ah, take a look back and into the future. in slow rain. in february on d w. now . ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin. you leaders call for more munitions to be sent to ukraine. at the munich security conference, you foreign policy chief, your set barrell says the west must speed up military support. rail also backs a proposal by a stony in prime minister kaya colors for you. joined ammunition procurement to

boost supplies to keep in ukraine itself. military aid can come soon enough as defending troops battle to hold back a renewed russian assault along the front lines. and the rise and fall of the tennis legend. boris becker is at the berlin film festival is presenting a film that looks at his life from surprise when at wimbledon to a prison sentence for tax evasion. ah, next by sir, welcome to the program. the munich security conference has wrapped up with a call for the european union to speed up military supplies to ukraine. is stony, as prime minister kaya callous was among those urging member states to act jointly in buying ammunition and other weapons. also taking part of the conference with china's top diplomat wang ye, he says beijing is to present

a peace plan to end the war. many, the west remain skeptical. o navigating a new reality is the central theme of this year's munich security conference. nearly a year after russia invaded its neighbour, ukrainian president followed him. is the lensky remains resolute. so there is no alternative to ukrainian victory. there is no alternative to ukraine. and in the e u, there is no alternative. you grade in natal. has russia ramps up? it's offensive in ukraine's east. european leaders made it clear that piece will have to come on keith's terms to be. i think very important is nothing about ukraine without ukraine of ukraine fighting for its independence and serenity. that has to decide, at what time they want to sit down at the negotiation table with the aggressor. but

as the war drags on with no end in sight, attention also turned to the wider global implications of the conflict. western nations may have united behind ukraine, but the wide a world remains divided secretary general when all of the jing is watching closely the war in the right articles to present through the winds there, it will impact the calculations on the, on decisions they will make a engaging for its part, china announced it would forward a piece proposal for a political solution to the conflict her job, but many in europe remain skeptical. township button, china has taken side very clearly assigned the unlimited friendship agreement with russia. so it has taken a specific position. we shall keep that in mind. china is not neutral towards the whole process. as we are not neutral, we are backing of course ukraine. many fear the,

china's proposals will include terms that ukraine and the west cannot accept making it even more difficult to rally global support for a ukrainian victory. our chief international editor richard walker has been following the toxin munich and shared these insights with us, meaning security conferences here pretty much mark the one year anniversary of the invasion of ukraine. one year ago, it was just before the invasion took place. europe and the west were unchanged whether it would actually happen for me to lensky. the ukrainian president came here in a last ditch attempt to try to get more western support. but as we all know, that invasion happened days later. and since then, europe has turned into almost like a war time continent with countries like germany, which had a history, pretty much pacifism and not providing weapons in a conflict situation. 70 turning things on their head and providing huge amounts of

support, financial, military, and otherwise, to ukraine, in its fight back against russia. ukraine has sent me in spite the west a, by the way, it's been able to fight back and he's asking for more support. and by and large here at the meeting strategic conference over this weekend, you can see that the west is by and large, quite united in wanting to keep supporting ukraine. the slogan that many leaders using is for as long as they take. so western unity one take away from this conference by and large details where there are debates by large. but the other take away from this conference is that the world is very far from united. and i think the biggest discrepancy that we thought we weren't going yee, chinese talk diplomat took to the stage here in munich and delivery speech, which was pretty much a tirade against the united states. blaming the us for ties, dividing the world, trying to rally democracies into

a cold war against china. china sees the united states as standing in its way pervade through all of chinese attitudes in how to that's in the world to day. tanya says, for instance, that he's going to be proposing a peace plan for dealing with ukraine war. but there are great fears in the west that that piece plan could include terms that would be very difficult for the west to accept. and then that will stop presenting them with a dilemma and trying to rally more global support. so western unity by and large global division by lodge. i think that's the take away from this weekend's music security conference in another years time, really nobody here knows quite well the states the world will be then. as diplomats discuss military aid and munich, ukrainian soldiers are keeping russian forces in check along the front lines. with a stepped up russian assault expected to coincide with the anniversary of the

beginning of the war. next week. the need for ge weapons and training could not be greater. these ukrainian troops near the town are severe. ask you said time away from the fighting to hone their shooting skills. they will soon put them to use the trenches. after months on the back foot, russian forces have gone on the offensive, talking at several points along a vast frontline, stretching from the black sea to but a ruse. they have made little progress, but their firepower is a problem for ukrainian defenders for them. but we have one that was delivered from all all the fight and the russians can do it 5 times more. so it's very difficult for the guys who are standing, especially the 1st light. they feel it too much. rational tillery is targeting civilians, too. in the town of wallader, this elderly woman recalls the moment a show it her apartment block. don't welcome. i got the shower entered

here. and i was standing in the corner post is the fridge fell unto me and that was dragged out from beneath it. irina, the daughter of the neighbor got me out of the fridge somehow covered me wondering civilians living in areas under russian attack. not only fear the shelling in the harsh window cold. they also lack heating and food. residents in the city of coupons rely on food parcels brought in by volunteers. if we want to russia to leave us, why are they to mounting us for what? why are they torturing us? after almost a year of war, residence of bracing for further hardships in the embattled towns of eastern ukraine. let's have

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. syrian state media se in is really airstrike has killed at least 5 people in the capital, damascus. rockets destroyed a building in an area known to house syrian security installations. the u. s. japan and south korea have staged a joint air force exercise a day after north korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. john yang says it launched the rock as a warning to rock washington and saw miss i landed in the sea of japan. u. s. secretary of state antony blinking has flown over the earthquake disaster sto, zone in southern turkey is holding talks on how washington can best help with reconstruction. more than 46000 people have been killed in the earthquakes that had turkey and syria 2 weeks ago. and at least 7 people are known to have been killed in a storm which had new zealand north island. several 1000 others had been displaced

from their homes. cyclone gabrielle inflicted widespread damage on towns and cities . when it struck a week ago, sy clone, gabrielle was one of the worst storms in new zealand history. it smashed into the country with immense force. now comes the mess of clean up through and go to one of the main fruit growing regions. hawkes bay is among the areas hit hardest flood wood has reached the roof of this farm as property which is now covered in mud palm. it is a cave for crocket. as its got wet through, the flood is no longer able to be exploited. so we connector stripper. the full scale of the damage is still emerging. many areas remain hard to access after raging flood waters wiped out roads. and thousands of households still don't have power. lives have been turned upside down. many people have seen the homes and all

of the positions completely destroyed. countless others have been displaced. tragically so far i live and people have lost their lives, and more fatalities remain possible. the government sees the storm damage will cost billions. international assistance has been coordinated with fiji and australia. many new zealanders are facing a long road to recovery amid fears that storms light. this will only become more common with the world's changing climate. her to culture. now tennis legend boris becker has appeared at this year's berlin film festival for the premier of a documentary about his life. boom boom, the world versus boris becker chronicles the 3 time wimbledon winters addiction to pills. financial difficulties and is time in jail. becker was granted early release from a london prison after being sentenced for hiding his wealth at the festival. becker

talked about his troubles relationship with his native germany. i'm a tennis player and d w reporter and a chip and told me more about the film. well, they had, there are many interesting things about this film. for instance, it's directed by american documentary filmmaker alex, give me and he's, he's actually an oscar winner. and he wanted oscar in 2008 for his film taxi to the dark side. and when he was approached by his producer and the producer asked him if he wanted to make a film about bulus becca, he immediately set yes. because he is generally a fan of boris becker. and because he thinks that both becca himself is a really great story teller, and this is what we actually can see in that movie as well. give me conducted to interviews with bonus, becca for the film one in 2019 at wimbledon. and one in 2022. so last year, just 2 days before bulus becca was sentenced. and especially that 2nd was really

emotional because s bulloch becker. today at the press conference pointed out he did not know where his life would go from there. and in the film you don't only hear boris becker, but you also hear a lot of other tennis icons like that joke, which like a b on blog like john mcenroe, who tell about their experiences with bullet becca training with them or playing against him, obviously. and yet bolus becker also pointed out at the press conference that he wished that after the film people would see another side of him. and especially because he felt that the german people or the german media didn't really allow him to grow up. and he hopes that changes with that film. sounds like an incredible movie. i will tell us about the non becker films that are showing today. if you would hear what i saw today. and what is

actually premiering in just a few minutes behind me in the belly, not a palace is margarita on, taught us film, being a bog. bachman journey into the desert is, is one of life german films in this year's competition. and it tells the story about the turbulent love between austrian poet thing about buckman and swiss architect and ryder, max flish. they were both really big culture stars in the postwar, germany and europe. and the film switches between scenes in the desert wedding above buckman recaps, her relationship relationship for max switch push and m 2 seen between scenes, where you can actually see the relationship of unfolding between the 2 of them. em, vicky cleaves, is playing about batman and own, i'd say, if it is playing a max fish and starter magazine to form. cause i actually said before the film premiered that her biggest wish or she would be the happiest if her actors would

receive a price at this year's of bella. okay, w santa chipper in berlin. thanks so much the biggest the end of our program, our documentary series doc fil is next on d. w. examining the struggle to abolish inventories, nigerian police unit. i'm the spicer victor, watch. ah. you live along to get a hold of them, a loss of home with them away. it is simple is currently more people than ever on the move mold volleyed in such a better life but a crisis of in.