see the world already described? no, t d w documentary, ah ah ah, this is deed of you news live from berlin after tracking it for days drifting high over the us fighter jets shoot down a suspected chinese spy balloon. beijing warns there may be repercussions also on the program. pakistan, former president and military ruler purpose moocher up is dead after a long illness. the former 4 star general tried to usher in liberal values to

a markedly conservative country and survived several assassination attempts. plus, leaders in eastern africa called for a cease fire in the democratic republic of congo. as the m 23 rebel group inches further into an area rich with minerals, we hear from our correspondents in the region. ah unexpired, welcome. the program. united states has shot down the chinese balloon that's been flying high over the u. s. the last several days. grading, 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 of 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 us 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 balloon order of a paragon to shoot down on wednesday as soon as possible. i decided without doing damage than the one on the ground. the successor took it down and i want a complimentary voters who 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 lusty was a civilian as ship, though, di you don't,

beijing previously set. it regretted his entrees into us as space or good afternoon regarding 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 spare the sour, already brought diplomatic relations between china and the united states. earlier i spoke with in chalk, international relations and security expert at the national university of singapore and asked, why would china use balloons despite 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 the speculation is rife 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 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 r c. to perhaps the real, the real be 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 vary 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 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 over basically, satellites can do 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. perez, mosher asked the former military ruler and president of pakistan has died. assure us to come to a long illness in a hospital and divide. he was 79, busher f became president after a military coup in 1999. he dodged 3 assassination attempts before leaving office in 2008. you later attempted a political come back, but instead was presented with criminal charges and had since been living in exile . d w. shamil shami is in karachi in pakistan. i asked him how much ref influenced pakistan's place in international politics?

lucio will shut ups 999. 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 guy. 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 from the man, because the core of focused on a security dynamics remained, pro is 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 not only 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 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 figure box on the boat box towns. liberals liked him and loved him because as i said, he was very liberal in 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 dog getting some dollars on come on

does and leaders off focused on security policy major longest. so having said that, it was a dying of prosperity and boxed on economic financial prosperity because a lot of money was coming from from the rest, for the zip code for the war or on or by the u. s. so financially, it was a current economy, both mature focused on house team, a lot of economic difficulties. but as i said, as long as the establishment and the box on the state has the regional proxy situation happening. ready economies flushing, we're sure has kind of a controversial legacy that he has left behind. thanks for that meal chance in correction. and much as shemelle, there was pointing out opinions about russia and pakistan remain divided. there are

some voices from the capital islamabad. quick, don't get sick, there was good in him, but his one act for which he will be remembered throughout history was that he broke the law. do i let the rule of law as the most important thing for any country family and it is the responsibility of all citizens to uphold? it was more like a headache off right away. on the sheriff was a good ruler. his tenure was good with the prices were low and that provided relief to people education. shara inclusive education and infrastructure he brought development to the country and at the time g, d, p growth was good again. but on the other hand, the country suffered losses in the face of terrorism. your entering america's war weakened our own country. eastern african leaders have called for an immediate cease fire in the democratic republic of congo, where 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 shot 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 east and democratic republic of congo, and according to the u. n. has flouted the latest ceasefire and withdraw 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 fi an immediate cease fire. the security diffusion in ether literacy is a regular matter. not a matter of one or 2 convers. that's got to be something been resolved through a political process. the lead us from congo, ronda 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. rwanda 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 poor francis met with victims of the conflict in the d. r. c's, capita kinshasa damage. the violence taking place. those affected are reluctant to get their hopes up, as they have seen too many failed attempts at peace. o. time for sports now, saturday was an emotional day in the bonus league, afer dartmouth striker said esther. an air is got his 1st goal for the club since

being diagnosed with cancer and july. that gore help wrap up a big win over rivals fryeburg and placed jordan hot on the heels of the leagues top 2 clubs. dorman, 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. fryeburg killian celia did his teammates no favors by being sent off after to 70 minutes. dorman, defend a nickel shot back. a struggle with 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, caring at a yay me,

scott. his 2nd at 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 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. william blunt added an impressive force and ye irena, a 5th but the day belonged to allah. as dorman, boosted dead title hopes. and finally, as the full moon rises this evening, marking the end of the lunar new year festivities, many people will be celebrating the lantern festival. and in china, each one province about is a big deal. this is the lantern fair in this city of z gong. 2023 is the year of

the rabbit. and at 26 meters high, this giant rabbit is the centerpiece of his just old origin of a lantern festival is thought to go back some 2000 years to the hen dynasty. says it will out. how should woman daniel jelly? and as your news round of us next reporter takes a look at the increasing gold between the rich and poor in germany. i'm nick spicer from me in the entire news team here in berlin. thank you for watching. every day for us and for our planet global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do.