ah, me passed me just a dream of who i sat up. always wanted to see the us from a distance or space starts more change on d w ah ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin. a breakthrough on protecting the world's oceans . after a decade of discussions, more than a 100 nations agree to a treaty safeguarding marine nature environmental group say it will also help reverse bio diversity losses. china is she ging paying move said tightened his grip

on power at the communist party congress beijing shares. it wants peaceful relations with taiwan. but that its armed forces must train harder for combat. and estonians go to the polls to elect a new government. the more in ukraine is a major topic, but so 2 are ramping inflation and surging energy cost. ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world on michael ok. more than a 100 countries have agreed on a united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal aim to conserve marine life and buyer diversity in international waters. it's seen as crucial to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection. by the end of the decade, the ship has reached the shore. applause and

relief. after some 15 years of talks, a deal to protect the world's high seas is finally agreed by more than a 100 countries. i can safely say that this has been the learning journey of a lifetime, so thank you very much. every what the oceans are our life support system. they provide us with food and transport routes. they regulate the climate and they offer a range of valuable raw materials. but nearly 2 thirds lie outside national boundaries, making them hard to protect. now the un high seas treaty will how can serve marine diversity in international waters. it's the largest

habitat for life on earth. this vast there on average 4 kilometers deep. and until yesterday, there was no international law. no treaty, that guided conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in this area. it's a big deal physically in terms of the size of the earth. but also in terms of multilateralism assign that countries can play nicely together and still get big stuff done. it's a good day for us. the world's oceans are under threat from plastic waste, climate change, and over fishing. now it's hoped this new deal will at last start to turn the tide. we're now joined by fabian mcclellan, managing director at the end geo ocean care. you have been in new york for the full 2 weeks in negotiations. i understand. what do you make of this steel?

this treaty will be the absolute game changer that the ocean so urgently need. because so far it, the high seas has been a lawless. i see bands and that has been over exploited. so now with this treaty, we have to pass way to enforce measures to better protect this wide expense. where do you see most room for improvement? in this treaty? the treaty text actually covers different element and seat range and from area based management tools such as devising marine protected areas. and this is an absolute key instrument that will deliver on the target that was set in climbing one channel in december. that by 203030 percent of land and

oceans need to be covered. so these treaty will how to actually define and set the objectives off where and how these marine protected areas can be set and won't get actual protection and manage measures are policing. international waters has been historically challenging. i don't need to tell you that how in very practical terms will this treaty ensure over fishing, for example, won't happen. there are different elements in the treaty that will allow to build upon, for instance, harmful activities that can have a very severe impact in areas beyond national jurisdictions. i. e, i c's, and we'll have to undergo environmental impact assessments. so this is one element

instead activities and projects that will happen in the high seas in the future can under come at biggest scrutiny and theses really an important element and, and talking about marine protected areas. these will also be an opportunity to define exactly which activities are allowed and which activities are not allowed in marine protected areas. why did it take so long to finally reach a consensus? we have to realize that this is a legally binding instrument, so it is not a target. it is not a framework. this is legally binding upon the member states. so per se, and negotiating a treaty is really challenging. so it, he has taken 20 years, which is a very and use long time and we have lost time, certainly also because of the car will be to pandemic. but it's also highly

political. geo politics have played into the negotiations. we have seen that in new york because they are diverse, interests, diverse understanding of what equity and benefit charing means. that is a fabi and mcclellan managing director at the n g o ocean care. many thanks. thank you very much. china as a rubber stamp parliament. the national people's congress has begun its annual meeting in beijing outgoing premier lee kent tian who is 2nd in command after leader cheating. ping says china's armed forces should be more prepared for combat in the face of escalating threats from abroad. beijing says it is cracking up military spending, but at the same time it wants to promote peaceful relations with taiwan, which it claims as its own territory on the economy. the leadership has set a 5 percent economic growth target one of the lowest in decades. she,

jim ping and the ruling communist party elise arrive in beijing's great hall of the people for the biggest days in china's political calendar. the national people's congress is more of a political pageant than a policy setting. parliament. it largely serves to rubber stamp decisions already made behind closed doors by the leadership. much of the n p. c will focus on communist ritual and slogans. however, china watchers carefully comb over proceedings every year for clues on china's future direction. in october, she's cemented his unprecedented 3rd term as the general secretary of the party. now he will introduce a major shakeup of personnel and institutions to help consolidate his power base. she is set to unveil a new premier ne chung who oversaw controversial pandemic lockdown. his party, secretary of shanghai, the congress is closely watched for insights into how china plans to revive its economy. the world's 2nd biggest, which has been hard hit by lock downs,

the government to set a modest target for economic growth this year around 5 percent. the party plans to get more involved in private businesses, top tech type kuhns like ali baba founder jack mar, and by dues robin lee have been left off the list of delegates instead, the congress is expected to focus on scientific research to boost domestic production of micro chips and the backdrop to the congress is growing tensions between china and the u. s. washington fears that beijing could start to supply russia with weapons in ukraine. i spoke to d. w correspondent, william yang in taipei, and i asked him if he thinks that china's 5 percent growth target is modest. yes, a most economist described this as somewhat of a conservative as a result and eco that the chinese government has laid out. but most of them,

oh so said that this is somewhat actually a positive signal because it shows that the chinese government is raining in their desire. and also they are urged to try to boost and find different ways to really trigger and push their chinese economic growth and ryder, focusing more on the possibility of economic reform in giving their chinese economy more breathing room rather than using many different ways to try to maintain and focusing too much on the actual number. based on your experience covering politics, there will the threats, an aggressive rhetoric against taiwan continue we are not going to probably see too much of a change in terms of china's rhetoric and also the approach. the only reason why luca chance speech somewhat take a softer tone on taiwan without mentioning the threat of military invasion is because there is a presidential election coming up in january,

2024 in taiwan in. china knows that any kind of very provocative rhetoric is not going to work in its favor in the election, so they aren't likely going to refrain from any very fiery words coming into the next few months. lots of western eyes on china right now. there is a lot of speculation that china is going to really put its weight behind russia even supplying arms well, security issues feature at this congress. so the national people's congress mostly usually focus on domestic issues and setting the agenda for the communist party, especially targeting economy, the internal politics and for this year is mostly going to focus on the recovery of the economy and also the new lineup of the top leadership and also we are probably going to see some reforms to keep government agencies and departments. many things to well william yang journalist in ty, pay. thank you. a fire has broken out at

a refugee camp in the bangladesh. she border district of cox is bizarre. it host thousands of ruins. your refugees who had fled persecution and neighboring mirror, and more in 2016 police say the blaze which is now under control has destroyed several homes, but no casualties have been reported. so far. new aerial images have been released showing the extent of the damage done by the russian bombardment of the eastern ukrainian city of buck mood. drone footage shows st. after st of destroyed homes with fire. still burning. pressure is mounting on ukrainian troops holding out in the eastern city intelligence. analysts say he may be considering a controlled pull at russian forces have spent months trying to capture about mood seen as a key staging ground for further advances. well as sonya is voting today

for a new government in an election dominated by the war in ukraine, public support for keith is overwhelming. but historians are struggling with problems closer to home. the baltic state has one of the highest inflation rates in the european union, running at 25 percent. when estonians go to the polls, they'll be doing more than choosing new members of parliament. these elections will decide whether prime minister kaya colors will stay in office. her government was quick to aid ukraine after russia's invasion, a year ago per capita. no other country has supported ukraine more than estonia with financial military and humanitarian aid support. or a greenhorn grain is sir 96 percent it's it's absolutely it's absolutely. it's almost sort of a 100 percent and it so thought of support because that reason is very easy.

every body knows when or if ukraine lose, we are the next but polls suggest it's far from clear that callous government can hold on to it's parliamentary majority. despite estonians strong backing for ukraine, they're also struggling with high energy and from prices the far right opposition has ceased on this dissatisfaction. we don't need to help them as much because our people are struggling to. it's good, they help, but the help little do much bigger. so we need also is tonia borders on russia and has a large ethnic russian minority. it's a frequent target of threats from moscow. whoever wins on sunday will send

a signal. far beyond is stony. as boarders about the strength of support for ukraine, whatever the cost so that's all from me up. but next is a documentary, looking at el salvador is a growing resistance to its anti abortion lot. is more on our website at d, w dot com. you can also check out our social media channels. the handle is at d w. michael of going to land. thanks for watching that we're interested in the global economy. our portfolio d w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project.