living conditions in their country and inspiring the world with their ideas. counted valley africa watch. now, on the w documentary with this is the w. news lied from brooklyn. new leads about who was responsible for blowing up the nod strain pipelines. us and german media reports suggest the pro ukrainian group carried out the attack on the natural gas pipelines under the baltic sea. also on the show calls for justice after a ukrainian soldier is apparently executed on video. ukraine launch has an

investigation. after graphic footage emerges of a f, an unarmed ukrainian prisoner allegedly being shot dead. russian troops and mass disruption in france as tens of thousands joined a fresh wave of protests against president mccullin's plans to raise the retirement age. ah, math me how to walk into the program. and i do ukraine's president blood am, is lensky has denied keith was involved in the sabotaging of the gnawed stream gas pot plants. the under c pipelines which brought russia natural gas to germany were blown up in september of 2020 to the new york times reported earlier citing unnamed us officials that us intelligence indicates a pro ukrainian brook carried out attack. gym and media is also reporting that

there is evidence pointing to possible ukrainian involvement. the german government is still investigating the incident, but russia says the reports show you in the late international inquiry is needed. d w political correspondent simon young. outlined the new evidence brought to light by a joint investigation by 3 gym and media outlets. ryan should say your 1st of all, these are unconfirmed reports, but they're by some of germany's most respected media organizations, like the public broadcast, a r d and the newspaper did site. and what they've got is many concrete details about what they say happened with the north stream explosions. they say that prosecutors investigators have identified the boat that was used in the operation to blow up the pipelines. a yacht that it is reported was rented from a or

a firm in poland that apparently belonged to 2 ukrainian national. so that's one concrete link with ukraine. they say investigators have found that 6 people were on board and involved in the operation, including a divers and medical personnel at their nationalities are unknown because fake passports were used to rent this yacht. and then they go on with more details that the location of this boat was tracked, leaving rostock in northern germany, and was subsequently located near a danish island in the baltic sea. and according to these german media reports, as i say, it is what they are at the moment. a weston intelligence agency, or had already warned or suggested some months ago that a pro ukrainian group has it's described could be behind,

could have been behind the explosions of the baltic care not stream pipelines. so quite a lot of detail which tends to sort of corroborate some of these claims, i suppose. and for more on this just than crump is a military veteran and c, e o, of the intelligence and risk analysis consultant. the sibilant is, is the theory about who is behind the attack is one of several that have been speculated upon since the blast. and there are so a lot of theories during the rounds. it wasn't long ago. the ones respect to journalist seymour hersh reduced what he views the details and expose of exactly how the u. s. government did it with the involvement of norwegians. for example, the russians play the u. k, but she's failed. the event conducts again, this is the latest number of, of theories. as we say, it is still in intelligence. information at the moment says source for us things

consider, but it does seem as your correspond said, you know, a fairly detailed amount of information that's come out about how this may have been mounted. but it was always in some ways, the least likely explanation that a non state group of actors, reva smuggle, a very sizable con, to explosives, undetected and get that to the scene to target this incredibly important pipeline. so although it's been postulated for some time, it's one of the theories was always the hardest to understand how that could have come together. and it suddenly suggests a sizable amount of money and a very interesting network behind an operation like this. you can imagine just driving a large amount explosive through germany in itself is something i think a jump population would be. am shocked to understand that if that was easy, so mr. a lot of questions raised for sure. this was one of the theories. i was always the hardest to see, you know, necessarily being done, but it was never impossible. and which way to see oversee more details much. the

crime has launched an investigation to find russian soldiers who apparently killed an anom ukrainian prisoner of war. after graphic footage, imaged a short video circulating on social media, appears to show a man in a ukrainian uniform, finishing a cigarette and shouting glory to ukraine. before being killed with several shots, the cranny, an army without providing further evidence says it believes the man is a 41 year old who has been listed as missing near the embattled city of buck, mood since february. and he's not the address president zalinski urged old ukrainians to echo the soldiers woods. she wouldn't, you will have you do a video appear today showing how the occupiers brutally killed a soldier who bravely said to their face, glory to ukraine level. what i want us altogether in unity to respond to his words, glory, to the hero, glory, to heroes, glory to ukraine. and we will find the killers inland as made them of china's

foreign minister has borne that, that, that they will be, quote, confrontation and conflict between china and the u. s. if washington does not change its approach to his country, speaking on the sidelines of the national people's congress, china's robust and parliament, foreign minister chin gang, blamed the us for rising tensions of a taiwan. he also hailed the relationship between begging and muscular i'm sure you may wish you a for more on this, we can talk now to bradley bowman, senior director of the center on military and political power in washington. they say, could that be with us at a moment, relations between the rivals were already very strained. where did these lightest exchanges leave china u. s. diplomacy? thanks for the question. you know the chinese communist party in my view as a wolf,

that sometimes dawns the disguise of a sheep smiling, attempting to charm folks and talking about when, when solutions and every now and then they let that disguise drop and we see their wolf warrior essence. and i think that's a little bit what we're getting here with this new foreign minister. so i, for my partner, i'm a little less focused on whatever disguise they happen to be wearing at the moment . a little bit more focus on the essence of the regime. they're what they're doing in, gen, jang, and what they are seeking to do against taiwan, who has more to lose when to super powers, engage like this. i think the world stands to lose. i don't think this is a conflict between the united states and china. i think there's the conflict between a chinese cummins party and the free world broadly defined. and i'm not afraid to use that term. i think they want to recap, recreate an international order and their authoritarian image that enables might, makes right authoritarianism in the south china sea and taiwan allows them to do

whatever the heck they want to the weavers. so i, for one think that's a world that i don't want to live in. and i think the more of the united states and europe and others can band together to deter aggression and speak truth to authoritarian power. the better is this moment of high tension. is it in some way linked to the war? and you crying as washington has been giving strong warnings to buy aging. for instance, not to supply ammunition to russia. ukraine, excuse me, russia and china are closer than they've been since the 1950s, that according to the us intelligence community, china, it has been echoing, putting talking points to an attempt to justify this brutal and moral unprovoked invasion. china has already been supporting russia in some ways and providing non legal assistance for the war and ukraine and helping them circumvent sanctions for their defense industrial base. you know, i hope we don't need chinese drones killing ukrainians for europe in the united states to be on the same page regarding the threat from the chinese communist party . that would be

a tangible example of what's already going on. and we need to get on the same page and my view on china is dr. military civil fusion, which seeks to still technology lucidly and illicitly to create national champion companies to put american european businesses out of business and to arm the people's liberation army for aggression. the taiwan strait. i think the senior director of the center on military and political power in washington. thanks so much for your time. thank you. to france, with tens of thousands of joined a fresh wave of protests against president a manual cons, proposed pension reforms unions avowed to bring the nation to a standstill over the plans, which would say the minimum retirement age raised from 62 to 64. the government says the measures and needed at poles showed most french citizens oppose. the proposed changes in the early hours. final preparations are made for a day of disruption to make shift barricade set in place at a bus depot,

just north of paris unions called on people to come out and force to protest against president manuel mac calls plan to overhaul pensions over a controversial proposal that would see the age of retirement raised to $64.00 and they've done just that. by lunch time, thousands of people had taken to the streets in cities right across the country with one message. 2 0, boy lucas was on gentle. i don't want to work until i'm 6400 well enough already for the plumbers of it. for the moment, there are only promises made and we don't know when it's going to end. so it's better to fight now than to lose our gains. that's it. well, it is only love it up. people exhausted people see around them that there are plenty of colleagues don't even make it to the current legal retirement age. so how can we expect them to make it to 64 he gets was we'll get unions hope by shutting down the country. the president might now start listening to them. demonstrators of

targeted roads, public services, and key transport hubs for maximum impact. most train and metro services, i've also been cancelled and many schools closed. but despite all the disruption public opinion appears to be with those demonstrating why should i support them? because it's the right thing to do. they're doing this for as i have to work. but if i could, i would have demonstrated with them to savages. so this is a thought if a can bring a solution to this never ending pension problem than i'm rather in favor of movement. i was, but there you go. over time, it's embarrassing for every one dosage and normal to normal. they've also, it's true that working up the age of 64 is pretty difficult. the french prime ministers warned that a nationwide standstill would primarily impact the most fragile in the country. but as the standoff grows, the stakes for president mccall and his flagship pension reforms continue to rise.

the sport now in football, portia gordon and have been knocked out of the champions league. chelsea one through to the last 16 with a to neal victory in london. that lays by munich as the last remaining gem inside the bavarian toast, paris salmon on wednesday by and take a one go laid to munich, but must contain the likes of lino. messy and kilian in back a buyer. his head in up and down history with p. s g in the champions league. back in 2020 by and defeated p s g to when the chip is league final. the following year the 2 met in the quarter finals in p. s g advanced. thanks to the away goals role this season byron earn a similar situation. the german site takes a slim advantage into wednesday night, but p a. she too was well in the form of keeley m. m bar pay. the fleet footed p as she winger wasn't 100 percent in the previous match by aren't aware of the danger

he brings, say they have a game played as one spectacle for me. the most spectacular player at the moment is clearly killian killian declared that he got, i think the whole world likes watching them play has been so as far as the game is concerned, we're not going to be watching his extraordinary talents. we're going to stop him from doing his job and albert's muscle on the. and i think if our plan works out line off, he won't have much fun to nitish puzzle. since losing the 1st leg. pierce ye have won 3 straight in league ah. buyer and have been equally successful in germany. head coach julia now guzman says buyer and season will be measured on how they perform against p. s g. who will be without name are. despite missing one star, there will be a constellation on both sides of the pitch come wednesday night. and before we go, he's a reminder of our top story, this el. an i t grants president follow them insolence, he has denied keith,

was involved in the sabotaging of the north stream natural gas pipeline. this comes after a report in the new york times indicated a pro ukrainian group carried out the attack. this is the w news, christy edson is up next with business news with the u. s. fed chief warning of more interest rate hikes on the horizon. don't forget our website is there at any time at j. w dot com. you'll also check out our social media channels. for instance, twitter. the handle you need is at the top of the news. i'm anthony howard in berlin for me and the team here. thanks for watching and stay with the black sand west. behind van d. w. news africa, the show that faculty issues in the continent life is slowly getting back to normal . yeah. we're on the streets to give you enough.