ah, ah ah ah ah, business daily news lying from berlin and germany's chancellor walks a fine line during a controversial visit to beijing. charles, ask china to use it, influence with russia to end the war in ukraine. the chancellor also looks to expand the economic cooperation with germany's biggest trading partner,

also on the show. russian officials urged civilians to leave the city, of course, on an indicator that moscow's military might to leave the disney pro reverse rights bank. meanwhile, ukrainian force is prepared to retake the occupied region. plus twitter is new boss billionaire. elan must begin flashing jobs in a bid to make the platform more profitable. and in the world of german football, we talk more about a developing cinderella story in the bundle you got when you're more land, a little club making a big noise and the race for the title. and you should have seen the pictures there, but you'll see them later. ah, i'm nicole fairly good down here with us. german cesar, olaf shots has asked china to use its influence on russia to stop the war in

ukraine. the chancellor made the request during a controversial one day trip to beijing where he met both chinese president ching ping and premier lee kick young sholtes has faced criticism at home for the trap due to china stance on the war and his goal of fostering closer economic ties with beijing an unusual reception in unusual times because of china, strict sierra code policy term and chancellor olive sholtes had to get tested before leaving the plane cove. it protocols also set the tone at his meeting with chinese leaders. she, no handshake, no welcoming gesture. during the talks, both leaders said far apart from each other, a symbolic not to the divergence of the political positions of shoals said he wanted to discuss strengthening economic ties, but also address differences. see, however, propose skipping over the differences, urging for what he called and more pragmatic course. after meeting with china's premier lee kit young, all of shall said,

job president to use of i told presidency that it is important for china to use its influence on russia. it's about being in line with the principles of the united nations charter, which we have all agreed upon. china so far hasn't distance itself from russia and even benefits from the western sanctions on moscow. lee, however, took on the role of peacemaker from those sheila, the 2 sides hoped that this crisis can be ended as soon as possible. the situation can be east and it really can not be escalated. our starting point is to promote peace, talk log she. oh, sure, sure. china's human rights record was on the agenda in as far as all of shulte said that he addressed the situation of the suppressed weaker minority. and for more on that, let's talk to theresa fallon from the center for a russia europe, asia studies. she joins us from brussels to night and felon, welcome. the chancellor's visit has been widely criticized. what do you think of it?

well, i think that both domestically in germany there is a huge debate about this and internationally as well because it seemed shows that the very 1st leader to meet, she jumping after the chinese communist party congress. and that led to an unprecedented 3rd term by she. jim paying for it almost seems like rejoicing and all of this and the fact that germany, that russia and china, there is a convert as a strategic convergence between the 2 of them. we saw this with the february 4th, no limit to agreement signed right before that being lympics. many countries in central eastern europe especially see them cooperating more closely. so the fact that germany decided to just go it really upset other members of the you, especially france. so we saw the president crow cancel the meeting with schultz and was kind of unclear why it was cancelled. but many rumors in brussels was that it was because of his anger that schultz was just going kind of

a germany 1st approach versus kind of a whole new approach towards china. so i think that there were many different levels or a lot of anxiety about this meeting. and schultz seemed to have hit all his marks. he, even within his coalition, the greens especially are unhappy about his position. these to be china. and lastly, the signing of the humber ordeal, which many can see as a strategic issue. because china went from 0 port investments in europe to over 10 percent now. and homburg. he seemed to have cut the difference and decided to do 25 percent. just below it is quite a tight rope act for shelters and germany's economy. and so hugely dependent on china. but his coalition, as you already pointed out, and germany's allies would like to see him take more assertive stance in relations with beijing. so how can we find a balance because he that seems like he hasn't hit it quite yet. well,

i think would really clear. i mean, he tried to make it seem like it's a piece meeting, but he brought a huge group of businessmen with him. but are but business leaders, excuse me, with him. and i should add, even the business community with within germany is divided on the b, b i. the german federation of industry was against this. so it shows that even the business community with in germany is not all on the same page in regard to china. so there's kind of a form of elite capture, some of the top companies we've already invested in china for example, siemens, the car industry and have the chemical industry. they have huge sunk costs in china . so they need to almost lobby sold to go there and promote their interests. and they, they're doing that because they already have investments in china. so you have other means the small middle enterprises are leaving, many german companies have decided to leave. they're not, it's very hard to repatriate profits. chinese communist party members have to be part of the board and it's getting harder and harder to move data. so i think that

that this is a kind of an unwieldy time, especially since the u. s. and china have very high tensions right now, and also a lot of saber rattling in regard to the taiwan strait. so his timing is quite strange in that respect. in addition, he will be traveling to the g 20 present bite in there are some discussions that he might meet. she jumping on the sidelines. so some of question why he made a special one day visit to beijing at this time, rather than maybe do a site meeting on the side length of the g 20. nevertheless, he is the chancellor of germany and i think he made a very for him, it was his choice, but i think it, we see a deeply divided germany on this topic. and let's keep in mind that he really gave china a lot of face because china is seen pretty much as a pariah right now. so by doing this, he really helped germ of china, but we must remember, like we saw the, you know,

them getting their coverage test on the plane before they even left the plane that, you know, she didn't things policies in regard to cover. it is also a frustration for many, many business leaders. and so this is crippling, not only times economy but other countries economy as well. theresa fallon of the center for russia, europe, asia studies. thank you so much for your insights. thank you. keith evans, foreign ministers have pledged to keep supporting ukraine through the coming winter at talks and germany speaking at the conclusion of the meeting and mr. german foreign minister and alina babel also criticized ron's crackdown and protests and urged action on the climate crisis. but russia, the invasion of ukraine remained tom of the agenda with bare books saying that g, 7 nations were watching and counting every day of russia's brutal war. it's, he didn't talk to you were catching every day of this brutal war of aggression. and you know, that russia is waging against ukraine on every single day. is one day to many sock

every single day means a brutal, a talk on innocent people in ukraine in there. and that means suffering death heights on destruction on such rules. and russian president vladimir putin has urged civilians to leave the city of her son in the face of ukrainian advances. the statement is the latest indication that the russian military may be planning to withdraw from the occupied ukrainian city. moscow has been ferrying people out of the area on the right side of the denito river for days. now. it may not look like it, but this river could soon beyond the front line. here russian soldiers are assisting residents from the occupied ukrainian city of her son. crossing from the right bank of the de ne pro, to the left. according to troops here, around 1200 vehicles and 5000 civilians are being transported every day. and its suggested that they may be about to do the same a signal, perhaps that moscow is ready to give up ground in this war was his

law. it was what i think, potentially, the russian army is ready for another act of goodwill. regarding the left bank of denise prego, just in the area of a city of hassan. but for this, they will still have to take losses due to the response of our armed forces in moscow, no official word yet on the withdrawal of troops to the left bank. instead, president putin seemed to be enjoying festivities to mark russia's unity day, a national holiday to celebrate a popular uprising against polish and lithuanian forces in $1612.00. this year the focus was also on the annexation of ukrainian territories. with some young volunteers, given an audience with mister putin, where he explains why people are being told to leave her son ah,

to fill it with her for those living in her son, she be removed from his own with the most dangerous military actions are taking place for civilian population should not suffer from shelling from the offensives counter offensives or any of the actions connected to be ongoing military operations. director im loves liberating her. san city would be a major victory for keith. these ukrainian soldiers digging in for the winter and nearby mc alive know they may be told to head that way soon. but there's a feeling here that any offensive will be complicated, and they will need more supplies and weapons. if any assault is to succeed. let's get you up to speed on some more of today's top stories. former us president donald trump says he might run again in the 2024 presidential race, but stopped short of announcing his candidacy. who was speaking in iowa to rally support for republican candidates ahead of next week's midterm elections. trump

remains the parties, de facto leader, protesters and ryan police have clashed in the northern iranian city of rushed. amateur footage shows crowds charging the police, forcing them to retreat and regroup. nationwide to anti government protest erupted in iran following the death of a young woman in police custody. 7 weeks ago, a session of france is, parliament was suspended after a lawmaker shouted a racist remark. carlos martin's belong, go and yet another climate change, protest involving ards, and food. italian activists through p soup over vincent van goes, the sower painting on display and rome, the gallery security, intervened immediately and remove the protesters. as in the case of previous such protests, the artwork was covered by glass and some names on damaged. twitter employees are suing the company in a class action lawsuit over mass layoffs expected to be carried out on friday. the

company recently acquired by the world's richest man, elan must told employees they would be notified about terminations via email. twitter offices are closed for the day and badge acts is removed. while there has been no official announcement, specifying the number of lay offs, u. s. media reports say half of twitters workforce is being let go. our corresponding carlindo moines following the story for us in washington carolina. how is the ellen musk planning to keep twitter running without large parts of its staff? that is a very good question, a call especially since we know that mess it's looking to cut around 3700 twitter stuff. roughly half of the whole stuff of trader. he's thinking of course, to flash cost. but this is not really a surprise since major advertisers have been threatening to completely withdraw from the platform. like, for example, folks wagner,

who has recommended it's brands to, to pass paid advertising on trader until further notice as well as general motors and also general mills. so mask will have to see what he makes out of twitter with half of its half and less profits. we also know a bit more about the departments. he has been cutting off the company. the company's communications team in india has been laid off, as well as a team that was researching and pushing for i'll go with make and transparency and building ethical tooling and methods. so this might give us a hint of. c how may i ask is planning to keep twitter running with half of his staff and probably less profits. musk has now been in charge and twitter for only a week. how have users been responding to take over so far? well, as so many things on social media, any call the reactions are quite opposite. on the one hand,

we've seen the ones who are tearing him up and saying that finally there is going to be a freedom of speech on trader and no more canceled messages. any more on that platform, and then we also have are the ones who are actually leaving the platform. any of them. former trader employees who are joining alternative social media networks like master done my plan to charge a dollars for the verification sign on twitter 3 are also a wave of negative reactions precisely among famous users. like for example, i'm author stephen king or singer, toni braxton, or also congresswoman a o c. so a quite a polarized set of reactions on twitter since then. so or we any clear about where musk wants to take twitter and not really must, has been talking now for months about the importance of treat her is crabbing it as the public town square of the world and saying he will restore freedom of speech.

but the big question is of course, and it remains. what does mr mask understand and are freedom of speech as far as reinstalling the band accounts, which was one of the critics and main concerns of civil rights groups. here in the us must have mosque, has said that he is not going to re installed suspend to pounds. like for example, the bank account, a former president, donald trump, because this is going to be a clear and a long process. so even if we don't know that many details about where mosque wants to take trade or at least we do know that for example, he is not planning to reinstall former president trump's account before the mid terms currently, naturally in washington. thanks for that. pakistan's military has head back, had allegations from former premier iran con, that it was involved in a shooting at his protest. march. the military said, con statements were vote, baseless and irresponsible, and called on the government to initiate legal action against the former prime

minister. cons, protest, march 2, islam abroad was interrupted when a gunman opened fire on his campaign, convoy wounding him and killing one of his supporters. ah, beard and shocked and politically charged. the leader in ruin hood has survived an abandoned assassination attempt hahn who sleeping a protest. march to the capital islam, but when he was short, i own from deb, hung blasted on his legs at just the public. he accused the prime minister and senior officials often attempt on his life. i'm actually 3 people plans to kill me with the prime minister, lucid interior minister or under major general the resident person. the government deny fairly kitchens and rather blamed his body for lack of security . keeping in view the seriousness of this incidents for what we would appeal to

carnegie to review their security de la darcy dick white. honda recovered his supporters at decking. if going forward, demanding an early general election on your bill. we beg you to please save him. take care of him not to catch the people he carried out this attack on him. one after all. what is he asking for the dog that he is asking for is free and fair election father? oh. but the thief thief is following the democratic process. and if bye thing, back heart, a non hahn was ousted to unknown confidence wharton april this year. since then, he has been able to mobilize, must've, trouts. hon says he was removed from office through a foreign construct, a seen wall being the military stablish mint. if thought a ticket opened and, and the u. s, those allegations have not been proven. ah,

now if you're following the bonus league, you may have noticed something strange happening on you in berlin. have dominated top spot in the table for 6 weeks in a row. now, a club that was only promoted to the top 53 years ago are now possible title contenders. but it's something they'd rather not talk about anything as possible if you're only on berlin that include scoring a goal in the last minute of a match to grab the 4th 3 points as seen here last sunday, against bullshit mention blackboard. but damn mentioned the bonus, eager title, and the players are quick to wear. shit off and nodded. i though saw as far away for maria this afternoon from game to game. oh, brianna. good boy. i with the people doing this and a guy. those are something suitable perhaps noon. it's just trying to keep it real . they know exactly what they good at. and that's where the focus goes. like paying on home turf, where they have yet to lose a game this term. and they've shown that they can keep up,

but the big guys beating like take endorsement as well as holding by and to a point. but that wouldn't be the full story. the defense is another factor on your and have only conceded 9 goes into the games. the fewest in the league. yes. even less than by an munich. and in attack, they have the surprise of the season. shiranda becker, exceeding all expectations with 6 goals and 3 assists so far. then again, you shouldn't be surprised at all, because coach was fisher is known for making play. it's better. it's the fisher effect. but even he dismissed any title, talk dollars group. it's a great feeling. last we let the fans celebrate on it and they're allowed to sing alberta for all much for us. it's just a snapshot in time tall. it's great, although we are gone. not as is, sir. not gordon ish sir. give on. and some might argue that sick street matches on

top of the bernoulli a table is more than that. and perhaps an indicator of what's to come. and joining me now for more on, on young berlin's incredible rise to the top of the man's when his legal table is anthony howard from d. w. sports. anthony, how refreshing is there to see someone at the top? it's not buyer like a big for off the v on a friday night. nicole, this is very refreshing. it's a 1st 10 years in the making, right? so by munich of 110 bonus like a titles in a row. and it's getting hard to come in here and tell someone like you are the bonus like it is really exciting when the same thing keeps happening. and then along comes on yon berlin like an oasis in the desert in the, in the desert of storytelling about football. they feel like it's really refreshing . and it's not that it's like, it's also not door is not locked secrets, not frankfurt. it's only on berlin who only came into the league in 2019. it's great that they stay. it's really great effort to, to push towards european places to lead the league is

a fairy tale only on berlin. the total squads with a $104000000.00 i want step on me. but by and spend 9 times as much as that i 178000000 or noon berlin. a legitimate very tell story. given that this is a world cup here, a very odd one at that. could that play in their favor? most definitely a, it's about the size of the break. we talked about this before we came on a, the bonus league opposes for 68 days. they were i by and players who were just in the german squad, then they've got more place with a spread around the other 31 teams. so yes, the going to be busy while the audience won't squad, will, will be resting. but i don't really like you on may with a beer under a tree. they can a trying, and it's about this balance now between physical preparation of the, the development teams and the strength and conditioning teams. how do i keep them fresh and interested while taking advantage of not playing while chemical noise cause we miss sliding their guts out in katara the, you know,

only on berlin could play that to their advantage. but the more i think about, i think a bright that long, $68.00 days without playing a competitive one does like a match. it may work in bonds, 5 as of race it, let's say we don't have much time left, but do you think they can actually win the title in me before us or less the city when the premier league in 2016 or would have said no. but this fairy tale is alive and that list of was the modern fairy tale. but if one young berlin would leave me with the trophy, every jim and football fan would be living happily ever off at your dark horse. thank you so much anyhow. i stucco and let's take a look now at some other headlines from the sporting world. legendary spain defended your r p. k has announced his retirement from football. p. k is one of barcelona most successful players of all time having 19, the league and titles, and 3 champions league with the cattle on giants. he'll play his final game for the club already this saturday. and the 18 brooklyn metz have suspended their point

guard kiery irving for at least 5 matches after he failed to deny. he holds anti semitic belief. irving has been accused of sharing antisemitic material on social media account earlier this week and has yet to apologize. in the tennis news world number one, eagle, i think a holland has breezed into her 1st w h e m e finals with a comfortable straight that 6362 victory over francis calvin garcia. the 3 time grand slam winter at one both of our group stage matches to reach the latter stages . cheerleading is a sport usually associated with spectacular somersaults and daring gymnastic feats . but our next report looks at a cheer squad that has to take things a little easier. japan pompom is made up of pensioners, but they haven't let age stop them from having fun or from showing off their skills to the world. ah,

they're not your ordinary cheerleaders. this squad has an average age of 70. tokyo based japan pump home a breaking stereotypes around the aging. how you may want to have you done this in 1996 in the very beginning. we just had 5 members and performed and traditional work coats. holbrook done this good, the more you don't need a background in cheerleading to join just a good sense of rhythm and most of all confidence me to not a yeah. and i got their article. there are many people who dislike are appear and they feel ashamed of how we dress and act in our most elderly people develop an increased sense of modesty. in my case, it's different though, when i want to do something, i just go for it that's. that's the book or yeah, for me a talk you know is 90 years old. cheerleading is her. and the rest of these retirees . a way to stay active. the teen choreograph their own routines, which they perform at charity events and international competition

with an cheerleading. doesn't just have physical benefits. japan pon pon gives its members of better life by proving that age really is just a number because we've got them all. no, no, no matter how old you are or what catches your interest the moment you think, oh, i'd like to try that. you've basically already started and you begin. now you're so don't think negatively and just try and you'll see how different paths unfold in front of you. and life becomes so much more fun that you're not gonna and does look like a lot of fun. here's a reminder of the top story we're falling for you today. germany's chancellor will have shells press china on support for russia and ukraine during talks in beijing on friday with chinese later shooting paying and premier liquor chose to also address controversy over economic and human rights issues been told china he wants

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