but chancellor, olaf schultz is being criticized for not making the trip. and the united states could soon end the legal right to abortion. the leg documents suggest the supreme court is planning to overturn the landmark ruling, which has guaranteed the right nationwide since 1973. ah and really mohammed walked to the program. ukrainian authorities say russian air strikes or targeting live with, with several bloss cutting power and water supply to parts of the western city. close to the polish border. several railway stations across the center and west of ukraine have also been hit. plumes of smoke rose above the vin, after several explosions were heard, lives, mayor said the strike his electrical substations. the city has so far been spared from the conflict with only a handful of strikes, hitting severely and military infrastructure. this is the start of russia's invasion. meanwhile, ukrainian fighters say russian forces have launched a renewed assault on the as of salt. feel pont in mario apple. some residents were evacuated during a brief ceasefire that

imports and more prominent figures make their way to ukraine to show this force. german chancellor, olaf shoulds, says russia cannot win the war in ukraine. he says, vladimir putin is falsifying history by comparing the conflict to the fight against nazi germany and filipinos go to the polls in elections that could see the son of a former dictator when power. ferdinand marcus junior is to become the next president, marking the return of a political dynasty. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the program. the g 7 group of leading nations is imposing new sanctions on russia. it includes a commitment to banning or facing out oil imports from moscow. during a video conference with the g 7 ukrainian prison flooded me, zalinski asked for reconstruction aid. he said it will cost more than $600000000000.00 to rebuild his country. but this amount is likely to grow as russian forces step up their attacks on eastern and southern ukraine. meantime, a growing list of prominent politicians and entertainment stars showing their support for ukraine with symbolic visits. ah, the 1st ladies of the u. s. and u

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also on the program, german chancellor, olaf shows tells the world economic forum that russia cannot be allowed to win the war individual for the victims of america's worst school shooting for a decade, which is renew the debate of a gun violence in the us ah . until gale, welcome to the program. russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern don bass region. launching attacks on dozens of towns into has been done yet. the key industrial city of separate in that case is growing danger of being completely surrounded. having failed to capture the ukrainian capital kiva and its 2nd largest city hockey, moscow's now focusing on smaller objectives. ukrainian president volume is it on skis, demanding more heavy weaponry from the west? describing the situation in don bass asked extremely difficult moments of joy in times of war. this is the 1st civilian wedding in european a city close to keith. it was devastated by conflict. shasky, they are obviously the, well, it's a joyful feeling, but also very unusual because there's a war going on. it's unusual to get married during the war

but, yes, its reputation has been damaged, and olaf scholz is not seen as a leader., just re—elected french president. he thinks now is his time. he already had so many ideas about reforming the eu, and angela merkel pretty much sat on him and his ideas. one of the ideas that's really now taken off, john, was his idea that the eu needs to be more sovereign, if you like, be able to stand more on its own feet. but the one thing that the european union hasn't had is a real military force, has it? and if you go to ukraine, for instance, as i have recently, you find that there's quite a lot of contempt for the eu, particularly for germany, but also not very much admiration for france either. we are not realistically talking about a massive eu army here. it makes sense to kind of look at the number of jets, look at armoured vehicles, and sort of pool resources together in order to be able to act. i think what russia's invasion of ukraine has done is remind the eu, and remind emmanuel macron, that they need the united states and they need nato. we can't, of course, diminish

great. olaf shorts asked president vladimir putin to end the conflict as soon as possible. but for him to blame you crate for blocking negotiations. meanwhile, you prayed, is firing back against the kremlin calling on allies to seize russian assets. russia must be politically economically, but also financially and foreign minister was addressing a meeting of g 7 for ministers in germany. also coming up the final good bye, thousands of warners pay. their last respects to a veteran, al jazeera journalist fatally shot while doing her job. reporting out of shooting i, bradley's burial israeli forces charged into the funeral procession. carrying her casket. there has been an outpouring of grief across the palestinian territories and the airport. ah. hello everyone and we have a rock. thank you so much for your company. german chance the olaf schultz has spoken to russian president vladimir putin by phone for the 1st time in weeks and demanded a cease fire in ukraine as soon as possible. jessa shows also rejected him. moscow's claims that nazis are in charge of the country. presi

also on the program, german chancellor, olaf charles tells the world economic forum that russia cannot be allowed to win the war and a vigil for the victims of america's worst school shooting for a decade, which is renewed the debate of a gun violence in the u. s. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern dumbass region. launching attacks on dozens of towns in the hands . good done yet. the key industrial city of severe done yet is in growing danger of becoming completely surrounded. having failed to capture the ukrainian capital key advantage, 2nd largest city hockey of moscow is now focusing on smaller objectives. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski is demanding more heavy weaponry from the west. describing the situation in don bass as extremely difficult ukrainian forces are doing their best to push back russian troops despite heavy shelling in this village now back in ukrainian hands. residents tell of their fears as the russians arrived. but i don't think you can. we try to keep out of the way miss. i'm yeah, yeah. well, m

war, dominated a 2 day meeting of olaf schultz. is cabinet focused on finding alternatives to russian fossil fuels. ah, hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. russian rockets continue to pound, ukraine's 2nd largest city hot kiff as moscow's offensive in the east of the country takes its toll. but ukraine's armed forces are claiming victories in that region. after taking back several towns the residence there, say the russian occupation was an experienced. they'd like to forget at amusement park rocked by missiles and harkey. cctv footage captured these shocking images. ukrainian authorities see this was one of dozens of russian airstrikes, an attempt to heighten the gremlins eastern offensive as ukrainian forces retake some villages in the harkey region. scenes of destruction, greed them after spending 2 months under russian control, residents are still in shock. dorm. yes, we lived in the basement for 2 months. they wouldn't let us out. we were sitting in the basement, we didn't have anything to eat or dr

and maybe that's a sort of approach that suits olaf shoulds more. i think germany has been the sort of engine of status quo within europe for quite a long time and wrangle a miracle shots and probably like to stay with that. but perhaps everyone acknowledges, at least on the rhetorical level, lead a bit more ambition. we need to go a little bit deeper, deepen the, the links between the european countries give them a little bit more power to do, to work together. and to, for instance, move together on foreign policy on health policy. some of the key things that people are dealing with at the moment, of course, after the pandemic as well, people have come to realize how much they need to work together on a very practical level, as well as on the big ideas. and simon, as you're speaking, i'm keeping half an eye on the screen because we are of course, waiting for the newly friendship, the newly re elect, a french present image on my car, and german chancellor, all of shorts, to come out imminently, address the press. and there is going to be plenty of q

olaf scholz, we heard him there.ussia's war against ukraine has led to a reckoning of decades of foreign and defense policy and now he says germany needs to be able to defend itself. phil: this is expected to go to a vote in parliament friday. is it likely to prove controversial? leonie: it is and it isn't. yes, it has been controversial the last few months. in political parties on the left side of the spectrum, the green party sees them selves as passive -- pacifists. them specified, this extra fund that will be anchored in the constitution goes around germany's strict laws. it is hard to explain to voters why 100 billion euros can be spent on defse when other areas of society need urgent investment like climate protection, education, infrastructure. the left has been vocally opposing this, but scholz needs a 2/3 majority to pass this and he has that. we are expecting the vote to pass. phil: thank you for that, leonie von hammerstein. humanitarian groups warning aid projects across africa are threatened by the war i

german chancellor olaf scholz says ending: imports from russia before this winter will be possible withhe help of south africa, which is a major coproducer. he made the comments on a visit to johannesburg, which has taken a neutral stance on russia's invasion of ukraine. he is wrapping up his first trip to africa. in johannesburg, the chancellor said -- she spoke with our chief political editor and stressed the importance that germany places on its ties with africa. >> german chancellor olaf scholz, your last stop on your first africa trip. you started in senegal and went on to niger. your predecessor put a focus on africa. what does it feel like for you now to touch down here for the first time as german chancellor? >> africa is the continent next to europe and it is important we work diligently to have relations with all the states in africa. also it is important we develop our relationship with all the democratic states that are important for us, not just something linked with the so-called western countries. it's also very important that we look at all the countries in the world. so

olaf sholze: we have a whole host of difficult conditions. the corona pandemic being one case where we had an economic setback. in response to that, we set up global infrastructure and economic development programs that ensure that global demand has increased. so these are major changes. what are links to the fact that we have to put an end to man-made climate change. this is why we want to reduce demand for fossil fuels in order to ensure that those who don't think this is ever so important will not be able to find sufficient resources in that regard. then you see the dramatic impact russia's war has had, not only in ukraine and its neighboring countries, but but even on those countries that are geographically key speaking, far away from europe. this is why we need to see the international corporation. when you take a look at the world becoming multi-pro-law in many parts of the world, but we have to take our faith into our own hands and ensure there will be an economic improvement to the pandemic. we have to improve our appropriations, more

opposition leader travels to ukraine to see this destruction for himself, but stay at home chancellor olafcholz is criticized for refusing to make the trip. and the u.s. could soon end the legal right to abortion. a leaked document suggests that the court is ready to overturn the landmark ruling which has guaranteed the right nationwide since 1973. hello, i'm clare richardson. very welcome to the show. the u.s. is warning that russia wants to swallow up large areas of eastern ukraine altogether. moscow previously indicated it wanted donetsk and the wants -- luantsk to become independent republics. earlier, a brief in allowed some residents to be evacuated, but the cease-fire broke down. now around 200 civilians are trapped underground in the steel plant, and many thousands more are unable to leave the city. reporter: after weeks under constant attack, these people have escaped the steel plant, ukraine's last stronghold in the besieged city of mariupol. many arrive in tears, recounting stories of horror. yo can' -- ou can't imagine how scary it is when you sit in the shoulder in a wet and d

olaf scholz and emmanuel macron had an 80 minute conversation jointly with president putin, let us sayk at the weather with chris fawkes. cloud tended to build up through the day but showers like these were fairly typical but across southern and western wales and southwest england, it's a different story. large amounts of sunshine pretty much all day, it was a beautiful day in parts of devon. overnight tonight, we will keep variable cloud feeding in on these northerly winds, thick enough to bring a few showers to the north and east of scotland, one or two into northeast england, otherwise it's dry but with clear spells and cool air is going to be a chilly night, temperatures at six and seven across the northern half of the uk. a cold start. many will see morning sunshine, cloud

well, here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. german chancellor, olaf shall, says russian president vladimir putin can not be allowed to win in ukraine. he also said that germany will end its dependence on russian oil and gas. sholtes was addressing the final day of the world economic form in davos, switzerland. that's all from us for now. coming up next, chris kolber takes a closer look at chance her shows his vision for the global economy. that's in detail you visits. i'll see again the next are by with one of main kinds, oldest ambitions.

completely, and he says, giving into aggression would damage democracy around the world. germany's olaf schultz begins his 1st african tourist chancellor. he's meeting fellow leaders and we'll discuss the sharp rise in food and fuel prices caused by the war in ukraine and change at the top down under new labor prime minister anthony albanese, is promising to make australia a climate change superpower. ah, our next spicer welcome to the program polish president and j. duda says russia must completely withdraw from ukraine. dina is the 1st foreign head of state to address the ukrainian parliament since the war began. he thought he says concessions to russian aggression would be a blow for the entire western world, and that ukraine must be free to shape its own destiny or mike, john, the boy that the chief go let. i want to say clearly that only ukraine has the right to decide its future why ukraine has the right to self determination severe. mr. of the international community must demand that russia end. it's aggression and leave ukraine completely. okay. is that it's already? well, i kno

, this is dw news life from berlin, as europe remembers the end of world war 2, german chancellor, olaf schulte says, vladimir putin cannot win the war in ukraine. it says bruton is falsifying history by comparing the conflict to the fight against nazi germany. dozens are feared dead in an air strike on a school in easton ukraine. russia is stepping up attacks and they went up to a controversial military parade in moscow. and u. s. first lady jill biden makes a surprise visit to ukraine. she meets the president's wife and visits a refugee center. ah, i'm hello mohammad walking to the program as europe marks the 77th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war. german chancellor, olaf shoulds has made a key note tv address and his 1st major speech to the german people. since the invasion of ukraine shalt says, rushes leader vladimir putin cannot win the war. he added that putin likens the conflict in ukraine to fight against nazi germany. but that he says, is the falsification of history the couldn't this, we cannot commemorate the end of the 2nd world war in europe without confronting t

also coming off german chancellor, olaf shoulds says russia cannot win the war and ukraine. he says vladimir putin is falsifying history by comparing the conflict to the fight against nazi germany. and the german football allied contender for the goal of the season will take in all of the glorious action from the pen ultimate match day in the buddhist legal. ah, i'm jarrett raid, welcome to the program. the g 7 group of leading nations is imposed, is imposing new sanctions against russia. it includes a commitment to banning or phasing out oil imports from moscow during a video conference with the j 7 ukrainian president. flood m is the lensky asked for reconstruction aid, saying it'll cost more than 600000000000 euros to rebuild his country. but that amount is likely to grow as russian forces step up their attacks on eastern and south and ukraine. meantime, a growing list of prominent politicians and entertainment stars are visiting ukraine in solidarity. ah, the 1st ladies of the u. s. and ukraine. visiting a school near the border to slovakia, while mainly a symbolic visit

and german chancellor, olaf schultz has said that russia's president vladimir putin cannot be allowed to win this war. in an address to the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, chancellor schroeder repeated his country support for ukraine, but did not address caves, demands for more heavy weapons. he said, rushes, war is contributing to e global food crisis. discussion of the worn ukraine and its effects dominated this year's world economic forum. participants examined solutions for the leading global threats. food insecurity, energy, and the range of economic crises. these topics were also central to german chancellor. olaf schultz is keynote address, which wrapped up thursday's event, depend immune or lunch to the pandemic. and russia is a war against ukraine and you are threatening to roll back. progress made over the last decade from comforting got most dramatic, the fight against hunger and poverty. you can shuttle both. we are risking the world's biggest famine and decades if we don't respond as nicely on video. during the g 7 presidency we launched alliance for global fo

, the president of ukraine, will today hold a conversation with the leaders of germany and france, olaf scholz and evangel macron, by the end of the week, international partners must make important decisions regarding financial support of ukraine and we are talking about this right now with the following guests of our broadcast, this is yuliya osmolovska, head of the center for transatlantic dialogue. greetings, mrs. yuliya. good day, and also viktor shlitsak, head of the board of the institute of world politics, congratulations, mr. viktor. well, let's start with this actual news, that is, today's conversation of volodymyr zelenskyi with german chancellor olaf scholz and french president emmanuel macron, which was told by the deputy head of the president's office andriy sibiga on the air informational telethon, important conversations are planned on the initiative of partners and these conversations should take place during the day, and the week should come under the sign of significant financial events from the point of view of decision-making by partners and international organizatio

oil and german chancellor, olaf schulte says, vladimir putin cannot read the crane. he says bruton is falsifying his tree by comparing the conflict to the fight against nazi germany. ah, i'm jared rate. welcome to the program. the g 7 group of leading nations is imposing new sanctions against russia and includes a commitment to banning or phasing out oil imports from mos guard during a video conference ukrainian president, florida may zalinski asked the group for reconstruction aid, saying it will cost more than $600000000000.00 to rebuild his country. he also said that around 60 people were killed in a rush, an air strike in eastern ukraine all that remains of a school in the village of villa, ga rifka, in law. hans creegan, ukrainian officials say 90 people was sheltering here when the russian air strike heath rescues have pulled 30 survivors from the rubble. but the fate of the rest is unknown. heavy fighting nearby has hindered rescue efforts. richard, they should cibola taking into account that it was an air strike and not a simple artillery shelling ah, when, w

he promised that together with olaf scholz, they would come to ukraine, but the time has come.t until now, we didn't have one or the other, well, at least if i'm wrong about the amendments. of course, it's territorial and most likely because we've already forgotten about it. the invitation sounded that it was supposed to be received optimistically and we were actually waiting for the guests. and the guests are fine. it would be very important if their visit was here today. well, they ran, they didn't run. they agreed to call putin back. okay, but to the topic of the conversation, the official position issued by and the cream and the german side well, as for me, you only know what they talked about, yes, you can easily list the release of the azov residents. crisis, this is a story that has been pulled by the ears today, as for me, once again, that due to the non-supply of ukrainian grain, we must have everyone will die of hunger and we must immediately unblock it so that we export it of course, it is important for us to export this grain there 20 million a little more in odesa,

is that likely to continue with this new german chancellor, olaf shows. how would you describe this relationship? well, what be hurt from all of shaw's who's considered to be a pretty grey person and not very emotional. was right from the beginning to highlight that his friend and 1st name base in monterey who is coming as the 1st visit to germany. so symbolically speaking, they both tried to show how close the relationship has always been and will continue to be. and everything in this press conference gives a strong impression of this is all about some bollocks, right? but when it comes to the war in ukraine, are they on the same page, there is been criticism, of course, of germany foreign policy that been some reluctance from the germans to impose more sanctions on russia. are they on the same page when it comes to how to deal with this current crisis? well, we have to distinguish between are they on the same page? has the west has to be united and actual 900 and agrees on packages of sanctions likes the cx one that has just been confirmed. this goes w

the tax, the g 7 group of leading nations imposes new sanctions against moscow. german chancellor, olaf shoulds says vladimir putin cannot win the war in ukraine. he says bruton is falsifying history by comparing the conflict to the fight against nazi germany and in german football, a late contender for the goal of the season. all taken all the glorious action from the pronouncement match day in the buddhist. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. the g 7 group of leading nations is imposing new sanctions against russia over the war in ukraine. the white house says that the group, including the united states, germany and france, is committed to banning imports of oil from russia. meanwhile, russian forces are stepping up their attacks in ukraine. president thought him is the lens. he says 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school in the east all that remains of a school in the village of villa, ga rifka, in law. hans creegan, ukrainian officials say 90 people was sheltering here when the russian air strike heath rescues have pulled 30 survivors from the rubble. but the

olaf scholz is posting modi in berlin monday. they are also said to be preparing invites to south africa and indonesia. macau's gaming slump deepened with revenue plunging, the lowest in about 18 months. the world's biggest gambling hub is suffering from droughts. chinese holidays have traditionally been a peak season for the enclave. the five-day labor day holiday is set to be a washout with virus restrictions and shanghai, beijing, and elsewhere. warren buffett's berkshire hathaway is on its biggest bank street -- buying spree since 2008. they also included boosting its stake in chevron and revealing it holds a 9% stake in activision blizzard. buffett gave no indication he will setback back anytime soon as berkshire held their first in person meeting since 2019. those are your first word headlines. kathleen: still ahead, tribeca's estimates say inflation levels require more rate hikes, but over tightening is a risk. jun bei liu joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: it's going to be a huge week for monetary policy. let's

or europe, his marking the 77th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war. german chancellor, olaf sholtes, was made a key note tv address. he says roches lead vladimir putin cannot win the war and ukraine. he added that putin likens the conflict to the fight against nazi germany . bought schulte says that is a falsification of history. auster. we have learned a crucial lesson from the disastrous history of our country. between 19331945. it is never again, never again war. never again, genocide, never again. tyranny. although and yet it has happened again. war in europe, ukrainian presidency. lensky, referred to this to day or to him. in the, in the current situation, this can only mean defending justice and liberty from fight. hope on the side of those under attack, we support ukraine in the battle against the aggressor. not to do so, would be tantamount to capitulating to unbridled violence, didn't and would embolden the aggressor. we are helping to bring the violence to an end of. or for more now i'm joined by d. w reporter katie stephens. k, the high did tell us why did chunk f

scholz. _ pushing back on an oil ban, and olaf scholz. the — pushing back on an oil ban, and olaf scholzr of germany, is facing pressure from other nations— is facing pressure from other nations to wean germany off russian oil supplies, and they are doing that and — oil supplies, and they are doing that and they have got strategies but again— that and they have got strategies but again you have got this push— pull situation, this conflict is going — pull situation, this conflict is going to _ pull situation, this conflict is going to keep going for quite some time, _ going to keep going for quite some tinre, and — going to keep going for quite some time, and the question is then how lon- time, and the question is then how long you _ time, and the question is then how long you keep the sanctions up, because — long you keep the sanctions up, because it — long you keep the sanctions up, because it often does have an economic— because it often does have an economic effect, and there are some european _ economic effect, and there are some european countries that are more harshly— european cou

joining us is olaf carl lsoncare it's good to have you here welcome. >> thanks for having me back. >>ot of people were looking at bitcoin as a potential safe haven, as an inflation hedge it's not doing any of that it's acting like an unprofitable tech company and starting to break down how do you what's happening and why? >> crypto markets have always been volatile. i think they have been volatile for many years going into the future we've always seen these sort of drawdowns. it happens every year or two across the crypto landscape. i think the main thing is this the moment of peak opportunity for those that have conviction and willing to make a long-term bet. we're really entering the place that's going to be an amazing entry point over the next several years. >> in what because the stablecoins don't look that stable and especially if we continue to see higher rates, it may be harder to maintain the peg tether breaking below a dollar, raising some concerns. not the first time it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. >> yeah. so there's lots of different stablecoin architectures projec

sokolov dmitry naida together. more than 100,000 germans have already signed a petition to german caster olafply heavy weapons to ukraine help to kiev and what the german press writes, how the issue of ukraine affects the ratings of the government about this natalia goncharova they did not understand whistled the softest thing that the instigator of war shouted and the liar walked. more than 100,000 germans have already signed a petition to chancellor olaf scholz demanding not to participate in the escalation of the conflict and not to supply heavy weapons to ukraine, and the chancellor reacted - bill there zones said in an interview. so germany should not make hasty decisions in this direction , the germans are dissatisfied with the fall in living standards, handels, blad writes that against the backdrop of anti-russian sanctions, germany is experiencing an inflationary shock, vegetable prices jumped by 14%, and for some products even by 17 and more bad news for europeans. eu has little hope to survive winter , experts say without gas from russia, as spiegel writes, to fill the storage facil

germany will soon have the largest army in europe among nato countries, german chancellor olaf schultz said, he stressed that in this way the security of germany and its allies will be significantly strengthened, according to schultz. now the bundeswehr is facing the problem of underfunding to strengthen the defense capability countries, the german authorities plan to create a special fund in the amount of 100 billion euros. a new round of aggravation between athens and tehran, which the press has already christened with a tanker war, as iranian media report , another ship with oil smuggling has been detained off the southern coast of the islamic republic. an investigation is being carried out last week. iran detained two greek tankers in the persian gulf , it is assumed that this was a response to the confiscation by athens of iranian oil, which was transported by the tanker mladna under the russian flag the ship was detained by the greek authorities on charges of violating anti-russian sanctions, as stated in the iranian foreign ministry tehran tried to solve the problem through dipl

these topics were central to olaf scholz's keynote address. the pandemic and russia's war against ukraine are threatening to roll back progress made over the last decade. most dramatic is the fight against hunger and poverty. we are risking the world's biggest famine in decades if we don't respond decisively. we launched an alliance for global food security with the bank. germany has set aside nearly half of that in euros. the global food crisis is a major risk for poor countries in asia and africa. quick countries are struggling with climate change. another additional 100 million people will go hungry. this could be really serious. >> as the world's most powerful players leave davos, the focus will turn to put their plans into motion. >> this was a fundamentally different event. did it bring fundamentally different insights? >> what was possible with davos this year? if we take a step back, it may make a sense why it is rich with the luxury here in the mountains. right now, everything from the wharton ukraine to the ongoing pandemic. a loomin

german chancellor olaf scholz plans to invite india's prime minister as a special guest to a group of leaders summit held in germany next month. it is a bid to sway germany -- sway india into joining the alliance. we are joined by our government reporter. is the g7 invite, how significant is this in terms of a gesture to india? >> i think it is a strong gesture basically to invite india to the g7 meeting. but it is behind the backdrop of russia, and the growing fear, especially here in berlin, that after russia, the world is getting more divided into two separate blocks. obviously everybody is watching very closely what india is currently doing and they are remaining neutral but not applying the sanctions and not condemning russia. there has been a debate of how to basically treat russia and india in this context. at the beginning, germany was considering not inviting india and somewhat punishing india. but i think olaf scholz has turned around, given the strong independence of germany on international trade, on asia and india, that he does want to reach out and send a clear signal th

he met earlier with olaf scholz. trying to convince india to rethink its close ties with russia. let's go to berlin. our reporter joins us from there. is there a perception in berlin that india is in russia's camp, or maybe that modi and india can be peeled away from vladimir putin? >> i do think there is a perception that they can, maybe not now, but in the medium to long run, we'd india over -- win india over. there is an economic interdependence and india had some interest in keeping ties to the western world as well as europe. this is what they are hoping and working on. creating this difficult situation where india has not supported the sanction regime and is not condemning russia, but is reaching out with an offer in terms of economic, in terms of training for labor and exchange of labor. it will attract india back into western -- gina: can you talk about the size of this deal? how much can a deal between russia and india make up for loss of trade between russia and terminate? birgit: at the moment, germany can

he drew the attention of olaf scholz to the fact that the ukrainian neo-nazis continue to grossly violatew and resort to inhuman terrorist methods. the fsb prevented a terrorist attack on victory day in a shopping and entertainment center in sochi, as reported in the public relations center of the department, a russian citizen born in 1991, a supporter of ideology, neo-nazism and massacres, was detained he was preparing an armed attack on may 9. during the arrest, the man admitted that he wanted to kill more than 50 people at home, a revolver with ammunition, an f1 grenade, edged weapons and a handwritten plan of the planned crime were seized from the criminal. they initiated preparations for a terrorist act under the article. russia has declared ten romanian diplomats, as well as one employee of the bulgarian embassy in moscow, persona non grata in response, accepted by the bulgarian and romanian sides. nothing motivated the decision to declare russian diplomats persona non grata according to the words of these republics was today invited to smolenskaya square, where notes of protest wer

the un and the international committee of the red cross vladimir putin also drew the attention of olafolz to the fact that ukrainian neo-nazis continue to flagrantly violate the norms of international law and resort to humane terrorist methods the german side reported in the press service of the kremlin the fsb prevented a terrorist attack on victory day in a shopping and entertainment center in sochi, as reported in the public relations center of the department, a russian citizen born in 1991 was detained a supporter of the ideology of neo-nazism and mass murder, he was preparing an armed attack on may 9 during the detention of a man admitted that he wanted to kill more than 50 people at home, a revolver, ammunition, an f1 grenade, edged weapons and a handwritten plan of the planned crime were confiscated from the criminal criminal case. they initiated preparations for a terrorist act under the article. the riga city council at this moment at an extraordinary meeting decides on the demolition of the monument to soviet soldiers in victory park, the chairman of the legislative assembly

from the world economic forum, this is 45 minutes. >> good morning. >> dear chancellor, esther olaf scholz, it is an honor for me to welcome you in your first year in office. we gather here at a critical moment. as we have seen throughout the many discussions this week. it is a critical moment for europe and the international community. following the russian aggression against ukraine, the world has changed abruptly. germany has also seen a watershed moment with far-reaching consequences for german, european, foreign and security policy. request since taking office mr. chancellor, you have worked tirelessly to secure peace, freedom and democracy. in these tragic times, the world needs to see a new era of verbal responsibility and cooperation to meet the monumental challenges that we face. a strong europe is crucial to this end. this is why we are looking forward to your participation this year. once again, welcome, chancellor. >> professor, ladies and gentlemen, when someone like me who has grown up in hamburg comes to diverse, my thoughts turned to the novel the magic mountain. at least t

we begin the day with german chancellor, olaf, schultz, and white. today he may have felt white. the lonely leader in the west shows delivered the closing address at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, a meeting where the globe's economic and political leaders traditionally rub elbows, meet and greet. but not this year. sholtes was the only leader of all the g 7 countries who traveled to dogs this year. and the jury is still out on what being the only one there means or symbolizes the world's leaders, especially in europe and the u. s. they're busy dealing with the board ukraine, broken global supply chains and soaring inflation. that's fair enough, but that did not keep ukrainian president zalinski from zooming with the movers and shakers in davos, still among western leaders. schultz was the only one he bothered to show up. we have this report tonight, discussion of the worn ukraine and its effects dominated this. here is world economic forum. participants examined solutions for the leading global threats, food insecurity, energy, and the range of economic crises. t

also coming up, german chancellor, olaf short says he will not accept a piece dictated by vladimir putin in a speech to parliament. he also bows to help cut europe's dependents on russian energy. plus a d w exclusive investigation poses this question is europe helping modernize china's army we joined a team of investigative journalists who uncovered links between european academia and chinese universities that are fostering a fusion between the military and civil society. ah, i'm mixed by sir. welcome to the program. russia says a total of $1700.00 ukrainian fighters have now surrendered at the us off stall steel plant and mario paul. if confirmed that would be $700.00 more since wednesday . boscoe says most have been taken to a prison colony in russian controlled territory. while the injured are in hospital, these images come from russia's defense ministry, the international red cross as it has registered hundreds of prisoners of war from this deal. plants including wounded fighters, keep hopes to get the soldiers back in a prisoner's swap while moscow has threatened to put some on tria

in the 1st days of the war, there were several calls between olaf schultz and vladimir putin. the last one at the end of march. now, after weeks of radio silence, the german chancellor was back on the phone with the russian president. the kremlin confirmed that the call had been initiated by the germans. earlier all of shots had informed lawmakers of the shuttle conversation in the defense committee meeting. the 2 leaders spoke for 75 minutes. in a tweet, the chancellor said he urged putin to reach a cease fire agreement as quickly as possible. he rejected the criminal claims that nazis ruled ukraine and reminded putin of russia's responsibilities as a major global food supplier. sholtes also called on the kremlin to improve the humanitarian situation on the ground in ukraine. putin agreed that the discussion would be continued through various channels, possibly assign of more phone calls to come. while at a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in ukraine, in germany, rather ukraine accused russia of preferring wars to talks. attending the summit as a gas ukrainian foreign ministe

but olaf, schultz did not use the stage at the world economic forum to meet ukraine's requests for more weapons. also coming up russia steps of its attacks in eastern ukraine multiple times and cities are hit by intense shadowing. as moscow focuses on, capturing the don boss region and a vigil for the victims of america's worst school shooting in a decade. the massacre has renewed the debate over gun violence in the united states. ah, i'm pablo felice. welcome to the program. german chancellor, all of sholtes, has said that russia's presidents out of mere putin cannot be alive to win the war in ukraine. giving a special address at the world economic form in davos, switzerland, sholtes underlined. his support for ukraine pledging that germany would end its reliance on russian oil and gas. but he didn't deliver on ukraine's class to supply more weapons. shells said rushes, war shows that the world's democracies need to work together to confront global threat. like climate change and food security, they said on that seo, our goal is crystal clear. putin must not win this war on the communi

russia's war looms large over the german chance was 3 country tour of africa in an exclusive interview. olaf shoulds tells the w about the help ballad is offering the content. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. germany's foreign ministry is calling for a transference investigation. after more evidence emerged of china's brutal crack down on its predominantly muslim wiggle minority, a cache of documents which has become known as asians young police files has been linked to international media. include photographs said to have been taken inside the provinces of mass incarceration facilities. of this report contained some distressing images. armed security forces taking a prisoner away. they hold a chair during interrogation, which human rights watch says is used for torture. these disturbing images are from chinese and turman camps in the administrative district of tion. shawn. in 2018. they allegedly show how brutally china treats us weaker minority. the photos were sent to china, researcher utley. and since he sent, they came from computers belonging to the ministry of public security

that was the blunder, criticism directed at olaf shouts from ukraine's ambassador to germany, who was angered at the taunton. his refusal to visit king of the back up to that being the recent snubbing by ukrainian authorities of a plan visit by the german president last month. acting like an offended liver, worst doesn't sound very statesmanlike. were talking about the most brutal war of extermination since the nazi attack on ukraine. this is not child's play. the ambassador's comments came shortly after tantalus schultz told the media that keith's refusal to host the german president frank walter stein maya stood in the way of his own visit. ukraine had earlier criticised mister stein meyer for his relations with moscow, while or slamming germany for providing they say insufficient military support, despite berlin pledging to provide more lethal aid. in late april, german author and blogger, thomas hooper says, this is not the 1st time that the ukrainian ambassador has lashed out at germany and suffered no consequences. i would call him scandal from this, from this ambassador. he ask

opinion across western countries. german intellectuals and artists have written an open letter to olaf sholtes, urging the chancellor not to risk world war 3 by supplying more heavy weapons to ukraine. we are convinced that 2 such dividing lies have now been reached. first, the categorical prohibition known exception and manifest risk of this war escalades and into a nuclear conflicts. the delivery of large quantities of heavy weapons however, could make germany itself reported to the war. the latter also urges olaf sholtes to do all he can to ensure that a sci fi is reached with germany making a decisive contribution to a solution that they say will stand up to the judgment of history. yet this stuff seems to have landed the magazine in hot water. hi, alice schwartz are your call for ukraine. surrender means that your celebrated feminism is just a front, a fake to accept the mass, rape of ukrainian women by russian soldiers as pure cynicism. i don't want any one in the right mind buying your shoddy emma, the letter states. we hope that a compromise can be reached as soon as possible t

in the end, german chancellor olaf-sholt said that they themselves lacked tank forces.event the head of the german foreign ministry from meeting berbog and promising zelensky three boxes. wave fed illusions of the president of ukraine and promised them modern tanks and howitzers zelensky, as usual, enthusiastically accepted the information that nothing new for politicians, in whose country victories in computer games are passed off as a real victory, and this is how a group of women in iceland are obviously setting up for money anti-russian rally on the channel. these are the very sincere sufferings for ukraine that the girls tried to show in the river from the daub, either with ketchup, or with paint, or maybe even with raspberry syrup, laughed and rejoiced, while they were being prepared, alleged, heartbreaking photo shoots, suffering and anguish. on these bright faces appear only on command, the engine of simulated empathy. however. nothing new again, a complete lie and provocation, the myth of united ukraine, which is trying so hard to support propaganda, seems to b

let's listen to what the chancellor of the federal republic of germany, olaf-scholz, recently said duringks with french president manuel macron. our demand is that the negotiations be restarted, that the negotiations between russia and ukraine become more specifically, in order for them to reach an agreement very quickly, it is important that there is no new growth of escalation. in any case, as far as the territory is concerned, what will really happen in ukraine is something we will see, more precisely, in the coming days and weeks. well, almost the same statement. we will no longer quote him, but immanuel macron did. he stated that in no case should the escalation of the ukrainian conflict be allowed and that it should actually be completed precisely through negotiations, ivan alekseevich, first. how can you comment this is the most obvious just a difference in rhetoric between a barrel that should reflect a common denominator, yes, and what e what olaf-scholz and er, immunoilkron are talking about and if the barrel reflects an american point of view, and not a european point of view,