[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, us fighter jet, shoot down a suspected chinese bible and over american water. the balloon triggered a diplomatic storm that kept the secretary of state from visiting china. beijing

warns there may be repercussions also on the program. ukrainian president cholenski warns that russia is drawing more and more troops at ukraine's done, yet reaching, making a tougher for defenders to hold the line. and in sports a day to remember for dorman, sebastian olive, 6 months after being diagnosed with cancer, his scores, his 1st goal for the club in a big way. ah and warm welcome to of yours around the world, michael ok. the united states has shot down the chinese balloon that's been flying high over the u. s. for 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 repercussions over the downing of what it didn't says was nothing more than

a civilian weather balloon blown off courts. after floating across the u. s. for days the suspected 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 to 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. on wednesday when i was break down the blue order of the brethren to shoot it down one day as soon as possible, i decided without doing damage than the one on the ground. the successor took a dow and i want to compliment our aviators or didn't and want more report on her. so later,

china's ministry of foreign affairs condemned the shooting down of the balloon. let it maintain, honestly, was a civilian airship. by the year beijing previously said he regretted his entrees into us as space. oh, good afternoon. good us secretary of state wide, antony blinker. duncan cancelled a trip to china. following is discovery. very. the balloon may be neutralized, but the fallout is fair. the solid already brought diplomatic relations between china and the united states. t w's sunni. so misconduct has more on how the u. s. military brought down the balloon. 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 us jurisdiction. and the us government actually ordered all flights 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 deem 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. a brief look now at some other stories from around the world. anti government protesters have clashed with police in lima, the capital of peru after parliament rejected a proposal to bring ford elections since early december, thousands of demonstrators across the country have been demanding the resignation of president dina blew up. after her popular predecessor pedro castillo was impeached and arrested for trying to dissolve. congress israelis in tel aviv and other cities have again taken to the streets in thousands. they are protesting against prime minister benjamin netanyahu plans to give law makers the right to overrule the supreme court. critics of netanyahu say he is trying to weaken the judiciary ahead of a corruption trial against him. chile says the death toll from wild fires is now reached $22.00. the government has extended the area covered by emergency orders

allowing for the deployment of troops to battle the flames were than 250 fires are burning amid scorching summer temperatures. that have hindered firefighters efforts . ukraine's president a lottery zalinski says the situation in the eastern province of done yet is critical. keith says it fought off a new russian assault on the city of buck moot. on saturday. the fiercest 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's border. ukraine's territorial defense unit is trying to hold the line. i mean, but they are not. they were under constant sharing. have just been told that a drone is in the air along that by the russians are conducting recognizance flight as well, which will, hugely, the shooting starts an hour later. it's dangerous for we can only stay out for a bit. and then it's back to the bunker curriculum for some of which as

a sort of 31 little tour of the battlefield isn't cut short just by shelling the bumper you. before you read the unit shelters under ground and waiting for the artillery fire to subside, e or and the other men here are civilians. although they volunteer to fight on the front lines in the yard. but they say they don't have the right equipment to fight . the russians alluded on month, november over. no, no, we don't have enough weapons here. you buy both of deliveries from the west would help us a lot involved with them from when he tanks mortars and artillery to defend ourselves . will now deliver look affordable garcia. but on that, for example, for now, the unit relies on the labyrinth of trenches for protection and surveillance

of the billing would put what would move in the we can watch them from here. what are you at the 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 pushback russian forces in september even coordinates or just him or not. if you have positions everywhere and we're always changing locations oh, the russians can locators an attack. it's already happened even here to the political. 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 to africa now and on a peace mission to south. she, dan, hope frances has urged church leaders there to raise their voices against injustice . south sudan is the world's youngest nation founded in 2011, but it's short history has been marred by civil war and poverty. about 60 percent of the country's population is christian. o high stakes visit for the thousands of people who turned up to see the pontiff. there's a lot to writing on his piece mission. and now a lot of

would lived on people love really suffered. and now we are scattered all over the warranty. and she me is coming and with his message is the message of hope. and i miss it done 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 tuba, in the hopes of jumpstarting, a peace process. cecilia, so 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 conflicts. kiss gach and if we want to be pastors who intercede that of you, we cannot remain neutral d before the pain caused by acts of injustice and violence. attempts for peace made

by the pontiff in 2019 did let us to set our conflict here. but his in parson visit has instilled hope in those desperate for an end to their persistent violence. well, saturday was an emotional day in the boonies league for a dorman striker, sebastian ala. he scored his 1st goal for the club since being diagnosed with cancer in july. that goal helped wrap up a big win over rivals fryeburg and placed ortman hot on the heels of the leagues top to clutch. dormant 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. fry bags, killian cynthia, did his teammates no favors by being sent off. after to 17 minutes, dorman, defend a nickel, shot back, and stood over at the back at times this 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, and plenty to think about at the break. luckily for him carrying at a yeah, he's got his 2nd to the league season and 2nd into games. early in the 2nd half. it was quite a celebration to dot mins next goal. 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 blunt added an impressive force and ye arena a 5th but the day belonged to allah. as dorman boosted dead title

hopes. now ice hockey isn't the 1st sport. one usually associates with the countries in africa, but that hasn't deterred some from dreaming in kenya, 28 year old benjamin and google is following his dream of glory on the ice. benjamin and the room has chosen unlikely par. 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 blue and his teammates will get a friendly against a team of experience in the canyon capital. one of the perks of life in ny robi as a may. so could player, knowing that i don't have enough, i seemed. freeman and the exposure is not as good as compared to abroad. most of

the eighty's are to be of assistance from some of which is we're going to be experts leaving the roby in working. they told me which ice time limited group, also trains on rooftops in roller blades. and of course, tops up his technique with the odd youtube tutorial. repetition is mother is killed . we got to train muscle memory. my jenny, to i focused that into an agent college. i recently did 1st, then i played in lame hockey and then on the few of my friends invited me to grow place. okay. and that was the beginning of the very beautiful jenny. the ice lions certainly have a job on their hands to raise the profile of ice hockey in kenya. but off the roof in the woods of a certain wayne gretzky. you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. ah. and finally,

the world's oldest dog has been honored by the guiness book of world records. meet bobby born more than 3 decades ago in a village in portugal. as of saturday, he is 30 years old and 269 days old, beating a record set by an austrian dog of the 1900 thirty's. bobby's breed normally has a life expect see of 12 to 14 years. still love skilful walks but is not up for learning new tricks, mostly because he's just dog tired with whiskey to feel the op isn't up next rich country, poor country. that's now series reporter, after a short break, enjoying the view and come to take a look at this tv highlight school every week in your inbox. subscribe now.