that's the equivalent of a foreign and defense ministry. you foreign policy chief? yes it burrell. as an officer, his windows was smashed. well, wasn't in at the time, but he did later visit the site and condemned what he called the senseless destruction and violence over the weekend. germany saw hundreds rounding against restrictions to police in ra, get to be seen detaining protesters to him, and he still pushing ahead with plans to make bank sedation mandatory departments to the base issue. this week. friends also saw protests in the capital against the new vaccine pass coming into force today that will be required to and the public places. and unlike the previous health pass, a negative p c on test will no longer be accept legacy mandates have been causing havoc across the pond. 2 candidates been hit by supply chain disruptions due to a shortage of truckers. and that's after a cove advantage. the mandate took effect applying to drivers, crossing to and from the us. people flooded twitter with images of n t shelves across canada. but one m p was quick to rebuff. claims such a su

he's the research director of the european council on foreign relations. he's a former advisor at the us state department. germans good to have you on the program. let me start by getting your read on this latest news that john, secretary of state lincoln and russian foreign minister laboratory will meet this coming friday in geneva. what do you think? that means that the diplomatic track is still good news, but as your report made very clear there's, it's not clear that the 2 sides have gotten any closer together. they are really, i think, feeling each other out, threatening each other, demanding that side, show their cards. first and both sides have been very reluctant to make any movement but with. ready what do you make of the the german rush to double down on diplomacy, the former german chance or miracle she was. she was considered the protein whisper were if you will in times of crisis. do you think the new government with chancellor? oh schultz. can they offer this type of breach and insight? i hear that they can do that. yeah, i'm not entirely cle

the russian, deputy foreign minister said that the printer's play preliminary talks is very wide range and talks very had over dinner, were complex. but business like the out of this is a report from the russian, russian media. so my translation, i mean, you know, i'm not entirely sure of it. it says a, he does, the russian deputy foreman said he doesn't think there will be a waste of time in vain. but barbara talks will be a waste of time in vain, or something there about in translation. at least 19 people, including children, have died after a fire till through a high rise building in new york. dozens more were taken to hospital after suffering, smoke, inhalation. during the blaze in the bronx, a faulty electric heater is thought to have been behind the devastation. an air strikes in myanmar believes we cared up by the military or ongoing the targets of recent attacks in the capital kaya in the capital of kyle state law, gal, or, and clay violence, there has been escalating since the military took over. in february. tony chang has more from bangkok. well, we heard the continued over

and what we saw the day we had the german foreign minister in moscow. we had the new german chancellor at nato headquarters b. these are, this is the highest ranking you can get from germany dealing with a crisis of this level. are we getting the same message here that's coming from this new government? i mean, is germany going to walk the walk and not just talk the talk when it comes to punishing russia? if an invasion of ukraine takes place? we see the question pot most certainly is enough. coalescing around the same message, i think for the longest time, all of shows jeremy's chancellor was reluctant to put notes for him to on the table as a deterrent towards where you're rushing aggression against ukraine. back in december, he said that motioning to was a private sector project didn't have any political geopolitical relevance today in his oppressor, with what's installed burke, he said that everything would be up for discussion. if, if russia attacked you crane a message at the greens and the f t p, the 2 other quotient partners off, germany's new c

the british foreign office seems confused. i've been under russian sanctions since 2018 due to a conflict with victrum advert shook. my family's assets are frozen. there had the united kingdom secret services and foreign office can square that with russia supposedly wanting to make me the head of an occupation government. that's the question for mr. bean. london's not just spreading questionable stories about modern ukraine though the day before this story broke and added to the hysteria of russian invasion fantasies. the u. k. foreign secretary liz trust gave a speech praising ukraine for its resilience against invasions of the past. we urge president painted to desist and step back from ukraine before he makes a massive strategic mistake. ukraine is a proud country with a long history. they have known invading forces before from the mongols to the tosses. unfortunately for trust though, she also demonstrated a lack of understanding of the regions history. the mon goals and todd hers were one in the same invasion force, often

the british foreign office seems confused. i've been under russian sanctions since 2018 due to a conflict with victor med which shook my family's assets are frozen there. how the united kingdom, secret services and foreign office can square that with russia supposedly wanting to make me the head of an occupation government. that's the question for mister bean. london's not just spreading questionable stories about modern ukraine though the day before this story broke and added to the hysteria of russian invasion fantasies. the you case, foreign secretary liz trusts, gave a speech praising ukraine for its resilience against invasions of the past. we urge president painted to desist and step back from ukraine before he makes a massive strategic mistake. ukraine is a proud country with a long history. they have known invading forces before from the mongols to the tosses. unfortunately for trust though, she also demonstrated a lack of understanding of the region history. the mon goals and tars were one in the same invasion force,

what happens domestically has an impact on foreign policy and foreign issues. how we react or other countries do. it seems to me right now the threat to democracy in this country seems to rise so high that it's impossible impact how other countries see us and how they decide to react to some of the crises or some of the threats that we have identified really has to be considered. i would be interested in your comments on that. jeh: agree 100%. best i can say. i agree 100% with the comment. anybody others have a view. paul: i can add it's a huge distraction to the president and senior advisors if a country's polarized as a result of unrest and civil division in the country. it also underlines our moral standing around the world to project our values on issues. it's a huge relevance. you cannot underestimate it. as richard, the president of c.f.r., reminds us we really do have to put our house in order if we really want to address many of these foreign policy issues in an effective manner. jeh: if we had another 9/11 i worry there would be a basic argument about

the ahorities claim the protests were hijacked by terrorists, including foreign trained militants. but they presented little evidence of that. the president of kazakhstan says constituonal order has been restored. threat to his country's security averted. but the memory of what happened here want to be erased quickly and questions remain about who is behind the violence. he says he saw a suspicious group joining the protesters. >> some aggressive guys turned up with sticks and clubs. they were on every street corner and they were directing eryone to the main square. it was building up to something. >> early indications that fueling the violence in the streets was a power struggle between the president on the right and groups loyal to his predecessor. >> these gangs wmostly linked to t people in the security svice which is said committed state treason by sending these bandits out of the rampage. >> there are victims on all sides. in kazakhstan, they call these the black days. perhaps until the question why is fully answered, these will remain uncertain times. steve rosenberg, bbc ne

the foreign ministry says there's been a long record of russian cyber attacks in the past. has been recent tension after moscow sent troops to its board with ukraine. russia's foreign minister, so guy level of says his country is prepared to respond. if western nations reject moscow's security proposals, he wants to be have the in writing to demands, including limits to nato expansion, several rounds of talks to ease the crisis in east and ukraine have been taking place this week. but the most volatile is, i've spoken to. we have talked about the fact that such an approach is acceptable and we cannot approve of such were union literal interpretation of security guarantees. so we expect a response from our colleagues in writing, just like we did because we have submitted our proposals in writing and will continue working to be prepared for any kind of developments. you're convinced that if there's google and if there is will compromise. one can always find mutual acceptable solutions. jabari has more for moscow. russia's patience with actions as the west is done, basically.

apparently not ca, rules out foreign attacks after probing for a year. we assess, it is unlikely that a foreign actor, including russia, is conducting a sustained worldwide campaign, harming us personnel with a weapon or mechanism. mysterious illnesses have been targeting u. s. officials abroad since 2017, causing hearing unexplained sounds, headache, and nausea. attacks of an invisible enemy, secret microwave weapons, cricket wading noises. majority of cases turn out to lead caused by medical, environmental and technical factors. time to close the case. think again, with 2 dozen unexplained cases, there's still room for conspiracy theories watching out international thanks the company to south, and i'm just coming up to hop on 5 it moscow. we're back again with more stories at the top. ah, on this addition to the paragraph, we discuss the ongoing nato, russia pensions. we ask, what is nato strategy? also, what is russia strategy dealing with nato, the sport expansion? and what are the likely outcomes for both? join me every thursday on the alex simon, s

, the foreign office of the u.k. government is an indication that it is the nato members led by the, quote, anglo axon nations who are -- anglo-saxon nations who are escalating tensions around ukraine. we urge the foreign office to cease these activities. well, the kremlin plot story is not getting much play here on tv news in moscow, but this story sure is. the head of germany's navy having to resign after saying at a think tank conference in india that ukraine will never get cry crimea back. he says he said it in an informal capacity, and he also basically accused the west of not handling russian president vladimir putin very skillfully. >> and if someone respects -- [inaudible] so if i was asked if it's easy to even give him the respect he really demands and probably also dedeserves. >> reporter: people here say the feeling is mutual and that putin doesn't respect the west much either anymore at point after years of of building tensions as speculation builds about the end game here. people i've spoken to in moscow

so that's as far as we got with the german foreign minister at the moment. again, we have some issues with our translation there, which is why we just pulled out of that. as soon as antony blinking starts to speak in english, we will dip into that live. and i've just heard that the translation is working. so let's see if we can listen and again it with the protective shield. and this is expressly true in cases where this might have economic consequences for ourselves. very often you have been asking us as we are engaging in these formats, you have asked us if these are engagements, have only meant a mini mil. see the plans for all of us. they're taking one millimeter by millimeter. we will continue to do, sir, because each and every millimeter is worth while our every, every 1000000 meter means a little bit greater security for the people in europe. and that i believe is the most important task politicians to provide for that security. nato secretary general started back yesterday in y state our allies and russia to attend further meetings of the nato, russi

he said it is hard to comment on the foreign office statement. but wasser also said this was misinformation from the office, and accuses them of escalating tensions. i guess the important point is it as part of the narrative from the uk. -- part of the narrative from the uk. —— russia also said. one of the people the uk said is helping, he was also sanctioned by america on thursday folsom will accusations. so both america and the uk are adding to the arming of the ukrainians with this kind of narrative about president putin's intentions.— about president putin's intentions. , intentions. yesterday we were talkinu intentions. yesterday we were talking about _ intentions. yesterday we were talking about the _ intentions. yesterday we were talking about the meeting - intentions. yesterday we were talking about the meeting in l talking about the meeting in geneva between the american secretary of state and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov role, diplomacy but then a lot of harsh words.— a lot of harsh words. what can we look at _ a lot of

the foreign minister is going to address it shortly. we believe, but there has been nearly a 100000 russian troops near the border with ukraine since early late last year. and we saw the footage of them doing practice drills with the tanks on wednesday. and this continues in there is a sense that this is going to escalate, but certainly all sides are trying to find a way forward to trying to avoid ad that scenario or a dose jabbar there for us in moscow. thank you. the u. s. supreme court has blocks the biden administration's vaccine or test mandate for large companies. the plan would have forced nearly $80000000.00 americans to get coven 19 jobs, or take regular tests. if they worked for a company with more than $100.00 employees, the court voted $6.00 to $3.00 against the mandate saying it's an improper imposition on the lives and health of those affect it. but it's ruled health care workers can be mandated to get the job that makes it a legal requirement for more than 10000000 people in the sector. the rulings came as president biden

we're following for you and give german foreign minister on. i lena bear. bach has underlined her countries support for ukraine's sovereignty. she said, germany is ready for serious dialogue with russia to deescalate the border crisis. that's it. you're up to date of next business news with chelsea, delaney and you can stay up to date on our website. that's d, w dot com and instagram and twitter to our handle. there is dw news. i am ami and isa, thanks for joining us.

and that the agenda has already been set for the russian foreign minister survey law will be meeting his american counterpart in geneva on friday. and they are expecting concrete answers, written responses to rushes, demands from nato and the u. s. in terms of security assurances that nato will not further expand eastward something that this country finds unacceptable and will not tolerate dosage of our most k thanks very much less because they went to washington dc. rosalind jordan is standing by force and roles when he reassuring was from mr. lincoln to president lensky. but there was a warning way to focus on the big picture in the region and not focus on the domestic woes that president lensky is experiencing right now. that's right, and we just got a read out from the state department indicating that the focus of the meeting between the secretary of state antony blanket and vladimir zalinski. the ukranian president was on trying to do everything possible to diffuse tensions with russia, underscoring of the u. s is support for ukraine sovereignty and indicating that tell us would

we saw it today, the new foreign minister in moscow. the new german chancellor, hosting the head of nato, their messages solidarity with key up in unity for washington. for europe's largest economy. these are promises that could be expensive to keep. i, bird, golf, and berlin. this is the day ah, next buckingham, the man, the last few weeks, more than 100000 russian soldier, have gathered me other ukrainian ladonna, obese, needed. we cannot accept any demands regarding the actions of our own armed forces on our own land. resuming nato allies, kohler shot to de escalate. it is difficult not to interpret this as a threat because we don't threaten anybody with anything, but we do have a threats address to us so that us on. and the further aggression will come with a high cost for moscow. the german government did not to the situation. he does it, but it cannot and will not acknowledge the pennant when bad. yeah. out the custody also coming up china's policy of 0 cove and apparently now includes getting rid of a pet or 2 in hong kong. the o

but he said that it turned into unrest due to the present, the foreign trained or foreign militant that extend the offer no of them at all for that. and in fact, that seems to be the result. more of intro, leaf, fighting in our struggle with the government. bruce, thank you very much. that was bruce pioneer, central asia specialist with radio free europe and radio liberty talking to us from proc sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. why lateral talks between russia and the u. s. ended with no breakthrough in geneva on monday discussions focused on di escalating tensions over ukraine. western countries are calling on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border. moscow once a guarantee from nato, the military alliance will not expand eastwards. the president of the european parliament, david sali has died at the age of $65.00. as office said he passed away after a serious complication related to his immune system. the italian center, left politician had been in hospital since december 26 and staff working for a british prime minister boris j

speaking difference 24 on friday mali's foreign minister -- >> [speaking foreign language] >> task force takuba has been a key element in france's effort to reduce its own military footprint ast winds down its operation, a decade long effort that has failed to curb the spread of jihadi groups. it is casting doubt on the future of european efforts in anti-terror efforts road sub-saharan africa. >> in syria there has been continued violence. u.s.-backed kurdish fighters have been searching for islamic group militants, and urge those hiding in prison to give themselves up. they temporarily freed hundreds being held there, most of been recaptured by kurdish forces, thousands of residences have been displaced by the fighting. we hear more about the prison at the center of that violence. >> we know that in this penitentiary there were up to 3500 to 4000 men who were held, among them 700 men under age, as young as 11 and 12 years old in the midst of this combat situation. the detention facility is very harsh. the were many syrian and iraqi's them. also as i toldou, some westerners, foreigners,

c sent a request to the british foreign office, asking them to clarify their allegations. and we also talk to our drill castle into a political risk consultant and lawyer. and he says the allegation stem from london's own political crisis, brittle less you sometime ago, and it's 6 for its place in the world. we know that the global writ written project appears to be a force that we know that the currency or is johnson, is having a very serious trouble. and in my opinion, what the british government is doing through the british intelligence is to, i mean, to say it's place within the u. s. framework to contain russia. also, we have to bear in mind, at least for us, is aiming to step into boys johnson shoes. is a big advantage we'll have to go in february and one more time through russia and portray, has a totally read leader who can, you know, stood up to kremlin. and to put in this, all the politics within the tory party and national politics in the u. k, so yes, it is a distraction and it's not only the u. k, the moscow believes is bogged down in fake news. just hours ahe

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he said it is hard to comment on the foreign 0ffice statement. but russia also said this was misinformation from the foreign office, and accuses them of escalating tensions. i guess the important point is it as part of the narrative from the uk. one of the people the uk said is helping, he was also sanctioned by america on thursday folsom on thursday for similar accusations. so both america and the uk are adding to the arming of the ukrainians with this kind of narrative about president putin's intentions. yesterday we were talking about the meeting in geneva between the american secretary of state and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, diplomacy but then a lot of harsh words. what can we look at if we think about the week ahead? that diplomacy didn't get very far last week, it continues this week with a visit from the british defence secretary to moscow to visit his counterpart there, the first meeting in nine years. and america has this written answer it has promised the russians, responding to their far—reaching demands, for example tryi

the label foreign agent, not only to turn advertisements, but also the thought of and contributed. however, it doesn't appear to have put off medusa. as audience. donations from a 100000 readers have kept the outlet afloat for now. visually, intellectually to lessen, did the, i'd say our audience even got slightly bigger because everyone was suddenly interested in how this russian fought an agent twice this repression meeting have compassion for us. and we had a successful crowd funding campaign. if this whole story of enemies of the people, foreign agents, and undesirable organizations had been put in motion 5 years ago. when people still trusted the government, it would have had an effect. but now i think it's very limited. emotional shalise, bmw, bally's, russian youth consumers with the choice john live and produced by what the kremlin fees of loyal patriot or that produced by trade of the foreign agent law for i forgot to do 2012, an expanded federal time thing is being used against almost anyone to receive money from abroad and both a political opinion. ah, but many of the cr

they look to foreign shores, to go and looks tough _ foreign shores, to go and looks tough and _ foreign shores, to go and looks tough and look as though they are dealing _ tough and look as though they are dealing with bigger issues and even have not— dealing with bigger issues and even have not gone to deal with —— time to do— have not gone to deal with —— time to do with — have not gone to deal with —— time to do with lexi to little things like top—secret documents being left around _ like top—secret documents being left around or— like top—secret documents being left around or parties during lockdown, so i'rn _ around or parties during lockdown, so i'rn afraid — around or parties during lockdown, so i'm afraid i take a cynical view on this — so i'm afraid i take a cynical view on this. there are questions about what _ on this. there are questions about what is _ on this. there are questions about what is going on in ukraine and what putin's_ what is going on in ukraine and what putin's endgame is, because europe is not _ putin's endgame is, because europ

bended both local and foreign cars. that's why they have to be destroyed, and there will be done sooner. well, the forest walker has more phone tbilisi in georgia. its sinister, almost the kind of language that he uses with his broad brush to refer to it seems almost every one that has been out on the streets of our mattie. and yet, i mean to paint a picture of, of the kind of reaction to the shooting it's been going on from peaceful protest is who we saw them putting up balance saying, you know, we are civilians, we are not terrorists, please don't shoot civilians. that said it's, it's a very complex picture and they do appear to be both well organized, work on them so that we're putting up stiff resistance to the security forces. and those people that president foreclosure is specifically referring to that we have seen across because x people coming out and peacefully protesting against the system against the political entrenched political system that is really stagnated and hasn't. and there is no space school opposi

lincoln will also hold talks with his german, french, and british counterparts or meeting russia's foreign minister on friday is as dw news, you can get more on our website. that's d w dot com. ah, ah. russia, his position to 100000 troops along its border with ukraine. that figure could easily and quickly be double. a sobering morning today from u. s. secretary of state entity blinking about the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine blinkin was in key of to day tomorrow. he'll be here in berlin friday in geneva. 3 stops in what is looking like a final diplomatic sprint with de escalation at the finish line. tonight, there are signals coming from moscow that it has no plans to start a war in europe, backyard. i'm broke off in berlin. this is the day. ah, man, we've made very clear to moscow that if it chooses to renew aggression against it against ukraine, it will be met and it will face very similar consequences. we will not attack strike in lead quote, unquote, whatever ukraine the president asked me to come now to both reaffirm our own community grain to consult closely with his leade

so russia's foreign minister says appropriate measures were taken. if the u. s. fails to respond to security demands. moscow ones guarantees that ukraine will not join nato under the military alliance will not expand further into former soviet republics. ukrainian foreign minister admits the number of russian troops a mast at the border is a direct threat, but says it's insufficient for a full scale attack. mushers millage has been holding military drills to ensure the army is combat ready. do k prime ministers continue to resist coals by emptiness to resign? bullets? johnson refused to comment on an investigation into whether his government held parties during locked on the findings that are expected to be published sooner. so the coalition fighting in yemen has lodged airstrikes in the capital, so not the targets included who the military sites, as well as a national tv and radio tower. that's out the who. the rebels who control the capital, far more missiles towards abu dhabi in the united arab emirates on monday, the u. e says it intercepted and destroyed

an substances will start with the russian foreign minister said gala for of low. he was 1st to give his press conference. after the meeting wrapped up, he said that washington had promised to provide an answer in writing 2 security concerns that had been presented by moscow to their u. s. partners. now he said that these weren't just security concerns focusing on ukraine. they were for the wider european area. he said that the future of these talks would depend on the response from the united states there. but he said that the diplomatic doors pretty much remained open. it's worth pointing out. there was no major movement on any of the, the big sticking points during and these talk certainly what the representatives thief, a foreign minister in the, a secretary state had to say, there was tow major and tectonic shifts in where the risk respective countries stand. what we did here though, from the russian foreign minister, as he addressed questions from the u. s. media with him say that there was no intention from moscow for them to invade ukraine at any time. why

a big claim from the british foreign office. but not a shred of evidence put forward to back it up at the end of its midnight embargo. the tale of an apparent russian plot to install a puppet government and key of made its way across british headlines. and some of its details were more than fishy enough to raise a few eyebrows. confusion over u. k. claim that potent plants, coo and ukraine. foreign office claim of plot to instill pro masika government and cave comes with scant detail. it's unclear what means britain believes russia might use to install a friendly government in keith. the u. k. government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment without providing evidence to back it up. the u. k. foreign offices press release had more than a few inconsistencies take. if danny mariah former ukrainian m. p, he cited as moscow's potential candidate to replace the current president vladimir zalinski except more i of his on russia's sanctions list. on top of that, his party failed to even passed the last parliamentary electi

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we see this not today with, with the german foreign minister. i'm talking with the ukranian count about the discussions between american and russian and ukrainian officials, other nato allies have engaged and ukraine as well. so they have a certain ongoing consultation process with ukraine. of course. unfortunately, there's a certain perception that you're right to point out that that discussion. so happening over the heads of ukrainians. there's also some perceptions and interest in other parts of europe. that discussions between the us and russia happening over the heads of europeans, particularly support l. u, so called foreign minister, was quite unhappy to, to, to notice that, that fact that you're not playing any sort of meaningful role. i think the worries are, are been overplayed here because russia is engaging mostly with the united states at the top as a, as a peer up the united states and wants to be seen for prestige reason does appear at nuclear and i'll certainly plays a role here and not, it's not, it's not, you know, particularly

authority, the made america leader sucker fudge. sham of effective inter a couple of hours, russia foreign minister on big us secretary of state will meet in geneva, full crucial regional security, told me to escalate intentions over ukraine. bloss go speak out against america, the parents defamation of our t on fellow news agency. sputnik of the washington accuses them of spreading this information. we examined the allegation report claims to pull my pipe. bennett takes me 60, failed to take action allegations of sexual abuse among the clergy and the job and city of new nick on friday. the alleged victim of sexual abuse by a priest says how church officials are paid unconcerned when he reported the incidents. on 5th avenue tragedy a much among londoners is plans to build a high rise next to the ill fated grenville tower seemed to be following the same safety regulations. we spoke to a man who loves his family. in the 2017 grandfather blanks. it's like is it will tell you the old prophets before lives. i'm just calling huffman. when we're left with a very good morning to you for my team he

but he said that it turned into unrest due to the present, the foreign trained or foreign militant that extend the offer no of them at all for that. and in fact, it seems to be the result, more of intro, leaf, fighting, and our struggle with the government. bruce, thank you very much. that was bruce pioneer as central asia, specialists with radio free europe and radio libertine talking to us from proc sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. the president of the european parliament, david sus holly, has died at the age of $65.00. is office said he passed away after a serious complication related to his immune system. the italian center left politician had been in hospital since december 26. north korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile. it's this 2nd missile launch in less than a week, underscoring north korean leader kim jong ones pledge to bolster the countries defenseless name. south korea said the new miss out may be more capable than the one launch 6 days ago. become a flyer in a slum district near the northern chile and city of it k has destro

apparently not ca, rules out foreign attacks after probing for a year. we assess, it is unlikely that a foreign actor, including russia, is conducting a sustained worldwide campaign, harming us personnel with a weapon or mechanism. mysterious illnesses have been targeting u. s. officials abroad since 2017, causing hearing unexplained sounds, headache, and nausea. attacks of an invisible enemy, secret microwave weapons. cricket lading noises. majority of cases turn out to lead caused by medical, environmental and technical factors. time to close the case. think again, with 2 dozen unexplained cases, there's still room for conspiracy theories and brings you up to date. they are not international this afternoon. a reminder of our top story rush is foreign minister is meeting with his american counterpart in geneva at the moment type attentions in your in ukraine would be back. i with the latest on that, plus today's top stories take in about half an ah welcome to max kaiser's financial survival guide. looking forward to your event, we go yeah, this is what

ah, russia's foreign minister and the u. s. secretary of states are about to meet in geneva for crucial regional security. so i made escalating tensions over ukraine. moscow speak found against america as a power. instead, the mation of our tea and fellow news agencies. sputnik not, the washington accuses them of spreading this information. we examined the allegation report claims, former pope benedict, the 16th fell to take action of allegations of sexual abuse among the clergy in germany and plans to build a high rise in london are, were new and concerns about the grenville tower tragedy as fire safety complaints that paid to have gone on addressed. we spoke to a man who loved his family and the 2017 grand fo blaise. it's like there's a lot of profits before laws. i'm just calling up with a very well welcome to my team here in moscow. this is asi international. it's great to happy with us. i top story this, our as tensions of ukraine remain high, the top diplomats of the us and russia alternate in switzerland and a couple

and so you become foreign minister. and i think our ability to dive right into working together on some of the most complex challenges that, that our nation's face is a testament to my colleague and friend. and also to the strength of the german u. s. bilateral relationship. that relationship runs much deeper than any single issue or, or set of interests and commitments. above all, we are bound together by what we care about and how we engage in the world. you see that in our enduring efforts to improve democracy and human rights, including an on countries in our willingness to defend a set of rules and institutions that have underwritten peace and security. far beyond our borders in the way that we're stepping up to global challenges like climate like cove it ah, and we're off to a running start in our collaboration with the new german government. and we could not be more pleased by that fact. as you know, yesterday and as i don't need to mentioned, i was in kiva to meet with present lensky, foreign ministry of labor.

to key of to ukraine itself, partly to present herself as the foreign minister. but of course, this crisis is going to be absolutely top of the agenda. now there's one thing that the germans really want to achieve, and that is to get to revive one of the diplomatic for formats which had essentially almost died towards the end of the last year, which is called the normandy format. and that is having the french, the germans, the russians, and the ukrainians all around the table as a means of trying to, to find solutions to the conflict over ukraine. now, the germs of the french are very keen to get this back up and running again. but we've also just heard from the ukrainians today that they want to start up talks between the ukrainians, the russians, and the americans. so we could have a certain matter confusion about what is really the forum to try and make progress in this, in the weeks and months ahead. in a few words, if you can. i mean, is it with the rhetoric being so amped up at times and, you know, talk about ultimatums and non starters. how difficult will

w. brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomena, alexandro and the foreign minister is meet to day. they'll be joined virtually by secretary of state from the united states. anthony blanket. ukraine is expected, of course, to be front and center. what are you expecting to hear today throughout this meeting? well i think that you foreign ministers are very eager to hear from you as secretary of state blink. and what is his assessment of for he's meeting with his the russian counterpart in geneva last friday. whether he thinks that there is still a chance for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. and as you know, some within the block of feel quite site lions aligned in the current crisis with russia focusing on talks with the you as and to need to to discuss their security concerns. so member states wants to make sure that they know exactly what it's being discussed, that you know, there is nothing about europe without europe and a letter today we expect to the foreign ministers to issue a statement that is certainly aiming her once again to send a strong signal to moscow that the eur

he is an expert on russian security and defense policy at the german council on foreign relations. welcome to d. w. ukraine calls for com. but there are reports that russia has even started sending blood supplies to its true own troops along the border with ukraine. it really does seem like russia is ready for war. how far do you believe putin is willing to go here? to shoot the $1000000.00 question right so far seems to be did the russian capabilities or so great along you raise border, including recently also you can order neighbor bellows. these russian capabilities are soon going to vary, to select a little permit russia to take, or launch a major authentic against ukraine. should the russian president decide so, so far, however, it seems to be that the very final decision has not yet been taken. nevertheless, the 2 course of gratiot is indeed very lost in terms of scale vocation and hopefully show you as president bible wants to boost nato's presence in eastern europe. russia plans the stage of military exercise in belarus, min february, that is really a far cry from de escala

there is no evidence foreign forces have interfered or are even interested in doing that. you pointed out, because extend -- kazakhstan has been adept at balancing its foreign policy. no one in the west wants to see turmoil or instability in kazakhstan. this is one of those vague illusions that create a bogeyman that you can point to as being responsible. the president must raise comments all of the senate refer to terrorist bands who had received foreign training. there is no evidence to suggest anybody that has been out on the streets is an agent of some foreign terrorist group or anything. it is just one of those catchphrases the kremlin throw out there. that is vague and there is nothing to show there is any truth to that. host: is there any eventuality, any turn of events in kazakhstan that could draw up the west end? is there anything that might draw the engagement of the west? >> i cannot see that happening to tell you the truth. kazakhstan is a long way from the west, a longwave from the united states. a lot of countries would be willing to help them sort out any t

and even look at america's foreign policy. that's been there for a policy for decades, looting whether it's oil in the mid east, whether it's agricultural products here in latin america where i am right now. looting is always been a part of the american experience, but it was never necessarily defined the domestic experience. but now that's what we, that's what you could define american now as a nation of looters as being a short term, you know, you can pass laws, you can post bands. isn't the real issue though about trust, building and faith in elected officials. i mean, policy has said she's got no confidence in the integrity of lawmakers, if she doesn't know how to expect the average voters avenue. well, danielle, it's an excellent point right now. she's saying herself that there's a trust issue and, but she's in the business of creating trust in these institutions. and she's saying that exact thing that she herself is questioning who's trustworthy in the system. and that is a point that will resonate down in history at the

the british foreign office seems confused. i've been under russian sanctions since 2018 due to a conflict with victrum advert shook. my family's assets are frozen. there had the united kingdom secret services and foreign office can square that with russia supposedly wanting to make me the head of an occupation government. that's the question for mr. bean. london is not just spreading questionable stories about modern ukraine though the day before this story broke and added to the hysteria of russian invasion fantasies. the u. k. foreign secretary lives trust gave a speech, praising ukraine for its resilience against invasions of the past. we urge president painted to desist and step back from ukraine before he makes a massive strategic mistake. ukraine is a proud country with a long history. they have known invading forces before from the mongols to the tosses. unfortunately for trust though, she also demonstrated a lack of understanding of the regions history. the mon goals and tart hers were one in the same invasion force, o

the foreign intelligence are almost the same as terrorists . show me one country where people are deliberately running around filming heads of state, filming the intelligence chiefs. but then it is lucky that our authorities are special services. let him and journalists like him leave in peace. the russian law, sorry it is. they need to have a youthful edith who makes a complaint that we are breaking the law. these guy was mr. but i didn't. in our case, he does something for the russian authorities. and he received some benefits from that. some money, sam, and saloon. leslie, i run an organization which represents the interests of the community of our citizens. what does it mean that for some kinds of snitches for the kremlin, who calls me back a position media? why doesn't army your call me back? a little star trunk where they are just front men, put forward to create the illusion that bid is a big group of actors fighting for freedom of information and information sovereignty already. great, i'm not sure the scheme has worked. and if you meet

the foreign minister there calling them on acceptable. but this is just the latest issue that we've seen very recently between kiev and berlin just last week. there were problems over the fact that berlin doesn't want to send weapons into ukraine. also, germany has blocked the sale of a stony and weapons that were german made to ukraine. this su concerning the now former navy chief, just the latest and what's becoming a growing number of problems. we spoke to john list and also thomas fast bender, a short time ago here in the program, he told us what he thinks about the german vice admiral's views on crimea, and on putin engine of course, the, the leadership, the jump, political leadership, media are concerned about the fact that within the rank and file of the government, of the army and among the population, there is this common sense understanding that crimea will remain within russia. and that there is, there is this common understanding that whatever mister put in did over the last 20 years, or whether it's against us so far as wheth

ah, for their foreign ministers, retreat weather once and gets an earful from the other foreign ministers for basically stepping out of turn. there wasn't really very much consultation with the other aust. young leaders before whose and get it off to our myanmar and a, it appears that he'd got very little from his conversations there and appears to have endorsed a statement that on its face is problematic. so he's got a lot the answer for, and i think that the foreign ministers of the other countries, particularly indonesia, ah, malaysia and singapore who have been very tough on man, mar how they're going to give him a hard time. what does all the say about us in so called central role in trying to negotiate an end to the crisis muma? well, i think i see on is still split right down the middle about what to do about myanmar . ah, and that is a fundamental problem. you know, the european union and it's member states continue saying that asi and st. rowdy as a core part of their policy towards myanmar. but that st. rowdy is failing because there is no consensus about where to go next. i thi

the world's investors are increasingly turning to china. beijing says foreign direct investment into its economy jumped by almost 15 percent last year, topping $180000000000.00, but 2020 to another. rise is also expected, not least because china took another small step on january, the 1st loosening foreign investment restrictions in the auto sector. however, curves do remain in many sectors. let's discuss this further with jacob gunter, who's china, economic policy analyst at the ma cater institute for china studies or merrick. thanks a lot for joining us on the to be your business. can you just explain to us why we are seeing more overseas companies investing in china? yeah, thanks for having me on. i think there are 3 main reasons why we're seeing this. the 1st is just from a basic portfolio perspective. companies are going to put money where they're seeing good recently and return this on their investment and trying to handling the pandemic. and how that allows trying to sort of, you know, remain economically quite strong overall compared to the rest of the world. meant from portf

how much credibility foreign minister bab oak now has in p. if you're on pointer discussions in berlin, over the past couple of days had been dominated by all the things that jimmy's not willing to put on the table to diffuse as crisis name need not shame to arms transfers and swift or financial transfer system. now one of the above because as offered her ukrainian counterpart to day, essentially german help and to beef up ukrainian cyber defenses and east of energy partnership. now that might be interesting for ukraine in the long term, but it certainly will not help them and a short term facing a substantial russian build up of forces along its border that has hurt german credibility and ukraine. germany has some capability, i think, to potentially deter russian aggression against ukraine. i'm but has shown very little results actually make use of those capabilities. a 2nd. now some of the other stories making headlines today. hootie rebels in the yemen have claimed responsibility for a drone strike, an abu dhabi that killed killed 3 people.

we'll start with the russian foreign minister. so de la ro flow. he was 1st to give his press conference. after the meeting wrapped up, he said that washington had promised to provide an answer in writing to security concerns that had been presented by moscow to the us part. and now you said that these weren't just security concerns focusing on ukraine. they were for the why the european area. he said that the future of these talks would depend on the response from the united states there. but he said that the diplomatic doors pretty much remained open. it's worth pointing out. there was no major movement on any of the, the big sticking points during the talk. certainly what the, the representative, the foreign minister in the secretary state, how to say that was major tectonic shifts in where the risk respective countries stand. what we did here though, from the russian foreign minister, is the address questions from the u. s. media with him say that there was no intention from moscow for them to invade ukraine at any time. why is russia doing thi

we'll start with the russian foreign minister said de la for a flow. he was 1st to give his press conference. after the meeting wrapped up, he said that washington had promised to provide an answer in writing to security concerns that had been presented by moscow to the us part. and now you said that these weren't just security concerns focusing on ukraine. they were for the white, a european area. he said that the future of these talks would depend on the response from the united states there. but he said that the diplomatic doors pretty much remained open. it's worth pointing out. there was no major movement on any of the, the big sticking point steering and the talk certainly what the, the representative, the foreign minister in the secretary state, how to say there was major tectonic shifts in where the respective countries stand . what we did here though, from the russian foreign minister, as the address questions from the u. s. media with him say that there was no intention from moscow for them to invade ukraine at any time. why is russia doing t