many one germany to join. there is gonna be pressure from within the german population, from germany's major allies outside of europe. pushing germany towards a harder, a harder line, but he's germany really prepared to raise school lace in the show, dan china. now the new government here in berlin faces a choice at di. lemme should it keep following the money, or does it need to think again, my great hope is that we are moving toward a more, a greater strategic culture in this country. however, my great concern is, is that that might not happen fast enough. in this video, we're going to find out how germany got so entangled with china. how the last few years have shown what a days there really dealing. and we'll examine whether the new team running germany really wants to make a new start. it's late at night in beijing, germany's new leda angle immacule takes her 1st steps on chinese soil as chancellor way back in 2006. she gets all the fanfare befitting an important visitor. but little could she have known h

how reliable is germany as a partner looking germany's response was already disappointing. these comments from a former admiral shown buff just added fuel to the fire and, and now the just the other day of this announcement of germany sending 5000 helmets as military support to you. cr, in these kinds of miss statements, and miss steps only reinforce the very valid impression that germany is not doing enough. quite frankly, we are betraying our own responsibility as a leader in the european union and in europe. with this kind of saves the shift to going, we say in german, on this, this some being completely consumed with our own issues that we are not able to pull ourselves together and say, this is the role that we play in the world. now, this is what the moment requires of us and what our allies need to see from us. we are actually weakening the position of ukraine and all of nato, with our indecision. michelle, critics say that germany doesn't get the concept of deterrence that it believes that by sending soft with say, medical supplies to ukraine, that would actually ha

half these tensions and conclusions sir exposed germany's achilles heel, that germany have a massive problem when it comes to being too dependent on russian gas deliveries. and this is something that is not going to go away according to a study that i mandated a couple of years ago from the deutscher institute of the shots are fossil in berlin. germany is less dependent on russian energy supplies than many other european nations. i think it's a myth to assume that germany is acting out of dependency. i believe that germany should man up and clearly put the north stream to pipeline all the table a we should not shy dock from clearly signalling to the russian leadership that in case they are scenting their troops across the ukrainian border . a knew that this pipeline would be stop together with a wide array of other economic measures germany war lot shy. back from that i'd, i'd prefer as a member of germany's green party you while maker, and also says on the foreign affairs committee, sir, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. thank you for having me. concern is going

in in this case it is above and formal of it is germany in the first row germany will have to put in his weight as an economic power. all the economic sanctions will be paid by germany as the economic leader in in europe. this was the case in 2014 and this is why i think chancellor shoals should now speak up and actually live up to the expectations of an international role of germany. i want to dig deeper on sanctions and uh and german attitudes a little bit later on. but alexander for a long time, there was a consensus in this country that germany really couldn't afford to take a diplomatic sundar vague as they say, essentially to depart from the path taken by the rest of the west by key allies. do you think that that is changing? and if so why no, it's not changing. but we have a challenge in front of us. we can solve the present crisis by military means by strength by pushing russia back. maybe even with military means with sanctions. but then we have to expect countermeasures from russia, which could lead to a third world war. the other way of trying to sve the conflict is a dipl

and i wonder, is germany and europe, the birthplace of the enlightenment? i might add not doing enough in terms of espousing your own values. yes, that is a discussion we need to have. we have had it during those 50 years all the time because we always were confronted with the situation when the one and the communist party of china made many efforts to put a country on a positive track. unsuccessful track, economically wideman training, it's rule, and that always made us wonder how far can the country develop economically without changing politically. and there always was a strong mainstream opinion that actually if a country evolves, modernize us as much as china does. at one point there will be a social change, and this is actually what is happening in the past 5 years. but very in a different way than we assume. so we need to adapt to the new reality. and so where do you think bilateral relations stand right now, bilateral relations, of course, a very positive, i'm in germany, is the country with the greatest economic exchange investments with china and

is germany addicted to china? d, w. richard walker, explorers, germany's china dilemma at the dawn of a new political era. there is meant to be a new strategy, but the so called a traffic lay coalition is divided. the u. s. and other allies want germany to be much tougher. so what now can germany find a new way of dealing with china? on d, w. these places in europe or smashing all the records step into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of your groups of record break insights on google maps, newton and now also in book form hamburg germany's gateway to the world every day. giant ships duck here to serve europe's greatest industrial power. they transport millions and millions of containments every year. almost one in 3 of them is either heading to china or coming in from a chinese port. in fact, china is germany's biggest trading on. and here in hamburg, the ties are so strong that a shipping line owned by china's government has bought a stake in this terminal. this is a story

all of it is germany, or in the 1st row germany will have to put in his weight as an economic power. all the economic sanctions will be paid by germany as the economic leader in europe. this was the case in 2014, and this is why i think chancellor shaws should now speak up and actually live up to the expectations, often international role of germany. i want to dig deeper on sanctions and, and german attitudes a little bit later on. but alexander a, for a long time, there was a consensus in this country that germany really couldn't afford to take a diplomatic sunday vague as they say, essentially, to depart from the path taken by the rest of the west by key allies. do you think that that is changing and if so, why not? it's not changing, but we have a challenge in front of us. we can solve the present crisis by military means by strength, by pushing russia back. maybe even with military means with sanctions. but then we have to expect counter measures from russia, which could lead to a 3rd world war. the other way of trying to solve the conflict is a diplomatic way. and the thing, the

so how will east germany doing also on the program? happy re union for some afghans playing taliban rule. rescued by relatives living here in germany. and we meet an unconventional entrepreneur who is breaking down stereotypes. b moroccan belgian mother of 5 launch is a multi lingual internet channel to shaft favorite recipes. in the hope of dispelling prejudice, ah, ah, i'm from gale. welcome to the program. europe is preparing for a new wave of covered 19 in fashions to start the new year. there are fiercely omicron veritable court case numbers to climb to record highs, increasing prashant hospitals and leaving many workplaces short staffed. here in germany, health officials or warning, but the true scale of the crisis is not yet known. because of a lag, and testing and reporting of cases over the holiday period, while army cra, numbers have exploded across europe, germany has buck. the trend here, infection numbers have remained relatively low over the past few weeks. but that com may be deceptive. cases have been under reported ove

in germany, there are just a few on touched beach forests. left. 5 areas in germany are part of this cross border world heritage site called primeval beach, forests of the carpet, the ins and other european regions. blue. the next destination for our drone is the fall, goose factory and other fed. this shoe last factory was built in 1911 and is widely regarded as a model for 20th century industrial architecture. it was designed by vasa gold bias, who would go on to become a star architect? ah, the factories, glass and steel facade, and the huge wrap around corner windows free of supports became characteristic for the noise bowan style. and the building is protected as a historical site ah, the pre historic pile dwellings around the alps. these remains of settlements from the mess olympic and bronze age war named a world heritage site by unesco in 2011. across the alps, there are a total of $111.00 archaeological excavations of pile dwellings in until ding, and on lake con, one of these settlements has been reconstructed. mm hm. it provides a

are some of germany. they're very close to that they did. they do want to see that that, that, and the to relationship with russia going on where i disagree slightly. is that the previous government with, with mrs. marco, it was very clear that that norms no extreme to was non negotiable, and it would go ahead and i was thinking of the billions of dollars that have been invested. you can understand why that is the case. whereas now, yes, all of sholtes. he's a social there muskrat, and he wants to see no strain to come on stream, but he is in bed or in coalition with the greens who are very look they differently at a fossil fuels of which gas this one and b, especially the foreign minister landing and that lena bear book is very skeptical of russia and human rights policy and so on and is made no call about it. so yes, wilson, i think all of shall still wants to see no extreme. still going ahead. it's not quite as clear cut as that as i think it was before the new government poses hogan. how the amir of c

in germany. it's quite notable that their bosses in moscow and she's giving a very strong moral message that writes about red lines. but then you sort of look behind that, what's happening in berlin, and you're wondering, you know, in the 1st instance, this really speak to the german government that even to the degree that she does, what is germany putting on the table in a way that you less than a few others are when when for minister vera was in here, she specifically said we're not going to send a weapons and any weapons at all to keep praying to defend them against office. so it's a little bit of clear. i think a lot of german partners what these words mean that these are, that that's the standard human policy that because of the german pants not to be sending weapons into a crisis area, is it germany standing by? what joe biden has promised is to return principles and human rights to the core of foreign policy. i don't know what that means. i. the problem here is that you crack russia is bei

russia was always looking for a special relationship with germany, and germany very wants to make germany a hub for russian gas. to all of western europe. possibly bypassing ukraine. and that would be a breakup of that relationship with the very costly in terms of political and in terms of money too. >> this is not the first time we have seen energy being used as a diplomatic political weapon. this happened in the 1970's when opec decided it was not going to supply the west with oil over a variety of different things, including a much money they were getting. so, have there been lessons learned from previous situations like this? or, is it once again going in blindly? >> this is actually something that history seems to repeat. because the situation in the 1970's, when opec entered the scene as a cartel, drastically increased not only the energy but political costs of energy for energy hungry industrialized countries like germany, we had a social democratic government. that government used trade relations with russia as a trust building instrument to widen the scope of dialogue with the so

germany has a model of apprenticeship that i believe we could build on in close partnership with germany which exists in the united states in some states and i think we can do more. it's a great alternative for talented, hard-working young people for whom four-year colleges not the best. the apprentice program has grown in the democratic republic and i think we can learn and work with germany on it. >> thank you very much, can i ask for barrett's for one more question? >> go ahead. >> you as a mayor will be nearby in a tough neighborhood. i will be interested in how you we can repair the pakistan-u.s. relationship while encountering -- engaging them in the counterterrorism mission going forward. mayor garcetti: it's very important we find ways to work together to address some of these shared challenges we will face on the counterterrorism front. we have to be clear eyed about the troubled history we have had on these issues but looking ahead, i think pakistan is a shared interest in ensuring that afghanistan does not once again become host to terrorist groups any contributor to regional

is germany addicted to china? d, w. richard walker, explorers, germany's china dilemma at the dawn of a new political era. there's meant to be a new strategy. but the so called a traffic lay coalition is divided. the u. s. and other allies want germany to been much tougher. so what now can germany find a new way of dealing with china? on d w? ah, hey there, i'm david and this is climate change briggs, it's sex lou. happiness in 3 books with the pin for you. you'll get smarter for free, did over your books on newton hamburg, germany's gateway to the world every day. giant ships dock here to serve europe's greatest industrial power. they transport millions and millions of containments every year. almost one in 3 of them is either heading to china or coming in from a chinese port. in fact, china is germany's biggest trading owner. and here in hamburg, the ties are so strong that a shipping line owned by china's government has bought a stake in this terminal. this is a story of how germany pump tobate's economy on business

now germany enters 2022 with its share of challenges as well. germany will head, and d, g 7 will hold the g 7 presidency for year and a new government. we love to have to tack hill new covey 19 infection. we'll have to tackle the pandemic. and you can see here tonight that there is nobody here to celebrate upon the vulgar gate. people have been asked to be careful to celebrate in small circles, so many and as the new year with a still defend they make inside still the panoramic to try and tackle this new year . andy w's correspondence round the water, looking ahead to the issues this year. china corresponded fabi and customer share some insights into where that country will likely be placing its focus as the new year gets under way. 2022 will indeed be a very crucial year for china. and that mainly has to do with 2 big events ahead. the 1st one being debating winter olympics, which will be held in february and observe us basically perceived this event as an accelerator of the already riding gap between the west and china. why the chinese government promotes the beijing went olympics a

you know, germany likes to say that russia is just as dependent selling its gas to germany as germany is buying it from russia. is that true? well, good morning for so a thank you. i mean, russia, it's definitely dependent on gas seats to german intensive revenues. it needs to invest in new fields and intense of not losing look at the market. chase, i think aware that this dependency argument has to be put in perspective of changing strategic environment. gas revenue place a relative smaller room than oil in russia state beijing budget. and russia attempting to diversify gas flows to the east. so i think this dependency is relevant, but not vital for russia if it comes to geopolitical gains. so back bluntly speaking, if the logic of geopolitics, geopolitics prevails and putting considers the gas, it's loss is surprising. he's ready to bay, then the argument of the bilateral dependency might turn out wrong. right, let's look about, let's look at the e. you can it diversify it's imports of gas? we know that the majority, early 40 percent across you comes from russia, more from germany.

or the united again in germany. hello, mina nodded. he has made it out of kindness down with the help of her niece. now guess, yes, the answer is simply wonderful. to see here, here in front of me, i had almost given up hope they would ever manage to bring her here. it's a huge stream come true or so tom i for a full travel to day. now gus is visiting her and me now now did he for the 1st time since her arrival in germany, mina has found shelter in a refugee camp. a 2 hour drive away from berlin. she's here with her 7 year old daughter at our her and her husband. the last few months have been exhausting. we never would have thought that we would ever leave afghanistan. his well fix. thirdly, the taliban have set afghanistan back, not by 20 years. i didn't retire centuries. le let that be. so val. kid, deb golden haul up solar cobbled medication than in afghanistan. mina nodded. he was deputy mayor of harriet and even ran for parliament. she actively supported women's rights and campaigned for a more modern of janice

and we're glad to hear it said the majority of citizens from germany and from russia, both from germany and russia, are also talking about this and supporting these. we have support at another important for the meeting, this meeting in the book, and we have exchange opinions about the show you my new international matters. we talked a lot about the relations between the russian federation and the fee and union. unfortunately, they remain hostage to the anti russian gall. this is of raso and the number of countries is from the you that have anti russian. and tim, and we have a rep, sorry, conference. and now the policy of deterrence executed by nato and talked about the initiatives that are not made by the russian society regarding but having issues strong, legally binding legal framework for the security warranties. i would like to remind you of that side guarantees. it is the re handed over to the united states of america and to members of the north atlantic treaty organization. now we are waiting for the rich life as we've promised to these proposals to continue with the negotiations

we know that germany is one of the biggest arms, ex porters in the world. germany has made exceptions to this rule against sending lethal weapons, for example, by arming the kurdish pash america who were defending themselves in iraq. so why shouldn't an exception be made in this case, which is seen by germany as a serious crisis? it is seen as a serious crisis, but we have made 2 exceptions from the rule. one is the one you you mentioned earlier. the other one was when germany participated in protecting the cause of ours against the genocide, and that was the dog attempted by, by the serbian side. the point here is that in both cases we had a genocidal situation or we had a situation on our hands that was imminent. that was concrete. that was specific where violence was already being used. it was not a situation where diplomats were still talking and air when we armed the kurds. on the other side, we had the islamic state, the so called islamic state. these are people who cannot talk to, whereas it is possible, even though difficult to talk to the russian side, which is what we're doi

and russia, germany has russia's back. and when it comes to these threats that we've heard from a bad book against nord stream to it seems that that could be changing. i think that's worrying for russia. did abuse. and we sure when reporting from moscow, thank you. and with the world's attention focused on ukraine, germany and its ties with russia also firmly in the spotlight was bringing our chief political correspondent melinda creed, who is closely following developments that can give us the german perspective. melinda, germany, is it prepared to suffer economic pain to send a message to russia? well, as certainly, as some members of the german government are indicating that they are ready to bear that pain, the fact is, this comes with the background of germany. seeing some of the worst international press. it's had in a very long time. in fact, the government spokesman was asked to day about that and about how chancellor schultz is reacting and the spokesman said, the latest comments that he's hearing from washington

and it's now hit germany, and germany has a fairly low vaccination rate. it was just over 70 percent of the people vaccinated . we have a very strong antibiotics movement, so we are looking into a grim months now with the danger of a lot of infection and danger of a lot of disease and as a health professional, when it comes to om across, what will you be watching for in the coming weeks? well actually we're looking at it in a very ambiguous way. on one hand, the high content yells at the high, the fact that so many people are infected together with the fact that they are not as sick or as ill as they are with other rides of this virus. this taken together means we will have much more infections, but probably not as many cases in the hospital and on intensive care. so in the long run, this will lead to the immunization of the population, which is something we really, really definitely want because it expectation of the next wave and expectation of next order. we want to have a high immunization rate in the whole population. so we're worried about the next m

this took place here in germany among us in our society. and that's why it's also very important that the trial take place here. yes, i'm not somewhere in syria, but here, after all, she was radicalized here. your id card is yet the trial taking place in the high security wing of the city of hollis. justice center is expected to last 22 days. due to leonor m's age when the crimes took place, she has been tried under juvenile crime law, which couldn't reduce her overall penalty. ah, the olympic games and china are set to get under way. and just about a week from now, despite the highly infectious alma kron variant of kogan 19 raging in many parts of the world. until now, china has pursued a 0 coven policy and claim. so i've recorded fewer than 5000 deaths as a result in the u. s, by comparison, kogan 19 has killed nearly 900000 people. but it is unclear if china will be able to hold on the chron at bay, as the country prepares to host athletes and visitors from across the globe. here in beijing, life appears to be back to normal with people

the south region is strategically important for europe also for germany. germany has a large one to send the latree mission that how concerning is the d stabilisation of molly that we're seeing right now? no, it is. it is very concerning. the room is important for us. it is for, for the population there, it is also with regard to possible flows of refugees and it is a region that is close to europe. so we have to be active there. and i think when you, when you look back over the last years, no germany has never been f active in africa as we are right now in the framework of the g 7 chance tomorrow. launch the compact with africa, where you regular have an important african countries participate in g 7 meeting. so it's very important. why is these? are there right now? what action is just on money? so, but what is very important, and this is for me also. this is one of the conclusions from our engagement in canada. and this applies also to molly. i think it's important that we are there to help stabilize, but what you need is a partner. you need a national government that also is committe

ambassador to germany. thank you for your willingness to serve in such an important leadership role. dr. gutmann serves as the president of the university of pennsylvania. before i highlight a few of her many accomplishments, i went took knowledge the different aspects of penn's history. benjamin franklin was one of the u.s.'s must accomplish diplomats he navigated the collocation -- collocated dynamics of european politics to protect our nation's democracy abroad. much has changed but many double medic challenges franklin faced are the same today, including faithfully and ardently defending u.s. interests, even in times of disagreements with allies while maintaining those relationships. we face this challenge today in our relationship with an important european ally, germany. we rely on germany is a major security and trade partner, especially given its role in the european union and amidst increasing global threats, strong representation to germany is critical. i am confident dr. gutmann will arise to mee

he, it also is a moral authority here in germany. he has court on the country to stick together as throughout the pandemic and other issues and frank by dust, i may, himself, he is, after all, germany's former foreign minister, and that is still very much tangible. so if anybody is the face of germans debility politics, continuity, particularly in this time of change to new that government, it's found quite a stain mom and he will stay in place. most likely i am why we're the greens are apparently initially hesitant to support him for a 2nd turn. well, the greens actually contested an election with a female top candidate then failed to come 1st and they were also the ones who felt most that it really was time for woman to stand. a green woman potentially to stand . there was a lot of internal debate within the party, but they've just entered government or on rather a more shaky ground than the predictions throughout. 5 the election campaign showed, so i think it's safe to say that they simply did not want to rock the boat with their

and in germany, i think that of all the european countries of all the countries in the west germany would be the last to fall for populism because they have so so process their own dark history. so worked through that but, but the east is behind the web in that in that process. and very late in her days in the trans flurry, she began to acknowledge her eastern routes, her and the fact that that well brad, she should have spent more time kind of making those people feel that that she hears them and that she sympathizes with. it was, it was the identity for deutschland is a child of the medical era. in our last couple of minutes coffee, i just want to ask a question about your own observations about the world in america. when you grew up in hungry, you grew up in a communist country. you know, you, you have had a partners in life who straddle the world and you with them seeing all kinds of leaders all over the world. and i guess my question to you is, you look at this time, you just set americas in steady or hands. but there seems to be this lament around the world that america is not back

and in germany, i think that of all the european countries of all the countries in the west germany would be the last to fall for populism because they have so so process their own dark history. so worked through that but, but the east is behind the web in that, in that process. and very late in her days in the trans flurry, she began to acknowledge her eastern roots, her and the fact that that well, perhaps you should have spent more time kind of making those people feel that that she hears them and that she sympathizes with. it was, it was the identity for dodge land is a child of the medical era. in our last couple of minutes coffee, i just want to ask a question about your own observations about the world in america. when you grew up in hungry, you grew up in a communist country. you know, you, you have had a partners in life who straddle the world and you with them seeing all kinds of leaders all over the world. and i guess my question to you is, you look at this time, you just set americas in steady or hands. but there seems to be this lament around the world that america is not bac

a germany also doesn't want to send any into the region. citing historic reasons is germany taking up responsibility here. but germany plays a very important role we already did last time around when after rusher invaded ukraine was transfer america together with president along to get them brother pershing. and putting around a table, we see the minsk agreement, we stop the aggression and you just mentioned correctly that the drummond trensler has actually said that all no options are on the table, including the options of north stream north for into and this is very, very important. that we clearly tell the russian that, you know, there is nothing off the table when they actually take the step and, and invade, invade ukraine. again, what's your take on what putin actually put in you know, you have to deal with, put in for a long time. we have seen that in all the post soviet space, we have seen it from georgia. we have seen it in ukraine before last year. in the yellow rose, we seen it a few weeks ago in cut us time. people are very unhappy with the post soviet and worth. and puttin

at one time, it was germany's largest iron works. it was closed down in 1986 and converted to serve as a venue for events, large and small to day. exhibitions, concerts and parties are healthier. a path leads visitors through the complex, already partly reclaimed by nature. in 1996, the meso pitt fossil site was added to the list of 1st glance reveals nothing spectacular . but this former open pit oil shell. mine holds a buried treasure. tens of thousands of plant insect and vertebrate fossils around $3000.00 more are uncovered annually. tours are available of the outside area and a visitor center exhibits. some of the fine ah cologne cathedral is probably germany's most famous church. it's massive, beau pointed gothic arches and towering steeples dominate the city. skyline. construction began in 1248, but the cathedral wasn't truly completed until 1880 if it were possible to weigh it, the scale would tip close 100. 20000 tons. ah. our drone takes us across the country to the bow. how sites and by my debts out and been now in the yea

why is it more acute in, in germany than elsewhere? i mean basically the energy crunch can be felt across europe and also across the grow globe. one reason why and germany, it's more, it's more acute as a are relying more strongly on natural gas, not only for heating, but also for electricity production compared to countries like france, like norway, like switzerland. we do have market prices, so we don't have a publicly regulated energy prices. and on top of that, we rely more on russian gas than other european countries. and we had a decline of energy production from renewables, especially from when. now the situation with russia that you, you've mentioned, that doesn't seem to be using any, can you give us any hope for 2022 going forward? i mean, really a lot depends on only on energy prices, but also other supply chains for goods and for intermediate products as well on the s on the corona situation. now it is to be expected that prices decline in spring and summer when there is less energy demand. i mean, winter is always higher t

and germany has so far, not given green light for these trans actions. so germany, while a voicing support for ukraine, is accused here of not standing to its words, dw correspondent, my the as bellinger reporting from kia, thank you. the border between poland and bella rues, has been in the headlines for months since those scenes went round a world of migrants stranded in belarus and desperate to cross into poland, which is a new territory. now poland plans to build a wall to replace the razor wire fence between the 2 countries. its aim is to stop those illegal crossings by on documented migrants. dw correspondent jack parrot has this report. residents of the ancient b of asia forest. this links and these walls caught on camera traps at the end of last year. this 600 year old forest is home to an estimated 12000 species of wildlife. christoph schmidt studies these animals, and he says the government plan to build a 186 kilometer wool, 5 and a half meters high on the countries border with ballard. bruce will have a devastating effect on the genetic mix f

what's next for china and germany? we take a closer look at where this complex relationship is headed. plus caching in on komodo national park. indonesia wants to develop a real life jurassic park like conservation is say, it puts the dragons in danger. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us today. friday marks 50 years of diplomatic relations between germany and the people's republic of china. 1972 bauder dawn was still alive and the cultural revolution was actually in full swing. a decade earlier, china had experienced one of the worst man made disasters in human history. a communist party produced famine that killed 25 to 35000000 people, if not more. how much things have changed? now, it is asia's great power. the world's 2nd largest economy with more billionaires than any other country in the world. it is the european union's largest trading partner, which puts germany at the center of this globally critical relationship. dw richard walker examines where things go from here, between berlin and beijing, or hambu

however, we have an interesting point that the americans provide security to germany, yet germany is buying gas from russia. is wise that well, you know, and the days of a historic relationship between russia and germany and, and the german de raso, german business goes well beyond gas. but yeah, you're germany needs gas to heat. it's houses. and when you look at what happened over the last few months in terms of escalating gas prices and inflation coming from it, it was, was quite em something you know, a 400 percent more, 500 percent more. so dad was quite quite a bit. so in that sense, some if you r e, it did that, this is important and yes, we all want to do. we will want to be less dependent on fossil fuels. but that energy transition is not going to happen over night and let us not forget that gas is the cleanest fossil fuel. so it's a good transitional fuel. so in that sense, it's important that billions of dollars have been invested in to the north stream to pipeline a portable. this is not just about then the, the west worrying about energy supplies. russia relies on this fo

what about germany? berlin says it will provide key f, a field hospital next month, but will not provide military gear to its ally. can you talk to our international audience? about berlin stands when it comes to exporting arms abroad. that's right. burden has an onset. i would finance a field hospital for, for ukraine and corporation with sonia germany traditionally asked hesitate and this new german government, more so than that, maybe past governments to provide arms transfers into conflicts owns and it certainly cons. ukraine has 4 or 4 time now called kicked on given the ongoing russian aggression against your credit cards. we see no indication that we will revise that that's, that's been some progress in this new german coalition government to coalesce around the same message when it comes to putting all measures on the table to, to deter every rational impression against the queen. but this has sort of raised some eyebrows as well because or instance, maultrie too has been mentioned implicitly. bu

security in germany is generally pretty good. but i think this shows that there are always going to be gaps, and staff has to be very, very, very on the alert current held that from dw culture. thanks so much for bringing us that story. pleasure to sports now in the quarter finals of the africa cup of nations get underway on saturday with 18 still buying for the title, for many soccer fans on the continent, the beautiful games, the source of hope and inspiration. that is certainly the case for the girls in our next report. after fleeing from nigeria to cameroon, they form their own soccer team. finding the piece on the pitch that they were denied at home practice is in session on this dirt pitch. well, that's what i mean brought when i would, you might are inspired by the afghan taking place at the moment. these young nigerian women formed this all female football team. resources are scarce and conditions could be better. so come when we are playing, we don't have issues of plain pathways. the problem spirits were lifted when the