because no one should have to flee. ah, make up your own mind. w. made for mines. ah, ah ah, this is date of the news live from pearl that the u. s. says it will stand more powerful weapons to your crime. latest pack, the latest military aid package rather includes a rocket propelled precision bomb that nearly doubles keeps range against russian forces. now trying to overwhelm an eastern ukrainians from also on the program. a

suspected surveillance balloon ignite the diplomatic storm between washington and by jing b. u. s secretary of state, post bonds, a trip to china after a high altitude issue is detected under the u. s. and the women's abundance league returns with ever pay your the legs a top goal score hoping to continue where she left on. that is to further solidify wolf spooks lead at the top type. ah, i'm anthony how to walk into the program. the united states has announced a new weapons package for you, cried with $2200000000.00. the package includes new longer range missiles which could double the distance, crank and strike and put all the brushes supply lines in easton, ukraine within reach more armored vehicles and a defense supplies are also being provided. let's package brings the total us

support the ukraine. since russia's invasion to more than $29000000000.00 use them, the new i'd comes of. as keith's forces struggling against and intensifying rush, an assault on the stronghold of back boat, which ukrainian president, a lot of mister lensky says, his forces will hold quote. for as long as we can the european union leaders have stopped short of granting he cried a fast track to membership within the block at the summit with a you latest and gave you current president. a lot of miss zalinski repeated his appeal to spade things up. he said, ye crime deserved to begin negotiations on joining the block this year. you're paying officials bound to provide enduring support to get crime, but said there were no short cuts to a membership. this history making summit offered up a flurry of announcements amidst the wintry conditions in keith. it was also a chance for the east top officials to demonstrate the growing ties between ukraine

and the european union. the future of cream is within the european new, lucrative people. you have medically, a choice for freedom, for democracy and hulu, and really with all so many the clear, the fusion, your future us, our terminal to repeat union. ah, but in spite of all of them, is lensky attempts at these talks to build a fast path into the you that future still look some way off, despite all the smiles on positive rhetoric around the table and know which it timelines. but their goal that you have to reach the forms, for example, to improve a situation in the canada country to then reach the accession negotiations. and the session exec itself also discussed the war with russia and a promise of fresh

e sanctions against moscow. focused on trade and technology, but president zalinski wants more immediate help in the form of weapons to hold off a predicted russian search in the next few weeks. so that you more wiggly, these are conditions where the more long range weapons we have. the better equipped artillery is the sooner modern western tanks will start operating on the battlefield in ukraine will. okay, in the stronger our air defense will be size, the sooner rushes aggression will and nasa credibly dana and protection of european security and freedom she eating will have more guarantees, issues, europe wastefully misplaced, his voice beyond the pledge of new sanctions, came details of more humanitarian help for the country, including 25000000000 euros to fund a de mining program seen as crucial in helping ukraine rebuilt ad in key more

practical aid for residence. millions of energy efficient eli di light bulbs to help people reduce their own consumption and take the pressure of ukraine's crippled power grid. so the issue is to impose the 10th round of sanctions on russia and early we spoke with an a bradshaw about this. she is an expert on international economic sanctions with the royal united services institute in london . she told us why the previous sanctions hadn't had the desired impact. sanctions are by definition, a political term, but also an imperfect tool. it is very difficult to calibrate sanctions in a way that gives them measurable impact. but we have seen developing over the last 10 years really focused on so called smart sanctions. and the last year has seen an unprecedented development in the types of

smart sanctions that are relied on. and we will see more developments for sure in the future. but in terms of measuring the impact, it's very difficult indeed. and of course, there are many reasons for this, but principally, 3, the 1st reason is sections have to be aligned. it is very difficult to achieve effectiveness if there is disparity, divergence between different sanctions, regimes, which is one of the reasons why the today called for other countries to follow in its steps. and principally the main sanctions jurisdictions here would be the us and the u. k. canada and australia as well. so we would hopefully see more alignment. they also hold on countries like bell roofs,

and iran to cease their active support for russia. a u. s. secretary of state antony lincoln has postponed a planned visit to china following the discovery of an alleged chinese spy balloon flying over the united states. the balloon was 1st to take that over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile solid fitting pentagon officials have described the ship as an intelligence gathering balloon. china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and says it regrets the balloon accidentally sailed into usa a spice. you are a secretary of state anthony blank and spoke earlier about this decision not to go any planned visit to china. yesterday the department of defense announced that we had detected and we're tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that remains over the continental united states. we continue to track and monitor the balloon closely. we're confident this

is a chinese surveillance balloon. once we detected the balloon, the u. s. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information we communicated with the p r. c. government directly through multiple channels about this issue. members of my team consulted with our partners and other agencies and in congress. we also engaged our close allies in partners to inform them of the presence of the surveillance balloon and art aerospace. we concluded that conditions were not conducive for constructive visit. at this time. the more on this up, mary gallagher, a china expert and professor in democracy. democratization and human rights at the university of michigan told us what the diplomatic impact of lincoln's decision not to go to china will main by g. well, i think it's an interesting decision. i mean, there's some set back i guess, to getting us china relations on a bigger track. but i think for the, by the administration,

the risks of going really increased with this crisis over the balloon. and they probably thought we're in a relative position of strength, right. now these are the china and so it's really china's, now the ball is in china's court to get the relationship on track again. so it's not a great time for a lincoln to go to china. and just after, you know, there's this violation of u. s. airspace and u. s. sovereignty it really, i think there's a risk of making bite and appear quite weak. a 2nd factor is also china's behavior in recent meetings, of course, lincoln met with some of his chinese partners in alaska last year. and that went very badly. they were sort of berated and lectured by the, by the chinese and i think there is always that risk of not knowing how you're going to be treated in china recently with their kind of dep diplomatic posture is just much more aggressive. and so i think there was also a risk of how the meetings would play out if they played out badly. it would even

further look like it was a big mistake to go. time for a brief look at some other stories from around the world. now, the eu has a great to set price caps for russian refined oil products being sent to global markets. the design to complement in a u embargo on russian fuel that begins on sunday and aimed at reducing moscow's ability to fund its war in ukraine. but francis as arrived in south sudan for the 2nd and final leg of his trip to africa. he earlier spent some days in the democratic republic of congo. head of the catholic church is expected to bring a message of peace and reconciliation into communal violence. still plagues sell sudan despite the end of civil war in 2018 award winning iranian director jeff up and now he has been released on bail. he was jailed last july, after protesting the arrests of 2 fellow feel makers who were demanding a bronze government. and it's violent cracked out. earlier this week he started a hunger strike, and i, he said he was protesting the quote,

legal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and security apparatus. ah sport down the women's buddhist legged returns this weekend with defending champions. bull spoke 5 points, clear at the top of the table with a perfect record challenges by munich, and frankfort had a mountain to climb. if they're going to close the gap, a task made all the more difficult. thanks to wolf's bergs, high flying striker. she makes everything look easy from juggling due to scoring goals of ever pay your is join top of the buddhist legal scoring charts. the voice works, troika has quoted 8 goals in 8 matches, but she's not done yet. so we've done it yet. it's the after year branding every training session. i every game i'll, as you can always do everything better out 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. this is me. zach moore'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 got in 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. here here i say, always hungry and i think whoops, water is always hungry and he always want to win every thing. and i like that mentality. i was given an all the each my, the monk mentally deck with that insatiable appetite, ever pa, your and the raining vanessia champions could go the whole season unbeaten for the 2nd time in the claps history. all right, let's take

a look now. some of the other stories from the world of sport spread in tennis planet, carriers has pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex girlfriend. but he won't face a criminal conviction after court in camper dismissed. the charges, curious, admitted pushing over his ex girlfriend during an argument in 2021, but a judge said it wasn't premeditated and that the risk of re offending was low. poland sports minister says as many as 40 countries could boycott the 2024 paris olympics, if russia and belarus take part. international olympic committee is considering allowing russian and celebration athletes to participate, but only under a neutral flag. it says a boycott would punish athletes. in basketball, le bron james as aged closer to the n b. as all time scoring record, he added to his tally in the lake as when of indiana on thursday. james is now to 63 points away from bathing the record of 38387 points. now by the legend kareem abdul jabbar sports general. and finally from a football star,

garrett piles love of golf offered. zach saw him criticized for lack of dedication to his main sport. but now he's retired, bail is fully embracing his passion. weltman is competing in his 1st official golf tournament. a pro am event at pebble beach in california by l. as among a 100 plus emmet has taken part and he met a strong start at the tournament to bail and his partner, i ran a tie for 18th place on the pro and leader out a reminder of our top stories they sell. the united states has announced a new weapons package for ukraine with $2200000000.00. it includes new, longer range missiles. it comes as ukrainian forces are struggling to defend against an intensifying russian assault against the eastern stronghold. and china has claimed that one of its high altitude balloons flying over the united states is civilian and that it regrets itself into usa space. you are

a secretary of state antony lincoln has reportedly cancel his trip to buy ging over these and that is all the news for now have next the he is on the energy firms posting record profits. will i be forced to ease the burden on struggling consumes? that's the question. rob watts has the answers and more in business use. coming up after a short break. i'm anthony howard, in berlin from me and the team here. thanks for your company and we're ever in the world, you're watching a good time with every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some test one day in the, in the foot of the regular.