ah ah ah this is dw news life from berlin, air raid sirens sound out across ukraine as tempe you officials get set for a summit on ukrainian. keith ukrainian lead has one to speed up, b u membership talks at the block says it cannot fast track the process. a spy balloon over the u. s. sends authority. scrambling. the owner remains unclear about

the pentagon suspects china. candidates, defense ministry says it's also detected a high altitude surveillance balloon total and says dozens of countries could jointly ploy caught next. she is olympics unless athletes from russia and bella ross, a bad ah, i'm painful and great to have you with us. a joint you ukraine summit is underway in the ukrainian capital keith. earlier today, you commission president, also a funder line, visited a post office with ukraine's prime minister in his schuman a. we're promoting a scheme where ukrainians can get hold of energy efficient light bulbs. the use providing 35000000 volts as part of efforts to help you quite save energy at mid repeated rush attacks. critical infrastructure funder line arrived in chief

yesterday, heading up the largest d u delegation to visit ukraine. since russia's invasion, there was the feel of a family get together as members of the e. u commission gathered in cave for a historic joint meeting with the ukranian government. he, you, commission president, was to live on the lion said they were there to show you up stands as firmly as ever, with ukraine in its war with russia. our presence in cuba to day gives a very clear signal. the whole of the european union is in this with ukraine for the long haul. and we will stand up for ukraine as we stand up for the fundamental rights and the respect of the international law. but amidst all the smiles in solidarity sits another issue, i guess, for you uh huh. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski once she craned to become a fully fledged member of the e. u. family. and quickly you prepared your application for the european union

membership brilliantly. i know it by experience you became a candidate at country while fighting an invasion. you continue to make impressive progress to meet the 7 steps of the commission's opinion. part of that progress is renewed crackdown on corruption, including this rate at the home of one of ukraine's most prominent billionaires. just a day before the e. u. teams arrival in cave. that timely demonstration of the landscape determination to prove to doubt as in europe, that he and his government can be trusted. not only as a future e u member state, but also with billions in aid as and when the country starts to rebuild video door level. but regarding for reconstruction, if there were a lot of discussions on various levels in europe, research regarding the rebuilding of our country after the war. concret. now it is

time, i think, for more concrete details, luasa both the fast reconstruction and the fast financing of his process for our important process in the here. and now the e. u has promised to continue its support for ukraine by hitting russia with a fresh wave of sanctions who, when it comes to e e. e membership, it looks like president the landscape would just have to wasted. i started by asking our corresponded mach sunday to tell us more about what came out of yesterday's talks. redmond, so we had a high level talks yesterday between more than a dozen e commissioners and the ukranian counterparts. this is an ongoing process. we don't know too much detail about what was discussed there, but the main priority of this trip would have been sending a strong signal of solidarity, a strong message of support to the ukrainian people by coming here to war torn,

you train and not holding the summit. somewhere else or even remotely. there were some announcement yesterday by the you commission president, was it on the line? is she continue to? she said there would be the you would continue there supports to ukraine so far since the beginning of the war, more than 50000000000 euros happen promised to ukraine. and you will also, as, as we heard em integrates ukraine into key e programs that will help tighten you and ukraine close together, such as easy access for businesses to the funding and your business programs. as well as a free integration to the you free roaming market and customs to the extensions for one more year. so these are among the announcements that were made among the messages that were that were sent yesterday. and back for can we expect from today's summit? right, so this going to be relatively short, some of the top leaders of the you and presidents that you're going to meet for

just a couple of hours. so we don't expect any. and he ground breaking announcements today again, show solidarity, show support, show that they stand together. but we do know a little bit about the talking point. some, mainly this will be about you integration, you accession, how to help you train further on their track as, as to becoming a new member, the commission has identified 7 areas where they want to ukraine's to work. will probably not be an announcement today. we expect this for later, this spring on how the you integration, accession process will continue. now the talking point will be russian aggression. we're expecting some news on the 10th sanctions package at some point in the near future. and them, the global food security is also on the agenda. so how to aid, you train, help them get their get, get grain gets, gets food out of you can't help the training economy, but also developing countries around the world that need that are needed for

training grade. but tell me, max is ukraine any closer to joining the grade? so we are a lot of praise from for, from, was left on the line. and we know from, from, from, from you sources that they are actually quite happy with how things are going here . that ukraine is actually moving quite fast on the, on their track to as to becoming a you members of the process going quite smooth. but also we also heard that this, this meeting, or the summit today will be about managing expectations the ukrainians want to join as quickly as possible and just a couple of years. but there is a long, arduous process that they have to that, that they have to go through lots of areas of the entire system. he will have to be checked on the judiciary, for example. and there will, there will be need for, for a reform process. this could take years, might even take dickens. so there this, this meeting, this, in fact, not me. that is going any faster. there's still a long way ahead. okay, the way continues. my sandra,

thanks for joining us. i'm kate. he is of an escalation and ukraine and threats from vladimir putin. with some reasons. germans was slow to all the german government was slow to allow its tanks to be sent to ukraine. but now the berlin is given the green light. what 2 germans themselves, think of their governments, response to the war. the result of an infra tsd map kohler, interesting, a very small percentage of responded say they are very satisfied over 30, satisfied with what's being done in their name. but even more, a less satisfied and 22 percent of germans are not satisfied. a goal? well, the figures show that there is a 3rd of the german population that firmly stand behind all of us. all of charles, the chancellor and his government, 20 percent are firmly against his position and the rest are sitting on the fence. are tenuous about what they think, what they think about what all of shots is doing and that is reflected in the

government's policy. the chancellor is very concerned to take along the german population, his voters, on his way towards formulating a ukraine policy, formulating decision such as to deliver tanks or not to deliver them. and the dots that are widespread within the german population also reflected in the way of shots, is often accused of being too hesitant of being too reticent in his decision making on ukraine. the pulse is also asked about sending weapons to ukraine, specifically, opinions divided on that. 44 percent. say germany is providing enough weapons, finding that decision to send labor tanks. but around a 3rd, se berlin is doing too much cancer. germans becoming less supportive. well, there's actually been an interesting development in these figures. this is a question that's being asked every month. we're talking about a monthly poll and the support at around 40 percent for the decisions of the

government has remained basically the same over the months. but there has been a significant change in the number of people that feel it's enough now. and the number of people that feel that not enough has been done. the number of people that feel it's enough small has increased by more than 10 percent in the last month. that reflects that the decision to send the battle tanks to ukraine. for many people is the final decision there. feel that nothing more should be done. beyond that, and of course the decision was taken and a new discussion is already taking place in the public space about whether or not a fighter jets should be sent to ukraine. and clearly the opposition to that within the german public is increasing. hans, it also looks as if some germans are still hoping for a diplomatic solution. a 3rd think germany is doing enough to try to end the war by diplomatic means, but as many as 58 percent say not enough has been done. and we are also gathered

abuse on the streets of berlin. i think you'll find these interesting. let's have a little listen in diploma to diplomacy. ok. but if only one side doesn't apply museum, the other doesn't play a lot just pretends and nothing happens. then it's of no use. again, these are very difficult decisions. one should never forget that it's super difficult to weigh all of that. um, but i think overall it's fine. good. that's really are very hesitant and reserved everything should have happened much faster than this. so once german chancellor of shield says he'll keep talking to vladimir putin by phone. is there any prospect of success there? well yes indeed, charles keeps on emphasizing that he wants to continue talking too, of letting me put in his sets or again in the last couple of days. the last phone call that we know about is 2 months ago. and at that time, the 2 lead us basically exchanged positions without any movement visible from either side. putin was told that he should withdraw his troops by the german

chancellor and put in. he said he would not, he would not do that. so there has not been any prospect coming out of those talks for movement, for diplomatic solutions, but in the german public, there is this feeling, the fear that germany could get involved in a proper war, in a huge war against russia, something that already it was part of a german history in the 2nd world war we saw this week, the come immigration of the starting rock battle in the 2nd world war there. again, putting himself said that germany was threatening russia again. so it's something that the general public is very much concerned about, and that's why there's such a large support for diplomatic initiatives. political corresponded hands, plants. they're on the german mood when it comes to support for jamie's at both to get help there. as far as you can goes in its war against russia. let's take

a look now at some of the headlines. ukraine has pressed criminal charges against the head of russia's wagner group. if getting because he has been charged with waging a war of aggression and encroaching on ukraine's territorial integrity. and those are in the group as being fine drawn out. battle with ukrainian forces of francis has wrapped up his visit to the democratic republic of congo. and his heading for south sedan, the pontiff expected to bring a message of peace and reconciliation into communal violence as plight south sudan, despite the end of a deadly civil war in 2018. with 27 people killed in classes on thursday. cruise congress has voted down another proposal to bring elections forward to this year. a day after rejecting a similar bid. deadly unrest has romped peruse since president people kasteel was else did in december. the elections are a key demand of protests. the united states says its tracking of surveillance

balloon that's been spotted high over the state of montana. the pentagon says it suspects it's chinese, but has no confirmed its origin. may well, china has warned against speculation and what a cold hype until the facts are established. when a montana resident spot at this object hovering for over 30 minutes in the skies above his home, he had no idea what it was. i was actually at work and i was getting ready to leave for the day. and just a few minutes earlier i had seen some news reports of some aerospace restrictions here in billings. and so i thought that was a little suspicious. and i, i was looking out the window like i normally do. and i just happened to spotted out of the corner of my eye. yes, defense official say a suspected chinese surveillance balloon has been traveling over the country for several days. including of a sensitive military sites. not deeming it to be particularly dangerous and not

wanting to harm people on the ground. they chose not to shoot it down. yes, secretary of state anthony blank and is set to make a re, a visit to china and a few days. responding to the incident, beijing warrant against speculation to china is a responsible country and has always strictly abided by international laws and can, has no intention to violate the territory and aspects of any sovereign countries. as for the balloon, were looking into and verifying the situation. and help that both sides can handle this together, calmly and carefully. meanwhile, canada says it is also tracking the balloon and monitoring what it calls a potential 2nd incident. for more information about the balloon i spoke with in chung international relations and security expert at the end you west national university and singapore. so we don't have many details from the address department . what we do know that is that it's flying in the stratosphere, which is above commercial traffic. and the size is supposed to be something around

3 buses. but i mean, those details are scant. we don't even know what kind of surveillance it does. these sorts of balloons can do anything from imagery to sensory stuff, to electronic intelligence, to collecting air samples. but there's no detail so we don't know what exactly this particular balloon does. although these are the range of possibilities that a balloons like it might be able to do. but there is said to be equipment in the balloon, which could be dangerous to people if a were to be shot down. right, that hasn't do it every. so if the balloon were shot down, the, basically the thing would there be an explosion, and there'll be a debris field that would spread across a wide area is not possible to control where the debris falls in any precise manner . it could fall on people. busy it could fall in property causing injury, damage possibly even there. okay. this the senior official also told reporters that it's not, is no doubt that this is chinese. what, what information do you have there?

so that's what the defense department has put out. there's no reason to believe that them fabricating anything, but no, there's no way to independent independently corroborate this at this point in time . the canadian ministry of defense. so they've been tracking it, but you know, that's basically all we have at this point in time. the chinese, interestingly haven't denied it. they've called for calm and awful speculation, but if they were adamant there wasn't them. they could have also just denied it flat out, but they have not done that. what do you think this all means for chinese, you west relations? so suddenly puts a complications on the upcoming, a blinking visit to, to china. this, if the visit goes on, it will certainly be an area of discussion. we've seen the house republicans call for the like him visit to be put off. so this sort of the timing of this particular a balloon a being i'll look a put a cost of us is very curious. it comes at a time when the chinese to want to talk to the u. s. o,

why they've decided to do this. if it is indeed them, it becomes very, very odd, right? there's no clear, there's no clear cut explanation. and ian, just tell me this isn't the 1st time that this is happen. is it? right? so never reports that you know it's happened before, but certainly this is the 1st time that the u. s. government has made it public how many times to fall in what form on all that has not been made public previously in children sample. thank you very much. for the analysis, a a brief look at some other stories from around the world. australian tennis player nick curious, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex girlfriend. the boy's face a criminal conviction after according camper, dismissed the challenges. curious, admitted pushing over his ex girlfriend during an argument in 2021. but a judge said it wasn't pre meditated in the risk of re offending was low. tech stocks posted their biggest gains on wall street in 5 months. facebook parent company matter fuel the rally with better than expected quarterly earnings. the

tick heavy nasdaq stock index, or by 3.3 percent. the broad dow remain flat 7 fishing nets, plastic bags, traps floats, and other debris have been discovered inside the stomach of a sperm while the wants to. so recently in hawaii, scientists said the waste was enough to block the 17 meter long reaches in test. abandon fishing gear is one of the deadliest forms of marine plastic pollution colon sports minister says as many as 40 countries could boycott the parents olympics, if russia and by the roster no bad. the international olympic committee is considering whether to allow russian and by the russian athletes to participate that only under a neutral flag. it says nobody should be prevented from competing because of their nationality and insists a boy called would only punish athletes. the more on the question of russia's olympic participation, jonathan craig from b w. sports joins us. jonathan, tell us

a bit more about what poland sports minister said, 1st of all. yeah, the sports minister kind of bought it. you're really not missing his words. and he's essentially saying, it's inconceivable that russian and veteran athlete should be allowed to compete in paris when russia is waging a violent war in ukraine, killing thousands of civilians, including of course, athletes. you also mentioned this idea that if russians are to compete, it would legitimize russia's actions give president vladimir putin. a propaganda boost we've seen in the past, how putin kind of yours is athlete to promote himself and his regime in his politics. and so he's trying to work on this coalition. he mentions 40 countries. that's a significant number. it's unclear, really, how many he has actually spoken to. but if enough countries take part, he says, then it would kind of make hosting the games point this with know, for example, the u. k. that was on the countries board, you mentioned has criticize the plans, but another the us is kind of cited with the international olympic committee. let's take a listen. in cases where sports organizations an event organizers,

such as the international olympic committee committee choose to permit athletes from russia rues to participate in supporting events, it should be absolutely clear that they are not representing the russian or the lucian states. and so that's the stance that we are providing and the use of official state, russia, delusions, flags, emblems, and athens should be prohibited as well. what about the ios sees response? well, this current criticism really has put the i see the international olympic committee on the defensive last night. it released a q and a document. i counted 24 questions and answers in tow. so kind of rebutting some of these accusations, the 1st thing it says that speculation about a participation of possible participation of russian and barriers in athletes is premature by the strange considering the i see with other on the open the door about participation concerning the boy called it says,

a boy called would go against its values against the olympic charter, adding, it is extremely regretful to escalate this discussion with the threat of a boy called this premature states as that word. again, as history has shown previous boy, courts did not achieve their political ends and cept early to punish the athletes of the boycotting and overseas. and i see being national in olympic committees of the countries, the i see also reiterated its mission to kind of unite the world in peaceful competition, cited to un experts on human right. that no us, they should be discriminated against because of their passport. so how do you think this is all going to play out? the big question, isn't it? and i think some people might be asking why we've been having this discussion now, but the person picks 18 months, white qualifying events for those games already getting underway. now, under normal circumstances, russians and better reasons would compete in european qualifying events, even the war and it's senior, i think the a lot of resistance and european countries hosting those events. one possible work

around is that the asian camp. so the only becomes of asia as offered russians, embarrassed in the chance to compete an asian qualifying event, such as the asian games. but once we do get to paris, ultimately the sports federations individual for the side, where the russians and batteries can compete in those events. as we've seen in the past with the russian doping down to remember, because russia to the band completely didn't happen, the ifc usually finds a way of getting it way. even if that means them competing, as you don't have in crime from d. w sports. thank you. very much for bringing us up to date on that intriguing story. you're welcome. censorship in russia has only reason since moscow launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. but that's not stopping some artists from expressing their opposition to the war. and exhibition in some pages book has gone ahead despite the dangerous wind i child of peace, and the words love against hate. all displayed on me to

a long cardboard post. as these are the works of 77 year old st. petersburg artist, alina also over 2 dozen of these posters, created from 2014, to the present day on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party. yep. local exhibition opened on the last day of january. the very next day it was rated by police and the works confiscated. organizers had anticipated such a reaction there decided not to feature or supervise most critical work, fearing it could fall under new laws, restricting freedom of expression in russia. who knew who fear of what with mowgli? unfortunately, we were not able to exhibit all the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. and we wouldn't want to put alaina, also pover and the party at risk. but if you don't believe the yoga, some of her work,

you are very striking on absolutely accurately from the food that they contain words that one would have to pay a fine for probably more who is of what did for the washer. it's elaina, i suppose her has studied and taught art all her life work. she created her 1st political poster in 2002 months after the seizure of moscow theatre by chechen rebels, hugo, yes. since then, she's taken part in countless protests, is often being detained. after russia invaded ukraine or supervise, joined anti war rallies, she says she was not afraid then, and she isn't. now despite the new repressive laws, both the hues of the world, but what could be worse and what is happening to her. nothing is scary. you never know what scary, but this is my country, my homeland. why can't i say or do something peacefully without weapons deal it new

. this is her. several dozen people came to the opening of the exhibition in saint petersburg visit. his also wrote letters to russian political prisoners with events like this inspire hope in a bright future court. because there are many people who think the same and it's necessary for us to be close to one another, to know, appreciated and love each other. with police seized a total of 19 paintings by alaina or see pulver laser. the artist told reporters that she also got a visit from the police that night, thought she says she will keep protesting. she is known in the city as the conscience of saint peter's back. and a reminder of our top story. air raid sirens sounded out as top european officials began a joint summit, and keith, ukraine wants to speed up the

e u membership tools. the block says it cannot fast track the process. and coming up in d, w, news, asia, a continuing anger and frustration at the south korean government 3 months after that, at least an 8. and how getting high in thailand could be good for the economy. because bearish manager will have those stories mostly coming up next here on the w . i'm beneficial and i'll see you again very soon away avenue with ah, with

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