ah virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful lady that perhaps we just don't understand? search for answers starts from the room on the w ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russia and ukraine have carried out a prisoner exchange. after intense negotiations, the 2 parties agreed to repatriate nearly 200 prisoners of war. the pentagon says it's detected a 2nd,

suspected chinese surveillance balloon over latin america. the 1st one floating about the u. s. heartland triggered a diplomatic storm that's kept the secretary of state from visiting china. past dozens of wildfires are raging across chile. at least 13 people have died. ah, i'm a hitler mohammed, welcome to the program in ukraine fighting rages on around the city of bach would ukraine's army has been dug in for months to push back washing forces. but despite tensions between the both sides cave and moscow say they made the largest exchange of prisoners since the start of the war. over $100.00 ukrainians and over 60 russians captured in battle, returns to their lines. moscow says that soldiers were receiving medical and

psychological care, ukrainian authorities also recovered the bodies of 2 british volunteers who were killed during a humanitarian evacuation last month. well let's get lauren. this with frank lead, where she is a military analyst. currently, an expert in the u. k is good to have you with us here in the w news. now there are no peace talks between russia and ukraine. what's led to this prisoner exchange rail? there are 2 possible angles to this. the 1st of it is the perennial work excellent work of the international committee of the red cross who's one of his main jobs is to act. in fact, as an interview for things exactly like this, i think it's, it's highly probable that they were involved to involve some point and certainly there will be in the future not been in the past. the 2nd is, as you had to yourself, that are offline talks between the parties or info

negotiations for this kind of thing. as you said this, these, these present changes have happened before they sometimes happen and not publicized, are done. but this is one of the larger ones. now, there is also a fist fighting taking place around buck. mood and the president lensky has said that ukraine will continue to fight for bach mood for as long as he can. how long can the ukrainians hold out for that's a very interesting question. if they decide to do so, the credit can hold out for a considerable amount of time. the question is, what degree of resources are they willing to apply to that? this is a city of very little intrinsic strategic value. it's value is that both sides have made such an investment in bloating casualties that they've locked together on. it's a case military sunk cost. the americans of advise you crazy to pull out so they can do that on their own terms. are controlled with role is very difficult,

but should the fighting get into the city itself, which i understand it hasn't yet that they could hold on for a long time. the problem is the gain wouldn't be worth the losses. i suspect they'll be withdrawing in the next couple of weeks under control on their own terms before they get surrounded. so that the same time, and there was a phone call between ukraine's president for me, is lensky and the united kingdom's prime minister, which is not where they agreed that it was vital for the international community to speed up assistance for ukraine. but is time running out, what more can be done? i don't think is quite the case that time is running out for ukraine. the issue is, i think everybody recognizes for a number of reasons that this is a decisive year. it's, it's commonly state and i think we all know that russia will be conducting an offensive to retake under the orders. the president putin from last week don't ask and lu hands or rather to to invade. then it's going to runs of loss

and consolidate the illegal control to have a both of them. that seems to be the priority here. and the method the russians will use is a method they've used in the past, which is overwhelming artillery force, and must infantry attack supported by whatever armor and other weapons they can scrape together. and that's likely to cause a great deal of strain on the ukrainians. and what the craze have to do this year is show that they are capable of re taking ground like that and especially punching down into the south of the of the, the country and threatening crimea, which is the priority for pregnancy. and for that, they're going to need not only replacement weapons, they go to the train personnel and they're going to need a lot of equipment and material in order to do that. and to that extent, they have to do that very quickly with the next 3 to 4 months. that's just simple strategic purpose that they have to show they're capable of. at least we're taking

that some of the line this year in order to keep that momentum up. that's the purpose frank lead, which thank you very much indeed for your time and analysis. thank you very much. at the pentagon says another suspected chinese spy. berlin has been discovered this time flying over latin america. a 1st balloon was seen floating about the us heartland. china denies allegations of spine saying it was a weather ship that had been blown off course. the incident has complicated washington and beijing's already strained relations. there is floating high above united states on this balloon is causing major diplomatic problem spec on earth. thing is after this guy, 1st spotted over montana by curious residence. it's now believed to be a chinese espionage platform. last 35 minutes to about

china's decision to fly a surveillance balloon over the continental united states is both unacceptable and irresponsible. that's what this is about is a violation of our sovereignty. it's a violation of international law. china rejects the spying claims and says it's a weather balloon that's veered off course. the white house isn't convinced, and a plan diplomatic trip to beijing has been abruptly called 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 in improving ties between the 2 countries. the 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 any additions that, that amount of energy, this is that towards it is only going to connie beer here is slow leak and was not wanted to come down immediately. you can't just pass the balloon and it's going to go away. while the pentagon says 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, like a some other stories making headlines around the world. georgia, as in present for the present, he can't suck ashville, he says he's being poisoned in jail. he's also caught to let him leave georgia for treatment. his lawyer says he could die due to critical weight loss. so it really is in prison for allegedly abusing his power during his time as president and in police have arrested more than 2000 men over their involvement into child marriages

. they include hindu and the same leaders from performing the marriages. the arrests are based on more than thousands of police cases involving men in the state of us on marriages under the age of 18 is illegal in india, but the law is openly ignored. now wildfires through parts of chile have killed at least 13 people. authorities are struggling to contain the dozens of places spunk. by a summer heat wave, the fires have affected more than $100.00 homes and destroyed thousands of hackers of land. the government has declared a state of disaster and several central southern regions. the area is home to farms and forest land, fire fighters, and aircrafts are trying to battle the flames. let's get more on this with john bartlett. he is a journalist in santiago, in at chili's capital. what's the situation there at the moment?

yes, he said the situation is looking quite desperate. unfortunately, particularly if you look ahead see the weather forecast that we have this heat wave isn't going away any time soon, but yes, so far we have 13 people been confirms, have been killed. 2 of those were firefighters who i thought the helicopter crash including the pilots. but yeah, that been 99000 acres of southern central chile dina, and gulf by why fi. so for the summer, cia has widened the state of emergency. but what more can you tell us about how the government has been responding to these fires? there were usually around january and february, not a lot happens politically and chilly and the sort of political close and take the holidays to the president. cut those shorts. he was, he was down in south of the country, he's already returned to oversee the response of the crisis. this is something that where you see, basically every summer here in city, it's a unique susceptible country. these kind of fires are mostly sex or monoculture,

forestry plantations in the south. the country and extremely high summer temperatures fits. we seem fy, retired and dropped from helicopters on the blazes. we see 5 lights on the ground as well. and we've seen these, the stakes of catastrophe, one for an emergency provisions in the chilion constitution applied to 2 of the countries regions. and one of the main challenges at the moment for these 5 fighters trying to, to get to contain these places. i think it's cindy the area, i think as soon as they start to encroach on built up areas and cities as we seem sickly around the around the south central center and south the country. that's the, the main challenge we have, because evacuations of the a 11 method by which we can avoid loss of life. but i think those are the, that's the main problems in the simply the scale of the fires that we have. that is john part at reporting from much less capital santiago, thank you very much indeed for your time. thanks having a

performances has urged charges in sal sudan to raise their voices against injustice on a piece mission. sal sedan is the world's largest, and sorry if there wasn't youngest nation, it was founded in 2011, but a short lifetime has been not by poverty, climate change, and conflict. o hi, states visit for the thousands of people who turned up to see the pontiff. there's a lot to riding on his piece mission. good now with a wood lincoln and people love really so fun. and now we are struggling all over the warranty. and she me is coming. and when his message is the message of hope and i miss it done to bring us to give it more than 400000 sized

sudanese people have lost their lives and millions more have been up rooted from their homes due to fighting flooding and other crises the pope addressed the nation in the capital of tuba, in the hopes of jumpstarting, a peace process to lisa then, brothers and sisters, we too are called to intercede for people to raise our voices against injustice and the abuses of power level that oppress and use violence. to suit their own ends, he, amid the cloud of confidence, kiss judge if we want to be pastors who intercede with we cannot remain neutral the before the pain caused by acts of injustice and violence. attempts for peace made by the pontiff in 2019 did little to settle conflict here, but his in paris and visit has instilled hope in those desperate for an end to the persistent violence say a poor held its annual parade,

celebrating the lunar new year around $3000.00 performers danced and sang at the event. this year was special because the parade was held live again after a 2 year pause due to the pandemic event. showcasing a pause, diverse culture with performance from the chinese community. joining ethnic malays, indians and europeans, which is a recap all of our top story. the solemn ukraine and russia have exchanged prisoners a fall of a $100.00 ukrainians. and over 60 russians, captured in battle, returned to their lines. ukrainian authorities also recovered the bodies of 2 british volunteers who were killed during a humanitarian evacuation last month. to plant, the pentagon says it's detected a 2nd chinese fly balloon of a latin america a day after. another such object was wanted of montana, secretary of state antony lincoln has postponed

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