trying to flee the city center and more refugees are being turned away. as the 4 families fling bomb attacks in syria, these critical incidents with extreme ground power off coming to home, the people has sunk emergency room. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. we asked why, because no one should have to flee. to make up your own mind. d. w. for mines you're watching d. w. news asia coming up today. did china do it? that's the question time when he's residents of math to are asking. they had their internet cables cut a few weeks ago, and no one knows why. and who did it. plus 12 years after the fukushima

nuclear disaster in japan. the government wants to let go and move on, but some local residents do not. and the documentary that has taken flight, even if its stars can't leave the ground. now in oscar contender, the film is a behind the scenes look at the pair of brothers bringing deluge birds back to help . ah, my name is melissa chant, thanks for joining us. there is a small set of islands that are a part of taiwan called matsu and they lie just off the coast of china. in fact, they are much closer to china than they are to taiwan main island. making them what many call a front line and a border region between the 2 sides. so when residents of the island lost says to

the internet and officials learned that the internet cables running under the sea and connecting the island to taiwan was cut. it was easy to suspect that aging might have had something to do with it. already cut off by the sea tie ones mat to island is now facing a digital blackout mats who live close to mainland china. for internet residents rely on to underwater cables that connect to tie one's main island. but the cables were caught one month ago. the 14000 island is a using a back up transmission for some limited access. but even so, it can main waiting hours just to send to tags or to not i pama on there. so thing done, the food, the speed at which we receive online orders become very slow way. and the most troublesome thing is that customers can't make an appointment by phone. and what about the taiwanese authorities? say they identified 2 chinese ships in the locations of the cuts. the coast guard

said they chased one ship, but it's sped back to chinese waters. and there is no evidence to directly show that beijing is responsible. susan's on goal if well, if we can't rule out the china destroyed things on purpose. because u. s. navy research shows that the countries in the world capable of destroying or topping submarine cables or russia on china or officials fear that matsu is just a warning. and that internet connections to the whole of taiwan could be under threat tension between china and the u. s. has spiked over taiwan. washington does not have any official diplomatic ties with the island, but has vowed to defend it. u. s. saucers. say ty, one's president, sighing when is due to meet with us. how speaker kevin mccarthy. in california, last year mccarthy's predecessor visited taiwan, sparking chinese military drills around the island from,

from beijing said it is seriously concerned by reports of size trip. china has never ruled out using force to bring the self governing island under control. younger, no one should underestimate the strong determination and ability of the chinese government on people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. a looming threat of escalation and isolation that's already a reality for matt to island. joining us by phone from matt to is when li, director of the office for ty wines political party, the democratic progressive party that presidents highs up party when lee hello. thanks for joining us via in analog call and not a digital video chat like we usually do. so phone calls, it seems they're pretty okay. oh, hello melissa,

thank you for having me. oh, well, phone calls are relatively more stable than video cause since we are, we have been suffering from an extremely slow internet connection since early february. and tie one usually has some of the fastest internet on earth. i have officials told any of you how long it it take to repair the cables and bring it back to normal internet speeds. so both of them are 2 islands and i wanted a country in general, rely heavily on summer in cables to provide our internet connections. and at the moment since taiwan does not have its own submarine cable repair ships, we have to rely on the international repair ships. and um, currently our repair ship for them as well, and its scheduled to arrive in late april, around april,

the 20th. so that means that a huge gap in time from early february, too late april or even early may before the summer in cables are, are, are completely fixed. when the you spend a lot of time on boats around math to who do you think was behind the cutting of the cables or do you think it's possible that they could have been accidents? well, at the moment, we cannot rule out any possibility. according to the location records, we see that since 2 of the submarine, cables were damaged in early february, 1 was damaged by a fishing boat, and another was damaged by a cargo ship. and both boats were chinese in origin. and so at the moment we do not rule out any possibility. however,

i think it's important for us on a taiwanese side to remain better prepared for any type of emergency and any type of any type of situation. where are the security of our communications could be threatened when lee? thank you so much for joining us. good luck. ah, saturday marks, 12 years since the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan and as memories have faded, the government is now working to ramp up nuclear power in its effort to reach yet 0 emissions. but not every one has left the power plant meltdown behind. despite the best attempts by officials to do so, o coma lies to 7 kilometers from the site of the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster. the small town has since been decontaminated and new residential areas have been

built, which are being marketed as affordable, low carbon, and safe. but despite the shiny new look, there is skepticism. excellent cookie did, but an enormous amount of money has been spent. fantastic facilities have been built offices, the park donna, but they're still not a sense that life is returning here, concentrated from the contribution rubica mucho is an anti nuclear activist. she and others tried to sue the nuclear power plant operator, tap code. they were unsuccessful, but really co remains dedicated to a cause. her diary is peppered with the upcoming campaign events. like here outside a court in tokyo, where cancer patients are fighting to be recognized as victims of the nuclear disaster. rico says she will support every one pushing for a further investigation into the accident. this,

when you express your opinion about fukushima, you feast resistance with your people. ask me how much longer i'm going to focus on the accident with the will. you? i did over 12 years on from the fukushima meltdown life in japan has essentially returned to normal old nuclear power plants are being revived and returned to the grid. the government wants to get nuclear energy back up to 20 percent of its energy mix. just 10 percent less than it was before the fukushima disaster. it says that's the only solution to the current energy crisis. who it than i got it, we are committing ourselves to the introduction of renewable energies. and we need to save energy to. but nuclear power is also important. we must not succumb to the midst of absolute safety. and at the same time, you must make security a top priority to how you, since it are you go to that i didn't did, i must've really cold lives in fukushima. she remembers the panic after the

accidents for her security means a life without nuclear energy in but took this as a country that has experienced a nuclear disaster. yet climate change and the energy crisis are being offered as reasons you to revive nuclear power to you. so good, i think this way of thinking is absolutely wrong. labor to them and let it updated to the revamped town of the coma is sandwiched between areas that are still caught and off and storage sites for contaminated soil. and on the horizon, there are the ruins of the power plant itself. this weekend will also be the oscars. and one of the documentary is nominated for an academy ward is the film all that breathes. it is about to brother is running

a bird rescue clinic in delhi. it's hard to imagine that the stars of an oscar nominated film live here in the indian capital feathered ones. these birds of prey would normally be soaring through the skies, but they're badly injured. they're getting treatment at this clinic in delhi, from brothers mohammed and nadeem. how my deposit cases are there was other than at the hand. yo, the most common injury who is from the carts. people fly. yeah, yeah. they're part of indian culture. yeah. my, the indian, can you tell me a cat guide flamed, but the kites have shop hedges right on the birds. fly unto them and them and that . so when we are brought the 1st word in, we used to see them dying on the street. dying of starvation triangles, post are only cold running over them, larry boulders and all that on the day we close our doors. these are going to

suffer a lot. these bird will be back on their order and anger sl open for it. to them barely team go to lay. a film crew accompanied the brothers for 3 years, gathering hundreds of hours of footage. the result is now in the running for best documentary film award at the oscars. there's certainly no hollywood glamour at the wild life rescue clinic, indelicate new birds have just arrived for treatment. one of them is an egyptian vulture, a particularly rare bird. 6 people work at the clinic, none of them are formally trained. the brothers originally wanted to be bodybuilders. then they began caring for birds 12 years ago. we are planning to lose it for lost all her life and when la minded and when we die, some one else will have to take care of them from the one we are thinking about her

through a good stringer hospital to a proper place of bag bird hospital, not something with is it on a out of our house. now demon muhammad are looking forward to being in the audience on sunday to look for sponsorship. they are clinic, survives on donations. they've rescued and released some 26000 birds so far. a success they see is greater than any potential award. that's it for the show. my name is melissa chan in berlin. thanks for watching and have a great weekend. ah, many push lunch and out in the world right now. the climate change very hot. the story. this is my plans the way from just one week.

how much work and really do we still have time to work? i'm doing all with his subscriber all morning with the thought they were great. you ah. the european union has relaxed state aid rules for green technology in a bed to compete with washington's generous funding. is this the start of a subsidy race? also on the shelf in germany, the economy and agriculture ministers had to latin america to supercharge climate

co operation. and believe it or not, the 4 day work week is proving especially popular among small businesses who knew this is the w business. i'm janelle de malott unwelcome. the european commission has relaxed state 8 rules for green technology companies in an effort to stay competitive with the united states. according to newly revealed plans, e, amber states can match government subsidies provided to other countries to ensure investments are not being diverted away from europe. it's a clear response, the united states inflation reduction act that grants subsidies the companies in green energy and technology, and that according to brussels, has given the us an unfair advantage in attracting such business. my colleague, kate ferguson has been following this.