a 3 years that will change the world for ever. but jillions journey around the world starts september 7th on d, w. ah, ah. ah, this is d w. new life from berlin, russia jails, american, boston, all star, brittany griner for 9 years. she was convicted of drug smuggling, but a prisoner swap could see her exchange for a notorious russian arms data being held in the united states. class. the u. s. condemns china for firing ballistic missiles around taiwan. the by the

administration says it's an over reaction to us. how speaker nancy pelosi, his visit to the island and a forest fire raging in germany's capital. the blaze broke out at a police munitions depot and a spread to surrounding woodland on the outskirts of berlin. ah, amarillo mohammed, welcome to the program. a russian court has sentenced us basketball star, brittany griner, to 9 years in prison, for drug per that possession and also smuggling. she was convicted of carrying cannabis oil into russia. the white house, as griner was wrong. 3 detained, and this calling for her release. brittany griner entered the cramped court room and defended cell,

hoping the sentencing judge would be lenient that the judge would consider that greiner admitted her mistake, but had accidentally packed cannabis oil prescribed by her doctor and legal in the us. yon. i never miss her, even to put in jeopardy the rest population. i never miss any law. made faith hope that in your ruin and my wife griner was stopped in mid february after putting her bag through screening and moscow. airport customs officials searched her bags and she was eventually detained . she was on her way to join the russian club. she played for after the w n. b. a season in the united states. griner is considered one of the top basketball talents in the world. her $206.00 centimeter stature, 6 foot 9 inches, helps her dominate pro basketball and she's helped when to olympic gold medals for

the us in court, she held up a picture of her team in russia after several teammates had served as character witnesses for her. but she knows russia and the us are now on opposite sides of a global conflict. i know everybody who's talking about political pawn and politics, but i hope that that is far from the courtroom. in a quick decision, the court showed it was unmoved by grinders call for leniency. she was sentenced to 9 years, one less than the 10 year maximum. without disappointment. you know, one way it's so great name. i think it was tuesday, anamosa elemental to see on thursday and she said see on doomsday. so looks like she was right. lemme as she was led away words of love for her family, but her future may well rest with diplomats for 2 countries, barely speaking to each other as well as we had that the

u. s. government is calling britney is quoting for britney corners release. one possibility though, is a prisoner swap. the americans are offering victor boot an infamous russian arms dealer in exchange for greiner, he w constantine egg. it says the swapp could happen. well, i think the deal is on the table. and i think that mr. putin wants basically, ah, to get the maximum off of for this exchange. boot is a russian pilot who's been accused and sent us to the us food, basically illegal arms trade of some journals. some old colleagues called him merchant of death and he's been in u. s. jail for quite a long time and has become a cause celebrity, a famous case in russia, portrayed in the russian state media as an innocent victim of american imperialism of a kind of the u. s. trying to punish russia and i think the britain griner is going

eventually to be exchanged because frankly speaking, such circumstances keeping a basket lost all in russian jail is not something that a put him probably would won't end. i suppose that what he does want is to show that he had a victory. she brought back a russian citizen. he brought back victor boot. oh, eating us conservatives are gathering to mock the republican party's bid for the next u. s. presidential election. former president donald trump is the star speaker. later this week and hungry fires. prime minister victor oberon has already addressed the crowd. he edged the american right to reclaim government institutions from the so called liberals. he also called for tougher immigration laws and protection of christian traditions. he w as in as poll is at the conference in dallas, texas, and she says, or ben is popular with republicans despite being politically isolated in europe.

it's interesting that you talk about his isolation. he actually addressed ed fake by saying being here in texas, which is the loan stars stage, the one star lone star state in the united states. he says, i'm the lone star in europe. our. he got a lot of applause for his remarks on immigration that, that he doesn't want any non european in his country. he got a lot of applause when he talked about family saying that only a father and a mother or i can have a family, definitely being anti gay, anti l g b. teach you in that remarks are here. he's not a nubian to see peg seabeck just hold as conference some months ago in hungary. so he totally a kind of agrees with, with the core values. most of those who attend this meeting here have and what is also really interesting or what was interesting to listen that he basically really

said we have to join forces. we the hungarian with you, the americans, to fight for our well use against the progressives, against the liberals. and another key, as speech will be coming from that former us president donald trump, what we expected to hear from him and also how much influence has he had over the republican party when you walk the halls here, i mean there are trumpets everywhere or there are papers, stages of whom there are caps. there are heads is still really holds a strong grip on this branch of the republican party, which is important. the conservative french there are rumors are that he made announce, or that he is running for president, that he made him outside on his speech on saturday. but you definitely will do. he will say that the election was stolen from him. the last presidential lexical election, and he definitely also, i will talk a poorly about president biden and stressing the fact that he is too old to really

have full o the toss of a president. so that is what we're gonna hear from him probably was he w in his poll in dallas, texas. now china has launched as big as show of military force around taiwan in decades. tensions are running high after a visit to the island by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi. the chinese drills include firing ballistic missiles. the by did administration has called the ex sizes and over reaction to policies trip the people's liberation army released these images of china, launching its biggest show force against high one in decades. navy and air force drills indicated in blue, have encircled the self governing island that china claims as its own. the drills included what beijing cold precision missiles strikes in the taiwan strait. this

new escalation comes as beijing hits back for us house baker, nancy pelosi visit to tie pe. pelosi reaffirmed us commitment to defending ty, ones, democracy as the islands government scramble jets to water of chinese aircraft encroaching on the air space. what would infill like? our government is even more resolute to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our nation. in light of the current situation, our government will not only actively strengthen its self defense capabilities, but will also maintain close ties with like minded countries. like the united states, what the issue has dominated a meeting of the association of southeast asian nations in cambodia is capital non pen with china and the united states joining the summit. in his opening remarks, china's foreign minister emphasized the political and security ties between china and assy on countries ruler. we have guarded the peace facing the turbulence of the

national security. the 2 sides have strengthened to strategic communication, jointly tackled the challenges of various spillover effects and jointly maintained the uneasily achieved stability in the region. i see on is positioning itself as a negotiator. it's cold for all sides to de escalate, wanting a miscalculation could lead to open conflict rights groups, say, authorities in sri lanka are using emergency laws to harass and detain protesters seeking political reform. activists are pressing for more change despite the appointment of a new president. last month, the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 is fueling nationwide anger. this is what remains of the gotta go gone up her test camp in colombo. many who took part in the protests which led to the asked of president gotta buy

a raja boxer on gone away. but if you remain in the army defiant and it is right now, currently we're closing her sitting on a pay mom and the wrong side of it use upon him to make the changes. we can really go. these are scenes from the day running victim a single was elected by parliament. protest is at the presidential secretariat which they partially occupied. what angry you see him here as being too close to the raja park so family the mood turned ugly the night at victory missing that took the oath of office in the dead of night without warning, a military moved in to remove protested from in and around the presidential secretary at the protest as were taken by surprise, he had already said given vacating the government premises the next day several

people to be talked to at the scamp said they were beaten and assaulted on the night of the crack down. they said it was not the military who was behind these attacks, but hired mercenaries. when i was attacked, i was chased down up to his medicaid, me the barricade. there were videos also near the barricade. one of the guys pushed me. then i said, i know you are not on. you are one of the thug gangs then then he said yes. and he's calling me in field and he kept his foot on my neck. honestly, i don't believe they are current military are personnel because, oh, we didn't see the decency or the the discipline enough military among them. we strictly believed there were mercenaries, if this were true with he said, it would be a chilling reminder of the previous regime, which frequently used shadowy organizations to suppress dissent. for now,

the huge tongue of crowds which forced the former president to flee, had gone from the streets. but those who remain still see a long road ahead. we all have a responsibility now to take this forward. and we have shown that we have the power to do, sir. the intend to hold the government accountable till there is an end to the months of food and food shortages and an end to the suffering of the people of sri lanka. here in berlin, emergency crews are trying to contain a large forest fire in the southwest of the city. the blaze broke out overnight at a police munitions depot, almost 24 hours later, more than $100.00 firefighters are still on the scene authority. se homes are not at risk. berlin, in the early hours of the morning, a surveillance camera re quoted, an explosion in the groom of old forest in the southwest of the city. a series of

explosions began a few hours later, an unintended firework display filling the sky. the calls $25.00 tons of explosive confiscated fireworks and world war 2 ammunition. the fire department approached the site but had to withdraw the debris from the blast was deemed a danger to the life's. parts of the safety, cordon of one kilometer was later reduced to 500 meters. but helicopters, drones and satellites are crucial to the operation, dammit, couldn't go the only way we can get a better picture of the situation is from the air base gives us visual images. them is also a thermal imaging camera. this is also enabled us to identify the various pockets of embers and better assess the situation. dr. young on claudia, $15000.00 square maces, a forest burning about the size of 2 soccer fields. officials say residential areas are not in danger. the emergency effort included firefighters, police and soldiers,

but the fire is still writing on like will. there are 2 big challenges, but danger the blas site and the rapid spread of the fire, both of which no helped by the weather conditions that you stand with you for on the goals elsewhere. but a forecast of heavy rain overnight gifts. hope this is denise live from berlin. stick around because coming up next is a documentary looking at the efforts to save the rain forest in brazil, or margie can't find much more the website d, w dot com. thanks for watching. take care. bye bye. oh, what interest in the global economy our portfolio d w business being and here's a closer look out the project our mission.