full 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 over this unique weapon. it will enhance the military potential of our armed forces that you will provide security from external threats and make those lose aggressive rhetoric to threaten our country. who ago, think twice ugly, soon that it would. but those were written as 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 about putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon, if it proves impossible for him to win in ukraine, with conventional means that vladimir putin decides to

use such a weapon. and we hope that he does not know that there will be severe consequences . and there is no doubt that it will change the world in significant ways. assured that happened back in the cold war for western response to a strategic nuclear strike. and it's, it is, was clear and simple a global from a nuclear exchange. but what about a small scale tactical attack on a battlefield and ukraine? would the west responding kind and risk in all out to nuclear war with russia? it's the question western leaders are still grappling with as the conventional warn ukraine continues in ukraine. celebrities have been using their fame to try to raise awareness of their country's plight, rapper aliana, leona spent weeks helping out in her home town near keith,

delivering medicine to people in need. but now she's touring europe performing a charity concerts and meeting some of the millions of ukrainians who fled their homeland. but, but then this is ukraine's most famous female rapper. i'll jo now yonah, the former kindergarten teacher, who isn't afraid to speak her mind. but since russia attacked ukraine, i'll yonah young has been using her fame to counter fake news and to take a stand for her country. but because he a boy you they, jim, oak, you buy a mouthful is 3, shall spot you. mom of sit in the last month, she's found it hard to wrap. her latest track is a proud with . i want the old people who feeling that they done do not think

understand that they can play. and this is big jump. this is big energy, big polar, because i believe about, you know, and, and for me is really important to connect people to give hope to people, even, even if people think that they can do nothing, a shift to ukraine outside q l, u on his home town where she shot her 1st big music video about leaving home. now her family is ready to flee at a moment's notice. that we have books the need to reflect. and we have 15 minutes ready? like if, if it, when you're, it will be more dangerous. we have 15 minutes, we all go to get on the me. sam yamaha, the village offices, russian soldiers invaded nearby villages and struck her town with a missile. l. you in a state for weeks to help people. now she's decided she can help her country more from abroad. last week she left you cream, embarking on

a tour of charity concerts to raise funds and spirits for ukraine. she says she'll play wherever there are ukrainian refugees. first stop. poland. if we talk about ukrainian people here, you know, i bring them hope. i tell them that we will win this war and everything will be okay. and don't be scaring everything is okay. and we them have to stay here for super long time after poland shall to germany. leona doesn't know how long she'll be gone from ukraine, but she wants to return as soon as possible for her. there is no question of where her home is with. and that's now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. he'll shortages have cause long cues and for some gas stations to shut down in haiti, the curvy 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 us president donald 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 a prob, into whether his company lied about the value of its assets in financial statements to 7 years 30. and a space ex dragon cap so has returned to earth from the international space station carrying the 1st crew on a fully private space flight on board were 3 businessman from the us, canada, and israel, as well as a retired nasa astronaut dragon would be a long months the owner of space axa is promising a more lenient touch, so police in content on twitter after the social media company accepted his $44000000000.00 take over bed. musk is best known as the c e o of tesla electric

cars, but describes himself as a defender of free speech. he has 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 de la mosque 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 what 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 and 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, saki 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 of what i can tell you as a general matter, no matter who owns or runs at 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 raising are rushing to stock up on groceries and household goods as co. it 19 case numbers increase. they fear authorities were locked the city down under china straight 0 co 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. guzman to 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 sought after 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, anxious about the future. i am how will glad we're afraid that if deliveries are cut off, supplies won't meet demand seen so many people buying food at the same time made me little nervous, but actually the situation is still ok. only 70 covered 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 0 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 lockdown 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, cowell, i, to life in prison. it was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government kamala had been in attention since 2017. he says that charges against him had been 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 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. and as we have been telling you for the past hour and half united nations secretary general, antonia will terrace,

is sent to meet president vladimir putin in moscow later to day. and a push for a diplomatic solution to the conflicts for that meaning. the un chief sat down with russian foreign minister, sergey laugh rough and there he emphasized the need to minimize human suffering and ukraine western countries, the little chance of and a fanatic breakthrough. but there is hope of a breakthrough on humanitarian aid for ukrainian civilian. ukraine has asked quoterush to push for the safe evacuation of civilians. the besieged city of mario calling to see a concert. and dw killian buyer joins me now. he is covering events in russia from the latvian capital, riga, killing. the un doesn't want to call this an attempt of mediation. so what's the secretary general's goal? what can we expect from good terrorist visit to moscow? well, i think it's a very good sign already that quoterush and putin are speaking because they weren't on speaking terms before. you could say putin that was even

a bit insulted or angry after a good cherish criticized rush of invasion of ukraine and said it went against the un charter who didn't refuse to answer it. cherishes phone call, phone calls, and he didn't call him back either. so that they are meeting now today is, is a good sign. parish said he would like to have a ceasefire. he would like to organize a ceasefire. most experts agree, this is highly unlikely, especially as russia is pushing for more military gains of the east of the country . they have managed to healy, i'm sorry, i'm going to interrupt play right there because we can now go live to the press conference that sergei lab round the foreign minister of russia and un secretary general antonio terrace are holding in moscow. but we will return to you once and the event has concluded. if, when you minute, your prayer, you missed your smart, that it will be very grateful to, to, to carol grant, who is willing and ready to live with this situation in and around the ukraine in

the light of international affairs. and he's going to look to the tendencies and train, which is a, have a hold of syndrome. they are not always within the ideals and principles of the united nations. they were laying stone for the whole world. so i'm not sure with the school bus, but i'm still sort of g o z. so his daughter, when you are interested in the with i'm on son by mostly of the with just listening and now trying to overcome the whole situation. bless shatka. and what's the bottom glue that was the li, no doing here? it is, or should i was a very 10 situations like will we are with appreciation skews equals q sorta still most of them for the month, civil scoop will look. sure. sure. will screw possible to deal if you put it in the system

a notice i showed you. but if you go through it, if you go she will. she will not. so screw children from school. well, we try to overcome is a small move, you know, now just practice and theories. so the secretary general knows very well or go show me your voyage. decisions were taken by the president voting regarding the reasons and goals of the operations side is conducted by our military together ways. so to people in the east and ukraine, we are interested 1st of all to defend the civilian population. and here we are willing and ready and interested in working together with our colleagues from the united nations and the international red cross in order to ease the suffering of civilian walker. population is conflict. and you know,

there have been contact between the general secretary and our ministry of defense. those 1st contacts took place 2 months ago. and we have formed a working group, a working group that is located in moscow, very close to ministry of defense. their colleagues, sunday, united nations are coordinating certain things start are necessary to be coordinated in order to supply humanitarian assistance and aid them. so we are in contact regarding the humanitarian aids, and there are convoys that have been sent to various regents of the ukraine and there is human a terry and aid that is applied to the last 10 years. ukrainian citizens in law school don. yes. can look on our ministry of defense,

our ministry of extraordinary situations, and also in geo, is from the russian federation participates in supplying this humanitarian aid. we've talked today about how to strengthen our cooperation in this respect. and we hope that very soon we're going to start negotiations in moscow that will make it possible for us to embark on a number of steps in order to improve the situation. good deal. of course, we have also talked about the phase of the united nations in general. we have talked about the attempts of our west and colleagues in order to market desired certain questions outside the framework of the united nations under un system, their plans about certain partnership. so certain calls for action and they look like her a club,

all the selected few to get together. we see, for instance, her germany and france alliance against terrorism. and they are also initiatives taken by the united nation by the united states, to develop for their own system to set up democracy outside the international system. today, we have to live with our interlocutors about this very problem. it is also a challenge aren't. you could move in the face of the united nations and attempts to put aside the basic principles of the united nations who believe it is an organization that was set up on the basis of the 70 and equality of all the church members states. and we always have to remind ourselves of that we will do everything we can. you can you to make sure that once you, nobody in new york,

under, in the capital of the member states, sir, that on the was that nobody forgets about these principles reproduced. there was an initiative to st out with her with his contact between our center, united nations. we have responded and we are in favor of a regular dialogue. we are are in favor of talking to the secretary of the united nations secretary general. we do have for many difficulties on an international arena, and it is always good to have an open dialogue who discussed so that finally we could win his of come back to the sources. so the principles of the united nations on the basis of these principles, as we would like to do, would not do everything we can in order to implement the principle of multilateralism. i am once again very grateful to the secretary general that he was

willing and ready to talk to us to day. thank you ladies and gentlemen of the pers, a secretary general united nations. i came to moscow as a messenger of fish. my objective and my agenda is strictly linked to save lives and political suffering. i at a very frank discussion with the foreign minister said go up at all. and it is clear that there are 2 different positions on what is happening in ukraine. according to the russian federation, what is taking place is a special new 3rd, your promotion with your objectives? that's what an os, according to the un in line with the resolutions fast by the general assembly. russia's invasion of ukraine is a violation of his theory, thought integrity, and against the chart that of united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the

sooner we end these war, the better for the people of ukraine, for the people of the russian federation. and those 5 young united nations as repeatedly called forces fires, to protect civilians and to facilitate the political dialogue to reach a solution. so far that has not been possible to day across the long bass. the violent battle is underway with tremendous thus and destruction. many civilians are being killed than that of the thousands of people are in life threatening conditions trapped by the conflicts and concerns about the repeated reports of violations of international method in human rights law and possible war crimes. and they required independent investigation for effective accountability. and we hadn't really needs humanitarian corridors that,

that truly safe and effective. and her death are respected by all to that great civilians and delivered much needed assistance to that end. i have proposed the establishment of a humanitarian contact, the little bringing together, the russian federation, ukraine, and united nations. to look for opportunities for the opening of safe. cory vars with local cessation of hostilities and to guarantee that they are actually effective seamlessly. we recognize that we face a crisis is in a crisis in mario paul. thousands of civilians are in dire need of life saving humanitarian assistance. and many of evacuation. united nation is ready to fully mobilize, its human and logistical resources to help save lives in value. paul, my proposal is for a coordinated work of united nations,

the international committee of ref, cross, and ukraine. and the russian federation forces to enable the safety evacuation of those civilians want to leave both inside the as all star plan and in the city in any direction they truce and to deliver the mandatory, you know, that requires and this is not just about what is happening in ukraine as we are seeing shock waves around the world. that that emetic, as celebration of the increase of the prices for food and energy that was already thinking place or in the last ears are causing enormous suffering through hundreds of millions of the most vulnerable people worldwide. and this caps on top of the shock of the continuous coffee 9th in pandemic, and the uneven access to resources for recovery. that particularly penalize

developing countries at on the walls as so the sooner piece is established, the better for the sake of ukraine, russia. and for the wolf. and this is very important, even in these moments of difficulty to flip alive the values of multilateralism. we neither worlds that is multi paula with multi level institutions and those multilateral institutions must the by, by the when chartered and by international law. and abiding by the lamb charlotte, and by international law, recognizing fully equality among states very hopefully will be an instrument that will allow us once again to come together as human games and the various, the very method challenges we face from climate change to epidemics. and to many

others, and in which the only was we should house would be a ward of those that school to default the planet, at least for shamika, if it wasn't for present, but also injected. the 1st question comes from india to day. good afternoon. i am get them on from india today. mike, i have a question each from both the leadership and beginning with the united nations secretary general. so mr. guitarists up, there are allegations and counter allegations regarding genocide, war cranes, human shields, as also a reports of chemical weapons and biological weapons being used. you spoke about contact group and humanitarian corridors. you also spoke about investigations. will the united nations look at independent investigations, creating a team and investigating team to look into the facts on the ground?

and, and my question to the foreign minister, sir. oh, both sides. whether it's the united nations or the international community. i looking at negotiated settlement and cease fire. should russia look at a negotiated settlement? is there a country or an organization that could act as a mediator? who would russia consider as a mediating agency? thank you. well, the ram secretariat as not to the power to do investigations of that kind. or we have her the international criminal court. her, we have a different mechanisms that exist in the human rights system, namely formations of inquiry or it is not my intention to promote an investigation myself. i have not your 40 for it, but i think it's very important to way of independent investigations in order to

wear full credibility and full accountability. let's look a certain little new meal approach. official. let me respond to the questions put to me. first of all, i'd like to explain the position of the international community and what the united nations should do based on the principles of for the chart of the united nations. in particular, the sovereignty of each member states. you have for just mention the resolution of dlc or, you know, general assembly dance has called russians the forms of food for gloss. russians don't rush us operation to a general violation, but it was a re solution. dad was not unanimous,

and there were some social dates who said your pressures we're going to go with exerted on them. our american friends, sir, do that, do they know how to do that? they know the banking kinds of certain people of certain states and they know that their children are studying in the united states. so it was a really resolution that was not unanimous. her dozens of countries her not long ago, except at that. and so this is not a mandate for the secretariat you little. so we also have to look at the resolution or the security council. resolution is always something that needs to be implemented and it's resolutions based on a consensus of all the member states. and as far as concerns is concerned, so we have adopted a document senior in 2015, which was called the mens complex of measures. it was

a new document which required with direct interaction between lance good done yet. could ukraine, in order to sort out their issues in the context of the territorial boundaries of the ukraine parish ankle as president has signed in at the time. and also zalinski has accepted the, the 2 regions. you don't, it's kendall guns cough declared themselves. so republic, sir, and there were 2 b, a amendments in the constitution of the ukraine in order to absorb the issues in, within the framework of the territorial boundaries. was a group elections were to be organized in the 2 regions. i do not remember

the direct threat reaction of the united nations when key of violated in the most grossly way the whole minsk agreement. and sir ukraine also violated the resolution of the security council. we talked about target. mr. godaddy may have known each other for a long time. we had an open conversation today, and i have said that slow the with your we should not postpone such dialogues. open data amongst the beans, you still have to accept the truth, as it is either. we agree on having a solution server we've taken only within our own group of followers taking decision, sir, how the world should, should level all we should talk to each other. nobody wants warm 3 weeks, but we always just giving arguments and turn them.