a, we take a look back in the future and then you will slowly in february on d, w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is due to the news live 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. heart land ignited a diplomatic storm that's kept the secretary of state from visiting china and fears

for the health of a former president. now in prison. georgia. me have a soccer really has spent months in custody and his team says he's been poisoned. plus dozens of wild bars are raging and chilly. at least 13 people have died in the blazes parked by a summer see way. ah . our next spicer. welcome to the program. the pentagon says another suspected chinese spy balloon has been discovered this time flying over latin america. another balloon was seen floating above the u. s. heartland, the spotting has complicated washington and bay. james, already strained relations and drawn americans attention to the sky. there is slicing nearly 2 kilometers above the united states. this balloon is causing major diplomatic problem spec 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 on acceptable and irresponsible. that's what this is about is a violation of our sovereignty. so violation of international law. china rejects the spying claims and sees it's a, with the balloon that's be it. 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 be shot down. these balloons are so huge that even that kind of that number of ammunition 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 threat, it's no doubt doing damage to us. china relations relations the u. s. is determined to strengthen amid rising global tensions. for more on this, i spoke earlier with the w east asia correspondent, william yang, and i asked him about what diplomatic repercussions the balloon incident might have on relations between the u. s. and china. so it's really showing how shaky the

foundation of the bilateral relationship is because a lot of the experts are saying if something as minor at this level, can just stop a highly anticipated trip that has taken both sides a month to prepare. then it really shows that there is basically no common ground for both sites, even start any kind of conversation. and so right now, what is going to constitute the conditions to restart this message is basically beijing will have to show a more apologetic and lower it stands. and rather than sticking with what it is saying right now, which is that it claims that both either china or the u. s. has not even planned any kind of visit. and the news of the visit is unity that we're only being shared by the u. s. which is definitely a back walk back from the earlier statements that they've made about blink and visit. and beijing, of course, has been saying it's a whether or not spy balloon is that still the message or you're saying they're not

messaging in or at all domestically? they are sticking with the explanation and claim that it is still a scientific metro logical balloon that's basically veered off the original course by accident. but the us finding, contradict that because later on they find that the balloon actually changed course . and so this is basically showing that the chinese government official claiming is once again having a lot of holes for being like lighting on the outside world to be skeptical about. and they can't really stand on the ground and we are seeing how they stuffing up their stands and become very defensive about it. and how is this william all being received among china's neighbors and in taiwan, where you are in particular? so the other neighbour neighboring countries are pretty quiet about it. the time ones are foreign ministry did issue a statement,

basically criticizing china's move of violating another country's sovereignty and also in shooting another countries aerospace and basically calling this an uncivilized move. that agent should stop immediately. ok, that was william yang 4th from taipei. thanks so much. thank you. concerns are growing over the health of former george and president mc hale sock cash really testifying in court via video link from his hospital bed this week. the opposition leader lifted his t shirt to show the judge his weight loss. the 55 year old says he has been poisoned and wants the court to let him leave georgia for treatment package really was arrested in 2021 after returning to georgia from years and exile and sent it to 6 years in prison for allegedly abusing his power during his time as president and for more on this were being joined live now by former george and president. your gave margaret are really once and i've spoken critical section really who is

currently calling for his release from prison. thank you for joining us, sir. first off, can you tell us about what you're hearing concerning mr. sac release condition? hello. this is basically the same what you described. i should add to those details that there has been several competent commissions independent commission, including us from, from united states. and they all stated that he is in a, he has severe health problems, the problems that could not be overcome if he stays in the customer. so that's one thing. and the other thing is, is that they definitely identified that he has some metals in his body, which show that he might have been poisoned all these together,

a necessity of taking him out of the prison and giving him normal treatment. and let me ask you a personal question. i mean, you were once a critic of mr. saca bailey and now you're rallying behind him. what changed for you? well, i'd say it's not once i have been all my political career, i have been critical of him and why so, why subversive? but i think that those are the details that we have to take into consideration. the 1st thing is that he might be doing something wrong or he might be, or there might be some, some, some things that he has violated. but even if he violated all the laws of georgian criminal code, we don't have the right to torture and kill him. because this is not even if he violated everything. everything in the georgia tech women called this is $1.00 fee . and the other thing is a, a, so we have to protect a human life,

no matter do like them politically or not. but there is another thing as well. first, george and president was killed after the after the crew where russians were actually participating. the 2nd george and president was quietly prod, 2 times assassinated by people that now lived in russia. and now the 3rd president, which is, which has been standing good or bad, but he has been standing firm to confront hoodie now. he is tortured in georgia prison. i think that this is a very strong damage to our national identity and national interest. let me jump in support here. i just want to jump answer because you're saying a lot of interesting things fingering the kremlin to a certain extent. and you have said that soccer really is a, in a sense, a prisoner, a russian president vladimir putin. why is that? how does that work? well,

georgia was the 1st country to be attacked by russian aggressive new aggressive policy, which would have basically declared in 2007 in munich. so we were the 1st week teams. and so gosh, really and after soccer actually stood to produce aggression. booting has said that he will and i can repeat really the words that he said that he will, he will come back on soccer. it's actually will fall as a result of he's a, he's a, he's that she was so now georgia government, which is very strongly dependent on russia, is basically executing the threat that the russian president bush didn't, has a decade ago. and now it's a street. ok. thank you for that. inside former georgia president yorkie margaret. i should feeling the due time for

a brief look now at some other stories making news around the world. the united states has announced a new weapons package for ukraine worth 2 point. $2000000000.00. package includes new longer range missiles, which could put all of russia supply lines and eastern ukraine within reach. the aid comes as forces are struggling against a russian assault on the stronghold of back. moved to i see on foreign ministers meeting in jakarta, have urged me in march to implement a peace plan, agreed with the block in 2021. me and more was banned from attending meeting in southeast asian states in moore's military, plunged country into chaos, went over through the democratically elected government 2 years ago. hope frances has met with victims of the civil war in south sudan, thousands of people street towards the cathedral, and juba to see the pontiff. earlier. the pope made an impassioned plea for peace to warring factions in the country, saying that history would charge them harshly if they further delayed implementing

a 2018 piece accord. at least 13 people have been killed by wild fires raging through parts of chile. dozens of blazes sparked by a summer heat wave, have destroyed homes and consumed thousands of hectares of forest heading towards the heart of the blaze. trying to contain deadly wildfires. it's dangerous and almost non stop work. that water candidly been working since noon yesterday was it combined with weather conditions or like high temperatures and a lot of wind and put a big course great destruction i proposed to pity, taishan and unfortunately structure element in it to clear a scorching heat wave is making their job harder, along with the fact that chile is suffering from 13 years of drought. the flames have engulfed hundreds of homes and huge areas of farmland and forest in the worst affected areas. very little bit terrible. our home is the product

of years of hard work by my brother for the fire to reach and destroy everything. no, we haven't seen anything like this since 2017. my neighbor's house is on fire. the neighbors are savaging their belongings. little by little hep a's coming, but it doesn't seem to be enough for him. okay, thought part of that wasn't chillies. president gabrielle barrick, promises more help is on the way it is to you. i have instructed those in charge of national defense, what the armed forces and police that i wanted you to deploy through our territory to provide security and that will establish them to get him think of a status present fighting the fires, providing security taken care of the victims and doing everything matters necessarily that a victim or e that ball. okay, santa said you with the current heat wave showing no signs of cooling off soon.

fire fighters will need all the help they can get to put out the blazes. in other news, singapore has held its annual parade, celebrating the lunar new year. some $3000.00 performers danced and sang in the event with thousands more. watching the display this year was special because the parade was held live again after a 2 year pause due to the pandemic. the event showcasing of course, diverse culture performers from a chinese community joining with ethnic malays, indians, and europeans. with ton for a quick recap for our top story, this, our, the pentagon says it has detected a 2nd chinese fire balloon over latin america a day after another such object was spotted over montana. secretary of state antony blinkin has postponed

a visit to bay jane over the incident. china says it's an off course whether blue don't forget you can always get rid of your news on the go. just download our app from google player from the apple app store. that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking and that's your news roundup for now of next is world stories the week and reports . i'm the spicer for me and the entire new thing here in berlin. thank you. mm hm.