the the, this is the, the news live from berlin. the european union agrees fresh sanctions on russia. and the aftermath of the death of russian dissident, alexei, and a volley. the u decides put more pressure on the kremlin for its invasion of ukraine. we look at whether previous sanctions are having an impact. also coming up almost 2 years on since russia waged war on ukraine. we take a look at just some of the carnage that the kremlin has inflicted on the country. and the conflict to me on mars bills over its borders and neighboring bangladesh. our correspondence talks with some of the people who haven't doors, the violence and last loved ones. the

i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the well has agreed on the 13th round of sanctions against russia. the move coming as the crime labs war against ukraine. yours is the 2nd anniversary and does ukraine lose his ground on the battlefields? its forces recently withdrew from the eastern town of def, after months of heavy fighting. this on verified russian footage for ports to show soldiers. they are replacing the ukrainian flag with their own it. 1 so comes a bit increasing repression inside russia. we're dissident, alexa and of all new staff last week also play the part and they use move to further punish moscow. alysia shelton is our process correspondents and gave us more details about the new sanctions on russia. or yeah, so there is an agreement in principle by the european union states investigators on

the 13th of package of sanctions against russia. and in this package, which has not yet been published. there supposedly nearly $200.00 persons and entities listed. and they are also new measures for seen and to avoid sanction and circumvention which is making use sanctions in effect this. so this is what has been agreed to today. they will still have to sign it off or officially and then it needs to be published in the official journal and only then the sanctions will enter into force. and it is for seen that this will happen by a saturday 24th. the 2nd anniversary of the russian invasion into your train and german is government said that europe's largest economy is in quote troubled waters as it released its annual economic report on wednesday. berlin has slashed growth forecasts for 2024 as the economy struggles with

a range of challenges. instead of 1.3 percent as predicted earlier, the economy will only grow by point 2 percent this year. the new figures are causing great concern across the continent. household appliance manufacturer, mealer, ford and cologne, department store chain galleria, and the cargo division of georgia. bon, all have something in common. they bought in as plans today of thousands of employees due to the weak economy. these companies are struggling with high energy prices, weaker to mind, high labor costs and excessive bureaucracy. the government had expected the economy to grow by 1.3 percent this year. now it expects to 0.2 percent growth. to use the dress you want, this situation is tenant, extremely challenging this. we need to do more. we need to come up with major reforms to maintain and strengthen germany's competitiveness in a completely changed global environment. and germany's g. d. p growth is at the

bottom among industrialized nations. the opposition is calling for an immediate economic program focusing on reducing corporate taxes and red tape. otherwise they say germany risk becoming the sick amount of europe once again. and dw political correspondence, thomas ferro joins us now from our parliamentary studios, thomas, what are the main reasons for this slower than expected growth satellites? probably a mixture between local and national problems, and obviously the international situation as well. if you look specifically at some of the national problems, some of them, a structural germany has for example, a major issue with bureaucracy. some issues are also made or at least developed by the current government coalition. the government coalition had a serious budget problem, which meant that it had to repub, some of its priorities. but that's also the international aspect to all of this.

which in the case of germany's economy, is obviously particularly important, but particularly challenging as well as an economy based on exports, on the fact that internationally. they have been serious challenges in the last few years from the corona virus pandemic to the was in ukraine in the middle east. this has ultimately affected very badly the german economy. now the government has indeed stress that the situation could have been worse, that they did manage in particular in the last few months to avoid the worst possible scenarios. nevertheless, the situation is very serious as germany, the economy minutes that will but how big stress today, right? here anybody? so what do they plan to do about it going forward? so they obviously can't do a lot when it comes to the overall international situation. but when it comes to some of the issues here in germany, they are indeed planning a series of reforms. some of the more advanced in the process than others. and in

particular, one problem that was highlighted by germany's economy. minnesota is labor shortage . that was described by germany's economy, ministry as the main challenge that germany spacing now. and that's why neither germany caught them in ministry. but also other officials have been traveling to different countries around the world to attract skilled workers in particular areas that need those workers here in, in germany and related to that to the 2nd issue. namely, cutting red tape, reducing bureaucracy, and in fact the german government stress that that's an area in which they have had seen. they have seen some progress. for example, when it comes to recognizing a professional qualifications from people who come from other countries. they have seen an increase that in particular when it comes to the health sector. so i would say that these 2 issues, labor shortage and bureaucracy are 2 prior things for the german government in particular now and basically nomic situation. so thomas, a unit,

just put this into perspective for us, you know, how is the average german experiencing these figures that we're talking about here? what does it mean in terms of the real world as well? they're all mostly concerned about it. and this is something that you can not only see in surveys in polls, but then you can also same day to day life here in germany with people that are struggling because the cost of living has increased or because they have to pay much more for their energy bills, buddy, and that's something that, as i say, you can see in some of some nationwide surveys, whereas many may not be specifically concerned about the immediate situation for them. personally. they are certainly worried about what it means for the country as a whole on whether they will be able to maintain their living stand at the recent survey clearly revealed that many are worried about not being able to keep those living standards. so this is not only just that discussion among politicians or among the government, it is certainly something that is clearly affecting germans as well. thomas sparrow

in berlin. thank you, thomas and tara, some of the stories making headlines. following to the death of former russian opposition leader alexi and a volley. the united kingdom has imposed sanctions on 6 members of russians. prison authority, or the 6 individuals ran the arctic penal colony, where devali died. on friday, the u. k. has frozen their assets are frozen and imposed a travel of police in several european countries have carried out raids on people smuggler suspected of being involved in a legal migration across the english channel. in germany alone, the rates led to thousands of arrests. the use law enforcement agency, europe all coordinated the operation. supporters of wikileaks founder, julia massage protested outside of a court in london, where his final appeal against extradition to the u. s. has being decided, lawyers for the us urged the court to deny his appeal,

so that he can face espionage charges in washington. spanish farmers fault with police had a demonstration in madrid, hundreds of tractors rolled into the capital for fresh protests against what they see as excessive red tape. an insufficient aid from the state farmers have been protesting for weeks across many countries in europe. it's almost 2 years since the russians, full scale invasion of ukraine began just how many civilians have been killed since then is unknown. but it is thought to be in the 10s of thousands, in the early months of the war, the russian air force bomb. the theater in the port city of mario paul, ukraine says the $300.00 people, including many children, died there. but russia claims that the theatre was blown up by the ukrainians. also, fresh event without providing any evidence. the following month, more than 60 people were killed in the eastern city of crime, the tourists square missiles struck a railway station. russian authorities,

again put the blame on ukraine, but these were just 2 of the incidents like wrapped international headlines. the deputies max xander has sent us this report now from carr, she's on some of the other russian attacks in this long and bloody conflict. do you remember this? it went viral after a russian attack on a residential area in hockey survivors, the steering and what remained of their home. the russians said they had had a weapons factory. they said a couple of were paid actors and the stuff here off try to include and her daughter body. and i say that's ridiculous. the tell us they left their apartment minutes before the impact dental stuff. and the video with her husband followed the man she didn't want to join us for the interview. the to the some of that when i see this video. now, of course it's not a plan video. it's about supporting each other. when we realized everything we had

was lying there on file, it's actually a very sad moment. but let's hope we can achieve victory before the russians could make more missiles and destroy our homes and lives. their apartment was on the side of the building that was directly hit. all that's left is the quarter to 10 of their neighbors died including an 8 year old girl. civil apartment just got it here, here and here it was the top one and the fest to be hit. many things were thrown out. the family is still shaking. it's causing the cell low. every time a siren goes off my legs shake because it's scary because you don't know what's going to happen. what's going on with the question of safety in the country that is being boned is a very uncomfortable question. in my opinion, there's no place where you can hide me. i'll go with me. said that the worst, columbus across town. another sight of recent rushing destruction,

the hockey's palace hotel managed to keep running through most of the war. it was at hub for foreign journalists. we've often stayed here ourselves. a director all hostile ankle takes us inside a missile hit on the day before new year's eve looking at the damage. it's difficult to believe no one died here, not even the person working out the gym to the one that's a total of 12 years. we've been in hockey's and it's been a place for all significant celebrations, children's birthdays, weddings, business meetings. and we go used to the fact that there was always a lot of peaceful people here who considered this place to be a landmark for social events and for goods peaceful intentions, soc on that would be the little needed 15 guests were staying at the hotel at the time people wanting to celebrate the new year and still many of

the new kind of guests. simple, there's a list that would journalists from all over the well issue. i think we had become a hub for those people who needed to show you the whole well, what was happening with them and wants to be for sure to the, to provide to the russians claim. the hotel was used as a hall by military personnel, but never provided proof. we never saw soldiers here during our stays, the most of the way up. i can't explain their actions. i think it's absurd, absurd, destroying, civilian buildings, civilian facilities, hospitals. i believe that this is unacceptable. i can damage the sort of it shows us a video from the beginning of the more international journalist here in the lobby and the local pianist waiting to invite this musician to visit us again. he's become a close friend of ours. that will definitely be music here again. and people and

life good will try it out for the evil. the. the plan is to repair the hotel and reopen as soon as possible. many wars begin and are justified with lies. the russian attack and ukraine is no difference . medina and the stats you over that chain goes home, never existed according to the russian narrative. it says none of this is real. i wore it only twice. the women know better than that, but all that is left. now, our memories and maria of diva is an analyst who studied russian this information. i asked her earlier about her biggest concerns regarding russia's ability to spread this information. in russia specific lataria gives

a different audience. this ukraine and score exhausted up to 2 years old. they were, they tried to heat your grading and you need to and they tried to crack ukrainian society, but that type of decent information when they claim about the military targets. so when they started to view a lot house says that when they killed city lance and tell that this was military, they said this is a most swift, one of the population insides, russia to, for the legitimize aggression. and to get more people into the army. because put a needs more, uh, and she wants to continue, and russia is in its full scale offensive in many directions, small around the car keeps improve bounced in the style. so if you print in the east and they need more man in to let the russian army and they need support for their actions. and this is why propaganda and his information is so uh threatening because this threat that it's not only your brain and your brain and secuity is

a threat. and they use security in europe because later, an actual, as this has already happened in the russian propaganda. a general so will tell russian that they will have to continue and go for their go to the baltic states, go to portland, and they have over at the extra other states at this, open the now and some of the french propaganda channels. russians faith channels. but then it will go for the we have seen how it's happened in ukraine. it starts from a little sim somewhere in the french channel, but then it gets into the large scale russian states, media and ministry of defense reports and fighting between the ethnic rebels and the military, junta in neon mar, meanwhile, is spilling over into bangladesh. earlier this month to civilians in a border village were killed in cross border fire. you'll remember me on mars military took power in february 2021. in

a cool after ousting the civilian government of nobel laureate on song sushi. since then, it has been fighting civilians who have taken up arms against it and ethnic armed rebels. but in the last few months, these rebels have taken the fight to the army in many of me on more states. one of those is rock on state, on the board with bangladesh here fighting between the ethnic group. they are con army and the military junta is impacting villagers in bangladesh. dw court, you brought him leave, so just a short walk from the me on my board of. he has often here chilling and gone plan. what do you have? i believe you to delete his doors to all the i lost my mother. my mother could have been with me today, but she's not here with me because of a mortar shell from young, large ministry that hate her product. so that i don't know if i will get justice for my mother. but i mean, if i will be there, it will not be done in your brain research trying whenever he talks about his

mother was not a big them to us, kill tobias here that starts just as she was making loans for her family. moved around 800 meters from the border between the 2 countries. the next person also can do the man who was at the house. so i brought it wonderful. and again, we started to hear the sounds of a lot of the gunfire in the border area at the beginning of february, in spite of water without the sound was so loud that we couldn't sleep at night. and still, the local administration didn't pay attention to us. one of you, they didn't alert us, they warned us, we would have left the area and taken shelter elsewhere. when you come this here can see the hiking right after the border in me and most kind of state where the icon on me and it me to the river group has been beckoning me and much food of forces positive earlier. but the pilots hasn't to sit at no cost to you. i'd also

say some rubles, margo stoplights extra support at night and the fighting has the defend please intensified in february the arc on army to control up civil board rest. of course, i don't see 100, pardon me, just photos from me on my secret reports to split into a bundle of this trying to see if the part b b, b. yes. yes, yes. you're doing. you don't need to be within 2 weeks of attended them back over to me on my own thoughts what it is. but really just say the board documents unpredicted or the citizens living near the border, the maintenance tier as the phone. so i've gone for it and explicitly in the me, on my to continue the thing cuz their government showed in getting the smart diplomacy to prevent any spillover effect from its neighbors, into another conflict into its 33. as long as he thought today is out of the business. we are frightened because the american army isn't the local government.

they are all captured from the me on mar, army money, my money, me, i see the army counter attack. so we will be the 1st victim. so down my whole south and will fit that out to the whole. we still hear gunshots around 2 to 3 am, but the we, the people at the border are terrified. now the, all the bus i had 2 bullets hit my hands as well. we visited that day, particularly it's not all fishing. cox budgets to bring up the concepts. it said the government has beefed up the border of security, but gave few details. and i mean this did, he offered peace advice from germany whenever it's felt that they have a security threats and we suggest they come to a safe place or shelter speaking don't last have been the one that was that offered the lead telephone quote for the people in the home home, whose faith been now freely under threats all the time due to the parlance next door. wonderfully good champions. fire munich. we'll part ways with coach thomas to

hold at the end of the current season, to whose position has been questioned in recent weeks after a run of 3 straight defeats, left, fired off the pace and the one to seek a title race. and on the brink of illumination in europe's champions league to hole took over as buyer and coach last march for helping them to an 11th consecutive one dislike a title still more until his departure from buyer and munich, cress harrington from database forces. here with us in the studio was this is the price. above all else we need is the most important thing for buyer and it's uh, boss is without a question. and when you factor in time is tool, you look at the 1st piece of silverware. the 1st title he won was gifted thanks to told me he arguably didn't even earn the one, but as a good title he, he got with a buyer munich. and, you know, a shock not at all. i did expect this to come because one thing you realize about

buying music, they've been winning so much. and so often go into their 12 title in a row. they don't even put way the but as they go on there to do list anymore, it's a foregone conclusion that they would win the league. the champions league is what they're about when you look at just a bruises and bob stool is gotten along the way. booted from the german cub. molly bought by labor cruise and beat up in the champions league looking. maybe they don't even advance in that competition. and then they're looking up at 8 points in labor cruising right now. it's not a shock. so they explained to us because i mean they, they brought in thomas to whole. right. i mean, this is a guy with a track record at p s g a. chelsea was able to do some great things. why could he not replicate that now, if fire well to who is an acquired taste? you know, he doesn't really deal with management. everything is all good when you're winning, you know, but once you're losing, once things get a bit difficult to hold, typically has a gets my way or the highway attitude reports or he lost half of the locker room environmental after the most recent loss to go home manuel lawyer held in high

regard, the cap in the goalkeeper. he said, we need to question everything, and i think he get probably gave thomas to all aside i after he's at that comment. you know, so you, the locker room is split. you're not winning anything. i think it's very clear you have to make a change any time you had this wrong. and a coach forces you to press the reset button and not when you're 12 title in a row that coaches got to go. what do you think of the timing of the announcement? because mean, does this now hurt byron's chances of salvaging? you know, whatever a they could salvage and in the meantime, before he's gone, i'm scratching my head on that, you know myself. i think the timing of the situation is horrible, but to a had no confidence of winning the title anyways. he said that he doesn't think they'll do it. you know, that trickles down to the team. and now the team is split. there's a split divide. i think the only thing going for buying right now, possibly cherry k setting a new single season record for scoring goals. that's all i can see in buying unix

immediate future. at least there's that growth harrington database for thing. thank you. berlin film festival is underway here in the german capital and among the stars on the red carpet last night was one of the biggest names in cinema. martin scorsese was presented with an honorary golden bear, the berlin olives lifetime achievement award. he was given a standing ovation as he walked on stage to accept his trophy legendary filmmaker martin scorsese, held on tightly to his golden band, a testament to his impact on the world of cinema. the and the worst that we do individually is part of a great ongoing, ultimately endless conversation. n was and listen time was and i really feel that i've been blessed to have taken part in that conversation for most of my life. now perfectly a suicide. you jump through the latest film,

the killers love with the mirror, and they are not of the copy of our out tomorrow to wells team members of the osage native american tribes as part of a plot to deprive them of the oil. and after the tales that explores not only the modest themselves but also greet wells, conspiracy, racism, and the early days of the f. b i the 81 year old director says he's not planning to stop making movies anytime soon. in his eulogy, german direct when ben this describes scorsese as the reading, king of cinema. tears welled up as chris's eyes s vendor set. i sent in all of it with both in this room here now 46 years later. and that we all together tonight can celebrate one of the most influential directors of our time events,

also an inventor and innovator. constantly looking for new horizons of cinematic expression. but most of all he is an extraordinary story teller, or say this next stop is the word killers of the solomon has him a nation, including this picture. and a quick reminder of our top story is here on the w news. the european union has a great, a 13th round of sanctions against russia. the move comes as the kremlin war against ukraine nears, is the 2nd anniversary. and as ukraine lose his ground on the battlefields, its forces recently withdrew from the eastern town of steve costs. after months of heavy fighting. and ukraine is taking stock almost 2 years of war. after russia, tens of thousands of civilians are thought to have died since moscow invaded the country and hundreds of thousands more have been injured. you're up to date. thank

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