ah ah ah, this is the w live from berlin. this vi in the sky, a suspected surveillance balloon ignites a diplomatic storm between washington and bay jane. the u. s. secretary of state, post bolan's, a rat trip to china after a high altitude their ship is detected over the u. s. bay jane claims it's

a weather balloon. that blew, of course, also coming up to cranes, president lindsey renews his 1st for you. membership at his summit in keith saying his country deserves to begin the session talks this year and poland says dozens of countries could jointly boycott next year's olympics. unless athletes from russia and bella roost our bands. ah, i'm good health as well come to the program and we begin with a developing diplomatic spots over his so called chinese spy balloon. that's been tracked. flying across the united states, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin has postponed a plan visit to china. following the discovery, the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which house some 150

intercontinental ballistic missile silos. pentagon officials have described the airship as an intelligence gathering balloon. china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and that it regrets the balloon sailed into u. s. s. base. more this story, let's go to washington where dw correspondence, so me, so a scanner is standing by assuming you are secretary of state entity blanket, postpones a plan trip because of a balloon. china says is for metro logical research. what is going on in disguise? over the u. s. again, that's exactly what media is reporting at this point. they're linking this to, to senior u. s. administration officials who say that the secretary of state has po postponed rather this trip. we don't have confirmation yet from the state department. we haven't heard anything from the white house either. at present biden was at a press conference earlier today asked a question about this. he didn't answer the question. we should say that this trip

was never officially confirmed by either side. it was planned, but still this is a pretty big deal. it would have been the highest ranking member of the biden administration to visit china, the 1st secretary of state in years. and it would have come at a time that is already very tense between us and china and, and a time where it seem we're dialogue as needed. these are 2 countries that right now are at odds over the south china sea, a hong kong, a tie. one certainly remember just on thursday, the u. s. announce that it is expanding its military presence in the philippines. that is being seen as giving the u. s. a bigger footprint to thwart tie a china rather from taking any action on taiwan. the warning crane also is an issue . so this was going to be a difficult visit. it was seen as a time to engage in dialogue. it appears, however, that this spy balloon incident was too serious for bh lincoln's visit. to go ahead again, we are still waiting for confirmation from the state department. you are coming back to to that balloon that suits been spotted in the skies over montana. tell us

what so interesting for china about montana yeah. well, montana we heard in the lead in there. it's actually home to one of the countries, 3 nuclear missile missile silo field said that is at mound strom air force base. so this is a site that clearly is home to some sensitive u. s. military intelligence. and that is why officials here are so concerned the pentagon, again, deciding not to shoot down this balloon yet because they were concerned that there could be falling debris that people could be injured. they did say that they took a necessary measures to secure that intelligence at those sites in montana. we don't know what those measures are, but they said that this balloon has limited risk. basically that means that they don't think it has the counter intelligence capabilities that something more high tech like a satellite might have. but still again, very high concern here in the u. s. the defense department saying in speaking to reporters that they had been in communication with china right away and they may

clear that they will do whatever is needed to protect you as security that might be including postponing this trip from the secretary of state. ok. respondent sunni, so must come in washington there. thank you very much. so me to ukraine now where president vladimir zalinski has renewed his appeal for his country to join the european union after summit with senior european officials in cave. after talks with commission president over funded lines, zalinski said he would have to bring the goal of you membership closer, adding that ukraine deserves to begin accessing talks this year. listening to you there while european council president shaw. michelle was also at the talks in kiff is what he had to say about that deal with me away with for as long as it takes, we are not intimidated, not to be intimidated by the criminal because you couldn't. and you,

we are feminine. and i sent message the future of ukraine east, within the european union, you credit people, you estimate the choice for freedom, for democracy, and full of flow, entreaties you with or so made the decision. your future is with us. in our coming to repeat the new york destiny, our 50. and it's why today there was also love this is it be built very off to the standing by your side, mr. president? give you this again, a moving model because you are a symbol of your people, a reflection of your people. courage and bravery. did your correspond that he has been elbows at last press conference. my, he has the main topic at the summit is a potential membership by ukraine. what else was said about that at this press

conference? yeah, this is the 1st summit since the beginning of the war, the summer, they used to happen regularly before the war. that means the leadership of the european union meeting with the leadership of ukraine, but this was, of course, a much bigger event. there was yesterday, a talk between the ukrainian government and a number of commissars and the leadership of the e. u consultations. and then the summit to data, that's a clear sign of course, of support for ukraine. and the main topic was a readiness of ukraine to start the basically the talks about an a session is already obtained candidate status in june. and then it gets handed a number of questions. the big questionnaire was several 1000 questions that they will have to answer. and then the eel will make an assessment

a so called report. and based on that assessment, it will be decided whether it's time to start the talks or whether it's something else needs to be done before talks can really start and this report is due in autumn. and this was kind of a mid way, a feedback, but not not an official step in the process. now ukraine is pushing for fast track membership of the european union in the european union. a rather i, we've heard the official side, but we ask people on the streets of keith for they hoped to gain from joining the ear. the promotion joined the you in the near future or so it will help spread the message much faster and conveyed people all over the world that we need help and there's no way without it yet to my shoe. furthermore, hatton, as well. i think that the victory will go to ukraine, regardless of whether we will join the you in the near future or not. if we are invited to join the you, it's possible that there will be even more understanding and more help. and this

will make it possible to win more easily and at a lower cost of human life cement shirts and i have for him a hot man. thanks for that evening. dany does just as much as we need them. grima ukraine is capable of getting out of this mess by itself because there are so many smart and talented people in our country, probably more than in any other country in the world or love, which is rather karina's good. so a positive attitude towards potential e. u. membership, but they are not really overwhelmed by the idea but, but he has a, did the you officials make any robust 8 commitments to ukraine. yeah, we heard that the was overshadowing many things and in a way it also influences what the e u. a has decided for example, if ukraine will already get some kind of access to the european market that it

would usually not get at this status. but overall they have said that the, the, all the steps need to be followed and there's no timeline the ukrainians. i would have wanted the e, you to say, well 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, but that's not that has not happened. the process will be the same. as for every other member, however, they gave it very positive feedback. and they said within this, this short period of for memberships of kennedy said his ukraine has already achieved a lot and as was also what we're hearing and from from the backside that are out of the 3 members that had got kind of the status together. moldova, ukraine, and georgia. ukraine is by far the one that takes the biggest steps. and he has up on a line had already announced that there will be a new round of sanctions against russia later this months. did she give any more

details? she said that these sanctions, they would target the technology sector because what a has been found out is that russia is still able to produce weapons and that they often use components are not really military technology, but they can be also consumer based or you will use goods and that they would target this kind of technology much more and they would also, or they would also try to book the circumvention of these sanctions that we've also seen throughout all of this period. but she's not given more details. and frankly speaking, she's not in a position to the sanctions you crank, gave its input ukraine, for example, once her nuclear sector included the russian nuclear effect included in the sanction something that seems to be a bit difficult at the moment on the european level. but in the end, it's not our funder line, and zelinski will decide on the, on the sanctions, but it will be the e u members, and they will then give all the details are correspondent,

yours billing or their reporting from keith. thank you much. yes. now fears of an escalation in ukraine was a key reason why germany was reluctant to allow its leopard main battle tanks to be sent to ukraine. but now that belinda, given the green lights for 2 germans, think of their government's response to the war. well, according to the results of the latest in for tuesday, emma pope only a small percentage of respondents that they're very satisfied. more than a 3rd, a satisfied with what's being done in their name, but even more or less satisfied. 22 percent of germans are not satisfied at all. our political cuz one of hands brown joined me earlier to take a closer look at those numbers and what they mean. well, what's clear is that there is about a 3rd of the german population that stands firmly behind all of shows. the chancellor and his government and other 20 percent are firmly against him and the

rest are somewhere in between. and there's this somewhere in between sector that is really of concern to all of charles. it's the people that swing one way or the other depending on what is under discussion or possibly also depending how the situation and ukraine is developing. and that to some extent, explains the reticence, the care with which short of shorts has been taking his decisions. the reason that he has often been accused of being too timid in his decisions it's got to do with the fact that he is concerned that he wants to take along his electorate, the german population, that they agree to his decisions. so even the decision on the tags, which took months, it was a reflection of that care for care with which the mood and the population is being watched by the chancellor. that the poll says also asked about sending weapons to ukraine, and he had to opinion,

seems divided 44 percent. say germany is providing enough weapons. following that decision to send the leopard tanks to ukraine, of course, but about a 3rd se bullied is doing too much. so, and what's going on there? are germans becoming less supporters that supportive for ukraine? they're i think what you can say is that the decision to send tanks, which took such a long time to take, has changed some of the opinions amongst the german population. there is a significant swing away from people who used to say that they're not enough. what's being done towards the people that are saying it is enough now a 10 percent swing between this month and the previous month we're talking here about a monthly poll. so there is a period parentally, a feeling amongst the german populace amongst the electorate, that the amount of weapons and the kinds of weapons that have been sent to ukraine so far have reached

a point where further deliveries further increases might become more difficult to support in the german electorate, and we already are having a discussion, obviously about fighter jets. so the tanks are being followed by a discussion about fighter jets. that's something that appears not to see much support in the german populace. now as it looks as if some germans are still hoping for diplomatic solution here, the a 3rd saint or germany is doing enough to try and end the war by diplomatic means. but as many as 58 percent say not enough, is being done diplomatically. we have also gathered some views on the streets of berlin. let's just listen to that diploma to diplomacy. okay. but if only one side doesn't diplomacy and the other doesn't play a long or just pretends and nothing happens, then it said, no, you didn't get this feel again, leave a 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. that's good. that's really are very hesitant and reserved. everything should have happened much faster in this, at the man on the street. them hans or german chance are all a short says he'll keep talking to vladimir putin by phone. is there any prospect of success there doesn't seem to be much prospect of those kind of talk succeeding at the moment. the last time that we know. busy that the 2 leaders spoke to each other directly on the phone as 2 months ago in early december. and nothing followed on from that. they simply exchanged positions and were basically not able to find any common grounds that's also been shown by the way putin has presented himself and talked in the last couple of days on the occasion of the anniversary of the battle of styling garage, which was seen as a turning point in the 2nd world war there put in, emphasized,

to what extent germany had at that time devastated russia or the soviet union. and this was in the offing again, at the same time in the german population. there's a lot of concern that this kind of war between germany and russia could be happening again. and that's why there is such a lot of support in german population for diplomatic initiatives to trying to in this war of that corresponded hands a plant there. thank you very much. turn off a brief look at some of the other headlines. ukraine has pressed criminal charges against the head of russia's wagner group. yes, jenny, pre goshen has been charged with waging a war of aggression against ukraine and encroaching on its territorial integrity. the wagner mercenary group has been fighting fierce battles ukrainian forces, most prime ministers of the baltic states have met in estonia as capital talon to discuss more ways to support ukraine. the leaders also holding talks on european

security, the baltic states and poland have called for a ban on russia and fell erosion. athletes from next year's olympic games. o francis has arrived in south sudan for the 2nd and final leg of his trip to africa. eat earlier, spend some days in the democratic republic of congo. the head of the catholic church is expected to bring a message of peace and reconciliation into communal violence. still plays south sedan despite the end of a civil war in 2018 and some sports news, the women's bonus league i returns this weekend with defending champions. voice spoke 5 points clear at the top of the table with a perfect record challenges by munich, and on top, crunch foot on the mountain to climb there. to close that gap, a task made all the more difficult thanks to valve spokes high flying striker. she

makes everything look easy from juggling to scoring goals of ever pay your is join top of the buddhist legal scoring charts. the voice works, troika has scored 8 goals in 8 matches, but she's not done yet. so we've rivera done it yet. it's the after year branding every training session. i every game you can always do everything better. oh my, that's my goal. in that scene. i don't think that you can already do it. all right . it's not like that. nissan. wolf's book haven't lost in the bonus. you get this season, they've won 10 games out of 10. it's easy to see why. the backbone is made up of germany's national team, like marina. he going here. as well as striker alexandra pub, midfield us venue who'd entry in our orbit off while spook have won 5 of the last 6 titles. pay your has a simple explanation for their dominance. she are here,

i always hungry, and i think we'll see what it is always hungry. we always want to win every thing and i like that mentality. i'll give you an each mac, the monk mentally deck with that insatiable appetite, ever pa, your and the raining banassi champions could go the whole season unbeaten for the 2nd time in the claps history. the joining me now for more on the moon was one of the guys a lima good talkie from d w support. who was father report that was just sorely my what makes was books so good and can they really stay on beaten? they saturated with talent, and as the report just mentioned, a big chunk of the team is made up of the germany national team and they made it a, they were run us up at euro 2022 recently. so there's a lot of experience on this team, there's a lot of depth on this team and as for, can they stay on beaten? well, they've done it before. back in 2019 and guess who was the leaks top gold score

that sees and it was ever pio. we just saw in the report who also back then also played roles book but with who was there on the corner who is there to challenge? well, why don't we take a look at the table because we see how close things are. so wall spoke have, as you mentioned earlier, have a 5 point lead over by and munich. i think can we get further the graphic? i'm but i'm a fighter. we eat, there it is. exactly. but as you can see, the 5 point lead, it's a good lead, but it's not very comfortable lead. but in the form that was spoke are in right now i'm beaten, you know, this season every really, really difficult to surpass them. and then we see in 3rd of course we have frankfurt who are also trying to keep and challenging by an unique. they're just 7 points behind, but those were coach also recently said, you know, no team will make it easy for us. like a lot of teams are catching up when it comes to development when it comes to

quality. and that a lot of teams will also be highly motivated whenever they play against them. so it won't be easy. you said that a more p m, more teams are sort of increase in quality and, and all that. the women's policy has also broken attendance records. yeah. this season, i'm seeing the real growth in the women's game, and it's too early to, to say, look at us, he let us kind of like, ok that to say it's too early to tell. but the changes that we have seen look extremely promising. so new attendance records were made just this season. if we take a look at the numbers are 3 matches. attracted over $20000.00 hands each. the season opener between frankfurt and buy a new name over 23000 valve support against buy a new nick a bit over 21000 and even blame and, and highbrook hit over 20000. so, and that's not all over all the attendance record in the leak has also been on the up. and so what was it 9 years ago that was the previous record. and that was after

20, due to games. the and the league had a record of over 150000 hands this time around this season after just 9 games after just 9 games we've already had over 170000. so of course, those are a lot of numbers just forward you, us things look promising, but hopefully this isn't just the spillover effect from euro 2022. i. lemme talk to w. suppose thank you very much for listen side i. let's take a look now. some other stories from around the world of sports, australian tennis player nick, curious, has played pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex girlfriend. but he won't face a criminal conviction. after a quarter, cambrai dismiss the charges curious, admitted pushing over his ex girlfriend during an argument in 2021. but the judge said it wasn't premeditated and that the risk of re offending was low.

poland sports minister says that as many as 40 countries could to boy caught the 2024 pairs olympics if russia and billy roost take part. international olympic committee is considering allowing russian and for the region athletes to participate, but only under a neutral flag. it says a boy called would punish athletes and basketball. lebron james has edged closer to the n b a's. all time scoring record. the added another 26 points to his tally in the la lakers when of indiana on thursday. james is now just 63 points away from beating the record of 38387 points that's held by kareem abdul jabbar baseball and finally form of football star garrath bales. love of golf often saw him criticized for lack of dedication to his main sport. but now he's retired baylis fully embracing his passion. weltman is

competing in his 1st official got a golf tournament, a pro m event as pebble beach in california. bail is among $156.00 amateurs taking part, and he made a strong start of the tournament bail, and his partner shot a 1st round of $65.00, putting them in, putting them rather in a tie for 18th place on the pro when leader bought the award winning iranian director jaffar for now he has been released on bail after 7 months of prison. he was j last july, also protesting the arrest of 2 fellow filmmakers were demanding the government end . it's violet cracked down on mos protests in iran earlier this week. he started a hunger struck when i said he was protesting the quote, illegal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and security apparatus. and people on the so one of iran's most acclaimed and outspoken filmmakers jaffar panell,

he used to be a regular on the international film festival. circuit he won several top honors, including gold and silver bears, and berlin band from working canal. he continued to film in secret his last movie, no bears in which he also stars. one a special price at the 2022 venice international film festival. where supporters protested his latest arrest and the crack down by to iran on dissident artist. through his decades of descent and protest in his work and life panell, he has become the face of artistic resistance to the iranian regime. and an unwavering symbol of moral authority against government backed violence. and before we go, the spanish fashion designer, poco robin has died at his home in france. he was 88. he was best known for his eccentric clothing designs often made from unusual materials. and his enormous, honestly, names for a statement from the fashion house on it's from said that he will be remembered as

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