ah, ah ah, this dw news lives from berlin to night, the roll of rushes nuclear arsenal in the escalated crisis over ukraine. moscow planning military drills to morrow of its ballistic missiles. it's denying stoking worries of an invasion of ukraine at the same time. rushing back separatists and ukrainian troops are firing at each other, a simmering conflict could it soon boil over. also coming up, the big no show at the munich security conference. no russian delegation while world leaders convene to discuss the biggest threat to europe in decades.

ah. i bring golf. it's good to have you with us on this friday in the crisis over ukraine. we are ending the week and a more perilous place. the u. s. says russian now has up to a 190000 troops, positioned along its border with you. great. to morrow. moscow plans military drills of its nuclear arsenal. a show of strength that nato says is an attempt to intimidate. meanwhile, moscow backed separatists are evacuating civilians in eastern ukraine, taking them to russia, claiming that the ukrainian army is planning an attack o warning to the people of the nets that it's time to go after the heads of the septic regions announced evacuation plans with a jump of gray in the work, the president of ukraine vladimir zalinski, will soon order the military to go on the offensive to implement

a plan to invade the done yet and do hands people's republics. territory lu, filters new as of today, february 18, a mast centralized evacuation of the population to the russian federation. what has been organized, women, children and the elderly are among the 1st to be evacuated. packed on the bus is bound for russia's neighboring roster of region, despite yet again deny any plan. military action. author belie reiterate that the military and political leadership of ukraine doesn't plan and are not conducting offensive operations in ukraine's east. the only option for the occupation of the people and territory that is acceptable to us is the political and diplomatic one. it will addition a clinic yet it's the separatists of up their attacks and it's homes like these on their side of the frontline lou. hence, that have been caught in the firing line. local se shelling has escalated lately. what's written in your new book recently?

it has been quiet. and then the last 2 days, every now and then they shoot. every now and then they shoot lots roasted alert to las lester rule. sure. that denotes to has seen increased attacks a car bomb was detonated in the heart of the city on friday evening. the reported owner, the head of the separatist regions military was not inside of the time. the explosion comes just days of us and his allies warned about potential false flag attacks by russia. so president putin, the solution to the current crisis lies with kevin. just to lose was you a key were hockey of needs to do is sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of dumbass and agree on political military, economic and humanitarian measures. to end the conflict and the sooner this happens the better. but unfortunately, right now we are seeing the opposite, an aggravation of the situation and on best of them. but with kevin, its allies still warning of impending russian invasion, de escalation appears

a distant prospect for the 1st time in decades, russia is a no show at the munich security conference. the ukraine crisis dominating the meeting, germany and the us are calling for solidarity in the face of russian security domains. this scheme, which of course is a lot a show of unity right from the start german foreign minister and alina babbled and her u. s. counterpart, antonio lincoln took to the states together, setting the tone for the 3 day conference to white. her does missing is a daunting sagamore to present new war, impending right in the middle of europe. was them speaking to them? russia issues and absolutely unacceptable. threat with their troops build up to you . i don't quite, you know, the ukraine about, but also via the all of us and our piece architecture in europe. these at ease is done, therefore, this crisis is no ukraine crisis. we have to be very careful about our framing.

it's a rush crisis course lunches. i think present hooton's been a little bit surprised at that solidarity at the way that nato has come together. the european union has come together. ah, we come together individually as partners, we come together institutionally, as long as we maintain that solidarity, we will either way, whichever path president putin, truces will be ready to respond for is of another country by 2 top diplomats remarkably in tune. rather for kias may vitale clips go. however, words of solidarity are not enough. can we understand that germany, united states, all france, support what we need right now? defensive, where thank you for 5000 pounds, but in not enough we can defend oh country. what just for that?

but again, germany says it won't send any weapons to ukraine, citing the historical burden of world war 2. like the u. s. it's hoping there can still be a diplomatic solution to this crisis. what exactly that would look like is the foremost question and munich, not just on stage, but also in the many conversations taking place all over the venue. but with russia absent, the west is more or less talking to itself, his leg. now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. canadian police have begun arresting protesters who have been blocking traffic in the capital ottawa for 3 weeks demonstrators angry about coven 19 mandates, and paralyzed parts of the city. the crisis as prompted prime minister justin trudeau to assume energy over emergency powers a u. s. judge his sentence, the officer who shot and killed dante right to 2 years in prison. that's a punishment below state guidelines. kim potter was convicted of manslaughter after

she apparently mistook her gun for a taser and shot right dead. last april in minneapolis, the judge called it a case of a tragic mistake. rescue was agrees have saved to people who were stranded inside a burning ferry for more than 15 hours. so far hundreds have been rescued from the ship. it caught fire while traveling between greece, italy, 290 passengers and crew were on board 11 people remained unaccounted for the law. we have to take to the 1st case of wild polio virus in africa in more than 5 years . the strain is linked to one that is circulating in pakistan where the virus is still in dim, holier targets the nervous system making calls paralysis. within hours. there is no cure, but it can't be prevented by vaccination. the african union has welcomed a european pledge to invest

a 150000000000 euros in infrastructure projects. you leaders made the commitment as they wrapped up a 2 day summit with african leaders in brussels. it was their 1st gathering in nearly 5 years of security and sustainability and trade were all on the agenda. but the most controversial issue was access to coven 19 vaccines and trips. one of the african leaders calling for the lifting of cobra, 1900 vaccine, patent protection in south africa. the president ramifications he spoke to the w corresponded jack parrot after the summit in brussels president. i'm opposed to thank you so much for speaking to the w news after the a u. e. u summit here in brussels. talking about this trips waiver, you have come to brussels with the intention of persuading the europeans to change their vision. and to release the i p on the intellectual property on vaccine so that they can be produced in africa. germany is one of the countries that is most

reluctant to do so. how much of your anger towards the europeans is directed towards germany? and what does this mean for africa that this trips waiver isn't coming into place? what other chips waiver issue is not so much and god that is directed of is anyone or in particular germany i had a wonderful meeting with the new chancellor. was discourse and we had a good exchange on the issue of the i p waiver. and i explained to him what is driving us to put forward the arguments that we are putting forward. and i said, in our view, when we had an epidemic like this, what you will get us out of the pandemic should be regarded as a public good. it should not be seen as a profiteering type of instrument or product. it should be

what should be readily available. and i think that message got through to him and i did say that we don't want to be receiving comes from anybody's table. ah, we, we don't just want to fill and finish where we get the drug substance from somewhere, fill it and then put it on the market. we want to be able to manufacture the drug substance ourselves. and that is where the real hot on the i b at the i p argument comes in. and i said that should be fairly straightforward. and then again, i argued that this is not for ever type of provision. we wanted for a set period. and so that we're able to get over this vaccine does this issue to you highlight the real fundamental problems in the relationship between africa

in europe. i would say the reluctance off of europe for instance, to agree to reach an agreement on the trips waiver is what we consider relationship or the an agreement on the tips way but would strengthen the relationship, would consolidate it. and i did say as much in the meeting that if we are not able to reach agreement on this, it would be seen that this was a failure. at least 9 people have been killed as fear storms, batter, northern europe, record breaking, wins of disrupt transportation. and knocked out power supplies across the u. k. braving the stormy sea, despite warnings to stay indoors, some people in brighton on england, south coast, remained drawn to the forces of nature. storm unit is the 2nd major storm this week,

and it's sweeping across northern europe with record breaking gusts of nearly 200 kilometers an hour causing power outages for tens of thousands of people. were authorities in the u. k issued a rare red warning for parts. a southern england, including london, was sections of the o. 2 arena roof were ripped off by the storm. so the message along with it is lost. the recipes has the read weather warney sandals. still you. this is the worst only based in 3 decades is for the polio inadvertently for ourselves in the hallway and albinos, numerous flights were cancelled. and of the ones that did try to land in london heathrow. many ended up being diverted. train services were interrupted as well, leaving many passengers stranded, less coin, annoyance by i've been able to you. well, it worked out quite well because i spent

a little more time in my system before i had it back up. i'll try to make my way for have to contact see, just went out to germany, france and the netherlands also issued severe weather warnings, storm eunice is likely to cause even more havoc than its predecessor did just days . earlier of the winter olympics in beijing, china's freestyle skier island grew, has one her 2nd gold met all the san francisco born square was part of the us team when she was younger, but she switched to china in 2019, in the half pipe. final goose sword higher than any other skier is she completed back to back ariel tricks. her 2nd run was the best of the day an secured go. norway has claimed his 15th gold medal in beijing to set a new winter olympics record. johan his tingle birth, one the mens 15 kilometer mass start by half one to claim his 4th gold medal at the games,

but dominated from the start and held his composure to send his country into the history books, norway, canada, and germany previously shared the record of 14 gold medals at a single olympic games, but now the norwegians are out on their own. you watch a diabetes. as a reminder of the top stories were following for you, russia, announcing new drills of its nuclear missile weapons. moscow says the exercises are planned and it denies stoking tensions with ukraine. each side blaming the other for artillery shelling in eastern ukraine, georgia. the w. news. rob, what is there for next? for the w business news, it's been a turbulent we got financial markets as the brain crisis unsettled investors. i'll see you again next up. ah

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