on the ground reporting from across the continent, all the frames doesn't matter to you, tito, who's africa every friday on d w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin newest president joe biden makes a surprise visit to keith key stairs. and you, craig stairs. democracy stan, america, stand were you on the world stand with you? this is biden's 1st trip to ukraine since rushes invasion almost

a year ago. and he used it to announce the fresh military aid package was half a $1000000000.00. also coming up helen marin's, new drama makes its well, they view at the bell and all the film festival, the british actress plays israeli prime minister golda mia? she leads her country through the 973 young pool. ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. welcome to the program. the u. s. president joe biden has made a surprise visit to keith biden said the u. s. would send another half a $1000000000.00 of military aid to ukraine, including ammunition, radar, and other equipment. our biden's visit comes just days before the one year anniversary of russia's full scale invasion,

a gesture of solidarity, and a vital reminder of unity between the u. s. and ukraine against russian aggression air raid sirens blared across the ukrainian capital during u. s. president joe biden surprise visit. there were no reports of russian air strikes, but the sound is still a clear reminder that ukraine is under constant attack, making support from the us more important now than ever on here. sure. and we're very supportive from the emissions of the french sovereignty and, and territorial integrity. and today i open, we have a chance to discuss our united states and our allies are keep in constant contact group on our partners can most effectively support you in your cause to present ukrainian president for lot m ears to lensky voice his gratitude to the huge moment

gordon lee gray and ah, what can i say? i really appreciate that president water america, society being from the where and when you know all this tragedy from the world. you know, this poor kid wore on being together with us feels whole of support. it was from winehouse to ukraine. and thank you for your leadership. thanks. bye boxes. one, thanks, congress. i think that is a historical moment for all, for all concert the 2 presidents paid tribute at the wall of remembrance to the thousands of ukrainian soldiers who have lost their lives since 2014 biden's visit comes at a crucial moment in the war. as the us needs to keep allies unified in their support for ukraine, if ukraine is to fend off russian offensives in the spring. the timing

of president biden's visit to key was particularly significant as d w. 's abraham, tell me earlier. absolutely, we're just a few days away from the one year anniversary of the war and for a u. s. president to make it here physically to show is support for ukraine and it's, it's effort to defend its territory is really quite extraordinary. and it's definitely something that people here on the streets and key of really appreciate i was just out on the street talking to people. i mean, we've talked to a couple, only one person had no idea the district trip was happening actually. but everybody here it's it, you know, very appreciative of this gesture because obviously as we're approaching this anniversary, there's an expectation that russia might strike back somehow harsher. and it's, it does provide some reassurance. there's also the speech tomorrow by president

vladimir putin a year ago when he gave that speech, it was just a couple of days later that this invasion happened. and so it sounds quite a strong message to the people here in california and in the whole country that president biden issued a statement from a sing more support for ukraine. can you tell us a little bit about what he actually did promise? so it's important to remember that the united states has been the biggest supporter of ukraine when it comes to military. president vine hasn't really promised any new weapons. he hasn't really approved any new systems or fighter jets or anything of that sort. it's just more of what the united states has already been supplying to ukraine. so we're talking about rocket launchers, artillery and, and the $500000000.00 of you know, extra aid that has been promised me. i think that maybe will become this will come as a little bit of a disappointment to people here because you know, they,

from their perspective they're fighting for their life. so as soon as they got the tanks, they're already thinking about jets. and the fact that there was no talk about it today, at least on the streets. i think it's somewhat of a disappointment, but overall people definitely appreciate the president's visit. now, as we've been saying this week, marks a year since russia invaded ukraine, can you tell us how people in ukraine are reacting to the prospects of the nature russian a sense in the coming weeks? it's certainly something that's in the air, but they have been, you know, they've been definitely used to this talk of the eastern offensive or, you know, in the past weeks, every day we hear the offensive has started the offensive a story. so people have sort of become, i wouldn't say desensitized, but they've learned how to live with this constant threat. so just to give you an example, and this is something that you see here all the time when there are these air raid sirens. i mean, what you're supposed to do is go into

a shelter and hide until that air read alert has subsided, but people just go on with their lives as they would any other day they've learned to live with this risk and with this danger. and so there's definitely a sense of, of defiance on the streets of care of these days. but also it's, it's a, it's, it's obviously a horrific anniversary and something that people didn't really didn't want it to last this long. so there is also a sense of soberness and the year i would say the, the, the special correspondent apr him reporting from keith. thanks so much for the idea . and the war has had, of course, a massive impact on ukraine, off the battlefield. thousands of civilians have been killed, although the exact death toll is unknown. millions people have been displaced and much of the ukrainian economy is in ruins. the war has also had a major impact on the rest of the world. the u. s. has poured tens of billions of dollars into military and economic aid, the ukraine. leaders have promised to support ukraine as long as it takes. but

there are worries that the high costs may eventually exhaust the american people's patience. d. w. washington, d. c. bureau chief in his pool has been following the story for us and sent us this assessment of president biden's visit to keith. were present by him could not have chosen a more symbolic place than key of to demonstrate the global community, the ongoing support for ukraine. you know, this was really unprecedented risk by president biden, to cross into a country currently at war end, where the, as does not have a military, an infrastructure. so that really shows that this is a major signal to the rest of the world, and especially to russia who was informed about the president trip. so the u. s. clearly has no intention to dial back it's support at biden, has pledged more mil,

military assistance. the ukraine, that can you tell us is americans, the support for ukraine still as steadfast is bind, says, or are there signs that it might be starting to wayne? right. so given the amount of money or spend to support the ukraine and i are just has been talking about it is kind of surprising how few people really criticize, abide and politics outside this, a washington bubble which is highly politicized. anyhow. so we heard that biden even is promising. another half a $1000000000.00 package. you know, my take is the following. as long as you economy is doing okay. in the united states, the majority of the americans probably will keep supporting the ukrainian cars, but it will probably change once the economy's weakening. and we kind of saw

that during the last summer with the exploding gas prices, the moment americans have the feeling that other countries are taking more seriously than the problems with in the united states bite. and indeed might have a problem in this. can you tell us how important this visit was for, for joe biden himself? so everyone here in the, in a u. s. anya is waiting for president biden to announce that he will be running again in 2024. this is when the next president will be elected in the united states, and one big topic obviously is his age. he will be $82.00 if he winced this re election next year. so this trip also was meant to show his strength and his power and that he is ready to run for another term at washington bureau chief in his pool . thanks so much for that. take

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of people in brussels have taken to the streets to protest against the iranian regime. demonstrations gathered outside the european parliament and the belgian capital demanding the e. you designate the revolutionary god as a terrorist organization. brazilian authority say that at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides in the state of south palo. the torrential rain hit on carnival weekend. whole neighborhoods are underwater and rescue teams. the struggling to find survivors. north korea has tested test fired to more ballistic missiles and others comes shortly after the us, japan and south korea held joint air force drills. the drills themselves took place off for an earlier north korean missiles test. young is saying, but us conduct will determine if the pacific is turned into a firing range. and new zealand could face final costs totaling more than

$8000000000.00 in the wake of the devastation left by sight phone. gabriel, new zealand prime minister, chris hipkins called it his country's biggest natural disaster with entry. at least 11 people died and police are trying to trace hundreds who are still missing. now helen mirren is one of the most famous actresses in the world. and today, the british oscar winner is the star guest at the berlin international film film festival, known as the berlin allah. in her new film, golda helen mirren, plays the former israeli prime minister, golda meir. the film depicts her time in power in the 19 sixties and seventies, in particular during the war and 19 when prisoners back. and d w reporter david levitz is at the berlin allah. and he told me more about the film. right, well helen mirren, after 4 hours of makeup a day,

it looks really more like golden mayor than she looks like helen mirren. it's, it's quite a transformation add chain smoking to that. and she really does embody the role of golden me or now helen mirren told us at the press conference earlier today that this was a person that she really admires a lot. she said it was incredible to experience the person of golden me or from the inside and go to me or as a figure who in israeli politics is really almost legendary, mythical. she's on the money in israel, the director guy now chief told us that he wanted to take a look at called in my ear as a person though. and this really takes place during a time when she is fighting multiple existential battles at the same time. a secret battle against the lymphoma lymphoma which eventually took her life. and of course in the young people were, were against syria and egypt at the same time. and go to me or is the person in the film who really keeps it together when everyone around her is not keeping it together. very compassionate on the one hand,

but also very pragmatic. and at the press conference that we were at earlier that i mentioned a reporter did raise a controversy around this film, which is that some people in the u. k. what, where helen mirren are from are saying that the role should have been cast it that it should have been a jewish performer. cast in the role that the team didn't have too much to say about it, although the director did say that golden mirrors grandsons who live here in berlin were very happy with the casting of helen mirren. allan marin's co star, also in israelis said that who would play jesus the world's most famous jew. well, it wouldn't be a jew, and helen mirren told us that she certainly will not be playing jesus christ. so you've heard it here. first on the w, helen mirren will not be playing jesus christ, she does play golden my air. and that was dw reports to david levitz reporting from the berlin film festival. it says dw news from berlin and his a reminder of the top story that we're following for u. u. s. president joe biden has paid

a surprise visit to ukraine and pledged about half a 1000000000 euros in a new military aid. this is biden's 1st trip to ukraine since russian launched its full scale invasion almost one year ago. and that's will your news for now coming up next is d w. news asia with the rush banner j, looking at china's role and the war in you cried. don't forget that our website, d, w dot com and d w. so from channels all that any time you i, menu gives mckinnon. thanks so much for watching and stay with people and trucks injured when trying to free the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away as the border families playing phone tags in syria to lease credit donors with.