the, the, this is data, the news live from berlin. the search for the truth about to lexi nirvana's day as his family and supporters demand on thursday as thought the russian opposition leader is body, is being held near the penal colony, where authorities say he died. also coming up, some world leaders meeting in munich, condemn, russian leader vladimir putin, over and over on his desk. they also discussed most close for on you phone, ukraine on the conflict in casa this as is rarely airstrikes killed dozens of people across casa. israel again insist that will not fire to international

pressure and call off its fine defensive on the southern city of for us on the amount of him a welcome to the program. relatives on close allies of the jailed russian opposition leader alexi and a volunteer, demanding to know more about how he died on what has happened to his body and exiled russian use. paper is reporting that nevada and these bodies held up more around 50 kilometers from the remotes penal colony where he was imprisoned. authorities say he died there after collapsing on friday with supporters of election divani have defied intimidation and arrest in russia to stage memorials and vigils nationwide. his allies, sandeval, and he will not be forgotten and his work will live on the unknown masked man,

removing flowers, left by supporters of nevada and the within seconds. new ones appear in their place . such scenes are being repeated across russia with flour kiosks running out of stock. and he was a very strong person. and i think all of russia is suffering because we lost such a hero. support as have carried on expressing the sorrow and anger despite a rest and intimidation. more than 400 people have been detained since the vigils began on friday. why is it important for you to own or whose memory it's important in the 21st century to live in a democratic country. a note in a dictatorship, flowers and condolences, are piling up. also a russian embassies around the world. in berlin, members of the ponds bend pussy riot stays the protest. blaming the kremlin for

nevada and these deaf. i think it's a big blow for freshman now position. it's going to be really difficult for us to unite it goes. whether if you loved number on the or didn't, there were people who disagreed with him, a number of things. he was our guiding star and he and people would define their positions and tactics and political views depending on what of only does in says the valid supporters about to continue his mission. even though help her change in russia has faded with his death. at the same time, they say that's exactly what the kremlin wants, everyone to think. my expert is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and to call them as for the washington post. he's joining us now from new york walk into the program. max bonnie's family are still waiting to see his body. what does this delay tell us

about about his death? obviously there's a cover going on by the crime and they don't want us to know how novelle he died. and so it's makes a lot of sense to reach the obvious conclusion, which is that he was murdered. i mean, he was certainly put and was certainly responsible for his death no matter what happened, even if it was just of quote, unquote, natural causes from being tortured in solitary confinement and sense of this penal colony, north of the arctic circle. but, you know, i think the fact that they're not releasing the body and they're not saying what the cause of death was. i think that leads us to believe that he probably was not right. murdered. and probably i put in the orders and we have heard condemnation from wild leaders on surprisingly, placing the blame on the rush as president. but is there actually a chance sitting around his desk could realistically trigger some kind of action and, and if so, then what? as divani stats are definitely true, a direction,

i don't think anything is going to happen in russia because put in his police status to it is too strong to be challenged right now. but there's a lot that we in the west can do to stop putting in ukraine where he is very vulnerable, where the ukrainians are fighting very hard. i think 2 things need to be done. first. there is $300000000.00 in frozen russian funds. you know, watch primarily in belgium. they should be sent right away to ukraine so that ukraine can use that russian money to defend itself. that would be a big load up putting on. the other thing, of course, that needs to be done is the us house of representatives needs to approve the $60000000000.00 a package for you claim that was already approved in the senate. if we don't do those things, then put and well, literally get away with murder. and then what about it for the opposition movement within russia itself? do you think that is able to recover from the loss of such a permanent leader?

i think it's going to be very tough for the opposition leader in russia for the opposition movement in russia for the time being. because again, putting has very complete control. but we should not assume that control the last row or any more than the soviet union. last that forever tearing the always comes to an end, sooner or later. and i think the best way to hasten the demise of this evil. putting retreatment of russia is to defeat the resume and ukraine. a military defeat and ukraine would be a sharp blow to put in, and it would have standing at home and could conceal. they lead others in the kremlin to look for different leaders for the future. whereas if putting the wins and ukraine, he's going to be strengthened at home, but also abroad, and he's going to be a much greater threat not only to, to europe, but to his own people. and then just briefly max. um, what about the upcoming election in russia? well, what will nevada his death mean for that? as well as the upcoming election, quote unquote, as a joke, obviously it's not,

it's not a real election. there is no choice. there was one anti war candidate and couldn't refuse to let him on the ballot. and now he may very well have killed devonie, even though nevada. he wasn't able to run, but nevertheless, putting maybe eliminating all opposition. i had of the sham election so it's obviously not, not on the level, it's obviously not a real election and i think it's pretty hard to know what people and rusher actually is making beneath the surface because i'm sure there is actually a lot of discontent. but it's very hard to express that openly because you see what happens to people who challenge put and they either wind up in jail or in the more my experience senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and a columnist for the washington post. thank you. so much for speaking to us here on the delhi. thank you or not they have lost one house ministry in gosh, says is really attacks have killed more than a 100 past indians. in the last day, negotiators in katara say ceasefire talks have stalled while the united nation says

guys of 2nd biggest hospital is no longer functioning. meanwhile, israel is refusing to call off a planned offensive against the southern city of russell. it strikes across garza as israel to shoes. what is prime minister has called total victory. they often mass is familiar by now homes, schools and hospitals destroyed as the death toll keeps climbing. my bene, you couldn't, they are all civilians. there are no military personnel or anything. we send a message to the world, the message to the is really government and have mass government and gaza is please stop the war. enough war victory a how to fighting has extended to rachel, multiple hospitals, aggravating the already dia, humanitarian situation. i talked to at nasa hospital in the city of con eunice, the squat, the moments he realized and is really on the raid was happening. was like yours,

is it about the, i mean, did i did so i realize that it is it vision of i d f. as i substituting some dogs. i those to be that the odds of actually yeah, the destroyed the best bet for those to be there. and they use that adults. but israel says the hospitals all legitimate targets, because how may i select the upper rates within the israel now claimed to have the upper hand. yes, we must say there are in front 200 militants that surrendered at nasa hospital. and before that dozens more had surrendered at alamo. this shows that the enemy have lost the fighting spirit. that is the main thing of the problem is because meanwhile, is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is defying international pressure, including from israel, key back to the us to cool off a plan defensive against the rough uh, the egyptian buddha. more than

a 1000000 palestinians are sheltering from the fighting that i'd have nowhere else to go as well. world leaders have wrapped up 3 days of talks at the munich security conference. the wars in the middle east and ukraine top the agenda present flooded me as a lansky warrant. waning western support for ukraine's fight against russia is costing few lives on the battlefield. and the head of nato said the conflict has exposed weaknesses in the alliance. that in bye, as the conference concluded, dw richard walker told us there was little optimism among delegates at the top. yeah, well i would say that the mood is i've been talking to delegates here in the languages just as the conference is kind of beginning to, to, to, to break up here on sunday. and the mood that i've been getting pretty much informally from a deep everybody is one of the pretty deep gloom. is it that raise a real concern about the current state of the well that and say the current

multiple crises going on, but it's not a completely uniform picture, depending on which crisis you're looking at. you have a differing is sort of a degree of bloom and one or 2 kind of glimpses of optimism. so they will just quickly break it down across a couple of areas starting with ukraine. and that is where the gloom is really the deepest of all. there's a sense that there is a kind of almost like it's of a vicious circle of fatigue, feeding pessimism which in turn feeds by the fatigue that the, the, the knowledge, that is 2 years since this will began. load, amazing, lensky has been back here, a new neg, i'm making a speech really imploring the international community and close primarily the west and not to give up on you, trained to, to keep up the flow of weapons to step up, the type of weapons along the range weapons and more munitions that uh, that ukraine urgently needs the european saying, okay, we're stepping up our game, particularly the german saying that doing really a lot,

but some finger pointing going on among europeans about who's doing enough for the accounts he's like fraud. so pulling that weight and kind of hanging over all of this is the knowledge that would donald trump could potentially when the us selection coming out later this year. and a great fear that he would be inclined to seize implied on the campaign trail to do a pretty quick deal with vladimir putin, there would likely come at some very heavy cost, a to ukraine, added to that donald trump's threats about, perhaps not standing by nature member states, if they go to attacked by russia, if you felt they weren't spending enough on nato, these all adds up to a picture of great anxiety over europe and security and not really a kind of a road map, a sense of, of, of, of how to get out of this, not really a sense of what a realistic victory for ukraine could look like. so. okay, that's the bundle of sort of ukraine and european security committee, least of course, the gospel is also a major focus, of course,

a huge and about the, the, the degree of civilian casualties being experienced at the moment. western countries still standing by israel broadly. what, of course, there are divisions within western countries, but leading western countries such as the us in germany, really sticking by as well and saying if that is well is, is of course uh, going back to the terrorist attacks of the october, the 7th. the israel has to fight back against that. there was some glimpses of a possible deal that could be done between israel, saudi arabia, the palestinians, to really respect the middle east, but so much could potentially go wrong. so keeping that is really something that is it you can see in the distance potentially, but whether the world can get that is very much in question that was dw chief international editor richard walker in munich. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines today. extreme weather and northern china is disrupting trouble for millions. returning home from celebrating the

annual spring festival. several key highways are closed in showing jang ascend storm blue at car, windows and oaks. fall off their feet. nearby heavy snow falls, trying to travelers and minus 40 degree temperatures. a special guest at st. peter's square on sunday. true smiles and curious stares, protesting italian farmers were invited, along with a kind of named air colina to join sizing the faithful at the vatican. the pontiff, welcome to farmers and the bull bind from his window. that oppenheimer has won the best picture at this year's british film awards with christopher nolan, picking up the best director, besta gillian murphy, one best leading actor for playing the physicist behind the atomic bomb on m. a stone, one best leading address for her performance. interesting as a reminder of our top stories, relatives of the jailed rational physician leader alexi no volunteer,

demanding to know more about how he died is still in the forty's being held near the remote fee. no colony where he was in present. how saw from us for an i up next our current affairs shows reports are looks at the rise of anti semitism here in germany. i'm out of him. all. thanks for watching. stay tuned and take care of the 2 kids and the talk is changing. 6 years ago. he said he can't get any was good, but it does guardians of truth. this time, excel gen, this turned into our meets the voices of the 3 talking officer as the other one had to flee into exile too. i knew the police would search my house. courageous people are trying to stem the turkish governments all sort, tammy calls of hans.