the, the, you're watching the news coming to live from berlin for a rest here in germany over suspected spying for china. the latest works for a far right member of the european parliament. 3 authors have been detained on similar charges. also coming up on our show today, several of us universe of these close campuses over pro palestinian protest camps, administrators, fear criticism of israel could your into anti semitism. students say they're exercising their right to free speech and present plans a surprise and defense funding. prime minister richard snack leads nato cheats in warsaw and says the increase is necessary to protect democracy.

the . i'm quite richardson. thank you very much for joining us. we begin with a series of arrests in germany on suspicion of the spying for china. the latest suspect to be detained is a longstanding, aided to a member of the european parliament, who represents the far right alternative for germany party. to man and a woman have also been arrested. the german government says the espionage accusations are serious. beijing denies any wrong doing a gym and prosecute to say gen g e. can we tell him fully named? repeatedly post on information to china, about confidential discussions that the european parliament, gm and media reports say this involve debates on security and defense. implications of china is influence on the use critical infrastructure. and he's also accused of

spying on people in germany who are opposed to the chinese government. the german citizen has been working as an aid to maximilian cra. he sits in the european parliament for the fall of rights, a f d party crossed said he had no prior knowledge of the rest of his staff member. he promised, if the allegations proved true, genji would be fine on the european parliament to mediately suspended the leg spy. some say tough images, i need it. it's really time that we have a thorough investigation and information. what is going on there, that the so called petri quotes are you know, showing how weak they are in terms of taking money from autocrats from all over the world. a week off the gym and chance little life show and visited china. gemini has seen several arrests over suspected espionage, but yeah, i'm an interior minister says the latest case is significant to the father for dash

united. the accusations of espionage for china are very serious. and if it turns out to be true that this espionage took place from within the european parliament, would it be an attack on the internal constitution of democracy in europe passed the types of democrats, he, in all process. china has so far officially denied any involvement in espionage, but as the e u prepares for elections to its parliament in june, this incident will add to growing fee is the democratic institutions across europe, a being targeted by foreign intelligence agencies. i spoke earlier to our political correspondent simon young and asked him to tell us more about the accusations against him as a staff member to be the man arrested. today is jim and citizen gen g. and as he said, he is an aide to maximilian cross who is a member of the european parliament at full the far right a half day alternative to germany, a policy. and what he's accused of essentially is pulsing information from internal

european parliament discussions back to china. and there's also been the claim that he was involved in spying on a chinese people living in germany. so maximilian crawl says that he knew nothing about any of this. the 1st year of it was from press reports on tuesday morning, but he did also signed a statement that spying for a foreign state would be a very serious matter. and if these allegations have proved to be true, it would result in the termination of g n. g's contract as their mind media of and reporting that crowd was on german securities radar because of his earlier links to china. what more can we say there as well? i didn't. yeah, absolutely. the meeting today is that been ongoing allegations of links between the

sd and russian circles. and you know, this is just one more chapter in that. so i think the intelligence of those is a big concern for a long time. the, these kind of relatively new fall right populous parties are particularly vulnerable to the intelligence efforts in spying, espionage by a socratic states that and you know, these links with china and russia seem to confirm that assignment is really not typical. is it that you see this kind of arrest in germany let alone the day after 3 other germans were rested on spying allegations? yeah, it's still really being an extraordinary week in terms of uh, you know, allegations of chinese espionage. as you said, just on monday,

the 83 german citizens were arrested. the accused of a trying to obtain military information about military technologies and passing that back to chinese intelligence. and so, you know, arrest perhaps a rare because it's said that the chinese, the approach has been relatively cautious in the past. uh, but i think good domestic intelligence services here in germany at any rate have been warning for quite a while. that the chinese are willing to use illegal methods to, to promote their ambitions politically, militarily and economically. and what else does this case tell us then about about how tyna gathers intelligence on democracies like germany as well. i think the ortiz believe, as i say, the, you know, these kinds of policies, populace parties are susceptible to this kind of infiltration. and i

think what this throws off as perhaps having generally at least a debate about a need for types of screening when it comes to paula mentally aids that levels have been allegations that there's a lot of links between the parliamentary guides here in the bonus tag. and the far right seen. so i think that will, that will be one of the big things coming out of this case assignment. thank you. as always, that is our political correspondent, assignment young to the united states. now where several universities have closed off campuses and switch to remote learning, as more students to joined, protest counts against the war and gaza. hundreds have been arrested since last week. administrators fear the citizens could stroke anti semitism, but students say they're defending free speech. new york university warren students to leave before they called in police to arrest them. they had been living in 10

camps, setup on campus to protest israel's war in gaza. it's a movement that has been growing at universities across the us. now some institutions including this one in boston or restricting access to campus to deal with what is happening inside. we were following what was going on at columbia university. very upset. 100 protesters for the rest of the columbia put out a call to action versus across the country to set up a cabinets at their schools. so more than 100 students were arrested last week at new york's columbia university for setting up what they called pro palestinian encampments. and they were established just as the universities president faced law makers and the us congress big realtor about claims of growing anti semitism on

campus. the university has now closed it stores and shifted to online learning. but some lawmakers say this isn't enough. every single one of these college and university presidents will refuse to take action should immediately resign in this phrase. i have never seen a more disgraceful act than what we are seeing on college campuses right now. the confrontation between students and administrators comes as pass over one of the jewish religions, most important holidays that underway. well, some students will take their classes online, maybe at the campus, or staying put, they say for them, it's a matter of justice and free speech. university administration. so i've been in the spotlight here with some deciding to call and police to detain

protesters. you'd have these washington correspondent, and benjamin as group are, has more let's try it. some universities like columbia or n y u, new york university has taken that decision. schools are told to send communications if they want n y p d a new york police department to come in. that's what they may or eric adams, the mayor of new york said earlier today at a press conference. the stress, if that's the procedure full private property, and that is different a, with a what and what to do does on the streets for those who are protesting outside of the universities. and that's something that we have been seeing because they're not just protest within the universities, but also supporters who gather outside of the gates of the university to support the students that are setting up this in conference at columbia university. the students that protested it, and they set that they will keep the so called it guides us all the dougherty and compet until the university divest from companies with it ties to israel last weekend on sunday. i was there a cub. it's a this and compliment theory, it's

a small, it's timeframe that we generally skipped to also get it to campus grounds and they were fly as they were handed out stating that they would remain until the universe instead. that's all i find interest. so we have to see how that develops and what the steps and university and president and the oldest on management will take now a will. it looks like in the next couple of days. now the head of the un agency helping palestinians as welcomed an independent review concluding that israel failed to provide evidence for its claims that the agency staff had links to him as terrorists. so this was a really said the attacks on, on row were politically motivated for the and hick is israel up wanting to dismantle the agency to strip palestinians of their refugee status. israel's accusations led to some donor countries. freezing funds for abra, many have resumed funding, but the us and to germany continues to hold out. c, w. austin, germany's development the minister,

how she viewed the reports. conclusions of that report shows very clear that i'm right is able to do the job here that it's not part of how most of the supper, right? the phone, them us. and i think these reports of, we will lose these at least a lot of these reports and data. but the 1st uh, what we see is that this isn't very important for us will be for to, to show that on the right is doing a very good job here. so stay tuned for more there for now the, let's take a quick look at some other world news headlines. 5 microns have died well trying to cross the english channel from france to breton. they are believed to have fallen off in overcrowded boat carrying 112 people, some 50 others on board, were rescued and taken to a nearby french town. authorities there say the others insisted on resuming their journey. in the us, prosecutors of asked a new york judge to find former president donald trump, for allegedly intimidating witnesses in violation of

a gag order. trump is being tried for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a $130000.00 payment to a port after to keep her silent about an alleged sexual encounter. the power and the moscow quartz has rejected these latest appeals by wall street journal reporter evan. gosh, cuz that's against his pre trial tension. russian authorities detained gosh convention, march to 2023. while he was on a reporting trip and charged him with as being harsh, there's rich in the united states have a category. we denied the allegations. now, british prime minister richie soon ok has announced plans for a mass of increase in u. k. defense spending account for what he called a growing threat to global democracy. so knock made the announcement during a visit to warsaw alongside nato secretary general young stilton burge. he also and veiled details of a new 580000000 euro military,

a package for ukraine to include both ammunition and air defense missiles. sooner for the increased of britain's own defense budget is necessary as the world does. and the most dangerous pointed has been since the end of the cold war. so today only bouncing the biggest strengthening about national defense for a generation. we will put the case on defense industry on hold for to one of the central lessons of the war and ukraine is that we need deepest, don't pause if munitions. i'm for industry to be able to replace them more quickly . we will send you create an additional office 1000000 pounds, pitching 3000000000 pounds of support this year. and we'll provide them with a lower just as a package. if you k military equipment. this will include more than 400 vehicles, full 1000000 rounds of ammunition, 60 votes and no fuel rating croft vital air defenses, and long range precision guided stone chatter missiles to our course on it. christine luna law has more on this from brussels. as all on the middle east right

now, but rashid, so next the prime minister of the u. k. was it paints the state that europeans could not afford to take their eyes and their sights of what was happening in ukraine. ukraine is of course spicing wolf that russian invasion as we speak. and we know that ukraine is coming short in terms of ammunition, and it's also desperately needing a defense capabilities that it has lost its allies for the bridge. prime minister did highlight the fact that weston efforts to help you frame had been stopped in scots and that at times had been piecemeal. he said by today's, with today's announcement he was hoping that britain would be taking the lead in and rallying up allies to once again come around to make strong commitments. not just in the way of supporting and supplying ukraine was made of trade, but increasing defense spending as low as 2 volts figure p. a european security. one of the key things was in the, to an a when a june and this to us,

the question about the cost at which this was coming. this, the context of this class is that people in europe are increasingly counting the costs. now these growing populated disquiet about the war if it's about the huge sums of money that will being committed to the war. if it's in ukraine, this, at a time with european public services are seeing, they stand, it's declining. i'm talking about people not getting adequate access. to health care, for example, people really asking the question about whether or not these sums of money are better off having an impact be used in, in domestic a policies and, and to, to, to, to increase public spending in their countries. the message from the 2 leaders, the nato secretary general and the bridge prime minister, was to say, it comes out of cost to have a neighbor, an aggressive neighbor like russian that europeans had to pay the price. but this is something that they all had to radio round. it's a do that's the higher price, the higher cost would be glad to be a push and guessing

a win and ukraine that would be the greatest cost and everything that is being done to help you create now is essentially making an investment in therapy and security christine, we'll invite reporting from brussels, christine, thank you. in ukraine, more than 2 years after russia's invasion border areas are still coming under massive shelly. a month ago, russell launched a wide spread bombardment of towns and villages and the sumi of region in northeastern ukraine using missiles and guided areas. bombs, dw met with residents of a village called the recap pacifica, and with a former residents who fled elsewhere for safety. the silly region 6 kilometers from the russian border before the month apartments. in march, 4000 people lived in the village of a leak of peace. carissa. now about $500.00 are left. the regional government says russian aircraft dropped nearly 200 guided bombs on the community over 2 weeks and

march macola and his wife tomorrow stay to take care of their elderly parents are really good and collaborative. what did they shape for you? my father in law said i was born here. i'm going to die here and that's it. i have to give him food. he can barely stand on his own feet that the police helped evacuate residents from villages near the border while local authorities organized evacuation buses. some villages are now completely empty. in the legal piece, carissa local infrastructure was destroyed, the administration building, the hospitals, schools, workers were just finishing repairs on the library. when the showing started the little we have the full reading project from ideas, but we didn't have time yet. we didn't have time to do it because now i think we've gone down and looked at that and we will restore it again. for more russian air strikes could comment any time we asked the mayor of she is afraid to stay on and

work here. sydney. this is my house, this is my home. i'm not to free to, to the store. this town about 50 kilometers from the russian border. now shelters of back you ways to tell harrowing stories of russian bombardments of sale. they said that everything was flying from the sky or the one something happened to my ears. i have a noise in my head and cannot hear with explosions and really skating on data, but i didn't want to leave. i didn't want to put the last moment shelter. residents are supposed to move on to stay with relatives or find rental housing needs on clear when it will be safe for anyone to return home.

so i spoke earlier to jury sack and advisor to the ukrainian minister of strategic industries. i asked him whether russia has intensified its attacks in the northeast of ukraine, due to weak points and ukraine's defences. russia has intensified to begin intensifying the bombing of areas in particular. i know you called confusion recently because they have started using more of these guided balls. and of course, the lack of sufficient numbers of defense interceptors a laptop and the inability of our defense systems to provide cover up to these areas. the in the front lines, the ones that the russian bothers can reach. now of course that's been a major issue and we're seeing another on a daily basis khaki fusion, as well as solving castle and reduce operational region. so those areas

a very heavy, the bottom on a daily basis. now, after a long delay this weekend's, the us house of representatives passed a $61000000000.00 a package for ukraine that is expected to be approved in the senate's. how will this improve the situation for ukraine? as you can see, the um and our president, mr. zalesky was, frankly, he was saying few days before the actual boat happened at the house of representatives. he's a very cute situation. what deteriorate, risk deteriorate to day by day we were running out of our munitions. we're running out of an air defense mist house. so of course, this decision and this bill will considerably improve our ability to fly back the address as well because it will send a single home to our troops because, you know, when the boat was happening in the us house of representatives,

we of course were all glued to the streets and our soldiers, even in the trenches, they were blue to them all in there watching it live streaming platforms because everybody was expecting it so much. but i would like to say that, you know, this bill is often called ukraine, a support bill. but in essence, this is freedom support a bill because what is happening in the price and i agree with your previous guess . you know, what does that mean? ukraine has already done mr. cushions, bobby, on the waters of our country. and this is why it is so important that the us has made this decision. it is important that the united kingdom has announced the new package for half a 1000000000 house today. so we're seeing that off thomas, stand with us. it gives us more confidence and determination, and i'm sure it says the right signal to the address that as well. because the address i use very loud and clear. this is an unwinnable full of confidence and

determination. important in any war and especially in this one, we know weapons and equipment are an important factor here but, but so to is people's willingness to fight the ukrainian or administer today suspended consular services for men of military age abroad. any push to increase enlistment is the ford edge, not serious in men, but this step was necessary. as i would like to answer this. first of all, i pointed to the results of the latest gallop international appalling, according to which all european countries, uh, the premium people, almost willing to fight for that country more than 63 percent if i'm not mistaken. so that's the point number one, point number 2, we are now working and the new law and mobilization have been passed and signed by the president him to action. this will make the conscription services more

transparent, more efficient. and uh, you know, as a result it will solve many of the problems that we're facing right now. and point number 3, of course, is that we, you probably news. we are united still and, you know, we're still having volunteers will join the army voluntarily. so we have to be aware of russian propaganda, i think is it like just press these uh psychological impressions uh, spreading the message that you pray does not really define. we have said many times for us is the positive bible. we understand very well by people and what we are protecting. it is our families, our values and our future, as well as the future if you. so it's, it's the right decision upon ministry of foreign affairs, the one that was announced today. we need to bring that in order as well because many brain men are at the moment living and abroad. but again, at home during the train, the mobilization continues,

the process is being improved. and um, as a result, you know, we will be able to defend our country and gun one day we will be able to pull back the yeah, clearly there are ukrainian amen abroad, who do not want to go back to fight. hence the push to increase enlistment is this going to eventually come down to ukrainians, being brought back against their will to be sent to the front lines in ukraine as well. we are a civilized country and of course allow your p and putting the civilized country. so i don't see a way in which of those ukrainian men who are unwilling to return to the train can be forcibly removed from where they are at the moment, but are maybe sort of foreign affairs letter says a series that you know, if, if you, as a man, if you live abroad, you have to be registered. the country needs to know where you are, just in case you need to be called about

a low. it's but more than most everybody wants to find. uh, there are some people who don't want to fight and it's ok, but i will repeat that in you pray. there is a considerable size of the population, an old man, well willing to fight who are fighting as we speak and will continue to fight on to victory. mister harry sack, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. that is your soc advisor, to view credit, mr. of strategic if the stories to and just before we go, we'll leave you with this or check it out. the greek capital, athens covered in dust blown, and from the sahara. it is colored the sky overland marks, including the acropolis, giving the city a martian like appearance. that might be a treat for photographers, but officials say the hayes could also reduce visibility and trigger briefing problems. the skies are predicted to clear wednesday as winds shift, as

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the ends at feel good. malaria must store. so millions can live is a nother suspected sign used by arrested in germany, a man working for a far right politician in the european parliament accuse of passing information back to beijing. of a german interior minister says if the charges are true, it is an attack on european democracy from with it. so how does china infiltrate democracies like germany and to what ends? i'm quite richardson in berlin and this is the day the .