donald trump must testify in a new york court, a 3 year investigation into the trump organization has uncovered significant evidence of possible fraud. is 2 eldest children and donald junior must also testify police and canada have warned protesters occupying central ottawa that action to clear them from the capital is quote, eminent to protest. leaders have already been arrested. truckers demonstrating against vaccine mandates have been camped out in downtown ottawa for nearly 3 weeks . the death toll from landslides in flooding. brazil has risen to over 100 people with dozens more still missing. the historic city of patropolis in the hills

of rio de janeiro has been particularly badly affected. after joint mudslide swept through hillside neighborhoods. at least 4 people have been killed as severe storms. lash central europe, wind gusts of up to 181 kilometers per hour are being reported. gales, battery, northern germany have created chaos for transportation and knocked out power supplies. ah, a commuter, sorry. on the air, the river close to hamburg, people here i used to stormy weather, but not to this lucky me. no one here was seriously hurt. shipping for larger vessels has been suspended in many coastal areas. the northern germany west are melania, which particularly heart rate traffic, is also affected. many long distance trains in particular have been cancelled causing major problems for those traveling from hamburg, oberlin to munich,

for example, was on a for the sneeze. cancellations are precautionary measures because the safety of our passengers and employees is our top priority. we don't one trance being stuck on the open track in these weather conditions. i asked because making sure 30400 or 500 passengers on a train are safe. it's difficult, especially when the train has also cut off from the power supply over long. collapsing trees post the highest risk for motorists. several people were killed when their cars were hit in germany and neighboring countries like poland and the czech republic. emergency services advising people to stay at home if they can. because the next storm is hot on the heels of millennia and say nap as it's been called, could be even more destructive at the beijing winter olympics, russian figure skater, camelia valley ever had a heartbreaking performance during the woman's frisco. competition on thursday,

on the other stumbled and fell several times during her routine and could not recover. her composure performance met, she finished in 4th place and in tears. the 15 year old had been in the lead in the women's figure skating competition and was favorite to win gold. but it was unsure if she would have received a metal after she tested positive for a banned substance. jonathan crane from d. w. sports is at the beijing winter olympics. here's what he had to say about committee of oliver's disappointing day on the ice cream in the valley. eva was in floods of tears after her performance sat inconsolable in the results area, desperately trying to process what it just happened to her. we could only imagine the pressure is hugely talented. 15 year old states from russia was under. she taken to the ice, of course a doping cloud only allowed to compete after sports court ruled. it would be wrong to stop her from doing so because of how young age. but after a week of drama, following revelations, ref out, drugs testing december,

that prussia finally took its toll. dancing to revolve valera. valerie eva lips. i want to study, so i wasn't sure of herself. she fell twice. she tumbled more. this was not the able weeping used to see and to be honest, it was painful to walks. she still the facing with a gold medal in the team events her name, or whether she even received that metal remains to be seen. the medal ceremony for that event is on hold until had open cases heard on info guilty or not. this has been a sorry saga all round with a 15 year old girl that it center and turning to football. now the 1st lake of the europa league knock out ground playoff took place on thursday with 2 german teams. taking part, dorman suffered a for to, to loss at home to rangers. they now have a big hill to climb in the 2nd leg in glasgow next week. in the other game, abbe leipzig had better luck against. we also see a dog coming from behind, twice to secure

a to all draw us air force piled, gil halverson, famous for his role in the berlin airlift, has died at the age of 101. just 3 years after fellow service men dropped bombs on the german capital, halverson helped keep berliners. from starving, he was nicknamed the candy bomber. he was a beloved figure in post war berlin, and kept coming back for special events. gill halverson, one berliners hearts for giving them candy when they didn't have much of anything at all. halverson was a u. s. air force pilot during the berlin airlift from 948 to 1949. when the soviets blockaded west berlin, the u. s. air lifted vital supplies to a city that it had been at war with only 3 years before. there did glide for the halverson himself. later said he had mixed feelings about the mission drop,

but his attitude changed and he even started giving his own candy rations to children. eventually dropping the sweets by parachute from the air. good picture of it. and no one was startled. yeah. when they didn't bag, i gave him a little gama, i had to sit for them and they got so excited. i promised to draw it enough for everybody to this. and so i started dropping chocolate american confectioners send me all a county we could draw. and the berlin airlift helped change germans attitudes toward the united states. there war time enemy elverson became a lifelong ambassador for german american friendship. his name will live on in a berlin park dedicated in his honor. you're watching the news. he's reminder of the top story we're following for you as president joe biden has warned. the russian or the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine for means very high, eucharist moscow of running

a false flag operation. i claiming to be withdrawing forces from the border region . well actually sending more troops in that's all for now. up next is business with the rob watts. and remember there's plenty more world news analysis and debate on our website. that's d w dot com. i'm here until they're berlin. thanks for watching. ah, ah, they've had no peace for, for decades. the people of iraq country is devastated and there's no end to the bye. how did it come to this which he like is his reveal and