ah, if we don't do something, our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air. review this week on d w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. china signals the relics fashion of its strict cove. it measures 2 major cities, these the restrictions. meanwhile, demonstrators, classroom security forces, police is cracking down on protest against math testing,

and the law also coming up satellite images from the russian air field suggest moscow is gearing up for a massive area sold on you credit. ukrainian military officials say the bombers are likely to be used to strike ground targets, especially energy under the football world, carp argentine and poland both advance to the knockout stage. we'll hear from all sports. steven carter are about the teams kicking off today. and their chances ah i'm gather as well come to the program. china's top cove, it response official, has hinted at a relaxation of a hardline approach that has sparked the unrest not seen since the 1989 pro democracy protests beijing as said will crack down on demonstrations of public

anger against the measures spot vice premier sunshine land a central figure behind b, james pandemic response suggested to health officials at the approach that has disrupted the economy and daily life might soon be real big cities like one joe and sang, sang, have already started easing restrictions. it's also more current and less spic in the, china's pandemic strategy. early i asked journalist family encroachment and begging if the possible easing of covered restrictions means that president, she, she's 0 cove, it, her policy has failed. word was very obvious by now that the 0 corporate policy is not sustainable. that's an opinion. it's also widely shared by many chinese and yesterday signal, or by the highest cobit official. he had something to learn and were really very significant. and she said that we are now in a new phase of pandemic control. so i am expecting

a lot of small steps and also small progress are probably also back and forth. he and they are not a radical shift, but definitely a breakthrough or like a start for opening up and yeah, this is quite a significant here and am. i would say, oh, we are seeing the end of 0 colbert, but not to morrow, but it's a long road actually. could this actually emboldened protest as after all, it appears that their protests have worked were i think only to some degree. so am yes, probably the anti lockdown. clashes could continue in some parts, especially for those people who are locked down without any legal foundation. so i think that people might feel emboldened to am, you know, am or not comply with the roots. m. s. a used to last year, so yes, this part probably am of the protest us might feel important, but there are protests. we're also about a political. i mentioned many people,

especially in shanghai and, and paging asked for political change and at those demands will be met by really resolute or police presence and intimidation, a crackdown campaign which is really ongoing. also today, a lot of people receive phone calls. i mean those who took part in those demonstrations and are, you know, they get intimidated by a phone call to their employee through or through the university, et cetera. and that is still ongoing. and i don't think that. and those protesters might feel important. rather the opposite, they are intimidated now rallies and solidarity happen, taking place all over the globe. other chinese protests as aware of the international support. yes, it's really quite amazing. not only in europe and the u. s. but also for example, university campuses in south korea. there were a lot of chinese students who am, you know, even health demonstrations and those images, those m. yeah. yet, protests are really quite

a subversive message for the chinese government here. so the censorship, of course, is working overtime to suppress and to meet those images. if you want to access them, then you have to use a vpn software on your phone or on your a laptop which eci officially is illegal here, but am only been can you access free information, for example, on twitter or for media where those images a shed he and china, people don't know about it and, and yeah, that's what makes it really very hard for the masses to immobilize, to solidarity and to really know about it. because only a few people use v p n and can only access those critical information. you fabica with our reporting from beijing, thank you for him. and his look nod some of the other stories making headlines on one day visit to china. european council president sha michelle has signed the book of condolences for former chinese president jones. im in beijing. shelmet chinese leader. she jan thing as he seeks to shore up diplomatic and trade

relations. he also discussed protests over china's 0 coven policies. and these 2 people are dead and dozens more missing after a landslide swept away a section of highway in southern brazil. rescue workers say bad weather and the remote location in the state of paranoia are complicating the search for survivors . satellite imagery shows that russia may be gearing up for a massive aerial assault on ukraine. these images show almost 2 dozen long range bombers and cruise missiles, being prepared for combat at the angles to feel out of last in russia. ukraine military officials sold local media bombers will be used to increase strikes on ground targets in ukraine, especially energy infrastructure bike martin is a senior fellow for war studies, kings college london. i asked him earlier if the activity on that russian military,

i feel means a new major era sold is on ukraine is in the making. i think this is a continuation of what we've seen over the last few months, but perhaps at a larger scale. the tupelo bomb is that have been concentrated at angles and, and russia now has about 20 percent of the strategic air force low cases. that based carry cruise missiles and so they can fly over ukraine and unleash multiple cruise missiles at the same time. now the satellite imagery also show many large cargo aircraft. what does that tell us to this particular type of cargo aircraft used for bringing high value cargo to where needs to get to. and so actually i think what these planes are doing, of course it's impossible to say exactly, but i think that they are bringing a cruise missiles from elsewhere in russia to that base and then load it onto the tuple bombers, which then take off a crane unleashing the cruise missiles now it's going to freezing,

called the ukraine right now, so the do the ukrainians need in terms off the ground or right now. so i think in terms of winter equipment for several months now, nato and allies have been donating quite a lot of winter equipment. so i think that's probably ok on that score. i think the comments yesterday of the swedish foreign minister, 4 minutes the bill from a very interesting he said, the way to win this war is the ukraine to win into russia, to be defeated militarily. and in order for that to happen, the west needs start looking at longer range artillery. the cranes are able to strike targets deep in crimea for instance. and also need to look at and i think tanks. so far we've concentrated on what you might call defensive equipment, really to break through russian lines with the speed in the scale required. ukraine is going to need up to say a 1000 tanks as nightly address ukrainian,

president the landscape said they were preparing a counter measure. what could that be as if you look at the way that the russians are organized in ukraine, they hold the east, of course, the dumbass and they hold crimea in the south and connecting those 2 areas is a relatively thin land bridge that runs along the coast of the sea as of if i were the ukrainians and i wanted to put the russians off balance. i would cut through that very thin land bridge and get to the sea of the coast as of and that would separate the russian forces into 2 areas and make it much more difficult for them to operate effectively. so that, that may be what present zalinski sensing at martin. thank you very much. thank you very much. ah. at the football world cup in carter it was group seized turn to play and pray with every

team hoping to advance to the knockout stages of the tournament. is 5 luna massey missing a penalty? it was argentina getting a crucial win over poland. the 1st score was a bit clumsy. alexis mcallister's shot went off his foot onto his chin up against the post and into the door. in the 67 minute leon, others made it's to nil. and that was how it ended. tina won the group followed by poland, who's fans and players saw a few minutes after the game that they added. and with france already guaranteed to advance australia, denmark competed to join them. in the knockout route is a how the game unfolded. denmark shoot, they intend to ride from the start. but 10 minutes in australia's. keep them at rhein was in the way of denmark, sleet, fer pressure continued,

but either australia's defense stood strong, or denmark wasn't accurate enough. australia's 1st chance came just before half time, but denmark's christians and in the right spot with the clearance. after halftime australia dominated the game, but the shot from just outside the box was cleared by the danish defence. 5 minutes later, jackson irvine short went over the bar and captain max hopes alive. just after the one hour mark, australia's 2nd half dominance paid off. matthew lackey, with a clinical finish, one mill, australia, denmark with the last chance of the game, but australia held on the sucker rosa through to the round of 16 and disappointing woke up for denmark comes to an end. and although both hands can look forward to another intense day is the schedule for the final group stage, matches in group f, krasier face belgium and canada meet morocco. then in group e, japan place spain,

germany is up against costa rica. and germany suffered a stunning opening, defeated japan, but salvage to draw with spain. in the next game, germany were eliminated at the group stage in russia 4 years ago, and they don't want the same fate in cotton anti w. sports correspondence, jonathan harding is covering the world cup for us, and he told me earlier what games to look out for today. well as well, carpet is the final round of group stage game. so sir, every day poses an exciting situation for a number of teams today. morocco, croatia, belgium, all trying to go through and of course, as we just heard germany, the feature of their tournament lies in their hands and the hands of other 2 other teams as well. so there's a lot of a lot of people to look for to now as is a big day for, for germany today, they are currently sitting in the last place in their group. what has to happen for them to advance into the round of 16? they can't do it without help, can they?

no, it's a complicated situation and i think i won't go into too much detail otherwise i will feel like a bit of a math class to be honest. i think the most important thing is that they win. if that doesn't happen, then we can forget the rest, they have to win. and i think they hope that spain be japan because that's the result that everybody's expecting. if that happens, germany are still going to be here for a while. if spain in japan drawer than germany need to win by at least 2 goals, and if anything else happens, then it will be time to get the calculators out and it will get a little bit more complicated. the most important thing is that germany do the job that they need to do, which is when and as we saw 4 years ago. that's not always a guarantee. let's not forget that germany have one just once in their last 9 tournament games. so work to do indeed, it's also some of the atmosphere there surrounding the team and the germans would be happy to see them go actually that's what we are told. why is that and does that affect the plays? i think it so,

so it's definitely an issue. let's put it like that. the tournament is obviously the most controversial one we've ever had. the d. p continues to offer this slightly oregon approach to certain situations. we sort of recently had a press conference when they didn't bring a player and then said, wow, we didn't want to put that stress of, of a travel on them. but of a ridiculous excuse. i think the issue really is that either this tournament is being played here. i think a lot of people find a controversial than the world covers in guitar. and as a result, the german team under pressure to be here and be successful. and if, if they are, people won't really care. so it's, it's a tricky spot. has it affected the team? yeah, the players have said as much chi harvard nicholas fo crew g recently as well. they said it's not nice to not, not be cheered on. they've noticed it after all, everybody just wants to be loved. right. but the biggest issues that they haven't performed while i just mentioned, that's the 5th fixed. they've got to play better on the pitch. that would certainly help starts tonight. we shall see w. sports goes bonnen. jonathan, either they are reporting from doha. thank you, jonathan. it was cindy

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