ministers who are making a rare trip abroad to attend for more, let's go to our correspondent barbara hazel, who is in the polish capital warsaw, barbara, what's on the agenda for president biden today you're here in front of the president's palace in war. so we can see if we look over the guard of honor. hes already drawn up and they're waiting for president biden to arrive here within the next hour. and if we look up a bit from here, we can see that the whole center of war so has been flagged, was the flags of poland and ukraine as assigned off solidarity. so this is what all this is about. of course, the 2 presidents will be talking very soon in the pals here behind me, and they will of course, threshold their political differences and also the demands of poland for stronger engagement against the war in ukraine. then the president, the biden, is supposed to go to the other side of town to the national stadium where refugees are being received, which are still arriving here. it on a daily basis. and he's going to talk to it to some and g o z there. and maybe even to some ukrainian refuge

ready with well w barbara hazel explains what signal the american president is hoping to send it with his visit to europe. the message is absolutely clear, he has particularly by traveling to the border region, was ukraine as sent the message to president putin. and that is, the nato alliance is ready to defend every foot off their territory. and that was something that the major leaders retreated when they met in brussels on thursday. and that is the main message of president biden. hughes said around 10000 us soldiers are stationed in poland and this town know you're sure that he visited today has about 2700 of them. and he sat down with them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and he said, we are very grateful for your service. and it is very important to defend the borders here and defend the nato alliance. and to show moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is the strategic aim really off this visit here. did always barbara vessel reporting from warsaw there ukrainian runner who flat her country last month, one mara

i think with the legal definition of well it always barbara hazel joins us now from warsaw. barbara, an american president in europe at the time of this war. what kind of message is private ant bite in sending with this visit? the message is absolutely clear. he has particularly by traveling to the border region was ukraine as sent the message to president putin. and that is the ne, to a lines is ready to defend every foot off their territory. and that was something that the nature leaders reiterated when they mentioned brussels on thursday, and that is the main message of president biden. hughes is around $10000.00 us soldiers are stationed in poland. and this town you are sure that he visited today has about just a 1700 of them. and he set down was them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and he said, we're very grateful for your service, and it is very important to defend the boarders here and defend the nato alliance and to show the moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is the strategic aim really off this

's, barbara hazel. she's in brussels. following these meetings, forrest getting me to you, barbara, do we know what these measures at? ursula underline is talking about. do we know what, what they could look like? we know the outline, brent a more or less because some of the a european foreign ministers who were here in brussels talking to anthony anthony of lincoln at their canadian and british counterparts. because this was about making the sanction lines as, as large as possible. they outlined what this is about. it is about to closing any holes that are still in the kicking russia out of the swift a payment system. it is about to further it import or export a sanctions. that is the, you will not import any more minerals for instances, coal or a timber from russia, and it will close its ports suite to russian ships. we know that the air space, the european, is already close. and now the ports are supposed to be also closed, of course is some of the biggest and transport maritime transport companies have already said tha

on the military, humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine dw corresponded barbara hazel, sent us her assessment of the american president's visit to poland. the message is absolutely clear, he hes, particularly by travelling to the border region, was ukraine as sent the message to president putin. as that is the nato alliance is ready to defend every foot off their territory. and that was something that the major leaders reiterated when they met in brussels on thursday, and that is the main message of president biden. he says around 10000 us soldiers are stationed in poland and this town know you're sure that he visited today has about just a 1700 of them. and he sat down. was them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and he said, we are very grateful for your service. and it is very important to defend the boarders here and defend the nato alliance and do show the moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is the strategic aim really off this visit here. ah, wow. i demonstrators, in jamaica, have been demandin

dw, correspond barbara hazel sent us her assessment of the american president's visit to poland. the message is absolutely clear, he has particularly by traveling to the border region with ukraine as sent the message to president putin. and that is the nato alliance is ready to defend every foot off their territory. and that was something that the nature leaders reiterated when they mentioned br office on thursday, and that is the main message of president biden. he says around 10000 us soldiers are stationed in poland and this town know you're sure that he visited today has about just a 1700 of them. and he sat down. was them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and he said, we are very grateful for your service. and it is very important to defend the borders here and defend the nato alliance and do show moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is this strategic aim really off this visit here. ah, wow. i demonstrators, in jamaica, have been demanding that great britain, formally apologized for slavery, and pay repara

and barbara hazel was at the feminine for sign. and we asked her, what the biggest policy shifts were. this actually is a crampton leap for the european union because they had to acknowledge that all their political doctrines there are john geez, and their beliefs for the last 10, maybe even 20 years, were simply wrong. they thought that the world was a reliable place was their neighbors, like russia, being closely tied to europe by trade and by financial ties. and this has proven to be horribly untrue, sir. their security is seriously threatened. so they have to sort of re formulate everything energy policy. it means that they will try to get off russian oil and gas. they want to diminish it by 2 3rd till the end of the year, defense. they have a found out and, and sort of really noticed that the, i totally defenseless without american troops that russia could egress a war. it's not a war of aggression against them as well, theoretically. so they will now have a common defense projects. they know they will have to spend much more

barbara hazel in verse, i for us. good to talk to you. former german chancellor gerhard schroeder has traveled to moscow to meet with letty. mere putin should is known to be a close friend of the russian president and is on the board of the state owned energy. giant ra snapped shut up, has been under increasing pressure to cut his ties with russia. the german government says it had no prior knowledge of his trip. saw yawn shrewd, akin pausing for peace with the kremlin looming in the background. welcome to the world of cryptic instagram diplomacy, the wife of ex german chancellor. gerhard shrewd up posted the image on her social media account, seemingly confirming reports. her husband was on a solo diplomatic mission to purchase a palace, guinea of the ukrainian side, asked gertrude, or to try and do the bridge to to let him, he couldn't. and to try to negotiate bart parsley conditions for a cease fire or, or something similar. news of the visit caught the german government by surprise. attending a summit in france, t

he has unleashed artless belinda b as barbara hazel. she is in brussels following these meetings, forest. good evening to you, barbara. do we know what these measures at ursula on the line is talking about? do we know what, what they could look like? we know the outline, brent, to more or less because some of the a european foreign ministers who were here in brussels talking to ansley anthony of lincoln at their canadian and british counterparts. because this was about making the sanction lines as, as large as possible. they outlined what this is about. it is about to closing any holes that are still in the kicking russia out of the swift payment system. it is about to further it import or export sanctions. that is the you will not import any more minerals for instances. coal or a timber from russia, and it will close its port suite to russian ships. we know that the air space, the european is already close, and now the ports are supposed to be also closed, of course, is some of the biggest and transport maritime transport. companies hav

well, for more, let's go to our correspondent, bob hazel, who's outside the presidential palace in war. so hi, barbara, good to see you. now, president biden is by to meet the polish president. what can we expect from it? i thought i could present you his arrival life probably because his secret service guys, the min and khaki that you see there in the background. they have drawn up which points to his imminent arrival. but he is famous for being late from time to time. so we're still waiting in the next minutes, he will come what's to be expected. there will be political talks between his host under due to the polish president enter this, his american counterpart, and the to do have to iron out some diplomatic and political differences that have evolved between the 2 countries. over the last years, there is, for instance, the strong support this government, this national conservative law as you want to right wing populous government in poland was very closely allied to donald trump, and they avoided congratulating biden after his election victory for a week or more. so there is quite a lot of rubble