inequality ah 75 years ago, mahatma gandhi peacefully led the country to independence with what has remained of his vision. where does the world so called largest democracy stand? where is india headed? this is the moment to unleash on violet bars. gandhi's legacy start august 6th on b w. all will she all won't shake it, tie one that is a senior politicians are the military planners in beijing and washington are wondering about the next move of us. how speak at nancy pelosi and if she does go, what will the chinese do? and then how will the u. s. respond, taiwanese media reporting that the person 3rd in line for the american presidency will visit the island that china claims as its own. within ours,

i'm fo gail in berlin and this is the day ah, i don't ever talk about my travel because it's some of you know, it's a security issue. you know, he do it. how speaker pelosi goes to taiwan and china will take firm and strong count emissions to safeguarded sovereignty and territorial integrity. we have many differences when it comes to taiwan. we have managed those differences and done it in a way that is preserved peace and stability. as to what measures will take if pelosi dares to go, then let's wait and see ah, also carry up a ship carrying ukrainian grey has the ukrainian port for the 1st time since russia

invaded back in february with the war threatened to unleash a food crisis in much of the world, this was a rare moment of good news. this ship, the merchant vessel rezani, is loaded with 2 commodities in short supply corps and hope. we begin the day with reports of a visit that could spark a crisis between the united states and china. multiple sources say that the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi will visit taiwan as part of her current asian tour. if true, this would make her the most senior us politician to visit the self governing island for 25 years. the u. s. doesn't officially recognize ty, one's statehood, but maintains close informal relations. china views tiwana of break way province and says it'll bring the island back under beijing's rule. and the foreign ministry

made its view of any such trip, quite clear. hello, seagly dell, his lee pelosi visits taiwan. it would grossly interfere in china's internal affairs. horrible, seriously, under mine, china's sovereignty and territorial integrity wantonly trampled on the one. china principal seriously threatened the peace and stability across the taiwan strait high and severely damaged china. us relations. it will only lead to a very grave situation and consequences her whole within days ago. nancy pelosi refused to say whether her asia trip would include a stop in taiwan. i don't ever talk of that. my travel that cuz it, some of you know it's a security issue. it's a security issue for every member of congress traveling, especially abroad. but for the speaker, it is an additional security issue. and for those traveling, let me live as it comes at

a time of strange relations between washington and beijing with age. blaming the other 4, escalating tensions he did. he don't play with fire. well, i, that was chinese president, she's in pings message to his u. s. counterpart joe biden. in their most recent talks, china claims the u. s. is dangerously close to crossing a line on taiwan with its messages of support for the islands. independence in may biden broke with years of u. s. policy by promising military support. if china tried to invade are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes, you are. as a commitment we made, the u. s. says china is the one disrupting the status quo. over the past year, she gen ping has provoked taiwan with incursions into its air space and calls for an end to taiwanese self rule. fool on the historical mission of the reunification

of the motherland must be and will surely be realised. none go she said, begging sees the island of the chinese territory temporarily occupied by the political airs of those who lost the chinese civil war. 1949. since then taiwan has governed itself, running regular military and civilian drills to prepare for a possible chinese invasion. to pass that china has laid out office neither a free and democratic way of life to taiwan. no sovereignty for 23000000 people. many in the west see it as a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. but that's not the only reason why the u. s. is involved. taiwan is integral to u. s. strategy to check china's power and the pacific. the taiwan strait is one of the most important shipping lanes and global trade. and the majority of the world's advanced semiconductors, used in everything from smartphones to cars. joke are made on the island,

tries to relocate production line. if china successfully imposes its rule on taiwan . that would be a big blow to the u. s. in a victory for she, jenna pang y'all. he did, but he was, and biden untie both have a lot to lose city. they know a full blown war could be the worst case scenario for both their country swan could beat them. go be thought. let's take a closer look at this with professor elizabeth fry. and laura, she's a president of a large consulting and offer of politics and society in contemporary china. she joins us from middlebury and the last 8 of them on to welcome to d. w. professor, why do you think nancy pelosi is doing this? well, she had planned a trip to asia back in april, but then she had tested positive for coded, so she could not travel. and so now is the time for that long awaited trap. and of course, she is going to r h a. singapore and melinda, japan and south korea. and so she said that she would stop in taiwan. you know,

as you know, we have very close unofficial relations with taiwan. she has also said that she is taking this trip to reaffirm us commitment to the region. now the problem is if she doesn't go, yes, she had said ok, we're making this trip as a commitment, but she doesn't go to taiwan than it looks like. what about that commitment to taiwan, to supporting taiwan? and so the forgive me for interrupting, but how she actually did, she talked in general terms about the us being committed to taiwan. but as far as i understand, no one from a, from her side as officially said, yes, we're going to taiwan. and my reason for going to taiwan would be to do this. she's outlined all the stops on her asia trip. my question really is about will. why is she put this on this on her itinerary seemingly out of the blue?

well, you know, some people are saying that she's looking at the mid term elections in the united states where a lot of americans are critical of democrats as being like, you know, soft on security type issues. and it appears that the democratic party is going to take quite a drumming in the mid term elections. so some people are saying that she's going to show that she is tough on security issue. she is tough on china. and taiwan, of course, is, is, is the hot button issue where you would indicate ok, you know, this is our commitment to the region where tough on china. i should be able to go, i'm the speaker of the house. a. taiwan is a democratic entity. we have good relations with taiwan. why can i not go right and we've already heard the chinese foreign ministry promise where they called a firm and strong counter measures. if this trip goes ahead. but here's a foreign ministry spokesman. a shout is young, taking things out, just a note. we'll we would like to once again warn you with that we are fully prepared

and waiting. the people's liberation army will never cease by idly sociable good professor larosa. how concerning is his talk of ami involvement? this is very concerning, especially now that they have made it public, that the chinese, a ministry of defense and foreign ministry have made it public. if pelosi does, in fact, attend to land in taiwan. are they going to stand idly by? no, they cannot look weak in the eyes of the world to either. and, you know, china, the chinese communist party has that 20 party congress coming up in october. and she jumping does not want to look weak in the eyes of the world. you know, trying to says we've had that 100 years of humiliation that's over, you know, the chinese people have stood up and so that they are. 7 they are very serious about using some type of action. now let's if that in use action against her plane,

you know, the next day that evening, day down the road or something like that, they'll take more action against taiwan. and that is, you know, the, that the chinese on your air force has been encircling taiwan pretty regularly. they have gone into time once an aerial identification zone several times the day now for seeing time, one jets to scramble to exhaust them. and so trying to has innumerable things, it could do to taiwan, it could make more trouble in the taiwan strait. it can, it can do overflights over the island of taiwan. so i anticipate that this might open the door for china to be more aggressive toward taiwan. and what about the speaker herself? is it unusual for the speaker of the house to undertake this sort of a foreign mission? no, it's not unusual for the speaker to take foreign missions. now. no foreign, no us speaker. the house has gone to taiwan. and about 25 years newt gingrich was

the last to go. and when he went, the us in china were on very good terms. right. now the us in china are probably of the lowest point in their relationship since since the normal is a normalization of relations in 1979. so the situation has changed. the security calculus has also changed, you know, back in 97, china's military was, was pretty weak and was not anywhere strong as it is now. anti ones military was stronger now that security calculus across the taiwan strait has completely changed in the last 25 years. so the situation is much more testy and it's much more dangerous militarily. ok, well we'll know in the coming hours. thank you so much for outlining that. so clearly for us, professor elizabeth throwing larosa president of a large consulting costello

house, postpone the introduction of tougher border controls with serbia. after the plum triggered rights and police was shot at authorities of not removed road blocks. put bare by ethnic serbs, the riots started off because of a government and i'm the decision that would force people in majority, ethnic so barriers to swap their license plates for kosovo issued won't sirens rang through the night. as police shut the baron jak. and yet a new border crossings in northern kosovo. this came after serbian demonstrators shot at authorities and blocked roads close to the border crossings. they were angry by to new ruling from the cause of in government that ethnic serbs can no longer use serbian id cards in kosovo and car owners with registration plates issued by serbia. we'd have to change them for constable. license plates within 2 months. the standoff left many people stuck at border control. unable to get back

home. and i cannot, we arrived here last night and the police asked us where we were going. we told them we were going home and i got to police stopped us here because we cannot pass . i knew this, serbian president said, his government would preserve peace at any cost bought on those. melissa, if they dared to persecute serbs mistreat serbs, kill serbs. so serbia will win, that's all i have to say the cause of in government released a statement, maintaining that multiple aggressive acts were perpetrated this afternoon and evening. instigated and planned by bel great authorities. tensions between the 2 countries are now the worst. they've been in years. kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008. serbia has refused to recognize causal statehood,

even though it has no formal control there. causal is fragile, peace is maintained by a natal mission, which has $3770.00 troops on the ground. nato's k 4 said that they are prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized. they released a statement saying that our nato led k for mission is fully focused on the daily implementation of it's you and mandate to ensure a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all the people of kosovo . the cost of an government has agreed to postpone the new rulings until september 1st. as the ethnic serbs have removed the barricades. soldiers from both sides continue to patrol the border following the unrest. let's get into this with a really good ra sick. he's in that is if a d w programs and an expert on the western vulcans, he joins us from us. capitol belgrade, welcome route again. so now the barricades have come down and these new regulations

have been suspended. but i guess this is not the end of this problem. this is exactly all it looks like it's the 1st part of 30 days. so we can expect the same thing to happen and 30 days again. ready unless there is not any kind of solution in the mean time. and you've been speaking to people in belgrade, one of i've been telling you about this latest flare up. first of all, everybody told me they weren't afraid of any war and they supposed to be very unlikely that it comes to an escalation. but then when talking a bit longer to the people, you notice that they are actually afraid which is quite understandable. looking at the fact that there has been trouble in this area in the former yugoslavia since 1991, there has been no war since 999, which was the nato bombing of serbia and liberation if you want to put it like this . of course, that used to be a proven, so serve your before. but there have been unrest at

a regular basis ever since then. and people are a bit nervous. yes, they are. right. and it's easy to forget about this, especially with the, the war and ukraine are going on, that there have been simmering conflict between serbia and cost of, of, for decades to it has never come to real escalation. actually, a real escalation is as well, very unlikely. as you already mentioned, there's almost 4000 later troops standing in the area and all companies but bosnia herzegovina in the neighborhood are natal member countries. still, people are looking at the ukranian conflict and they, it reminds them on the worst they had here in the former yugoslavia, back in the ninety's. right. and as you say, nato troops still there who or what are they protecting and, and how effective are they? they are protecting peace in kosovo. they are protected in a you for mission,

which is in the end a mission as well in boss. the other piece of bosnia and the neighboring countries from albania, to creation, are all but bosnia and herzegovina and serbia on the 2 members. so they're protecting the elements of such, right. and if you look at the, the wider context. so b as probably rushes closest ally any human. does any of this have a connection to the war in ukraine? it certainly has in terms of that. russia has 4. g, us use the rest of the balkans, s hot stop for trouble making for making problems for the international community or disrupting the piece and the process is leading to peace here. on the other hand, the next rushing border is far away. there are no russian troops near by and by the serbia is really an ally of russia is a good question. so yes, completely dependent economically on the european union. the russians in west, in westland here, is down to 1.7 percent. so it's basically not important,

and i think this is more so propaganda battle than anything material. and you've got to wonder they're given all these, given all these dead tensions, and given that russia are sort of looking over everyone's shoulder at this. why did cost of or choose this moment to impose based when this was this, beside this notion of changing the, the driving license or the license plate? it themes from the outside not a major issue. that's 2 is not a major issue for the people living either, but it is a major issue. busy for the cost your cost of government because of yes, been treating possible ever since the country became independent or even longer in that fashion. so it's kind of understandable that the prime minister i'll be in court at a certain point once this to change and she doesn't have to seen any other means to go into that direction. ok, thank you so much for joining us. i mean, that's

a clearly, really the erotic in belgrade, but like the sound of the 1st commercial vessel to leave the ukrainian port of desa since russia invited in february, the rezone is carrying 26000 tons of coal, destined for lab and on russia and ukraine. signed a deal in a stumble on the 22nd of july, clearing the way for ukraine to exploit millions of tons of grain that have been bottlenecked by the war. the lack of ukrainian food exports. a set price is soaring and raised fears of a food crisis in many parts of the world. the secretary general of united nations which help broke the deal said this, this sheep dimensions vessel rosanna is loaded with 2 commodities in

short supply corn and hope. hope for millions of people around the world will depend on the smooth running of ukraine sports to feed their families. what we have witness to very, you know, this is an important starting point. it must be the 1st of many commercial ships bringing relief and stability to global food markets. regrettably correspondent bagget a sugar is in key if i asked her how ukrainian or authorities as we're assuring the safety of the ship that left addresses today. the main issue with safety was obviously that most of the ports along the black sea, our mind, especially the odessa port in order to prevent them from possible russian advancement to, according to the dia, ukraine, over the last days, hasty mind a small portion of the port and pilot bows have guided the ships through a sort of safe pass passage through and through the port. everything went well and

for the 1st ship and it is and expected to arrive in east central air tomorrow and will then be inspected by a joint group of russian to kish and un inspectors in order to make sure that it's only grain on the ship. and then the vessel can continue its air, its journey to lebanon. and this, we still hold for a 120 days. i think how optimistic are authorities in ukraine that it will hold, and that shipments will continue. so today they praised the 1st ship, leaving the odessa port as a great breakthrough bear because it is obviously very important for the ukrainian economy. but if you are talking with people on the street, they are not overly enthusiastic. because one reason might be that it might take

some times when i said it might be even take weeks until the full capacity of the operation will be reached. the plant $5000000.00 ton of exported grain every month . the 2nd reason is, is really that many people here think this a corridor might be over soon, because there might be another attack. they don't trust the russian claims not to attack those ports, especially after only hours after the grain you were side, russia had attacked the ports. and in addition to that, the heavy attacks on the portal turn of me calais, which is not far from a death are continuing as well. so there's not to man to man much trust here in this agreement and that it will last long. did of new cars wanted the better shocker in chief speaking to me, a little earlier england have returned home to

a rapturous reception in trafalgar square in central london after winning euro 2022 football total. it was a huge, successful ins, isn't also for the sport with record crowds turning out to watch the games. oh, it's taken 56 years, but it's finally come home. and he took the women of england to achieve what the men have failed to do. and the secret that the lioness is success simply they're very, very good football players. very, very good people. yes, ma'am. the willingness, the commitment, the resilience of the behavior towards each other. the support has been so incredible and most of all the willingness to want to win so badly and they won . it's a victory, not only for the lionesses also england,

but for women's football worldwide. the euro 2022 was a festival of footballing prowess and exciting game playing in front of crowds that were bigger than ever before. ah, i think england hosted an incredible tournament and we've changed the game in this country and hopefully across europe across the world. but we said that we wanted to make our legacy about women, and that's all we did. they may a full in the final hurdle, but the tournament runs up. germany's national team also did that country and the sport crowd receiving a heroes welcome. when they arrived home in frankfort, also krauter made a part in changing the fate of women's foot. oh yes ma'am. it's me 0. so eager yet, but it's not back to business. as usual. we hope we're really at the start of something in our sport. will stay on the ball and won't let said into nothing. i'm

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