i was steven piper, a former us diplomat and senior fellow at the brookings institution talking to us earlier. now, like lots of countries, turkey is grappling with a surgeon of coven infections. fueled by the army kron variant. the government's latest pandemic weapon, home grown vaccine called turco back. the new jabbered received emergency approval last month, but some experts say its effectiveness hasn't been proven. to w correspondent julia han reports from miss dumble queuing for a world prim. yet, at this a stumble hospital, people have been receiving the taco vac vaccine. since the beginning of the year, the 1st cove at 19 jack developed and produced in turkey to co opt. you can do to go, i have more trust until callback than in other vaccines because it's made by my own country. it is still there to go up to more. i wish they had launched her go back sooner. i would have gotten it for all my shots school that looked them to believe me. some other i haven't been vaccinated at all until today. i waited for turco box because i trust our turkish scientists more than those abroad.

steven piper, former u. s. diplomat and senior fellow at the brookings institute, talking to us earlier at the africa cup of nations under dogs, camaros pulled off a surprise victory over favorites, gonna knocking them out of the competition in the process. there were celebrations in the capital city of maroney. as the side claimed a rita to win a small island nation has never qualified, qualified for african war. and now have a chance progressing through the group stages of the results go their way. don't forget, you can always get, you know, be news on the go, just download our app from where you get your apps. that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and if you're part of a new story, you can also use the d w app to finish photos and videos, what's happening. and since you're up to date for now up next d w business with chelsea delaney, you can also stay up to date on our website. that's d w dot com on instagram twitter handl

s. diplomat steven piper. they're talking to us earlier, museums and concert halls in the netherlands, have been offering haircuts, and manicures and a protest against grown of iris restrictions, as because the government recently used restrictions for small businesses such as hair salons, but not for cultural venues. they've been shut since mid september, much to the dismay of many dutch ah, it's a different kind of in to met. so at this concert hall and amsterdam, the orchestra plays 2nd fiddle to a pair of hair dressers. yes, it will say it's so beautiful to, to be here. now in these days where there's no possibility for o. predict the culture sector, the netherlands was put on to lockdown in mid december due to record coven 19 cases . hair dressers, beauty salons and gyms have now been allied to reopen museums, concert halls, and other cultural venues, have not in a protest, action called hare saloon. stages and galleries were turned into small beauty parlors or yoga studios. or at the famous vanguard muse

my 1st guess deny and steven piper, he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution. he spent a quarter of a century with the u. s. state department and foreign service, he joins me tonight for morgan hill in california. it's good to have you back your on the program. let me ask you when you look at what lincoln offered ukraine today, basically more weapons. is that what he have wanted? most of all well, i think russia has tried to frame this crisis as nato russia, but it's really about ukraine. so it's a good thing that secretary lincoln was there to underscore american and western support for ukraine, but also to talk about more american defense supplies. as a way to help the ukrainians better have their keep, improve their capability to defend themselves in the event of a russian attack. and that's part of an effort to deter and dissuade moscow from attacking in the 1st place. you tweeted earlier today that it looks as if vladimir putin has painted himself into a corner where the only way out now that seems feasible is military action. do you think that wards the o

earlier i spoke with steven piper, he's a former us diplomat. he's now a senior fellow at the brookings institution. and we spoke about washington's diplomatic strategy and how the u. s. and its allies can prevent aggression from moscow. i think russia has tried to frame this crisis as nato russia, but it's really about ukraine. so it's a good thing that secretary lincoln was there to underscore american and western support for ukraine, but also to talk about more american defense supplies as a way to help the ukrainians better have their keep, improve their capability to defend themselves. in the event of a russian attack, and that's part of an effort to deter and dissuade moscow from attacking in the 1st place. i think that the message that needs to be sent to the russians is that, well, there are some issues that can be negotiated like the questions on strike systems in europe or exercises. ah, that the west is not going to say now, even though there is no enthusiasm within native now for putting you can on a membership track. nato is not goi