ah ah this is d, w is live from by land if a lot of me as a landscape, calls on world and business leaders to cease all trade with russia. the cranium president tells the world economic forum that it's time to escalate sanctions to the maximum to prevent future russian aggression. also on the program. the court in

the ukraine sentence as a russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. joe biden warned china, it's fighting with danger over taiwan during his 1st visit to asia as us president, he says, washington is willing to use force to defend the territory if necessary. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. hello, miss lansky has told the world economic forum the to world institutions need to introduce maximum sanctions against russia, including an oil embargo and cutting off trade completely alive. linked to the meeting in the swiss town of davos ukrainian president mentioned the historic marshal plan. that rebuilt europe after the 2nd world war on proposed measures to counter policy, hunger despair, and chaos,

as well as the conflict with russia. while the cranial president said his country was grateful for the international communities, sanctions against russia, but said they should have been imposed soon, and treats of millions of citizens in democratic countries on are put in posher, wouldn't want government washing and companies on measures to make sure they would limit restrain their relations with the aggressor state with russia not only and instead to help the people, it will, i think it was under attack. but this is happening only now. levy nerve wrote, even though russia started its war against your great back in 2014 dash. we are grateful for this support, but i would say evil that happened was that us, they you, that, that it think immediately that's unity, that pressure on governments and companies for this type of thing. it quite for the freedom would russia started this full scale, warry wouldn't bring all these losses, apple ukraine,

and upon the world. i'm sure that the answer to this question is that it is also no much will they w correspondent, a band for sewland, is in davis. i asked him how the speech had been received with a standing ovation fill. it was a very emotional speech and a davis was listening that's for sure. the, the crowd here, the investors, the other world leaders, 50 of which are here. heads of state, sender governments and prime ministers. are there delegations as well and thousands of business leaders. and he did stick it to them that are who had said that, that they simply haven't done enough that ukraine is short on time. and if this russian, aggression continues or increases even what we need is what you said at the beginning of the show even tougher sanctions. so an oil embargo, all banks need to be blocked, all of them, the i t sector as well and no trade,

whatsoever. he made a big point of that. he then also question, how much longer will the world stay united because this, this unity is what scares mr. put most. in mr. zalinski words, we need to make ukraine a priority. now, every day that we wake up, he said, we need to ask ourselves, what can we do for you? on your credit and present, opened his speech with a striking reference to the russia war crimes house there at davos. what is that? that used to be russia house, but this year there is no russian caviar or vodka shots, ukrainians of literally taken over. no russians have been invited to this forum after the 1st time. you don't usually get that. col schwab usually is open to everyone. ah, and is open to dialogue world dialogue, but in this case, ah, he said things have gone too far and the ukrainians have taken over. they turn this

into a documentation center with thousands of images of, of this war. and it's absolutely horrible to see the pictures and, and it's horrible to listen to some of the accounts that are going on. but it's the reality. phil one dr as said was in mary awful. the shelling a got so bad at around her hospital. so many people were coming in wounded every day civilians and her many pregnant women, one of whom died right in front of her on the operating table. they tried to save the baby by performing a c section. the baby was already dead and they tried reviving the baby, but that also failed. it was absolutely harrowing to listen to and, and i don't think there was a dry eye in that roseville. okay. and so there you are. then at this meeting in switzerland of world leaders in the walls, richest people, while the rest of the world is having a major cost of living crisis, what else they're going to be talking about will poverty and equality is on the

agenda. but also interestingly enough energy prices, which is something that really gets people worried around the world as opposed to something like climate change, which has talked about every year. but it's so abstract as so many people and food security. ah, the big thing, there is the blockage of a grain exports from ukraine by, by ross's offensive i, we're looking at 25000000 tons of grain that can't get out at the moment. that's going to really cause knock on effects around the world, especially for regions like africa, the middle east and asia, big customers of grain that comes out of ukraine andro out of russia. thank you for that band been filled in at the world. economic for ta caught in ukraine has sentence to russian soldier to life in prison in this 1st war crimes trials since at russia's invasion. the 21 year old had pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed 61

year old civilian and june, 1st week of the war. the trial is expected to be the 1st of many ukraine's prosecutor general's office as it's investigating nearly $11000.00 potential war crimes. oh d, w, corresponded max zander is following the story from keith, and he told me more about the verdict. right, so this verdict, this life sentence did not come as a huge surprise, but it might have significance for, for future trials. on the 21 year old defendant about him. so she married last week already pleaded guilty for killing a 62 year old, unarmed civilian in the beginning of the 1st phase of the invasion. now he said that he was pressured by fellow soldiers into doing so, but the court responded to this and said that he was, he was going through with a criminal order that these men who had who he had given pressure into were not his commanding officers. and thereby, he clearly violated the rules,

the rules of war and lower sentence than life was just not possible. in this case, the defense. on the other hand, i am said they would appeal and they said there had, there has been a significant amount of pressure from civil society. and so the significance of this right, so this is the 1st war crime. first war crimes trial in ukraine during this war and we're looking at 10000 you said perhaps even even more cases in the future. so this life sentence actually sets the bar pretty high. and there has been some criticism that this court case or this, this trial was taking place during the war, but the authority said they were falling due process. the situation this case is very clear. that's a pretty straight forward case. all the evidence was heard and the men are pleaded guilty, but also for the ukrainians. it is a, it is

a chance to show that they're taking and pursuing these war crimes seriously. and yet that the to show that the judiciary, the ukrainian judiciary system, actually works even in times of war, away from the courts. max, the fighting and don bassett shifted to the city of savannah dynette scan. ukraine, struggling to hold on to it. is that city lightly to become another, mary? of all right, so the russian forces after unsuccessfully trying to keep and the rest of the country shifted their focus to the southeast to the done but to the industrial zone there. and they're going after free after the territories that were held formerly by the russian state that rebels and am trying to push forward there. so severe the netscape, a key city, it's a large city of roughly a 100000 people prior to the war. and this is one of the last strong holds in the loo, hans region that the kremlin has, as, as i said, they would,

they would take that now they're china and circle this city. that is clear, but a comparison compared situation to mario points a bit different because this city was close to the fighting line of 2014 and they are better prepared than manual policy does not come as a surprise and the ukrainians so far have been able to successfully defend the city. thank you. back to max xander in keith the russian forces have been accused of intensely targeting civilian structures such as home schools and hospitals. dw mathias bullying. her has been to the village of roscoe le solver in the east where one woman's emerge from a placement after 2 months to find the russian bombardment has destroyed her house . life in runes suit law knox. your number has just returned to what was her home. i can't say anything. a shell hit her house 2 days ago. it doesn't, this is what is left to them. no,

we have nowhere to come back to people living here, a message scribbled on the door when the russian troops arrived. this village was occupied in the very beginning of the war. the russians were here for 2 months, and just 3 weeks ago the ukrainians took it back. says lana says that during those 2 months he didn't even see the russian soldiers. that's because the fighting was so heavy, she never left her basement. the 7 up the last night was the worst trial. we thought this is it madam? the house will collapse above us and bury us and the base wendy, our pets wear with as a dog and a cat. when i came here to get the cat, but i can't find it delicious. do you like the thought the breaking we will after the ukrainian army reclaimed the village, almost all inhabitants left for the city of hargrove. as the fighting continues,

the russian positions are just beyond the next village. 5 kilometers away. most likely the shell that hid her house came from there. yeah. the if you the, if it doesn't collapse and isn't hid again, maybe we can come back and rebuild it. but i told my husband, i would even live in the basement. im as long as it is home she can for now she will go back to the city and wait for the fighting in the area to end. take a look at some or stories of making news around the world. world health organization has worn the cases of monkey pox are spreading rapidly, but officials say there's no evidence. the virus is mutating. they also say the outbreak can be contained health authorities in austria and the denmark today and, and their 1st cases in your high support is australian labor party leader anthony

albanese has been sworn in the country, new prime minister. the final count votes from the election 2 days ago hasn't isn't yet no mercy. he was sworn in, so he could attend a key security meeting with us, india and japan in tokyo. on tuesday, the u. s. president joe biden has said that he would be willing to use force to defend taiwan if it were attacked it. one of the strongest statements in support of the island for decades, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that? yes, you are. that's a commitment we made as you come in, we may, we are not look, here's the situation. we agree with the one china policy we signed on all the attendance agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force just taken by force, is just not just not appropriate,

dislocate the entire region, and be another action similar to what happened in, in, in ukraine. ty, one's foreign ministry fact at mister bible for his statement, but it drew a sharp response from beijing. foreign ministry said china has no room for concessions on issues involving its territorial integrity. u. s. president was speaking in tokyo at the lodge of a new asia pacific trade initiative. it warned that beijing's increasingly assertive stance over the island was flirting with danger. let's have a look at this with sheila, a smith. she's a senior fellow for asia pacific studies at the council on foreign relations, and she joins us from washington, d. c. welcome to the w, the president's comments on defending a taiwan. we're unambiguous how big a shift is this? so thank you for having me. first of all, i don't think it's a large shift. if you recall we have in the united states congress approved what's

called the taiwan relations act, in which united states has been supplying taiwan with military equipment to help it with its defenses. so there's always been a implicit link between united states and taiwan when it comes to making sure that there is no violence or no use of force across the street between beijing and taipei. i think the president made it very clear in tokyo though, because the region is worried. they're worried about chinese military activity. they're also, we're worried about ambiguity on washington's part. the ambiguity by the united states could invite or at least give permission for china to use force and they would like that to stop is there. is there a way that russia, having launched its attack on you crying about china might look at this and say, let's give that a go. absolutely, and you know, as you know, to taiwan is not a treaty ally. it's not recognized by most of the world as an independent sovereign state. so it, there's reason to be worried,

given the russian behavior in ukraine. and i think given also the fact that united nations is not functioning, as many people thought it would in cases of aggression. and you really have the united states and its allies putting forward the primary response. so i think this is an in the pacific version of, let's not, you know, invite miscalculation. the president is in tokyo for a new u. s. lead asia pacific trade initiative that's being seen as a counterweight to china, aggressive expansion in the region. how much of an effect is likely to have given china's expansions already well underway that? well, i think this is the by ministrations effort to demonstrate that the united states does have economic interests at stake and is willing to begin to re engage on the trade fronts with partners in the in the pacific. as you know, it's e p, p l by the wayside with president trump came into power in 2017. and i think the region is really looking to united states for

a stronger statement of its economic engagement, foreign direct investment aid for infrastructure building. and of course, the most important trade, i don't know that this is going to assuage all of the concerns of the countries around the region. china is a dominant economic presence in the region. and of course china has now asked to join the c p, p. and that makes any, many of those countries that are members a little bit nervous about how the p p is going to respond. thank you for that. a shave a smith from the council on foreign relations? so stores from around the world? no thought iran were unfinished shopping mall has collapsed, can at least 5 people. the physical could be much higher is more than 80, are still going to be trucks. shops and cars in the area will also very under rubble. members of a feminist group of fill the banner, the cannes film festival to protest against killing of women. it lists the names of

the 129 victims of family side in france. since last year's event, actually came of celebrities gathered for gala dinner to celebrate the work of female filmmakers. and german chancellor. olaf showed suze on a 3 country visit to africa after traveling to set to go on sunday. he arrived in west africa today. he's been visiting german soldiers that training for special forces to fight islamist militants in the region. a strip of scheduled to end in south africa. it's the chancellor's 1st visit to the continent since taking office 6 months ago. latino political editor, okay. the customer is travelling with the german chancellor. i asked her a what he's hoping to achieve. well, 1st of all, he wants to make a point that africa is important to him. and he also is making a point of visiting democracies only here on the african continent. and he started it with senegal. and he said 2 of those who are really dealing with increasing

instability, particularly after the minnows. my mission in molly will now be scaled down at the french will be pulling out, and germany might be left with more responsibility. and here, once he wants a flag that he's not just supporting his individual states, but that germany is here in the long haul to provide more stability. although it's mainly doing that by training here in these air. and the, the saw whole regions increasingly unstable. what role does germany saves off playing that well, germany, despite all these difficulties, has just extended a both. it's mendoza my mission at that is also in marley a but also it's training mission here in these air. and here some 200 german soldiers are stationed. who train new jazz forces in special operations,

although they don't actually enter combat themselves. there's also a concern that this will run out in a just under a year and a what after that? well here he was certainly making the pledge that he will work something out a longer term project that was also well received here in the air where the germans are popular and are providing the kind of training that can be a start in pushing back against is a mist harrison at your many thousands of miles away from ukraine. there is this war here in europe are much of an issue on this trip. geography. no longer masses. it's, it's shadow that is hanging over all of these countries, or they're very concerned about the medium and long term food supplies and those grains stuck in ukrainian ports. there are a huge concern here. the african union president and nike cell of senegal,

also flag this out. he will be talking to moscow on that very issue. so clearly they're not always converging interests here. countries that are highly dependent on russia, when it comes to sawing prices in food and energy, are treading a much more delicate line. that's why cynical is defending its abstention in the resolution against russia in the un security council. and all of salt is keen to flag out that he understands that and that germany knows that it must continue to prove to be a reliable partner here, that it can't solve all the issues. but last but not least, is also interested in some of the l. n. d gas supplies that synagogue may have to offer itself, but also potentially for export to europe. so everything is interconnected. and if anything here in africa, you can very much feel those really threatening effects on local economies like so much and had a covenant in nature. somali as new present hassan shaken mohammed has officially

say him power after winning sundays, long delayed election. one of the most crossing oppressing problems facing him is the terrace group. alger bab in renewed attempt to help the somalis fight the crew . the u. s. is announced. it will a deploy american troops to somalia. since 2004 algebra has been conducting a brutal insurgency, loans been driven out of most cities, including the capital market tissue. and i still controlled many rural areas. algebra said to have anywhere between $5.10 fighters and makes it money by extorting civilians under route to see of those who don't cooperate, end up paying on even higher price. a dreamy beach on the coast of somalia, capital mogadishu, a holiday makers, paradise elite hotel is known for its delicious seafood and epic views. but in 2020 the islamist militant group, osh bob attacked it,

killing 11 people and injuring several more. they'll tell had become a target, because it had refused to pay extortion money to our shop up william on the, in, in the, in the, the elite hotel never paid. i'll should bob's illegal extortion money when i'm in. there's no reason that we should pay it. why didn't we hope to maintain this position so that it encourages other business people so that the government and people work together to fight against this terrorist grew highly. you, helen, with guy got like 2 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars of reconstruction costs later. it's finally business as usual for the up market beachfront hotel. and it serves as a warning payoff. bob or the same will happen to you. we meet a man whose job it was to share this message for safety reasons. he prefers to remain anonymous. my role anal sure. bob was to be a tax collector. i have taken tax money from companies, farms, cargo businesses,

people who import commodities through the port, pay the highest tax business people, and also high ranking politicians pay depending on their income. a former business men himself, he was in charge of extorting tax and to legions in central somalia. if they didn't agree to pay, they would be arrested and tortured. we would double their fine and also try to recruit them. he says he's also been on the receiving end of these threats in 2014 osha barb came into his town and asked him to pay $5000.00 back. then he own several malls and shops when he refused to pay, he was arrested. they tortured me, they said you are with the enemy, they handcuffed me and beat me. sometimes they put my head under muddy water. he eventually agreed to join in order to protect his family. he says, after 5 years he managed to escape. since then,

he's been living and hiding it in constant fear. the penalty for the effecting is death. taxation is the group's biggest source of income security analysts estimate osh bob's annual budget is around $180000000.00. so ask tech station because they believe that the, the real go over those of somalia. but on our eyes, the are the shadow government in this country. they run and out of me militia, they run other offices equivalent of ministers, where he says, almost all businesses in the country pay tax to show up, meaning they're being doubled, taxed once by government, and once by the islamist milton, most of the money extorted is spend unintelligence terror activities and buying

weapons as above is much more stronger than the government of somalia. not because of they have more weapons, they have more and manpower, but the system have the ability of enforcement. whereas the government of some idea have not. he says the last 5 years were lost by former president mohammed for module who didn't do enough to fight the group. the most important task for the new president hassan say mahmoud will be the fight against the islamist militants. based on that, his success will be measured. o'neill, miller, reporting a reminder of our top story at this hour. ukrainian, president of a lot of bears landscape is called on the world to cease all trade with russia and to escalate sanctions to the maximum. he says it's time for the international

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