but i have to hold the suede because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people find behind the boss. sh. guardians of truth starts february 18th, on dw, with ah, this is the w news live from berlin after tracking it for days drifting high of the us fighter jets shoot down a suspected chinese spy bullet. i ging warranty they may beat the repercussions also on the program. the run state media says the country supreme leader has pardon tens of thousands of people who were arrested in and he government purchased rights

groups are remaining skeptical sport crisis. what crisis after 3 drawers in a row by munich when they 1st put us like a match this year with a 4 to victory as a val spin ah, a map and how'd walk into the program. us navy divers are searching for the wreckage of a suspected chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina by the jets down to the balloon over the atlantic after it was discovered traveling across you assessed by a space last week. by jing denied it was being used for surveillance and condemned to the shooting down of what it called, an unmanned civilian aircraft. speaking on sunday, senate majority leader chuck schumer said he was confident the equipment attached

to the balloon could be recovered and that intelligence authorities would be able to understand its genuine purpose because it fell in relatively shallow water. there's a very good chance we can cover most of it and even a chance to cover to recovery intact. and then we can learn a great deal about chinese capabilities and what they were up to. all right, let's bring in with him kim, he's a specialist in surveillance balloons at the marathon initiative. think tank in washington. d. c. good to have you with us. the pentagon naturally wants to gather evidence here. what hope did i have the finding? any type of store data here, elegance on them, it much,

much cheaper object. so i'm confident that they will learn something. isn't likely the device has already transmitted the data it collected to china while over the us . i mean, it was over the united states for quite a while. so yes, i think that very real possibility that it was, you know, already in communication with or is it possible then that sensitive information looking at this from the other angle, that sensitive data from the chinese government might be detected by the us. now, i mean, certainly the jim just the payload itself is going to be something and i think the chinese are not going to be us. and this is a rather large sensor package about the size of 3 buses. that indicates to me that it was something pretty sophisticated and i'm not sure if i were the chinese, i certainly would not want that ability being examined. i u. s. intelligent. now

the 1st question i had when i heard that the balloon was saying of the u. s, why would a balloon be deployed as a surveillance tool in the age of high volume and very high resolution satellites? yeah, i mean show on the, on the latter point regarding resolution, i mean there's, you know, it's not entirely clear that this was a imaging satellite. it could've been for signals in college, in the united states, fly signal intelligence aircraft near chinese space, not over it, but even though that satellites, it still needs bites kind of better intelligence on, on things like, you know, get me radars and stuff like that. and you know, it's, it's possible that's what this balloon was intended to do. there's also advantages in terms of costs, you know, you don't need to pay for rocket. there's advantages in kind of persistence and the amount of time to kind of stay over an area of the satellite, particularly the one that really well i kind of lower for moving around the world

very. so there's definitely reasons why they would want to want to use the balloon, especially given how much the technology would be with him just to underline the point of the pentagon gathering evidence here, what are the exactly looking for and what real chance to buy have a finding the store data, i mean, i don't know exactly and what kind of data they'd be looking for or storing. but at the very least, i mean, i'd be interested in the equipment and so on. you know, what kind of what kind of sensors did and what, what kind of electronic did it have? so i think that would be of interest william came from the marathon initiative thing time. thanks so much for your time. give around, supreme leader has reportedly pardoned tens of thousands of people detained in anti government protests. but human rights groups are skeptical of the decree,

ayatollah ali khamenei made the announcement on the anniversary of the 1979 is lemme revolution. but the pardon excludes people with international ties, or anyone facing spine charges nearly 20000 people interested in nationwide protests. it was backed by the death of unit master, and while in custody in september and a lead felt toler. ms judd is an iran expert and the author of the book iran in an emerging new world order. he told us what he makes of the timing of this announcement. well, the timing is still, you know, at a time when there is a relative calm of st. projects in iran, but we see the combination of strikes. so the situation has not really called for good. and we have to take such announcement from the supreme leader,

but also from the iranian judiciary, with lots of, you know, with lots of grains of salt because there is no indication whatsoever that among those who are going to be part and going to be political prisoners we know that there are a lot of political prisoners in iran, and we also know that in connection with the protests, there are probably $20000.00 jails. and so what i see here and work with i could speculate about is something different. there are reports about re education of prisoners inside of iran jails. and those are going to be free to could be used to work for the regime basically as some kind of playing close also, you know, being tasked with a future project. so i think the, the whole background, the whole story is a different one. now time to take a brief look at some of the other stories make news around the world to sell

a tens of thousands of people attended a mass held by pope francis on sunday in stadium in south sedans. capital pope used his visit to rival factions to make pace. i spent 4 days in the democratic republic of congo ist and african ladies have called for an immediate sci fi in the democratic republic of congo, where a rebel group is fighting to take control of a region rich in minerals. the troops sent there by the r c military, as well as the east african community found to contain the conflict so far. and the government protest as class with police improve capital laughter. parliament rejected a proposal to bring forward elections since december, thousands of demonstrators across the country have been calling on president. deena boulevard a to step down. she took over from pedro castillo, who was impeached and arrested. the trying to dissolve congress as michelle of the

former military buller and the president of pakistan has died. general monsieur up succumbed to a long illness in hospital in dubai. he was 79 years old, shut up, became president after a military coup in 1999. he dodged 3 assassination attempts before leaving office in 2008 and going into exile ah sport now and by munich finally got back to winnie weighs in the bonus league against walls ferg. the defending champion started 2023 with 3 drawers, but they've dominated vol, spoke in recent times, and this game was no exception. as they coasted to a 4 to victory buyer munich, needed a victory in wolves. spur to retake the table. lead and kingsley co mom helped with too early goals. come on, put just enough on the ball. and thomas mueller play decoy to put barn up. come i'm 2nd, was assisted by a buyer new come defender jo,

alcuin cielo showing his value at the other end of the pitch by the 90 minute buyer were up. 3 mill, thanks to thomas miller. a header off the free kick in the walls, fans were not amused. the 1st half was all wire. however, the wolf, so a bit of bite from jak up kaminsky just before the break by and joshua timothy was sent off for his 2nd yellow car just before the aramark and kim ej didn't like to call at all. but it was buyer who struck again through jamal lucy ala, to put the match out of reach. lucy, allah, winding his way, past the wolf's burg defense before firing in buyers for

the wolves managed to pull another back. but it was too late to motivated that boy, buyers 1st league victory in 2023, comes in dominating fashion with the 4 to win over wall spar. now on sundays, other guy and vet abram and scored their 2nd straight victory in the lake, wanting to know at stood gut after school us 1st al against i got bring in the lead with i've heard struck and at the one the girls didn't stop there. bob and touch rolled, rounded out rather comfortable when breyman in some style the victory moved them up into. i thin the table, just 2 spots of the european and as well as those wind turbine and brim. let's see what else happened on match day 19 in the bonus lager. and sebastian aliya scott: his 1st go since being treated for cancer endorsement, big when of a fly book. when you on berlin, underline their championship credentials with the light victory of

a mites. leipzig lost ground, meanwhile, and the thought arises. they were held in cologne and hoffen. heim fired their coach after a 5 to defeat at phyllis stragglers. bonham, so had those results effect the bonds, leg standings. then let's take a look by him. stay one point clear of one yawn on top of the table document go above leipzig into 3rd. at the other end shall cause draw, gives them a tiny little bit of hope stood, got slipped into the relegation place as though after the defeat. now about 5 months, the favor women's world cup kicks off in australia and new zealand. everyone involved with gearing up, including the referees that there are many challenges. female officials face ahead of the big tournament. these women are preparing for the biggest moment of their refereeing careers. the upcoming women's world cup in australia and new zealand. this has so much that can go wrong. the goal and the challenge over the next 5

months is keep everybody healthy to keep them. the fitness shouldn't be an issue because we have a very clear plan that the health, 5 months, anything can happen. the referees that will officiate the word cup in australia and new zealand will come from the african asian and oceania member associations. but it's been a challenge giving some of these women enough game practice at while many countries really support the referees have been selected when they're representing their country on the world stage. and still we have countries who don't give the enough matches to these women referees who don't take them to the training courses with their elite referees workshops like this one in ohio, allow foot pass governing body fi fi to work directly with the female referees where they can provide feedback, but it's not a solution to what's likely a structural problem. ok, let's take

a quick look at some of the other stories from around the world of sport now. and format versus adornment. play shinji k gala has returned to sled so as aka 13 years after leaving his boy boyhood club to go a one to bonus league. a titles were dobbin. he also became the 1st japanese player to win the english premier league during his bill. at manchester, united in snowboarding, it was a good weekend for japan athletes at the world cup half pipe event in california. looking for anna, nazis 2nd world cup. when it in a row in the men's competition. and what suki arnold made it a japanese double coming in 1st. in the women's on the fairways, daniel gavin says a one gulf dp world to event in the id written out a long pot on the 18th hole, to finish 17 under par and take the victory by a single stroke. south african xander lombard had started vinyl day in front,

but he could only finish and join 2nd. and that is your news round up for this. our next world stories. one which takes us on a ride, into the danger zone, aid transport in the midst of the war in ukraine. that's coming up after a short break. i'm anthony, how in berlin? i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news headlines if you need more before then there's the website, dw, comes the youtube channel, and social split. and in start to handle the need is at d. w needs. thanks for watching and have a good a we're interested in the global economy. our portfolio d w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project.