we take a look and into the future a slowly in february on t w with, ah, ah, this is deed of the news live from berlin. after tracking for days drifting high over the u. s. fighter jets shoot down a suspected chinese spy. beijing warns there may be repercussions also on the program. pakistan's, former president and military ruler perez to sheriff is dead after a long illness. the former 4 star general tried to usher in liberal values to

a markedly conservative country, can survive several assassination attempts. leaders in eastern africa call for a ceasefire. the democratic republic of congo is the m. 23 rebels group inches further into an area rich with minerals be here from our correspondent in the region. ah, 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. pentagon says it was a platform for espionage. china now warns there may 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,

today's the suspected chinese spy balloon has been shot down of the coast of south carolina. several air pulse was shut 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 blown order of the paragon to shoot it down. 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 or did it. and want more to report on a little later. china's ministry of foreign affairs, condemned the shooting down of the balloon. let it maintain that it was a civilian airship. di da, you don't?

beijing previously said it regretted his entrees into us. asked bass. oh, good afternoon. ability, us secretary of state why antony blinker duncan cancelled a trip to china. following is discovery. it's very, the balloon may be neutralized, but the fall out to say the soured already brought diplomatic relations between china and the united states. earlier i spoke with in chong, an international relations and security expert at the national university of singapore. and i asked, why would china use balloons to spy when they have i 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 to of course. but beyond that, vision is not, you know, transparent for folks to really understand what's going on. now, 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 beijing has not been 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 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 this time, for a brief look now at some of the other stories from around the world, germans has their own left shoulder has told germany said built newspaper that ukraine agrees. weapons supplied by the west won't be used to attack russian territory. shows also dismissed. russian president vladimir putin equating this week of german tanks, being sent to crane with nazi germany. attack on the soviet union. tens of thousands attended a mass held by pope frances on sunday, in a stadium in juba, the capital of so sudan pontiff use his visit to urge rigel rival factions to make peace from south sudan. the pope is returning to the vatican is troop strip rather

had it also included the democratic republic of congo terrace, which are of the former military ruler and president of pakistan has died sharice to come to a long illness in a hospital in dubai. he was 79, the sharp became president after a military coup in 1999. he dodged 3 assassination at times before leaving office in 2008. he later attempted a political come back, but instead was presented with criminal charges and had since been living in exile . and let's get more on this from d. w. shamil sham, who joins us from karachi in pakistan. she will tell us how bush are influenced packet to pakistan's place in international politics. lucio will shudder 19. 99 military crew was happily severely

criticized by the international community. it was only after 911 attacks that a big became a west dog because the u. s. needed and bought some support in it or against a gun to stand against the dollar bundle. got it. so the fact of the matter is that despite the fact that we're sure was a liberal person in this personal life, his politics was pretty dodgy and fundamental because the core of focused on security dynamics remained through it's long and still gross loss of the fact is that the dictator who why did human rights get to the constitution for a very long time? because it focused on was lane the front rule leading rule in the us war against come to stand. so i don't know about focused on place in politics. do you think we

should have stein? it happens during regional goals, where boxed honest about plays the role of a proxy. so as long as some boards are happening in the region focused on place in politics, international politics becomes really crucial and white. and how about his legacy in pakistan, how he will, will he be remembered where you are now? a more sure of remains a very controversial figured box on the boat box towns. liberals liked him and loved him because as i said, he was very liberal in his personal life, not as much as politics and the best quite soon after 911. and then the invasion of gone on kind of realize that it's not legit to playing a double game like protecting some dollars on and dog getting some dollars on come on does and leaders off focused on security policy to major law. so

having said that, it was a dying of prosperity in boxed on economic financial prosperity because a lot of money was coming from from the rest, for the support for the war war on there by the us. so financially, it was a big spot on gun and economy. both mature of pakistan has seen a lot of economic difficulties. but as i said, as long as the focused on the establishment and the box on the state has the regional proxy situation happening. ready the economy is flourishing. sure, as a kind of a controversial legacy that he has left behind. thanks for that meal chance in karachi. pleasure. thank you. eastern african leaders have called for an immediate cease fire in the democratic republic of congo. were a rebel group as fighting to take control of a region rich and minerals. troops sent there by the d. r. c. military as well as

the east africa community have failed to contain the conflict. the m 23 shod for march 23, movement and 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 find immediate cease fire. the security institution is that literacy is very good, not much, 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 burundi demanded i. 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 and experts and western powers, accused neighboring ronda 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 port frances met with victims of the conflict in the d. r. c's capita 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. and they

said, as we've said, regional leaders may be calling for an immediate cease far. but is the m $23.00 rebel group listening. i put that question to did abuse felix marina in nairobi. i good afternoon. i don't think the m 23 report group is listening because they were not in that particular meeting. were i since i was close? and i remember there, towards the end of last year, there was another sci fi that was called in november, and the m $23.00 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 one that here originally does have seed backs on whether they'll implement this is via or not are, this is fire or not. i doubt their intrinsic through group will be going back 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 infantry 3 rebel group came up as a result of ad this c and therefore my c, n d p which ended its war in 2009 and on 20th that all of much j 2009 is where now this is fire was called for their format warning group, and they actually wrote an agreement that samples from our members who are wanting a government would be involved in their air called our government. but they were not involved, and they lead that same 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 and especially where there's one done and language speaking group or 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 involved in military. and until that particular move takes place some my list, i said that the war where it's reached, self sustaining, and so we may not see any sites any changes with expiring in nairobi. thanks so much and that's your use of round up for now. up next is shift t w's god to life in the digital age of nick spicer. and for me, the entire news team here in berlin. thank you for watching with leonardo da vinci's mysteries.