gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w ah, ah ah, this is d w news line from berlin off the tracking its for days drifting high over the us fighter jets shoot down a suspected chinese spy balloon. beijing warns they may be repercussions on the program. pakistan's, former president and military ruler perez was sure of, has died after a long illness. he tried to bring in liberal values to a conservative country and survived the several assassination attempts to plus

liberal leaders in east africa all for a cease fire in the democratic republic of congo as the em 23 rebel group make gains in the mineral rich area. ah, i'm really mohammed, welcome to the program. china has condemned the u. s. is military's decision to shoot down a suspected chinese, the balance balloon that flew over the us last week? did i did say shut down the balloon on saturday. crating. a diplomatic and political storm, the pentagon says it was a platform for espionage. china warns there may be repercussions, and the balloon 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. 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 u. s. mainland u. s. president joe biden said he altered the balloon to be down as soon as it could be done so safely or warned today when i was break down the blow or the paragon to shoot down on one day 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, was a civilian airship, though, di you don't. beijing previously said it regretted his entrees into us as space or

good afternoon regarding us secretary of state white, 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 in boyd joins me now. he is a professor of aerospace engineering sciences at the university of colorado pulled up. thank you very much. and for being with us here in the japanese. now the pentagon is turning its attention to recover what was in the balloon. what do they hope to find? well, as you've heard, the u. s. s. may very strong statements that this is 5 alone. and if the contents of the balloon have not been destroyed and bringing it down, it should be very. ready clear that that turns out to be true or not. the instruments use by a weather balloon, as has been claimed by china, very different from those years for spine. so

a weather balloon measures things like air temperature and pressure and wind speeds . but spying and balls, different kinds of sensors and cameras that are gathering information on the ground below. so there will be no question one way or the other. what was the purpose of the blue show and, and spying is not unusual between countries. is it so could you tell us a little bit more about how a surveillance balloon would work over us territory in this instance? yeah, so i spy balloon, you know, it has 2 useful attributes. so it is much closer to the ground than a spy satellite is. and so, you know, the closer you are to something more clearly you can see it. and then secondly, blue has what we call persistence. which means that, you know, because it's not flying very fast, it stays over the same, you know, reach enough ground for quite a long time. so that allows you plenty of time to gather information. and so,

you know, what's, what's unusual, i think what's surprising for a lot of people is that, of course, balloons are really not very controllable. usually right? you usually are being blown by the wind and that's where you're going. there happened some reports that this object may have had some propellers in it, and so that would perhaps give you a lot more a control. and maybe that's what makes it useful in this case. do you have any idea how it may have ended up in the u. s. if, if it is what kind of claims it to be a weather balloon? well, i think it's very unlikely that it's a weather balloon. you know, again, part of the reporting has been that the size of this object is something like 3 buses put together. so free buses as much, much larger than a regular weather balloon. and so i think that and that the same time, you know,

is very unlikely that china would be missouri, our air properties, you know, was the temperature and pressure of the air anywhere near america. i mean, they don't need that information far of their own weather predictions. and so the, the chinese story to me just does not up ok professor in boy, thank you very much indeed for your time and analysis. thank you. perez, masha of the former military ruler and president of pakistan has died. he's the come to a long illness hospital in dubai, at 879, which are became president officer, a military coup in 999. he avoided 3 assassination attempts before leaving office in 2008. he later attempted a political con back, but was presented with criminal charges and has since been living in exile. well, opinions about which are of, in pakistan, remained divided. here are some voices from the capital, islam of odd. we 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. and do i let the rule of law is the most important thing for any country family and it is the responsibility of all citizens to uphold. it was more like a headache up right away. on the sheriff was a good ruler, his tenure was good. will the prices were low and provided relief to people, education, sure, assisted education and infrastructure. he brought development to the country and at the time g, d, p growth was good. but on the other hand, the country suffered losses in the face of terrorism. your entering america's war weakened our own country. what is happening is shamella chances in karachi in pakistan and has more on the sheriff's legacy box, those liberals like them. because as i said, he was ready to discuss. the light's not as much as politics and the best quite soon after 911 in the region of gone on. kind of realize that

it's not a w k like protecting some dollars on a dog getting some dollars on come on. leaders off focused on security policy to remain long. so having said that, it was a dying of prosperity and economic financial prosperity because a lot of money was coming from from the rest for the zip code for the war or by the us. so financially, it was a gun, the gun and you both more sure, focused on house team and difficulties. but as i said, as long as the focused on the military style and on the box on the state has the regional proxy situation happening. the economy is launching washer has kind of a controversial legacy that he has left behind. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. and he government

protest his class with police and peruse capital off to parliament, rejected a proposal to bring forward elections. since december, thousands of demonstrators across the country have been calling on president di napoli. i wanted to set down. she took over from petro castillo, who was impeached and arrested for trying to dissolve congress. the death toll from wildfires in chile has now reached 23. the government has extended the area covered by emergency orders, allowing the deployment of troops to battle the flames. more than $250.00 fires are burning to to a summer heat wave. tens of thousands of people attended a mass held by pope francis on sunday in a stadium in sal sedans, capital juba. the pope used his visit to urge rival factions to make peace. he also spent 4 days in the democratic republic of congo. a russian missile strike on

ukraine's 2nd largest city har cave has left at least 5 people wounded and caused said, nic significant damage to our buildings in the city center car cave is close to the russian border and local authority. say it's a hat. it has been the, has been the frequent target of missile attacks. fighting between russian and ukrainian forces continues in the area of buck moved with officials and cubes, saying they hoped to hold on until weapons are promised by alice emergency workers were on the scene after 2 russian missiles slammed into the northeastern city of har. keith, reportedly heading to civilian structures not far from the central plaza. several floors of a university were destroyed at a nearby apartment building was left uninhabitable. one resident said she and her partner only survived thanks to lucky timing. on yet from a foot. yeah, and we happen to have just gone into the bath friend and right after that had

happened. my husband with covered and broken glass, but everybody is alive. it's the main thing with moscow's forces have seemingly given up trying to capture ukraine's 2nd largest city. but they continue to bombard it, frequently hitting civilian targets. but a couple 100 kilometers to the south. the war on the ground is still raging with buck moot. at its epicenter. for months ukrainian soldiers had been fighting off an onslaught by russian forces, intent on resting control of the region. their line held through the depths of winter and into the new year. but now keeps as its fighters are slowly being pushed back toward bach mote. while they battle in the trenches throughout all ukraine's leaders are waging their own fight automotives for more support from nato allies, the saddle grain, they say the only way to push the russian offensive back is with more powerful weapons. after initial hesitation,

pledges of tanks and long range rockets began to roll in from western allies with deliveries expected to begin arriving in the spring for ukrainian soldiers. that might seem a long time to wait. especially with many analysts predicting that russia will intensify its assault as winter weather gives way to spring. east african leaders have called for a cease fire in the democratic republic of congo, where a rebel group is fighting to take control of the 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 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 east and 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 immediate ceasefire. the security institution in is that literacy is a regular matter. not much of a one or 2 convers. that's got to be sustainable, resolved through a political process. the leaders 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, an 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 poor francis met with victims of the conflict in the d. r. c's capita kent massa, 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 finally, as the full moon rises this evening, marking the end of the lunar new year festivities any people are celebrating the lantern festival. and in china, sichuan province, this is a big deal. this is the lantern fair in the city of z gone. 2023 is the year of the rabbit. and this giant rabbit is the centerpiece of the event. the origin of the lantern festival is thought to go back some 2000 years to the hon. dynasty

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