i did its allies around 40 members and as you mentioned, not only members that are part of their lines already, but also others. like for example, japan well closely following of course, what this war in ukraine, what consequences this war would have, for example on and china as well. so that's why it's important for these delegations, for this high level delegations. we have defense ministers, we have security, we have military exports as well, meeting her to see what a common approach could be. i mean, we know that the ukrainian side is pretty straightforward when it comes to the demands what the actually needs saying that they need heavy weapons. there is a big discussion here in germany and the pressure of course, on the chancellor, on the social democrats is increasing not only from the position but also from within the government. we have the greens, we have the pro business f t p party. they met last week and it said that it's important to supply this em heavy weapons for ukraine. the child less of for has been reluctant, not saying, but also not denying that germany will sent this have

a weapon. so these a systems that were announced today, those attacks that are ought not needed anymore by the bonus via so this special equipment that will be sent as well. it's an important signal. and of course, they choose this day to announce it as well for us and ramstein many thanks. well, just a quick reminder as the top story we're following for you at this moment, united nations secretary general antonio quoterush is sent to me president vladimir putin. and you're waiting for a live press conference shortly from moscow and, and after a meeting between circ, a land round, the russian foreign minister and united nations secretary general antonio quoterush . and we can now bring an dw killian buyer, who is covering the events in russia from the latvian capital riga. killian,

what do you expect from this press conference? what do you expect to come out of this 1st part of a good terrorist trip to moscow? well 1st i want to point out that it's quite a success for good terrorist that he's even in moscow because good cherish and russian president vladimir putin weren't actually on speaking terms anymore. after good terrorist criticized the russian invasion of ukraine and said, it went against the you and charter. it seems that russian president vladimir putin was not happy about this because he refused to answer any of good cherishes phone calls in the past month. and even refused to call him back. now garage said before his trip thought he wanted to achieve some sort of ceasefire. and most experts agree even from the un, that this is highly unlikely, especially as russia is advancing and the issue of ukraine in the east of ukraine in the dawn bus. they've started their 2nd offensive. and of course,

they're trying to gain as much of territory and strength of their position militarily. and this would then directly correlate also with any negotiations in the future. now what the terrorists is doing is he is trying to lay the groundwork for a future peace deal. but i want to to make very clear, this is far, far, far, far away. i don't think we could even really be talking about that yet. it's only at the very, very beginning, and we'll see if flooding future will be willing to make any small concessions as t w's. kilian biased any by for us in reagan. thank you so much for the time being . as soon as this press conference actually starts, we will get back to you and if you're joining us now, we're waiting for a press conference in moscow because united nations secretary general antonio terrace is set to meet president vladimir putin there to day. and a push for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. and the press conference will be between

circ, a lab from the foreign minister of russia and the united nations secretary general . and only as a terrorist. there are in a meeting as we speak and we are waiting for them to come out and talk to the press . and while we went, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. fuel shortages have caused long queues and for some gas stations to shut down in haiti, the caribbean nation was already facing an energy crisis due to a powerful earthquake last year with some homes and hospitals still relying on gasoline generators. airport authorities, warren shortages, could cause flight cancellations. former he was president on trump, has been held in contempt of court in the state of new york. trump must pay a fine of $10000.00 a day until he turns over documents to prob, into whether his company lied about the value of its assets in financial statements

. dirty d. a space ex dragon capsule has returned to earth from the international space station carrying the 1st crew on fully private space flight on board were 3 businessmen from the u. s. canada and israel as well as a retired nasa astronaut with a low musk is promising a more lenient touch to policing content on twitter after the social media company accepted his $44000000000.00 takeover bid musk as best known as the ceo of tesla electric cars but describes himself as a defender of free speech. he is pledged a largely hands off approach to controlling content on twitter. and a time of growing concern about the role social media plays in spreading dis information. ah, last month dealer most was clearly in a celebratory mood as he opened a car factory near berlin. now the world's richest man is no doubt celebrating

again. after reaching a $44000000000.00 agreement to buy twitter and take it private. while it's far from the largest or most profitable social media platform, twitter is highly influential. company management initially tried to fend off mosques take over, but shareholders warmed to the deal after he secured funding. the tesla c e o. scene here and file footage says he wants to use the platform to uphold free speech and reached out to opponents with a tweet, saying, i hope that even my worst critics remain on twitter. because this is what free speech means. mosque stance on freedom of expression has led some to speculate that he might offer a way back to the service for former president donald trump, who was kicked off the platform in 2021. following the riots of the u. s. capital with the house republicans official twitter account going as far as urging mosque to quote free trump. on monday the white house declined to comment on trump's

potential return, but press secretary jen sock. he told reporters, president biden was concerned about social media as power, sir. that is new agreement might well, i'm not going to comment on a specific transaction. ah, what i can tell you as a general matter, no matter who owns or runs twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms. what they had that power they have over our everyday lives as long argued, the tech platforms must be held accountable for the harms they caused. but for those worried about tromp re emerging on twitter, there was also some good news on monday. trump himself told fox news that he would not return to twitter, saying he would be sticking with his own new platform instead. people and the chinese capital beijing are rushing to stock up on groceries and household goods. as coven 19 case numbers increase? they fear authorities will lock a city down under china strength, 0 coven policy. as the country struggles with its worst outbreak in 2 years

rushing to be ready. in the event of a lockdown. these are just some of the millions of residents stockpiling essentials after authorities sparked fears of an impending lockdown. government assurances that there is enough food have done little to dissuade cautious locals with cues forming outside some supermarket. while in others, isles ended up nearly bare of salt off to products like fresh meat supermarket chains of boosted stock levels and extended opening hours in a bid to keep up with the increased demand. but some locals are anxious about the future. i am how will's law were afraid that if deliveries are cut off, fella supplies won't meet demand seen so many people buying food at the same time made me a little nervous. but actually the situation is still ok. only 70 curved cases have

been discovered in the city of 21000000 since the outbreak was 1st detected on friday. but authorities have responded with the same strict zeroed covey toolkit china has used throughout the pandemic. mass testing is already underway here in beijing's biggest district when most of the cases have been found. and where some residential compounds have already been placed under lockdown. officials say testing will be expanded to all but 5 of the cities remaining districts on tuesday . residents, we hoping that a shanghai style locked down won't be next, but until they know more, many will keep preparing for the worst. and tarkey, a court has sentenced human rights campaigner osmond kabbalah to life. in prison, he was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. kabbalah had been in detention since 2017 and he says the charges against him are fabricated. the ruling

by the istanbul caught true loud protests from supporters of horsemen corolla. ah, they vowed that the resistance against the turkish government would continue cavellas long imprisonment without trial had earlier prompted the council of europe to launch infringement proceedings against turkey. many had hoped that would help his case opposition. lawmakers slammed the ruling up that the government is without shame, there just thugs, like the mafia. how can we take them seriously as judges and prosecutors without cabala was convicted of organizing protests in 2013, against the building of a shopping center in eastern bulls, gacy park. the prosecution claimed he was aiming to talk, will add ons, government charges. he denies the european court of human rights call the case politically motivated. activists expressed shock at the ruling. it's far worse than

anything any one expected. i think. and i mean, it feels like a kind of a huge act of defiance coming from the palace. the court also convicted 18 other people on trial with cabala. they were each sentence to 18 years in prison. all of the defendants have pledged to appeal the verdict. united nations secretary general antonio terrace is said to me, president vladimir putin in moscow later today and pushed for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in ukraine. we are waiting for a press conference between sir gala, from the foreign minister and mr. gutierrez. there you are. lying watching live pictures, as you can see, they're not there yet. so we will bringing those pictures as soon as the 2 men arrive at 1st, we want to talk about mater german decision or

a major decision coming out of germany. because over 2 months, inter russia's war, the german government has now shifted its policy on ukraine and announced it will authorize delivery of anti aircraft systems to the country. that comes as a united states host, a meeting of military leaders and at the air base and ramstein. today, us defense secretary lloyd austin, called the gathering of ministers and military leaders. from some 40 countries, many of them outside of nato to increase the flow of weaponry to ukraine. beyond the tank shipments, germany has also authorized the training of ukrainian soldiers to use all artillery systems and in germany and out that training would happen in conjunction with the american military. let's hear some of us defense chief austin said at the start of the meeting. this morning i i

i with a, a, a, a, a long. i mean, are you going over the whole here? hopefully on a mirror. because with that we can i spoke about germany stepping up its military support to ukraine to tomas miguel. he's a journalist, specializing an international defense and security policy,

and i asked him how much difference that gave pont anti aircraft tanks that germany will send to ukraine can make in the war? actually, they can make quite a difference. it's not tanks. technically speaking, it's short range defense systems. well, it's an arm, a chassis, but still, the main important point is a n t r craft cannon on those machines. and the german army has taken them out of use almost a decade ago. not because they were obsolete, but because at that time the boom to say i was scaling down and they had no use for it anymore. i think they regretted it. meanwhile, because for outrage, our defense is much in demand everywhere now, and especially in ukraine. so the ukrainians can make use of it, of course definitely. but this will also depend on how long it will take to train

ukrainians on as those get part. and jack rock can, and they are not, not really sophisticated by today's standards, but they require a lot of training for the radar for the electronics and so on. yeah, that was one of the reasons why germany was putting off. i'm giving these kinds of this kind of equipment to ukraine, wasn't it? i think give us an idea of how well equipped ukraine's army is now because there are a lot of countries pitching in the u. s. secretary of defense said, today he's convinced that ukraine can actually win for well, he has to say this and the psychology working at this point as well. if you look at the moment ukraine has received from the west so far, this is more or less a live album and its anti tang guided ammunition in german pounds of house it stinger aircraft systems about the light aircraft system. what your crane is

lacking is heavy systems. main battle tanks, air defense, not only is those a light air defense but heavier systems. and this is talk to flow in mostly old soviet block weapons from the czech republic, from sla baker, probably from slovenia as well. this will go only so far because as a limited amount of these quotes over to them and available in those countries who were in the eastern bloc and now are part of nato. so if nato, not nato, but if the west wants to continue supporting ukraine, they have to think about starting training ukrainians on western systems to deliver western systems as well. that the german government, very hesitant when it came to delivering, having weapons to ukraine. that garnered, well, i shot a lot of criticism here and i brought how big of

a you turn is today's decision? well, it's, it's a u turn. it's a, it's a new quality. however, it's again a decision which allows a government to convey the idea. it's not bad fuel because it's not german stock. it's not coming from the drum forces. it's coming for the industry. so technically, the german government is only approving the drum and industry selling those get parts to ukraine, were just completely different from the drama me delivering equipment. journalists, tomas miguel, thank you so much for this. very interesting insights. you're welcome. with jim 32, i live here the what i see. absolutely just, we're now a conference of the russian president with the modern with.

i'm not sure you're what you're here to with on the show. who are you? this is you me. if it didn't, you're sure that the decision attack my name was because when you're right, we do not have a translation of that press conference for you at this time, which is why we're going to bring in benjamin alvarez, who is covering a meeting of some 40 defense ministers who are gathering today at ramstein air base . here in germany. following an invitation of lloyd austin, the american defense secretary, benjamin, welcome. how come the german government changed it? it's mind when it came to supplying heavy weapons to ukraine. we just heard an expert talking about how much of a you turn that was, how did that change come about? and now finally, german, the german government is taking this concrete steps of actually saying we will supply this had

a weapon. so the site when did this new error that the german chancellor announce is finally all to showing? i mean, it's a huge parenting shift. of course, germany sending heavy weapons for ukraine for the u. s. and for the allies that are here in ramstein today and is abbeys in this meeting to talk about how they can continue supporting ukraine. it was long overdue that germany is finally sending these anti aircraft systems that are no longer in use at the bundeswehr is no longer needed. but of course, it is a shift that we're seeing and that the defense, a minister accessing the land bike to also said earlier today, where she said that ukrainian is soldiers will also be trained on a german soul. so you can say that the chancellor, all of shawls, and also his party, the social democrats, are giving in to the pressure not only by the position by the conservative parties, but also by the greens by foreign minister. and alina babcock, who said that, that you should also sent these heavy weapons and something that also what happened

. the economy minister and vice chancellor has a supported. so now we have the german government saying that ill was sent this heavy weapons to fight this war. that according to ed, secretary of defense, a war that ukraine will when he also said that. and so does everyone here. that is, this high level is this high level delegations of many countries, not only nato countries that are gathering today here at this military base in southwestern, germany, to talk about their assistance for ukraine now. but also for the long term assistance. what will happen? what are the challenges after this war? do you think, benjamin, that we can expect other major announcements like the one from germany to come out of this meeting today? what are, what are the, the defense minister is an expert gather they're hoping to achieve? well the want to have is a common strategy and

a long term that's important. while they saying they say ukraine will win this war, but we will have to see what will happen afterwards. and that's why it's so important to stress once again that this is not a meeting that is happening under this nato umbrella, even though as secretary general, general talkback is here in germany here as well. so the can find this common approach when it comes to dealing with the war in ukraine to talk about the security with this huge paradigm shift. and that's also something that the secretary of defense said that putin was not expecting that the world would. russian would support a ukraine so quickly after the russian invasion, so with a might be are the major developments. it will be a press conference later on. there will be a statement and also press conference by the nato secretary general is stalking berg. so then we'll see if there any other new announcement that it would make happy the ukraine of fish that happened demanding and have been asking for more support for heavy weapons for several weeks now to tell your reporter benjamin

offers and ramstein. thank you so much. military solutions are being discussed in germany, diplomatic solutions and moscow and engine crane itself. volunteers are working to evacuate thousands of civilians in the east living with a daily and nightly russian artillery. shelling and live mostly in basements and shelters. many without electricity, gas or water. this was this man as being evacuated from his home in hockey's, but were trapped in his flat. it is a miracle he survived no on a new enormous. they've been bombarding us all day and all night. now sheila blew up in the beginning. it was a quieter and lighted spa kind. the bombing only happened during the day on will a butler later they begun bombing at night too. oh, nice pool of grove boulevard,

missouri hit here in the yard. but if you look who would look hard, keith has endured a barrel of russian attacks. cons than shelling has reduced much of the city to ashes. now, some 50 residents have been evacuated from brun frontline neighbourhood. they have been taken to shelters where they hope to be safe. about 400 kilometer south safety is still a distant dream. russian forces continue to pummel the us of style steel factory. the last pocket of resistance and mario pole. the port city has been under siege for weeks now. most of it has been wiped out by russian bombardment. the dire fate of mary poll has been a warning to other ukrainian cities to protect them. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has asked alice for more support for every one in the world. even

those who openly did not support us here now agrees that the fate of europe, the fate of global security, and the fate of the democratic wisdom is being decided in ukraine. and it seems like his calls for greater diplomatic efforts are being heard with dozens of nations willing to support ukraine in a war that had simply cannot win on its own. t w's young philip shots as an levine in western ukraine and a short while ago, i asked him how ukraine is reacting to the news from germany, about increased military support. it's been received to very well here in ukraine. ukrainian, sir, have been hoping for this message for, for a while. no, and the announcement of the german defense minister to center anti aircraft tangs has been received extremely well. the ukrainians keep saying that they have

a lot of men power. they have a good fighters, but they are constantly confronted with heavy artillery, heavy weapons, sir, by the russian sides or by the russian side. and obviously you can only fight heavy weapons with of a heavy weapons. so they are very thankful for those. are these news from germany regarding their and to aircraft systems, but of course, survey expect more. they see it as a 1st crucial spin. and just a quick reminder to our nearest we are waiting for a press con friends from circ, a lover of an antonio terrace. the un secretary general who is visiting moscow to day in an attempt to come to broke or some sort of piece or 2 until at least ang, decreased the suffering for a civilians as he called it to day. but i want to talk to you before we can cross

live to moscow about that meeting that is being held in ramstein, germany today, where there are the defense ministers of some 40 countries, not only nato countries, bird countries from around the world. we're discussing how they can help you, crane offend off the russian invasion militarily. what do you think? hopes are in key f. a could be the result of this meeting and ramstein. i think the hopes are very easy to summarize, sir. heavy weapons again. this is what sir the ukrainians are hoping for. the regarding the meeting between neglige harris and sir, and putin and sir the outcomes of this diplomatic efforts, i don't think their expectations are very high, but their expectations are very high. regarding nato entry, guarding their closest allies, of course,

the closest allies for the ukrainians at the moment or the united states. a hi delegation was here 2 days ago and said the united states have already promised more than $3000000000.00 us dollars self military 8. and they, 2 days ago, during their visits in kia, they promised even more. so this was very well received. it's still not enough, of course, from the ukrainian side. but 1st of all, they are looking to the united states and they are looking to there are western neighbors, especially poland, slovakia, the baltic countries, they have been close allies to and they hope now of course that more countries will join. and so they, they see the signs from germany, of course, and hope that it will go down to star action in the current next days and weeks. so military support on one side, but be one second here in general is in moscow today and trying to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict though the government and keith hold out any

hope that antonia the terrace won't achieve anything there. to be honest, i don't think the hopes are very high. there are not very high expectations at all . the ukraine is involved in very heavy fighting at the moment in the east of the country and the south of the country and russia has made it more than clear that its ambition is much more than the don bus region or so at the moment, sir, it doesn't look very likely that sir there is room for any to pro magic solution. in general. people here are disappointed sir, regarding the role of the united nation, sir, they think of the united nations could have done more before the war broke out, which they could have put more pressure on russia. and also since the beginning of the war they, they see the role of the united nations rather marginalized as an philip shelves

from a western ukrainian town levine. thank you so much for the time b. now i mentioned earlier that military leaders are meeting in germany today. to focus on frustrating russia invasion of ukraine, vladimir putin has point his strategic nuclear arsenal on high alerts, a warning to the west, not to interfere, and one day russian foreign minister and her gala. ralph said, the danger of a nuclear confrontation is serious and quote, should not be under estimate it. now analysts believe the risk of an all out nuclear war is low, but there are concerns putin might be tempted to use so called tactical nuclear weapons and ukraine. ah, russia testifies a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a strategic weapon, capable of destroying a city on the other side of the planet. president putin flexing his nuclear muscles

as his war in ukraine flounders this weekend when you go to this unique weapon. it will enhance the military potential of our armed forces lead. you will provide security from external threats and make those lose aggressive rhetoric to threaten our country who are gonna think twice ugly soon that it would. but those would have written us history to west sees this as the more realistic threat this launcher can fire, tactical nukes, short range missiles with smaller payloads, less destructive, designed to take out air fields, ships and columns of tanks. the fairies that putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon if it proves impossible for him to win and ukraine with conventional means.