i have to hold the suede because i'm responsible for the shall fall country for the people behind the boss. gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin after tracking it for days drifting high over the u. s. fighter jets shoot down a suspected chinese spy balloon beijing warrants, there may be repercussions also in the program. pakistan's former president perez massaro is dead after a long illness. the former forced our general,

tried to usher in liberal values to a markedly conservative country and survived several assassination attempts. plus leaders in eastern africa call for a cease fire in the democratic republic of congo. as the em 23 rebel group inches further into an area rich with minerals will hear from our correspondent in the region. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. 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 could be repercussions over the downing of what it insists 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 shot and as space closed, before the balloon was brought down by military fight jets, london, 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 paragon to shoot down one z as soon as possible, i decided without doing damage than the one on the ground. a successor took it down and i want to compliment our aviators or 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. it was a civilian airship. di da, you don't?

beijing previously said it regretted his entrees into us. asked bass. oh, good afternoon. regarding us secretary of state white, antony blinker, duncan canceled a trip to china following his 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 . and earlier on this, i spoke with in chong and international relations and security expert at the national university of singapore and asked him, why would chinese china use balloons to spy when they have satellites? that's a really good question. i think everyone is quite complex. i mean balloons. what they can do is provide a little bit more loiter time, but the resolution of what can be taken, we're talking about imagery can be done by satellite in terms of being able to collect signals. intelligence may be able to do some of that, but i love this can be done by satellite. so why beijing has chosen to use balloons

is a bit curious. i suppose it can collect air samples in a way that other platforms might not be able to. but the utility, the marginal utility of that is actually still somewhat questionable. well, tell me then, could there have been a reason to send the balloon beyond intelligence gathering, for instance, sending a message of some kind. right? so speculation is right, right now, beijing. the only statement that beijing and put out has is that it's a weather balloon that's going of course. but beyond that vision is not transparent enough for folks to really understand what's going on. now the, there is a lot of speculation about whether this is some effort to show a tough stance before the blinking visit. whether it was an effort by some elements within the p r c. to perhaps the real, the real the of is it. and also there are some also some speculation that perhaps

it's like any other big bureaucracy, the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. there's a lot of guess what patient is not being very forthcoming in terms of explanations beyond what we already have been given. and can you tell me a little bit more about how these devices actually work? are they hard to detect? can they transmit data and real time anything? you know, it's just quite a new development. right? so these balloons, they can transmit that data real time. they can presumably, can connect with satellites and transmit data that way. they can have a propulsion system from what we, we know from this particular device. and it seems that the solar panels that is deployed can collect electricity that allow some steering and that probably power some of the consensus on board probably powers the transmission on board as well. so that's generally how it works. i mean, really, how they operate depends on the kinds of sensors that on board now, these balloons,

one of the things is that you know, that they can be observed, but you know that they are quiet, they can travel long distances, they can watch a long time so that some of the benefits of using the balloon, but again, these do not okay. basically, satellites can do what a lot of what the balloons can do anyway. good. that was in chung with the national university of singapore. thank you so much sir. thank you. at its time now for a brief look at some of the other stories around the world, that was l. german chancellor, olaf schultz has told germany's built newspaper that ukraine agrees. weapons supplied by the west dc won't be used to attack russian territory. sholtes also dismissed russian president vladimir putin equating this week's shipment of russian to german tanks to ukraine. with nazi germany is attack on the soviet union. anti government protesters have cost with police in lima, the capital 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 blue arte. after her popular predecessor pedro castillo was impeached and arrested for trying to dissolve congress. tens of thousands of people attended a mass held by pope frances on sunday in a stadium in juba, the capital of south sudan pontiff used his visit to urge rival factions to make peace from south sudan. the pope is returning to the vatican. his trip included the democratic republic of congo, eastern african leaders have called for an immediate cease fire, or the democratic republic of congo, where a rebel group is fighting to take control of a region rich materials. troops sent there by d. r. c, military, as well as the east africa community have failed to contain the conflict. the m 23 short for march 23 movement takes its name from the date of the peace treaty,

but its reputation is anything but peaceful. the ant militia has seized black areas in the eastern democratic republic of congo, and according to the u. n. has flouted the latest ceasefire and withdrawal agreement that was to come into effect in january. instead, the m 20 free took control of more territory and a key road at an extraordinary summit and burundi, east african leaders called fine an immediate cease fire. the security institution in is that literacy is a regular matter. not a matter of one or 2, convers. that's got to be sustainable, resolved through a political process. the lead us from congo, miranda uganda, kenya, tanzania, and burgundy, demanded oil foreign and armed groups, leave congo, and pushed for military chiefs to meet in the next week. the ongoing conflict has

increased tensions in the region, the d. i. c, as well as you, an expert's and western powers, accused neighboring rhonda of supporting the m 20 free. ronda has denied any involvement east and congress reserves of mineral resources have made it prone to conflict. for decades, the recent advance of the m. 23 has displaced more than half a 1000000 people since march 2022 alone. the refugees plight has been in the spotlight this week. as poor francis met with victims of the conflict in the d. r. c. capitol kinshasa, condemning the violence taking place. those affected are reluctant to get their hopes up, as they have seen too many failed attempts at peace. o, regional leaders may be calling for me is she's far, but is the m 23 rebel group actually listening. i put that question to d. w. d w's. felix marina. and i are okay. i good afternoon. i don't think the m

23 rebel group is listening because they were not in that particular meeting were as if i was calls. and i remember there, towards the end of last year, there was another sci fi that was called in november and the infantry ripple group said that it was lot of a table saw and this is fire, could not affect them. and on this particular issue, they were also not on their table. so they might have seen their communication. they might have had what they hear originally does, how seed backs on whether they'll implement this is via or not are this is flat or not. i doubt they're imprinted through group will be a going that particular direction felix. this conflict has been going on for a long time. what are some of the forces driving it? so 1st and foremost, the n 23 rebel group came up as a result of ad this c and the former c and

d p which ended its war in 2009 and on 23rd. all of much j 2009 is where now this is fire was called for the former warning group. and they actually wrote an agreement that some of those from our members who are wanting the government would be involved in their cold or government. but they were not involved. and the lead housing goal at that particular time did not leave up to the expectation of their warding group. so they ended up regrouping as m $23.00. and they've been fighting for resources. they've been fighting for an identification, especially there is one done and language speaking group that is in congo, and they are just calling for them to be identified for them to be involved in government for them to be was the military. and until that particular ha, move takes place some i least thou said that the wall where it's reached it. self

sustaining. and so we may not see an end in sight anytime soon. you exploring her in at nairobi. thanks so much. perez lashara, the former president of pakistan, has died, which are to come to a long illness in a hospital in dubai. he was 79, were sharp, became president after a military coup in 1999. he dodged 3 assassination at times before leaving office in 2008. he made her attempted a political comeback, but instead was presented with criminal charges and had since been living in exile . and for more on this, i'm joined now by d. w reporter, venus javert, finish. what is mas sharice legacy? both in pakistan and internationally. nick, i remember when my sheriff over to a democratically elected government in my school, our focus on studies teacher gave us a lecture on how good he will be for the country. and that's true in the initial years of his leadership, he was a popular figure,

but he was also ready got controversial liter, especially after 911 when the u. s. in waited afghanistan and reached a war against the taliban. and the guy that focused on of it's unveiling support and michelle became one of the most important allies of the us. but the effect of that was built into pakistan. and to do it out militant, we're sure to, for the 1st time or doing military operations in boxes and tribal areas. bordering a son is a huge and aggressive and a very unpopular joint campaign was also launched by the u. s. and some of these actions resulted in a resistance movement, a dangerous insurgent movement known as a buck, if any taliban or t, t b. and that movement has since been killed, thousands of michelle of legacy that mean similar, complicated, or mixed one. it would sound like help me understand how the role of the military

has evolved since his time in pakistan because it's played a huge roars, you know, much better than i in basically holding on to power have and we turn to page. so military has through a cause and for almost 4 decades. and, but this is the 1st time in pakistan's history that the military has become so hugely unpopular, especially since i am gone hunt buckets and former prime minister. he accused the ministry of hosting him with a no confident sport by conspiring with the us since then. and he's a hugely popular figure right now in the country and a, his criticism on the military, badly damaged military militant repetition. now army says that they will not, they have learned from their mistakes. they have made mistakes in the past, and they will not interfering boxes and politics. but political activists in focus on say that the military still plays a critical role in pakistani internal affairs

w finished. thanks so much for insight time for a quick recap of our top story. this. our american fighter jets have shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon over american territorial waters. the balloon triggered a diplomatic storm that's kept the secretary of state from visiting china. efforts are now underway to collect the debris. that's your news roundup. i am the spicer to watch sometimes the big jump right out at u t. the highlights freshman book every week. not the not a.