to unleash on violet pass and re imagined these teachings for elements to us. gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d. w. ah ah ah. this is d w. news coming to live from berlin. germany's foreign minister makes a surprise visit to huck heap on a lien about bach becomes the 1st german cabinet member to tour the eastern ukrainian city. close to the front lines. she said hockey was a symbol of the total madness of the russian war of aggression. also coming up

russia's war tears, ukraine's youngest from the arms of their parents. keith says, $12000.00 children have been abducted and taken to russia, dw visits, one family that's been reunited, and humanitarian workers on trial in greece, space charges of espionage and forgery. they could spend years behind bars, the activists say they were trying to save the lives of migrants crossing the mediterranean. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. german foreign minister unable balk, has made a surprise visit to the northeastern ukrainian city of hockey. not far from the front lines, burbock held talks with her ukrainian counterpart and toured several critical infrastructure sites, including a power station and her children's hospital. crane's infrastructure has been under

increasing attack from russia. their box paid tribute to the incredible stamina and courage of the ukrainians. our correspondent max santa accompanied emily burbock in hockey. i asked him about the purpose of the foreign minister's visit. right, so the german foreign minister actually followed the invitation by her ukrainian counterpart, calais about to show a different part of the country apart from key that has been visited by foreign heads of state and top level politicians are quite frequently in the past. she's actually the 1st foreign guest who have come to hockey. if i'm a region that's being shelter almost on a daily basis, a town that has were a city i rather that has been largely destroyed, that has been besieged for quite some time. is dealing with serious issues a with it's critical infrastructure. and this also one of the points, one of the, the, the, the points of her visits a to raise the attention for the consequences for the critical infrastructure. here

for the situation with, with power, with heating with water under buck came with a promise, a package she pledged, which includes transformers and generators to help out with blackouts that, that plague this town as well as 20000000 euros in that the mining funding. um, cuz the point here was that reconstruction cannot wait until the end of the war, but it has to be started. now. what did the foreign minister say max about to delivering german tanks to ukraine? right, so that is a quite a controversial issue. not just tyranny crane, but even more so perhaps in berlin, where the coalition government cannot decide on sending heavy tanks to ukraine so far. so the german,

4 minutes on the battle stated that she is in support of everything that can help liberate ukraine. and as she is in favor weapons deliveries, in fact, she said that german weapons can't have the potential to save lives. so she will continue to, to put pressure in berlin to try and make this happen, that the government will enable german arms or during tax to be sent, or perhaps even itself, since german tax, the ukrainian, a foreign minister was a bit during the statement here was a bit more optimistic if you can use that were in that context and he said, we don't want these tags to write up and down on the street in them. we need them to liberates our territories. and he also said that he believes that the german government down knows this and eventually will come around. so it's just a matter of time until leopard 2 tanks will actually be delivered to ukraine in his opinion. next,

thank you very much for now. did of he's my son are there in hockey. rushes invasion of ukraine has also made victims of the youngest people. ukraine says 12000 of its children have been abducted from occupied territories and taken to russia. dw manuel shaws found one family for whom the separation has finally ended . the united atlanta of santa and her daughter, uva. it's nearly a year since the last hugged oksana is a combat medic for the ukrainians. but her brother is a separatist. while she was on the front line, he took his family and oxen as daughter to russia to understand how this was possible. we travel near pull tabs in central ukraine. oksana moved here after her house in the east was destroyed by russian miss eyes. she preferred to not bring

her daughter twain to view. oksana is still recovering from head injuries sustained in backward on the front line. the last september, a widow oksana had left here barbie's her parents somewhere she thought was safe over the mariners, hey, lucy, made the home when i was injured in all my possessions idea full. you were burnt. i couldn't contact my family immediately. and i said, when i finally found an opportunity to call my mother, i found out that my own brother had taken my child to the territory of the russian federation at nebraska lay this knitted birdie relative. it took 4 months to get her back. yes, that as vision, i immediately filed a complaint with the police and said i knew that if i didn't sold this at the official level, i would never see my daughter again in their hood and i'm a military person. so there was no way i would have been able to go to russia and my brother didn't want to return. my daughter getting out there, this is where ukraine's parliament commissioner for human rights investigates

abductions and deportations, or just the law. this is part of the entire war crime system and genocide of the ukrainian nation, which the russian federation is carrying out more ukrainian children are forcibly deported. russians are trying to resettle them throughout the territory of the russian federation as quickly as possible. you can often take months for families to even find out where their children are, volunteers from the n g you save ukraine will assist them in the complicated process to get them back. a piece latoya called mom was very loose, started to organize the trips to russia after been contacted by mother's report. in the abduction of their children, we organized the necessary documents and covered all expenses related to passports and translations. and then we arranged the travel itself, or you haven't to go through europe in countries than bella, ruth, russia, and napa, and then return with the children. this time it took families organ will not from colorado thumbs didn't we could,

while he ever was in russia. oksana thought for the chance to talk with her that danielson ballier. eventually he gave me my daughter's new phone number and began to allow her to be in touch and to give her some internet. so i could talk to her some times. i've chef on that and i knew of she ran to school there. she was treated well, but she constantly said, mom, i want to come home with her. what i don't sure. mama, your question is that them why? the thin layer look santa no longer talks to her brother, she hopes to go back to the front line or but for now she and you have out or making up for lost time. miss ellen mistook goodness that i did show us then we are together all day long, especially now that it's the holiday that communicates hello shannon. i lawton, st. luke's some other stories making headlines today. the world health organization has recommended mask wearing on long flights to fight the spread of the latest all microns sub variant x

b b 1.5. since the new year it has caused more than one in 4 cases of covered in the united states. the w h o says it's the most transmissible sub variant detected . so far. china has suspended, bees are processing for visitors from south korea over its tough cobra. 19 rules for chinese rivals. japanese news agencies report similar retaliatory measures for travelers from japan. beijing insists it's outbreaks are past their peaks and say the curbs on its travelers or discriminatory. heavy rains calls rock slides and flooding in many areas of the us state of california. all residents of the town of montes seato home to many celebrities have been ordered to leave. at least 14 people have been killed so far in california and more than 200000 homes and businesses left without power. prince harry's autobiography has gone on

sale after months of anticipation and controversy. the book titled, despair reveals details of the british prince's life from the death of his mother, diana, to his military career, as well as his account of tensions within the royal family. the trial has begun in grease of $24.00 humanitarian workers on charges related to humans smuggling. the activists face several char charges including espionage and can expect lengthy jail sentences have convicted. they deny the allegations, but the case has raised questions about how governments treat those who say their only aim is to save lives. a trial generating interest bar beyond this court house on the island of love, both $24.00 human rights activists were arrested on charges that included espionage . the defendants say, all they were doing was trying to help rescue refugees. one of them volunteer

divers, sean binder from ireland was detained in 2018. he's been eager to set the record straight. we're desperate to go to trial because what we did was legal. and we need the judge to acknowledge that we need to get through this because until then there is a shadow of doubt was not over me alone. but over anybody who does search and rescue another of the defendant of sarah martini a syrian who fled to europe with her sister in 2015. their story was made into a netflix film martinez now an aide worker helping other refugees. the human rights organization, amnesty international says the trial is a farce. it's calling on greek authorities to drop the charges suck to my liaison should not be allowed to part them across europe will stream in other countries as well. the people who are they are just to help her face, the child is criminal or others, and therefore to stay to death. such,

you might see some greece, which saw more than a 1000000 people arrive on its shores at the height of the migration crisis in 2015, says n g o helping migrants are encouraging more to come. the less, most trial again raises the question of how european nation should respond when people risked their lives for a chance at asylum, tennis store, rafael and a dull would be bidding for a record extending 23rd men's grand slam singles title next week in australia. but the spaniard also has a passion for boats. having been brought up on the island of my yorker, he has launched a new team in the world's 1st all electric power boat series. the environmental boost may just be a drop in the ocean, but in a doll thinks it's worth while. power boat racing is entering a new era. the world's 1st all electric championship is being loans to later this

year. as the sport matches car series formula e by investing in environmentally friendly a technologies. what small they have a big sporting name on board. rafa dow might be world famous for his tennis exploits, but he's now also a new e one world championship team owner. i love boats ah, i love competition and bad the same time. i know the e one will championship will help to improve down the electric that knology ah, in, in, in the now to go woke up so very excited about that and that the same time i, i am a competitor. i know going to be a, a wall wife competition between great games. so i am excited to, to be part of anti indoor hand. i know that the door her on

the wall will, will help oceans to restore and the to protect the by are they where city, middle spain crew will compete against another team affiliated with a well known name? from the will to sports mexican formula, one dr. a sergio perez. oh laura, it's circle beth. it is right to hear that you are joining the one war championship with tim spain. i know you have about 22 grounds lamps by litzy was champion of there was a new one, but most madeline perez, wantna teams to produce exciting racing while also trying to preserve marine ecosystems are watching d. w. news from berlin. just reminder, the top stories were following for you this, our german foreign minister on, in about, has made a surprise visit to the northeastern ukrainian city of hot heaved. not far from the front lines. she paid tribute to the stamina and courage of ukrainians. and the

trial has begun in greece of 24 humanitarian aid workers who say they were trying to save migrants lives in the mediterranean. they're facing charges of espionage and forgery. the activists could face lengthy sentences if convicted of next after a short break. the 2nd part of our documentary on the endless war between iran and israel and the role of the united states in this fun declared conflict. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. ah. departure into the unknown. to day, this means flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century it meant being a captain and setting sail to discover a route.