i showed us, but i have to hold the swayed because i'm responsible for the future of our country for the people find behind the boss. sh gardens of truth starts february 18th on dw. ah ah ah, this is the lead use life from building u. s. 5 digits of shop down, i suspected chinese surveillance balloon or the american borders. the blue triggered diplomatic storm that kept the secretary of state from visiting china while making wants. it may be repercussions also on the program. ukrainian

president, a lot of mister lensky wants that russia is throwing more and more troops at ukraine's de nit region, making a tougher for defenders to hold the line and, and sport today to remember for dorman sebastian other 6 months after being diagnosed with cancer. is course he's 1st to club, go in a big way. ah, i'm anthony howard walked into the program. the united states had shut down the chinese balloon. that's been flying over the us of the last several days, creating a diplomatic and political storm. the pentagon says it was a platform for espionage. china now warns there may be repercussion repercussions rather over the downing of what it insists wasn't much more than a weather balloon that had gone. of course, when, after routing across the u. s. for days,

the suspect to chinese spy balloon has been shot down. off the coast of south carolina. several air pulse was shot and as space closed, before the balloon was brought down by military fight jets, landing 11 kilometers of the us, mainland u. s. president joe biden said he all did the balloon to be down as soon as it could be done so safely. a warrant day when i was break down the balloon, order the brethren to shoot down one day as soon as possible. they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground, a succession where i took it down. and i want to compliment our aviators who did it and want more report on her. so a little later, china's ministry of foreign affairs condemned the shooting down of the balloon. let it maintain us, was a civilian airship. i die you don't. beijing previously said it regretted his

entrees into us as space. oh, good afternoon. good us secretary of state wide, antony blinker, noncom canceled a trip to china. following is discovering a very the balloon may be neutralized. but the fallout is fair. the sour already brought diplomatic relations between china and the united states. that they don't believe so. me. so scandal has more on how the u. s. military brought the balloon down. we've learned that according to a senior military official, it was an f 22 fighter jet that took the balloon down with one missile. and at the time the balloon was travelling at an altitude of around 60000 feet, that's around 18000 meters in the sky. and it was taken down just off the coast of north and south carolina in the u. s. territory. that is important because it means it was in u. s. jurisdiction, and the u. s. government actually ordered all flights,

said to be grounded at the 3 airports near by. while this mission was taking place . air traffic has now resumed, and president biden actually gave the green light for the defense department to go ahead and bring down this balloon on wednesday. so it was military leadership that deemed that the risk of taking down this balloon over land was too great because it was so high up and the threat of debris injuring people was great. so they decided to wait until the balloon was over. open water president biden. has been under massive pressure here, particularly by republicans who have accused them of a dereliction of duty for letting this balloon enter u. s. air space at all. and they are still criticizing him by the way, even after the shooting down of this balloon, saying that he's been weak in the face of china. but again, the president saying, as we heard him, that sound by he said on wednesday, the military can shoot it down when they deem it is safe. and that moment was on saturday. and from so me some a scandal, a brief look. now some of the other stories from around the world,

israel is in television, and other cities have again taken to the streets in their thousands, they are protesting against prime minister benjamin netanyahu. st plans to give lawmakers the right to overrule the supreme court. critics of netanyahu say he is trying to weaken the judiciary ahead of a corruption tra, kids to chilly says the death toll from wildfires has now reached 22. the government has extended the area covered by emergency orders, allowing for the deployment of troops to battle the flames. more than $250.00 fires burning amid scorching summer temperatures. that have hinted 5 fought as if it's you for an rasa say they have made the largest exchange of prisoners since the start of the year over a 100 ukrainians. and more than 60 russians captured in battle, returned 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. when,

while on the battlefield, the crowns president vladimir lensky says, the situation in the eastern province of the nits is critical. you can't afford off . fresh russian assault on the embattled city of back moved on saturday. the faces fighting of the war is concentrated on the eastern front. on the front line in ukraine's east, less than a kilometer away from russia border. ukraine's territorial defense unit is trying to hold the line. i mean, but they are not, were under constant sharing. have just been told that a drone is in the the russians are conducting reconnaissance flights while opposite . usually the shutting starts an hour later. it's dangerous for we can only stay out for a bit. and then it's back to the bunker creature for summer, which was the sort of thing like that. he was little sure of the battlefield isn't cut short if by shelling the bumper you before you buy

the unit shelters under ground and waiting for the artillery fire to subside. e or and the other men here are civilians. although they volunteered to fight on the front lines in the yard, but they say they don't have the right equipment to fight the russians and alluded . what's your funny mom november over? i'm going over. we don't have enough weapons here. you buy people. so to live race from the west would help as a lot involved with them from when he tanks mortars and artillery to defend ourselves. wal mart delirium, luke of florida multiple could see quite, you're more on that for them. for now, the unit relies on the labyrinth of trenches for protection and surveillance of the billing. what, what, what, what would move the we can watch them from here with our year to store. ah, if we see something, we foreign them fire power using what could be

a museum artifact, a soviet era machine gun the command center is in the basement of an administrative building. this is where the unit pushed back russian forces in september, even coordinates or just him or not. is this you have positions everywhere and we're always changing locations. oh, okay. the russians can locate us in the tac. it's already happened even here to the principal. the command station is decorated with weapons and uniforms, left behind by the enemy. next door is the russian tank that has been seized and repaired. ah, the ukrainian troops want to use it on the battlefield as they brace for what they believe is an imminent spring offensive fo processes

urged churches in south sudan to raise their voices against injustice on a piece mission. south sudan is the world's youngest nation founded in 2011, but it's short. history has been marred by poverty, climate change, and conflict about 60 percent of the countries. nearly 11000000 people are christians. o hi, states visit for the thousands of people who turned up to see the pontiff. there's a lot to writing on his piece mission this now i a would deliver mine and people of really suffered. and now we are started all over the warranty and he told me he is coming and with his message is the message of hope

and a message. she's not doing a bring us to give up. 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. at this, with the brothers and sisters, we too were 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 in amid the cloud of conflicts. 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 set a conflict here. but his in paris and visit has instilled hope in those desperate for an end to the persistent violence. ah

sport now. and it's been an emotional day in the buddhist league for dorman, striker, sebastian, a live. he scored his 1st goal for the club since being diagnosed with cancer in july, he helped seal a big win of a total rivals fryeburg that put stokeland on the tiles of buying munich. dorman, strike a sebastian a layer was making his 1st league start at home. since treatment for testicular cancer, dormant marked world cancer day by redesigning their center circle urging men to check for lumps. fryeburg killian celia did his teammates know favors by being sent off after to 70 minutes. dockman defend a nickel shot back a struggle with the back at times the season in front of go though he poses a threat and gave you said the lead from the titus of angles. but fryeburg

later exposed his defensive frailties. lucas hurley equalizing after the ball, had rebounded off, slaughter beck. you had plenty to think about at the break. luckily for him carrying at a yeah, he's got his 2nd the league season and 2nd into games. early in the 2nd half. it was quite a celebration to dobbins next door, had fans in raptures and making it 3 won. this was his 1st goal having been diagnosed in july, shortly after signing for the club. his joy was there for all to see his boots told their own story. julian bland, added an impressive force and ye irena, a 5th but the day belonged to allah. as dorman boosted dead title hopes when young berlin had returned to the top of the buddhist like a table after snatching a light to one victory of

a mites. when he owns when he go came with just 6 minutes to go. american ford, jordan scored after coming on as a sub. it's unions. 4th straight. when in the league it means they go to point fear by meaning. at the top of the table, though, i have played one morgan and i, saki isn't the 1st sport one thinks of when it comes to africa. that hasn't deterred some from dreaming. in kenya, 28 year old benjamin and buddha is following his dream of ice hockey, glory, benjamin and brew has chosen an unlikely pause. he's the captain of the only ice hockey team in kenya. this is the country's solitary brink. opened back in 2005 the kenya ice lions are normally forced to face off against one another. occasionally vote and brew and his teammates will get a friendly against a team of experts in the canyon capital. one of the perks of life in nairobi

as a may so good player, ah, knowing that i don't have enough, i steamed train and the exposure is not easy as good as compared to a broad. ah, most of the eighty's or to me is assistance from some of our coaches. well, volunteers the expert. so leaving the ruby and now i can narrow me with ice time limited group also trains on rooftops in roller blades. and of course, tops up his technique with the ot youtube tutorial repetition. as a mother of skill, we've got to train muscle memory. my jenny, to billing. i focus that into an agent college. i normally did 1st. then i played in lane hockey and then on day i feel my friends invited me to go place. ok in there. that was the beginning of these very beautiful gen. the ice lions certainly have a job on their hands to raise the profile of ice hockey in kenya. but off the rule,

in the words of a certain wayne gretzky, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take and that is your news for this ele uh, next sports line followed the progress of a spaniards preparing the scale african 2nd highest pig. despite having lost his son, an incredible story coming up after short, frank, i'm anthony howard, in berlin from me and the team here. thanks be company and stay with us. if we can have a good ah ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've got all out to give you some time with.