nice, where exactly was funny. i have learned a lot of our culture history, all their travel extremely worth a visit. the dw news coming to live from berlin. the greek coast guard is under increasing pressure to explain its actions after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants. think in the mediterranean, at least 500 people are presumed round, and what's being called a preventable tragedy. also coming up on the south,

african leaders are heading to russia after talks with president zalinski and steve, they're hoping to convince your brain and process the end, the finance and the special olympics worlds, games open, and berlin this weekend. we hear from a defending champion from guinea. those come to defend his titles and bring home the goals, the hello, i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for joining us. a top united nations official says the european union must do more to prevent migrant tragedies in the mediterranean sea. as anger grows over the response to this week, the ship rack off greece, the greek coast guard is coming under increasing scrutiny with hundreds of people thought has been aboard the capsized vessel. grease has extended the search for survivors, and many families still haven't lost hope of finding their loved ones. a live are

searching for survivors of wednesday, shipwrecked, even with little hope of finding mo, most of those already rescued with transferred to this migrant camp in the athens on friday. you know, relatives desperate for news of missing loved ones have also headed to the facility for my brother left libya last friday for 3 days. i can't find him. no one will tell me we came here and they said, give us your mobile phone number and we will call you hundreds of kilometers away in syria. this father is also waiting for on, says about his missing sons was of the 7. okay. we don't know anything about him. so one of those around a life i came that of unit. we don't know that greek authorities have arrested

9 egyptian survivors over there dissolves, to accusing them of involvement in people smuggling. but n g arrows and refugee groups have to criticize the coast guards response a coast called vessel a scroll to the visibly overcrowded boat for hours before it sank. officials said they couldn't intervene sooner because people on board refused help wanting to sail on to italy. but experts say the coast guard was legally required to help passengers. so clearly at risk, greece has ordered an investigation into the tragedy, which looks likely to be one of the deadliest ever the mediterranean. or for more i'd like to bring in a ladies bus on a lawyer working with the greek and g. o refugee support. a jan. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. i'm did the greek coast guard do enough here. they've said, as we heard that people on board that boat repeatedly rejected offers of help

because they wished to carry on to italy. but what were their legal obligations in a situation like this? i'm so sorry, we're having trouble hearing you there. we do want to come back and see if we can try to get that line up and so that we can speak to a lady sign up for now. so we're going to move on to some other news and turn to the war in ukraine. a group of african leaders are set to meet with russian president vladimir putin in st. petersburg in an effort to convince him to negotiate peace with keith. but the delegation has had little success on their 1st off of their mission to ukraine. the african leaders met with president bullet even as a landscape who has ruled out negotiating with moscow. its paying their respects african leaders visit food to the side of a legend atrocities against the ukrainian civilians. but the hands of russian

soldiers live. he's really this up and we must protect the lives printing in black lives, russian lives global lives. that's important. so protect device and focus on the develop. the visiting leaders also inspected destroyed russian military equipment on display and central keys. a show of support from the south african presidents, 0 rama, post the stress, it was not unqualified support. the 1st one is that we're here to listen to listen both to prison, zalinski and tomorrow would have been listening to prison, ported and reduced. so with deep respect for the people of ukraine, which we have expressed to president lensky,

we're going to also listen to president put in with regards to how he sees that rhodes to piece from a post to also stress the urgency of keeping green and fertilizer flowing out of ukraine, as african countries struggle with price spikes, and food in security in the wake of the russian invasion, the delegations visit was interrupted by repeated rushing airstrikes on the capitol region, causing the landscape to question why the african leaders were headed to saint petersburg on saturday of war uh, getting this sort of russian strikes attached to the fact that putting is not in control of his own army. because they are striking us with missiles. now, assuming other nations have decided to visit the country that initiated the missile strikes today. to me, i'm not quite clear as to how logical this looks, lead them, but they are leaders of free countries. it's their choice, actually, the same us. so lensky has ruled out any peace talks while russian forces are still

in ukraine. or let's turn our attention now to some other stories making world names, headlines, nato secretary general young fulton bergs as members of a breed to move ukraine closer to the allies in nato ukraine council is to be formed with chief as an equal partner fields boulevard, right the announcement of the ends of nato defense ministers as hawks in brussels and friday, full instead of us secretary of state mc blinking is expected in beijing on sunday . it will be the 1st visit to china by a top american official since president joe biden took office. relations between the 2 powers have sunk to new loaves, and blinking says the u. s. wants to make sure they're competitions, doesn't veer into conflict? daniel ellsberg, a man who weeks the pentagon papers has died of cancer at the age of 92. elsewhere . it was a military analyst when in 1971, he released thousands of documents to the us media that showed successive

administrations, lived to the public about the vietnam war. i'd like to return to our top story now the tragedy in the mediterranean and bringing a lady's, but found a lawyer working with the greek and g. o refugee support a g. and we've heard that the greek coast guard has said people on board repeatedly rejected offers of help because they wished to carry on to italy. but what were their legal obligations in a situation like this? it was mornings from brace. again, i'm sorry for the previous connection, and i was like for somebody as a says, the base our, our, it's starting from the left is the, you know, how does this, we may here. so this is the 1st question, the kit, b b x for me and respond this aspect by degree for pony base and find a from that um,

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answered, you know, is why or many hours a bullying also as they located, if they've been east on oh, they best known as i thought being flower for knowledge, but it was obvious. i think it was the best and right, why these, these are groups feed through a search and rescue operations? yeah, the 1st question i'm gonna check on the exam and ask for be allow me to put man that on the rocks, these 4 boards. i seem to that international waters, these kinds of bags, so that, that we're really not at the very back from the center for ease of practice with this, uh, actually a ton of by the smugglers. about people that are people in need of protection needs or what's the sense they do not

have any other possibilities about taking these dangerous path. and this is our also moment. and this is all this also, that these kind of tried to base because we're in the aftermath of the biggest may be tried to be, oh, i see breaking them instead. i nancy at ease the side effects of e. you the turn audiences at the moment, we are also in the microphone for discussion from the facts. and instead of providing legal in state ways to ease you, hey tori, we see more and more also to with your i can, i can say provisions for seniors and they're not on public know to run some responsibility from you to 3rd known space time. okay. so you're

transferring of responsibility from the you to be back to the phrase. exactly. based on the signs all around you. yeah, i'm a, i'm afraid we've run out of time in the show, but i do want to thank you so much for taking your time to speak. and this is the story. ok then may i, the last word for these people that, you know, did love void the beast, which is the change on it. okay. and is this something that has to be added during the week? yang? thank if that is elaine, it's been fine. a from a rescue on support and she and many thanks a the welcome. uh well, the 2023 special olympics world games get underway here in the german capital on saturday with ashley's competing in $26.00 sports over 8 days, dw caught off with one of the events stand out performers to find out more about the games for people with intellectual disabilities there's nothing abraham and jello looks forward to like the start of of race to month i see of my passion

and i love spilt this with some of us. yeah. the 22 year old guinea in sprint is one of hundreds of athletes from around the world. here in germany, for the 2023 special olympics in valley. just simple. some good. it's wonderful how many lo and just magnificent to b, y c. say money for these on his 1st games in 2019 jello took the gold in the mountains 100 meters being abu dhabi. this time around. he's out to defend. he's tied to one of them. say my dream is to become a star. the world over the monday and everyone to talk about me and guinea. the more like, you know, i'm proud is if you before the final leg of the journey to the gym and capital,

a brief sport of sightseeing at the color and cathedral gather. and he's getting a teammates have high items for the upcoming games pro. is it the less bit settled in pay? my goal is to make the special live city. that's a no, it's not a big, you know, could i help them grow of the should he's which be drawn said jello sporting dreams will become reality. at the 2023 special olympics football now and of germany suffered a disappointing one. no defeat against neighbors, poland, and a friendly match in warsaw on friday evening. after going behind, we'll go from you. i hope you're wrong with half an hour played germany were unable to find reply. the defeat is the latest in a series of poor results for hunting 16 and just before we go, where a reminder of our top story at this hour greece is coast guard,

is extending a search for hundreds of people missing for a boat, caring migrant cap size and one of the mediterranean worst maritime disasters, the united nations as calling on the european union to do more to prevent my front desk. that is thank you so much for joining us. i'm sorry. richardson in berlin from the entire team working behind the scenes. we really appreciate your time, the highly toxic asbestos it's been banned for decades in many countries. damage cost to people in the environment is catastrophic.