ah, ah ah, the news live from maryland western lead a step up diplomatic efforts to prevent the russian invasion of ukraine. bratia extends military drills by joins calls for more talks to have it all out war. high level negotiations are shadowed in the coming i with you as vice president come out of harris wraps up a major international security conference with a warning that war in europe remains a real possibility being close as a winter olympics overshadowed by and that make restrictions. and the doping

scandals around on the russian staff ah, eddie micah junior is the name and you are welcome to the program. there are hopes of a breakthrough in the crisis of ukraine as russia, ukraine on the west join calls or more talks to our bad. i'm all out war, russia, extending military drills in batteries, but france says it's precedent him out of all my crew has been told moscow is planning to withdraw its troops. once those exercises over high level talks involving the u. s. gemini and france, i do in the next few hours. they will discuss the si, fi and east in ukraine, where russian back separate says we ignited the simmering conflict. on the lookout as shells fall on ukraine's eastern front. government forces say they have

been ordered to show restraint and they trust me right now we don't respond to their fire because we're all so shooting at us now at the command, post commando, unusable to live. our commanders don't allow us to file and we are following orders even if there is a wish to respond or thought of deutsch guy, because the enemy is waiting for us to shoot back the mortgage in the police. but if there is no political agreement, things will get resolved with military power. ukraine's interior minister came under fire while visiting soldiers in the east. he was later brought to safety. with navy school we. i'm a civilian, i'm not a soldier. i'm shocked. say more and i know that the civilians who live here

permanently feel this fear. christina la noise activity alluded a fear that is approving lives as the crisis intensifies the residence of ukraine separate as regions boarded trains and buses bound for russia. whose gazelle, my husband said, go away, take the kids and go to school. their physical and psychological health is more important than anything else. meanwhile, russia has extended joint military drills with belarus that we're scheduled to and sunday. the exercises include nuclear capable missiles. nato has joined us in warning that russia is planning a quote, full fledged attack against ukraine. d, w. 's. nick connelly joins me now from k. i fellow named aaliyah. russia said it is extend and military exercises in bella rouge. but now we're hearing for me manuel. my chromed at rush hour plans to withdraw south like conflicting messages here.

what this is all mean for you? green will definitely. there is a sense that eminem. nicole has we're shown that he's capable to wishful thinking. here he came to visits, recruiting in moscow just a week ago, and basically a brief depress afterwards that he had resolved this conflict, and that they were basically a roadmap to get out of this and what was found himself being contradicted by the criminal spokesperson. pretty soon after saying that none of the things that he had claim to achieve were actually in place of actually making a deal with france didn't make much of a sense because the real important learn this is the u. s. so there's a sense that this might be the same. eminem, a call, spent over an hour on the phone with other pitches day talking about for the talks, meeting between our foreign ministers, but no sense that this is really going to change the kremlin thinking. in the short term, those russian troops, $30000.00 estimated to be in belarus. beyond the end of exercises that was

scheduled for to day is a real threat to ukraine because loose and you can share a 1000 close to border. so a 1000 for the columns is that ukraine has to prepare for potential russian intervention on spreading. there is also thinly, so something that is causing cause is will concern here, give and out of the fighting in easton, ukraine has also escalate that in recent days. what is the leads as you're hearing from best separatist areas where we've seen those images of civilians being evacuated by the pro russian separatist to russia? there is some debate as to how mass, how big that is m some traditions. this is more media and what kind of a game to try and create a sense of impending war rather than a genuinely kind of mass event. but still people are leaving em. men in between age of 1855 are being called upon to register for military service. dan duffy, there has been a huge optic in fighting there in recent days. well enough in the past months where we had rush, amassing the troops on ukraine's borders the actual front line and don't bass.

where was been going on for a is, was surprisingly quite a now, as if at the, at the, you know, the, the flick of a switch suddenly that has erupted and we saw a kindergarten being hit on the ukraine controlled side. people having to flee to bunkers and buried shelters. so real sense of tension then what all is going on today? ukraine is commemorating the victims of the my than protest in 2014. what's been happening? well, just where i'm here on my don square. we've had people day come, lay flowers and candles, and basically just to remember that often very personal connections to this major event that basically started ukraine off on its path of going towards europe, antonio, back to russia, back then when ukrainians went out to demonstrate kostas to europe and eventually set there for russian present packing. we saw russia annex crimea and support those rebels in easton ukraine. and we talked people here. now they say this is just more of the same that now ukraine's desire to join close to nature and the eu has once

again brought russian threats of force against ukraine out and the for them. this is just all, just episodes of one long story of their attempts to grow closer with with europe and the west. now connelly many thanks to you as vice president, pamela harris. as warned that war in europe remains a real possibility. your speaking as their 3 damian executed to conference room to a close, a gathering brought together western leaders on was attended by ukraine's president . but for the 1st time since 1991, russia sent no representative. delegates said that a mass of sanctions package has been prepared if russia, das invade your green on its last day, the conference shifted for goes to europe and its role in the crisis unfolding on ukraine's border. new council president, char michelle, summed up the views of many in the block and janet, however,

offer an olive branch while rush sharon dick's missile touched in, continues to i'm as troops with ladies and gentlemen. one thing is certain, if there is further military aggression, we will, we act with massive sanctions. and just for russia, most b, it will be severe. but let's be french. it will be also a, just 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 and unity of purpose. the use foreign policy chief added in contrast to countries like russia and china, which were undermining democracy and watering down human rights must realised that the main tar did is not about defending western values. it's not about defending

the west, but holding shared principles that on to be come on security and promote collective goals. the conference was a show of western results, but not of 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. as now, look at some more stories making headlines around the world. britain's queen elizabeth has tested positive coven. 19. buckingham palace says the monarch has mild symptoms and will continue with light duties. the queen met her son, prince charles, just days before he tested positive for the virus. earlier this month, the editor of the local newspaper in taki has been shot dead by an unknown assailant. go asked land died in the hospital after he was attacked outside his office,

reporters without borders of said that was on the surveillance for his research into corruption in his city of good shylie. so then the security forces have fire tear gas, and protesters demonstrating against loss of 2 of us military coup, several where wounded thousands rallied in a capital tune. korean posters of people killed during the sense rallies the vet 2 from torrential rains that triggered flash, flash, and lance lights in brazil has risen above 150 rescue workers and residents of the mountain city of triple as some 70 kilometers. not a real diginero are still searching for scores of people who remain missing. i went olympics invading and half signed off with each additional closing ceremony . norway topped the meadows table, but the games were overshadowed by and make restrictions which bad spectators and kept at beats in a tight bubble. ha!

fireworks lit up the night sky in beijing to mark the start of the 2022 winter olympics. china's government spent billions in the builder and cove. it didn't make it any easier. the host nations human rights record was put under international scrutiny. their treatment of wicker muslims prompted countries like the u. s. and the u. k. to stage a diplomatic boycott, china responded by having a weaker athlete light the olympic flay. sticking to the script, international olympic committee president, thomas bah, cited his know, politics pledge, the position or for the the i, you see her must be given the or political or neutrality that we are not her commenting on her political. her issues, however,

organizers did comment on this display from ukraine. instead of calling it political, the i o. c described it as a call for peace on the sporting front. russia's 15 year old figure skater, camilla valley ava dominated headlines due to testing positive for a band substance. but due to being a minor, while the eva was allowed to continue competing, which didn't and well for the teenager, away from the politics and controversy. china hauled in a record 9 gold medals. 2 went to freestyle skier, eileen, go. francesco free day and germany's bobsled team had an unforgettable showing in beijing. but when it comes to the best of the best, out doing all nations was norway. the norwegians top the metals table with a record 16 goals for more than the successful germans. despite the

hiccups here and there, the beijing winner games provided plenty of sporting highlights and historic achievements. jonathan crane of d. w. sports isn't begun. he looks back now on the winter olympics, facing has rounded off it 2nd olympic games with an out be closing ceremony. it was directed once again by jang e e e e move. he becomes the 1st man to oversee 2 sets of opening and closing ceremonies after the summer games in 2008. now this was an opportunity for the athletes to come together and celebrate their achievement from these past 2 weeks. because my sporting points of view, these games provided many memorable, magical moments. sally though, because of the harsh coded restrictions in place here, very few spectators were allowed inside the venues to see those magical moments contributing to a subdued atmosphere, really, and making it very difficult to judge whether winter sport has

a long term future. here in china and of course questions over beijing suitability as host did linger over the games, but only a handful of athletes felt comfortable enough speaking out, and mostly doing so once they reach the safety of their own countries. now milan cortina in italy takes over the man, so of rinse olympic host in 4 years time. it is of course, a far less controversial choice. and with all the restrictions that we've had to put out with these past 2 weeks, hopefully it will be a less cove. it affected one. on finally carnival celebrations have returned to the friends city of niece. after a 2 year break, spectators enjoyed a lavish arrayed featuring a king. all the animals theme nice carnival was postponed for 2 years because of the kona virus on demick. watching d w. news, he has a reminder of the top star we're following for you. ukraine is wanting of new

publications as ration back separatists step up, the shelling of ukrainian forces. a care of us told its troops not to return fire to avoid an escalation. that's all for now off. next, our digital magazine, she will ship looks at smart cities. and does more coming up at the top of the hour, so do stay tooth with they've had no peace for, for decades. the people of iraq country is devastated and there's no end to the violence. how did it come to this.