too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight because i am responsible for the future of our country for the people far behind the bars. sh. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah, ah ah, this is, these are the news live from berlin. russia and ukraine had carried out a prisoner exchange after intense negotiations into parties agree to repack treats nearly $200.00 prisoners of warped. the pantheon says it's detected

a 2nd suspected chinese surveillance philip over at latin america. the 1st one floating above the u. s. hotline target a diplomatic storm cut. the secretary of state from visiting china and dozens of wildfires are breaking across july 13th people have died. ah, i mean the mohammed, welcome to the program in ukraine fighting rages on around the city of bock loot. ukraine's army has been dug in 4 months to push back russian forces. but despite tensions between both sides cave and moscow say they've made the largest exchange of prisoners since the start of the war. over $100.00 ukrainians and over 60 russians captured in battle, returned to their lions. moscow says its 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, i asked military analyst, frank led way to what led to this prison exchange rate. there are 2 possible angles to this. the 1st 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 intimate 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 in formal negotiations for this kind of thing. i said this, these, these prison exchanges have happened before they sometimes happen and not publicized, i understand. but this is one of the larger ones. now, there is also

a fist fighting taking place around buck. mood and the president polanski 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 is 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 blood, in casualties that they are locked together on. it's a case military sunk cost. the americans of advice you can use 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 game wouldn't be worth the losses. i suspect there'll be withdrawing in the next couple of weeks under control on their own

terms before they get surrounded. so that the same time, there was a phone call between ukraine's president vladimir polanski and the united kingdom's prime minister, which you see 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 it's 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 also president putin from last week. don't ask and lu hands or rather to, to invade and then that's going to hands of loss and consolidate the could the illegal controller have a both of them. that seems to be the priority here. and the method the russians

will use as 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 retaking ground like that, and especially punching down into the south of the of the, the country and threatening crimea, which is the priority for you credit this year. 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 a simple strategic purpose that they have to show they're capable of. at least we're taking the some of the land this year in order to keep that momentum up. i mean, that's the purpose, franklin, which thank you very much indeed for your time and analysis. thank you very much.

the pentagon says another suspected chinese by balloon has been discovered this time flying over latin america. the 1st balloon was seen floating about the us hard land tunnel denies allegations of spine thing. it was a weather as 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 problems back 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 about china's decision to fly and 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 spine 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 any issues 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 caught 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. a 2nd, look at some other stories making headlines around the wealth soldiers in prison, former president because billy says he's being poisoned in jail. he's lost a court 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 indian police have arrested more than 2000 men over their involvement in child marriages. they include hindu and muslim needed for performing the marriages. the arrests are based on thousands of police cases involving men in the state of

a marriage under the age of 18 is illegal and india with the law is openly ignored . and foreign ministers meeting in jakarta have urged me in march to implement a peace plan, agreed with the block in 2021 being mar was banned from attending the meeting in the south for me to the southeast asian states me most military over through the democratically elected government 2 years ago. now, wildfires are raging through parts of chile and they've killed at least 13 people. authorities are struggling to contain the dozens of places spunk, by a summer heat wave, the fires have effected more than a 100 homes and destroyed thousands of factors of land. the government has declared a state of disaster in several central southern regions. the area is home to farms and forest land firefighters, and aircrafts, are trying to battle the flames. a lauren this i spoke to john bartlett,

a journalist in chiles, capital santiago, and he gave us an update on the situation. yes, you say 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 confronted, being killed. 2 of those were firefighters who died in a helicopter crash including the pilots. but yeah, that been 99000 acres of southern central chile in gulf by why fi. so for the summer chile has widened the state of emergency. but what, what can you tell us about how the government has in responding to the styles there were usually around january and february, not a lot happens politically and chilly and the, and this is a political close to take the holidays for the president. sure he was, it was done in the south of the country. he's already returned to see the response of the crisis. something that where you see basically every summer here in city is

uniquely susceptible country to these kind of a culture forest plantations in the south. the country and extremely high summer temperatures. we've seen 5 retired and dropped from helicopters on the blazes. we see folks on the ground as well. we've seen these, the stakes of catastrophe, one for an emergency provisions. the children constitution applied to 2 of the countries regions. and one of the main challenges at the moment for these fighters trying 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 in cities, we seem around the around the south central center and south of the country. that's the main challenge we have. because evacuation such as the a 11 method by which we can avoid loss of life. but i think those are the that's the main problems and the simply the scale with the fires that we have. that is john partner reporting so

much less capital santiago, thank you very much. and if your time, thanks. having hey, francis has edged churches in south to dawn to raise their voices against injustice on a peace mission. salsa don. as the wolf youngest nation founded in 2011, but at short lifetime has been mod by poverty, climate change, and conflict. a high states visit for the thousands of people who turned up to see the pontiff. there's a lot to riding on his piece mission. ah mitchell underwood and people of really sofa and now we're started all over the warranty and she is coming and with his message is the message of hope

and miss it. she doesn't want to bring us to give us 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 juba, in the hopes of jumpstarting, a peace process. this with the 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, and 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 person visit has instilled hope in those desperate for an end to the

persistent violence for held his annual parade. celebrating the luna new year around $3000.00 performers danced and sang at the event. the seal was special because the parade was held live again after a 2 year pause due to ban demik event showcasing a pause, diverse culture with the foremost from the chinese community. joining ethic monet's, indian and to your campus. and he is a quick recap of our top story. the salah, ukraine and russia have exchanged prisoners of over $100.00 ukrainians and over 60 russians, captured and baffled, returned to their 9th. grading authorities also recovered the bodies of 2 british volunteers who were killed during a humanitarian evacuation. the pentagon says it's detected a 2nd chinese spy balloon of a latin america a day after another such object was spotted over montana secretary of state antony

lincoln asked his phone to visit to beijing over the incident. china says it sent off cold weather balloon. and don't forget, you can always get the much one he is on the go, just download our d w app for the google play store and also the apple app. so that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications or any breaking you're watching diabetes life and coming up next is up. i'll see that he wants to know what makes the german he's just been the john love and banning thing away. but i'm not going to have to work my own car and everyone.