i'm evelyn shire, mom, and i really think we need to talk about all the topics the north to live and united in this. i have invited many deer and well known guests. and i would like to invite you to an end ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin us. how speaker nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan to find threats from china. lucy says that visit honor is america as unwavering, commitment to ty, one's democracy. beijing fires back, calling the trip extremely dangerous, and bowing to stage military exercises in response. also coming off on the show,

russia labels, ukraine's as a regiment, a terrorist organization. the court in moscow rules far right fighters can based harsh sentences. many are in russian prisons waiting to hear their face. and the u . s. declare is the death of the alleged mastermind of the $911.00 attacks. it says, i'll call you to head i'm and i was a while harry was killed in a drone strike in afghanistan. after years in hiding ah hello, i'm claire richardson, thanks much for joining us. us. how speaker nancy pelosi has landed in taiwan after weeks of speculation over whether she would visit the island. beijing has called the move a major political provocation and says it will launch targeted military operations . in response. policy says the visit reflects america,

has unwavering commitment to supporting ty, once vibrant democracy. so let's dive right into this. i'm joined in the studio by d to lease chief international editor, richard walker. i and in taipei, we have south some, han dw correspondent covering this story for us. so i want to begin with you. can you give us an update with the latest from taipei on this visit? as you have mentioned shortly after nancy pelosi lenders, she issue a press release to her office announcing her visit to taiwan. joso said the visit to town is in keeping with that your united face commitment to support. how has democracy pelosi now has on safely arrive at the hotel outside the hotel, hundreds of people were shouting, welcome to taiwan to her holding different welcome in size. but there were also small clashes between the tie wine and pendant supporters and people who support unification with china and on taipei one o one. we can see lighting of the word tie, one in the u. s. and the red heart between them. the atmosphere is rather calm and

peaceful, gave a warm reception. in that case, richard, this trip has been so controversial. what do we know about polos these motives to go to tie one now of all times? yes. is we just heard there, so it pelosi has, has released a statement. she's also released to an opinion piece in the washington post sort of framing the reasoning behind her visit. and she's framing it very much in this kind of yet supporting democracy. and, and it as part of the, what she frame's as the kind of the world facing a choice between autocracy and democracy. to remark, kind of putting this, this visit in that context of, for example, what's happening in ukraine, of course, the, the russian invasion of ukraine. also, you know what she is framing as a struggling democracy, being invaded by an aggressor and very much framing her visit to, to tie one in that context. and that is not going to sit at all well. but with the chinese, of course, who will see this is an intrusion in their system. and also they will see support

for the taiwanese democracy as code for effectively de facto support for taiwanese independence, which is the red, is an ultimate red line for the chinese that i want to get back over to you and ask despite the controversy, what is on the actual agenda for policies as it to more morning nancy pelosi will go to the taiwanese parliament legislative un to meet the legislators. and afterwards she will meet how in his presence. hi england, who will host her at a state banquet and noon? then she will visit the white hero memorial par warehouse military records and detention center for political distance doing the white hair appeared. and she's scheduled to leave taiwan on a special flight in the afternoon of august the 3rd. okay, thank you very much for that, our richard. what kind of reaction are we expecting to see from beijing where we've also seen statements coming up very extensive statement coming out of the foreign minister, beijing saying that it once to see the americans kind of stepping back from what it

sees. it escalates reactions, and we've also had the p a lay, the chinese military announcing the date is going to be a launching operations. what it calls joint military operations around taiwan on to the, the, the north in the south west in an south eastern regions of taiwan. island so, so this announcement has come through already. there are comparisons being made to the last kind of a military operations on this scale that the chinese launch. we're back in the 1990s. so certainly, you know, military steps being taken, but will obviously digest in the next few days to what extent these pose a risk to the stability in the regional whether they manage to remain contained and to avoid any escalation risk with the americans. for instance. thank you. so much for that was richard walker or chief international editor here in the studio, and so on. hand correspondent in taiwan. thank you so much. both of you to smother news. now, when russia supreme court has ruled that ukraine's as a regiment is

a terrorist organization, that the decision may be harsh sentences for fighters were being held as prisoners of war. the regiment is a ukrainian military unit with a far right and nationalist background was the focus of russia claims about fascist elements in ukraine. many fought in the month swung siege at a steel plant in mario paul and russian back separatists are calling for them to be executed. this was the, as of still works earlier this year, inside thousands of fighters from the so called as of regiment. from within the tunnels, under the steel plant, the regiments leaders sent out video messages. then this is our repeal to the world as could be the last appeal of our lives. we are probably facing our last days if not hours, the enemy out numbers of $10.00 to $1.00, but a do say no. they didn't last much longer. order to surrender by the government and keith, the steel plants, defendants were taken prisoner. russian officials called them nazis. the group does

have a far right history. we found that in 2014 as a volunteer militia to find pro russian separatists in the don bath region. current members have rejected being cold nationalists or radicals. however, they say they're patriots. russian media also said the group mistreated civilians and matthew poll, but without evidence. videos showed fight is helping civilians evacuated the days before the surrender. since then, the captured fighters have become pawns and the game potential assets in an eventual swap or sees foreign negotiations as the war grounds on. without them. these are the corresponding burgers. a sugar has reaction from keith to the news that rush has designated as of fighters, as terrorists was just spoken to relatives of these other

fighters and they told us they are deeply shocked. and the only thing they want to say openly is that russia is a terrorists the state. so this message comes to shock to many ukrainians, because for them there are other fighters, our heroes, because they have been defending the city of maria, poor for 4 months and even after they surrendered for many them. here they, as i said, they are heroes. and the, the people are here we spoke to today. they are really furious because this news only comes a days after a detention center in russian. heard aline fca was shells in attack on a detention center where as of fighters were detained. and russia and ukraine are blaming each other for having and being responsible for that attack. but m a satellite imagery and other evidence seems to support the claim of ukraine. that it

was russia who is responsible for that attack. and over the past days, we have been seeing a lot of a protest fear in the streets is also presidents. lensky has asked the international community to recognise russia as a terrorist state. so we gotta do we know what this decision will mean for those as a fighters were being held in russia when these, their round about 2500 fighters surrendered to the russians. they were registered by the red cross s so called prisoners of war. and that would mean under the geneva convention that they are not that it's not allowed to charge them only for fighting in that war. but this changes if they are recognized terrorist organization, then they could face big chargers and even in the dunbar,

republic officials have said they could even get the death sentence. so this is, this is a really hard situation also for the relative bed. i just spoke to her to a lawyer here in ukraine. it, he said, it might be only like political game by russia to like raise their suit to say bell, you off the prisoners in this, in a possible a prisoner swap or in, in negotiations for a peace agreement. so their relatives are that they don't know what to think here. if it's just like if they are just pawns or if it's a really threat. but many here are very worried because many have are relatives or friends in the army. and when they might get prisoners of war, they fearing this pattern of russian, we have been seeing over the past months to criminalize the prisoners of war. okay

. forget a shocker in kia. thank you so much for your reporting. we can turn now to another important development in the war and grain shipments from ukraine have restarted under united nations, deal to and russia's blockade. exports of wheat, corn, and other commodities were halted at the start of the war in february, causing a global food shortage. a sign of hope for many the 1st cargo ship to leave ukraine since the start of the conflict there at 26000 tunes of called on bald headed to lebanon with a very relieved crew. total obama can it's so liberating off to being stuck here for so long. it's an incredible feeling to be able to return to my homeland abroad . about $20000000.00 tons of grain still waiting to be ex bolted from ukraine. but this 1st ship as an important start saves you in secretary general gutierrez, these sheep dimensions vessel rosanna is loaded with 2 commodities in

short supply corn and hope. hope for millions of people and on the world will depend on the smooth running of ukraine sports to feed their families. the ship has made it out of ukrainian walters and is due to end to turkey on tuesday night. authorities are preparing for the ships arrival where its cargo will be inspected under the terms of the un deal longer than going missing a bit due to the bad weather conditions. the ship arizona is expected to anchor in istanbul around midnight. so later than estimated the median agreement limits event, i'm after arrival procedures and inspection will be carried out by a delegation from turkey, russia, ukraine, and the united nations brought him she, you will not all the ship will then continue on its way subject to the results sooner go to do your love element. meanwhile, in ukrainian ports on the black sea, 60 mo graying freighters awaiting to depart was united states as

it has killed the leader of al qaeda. i man, i was a while, harry and he droned strike in afghanistan. he was one of the founders of the terrorist group and was in hiding for more than a decade. the cia targeted them and they believe was central to the 911 attacks in the heart of this wealthy cobble neighbourhood where many taliban leaders reside . the head of al qaeda found a hide out but not out of washington sites. a u. s. official says i am on alga. why harry was identified on multiple occasions, spending time on the balcony of the house where he was eventually struck early on sunday morning. now we have eliminated the mirror of al qaeda. he will never again, never again allow of can stand to become a terrace, a shaven because he is gone. and we're going to make sure of nothing else happens.

you know, can't be a launching pad against united states. we're going to see to it that won't happen. the gyptian bonds away, harry was osama bin laden's, right hand man before lay to succeeding him as head of al qaeda items. the u. s. says he was actively involved in planning the september 11th attacks in the us, as well as other al qaeda operations, including 2 u. s embassy bombings in east africa in 1998. and the attack on the u. s. s. cole war ship in yemen, in 2000. following the strike that killed him, the taliban accused the us of violating international principles and the doha agreement. but for the americans, if the taliban who've broken that 2020 accord by providing cover for so i re who's killing is the 1st known us strike and afghanistan since washington pulled out its troops a year ago. and just before we go, let's get

a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour us. how speaker nancy pelosi has arrived in taiwan to find warnings from china hill as he says, the visit highlights america's unwavering support of tie one's democracy. china says it will launch military exercises off tie one's coast in response. coming up after the break date of the news asia with my colleague brush energy is of course white at his of you dot com and clare richardson in berlin for me in the team. thank you so much for watching people in trucks injured one trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. warner families played on the tax in syria to these credit owners with.