a documentary series about the future of food. with the great debate this week on d. w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d w. news live from bird and u. s. president joe biden makes a surprise visit to key key stairs. and you, craig sams, democracy stance. the american stand with you and 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 a fresh military aid package, worth half a 1000000000 builders. also on the program, the e. u for past fresh sanctions on russia. the 10th package since russian launched its invasion bluff every and helen marin's new drama makes its world debut at the berlin olive film festival. the british actress plays israeli prime minister golda mia. she leads her countries for the 973 young pool. ah, my manuscript, mckinnon. thanks very much for being with us. you as president joe biden has made a surprise visit to keith bite and said the u. s. would send another half a $1000000000.00 of military a to ukraine, including ammunition, radar, and other equipment. i biden's visit comes just days before the one year

anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. ah, a gesture of solidarity and a vital reminder of unity between the u. s. in ukraine against russian aggression air, raid sirens blaring 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. unwavering support from the national defense sovereignty and territorial integrity. and today, i hope 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 and your cause to present ukrainian president for

a lot of years to lensky voice. his gratitude to the huge moment, supporting the green. and what can i say, i really appreciate that president water america, society being from the where we're, you know, this tragedy on the word you know, this poor kid war on being together with us feel whole supported was from why now to you grand and thank you for your leadership, thanks bios or thanks, congress. i think that is 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 allied 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 keep was particularly significant as d w's. abraham, who's in the ukranian capital, told me and yeah, 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 a support for ukraine and it's, it's effort to defend 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 talked to a couple, only one person had no idea that the district trip was happening actually. but everybody here it's it, you know, it's 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. now, 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 is 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 thanks as a major 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 service. 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 kia these days. but also it's, it's a, it's, it's obviously a horrific anniversary and something that people didn't really, you know, they didn't want it to last this long. so there's also a sense of soberness and the year i would say dw special correspondent, a for him, reporting from keith. thanks so much for the idea how the region most directly affected by events in ukraine is europe. with the conflict reviving memories of world war 2. but the conflict has also drone your drawn european nations closer together. you foreign ministers, amazing and brussels ahead of the 1st anniversary of the russian invasion,

as well as discussing plans to jointly procure ammunition the keep. the european union is preparing fresh sanctions on moscow. you foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, said he expected the you to prove the sanctions by the end of the week. or else i said the delivering ammunition to ukraine is now the most pressing issue . yes, certainly russia is alisha offensive and he will continue and we have to continue our strong wavering show forth. could ukraine onto your grain english language for death time. issue of essence speed means life. and we need to respond quickly. not only most of all but to provide you quick. a correspondent,

tracy birch joins us now from the european council in brussels. or is it, can you tell us what specifically did shows that burrell say about these likely sanctions on russia? well 1st of all, he said they're not across the line yet. countries are still discussing and debating. remember, sanctions have to be approved by all 27 e u member states, so they will have to get their skates on if they want to hit that key political deadline. they've set themselves of the one year anniversary of the full scale invasion i. when it comes to content, he wouldn't be drawn specifically, but he gave a few examples in what we can expect in there. he talked about building material about antenna, about cranes, things which he says, the russian, the russian military could use in their continued attacks on ukraine. what we do though, is that some countries will likely be disappointed by this round of sanctions, not least ukraine, but also some of its biggest backers here in the european union, such as poland in the baltic states. they would like to see sanctus targeting

russia, nuclear sector. those as far as i understand, are not yet on the table, but boil did have some strong words of support for ukraine. he spoke about a potential joint procurement of ammunition. he said he would come forward with proposals around the 7th or 8th of march. that's one to watch. but member states trying to club together to buy ammunition for ukraine. we don't have details on those proposals yet, but that is something which will likely be music to the ears of officials and keith and josie, apart from sanctions. what other topics did burrell touch home when he was speaking earlier? well, big topic dominating these talks is that report coming out of the united states that china may be considering arming russian, or that is something beijing strongly refutes. and that it denies your set. burrell said earlier today that he, that such a move from china would be a red line in relations between bridging and brussels. and i asked him about this in his press conference. i asked him, what would happen if that red light were to be crossed? no, 1st of all,

he started off by saying very strongly that he has no indication. according to his meeting with chinese top diplomat, one ye that china is planning to do this. he said, china, as we know from the, from beijing itself, it says it does, has no plan so far to send any weapons into russia to support its war effort. but he did say that were that to happen. that would be an important moment. he said that was the most diplomatic language he could find, and then it would need to be met with a substantial response. but he would not be drawn any further on what kind of a response that could be or is a thanks so much the update. that's d w brussels correspondent, rosie birchfield. okay, we have some breaking news just coming in for you had a province in southeast and turkey has been hit by a new earthquake. the magnitude 6.4 tremor was felt as far away as lebanon, and egypt, as well as across the border in syrian of his,

comes just 2 weeks after 2 powerful quakes killed tens of thousands of people and made hundreds of thousands homeless in turkey and syria. of course, bring you more on that as it comes in. 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 festival known as the berlin olive in her new film golder . helen mirren plays the former israeli prime minister golden mia. now the film depicts her time in power in the 19 sixties and seventies. in particular, during the yom kippur bought in 1973 and the doc agreed to direct off. joining us now from the red carpet at the berlin allah is d. w reporter david levitz. david, tell us more about this film right, well, helen mirren appears much more like golden mayor than she does like helen mirren in

this movie. that's the result of 4 hours of makeup and hair that she went through every day to portray this part. the actress told us earlier today that this was a person that she very much admired and that it was an incredible experience to see this person go to me or from the inside. the director guy in a teeth saying that go to me or is a, is a really larger than life, a legendary figure in israel. but he wanted to portray her as a woman, and she really does come across as the matriarch of a nation as she faces multiple existential threats on the one hand, the war with syria and egypt that threatens israel's very existence. and on the other hand, hurt secret battle with lymphoma. this is a movie that really delves inside a person who's very important to history. and i think that this is quite a unique port trip that we're going to be hearing a lot more about in the months to come. and as he say, the makeup was quite extraordinary. can we talk about seneca? that's another film,

premiering and berlin. this week starring john malkovich me. tell us about that. right and directed by german director kobuck spence could this has to be probably the darkest comedy that i've ever seen in my entire life. also with a historical basis. it's about the roman philosopher seneca, who was a kind of life counselor or coach to emperor nero, infamously cruel emperor, nero. and nero gets bored with him at some point and orders him to kill himself. now. seneca is quite the hypocrite. he talks the entire movie about the importance of bravery in the face of death, and yet he doesn't quite manage to do it. i'm it's, it's quite an uncomfortable movie. i can't give you quite my full review yet. i'm not allowed to actually until the premier takes place later tonight, but i will say that a lot of the journalists walked out of the movie despite john malkovich, probably one of the greatest performers of our time. i did have the report of david

levitz reflecting that from the red carpet in berlin. thanks so much. and that's all we have time for, for now. we will, of course, have the latest on the new earthquake in turkey that will be coming up in your news bulletin at the top of the hour. coming up next though, is close up looking at the impact of the quakes in turkey and syria just 2 weeks ago, and the political failures that cost lives. don't forget about our website, of course, and r d w social channels. i'm an nicu mckinney. thank you so much for working with a big for him real time on social media. if extended instrument the propaganda war for ukraine rushes more in crane