ah, ah, this is deliberately news, live from berlin, new hope for diplomacy to avert of war in you cried french president, her man, warmer call, says both rushes vladimir putin and you as president joe biden have agreed in principle to a summit, addressing the crisis also coming up, we report from nato ally, estonia where attention with russia. i've driven thousands of volunteers to join the armed forces and in the buddhist league, the battle of the brochures turned into a rain soaked gold, fist with dog ones,

mako voice haunting his former club. ah. m anthony, how'd welcome you as president joe biden, and russian president vladimir putin have accepted in principle to hold a summit aimed at diffusing tensions of ukraine. if russia doesn't launch an invasion, the announcement was made by the office of french president, oh man, norma crohn, who held a series of phone calls with leaders on both sides of the conflict in an almost 2 hour long talk with putin on sunday. mccormicks office said both had agreed on the need to favor a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis and to do everything to achieve one that despite that apparent breakthrough on the diplomatic front, russia and billy bruce have decided to expand,

extend rather military drills that we're supposed to end on sunday, satellite imagery has also a merge which purports to show new deployments of russian equipment and troops near the border with you crime. the images were released by mac saw technologies, a private u. s. company which has been tracking the build up of russian forces. analysts say the new activity appears to indicate an increased state of military readiness images. i get to be independently verified, though that all makes for an even more uncertainty in easton ukraine where the fighting has intensified on the lookout as shells fall on ukraine's eastern front. government forces say they have been ordered to show restraint. on the truck. 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 fire and we are following orders even if there is a wish to respond for a thought of deutsche, because the enemy is waiting for us to shoot back the mortgage in the pool. 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. they are more and i know that the civilians who live here permanently feel this fear steal my noise activity alluded a fear that is our brooding lives as the crisis intensifies residents of ukraine, separatist regions, boarded trains, and buses bound for russia. oscars. oh, my husband said,

go away, take the kids and go to school. there. physical and psychological health is more important than anything else. meanwhile, russia has extended joint military drills with belarus that were scheduled to and sunday. the exercises include nuclear capable missiles. nato has joined the us in warning that russia is planning a quote, full fledged attack against ukraine. russia's trip build up along ukraine's borders has put the countries on nato's eastern flank on high alert. these include the baltic states of estonia, latvia and lithuania, which were once part of the soviet union. more german troops have arrived in lithuania, bolstering troop numbers there with more from the netherlands due soon, most military support is from the united states. in estonia, the tension has prompted a thousands of volunteers to join the armed forces are spawn and gonna could send

us this report. civil engineer, marco peak inspects one of his construction sites in estonia, capital talon. it's thursday. it is already thinking about the weekend. then like every year, he'll be reporting for survival training is a member of a volunteer military unit and facing 72 hours in the wintry estonian forests. ivy dylan all through to the next 3 days are gone. i won't need to deal with the problems at the construction, so my so focus will be doing all surviving in a war situation where i'm the next i, it's time to move out. peaks team have puck, their field kits. this we can toggle against other teams in a kind of scouting game. his rifle magazines are only loaded with blanks. this is far more than just a game peak,

and his comrades are all too aware of the current tensions with russia. label on goron di arming. you through the organizer might possibly have made the tax even harder because of the current situation with or your mortgage will seen laws with them as i'm on now. we're assuming it will be a tough competition. routed nickerson, like always say grandma local moscow nervous. i gotcha. with as early i t managers and white collar workers alike. as volunteers they came to show the resolve. the military service is the highest attribute citizens can pay to their country. time to pack up, soon i'll be heading toward the russian border. estonians border with russia is 300 kilometers long, and its population is around 1300000. many, he regards the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine with deep concern. parliamentarians in talent have

even spoken of an alarming situation. many times throughout its history, estonia has come under oppressive russian or soviet rule. the countries politicians have learned their lessons from it. there is a very strong united position among politicians. now a mind which body you talk to, never again alone, never alone again. so that means that one is of course what we do ourselves, our defense i gave abilities are built great it very solidly, but for from the scratch during law 30 years. ah. but secondly, of course, this is why we value so much very close partnership. both we been e, u, and, and nato. but in a worse case scenario, these men want to be able to defend their country without any outside help to market peaks. team have been moving through the forests for 24 hours. now. they've

been taking on one challenge after another and finding new positions. old while they hear distant gunfire. they take a little nap in the snow with only their sleeping bags for warmth. at night, temperatures fall below freezing arrival over a result. so at the moment it's very cold bowl. we managed to rest for half an hour under the tree, but her clothes are wet, but he does temperatures. don't they don't dry out the door on resilient, dirty, the degree you are. a checkpoint has warm drinks ready for the volunteer service. soon, other teams show up women and men from across the stony, a taking part in this test of endurance, if called upon these units could supply around 20000 volunteers. yet they know that in a war, russian forces would be vastly superior. in combat,

volunteers like market people would take orders from a stone, is regular armed forces. they all hope they'll never come to that. even as they hear the checkpoint, that the ukraine crisis could escalate at any moment, will over those deed are here, go to stony as eastern borders demotion, but just the right place is something should happen from the next years limited. the blanks can quickly be switched out for live ammunition with the new data. we're definitely ready early. well then they head back into the woods and hope the next time they hear. it will just be for another exercise like this one. some headlines from other parts of the world now and the dominican republic has begun building a board of war with its neighbor, haiti. when completed it will cover half of the nearly 400 kilometer frontier. the american government says that it will help stop a regular in a migration, rather as well as smuggling of goods, weapons, and drugs. britons,

queen elizabeth has tested positive for coven 19 buckingham palace, as 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 vars. earlier this month must have astride, there has reopened his borders to fully vaccinated tourists. it jumps nearly 2 years after the country imposed some of the wolves, toughest covey travel restrictions. it would jubilant seem to some of the 1st arrivals were welcomed at major airports. state of western australia remains close to tourists until early march to sports now and after 2 weeks and hundreds of metals, the badging winter olympics are over. the organizes are climbing the games a success despite the controversy surrounding the event is to look back at some of the highs and lows. oh, fire works 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 flame. 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 a political or neutrality of it. 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 rushes 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 bud lateem 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 golds for more than the successful germans. despite the

hiccups here and there, the beijing winner games provided plenty of sporting highlight and historic achievements. now sunday action in the bonus league, a saw a real goldfish to 2nd place, dormant, thrashed a struggling, glad back in the cycle battle of the parish's. and with dockman captain, marco royce, running wild against his former club. it was the case of when it rains, it pours toward me, look to keep pace behind lunacy gall leaders. byron as they hosted the other bruce . yeah, for munching. glad back on a rainy night at acknowledge, you know, park that these fans were in for a treat. dornan came out flying with captain michael royce making one me on the 26 minute. the former, glad back man has been known to enjoy going against his former employers. danielle malin doubled the lead shortly after, mullin finished off royce through balt by squeezing it under yann's armour royce

assisted yet another, as he slipped the baltimore. yes, wolf, who fired his shot off the cross bar and hin, to make it 3 know you super mckoko tucked to pass into the net from close range to make it for. and who else? but marco royce, to provide the assist, magnificent royce, added the 5th just before full time. he kept off his fantastic evening with 2 goals, and a hattrick of assists admiration wrapped up the victory from the penalty spot. 6 neil, the final score with captain marco royce reigning on, glad backs parade, once again. so what to those results? main for the bonus league standings after $23.00 rounds of play. no movement in the top 6, you're about to say by endorsement. i live in houston, still leading the way cologne and minds move up while only on berlin slit down in

the bottom half belief held leap frog hath berlin well out spoke stiffer stuttgart, rather and foot still make up the relegation zone. for now you're watching d. w news from berlin. don't forget there's a lot more information to be found at that website at any time of the day. that's a d, w dot tom m anthony. how'd, thanks for joining us with. sun are driven by merciless grade and others are fighting the destruction land grabbers are exploiting the amazon rain forest indigenous peoples for now briefly opposing them to a report on the heart of brazil stuart's march 9th on d. w. ah.