from the baltic sea in the north, to the black sea in the south. nato now has some 40000 troops under its direct command in eastern europe, 3 quarters of them in those 8 battle groups. but these drills about rating. these romanian may be troops who will likely be the 1st to get caught up if nato decided to deploy forces along the coastline of the black sea. and that's all from us. we're now coming up next w news. asia are looking at growing unease after chinese company gets the go ahead to invest in germany's largest port statement. ah, he's a master of the art of confrontation. this is wrong. a veteran of verbal combat. i mean, you're gonna really, i try the undisputed champion of tough political talk. you trying to frighten people? no, i so far, everybody honest either. if you enter the complex zone and join tim sebastian as he

holds the powerful to account, this is a big failure. whichever way you like to spin conflict zone on d w. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word alone, pinnacle rico is in germany to learn german. why not learn with him? it's simple online, on your mobile and free to shop, t w's, e learning course, nico speak, german made easy. this is dw news asia coming up to day unease after a chinese company gets the go ahead to invest in germany's largest port. chinese township of coast guard can now buy a stake in the port of hamburg, despite warnings from multiple german ministries and intelligence agencies that the deal could par, is a national security risk. also on the shy,

we may group providing kids in india with an education and nutritious meals. as the problem of hunger, there appears to be worsening. ah, am jared read? thanks so much for your company today. the government here in berlin has given permission for china to invest in germany's biggest shipping container terminal. the chinese giant costco will now be allowed to buy a stake in the port of hamburg. it's a controversial deal that's going ahead despite loud cause for it not to are the concerns of becoming more dependent on china, germany's top trading partner. so that led to a compromise letting cause co by a smaller stake then it had initially wanted. the w political correspondent emanuel

shars joins us now from our parliamentary studios. emma, hi there. could you flesh out the details of this hamburg deal for us? well jerry, you've mentioned that this is a compromise initially. costco wanted to acquire a 35 percent stake in the operator of germany's biggest container terminal in hamburg. but the chancellor's cabinet has now agreed to a deal on a smaller stake in less than 25 percent. due to a growing concerns of the consequences of such a deer, such as increasing germany's dependency towards china. but also out of security concerns with china, china's agents are present in yet another huge and strategic harbor bathing does expand its political and military interests because costco is a state own company to buy by beijing's rule. and in doing so, it can very well decide also to ship or not to ship goods. and this reminds us very

much of the economic dependency germany self inflicted by striking these was russia for decades before russia's war in ukraine. and these make, it makes it very hard to sanction russia afterwards. so there are fears here in belinda this could be a repeat should china, for example, ever be subjected to sanctions if it broke international law? now, emma, given all the art allowing a chinese company a share in critical german infrastructure kind of being without some controversy. it has indeed created a huge control here in berlin and not just within the population. gemini is to dealing with the consequences of its dependency towards russian energy, which it has favored over the past decade, despite warnings from all of its allies about precisely such a dependency. now, there is a political dispute within the governing coalition with both the greens and free

democrats being at odds with the chancellor over his decision to give more leverage to costco and what small all our shows. the chancello also happens to be handbooks . former mayor is something he knows very well, and he chose to ignore the advice from 6 ministries federal ministries that rejected did do with costco. and that was that these would extend costco infants in the region, 40 minutes that are not in our book. as said that germany should avoid repeating the mistake it made with russia when it comes to ties with china. and even the german presidents hung about those on my warned, against chinese dependency. and german intelligence also said that because of the strong economy ties between belly and then beijing, china's financial might, could also become a risk for germany. now manual lithuanian delegation has been visiting ty,

one this week, and while there sounded a warning against striking deals similar to the one that germany is now agreeing to with china, let's take a listen to this. now emma will come back to you. i said, clearly, don't feel the tiger don't do the same mistake. the whole thing with russia was protesting against investments and trade openings to the russia when nobody was listening us. and now we all pay the price. emma, you've reported extensively from ukraine as well as she had 2 in germany on the deep, vulnerable vulnerabilities that its ties to russia from its ties to russia that the war has exposed. i'm wondering if you could use that experience to reflect on what we just heard from that well maker. well 1st, what we've just heard of comes families through and now this is their country which knows very well about transitioning to democracy as it did so in the ninety's. and it explains as well why least serrano is so adamant to defend itself guarantee

europe sovereignty democratic values and a rule of law against any authoritarian state. and what happened at the beginning of russia's war in ukraine was that the european, a reaction to which was greatly hindered by europe's and germany's dependency to russian energy. and when it comes to china, there is a fear of similar consequences. and i have personally as seen 1st turn the effects this war has on ukraine on his population. and we've all seen a trudy swore how economy dependence in our sorry, terry a non democratic states can. and germany had to seriously review its economic choices, its alliance in light of russia's war. and this position did for germany at odds with its allies when it comes to energy deals. for example, that was dw political correspondent, manual shows the manual. thank you. but even after the german cabinet approve the

deal, germany's foreign ministry sounded a warning again. it says that the chinese investment in hamburg, increased dependence on china and put european transport projects in danger. china's foreign ministry meantime, had this to say, little cooperation is mutually beneficial. all involved should be reasonable and stop speculating to digest chinese foreign ministry spokesman wang when been de speaking after germany's government approved a deal to allow a chinese shipping giant to a by a stake in the port of humbug. ah, to india now way figures shari, that it's back sliding in it's fight against malnutrition, the newly released world hunger index. now places india behind its neighbors, including bangladesh, sri lanka, and myanmar in its rankings. it's estimated that more than $3000000.00 children in

india, malnourished about half of them severely. he's more from d, w. 's, madeira children every day, fixed it all bush and comes to this education center for underprivileged children. her parents work as rac because a big reason they send her here is the fee, nutritious news, she gets the same is the case with many of the children ages, asia, the angel which runs the center has for years been trying to ensure not only good education but adequate nutrition for children coming from undeserved communities. edna edwin, the project coordinator here says that in every slum community they conduct a survey, they find roughly 80 percent of children to be managed. many kids and many families struggle in this area because of their financial status to they're not able to provide good nutrition to the kids and that can lead to under development and that

can affect their cognitive development. you know, a recent global hunger index report has thrown more light on this situation. the annual report which combines for competence under nourishment, child, stunting, child wasting. and child mortality has drank india 107 out of 121 countries. and it has labeled the level of hunger in the country as serious, but the government has not taken well to this report. the indian government has rejected the global hunger index report, calling it iranian biased and disconnected from ground reality. it also says the index deliberately ignores the efforts made by the government to ensure food security for the population. deepest in her a professor of economics says, this claim does not hold any ground. and that the index uses official government data. she says the report should motivate the government to review the measures they have taken so far. there are

a number of policies in india addressing the issue of hunger and my nutrition. but there are severe limitations to these programs fun. is that not everybody's covered, that on the, the exclusions and secondly, also that in terms of the nutrition content of what the government is distributing, there are limitations. it says it's time to pause and reflect on what more needs to be done. the teachers at the center agree at their end. they try to maintain height and weight records of all the children and accordingly bring changes to the menu to cover their nutritional needs. coming from severely deprived backgrounds these children have found hope and nourishment till giving them a chance to build a better future. well, people in bangladesh are picking up the pieces after yet another natural disaster ship their country. at least 28 people have died since like going to see trend

swept over bangladesh on monday and millions more remained without power and other essentials. the government says nearly 10000 harms have either been damaged or destroyed. 10000 homes vanished within a day in bangladesh. including many in the coast of city of chicago as the storm weekends. presidents begin to search for what's left in the devry. others in the district of paula, a clearing away, fallen trees. the cause of death for most of the victims. mama osler gander on the way to the cyclone shelter near our home. a tree fell on my mother and injured her. we took her to the hospital, but she had no pulse. the doctor pronounced her dead. she died from a head injury caused by the falling tree. my mother, mama, i cycle feature and better to delta nation on monday,

leaving large sports of agricultural land under water, millions and without power. and many, a still waiting for help. the capitol darker is also flooded. try shore drivers have to push the vehicles through the water where you're gonna want that due to the storms and the rain we are really struggling. all the streets are inundated, so it's very difficult to drive our try. shaws the south asian country is prone to natural disasters. scientists say climate change is making storms more frequent and destructive. that is most some. a chubby is protecting what's been damaged. but she doesn't know if her home would survive to nick stone. again, like many, she feels her family has been loved to face the devastation alone.

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