has till hold this way because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people far behind the boss. sh. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin. this by a, this guy, a suspected surveillance balloon ignite the diplomatic stall between washington and bay. james, the u. s. secretary of state, post phones are rare trip to china after a high altitude that ship is detected over the u. s. b gene claims. it's

a weather balloon that blew off calls. also coming up here, ukraine's president zalinski renewed his push for you membership. at a summit in keith saying his country deserves to begin at session, talk this year. ah, i'm good. how about as well come to the program and we begin with a diplomatic spat over a so called chinese spy balloon that has been tracked flying across the united states. u. s. secretary of state antony lincoln has postponed a plan visit to china following the discovery. the balloon was 1st attacked, detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos. here enter gun 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 us as space. well, correspondence to missile must come as following the story in washington. and here's what she told me about you, a secretary of state antony blinking, postponing a plan trip because of the balloon that china clamps is for mature electrical research. 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 hass pope postponed rather this trip. we don't have confirmation yet from the state department. we haven't heard anything from the white house either. a president 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. announced that 8 is expanding its military presence in the philippines. that is being seen as giving the u. s. a bigger footprint to athwart tie, a china rather from taking any action on taiwan. the warren ukraine 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 the spy balloon incident was too serious for lincoln's visit. to go ahead again, we are still waiting for confirmation from the state department. they 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 mounds from 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 soon. so mascara in washington there. thank you very much so me to ukraine. our

president, blood am, is lensky has renewed his appeal for his country to join the european union. after a summit with senior european officials included, author talks with commission president was upon the land. zalinski said he would hasten to bring the goal of the you membership closer. i think that ukraine deserve to begin succession talks this year. now european council, president shaw michelle was also at the talks in keith. and here's what he had to say about that. the future of your pre is with your credit people, you have made a clear choice for freedom for democracy and hulu, flow and re in with or so me to clear the fusion. your future is with us. our come in the repeat, the new york destiny is our fishing and it's why today there was also love this. is it be both a real to do extension by your side, mr. president?

give me this again. a movie mold. after the meeting, president vladimir, lance can stress that ukraine's integration into the you was just a matter of time to dance. summit has clearly showed that our integration is irreversible and has full support a lot. the european send this year we kids fold their own, accelerate their respective integration processes, the w correspondent. but he has building a joint media from keith and he told me about the next steps for ukraine. yeah, this is the 1st time it since the beginning of the war, the some they used to happen regularly before the war. that means there are 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 question. the big questionnaire was several 1000 questions that they will have to answer. and then the e will make an assessment a so called report. and based on that assessment, that 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, rather. 3 and we've heard the official side, but we asked people on the streets of keith for they hoped to gain from joining the

you did the promotion, joined the you in the near future spot. 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 be and at a lower cost of human life. see mine. sure. it's in i a param, a hot me intact with that evening. dany does just as much as we need them. grammar 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 corina wooten. 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 just 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 that was also what we're hearing. and from, from the backside that are out of the 3 members that had got candidate status together. moldova, ukraine, and georgia. ukraine is by far the one that takes the biggest steps. and he has often ally and 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 sector 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 funded 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, yes, billing or their reporting from keith. thank you much. yes. tanner, for a brief look at some of the other stories from around the world, ukraine as press criminal charges against the head of russians. wagner group, if g n e e e e pretty gotten, 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 with ukrainian forces. while colin's minister for sports says, as many as 40 countries could,

boy caught the 2024 olympics in paris. if russia and bella roost take part international. and the committee is considering to allow russian and bella rouge asked, leads to participate, but only under a neutral flag that says a boy called would punish athletes. italian media, say 8 migrants have been found dead and 42. others were rescued from a boat off the mediterranean island of lamb, producer. they were among some 200 others who arrived on different boats to, to the island overnight. for frances has arrived in south sudan for the 2nd and final leg of his trip to africa. the head of the catholic church earlier spend some days in the democratic republic of congo. he is expected to bring a message of peace and reconciliation into communal violence. still plagues south sedan despite the end of a civil war in the 2018 the award winning iranian director,

the jaffar panel, he has been released on bail after 7 months in prison. it was day of loss july after protesting the arrest of 2 fellow filmmakers who were demanding the government end. it's violent, crack down on mass protests and the wrong. earlier this week he started a hunger strike than i said, he was protesting the quote, illegal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and security apparatus. i'm 2 of them . so one of iran's most acclaimed and outspoken filmmakers jaffar pano, 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 prize at the 2020 to venice international film festival. where supporters protest in his latest arrest and the crackdown by to iran,

undisciplined artists 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. these spanish fashion designer parker abum 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 popular perfumes for men and women. a statement from the fashion house on instagram said he will be remembered as one of the seminal fashioned figures of the 20th century. you're watching the w news. as a reminder, off all top stories, china has claimed that one of its high altitude balloons flying over the west is civilian, and that it regrets sailed into us as space us secretary of state antony blinking

as reportedly canceled his trip to bay j over vincent. and ukraine's president brought him his zalinski has repeated his appeal for his country to join the european union at a summit with senior you officials and keep off the top with commission. president lafond alonzo list. he said to craig, deserves to begin its session talks this year. and that's it from me and the news team you're up to date a news asia is gabrielle 1st come had a g t v highlight you every week in your in box subscribe. now. hello guys. this is the 77 percent.