this is the poll unleash on violet boss, and re imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy. sort of august 6th on the w. ah ah, this is the w news lie from berlin, u. s. high speaker, nancy pelosi visits taiwan and delivers a strong message. america stand with taiwan the highest ranking us politicians to visit in 25 years draws

a furious response from china. with more military drills near the island. also coming up under inspection a ship carrying ukrainian grain safely crosses the black sea and reaches turkey. the price president says, one vote isn't enough. plus germany's chancellor says, there's no reason for russia to delay taking delivery of a repaired gas turbine, russia flames maintenance sanctions for slowing gas applies to europe. germany says the turbine is ready to spin. ah, i'm pablo for lydia as welcome to the program. us have speaker and nancy pelosi has used her visit to taiwan to deliver a statement of solidarity, saying her country would do whatever it takes to,

to taiwan ability to defend itself. pelosi met with ty, one's president citing when after earlier addressing the self governing islands parliament. she's the highest ranking us politician to visit taiwan in 25 years, though she's not there. as an official representative, pelosi ignored stark warnings from china, which views the island as its own territory. she says she supports the status quo between beijing, anti pay and praised taiwan democracy. we have to show the world and that's one of the purposes of action. to show the world as the people have on their coverage to change their own country to become more democratic, the democracy that has evolved to a stronger place now and offers a very strong contrast to what's happening with mainland china. so close the

visit has drawn a furious response from china, which has asked more military drills around taiwan or your dw washington correspondence to me so much kind of told us about the reaction there. well, puzzle there certainly been a lot of coverage. all of the networks here were closely following her visit with live coverage of her landing there. and you're in washington. there has been a good deal of bipartisan support for the speaker at 26 senate republicans issued a statement saying that they stand behind her. and that they see this trip as consistent with the u. s. as one china policy. and, you know, during the trumpet ministration as china became a key focal point. the accusation had been and continues to be. the democrats have been too weak on china, and i was watching fox news, which is the main network for the right wing here. and they were begrudgingly praising nancy pelosi as well, which is quite unusual. but i have to say the voices are mixed on both sides of the aisle. so some commentators here pointing out the fact that there doesn't appear to be a strategy from nancy pelosi that she doesn't have

a concrete outcome from this visit that she can achieve. and secondly, that the timing is not ideal because because the u. s. is already engaged in another huge security challenge, namely the war in ukraine. and that, that is going to be difficult to balance. and there is the concern that the u. s. it might be on a collision course, essentially with 2 world powers, china and russia by aggravating china with a visit like this. and this comes at a time where beijing and moscow have already been deepening their alliance. so the concern pablo being that this could push them even closer into each other's arms if you will. suit me. what about the white house? where does president biden stand on nancy pelosi visit? well, it is a very complex issue. i mean, the white house, as you mentioned, president biden did express concern about nancy pelosi going to taiwan. and he did not actually tell her not to go, but there were concerns from the department of defense as well. and with the white house. so focused on the war and ukraine, it has been seen as a bit of

a distraction, perhaps. but there has been some speculation that the white house might have privately condone this visit by nancy pelosi as a way for the us to reaffirm its commit to taiwan. and stand up to china without that actually coming directly from president biden and his administration. as you know, nancy pelosi as the speaker of the house represents a different branch of the government. and you also have to remember that in general, we have seen a shift in the u. s. tone and rhetoric on taiwan. the policy for a long time from the u. s. has been one of strategic ambiguity, so it has official diplomatic ties to china, but also unofficial ties to taiwan, supporting democracy there. and president bite and just in may said openly that the u. s. would defend taiwan if china attacked the white house try to walk back those statements. but the point they're pablo is that it could be said that this trip by nancy pelosi is not entirely out of line with what we've seen from the white house and from president biden himself. so me briefly, if you could,

and you touched on it a little bit earlier, how much worse could relations actually gap between china and the us? well, the relationship certainly isn't in the best state at the moment. remember some of the pulls on this relationship, the biden ministration announcing that diplomatic boy caught the beijing olympics. they've sparred over everything from economics to technology and security. so the relationship already isn't pretty frosty territory. it could get worse. pablo if we see a further retaliation or response from china, if there's an escalation in that response and that the u. s. feels that it has to respond as well there. we could see the, the retaliation or the deterioration rather of the relationship fall even further. thank you so me to me. so misconduct in washington, dc. the 1st cargo ship to leave ukraine, since the russian invasion is under inspection in the black sea of turkeys coast, a team with personnel from russia, ukraine, turkey, and the un is inspecting the vessel to see if it complies with last months

agreement between the un. moscow and keith, to unblock grain exports. the sierra leone flagship departed odessa on monday, carrying 26000 tons of corn. it's currently anchored off the coast of istanbul, if given the all clear, it can continue its journey to its final destination lebanon. while earlier i spoke to dw star in jones and asked him about the turkeys role in restarting grain exports from turkey will take. he's playing a pivotal role, not only in helping to broker the initial agreement, but to the ministration the, the whole organization of the logistics of it is all being carried out here in the joint coordination center where there is russian military officials, ukrainian counterparts as well as turkish and un officials. now, all of the organization of this massive operation is going to be organized. the

convoys out of the ukrainian pulled through the heavily mind voltage, then allocated waterway through the black sea fruit to its time bulk. the searches that are carried out both in and out of ukraine, organized through here and turkey. also, not only on the logistics, i will say this moving the whole operation. this we have to remember that there are 2 warring parties, ukrainian military and russian. town composites are war in ukraine, but the same time they need to work together. and turkey having good relations with both sides is seen as also typical to smoothing the whole operation. both on the logistics side, but also on the why the level, if there are any missteps, we'll step back turkey will be working hard to make sure that this still continues to work. they don't use dorian jones reporting down from a stumble. right. well, it's now been one week since russian energy company gas prom drastically reduced gas delivery through its north stream pipeline to germany, to just 20 percent of its normal flow. russia says maintenance issues and western sanctions are preventing it from pumping more gas. but germany's chances are all

shots today accused russia of blocking the delivery of a turbine destined for the pipeline. the turbine is now in germany after being repaired in canada, inspecting the joined turbine shells said it was working and ready to use once russia requested it. michelle said, rushes claims of technical problems were not credible, and se gas customers should expect more restrictions to entice us about the fear, christine motion, zagan. now, does this mean we need to understand that it is not enough to do everything right? sunday, but the motion and in this difficult situation related to russia's war in ukraine. yet we must be clear that they can always be a pretext that leads to something not working at person equal to near technical reasons, have allegedly also impacted gas exports to other european countries that to, that were also comprehensible enough would say, all right, well, for more on this,

let's bring in seattle use political correspondent, manual shares. manual good to see you. should we consider a transfer shelters visit to this turbine? a big statement from him. it is a big statement and above all, pablo, it shows you just how important this matter is not on the german level, but the international dimension of this, you know, these turbine being put back in service on, not disturbed. in fact, he's working just fine. there's no reason why it shouldn't be transported. duff was the message from the chancello. so that was quite clear. and the delays don't come from the german side that that's what she said. there's no government, a decision that makes the transport of these turbine impossible noise that any technical issue on seaman says side, no technical reasons whatsoever. that is what all of shows said. so the chancellor, don't blame russia for any delay incurring. and he insisted that the truth and fox

were important at the moment where we witness award the tree. good des, energy crises for the war. that is not just happening on the ukrainian frontline, but it's also very much a global economy conflict at this stage. now the chancellor also announced a series of measures that deal directly with the energy crisis. what more can you tell us on those? he did indeed aside from what they already knew, for example, the efforts that must be made by industries companies and the population to save up as much energy as possible before the winter. although shells also mentioned the importance of fitting up the gas reserves and announce more a packages for those who needed the most. for example, mostly financial support for low income families to talk about 30000000000 euros who be used to effect thank you. my new l. d. w's political correspondent,

manual shares. let's get you up to speed now on some other stories making headlines around the world. the association of southeast asian nations has warned it will reconsider a peace plan agreed with me on march if the country's military rulers execute any more prisoners. the execution of for opposition activists last month was condemned by members of the 10 nation regional block, ma'am are, has no representatives at the ongoing summit income. both the u. s. state department says there is an increased risk of anti american violence after a cia drone strike killed the head of al qaeda. it is urged its citizens to be wary of possible terrorist attacks in response to the death of i'm on, so i'm on out. so a hearing, he was killed in a drone strike in the afghan capital capital the death toll from a wild foreign california's north has risen to,

for the blaze has destroyed more than 100 homes since rotting last friday. authorities say the mckinney fire still remains out of control despite rains earlier this week. it's one of many places burning in the west of the country where the issue of abortion has divided the united states in recent months with several court decisions and state laws restricting access to pregnancy termination . but in the state of kansas, a referendum that could have seen abortions band has failed. the outcome shows even some conservative voters are wary of the anti abortion movement. it was a resounding results and the cause, the celebration, the pro choice advocates, 59 percent of voters chose to protect abortion rights in a largely conservative us state with ties to the anti abortion movement. for some the relief was palpable. i'm you were ready to be from kansas and i, and i be like my senior soda enrollees with me,

my female friends and everyone. i mean, we are protecting others. still, the kansas poll as an indicator the plans to restrict access to abortion out of step with the public mood. if abortion rights are, are, are protected here in kansas. and again, republican leading state. um, i think that that indicates that there is a big did the states have those trigger was probably are out of stuck with what they're like for it was abortion opponents who supported the proposed amendment said they felt an obligation to protect the rights of the unborn but when we pull back and look at the scientific evidence of what happens in that one, not the emotion and not of the fact that i'm, i feel like i'm losing something. the people that are losing life have no voice. if people on their own, like me, don't speak for them. the strongly held views on both sides were reflected in

a sometimes bitter campaign. but the decisive vote to keep abortion protections in the state constitution indicates a clear determination from kansas citizens to protect women's rights. you're watching dw news from berlin, there is more news on our website, d, w dot com. and you can also follow us on our social media accounts on pablo foias of next is our documentary program doc filled with a look at hamlin dover, is coping with the war in neighboring ukraine. for me, the team here take care. thanks a lot. ah lou red alert for the blue climate. ah, we're going to have some epic. moreover, water in the world. her is becoming a.