ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. new leads about who was responsible for blowing up the nord, strained pipelines. us and german made a report suggest a party 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 an unarmed ukrainian prisoner allegedly being shot dead by russian troops and of mass disruption in france as tens of thousands join a fresh wave of protest against president black cross plan to raise the retirement age. ah m. anthony howard broke into the program, an aide to ukraine's president vladimir lensky has denied keith was involved in the destruction of the gnawed stream gas pipelines. the under c. pipelines which brought russia natural gas to germany, were blown up in september of 2022. the new york times reported that us intelligence beliefs, a pro ukrainian group carried out the attack. german media also reporting on evidence pointing to possible ukrainian involvement. this recording

is from the moments after the nod stream pipelines exploded and started leaking gas . countries have blamed each other for the damage since september 2022. now, new intelligence suggests that a pro ukraine group was behind it by one you as an aide to ukraine's president will order me of the landscape has denied any involvement by cave. russia, meanwhile, has dismissed the report. for miss re spoke both in maria's, i could over see the tries to divert public attention and avoid of proper investigation. nod stream pipelines, $1.00 and $2.00 carried natural gas from russia to germany. their destruction of the points seen here has been shrouded in mystery. the blasts echoed nearly half a year into rochelle. the invasion of ukraine. various players could have had

something to gain from the attack expert say, those include russian oligarchs. i mean, let's not forget that the oligarchy with a powerful big is in russia right up until just about a year ago. lots of very wealthy, influential and networks. people would have a political financial reasons essentially to help undermine payden's war effort and recover maybe some of what they had lost. meanwhile, us officials have said it isn't really too early to draw conclusions. it belongs to, to you. there are 3 countries that are investigating exactly what transpired, our german allies, our swedish in, in danish partners as well. they've open investigation into and so what happens they are, those investigations are ongoing. as we always do, we're going to let those investigations play out before we comments on, on any potential findings or conclusions. there are many more key questions. who

ordered the attack, who executed it, and who paid for it? but perhaps the biggest question, who is benefiting from it? and will we ever know for more on this doubly political correspondence, simon young, outlined, the new evidence brought to light by a joint investigation by 3 german media outlets. riah should say your 1st of all these are unconfirmed reports, but there 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 nationals. so that's one, a 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 attract, 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 also 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 ukraine has launched an investigation to find russian soldiers who apparently killed an unarmed ukrainian prison of war. after graphic footage emerged, 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 ukrainian army without providing for the evidence, says, believes the man is a 41 year old, who has been listed as missing near the embattled city of buck, mood since february, in his not a video address. presidents zalinski urged old ukrainians to echo the soldiers woods. she wouldn't be here with us. have you do? a video appeared 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 has made them over to you as citizens kidnapped by suspected mexican drug traffickers had been found dead while 2 others survived. authorities are still investigating how the 2 americans thought the 4 friends had driven into mexico last week because at least one was planning to have cosmetic surgery day. the 2 survivors have since been returned to the us for close friends on a road trip to mexico gun down and kidnapped, only to made it back allied, escorted by a caravan of american and mexican officials. he does michigan mexican authorities handed over to us authorities. the woman who was

unharmed and the man who was injured on the international bridge between brownsville and matamoros gunman open fire on the group in the middle of traffic in the border city of my tomatoes. the friends crossed into mexico on friday with some of them seeking more affordable, cosmetic procedures. instead, they were caught up in the cities deadly turf war between powerful drug cartels. as news of the abduction spread, the kidnappers reportedly moved from place to place to evade rescuers. and i'm the general problem of the cartels looked at cartels responsible for the deaths of americans, that we are fighting as hard as possible, the da and the f. b. i are doing everything possible to dismantle and disrupt and ultimately prosecute. are the leaders of the cartels and the entire networks are paid to pena? mexico's president offered his regrets to the bereaved families, e. b. m. a. suppose we are very sorry that this has happened in our country,

and we send our condolences to the family and friends of the victims and to the people in government of the united states as that us convalesce. yes. but lopez opened a door also said the incident would not have generated nearly as much attention. had the victims been mexicans, and not us citizens are at. let's take a look. now. some of the other news making headlines around the world. police and demonstrators of clashed in george's capital, typically during protests against the government bill. but critics, i would, would restrict free speech if enacted into law. the bill would forced media companies and in jo's to register any links they have with entities outside georgia that e, u. has condemned the legislation palestinian authority say that 6 palestinians have been finally shot in an israeli military ride in jeanine in the occupied west bank . israel's prime minister that said the target of the operation was

a palestinian. he and he was killed who had killed rather to settle his last week. netanyahu said the man was killed in the right. john, his foreign minister has warned that there will be quote, confrontation and conflict between china and the u. s. if washington does not change, it's approach to his country. foreign minister chin gung, also hailed the relationship between badging and moscow. he said it's it an example for how foreign relations should be conducted to france. now at tens of thousands of joined a fresh wave of protest against president amman, mama, crohn's proposed pension reforms. unions avowed to bring the nation to a standstill over the plans, which would see the minimum retirement age raised from $62.00 to $64.00. the government says the measures unaided. the polls show most french citizens opposed

the 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 mc calls. planned to overhaul pensions. a controversial proposal that would see the age of retirement raised to $64.00. and they've done just that by lunchtime, thousands of people had taken to the streets in cities right across the country with one message. 2 0, boy lucas was on dental. 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 is only love it up. people like the last it 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, will 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 have 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 that i could, this is a property or if it can bring a solution to this never ending pension problem than i'm rather in favor of movement. but there you go. over time, it's embarrassing for everyone dosage in oklahoma. they've also, that's true that working up the age of 64 is pretty difficult. the french prime minister is warned that a nation wide 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 sport now and in football. bursey adornment have been knocked out of the champions league. chelsea went through to the last night with a to nil victory in london. that leads by an munich with a chance to be the 1st german side through to the quarter finals. the variance host perry salmon on wednesday by and take a one go lead to munich, but must contain the likes of lino missy and kilian in by 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 side takes a slim advantage into wednesday night,

but p a she too was well in the form of kilian in barbie. 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 an spectacle. for me, the most spectacular player at the moment is clearly killian killian to cover the gun. i think the whole world likes watchman. 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 julian argos, mon says, buyer and sees in 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.

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