ah, was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful dating that perhaps we just don't understand? a search for answers to february 10th on d w. ah, this is news life from berlin pakistan's former president per vesman sheriff is dead after a long illness. the former for store general sees power in a bloodless food. he tried to usher in socially liberal values to a markedly conservative country and survived the assassination attendance. also on

the program after tracking it for days drifting high over the us fighter jet, shoot down a suspected chinese spy below. the balloonist triggered a diplomatic storm. beijing warns there may be for customs and ukrainian president to lance, the ones that russia is throwing more and more troops at ukraine's done, yet greeted, making it tougher for defenders to hold the line. ah a warm welcome to of yours around the world. i'm michael. ok prevents much. shara, the former president of pakistan has died general michel ref, succumb to a long illness in a hospital in dubai. he was 79, were shower, became president after military to in 1999. he dodged 3 assassination attempts

before leaving office in 2008. he later attempted a political combat, but instead was presented with criminal charges and had since been living in exile . 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 in chess was nothing more than a civilian weather balloon blown off course. after floating across the us for days, the suspected chinese spy balloon has been shot down off the coast of south carolina. several air pulse was shut and as space closed before the balloon was brought down by military fighter jets, landing 11 kilometers of the us mainland. u. s. president joe biden

said he altered the balloon to be down as soon as it could be done so safely. on wednesday when i was brief on the blow or the pentagon was sure to down one v as soon as possible, i decided without doing damage than the one on the ground. the successor took it down and i want to compliment our aviators or didn't and want more to report on so later. china's ministry of foreign affairs condemned the shooting down of the balloon. let it maintain us, was a civilian airship, though, di you don't. beijing previously said it regretted his entrees into us. asked bass . well, good afternoon, good us secretary of state wide, antony blinker. duncan cancelled a trip to china. following is discovery. it's very, the balloon may be neutralized, but the fall out to thir, the soured already brought diplomatic relations between china and the united states

. a brief look at some of the other stories were following at this hour. anti government protesters have clash with believes in lima. the capitol of peru after parliament rejected a proposal to bring forward 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. tens of thousands attended a mass held by pope frances on sunday in his studio stadium in juba, the capital of south sudan, pontiff has used his visit to urge rival factions to make peace. south sudan is the final stage of the pope's trip that included the democratic republic of congo and non german chancellor. all of sholtes has told germany's bill newspaper that

ukraine agrees at weapons supplied by the west won't be used for attack russian territory. sholtes also dismissed russian president vladimir putin's equating this week, german tanks being sent to ukraine with nancy. germany's attack on the soviet union, ukraine's president. lot of his 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 moved 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. yeah. i me, buffy. i'm up. we're on the constant shutting. have just been told that

a drone is in the app along the side. the russians are conducting recognizance flight. just what i love with it. usually the shutting starts an hour later, it's dangerous, but we can only stay out for a bit and then it's back to the bunker was still more which associate of zillow. she was little sure of the battlefield is cut short by shelling the bumper quarter. the unit shelters under ground waiting for the artillery fire to subside. e or and the other men here are civilians, though 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. lou did i feel on the month, november over or i'm going over, we don't have enough weapons here. you both a both of deliveries from the west would help us a lot more than we need tanks mortars, an artillery to defend ourselves, will not delete it. look at florida medical records here more on the report. for

now, the unit relies on a labyrinth of trenches for protection and surveillance. with the billing with a what a mac number 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 physicians 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 little 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. intense fighting persists in the eastern done yet screeching. so why is the region so important to the russians? i put that to d. w's, russia, analyst, konstantin. well, 1st of all, the city of bar mote is importance. a for the russians are it has a limited military importance because it opens the roads to 2 other more significant centers. they're slowly asked and grammar dos, but it is no political important because it has become a symbol of o russian ability to control the whole of east of ukraine. as is the dream of

thoughts and to finalize the occupation of don boss and behold is a point. it's ukrainian pocket of resistance which basically hampers this effort, but it's also politically significant. give gainey pre gordon put ins for moshef, who is now chief russian mercenary russian mercenary commander. number one promised paulson to secure buttonwood quite a few months ago. and he still can do it in the sense it's become also politically significant for the kremlin inside, as inviting if you wish. yesterday we saw another prisoner exchange. there are no serious peace negotiations or end to the conflict inside. but still, they are able to do these exchangers, how come? well, even with my limited military experience, all 3 years of national service, i can tell you when you accumulate huge numbers of prisoners on both sides of the

front, that becomes politically problematic. is i mean for ukrainians there is an additional i don't want to stereotype anyone, but it's very clear that the greens were taking much greater care of their people than the russians. that's actually quite traditional russian war machine is usually quite relentless and doesn't care about people. but secondly, if you have big numbers of prisoners on both sides of the front, it becomes political. embarrassing, i would say, especially for put him because what he does wants is to basically hide the scale of the wall from the russian people. so they will remain indifferent to the war as they are today. so when you have business back it's, it's easier to either re recruit them or make them disappear in the population of course stories, a war still circulates among people, but they have a very long way to make an impact. that is that d w's, russia analyst, konstantin,

exit. as always, many thanks. thank you. my well, saturday was an emotional day in the bonus league for dorman, striker sebastian oller. 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. dorman, strike a sebastian a layer was making his 1st league start at home. since treatment, particular cancer, dormant marked world cancer day by redesigning their center circle urging men to check for lumps, fry bags. killian celia did his teammates no favors by being sent off. after to 70 minutes. dorman, defend a nickel shot back. a startled at the back at times this season in front of go though he poses

a threat and gave his side 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. looking for him, caring at a amy scott his 2nd, the league season and 2nd into games. early in the 2nd half. it was quite a celebration to dot my next goal, had fans in raptures. i am 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. union blunt added an impressive force and g irena, a 5th but the day belonged to a lair. as dorman boosted, dead title hopes. meanwhile or noon berlin have returned to the top of the table

after snatching a late to one victory over minds. when yawns, winning gall came with just 6 minutes ago. american ford jordan see about shoes forded after coming on as a substitute. it's unions. 4th straight, winningly, it means they go to points clear of by and munich at the top of the table, with buyers playing later today. now, ice hockey isn't the 1st sport. one usually associates with countries in africa, but that hasn't deterred some from dreaming. in kenya, 28 year old benjamin in bu is following his dream of glory on the ice. benjamin berry 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 on normally forced to face off against one another, occasionally vote and peru 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 major, hockey player, knowing that they don't have enough, i seemed free and they would not be as good as compared to abroad. most to be able to be of assistance from some of our coaches will over here the expert through leaving they will be in working. they told me with ice time limited brew also trains on rooftops in roller blades. and of course, tops up his technique with the ot youtube tutorial. repetition is another skill. we gotta tre, muscle memory. my jenny, to billing. i focused that into an agent college. i normally did 1st, then i played in lang hockey. and then on the

a few of my friends invited me to go place. okay, and 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 roof in the woods of a certain wayne gretzky, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take and we will end it there up next rich country, poor country. that's on our series reporter after short break. a michael oak who in berlin, thanks for watching hearing that is still wouldn't don't collection austin you mouth right. you.