companies and countries rethinking everything, like you made a change your review this week on d. w with this is d w. news my from by lane french president in manuel mac called meets for president biden on his state visit to washington to crane tops. the agenda book to french anger over tax breaks for u. s. companies is clouding the visit and take your life to washington. when the 2 presidents speak to the press, also on the program,

ukrainian officials warn rushes, gearing up for a massive aerial attack. satellite images from the russian air field suggest preparations for an assault. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. u. s. president joe biden has welcomed his french character party manual macro to the white house and the 1st state visit of mister biden's presidency. the french president was greeted by an honor guard ahead of a lavish white house. dinner talks will focus on the war in ukraine, but president macro also wants to discuss trade used in earlier press conference to attack white house policies, accusing the u. s. a threatening europe's economy by offering subsidies to encourage investment in u. s. companies at green initiatives that come on we're expecting the 2 presidents to speak in the course of the next hour. and we hope to bring that to you live and

other satellite images have suggested that russia may be gearing up for a massive aerial assault on ukraine. these pictures show almost 2 dozen long range bombers and cruise missiles being prepared for combat the angles to air base near sarah top, or blast in russia, ukrainian military officials to local media. the bombers will be used to increase strikes on ground targets in ukraine, especially energy infrastructure or correspondent young philip shots is in keith and told us how prepared ukraine is for these expected strikes. well, the images certainly come as no surprise to ukrainians on sunday. already information emerged that new mess waves of attack might be imminent. actually, the error rate alerts were active here and all over the country this afternoon. but to my knowledge, some airplanes were spotted, but no,

no strikes were registered. in the past weeks, the ukrainian air defense has been quite successful. i was able to intercept more than 2 thirds of all incoming missiles, but of course, the destructive power is still enormous. and we have to keep in mind that ukraine is still suffering from the effects of the past. waves of attacks, they are still millions of people without power. still the government asked people not to panic, not to live in this constant anticipation of the new method for text, because this is also part of the psychological warfare. right. and so how well equipped to ukrainian forces at the, at the moment to withstand such an assault. looking at the massive strikes of the past weeks, of course, the ukraine is the need of more air defense systems. so they have repeatedly set. there's also

a nato meetings in the past days and weeks. it is very important for them to have to receive for new air defense. it's part of for the russian strategy to exhaust the ukrainian air defense systems. but on the other hand, frontline battles are also continuing, so they have also been repeated repeated calls for more tanks for more offensive weapon systems. but at the moment, i think the biggest challenge for the ukrainians is to be prepared for those massive weights of missile. i take sent it to get more air defense and we see snow on the roofs behind you. winter is obviously here. how are you? cranium said coping with that with winter conditions. when though with less less heat and power, they are still millions of people with all its power and snow power. also in very many cases means no heating because in a lot of apartment buildings,

the electricity is needed for the heating system to pump or hot water up. and also a lot of people rely on additional electric heaters. the government has set up a so called emergency sent us all over the country where 24 hour power is available . and so where people can also get a warm drink and, and to, to, to, to feel more comfortable. but it's, it's obvious that keeping the people warm is the biggest challenge here in the country at the moment. hang on for it. thank you for that. jonathan shelton. keith is a look at the most doors making news around the world. nato secretary general against dalton bell has praised germany's increased military spending after meeting with chancellor. all our shots in both leaders reaffirm their support for you credit, the face of russian aggression and stress the need to protect your infrastructure as possible. rational pro ration sabotaged,

talk to through the call. spain has increased security of public buildings and embassy is after a spate of latter bombs, devices were sent to targets, including the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez on the ukrainian embassy. according to the interior ministry. similar packages were sent to spanish, arms to a spanish arms firm, and an air force base under the people of taking the streets of t. grace that capital mikaela in support of a reason to cease fire with the open government or 200 children performed as part of the pace or carnival schools. integrate, have been closed for almost 2 years and many hope to see so i mean, they can reopen now to china, where the country's top cove 19 response official has signal. the shift in the strict policies are provoked to protest on a scale not seen for decades. vice president, vice premier, so should land told health officials the country's corona virus approaches entering

what she called a new stage because it is like grand show and chung chick now already easing restrictions. officials try to quell public frustration, boiling over in wine, joe, and scuffled with co workers in shanghai. rare public displays of anger with china's strict coban policies. in recent days, in many cities, they moved into something even bigger. with protests as calling for the communist party and gigi and ping to go they. c they themes that reminded many of the piano men protest the 1st feeling that came to my mind when i read news very incredible protest across china was the spirit of 1900. i have come

a key in beijing responded by unleashing a fears, crackdown, deploying huge numbers of police to stamp out the demonstrations. but it is also signal changes to the strict cobra policies that have angered so many the elite ok on wednesday advice for me. and soon john learn told health officials china was entering a new stage in its pandemic approach. due to increased vaccination rates and experience with the corona virus function. inquiring joe authorities have already announced an end to mass p. c. r testing and lifted locked downs across the city. all part of a drive to implement cobit rules with more local flexibility. according to officials. beijing said is also planning to step up. vaccinations of the elderly,

lagging vaccination rates among the old have been used to justify the current 0 covey policy. with protest seemingly stamped out for now and a shift away from the approach that provoked them in the work. paging may well the hoping the biggest challenge to its authority in decades is already behind it for and sports star studies belgium have crushed out of football, woke up in guitar after drawing with 2018 find is croatia who are through to the knockout stages. i belgian were left to ruin string of messes. as they drew nil nil, the belgians had their backs to the wall ahead of their final group came meeting a week to guarantee their progression. and they were given an early scare when the referee awarded croatia penalty for this foul on drake from ridge after 15 minutes . what were rescued when via diane lovering, off side at the preceding pre k,

the 60th minute. so kevin de bruner set up his sides 1st real chaunce, but neither young carrasco nor ha thought substitute warmly. dukakis was able to school the gold belgium so badly needed with just 3 minutes left luckless because he was unable to stay. thomas munoz effort crossed the keeper, adding the 90 minute he produced perhaps the midst of the tournament. as the intimate man man failed to make the most of talking as odds, high hanging face in frustration and disbelief. belgium bid farewell. any other half of group f, the calculation for morocco was simple when or draw against canada and they can advance the width. and when is what they did, the north african scored 2 goals in the opening 23 minutes. you surf an ear and necessary a score the secondary side was able to cruise suit their 1st appearance in the

round 60 since 1986 here to the final standings in group. after thursdays at round of fixtures, rock, bottom, canada, we're unable to pick up a single point and get our belgium managed for. but our nonetheless heading home croatia go through and 2nd place while morocco advanced to the knockout rounds as surprise winners of the group group see argentina had fans biting their nails after losing their opening match in catawba, following the a to time world cup winners. victory over poland. thousands of supporters filled the streets in celebration. and everyone was smiling. fans in buenos, i'd as went from uncertainty to pure ecstasy. unions. we're the corporate america winners would advance to the knockout stage and

cut off. i bet it is, go. i loved it. i'm a book, a friend, but well it's a great go by who. yeah. nobody's. oh, you did. telecom with here very moved. the match was a show, the best match of argentina, so far. beautiful. anne with a lot of faith in waiting. we suffered with that miss penalty, but nothing. now, with a lot of hope in waiting, i guess anyone dc will be champions. first, we will be australia, then france and then the final against england. argentina's last world cup victory was in 1986. and if the south american nation wins, the party in the streets will go on non stop, because for them, it's a summer event. ah, well this year's tournament is seeing higher numbers of female fans inside state

him than ever before. and arab women from guitar, saudi arabia, america, and to news you have attended in larger numbers than expected a tom, an image as casals woodcock. women from all over the out afford celebrating 15 and attending gains in big numbers was the bottom and then the women are going to games . now i've lived in cut off her 28 years and i've always gone to watch football. i support the local club, outran cathy and my culture is moroccan. we're supporting the national team as a national duty. we all should be in the stadium to cheer for our team because that gives the motivation as well as the 5th. and once i had my nightmare, we come from a conservative country. some families don't accept women going to stadiums while other families don't have a problem with it. today i came with my colleagues and it's totally fine my say are the any, many out of woman likely avoided going to say didn't supposed feed off sexual harassment. however, at this was going to increase security diversity class women,

dc. nowadays there are no restrictions on women attending football matches in the out of wood. but there are cultural differences. moroccan woman have long attended matches, while saudi arabia only lifted their ban on fema supporters. 4 years ago, miranda women now have the same rights as men, stadiums, and i haven't, our stadiums are open for everyone. football has been in saudi arabia for many years, but this world cup made all of us super excited unlock new things. i thought i was more of a woman embracing the experience is to remind you about top stories at this hour. ukrainian authority is a warning of a massive russian aerial assault. soft life images from a russian air field show, thomas and missiles, which ukrainian officials saying will likely be used to strike energy

infrastructure. and china's top corona virus response official has indicated that beijing's hotline approach, which box so much unrest and disrupt the economy is to change because it is like a gland, joe and chum chain com already started to ease covey. 19 restrictions which are up to date of brett golf will have more world news at the top of the hour. more affordable on the website, d, w dot com on the dfw. i'm good with nico is in germany to learn german.