i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people on behind the boss. sh. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah ah, this is deed of you news live from berlin after tracking in for days drifting high over the united states fighter jets shoot down a suspected chinese spike balloon beijing warrant. there may be repercussions also on the program. pakistan's, former president and military ruler of this machine is dead after

a long illness. warmer 4 star general tried to usher in liberal values to a markedly conservative country and survived several assassination attempts. leaders in eastern africa call for a cease fire, the democratic republic of congo as the m. 2003 rebel group inches further into an area of rich with minerals. we 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 past 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 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, 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. wednesday when i was break down the blue order of a paragon to shoot down one v as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to any one on the ground as successfully took it down. and i want to compliment our aviators or did it. and one more to report on a little later, china's ministry of foreign affairs condemned the shooting down of the balloon. let it maintain us. he was

a civilian as ship by the year beijing previously said it regretted his entrees into us as space or good afternoon. good us secretary of state white, antony blinker. duncan cancelled a trip to china following is discovering 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 i spoke with ian chong, an international relations and security expert at the national university of singapore. and i asked him, why would china use balloons just by when they have spy 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, you're sending a message of some kind. right? so speculation is right, right now, beijing. the only statement that being put out has is that it's a weather balloon that's going to of course. but beyond that, beijing is not, you know, transparent for folks to really understand what's going on. now that 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. 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 i'll be very for coming 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 in 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 toys 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. and the purpose of the former military ruler and president of pakistan has died, but should have to come to a long illness in a hospital. in 2 bye, he was 79. lou, should i became president after a military coup in 1999. he dodged 3 assassination attempts before leaving office in 2008. he later attempted a political come back, but instead was presented with criminal charges and had been since living in exile . d. w. shemelle shames in karachi and pakistan. i asked him how much

sheriff had influenced pakistan's place in international politics. lucio will shut ups 999. military crew was, have been 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 on it. so the fact of the matter is that despite the fact that sure was a liberal person in this personal life, his politics was pretty dodgy and fundamental because the core of focused on a 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 u. s. war against a storm. so i don't know about focused on place in not all or do you think we should have done it happens during regional course. we're talking about plays the role of a proxy. so as long as some boards are happening in the region focused on space 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 bigger box on the boat or liberals. ready like him and them because as i said he was very liberal in its personal life, not as much as politics and the rest quite soon after 911. and then the invasion of gone on kind of realize that it's not legit to playing

a w game like protecting some dollars on dog getting some dollars on come on in leaders off focused on security policy major longest. so having said that, it was a dying of prosperity and focused on economic financial prosperity because a lot of money was coming from from the rest, for the zip code for the war bore on there by the us. so financially, it was a storms and economy both mature focused on house team, 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 economy launching washer has kind of a controversial legacy that he has left behind. thanks for that meal chance in karachi . time for a brief look now at some of the other stories from around the world. german chance

they're all i've schultz has told germany is built newspaper that ukraine agrees. weapon supplies supplied from the west won't be used to attack russian territory shows also dismissed. russian president vladimir putin suggestion that this week of german tanks being sent to ukraine with nazi germany. attack on the soviet union. tens of thousands of people attended a mass held by pope francis on sunday in the stadium in juba, the capital of south to den. the pontiff used his visit to urge rival factions to make peace from south sudan. the pope is returning to the vatican, his troop as trip rather had also included the democratic republic of congo. and staying in that country. eastern african leaders have called for an immediate cease fire in the democratic republic of congo, where a rebel group is fighting to take control of a region rich in 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 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 diffusion is that literacy is very good. not much. not a matter of one or 2 convers, that got to be something, be resolved through our political process. the lead as 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 23. 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 plied, has been in the spotlight this week as port frances 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 turn sport. so

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american forward. george didn't this about you scored it after coming on as a substitute? it's unions ford straight when in the lead, it means they can go to points clear of byron munich at the top of the table with fired playing later today. and that's are news round up next dog, feel ways of the benefits in cost of 2 popular super foods. i'm excited berlin for me, the entire news team here. thanks for watching interest . the global economy, our portfolio d. w. business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission.