ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, nancy pelosi vows china will not isolate taiwan. the u. s. high speaker says beijing won't succeed in coating taiwan or from the rest of the world. as china puts on a huge show of military force around the island, also on the program,

ukraine's president for fuchs the human rights organization, amnesty international after it accuses caves, troops of endangering civilians, plus a possible deal to free b. basketball star. brittany greiner, the u. s. urges russia to accept an offer that would release greiner from a 9 year jail sentence. ah, i'm pablo folemi as welcome to the program. u. s. high speaker, nancy pelosi has commented on her controversial visit to taiwan by saying the u. s . will not allow china to isolate the island. tensions are high in the taiwan strait following her visit and china is conducting life foreign military drills around the island. pelosi made her comments in japan on the final leg of a trip to asia. her stop over into enraged china's government,

which considers the island a part of its territory. right, well i listened to want nancy pelosi how to say the chinese have tried to isolate taiwan. they may try to keep taiwan from visiting or participating in other places . but they will not isolate taiwan by preventing us to travel there. we've had high level visit senators in the spring, a bipartisan way, continuing visits, and we will not allow them to isolate taiwan. let's talk with andrew small, he's with the asia program at the german marshall fund. welcome to the program, andrew. so the u. s. high speaker said that the u. s. will not allow china to isolate taiwan. so what could the us do to stop it from happening? oh, this isn't, as she said, just the united states. certainly the visit itself was that kind of show of support

and a demonstration that and whatever the position china takes. parliamentarians and lawmakers at least and will continue to come through and, and make their visits. and this isn't just us. parliamentarians and we'll makers, we've seen that at increasing from european parliamentarians to i think, in a context in which there is a sense that taiwan is under heightened threat and within the parameters of a one china policy that and countries need to start strengthening economic linkages . personal ties, pushing the on the informal side, even as beijing has been squeezing on the diplomatic side in terms of its international recognition. expanding the scope of informal recognition, essentially showing that other countries have a stake in taiwan and doing that and as direct and, and personal away as possible. so i think the sense is that's a collective responsibility of, of nations around the world am and that policies visit itself was part of that process. under what's your take on china's drills, which at the least seem to simulate

a blockade of tie one china takes an approach to these things that some of characterized as a kind of reaction. we assertiveness that is, they wait for an opportunity like this, and then they move ahead with the theories of moves that they plan to make at some point anyway. and in this case, it has indeed given china the opportunity to test out its capacity to pull off. what does look very much like a kind of blockade simulation testing it's missiles, it's claims testing times air defense is more intensely the fiber capabilities. and i think for a lot of people, this is what they're worried about 1st, rather than an outright invasion, that this is the kind of steps that we would see from china. and this has been an opportunity that they've taken advantage of to, to test out whether that might be possible. the pa, are chinese military and it is on tested in a significant way in real combat. so this is an opportunity for them to press ahead with some of these maneuvers and,

and push the limits of things that they haven't done before. right. well, japan has said that several chinese missiles have landed in its economic zone. so what is this own, and is it a mouth miscalculation? do you think from the chinese side, or rather a threat? so these, this is, this is the 1st time. and as far as we are aware that the missiles half landed in japan's exclusive economic zone, it was within the territory that china had designated foot fit for these drills to take place. and i think it should be noted in this context that japan has made clear in recent years that it is prepared to be directly engaged with the united states. if china were to take military action against taiwan. and, but i think this is less about a direct threat at to japan, given the specific location, put it to place more is china simply saying that it as the prerogative to act as it sees fit, am around tie one's periphery a regardless of the concerns of of, of neighboring countries and, and particularly regardless of the consent of the japanese. right. let's talk about

china's economy because it's facing many challenges at the moment. could beijing afford a large scale confrontation with taiwan and its allies? i think it has to be understood about the chinese economy for all of plan is economic weight and it's still relying on the dollar system. it's still reliant when u. s. technology at yes, it's current economic situation is indeed very fragile. it is probably the weakest economics that situation that we've, we've seen there and a couple of decades reasons the aftermath of kiana men. and, but if we saw the same sanctions imposed on russia for instance, that were imposed on, on china fractions against my one. and it would be even more costly, i think, for china, china is well aware of this, even if it's economy, we're in a much stronger position. and it would, it would face them really severe consequences if the sorts of measures were taken. and but each short of that level of a confrontation and even short of an outright invasion, i think what we're seeing from companies and countries right now is questioning

really about level of exposure to china. whether it may have a different level of exposure makes sense, whether it needs to be kind of a harder push for economic diversification among just about taiwan or about tennis dealings with russia, that 0 kobus policy m as well. and really the senate in china for dealing with an authoritarian regime that is prone to these increasingly ill judged, maybe domestically and internationally eminent, some of the risks are becoming a problem under small with the german martial fund. thank you. thank you. well, as mentioned, those drills are causing tension in the region and feeling fears a war may break out. our correspondence in taiwan sac really has been speaking with fishermen in the southwest part of the island about the impact of the drills. this was the very 1st time that capital chin home mean has had to return to la pose due to the chinese military access. i see he says he's never before feel so threatened

by b jeans actions and he doesn't want to take any risks. what got i heard about the live fire exercise. i wonder so we are scared, scared of being hit by a missile. i was supposed to work for 10 days. now i will lose more than $3000.00 us dollars for shortening my fishing time all night. it's fine for me this time. but what if chinese military exercises become the new normal guy was on chain is not alone. hundreds of taiwanese fishing boats a lane. i do import. many crews are worried that a deals might affect the likelihood over a long term. china thought a military exercise this in areas in water surrounded taiwan and wrapped and nancy pelosi low one of the area is less than 2 miles from where i in a put c t and south. and i was and knew who mock a new phase of frequency. i tell you, chinese people, abrasion,

army begins military drills from august, 4th, to 7th police by attention, jackie, you to do that. this is the 1st time that the nation of fishery radio station mixed such warnings in don't come, which has one of pi was largest fish harbors. even the analysis herself finds it unusual, more chance for command to non yes, and this is the 3rd time i need to and also warning about peerless military exercise. this, the situation here is very tense in china's me to reduce has already affected and worried. many fishermen in taiwan, the taiwanese military's highland nerd. however, most of the residents here don't seem to be worried about possibly world will bother to read, so i can't predict if a war will break out on file. i don't want to think about it. if it happens, it happens, you're,

i'm not too worried about it. i'm thinking about it too much. it doesn't really help to him. above all, i have been saying it for a long time. china has said they will attack us, but it has never happened. this time they probably just want to scare us with savage and my kids are worried about what they asked for was possible here and but height, i told them where the shelters are, but we have no control over it. i don't want to worry about something that i can't control trenice life. i immediately react their faces have already raised pinches in a tie was to read to the high used label in decades by lid these not any thing that the fisherman chin home mean can change to him or really matters is going out to fish, to an leaving for him and his family and after the war in ukraine, where a president volunteered, savanski has sharply criticized

a human rights organization. amnesty international cholenski has accused of victim blaming. after amnesty alleged ukrainian troops had endangered civilians while fighting russian soldiers on the ground in ukraine. there is reported to be heavy fighting in the south. close to the russian held city of harrison and in the eastern don't ask region. ukrainian civilians are flat their homes, forced to leave by incessant russian sharing. a train station and donnette ski evacuating the old one. and the young all exhausted westwards. ordinary ukrainians caught up in fierce fighting and forced to leave their homes with whatever they can carry. hello, miss, but we are from a village near lisa chance kits between the lou haskell donuts grievance. her village has been ruined. there's no gas, no water, no electricity. we were sitting in the basement for

a month. the army brought us here to the and i believe was nothing. the government has ordered civilians to lead combat zones in done at school. but the danger may not be just from russian attacks. amnesty international accuses ukraine of basing troops and populated areas, putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war. keith was furious. he shook too if someone prepares, the report in which the victim and the aggressor are allegedly the same in some way . if information about the victim is analyzed, while something the aggressive does is ignored, this cannot be tolerated. somebody ah ukrainian soldiers face a grinding battle to keep the remaining regions of eastern dumbass out of russian control for another. and to avoid shelling

a nice the so let's go the exit. we sit in the trenches, the enemy shells us and we can't even stick our heads out. now there are no small arms fights as they used to be. today it is an artillery battle, even as you just jump into the trench and wait for the strike. away from the front lines, the evacuation of civilians from done as continues. the question is whether that will be enough to keep them safe. 3 more ships carrying grain are set to leave ukrainian ports today. the 1st of them a bulky carrier, transporting 12000 tons of corn set sail for turkey. this morning, 2 more commercial vessels destined for ports in ireland and britain. i've also been authorized to leave ukraine as part of the grain deal signed by keith and moscow. the ships will be inspected in it stumble before continuing on to their final destinations. but for more on this, let's bring indeed of use russia,

analyst constantine eggers, constantine, great to see. so turkey's president at the one played an important role in the great deal. and later today, he'll be meeting russian president putin in such e on the black sea. so is this another attempt to add one to mediate in the ukraine more? well, it's true that elder well, is pretty much the only nato ahead of states at least to maintain relations of goodness of speaking terms with him. but i don't think we have to put some kind of mega meaning into every single meeting they have. they have a lot to discuss on kind of running basis, or the by dr. drones production and a turkey which russia wants to produce in russia and which turkey refuses to, ah, to, to, to, to, to do, to give a license to go to moscow. i'm sure that put, and will return to that. the continuation of the a grains shipments that's, that's another thing they can discuss. trade definitely. so there are still

bilateral russian talk your trade and maybe they will discuss some kind of, well, peace deal or peace negotiations, whatever you call it. judging by the interview of a former chancellor gerhard schroeder, a few days ago, it seems that to them is looking for some kind of conversation with were serious or whether it's a smokescreen. it's really yet too hard to say. konstantin, we're going to come back to you in a few minutes because there's a russian verdict i'd like to discuss with you. so stand by there for a moment. so the u. s. is calling on the kremlin to accept what it describes as a substantial offer to free the basketball player. brittany greiner, the white house is not disclose details of that offer. earlier. a russian court sentence greiner to 9 years in prison for drug possession and smoking, brittany griner entered the cramped court room and defendant 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 redress population. i never miss right. involving a 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. bartlet dw russia. unless konstantin egerton still with me. constantine,

a tough sentence for greiner. but the u. s. has been pushing for a prisoner swap. so how likely is it that griner will complete those 9 years in prison? i think it is unlikely that shall spend 9 years in prison. and it is also highly likely that some kind of negotiation will be concluded fairly soon. about her faith in the fate of at least another american whelan, a former, a former us army, us marines, rather serviceman who's been jammed in russia to on on a ledger. this be an arch charges i think that's a put him does want the deal, but he wants a deal that will secure the release of victor built sometimes called the merchant of death a pilot was jailed in the u. s. a fool, arms smuggling in arms, illegal arms tried and he's become a kind of caused to lever in russia a symbol of american trembling on the russians. right. and i suppose that button would like to get him back. we heard about that from time to time,

from russian. diplomats and actually for american diplomats too. and i think that maybe maybe the future of greiner ah, revolves around the future of victor boots in, in american jail. i suspect it's going to be some kind of smoke also to add one more thing. it's not really a great p r for putting to keep a global basketball star in jail. he knows it doesn't work very well. and i think that there's going to be a some kind of deal. thank you. constantine detail, he's russia analyst konstantin. exit. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. cruise congress has refused to allow the president to leave the country. lawmakers denied petro castillo request to travel to columbia, ordering him to stay home and handle a political crisis. a new peruvian cabinet is due to be sworn in today. we are an american conspiracy theorist has been ordered to pay over $4000000.00 of damages

to the parents of a child killed in a u. s. school shooting. the family say they suffered years of harassment because alex jones spread false claims that the sandy hook massacre was a hoax. hunger is far right leader victor or been has urged us conservatives to reject l g b t q writes, he also called for a tougher approach to immigration. speaking at a political gathering at dallas, texas, or been said, conservatives should reclaim government institutions from so called liberals left control. the next room to your was been 2 years since a massive explosion ripped through lebanon's capital. by route, hundreds of people were killed and much of the city has been destroyed. no one has been held accountable, and an investigation has stolt thousands of people demonstrated demanding answers from the government. protesters in lebanon chanting for justice, 2 years after to be report explosion, killed over $200.00 people,

and injured thousands more. those affected are still pushing for answers. the blast also destroyed large swedes of beirut. bella, me, at the countries dead, you need a doubt. people are said, their tears in their eyes has his see and you feel like every person wants to fight . you've had to know the truth. yeah, they said, hey, we hope we'll get there. so many blame the blast on years of inaction. at negligence from lebanese officials, they accused the government of stalling the investigation to evade responsibility for one of the biggest non nuclear explosions ever recorded. and this was bustling neighborhood that was heavily damaged by the blast. reminders of this still open wound are all round. the scores are still there, i internally, externally, especially that we haven't seen justice yet. we haven't moved on

protesters headed to the scene of to 2020 explosion where things looked eerily familiar. remains of green, silas heavily damage and black collapsed before the eyes of protesters for local residence. the sound of sirens smoke hanging over the port and helicopters flying overhead brought back the familiar feeling that much when i saw the smoke, i felt like i was back at the scene of the explosion. i was afraid again, this way, if lebanon fails to provide answers, rights group say, don't seek justice through international pro. to mexico now, where rescue workers are scrambling to save the lives of 10 workers trapped in a mine. a section of the coal mine became flooded and collapsed on wednesday. it's thought the miners accidentally triggered the flooding during tunneling work

solias, emergency workers and rescue dogs, a racing to rescue the crew trapped on the ground before it's too late. the mono, but no one can go inside the mine we have to pump out all the water before the rescue as can get our colleagues out. a little relatives can only wait for news in the owner of the las colinas. though another young my son has worked in mining for many years, i always ask him why local authorities are calling for reinforcement. and the president is promising no letter in efforts to save them. i know she said that it is like your bill that we must not lose faith. we must not lose hope where i feel for the family so you can always count on us. you are not alone knocked down . so co willa. the main cold production region has seen a series of fatal accidents. last year,

9 miners died in 2 similar kaden's in the worst in 2006, 65 minors died and only 2 bodies were recovered. the endangered siberian tiger is one of the largest wildcat species in the world. native mainly to russia. it's also found in some parts of northern china, but there are estimated to be only around $600.00 left in the wild. these numbers have prompted conservation efforts, and in china at least the results have been promising. these images are the prove, rare pictures of february and tiger caps shot by an hidden infrared camera. this species is critically endangered, but in north east and sign, our 10 babies were born in 2021. putting the number of the remaining big cats living in the white, up to 600 animus saburo and tag as also known as arm. we're all maturing tigers. are the biggest living cats from head to tail there matter about 2 meters and can

read a weight of 300 kilos. destruction of their habitat poaching and trophy hunting are the biggest threats to the survival of the species. but conservation efforts are underway. read yahoo bought joan has constructed multiple natural reserves and monitoring stations were to intensified patrol and management of the tigris haberdashery. a number of projects focusing on protecting wild animals and plants as well as the construction of natural reserves have been implemented in the north east and sign is provinces of dealing in hey long jesus. the country has established a 1400000 hector nature reserve. rangers patrolling regularly. they were moved, traps set by posters and sec if the ben uncommercial logging is complied with. the big cats need the forest to creep up on their prey. 2022 is a year of the tiger and the chinese lunar calendar. so the country is proud to

announce that the population of the wide saburo and tag as has increased from 27 in 2017 to more than 60 to day. beautiful animals. well, before we go some unusual wildlife now, and that's taken to the chicago river, a flock of 75000 rubber ducks raced along the waterway. they were raising money for the special olympics donors, place their money on individual ducks, hoping for a pay act proceeds will fund sporting opportunities for adults and children with special learning needs. and on the day there was a winning duck. but as the same sport, it's taking part here's a reminder off the top stories who are following for you this r u. s. high speaker nancy pelosi says beijing will not be allowed to isolate taiwan. she made the statement after china began

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