made because i'm responsible for the shall fall country for the people behind the boss. sh. gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah, ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin. the pentagon says it's detected a 2nd, suspected chinese surveillance balloon over latin america. the 1st one, floating above the u. s. heartland ignited a diplomatic storm that kept the secretary of state from visiting china, plus more u. s. military aid for ukraine. the latest package nearly doubles keys,

striking range against russian forces, which continue attacking a ukrainian stronghold. and it spearheaded the fight against coven researchers now say a new technology could become an effective weapon against cancer, as well. ah, i'm michael ok. welcome. the pentagon says a nother suspected chinese spy balloon has been discovered this time flying over latin america. that's after another such balloon was seen floating above the u. s. heartland, the spotting has complicated washington in beijing's already strained relations and drawn americans attention to the sky. there is losing nearly 2 kilometers above the united states. this balloon is causing major diplomatic problems back on earth. and

i have no idea what it is. first spotted over montana by curious residence. it's now believed to be a chinese espionage platform. china's decision to fly a surveillance balloon over the continental united states is both acceptable and irresponsible. that's what this is about. a is a violation of our sovereignty. so violation of international law. china rejects the spying claims and sees it's a, with a balloon that's fear. of course, the white house isn't convinced, and a plan diplomatic trip to beijing has been abruptly cooled off. what this is done is created the conditions that undermine the purpose of the trip, including ongoing efforts to build a floor under the relationship and to address a broad range of issues that are of concern to the american people. i believe to

the chinese people and certainly as well to people around the world. the trip was expected to be a significant step and improving ties between the 2 countries. that balloon deflating those hopes. while some americans are demanding it'd be shot down. these balloons are so huge that even that kind of that number of munitions that, that amount of energy this is that towards it is only going to cause a very, very slow leak. and it's not going to come down immediately. you can't just hot the balloon and it's going to go away. while the pentagon sees the balloon poses no physical threats, it's no doubt doing damage to us. china relations relations, the u. s. is determined to strengthen amid rising global tensions. so what are the likely repercussions of the incident for the delicate relations between washington and beijing? here's the w east asia correspondent, william yang. i think the postponement of the visit reflects how much distrust

there is between the 2 countries. because even a incident like this would have stopped a highly anticipated visit that has been prepped, prepared from both sides for months. and now there is also no immediate date to restart this whole visit. because it's, it's clear that both sides are now taken a very defensive position over this very controversial chinese surveillance balloon that is still flying through the air space in the united states. so right now, it's very clear that the united states thinks that it's not worth the political cause if they go ahead with the visit because they view the visit as not being able to really deliver a lot. so it's not really worth the domestic political pushback. now it bears repeating, ah, beijing immediately rejected the spy claims and insist it was an ordinary weather

balloon. any other reaction since? yes, in their 2nd response, it's even very bizarre, that they said that the u. s. in a china has denver announced any kind of visit, so they even walk back the original position that is being viewed as like trying not to let this balloon incident to overshadow the billing can visit. and now they are saying that any news that was released by the u. s. unilaterally, is in the u. s. interest, and they respect whatever news that the u. s. released. so immediately we can already see how they view this visit as a not viable at all after the u. s. response and the u. s. reaction. and now the chinese are taking a very defensive position compared to the original 1st in response that they have, which is a lot more apologetic. then the 2nd one. quickly, william,

how is all this being received among china's neighbors? so in taiwan on the foreign ministry immediately released an incident, a statement basically criticizing china's move and saying that china's move is creating on certain and t for regions and also the same thing, or characterizing it as an illegal move to violate another country sovereignty. and also intruding another country's air space and calling on beijing to immediately stop such actions. again, that was a william yang in taipei many thanks, william. thank you. the united states is announced a new weapons package for ukraine worth $2200000000.00. it includes new longer range missiles which could double the distance ukraine from, can strike and put russia supply lines in eastern ukraine within reach more armoured vehicles in air defense systems are also being provided. or the latest

package brings the total us support for ukraine, since russia is invasion to more than $29000000000.00. this, the aid comes is keith's forces are struggling against an intensifying russian assault on the city of buck. north ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says his forces will hold back mode, quoting now, for as long as we can. up until now the u. s. has declined to send ukraine longer range missiles for fear of provoking russia into escalating the conflict. so what's changed? that's a question i put to d. w's, russia analyst konstantin. anchored? well, i think that the decision by germany just said layer barb tanks and generally discuss new consensus among the allies that ukraine should be better supplied, differently contributed to that. and i think also the, the plans for washington and for the allies. now,

if they do not include list yet for victory, for a crane and full recovery or a grand territory, then at least the idea that you great should be able to significantly push back against the russian forces before any kind of quote unquote piece talk start. i think is no, but pretty firmly established both in washington and major european capitals. what's the response been from the kremlin? well 1st, michael, what kind of thing that could be done in, ah, with these weapons, i mean, there's been shown this morning, russian telegram channels, and youtube are full of images from the belgrade region, which is bordering ukraine, where allegedly, an oil des pots and a factory were hit by a, by a ukrainian hit with

a know with wat allegedly missiles and it's been confirmed by the local russian authorities. that's exactly what i think the russian expert thea. there was no response from the grubbing, but some military analysts already saying that the idea to supply ukraine with his weapons means 1st and foremost of all. putting the crimea firmly within the range of a ukrainian armed forces in essentially trying to destabilize rushes hold on the ass off c, r, a literal and basically breaking the land connection between russia and the crimea that put in managed to establish last year that seems to be warring at least the russian military experts quite a lot. as always and many thanks to our konstantin egg. a brief look now at some of the other stories from around the world. ah see on foreign minister is meeting in jakarta, have heard mir and more to implement

a peace plan agreed. 2 years ago, miramar was banned from attending the meeting of south east asian states and its seat left empty. me and more has been racked by violence since the military overthrew the democratically elected government. 2 years ago. authorities in chile are struggling to contain deadly wildfires that are sweeping parts of the country. so far, at least 13 people have died and over 140 square kilometers of land have been devastated in the blazes caused by heat waves in the region. shoes at gas stations have become the norm in nigeria. as the country struggles with chronic fuel shortages, now people are queueing up at cash machines as well. d, w 's, alyssa tacoma reports from lagos, on the lack of cash that fueling anger ahead of presidential elections later this month. aah!

long queues, like these are now come on around banks and it seems all over nigeria, africa's largest economy is experiencing a cash crisis. the government introduced new bank notes late last year. my jillions had until tuesday to swap old notes for new nearer by the rollouts of the new cash has been so slow. the central bank has been forced to extended deadline to february 10th next week. the extent that deadline is in helping people who already spend yeah, owed money. i need new cash. the out of pocket can't buy every day. goods and shops are refusing to accept the ordinary notes. i wanted to show you the old and new notes. what like many nigerians, i haven't got any ida of me. yes is 60 m and people are v as is 4. and it's, it's terrible like we don't just noise happening. thought gosh, that you said with let me build it. you put out a stop. so it's very difficult,

as i look into another half, cautioned me what i'm hungry. so how will i, how am i going to be difficult if you're going to bring out new cash and you don't want people to keep using the old one. then if you make it, make sense, have enough cash have enough of the new guys. you know what places out there. then you cannot retrieve the old one back, the government herbs, the new currency would help fight corruption. i had of this month's elections, but the plan may have backfired instead of caribbean bribes on foot buying. the cash shortage has cause a huge shock to the system and created a block market for the new notes at inflated prices. the international community is marking world cancer day. cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. but now thanks to a cutting edge coven vaccine technology, we might be closer to stopping cancer. germany is be on tag, is launching a u. k. trial of personalized cancer vaccines. this autumn,

more on the technology in our next report. during the cove at 19 pandemic, vaccines were rolled out within a year faster than most experts believed possible. and messenger r n. a vaccines were among the 1st to gain approvals. they work by giving the body's immune system a preview of potentially dangerous invaders. a dose contains many copies of a short stretch of precise genetic information. the messenger r n a. it induces cells to start making proteins that are otherwise only found on a specific pathogen, like the proteins that stud the surface of sars covey to the virus that causes cov 19. then when the immune system encounters the virus, it quickly recognizes the invader and wipes it out. categorically messenger r n a vaccines are proven to be exceptionally affected. they have proven to be able to protect people against severe and life threatening disease and consequently

save millions of lives. there are different types of r, n a, but all of them are coating molecules and that code can be rewritten. that's why many drug developers describe renee as medicinal software. vaccines that use this software have a major advantage over other platforms. their codes can be easily altered to also make other proteins found on other disease causing microbes, teaching the immune system, how to fight them as well. and or in a can encode for proteins found not just an infectious diseases, but also for instance in cancers. in addition to messenger r n a, a range of other r, n a's play key roles and metabolism and health. so they also have potential as medicines . the cancer application is quite interesting because it is not a vaccine that will prevent cancer. but rather it is

a therapeutic vaccine. it is a vaccine directed custom tailored to the cancer of the, of the patient. which in hanson's and directs the immune response to more efficiently clear the tumor around 20 or any treatments have been approved so far globally. and dozens more are in trials in a wide range of diseases. a mike look who in berlin, thanks for your company. ah, yes, that is to mooney. don't insure interesting you month right yet. the end of a superpower. the collapse of the soviet union rushes more in crane one years since the envision.