parallel to beauty, ah, a special look at a special country loan from above. start september 16th on d, w. ah, ah, this is d w. news. why? but from berlin to night, russia in china and signs of a stressed relationship. residence. why did me put it in? she didn't being met today for the 1st time since the war in ukraine began. they talked about safeguarding their security interests, but there were hints of problems too. also coming up the european union,

chief ursula on july and paid a visit today to ukrainian president voldemort zalinski and keep her talks on integrating ukraine into europe. meanwhile, russian attacked on zalinski is home town made headlines, damaging critical infrastructure and the attendance greet himself. roger federer announcing he is retiring the 20 time grand slam singles winner describing his decision to leave the court as bittersweet. after so many injuries, the swiss star says his body is trying to tell him something. ah, i bring gov is good to have you with us on this thursday. russian president vladimir puget and his chinese counterpart, she's in pain. met today. their 1st face to face talked since moscow invasion of ukraine began back in february. now speaking on the sidelines of

a summit in whose becca stand, who's in thank china for what he called it's balanced position towards ukraine. and he urged deeper ties with beijing putin as well as she have met dozens of times over the past few years. but today's talks they received extra attention. vladimir putin is in some account to strengthen ties with the few allies. he can count on the shanghai co operation organisation of eurasian nations, has grown in significance for russia since its invasion of ukraine led western states to impose sanctions on moscow. by far, the most important meeting for putin is with his chinese counterpart shaking pink. it's the chinese presidents, 1st foreign trip since the start of the corona virus pandemic. china has remain tight lipped over russia's invasion of ukraine. putin was clearly thankful for the tacit support was we highly value the balance to position of our chinese friends

when it comes to the ukraine crisis. russia and china are presenting a united front when relations with western states are going from bad to worse. the shanghai co operation organisation includes many of the former soviet republics in central asia, as well as india and pakistan. iran has expressed interest in joining turkey who's president is attending the summer. can summit is a full dialogue partner put in an add on are set to meet on friday, due to western sanctions. chinese products have replaced western ones in russia. well, china is russia's biggest oil, customer shooting, ping, cease the global roll of the 2 countries as much more than just trade corporation. really shoes, year to be a china, together with russia is ready to accept the part of great power even going on even to play a leading role in being of force for stability and positive energy in a world shaken by social unrest. georgia,

the she did true rule when being she tongue. as the leaders talk in was becky: stan, china and russia are carrying out joint military exercises near the pacific coast. theresa fallon is director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in brussels. she explained this cryptic message from vladimir putin that he is aware of beijing's concerns over the war in ukraine. i think it's important that he acknowledges that chinese economy is under stress because a food shortage is an increase in inflation. so i think that this is kind of put in acknowledging that nevertheless they've made really good deals because the oil is discounted by about 35 percent. so china is able to buy oil at a very cheap rate right now from russia. that's their way of supporting russia as well. we know that at the beginning of the year before the war in ukraine began, these 2 leaders met and declared that their countries had

a partnership with no limits. is that still true? well that was part of many agreements and signed before that was the most recent one before the invasion of ukraine. so it seemed that putting had gone to need this sheet, a sinus incredible 5000 word document. and it pretty much allows put into his truth from those far east near the chinese border to ukraine. so that so that they had a great deal of trust. i don't think either one expected rewards last as long as it has, i think that they perhaps had expected the seller to what happened in 2014 and quickly competition and taking over premium. yeah. and when you consider what has happened in ukraine, particularly in the last couple of days. but when you add that to the economic sanctions, the fact that russia is now a political pariah, particularly for the, for the west. it would you say that we're now looking at a relationship where russia needs china a lot more than china needs russia?

well, this is a really uncomfortable position for russia because they are starting to appeal, appear like a vassal statement telling energy and metals to, to china. china is clearly the bigger economy right now, far stronger. and, but china doesn't have that much influence over russia. and we have to zoom out of it and look at the big picture. russia, china preferred russia in the tent, but outside the tent because we saw what happened in 2014, with the war in crimea. that that was kind of china strategy for the belgian road initiative. and so they realize that if they didn't include russia, that they would hamper their efforts for their big quest for central asian strategy . so i think clearly she jumping, understand, he has to work to put him. let me just ask you to speculate. we got 30 seconds here . when the doors are shut, do you think there she's paying says to vladimir putin? look, you've got to bring this more to an end and you green. well, i would love to be a fan of that painting and know what they ask because putin has

a very big ego in. this is probably the worst optics for him. the timing of this a c o meeting. so he really comes to a very week after the ukranian advanced 10 days ago. so i think that she didn't ping, it might try to encourage him. she could, you know, play the big peacemaker if you want. but i, it's also dangerous relationship. i know they are shared huge border. russia has nuclear weapons. she jumping and put in are both kind of unpredictable leaders of mine. so i think he has very, very cautious and almost massaged competence. ego perhaps and reassure him. yeah, yeah, to move to very big or that for sure to reserve found the founder, director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in brussels. theresa, we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thank you. the european commission president ursula from de lion to day travel to ukraine to meet with ukrainian president zalinski becomes a week after ukraine began

a counter offensive that forced russian troops to retreat from large parts of the country's. ne, wanting like a meeting between old friends on her 3rd visit to ukraine since the war began. also a funded line received a warm welcome from president vladimir zalinski and an award for her commitment to e. you ukraine relations. among the talking points, the $8000000.00 plus people who fled to e. u. countries since the war began in february. we want of course, to have our to give our ukranian friends when they need help, as much support as possible. but we also know that they are longing to go home again. thank you for will even as funder lines, night train made its way to cave russian rock had struck a reservoir dumb in creevy, re an industrial center. and president zalinski hometown, the resulting flood, inundate had several roads, and houses,

and the local drinking water supply was cut. and we love you there in the drains aren't working and we can't flush the toilet and was everything's flooded and there's been no one from the disaster protection agency here since yesterday evening. i'm jasmine garcia, russian hill watch or a blue nab rule. president zalinski said the russian strikes on the city so close to his roots had no military value. and zalinski said that fact shows russia is intent on attacking ukrainian civilians. so after ukraine's recent battlefield successes pressure is growing on the german government right here in berlin to increase its military support for you. great. the former boxing star vladimir clinico has appealed to german chancellor shoulds to strengthen his position on the right side of history. inter sent more heavy weapons pledge cove spoke today at a awards ceremony near berlin. he accepted a prize on behalf of the ukrainian people. germany had so far, refused to send

a high tech babel tanks to ukraine, saying that it would weaken germany's own defenses. dw spoke, declared co after his speech. he said that russia is trying to use energy supplies to dampen foreign support for ukraine. the prices are getting higher everywhere for every think and supply of the energy sources. now, the wintertime is going to be even more complex. so of the, since one of the keys that russia is trying to use to weaken us the free world, so called free world, their opinion that we're going to change. we're, your opinion is going to change their opinion about supporting ukraine. but we cannot let our us fail if we fail, you gonna fail to. there is no exception in their propaganda. already mentioned that that you crenisha is the beginning. so let's make it the beginning and end of this aggression that was former boxing champion there. vladimir glitch cove

demanding more military aid from germany. t w's political correspondent to honda. she witnessed the impact of that in person appeal. that is correct. and that was a big surprise actually. and even mister clicks got himself said that he, until the very last minute wasn't sure whether he was going to turn up here in the past and inputs dumb, nibbling, or whether he was going to accept the award digits lead from the was own from ukraine. but then he felt that it was nest to come to germany and to remind the german chancellor and also the german people of the necessity to show solidarity a more concretely, of course, to deliver those heavy weapons. those modern tanks that he says, ukraine desperately needs. he said, we've shown that we can push back the rest military, but we'll need to seize this momentum. and modern combat tanks would help us tremendously. and he addressed chancellor charles, personally and said,

you are on the right side of history. you have shown solidarity with ukraine, but of course now you need to strengthen this position by delivering what we need and to please let us do this together. this was his message and actually there was quite a bit of tension here in the room because the representative from poland and the us were also here and mr. glasgow. thank them explicitly. but he, at this message of warning to the germans, essentially because he said that he can tell that people here are beginning to get tired of the war in ukraine, and that they're more worried about rising energy prices, et cetera. but that the people in ukraine don't have this luxury of getting tired of the war. that was nina hauser reporting there. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world, one of russia's last remaining independent news outlets. novi, year gazette has been stripped of its media licensed by the country supreme court. the by your concert was founder the nobel peace prize. laureate dmitri euros off says that he plans to appeal the rule. at least 9 people have been killed 20

injured in a stampede. in western guatemala, the victims were reportedly caught in a crush of people who were trying to leave a music concert. celebrating independent stick. thousands of mourners are lining up to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth the cute to see the coffin stretches more than 10 kilometers long. along the river 10. the united kingdoms, longest serving monarch rely in state in london's westminster hall for 4 days before her funeral. this coming monday sports news, the tennis legend, roger federer has announced that he is retiring the 41 year old underwent 3 knee surgeries in recent years. and his finally decided to give his body arrest fans from around the world, say that they will miss the all time. great. roger federer can look back on a long professional career. but after next week's labor cup it was finally come to

an end, as cetera announced on social media. i stay more than 1005 on a matches over 24 years. janice has treated me more generously than i ever would have dreamt. the now must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career. the swiss ledgent made his professional abuse in 1998 and was ranked number one in the world for 3 and and 10 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. but fans would remember him not just for some press of stats, but for this style he was so fluid in made it look easy, never sweat. even when it was tough, matt, to point to me that jordan of tennis style class, amazing tennis player, saw the watching him since i was like, you know, 15 the 20 grand slam singles when i was dogged by injuries in recent years has been overtaken. the grand slam raised by rivals ruffled nadal and nova joke of it's

federer is one of the highest paid athletes and sports. and it's well known for charity work around children's access to sports and disaster relief. though he'll hang up his racket by the months end. federal impact on tennis will stand strong for the years to come. attorney 40 one's not such a bad thing. i hear. i'm print off, you're watching w news, business news as of next with my colleague christy plants and was he to both every day for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation.