[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, a show of force, from the kremlin russia extensive joint military drills with belarus, including tests of nuclear capable missiles. the french president stepped stop diplomatic efforts to head off an invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, us vice president, kamala harris, wraps up a major international security conference with a warning that war in europe remains a real possibility and the beijing winter olympics come to a close with

a ceremony showcasing ordinary people as well as star athletes. ah ah, monica jones, thanks for joining us. russia and belarus say they are extending joint military drills that was scheduled to end today. the exercises include nuclear missile tests and naval drills off the coast of the black sea. ukraine's foreign minister is calling on the west to implement sanctions against russia. the crisis is being discussed by key if and it's allies on the final day of the munich security conference. our correspondent in the ukrainian capital with fanny for shar, is following the events there for us. earlier i asked her about the significance of those continued military drills. there is no direct reaction just yet from russia.

what we know is what we know from barrow sorta state and that he have just made about this. basically, yet these nuclear date, actually how long this joint military drill is going to continue. what we know that is going to continue beyond today be on sunday. and the reason to that, the official reason given by roses is the escalation eastern ukraine. but they also say the increasing military activities close to the board, us with better roofs and russia. and as a result, the going to continue with their drills. now, we need to make clear that this entire situation is putting even more pressure on, on ukraine, because at least $30000.00 troops are in the north in bella luce right now. and they could be used to attack ukraine and to actually invade something that russia has always died. that's going to happen. but after all, rush also said they're going to redraw their troops and everyone who is going to

have quickly definitely see their hopes. dashed right now. with this decision that the military drills are going to continue with better routes and russia just to the north of ukraine. and of course they have already been consequences. nato is relocating it stuff out of key of germany has joined the list of countries that have told their citizens to leave you crane. how are people reacting in the ukrainian capital? we see that life seems to be continuing as normal. is that true? actually people are concerned but not really panicking here in keith, at least where i am. but today's a very important day for ukraine also in terms of its own history. people are commemorating here the 8th year anniversary of the ukrainian revolution. at least 100 civilians have died in that uprising here 8 years ago at the my don and people really do not want that. there's going to be russia after all, writing the end of the story. after all this people who took to the streets 8 years ago, you can keep dreaming of

a pro european ukraine. and not that what's being influenced by russia. so people are concerned, they're scared, but there's no panic. they are upset harbor realizing that once again, foreign powers are likely to take influence over the status quo of their country. might fannie fisher reporting for us from key if there? thank you so much. the u. s. vice president kamala harris has warned that war in europe remains a real possibility. she was speaking as the 3 day munich security conference drew to a close. the gathering brought together western leaders and was attended by ukraine's president. but russia and no representative for the 1st time since 1990. 1 delegates stressed that a massive sanctions package is being prepared in the event that russia does invade ukraine. on its last day, the conference shifted focus to europe and its role in the crisis unfolding on

ukraine's borders. new council, president shaw michelle summed up the views of many in the block and janet suassa offer an olive branch while rush. sharon goods, missile test intern, tenuous to almost troops were clothing. gentlemen. one thing is certain, if there is further military aggression, we really, we are 3 massive sanctions over just so russia must be and will be severe. but let's be french. it will be also a trust for us in europe. losing our prize europe seems willing to pay if russia does attack ukraine. because the threat from moscow has not caused division in the alliance. michelle stressed, but cemented unity as unity of purpose. the youth foreign policy chief added in contrast to countries like russia and china,

which were undermining democracy and watering down human rights must realize that the main tar did is not about defending western values is not about defending the west, but of holding shared principles that on to been come on security and promote collective goals. the conference was a show of western resolve, but not off dialogue with russia, which was absent for the 1st time in decades. the hope is that vladimir putin can still be persuaded to step back from the brink of war. time to take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the editor of a local newspaper in turkey has been shot dead to by an unknown assailant, gun, gore ursula, and died in hospital after he was attacked outside his office. reporters with our borders have said that our land was under surveillance for his research into

corruption and his city of could. shyly. wildfires in argentina's north are advancing with almost 8000 square kilometers of land now destroyed. the blazes are threatening a major national park and wetland, which is home to protect it. animal and plant species. months of drought and high temperatures, have hit the region, has been seas of jubilation. and molly, after france said it would begin to pull its trips out of the west african country . france has helped in the struggle against radical islamic malicious. for 9 years until relations with molly's military leaders turned sour harris objects to their alleged hiring of a russian mercenary group to fight that the hardest. but for now, is a sense of relief in pamlico in the streets of bummer co, mullins wave brooms and sweep away ash, symbolizing the departure of french troops. after nearly a decade. french president emanuel mac,

ron announced the withdrawal of anti g. hottest forces on thursday, after months of escalating tensions with molly's military leaders. but his initial timeline of 4 to 6 months is now under question. molly's army led government has expelled the french ambassador and demanded the immediate departure of both french and european forces. on the streets, the mood among the governments. supporters is clear on what we are. if france wants to leave, it must do so immediately. no question of 4 or 6 months. what we don't need france. france has been with us to long get her out. of popular resentment against france has been driven by its failure to stem the tide of g. hottest attacks in molly their withdrawal potentially opens the door for talks

between the government and the radical islamist forces. it opposes britton's queen elizabeth has tested positive for cov 19. she's received 3 doses of a vaccine against the disease. buckingham palace says the monarch his mild, cold like symptoms and will continue with light duties. in the coming week, the queen met her son, prince charles, just days before he tested positive for the virus earlier. this month's d, w, corresponding bigot mass is following that story for us in london. beg it. how is queen elizabeth handling the infection so far? as usual, buckingham palace is not giving a running commentary on the queen's health. on any monarch's health, we know that she is in winter and she's said to have only light symptoms on social media. it's been reported that there is a wider outbreak of staff, of covey in windsor, but that's not, not something that buckingham palace has confirmed. however,

we do know that she had met with prince charles and camilla who bows base. i had tested positive of covey, but as for now, we only know that she is well continuing to have mild symptoms and doesn't want to give out work remarkably, which yeah, which and typically for her of course. but let's not forget, the monarch is 95 years old and she's had health issues over the last couple of months. how are the people in the united kingdom reacting to the news? well, absolutely. she is $95.00 and as such, she is more vulnerable. even though the only cron variant is is lighter, but older people are more vulnerable even if they are vaccinated as, as she has been. i think a lot of people will be relieved that the symptoms appear to be mild, but i think it does put a spotlight on the government's policy that we still have tens of thousands of

people getting infected with on the chrome every day. however, there are virtually no restrictions and voice. johnson is even announcing that in the very near future, and the next days he intends to lift the obligation for british people to self isolate. if they do test positive and also testing will not be as widely available as it is at present. so i think the monarch's illness at this age of 95 puts a spotlight on the government policy. and you know, there are people will be asking whether this is really the right strategy. all right, thank you. big a master in london and in beijing after 2 weeks or hundreds of metals and no shortage of controversy. the winter olympics have officially signed off with their traditional closing ceremony. the organizer said they were happy with how the games have been staged. amid the pandemic with competitors kept in a straight to bubble. but they didn't mention the doping issue with russian to

figure skater camilla valley ever or other control bodies that have dogwood to the event. at a we spoke to d, w. sports a, jonathan crane and beijing about the nation, which set a new games record for gold medals. that would be no way out with a 16 gold medals to raise your hole in the cross country added a gold medal number 16 to day. so that is a record, no country before, as one has so many go. matter was as a wins a lympics. now you might say, look, norway, they've got the snow, it's easy for them, right? but you know, compared to other countries, they do have a smaller population. there are countries like germany, austria, freedom with big populations who don't get to the top of the meadow table. what makes norway stand that where they really focus on grass roots and use participation, getting kids involved in the sport early on at germany, finish 2nd place in the middle table like they did impugn chang 4 years ago. now that was thanks largely to the a sliding success and china instead place their most successful winter olympics

ever. are they finished with 9 gold medals that was almost double the previous best, different, vancouver in 2010, but perhaps more importantly for the chinese government. they finished a hate of the united states and looking at another aspect of the winter olympics in beijing oven to fat and catch muff, arbion. how did china present itself as the house of the games? was it with all the effort? well, i think the conclusion is rather mixed. i mean, of course, they won a lot of metals, a record number of gold medals em during the sports. he winced, but they certainly didn't gain anything in terms of soft power. i'm well to be fair . i mean, the major scandal the, the big disaster did not happen. so i think many government officials let us happy that it's finally over and that also the safety concept, the cobra concept, state and tucked. but yet it was really a quite a complicated games. i mean was basically behind close doors, separated from the population. so i would say i'm china presented itself as

a quite isolated nation. yeah, of course that was the pandemic, but also politically diplomatically the games were boycotted by several countries. did anyone in china care about that? what i mean the state me to here barely touched that topic, but am i would say yes they did care. i mean the, the slogan of the olympics is together for shad future. but to be quite frank, the opposite is rather true because the olympics really revealed how much or how deep the gap between the west in china is. and yet many experts said that china doesn't seem to care much how they're perceived from the outside. but i think rather different, i'm just using pink and told the state media that he wants a china to be presented with a better image to be more lovable, et cetera. but they all fade fail because he created a system in which an aggressive rhetoric is more appreciated than really, yeah, having a conversation and to also reflection about the criticism from outside,

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