ah ah ah, this is the w news, live it from berlin tonight, a mid air collision between a russian warplane and a u. s. surveillance drop. and the drone is similar to the one that you see here. washington saying, a russian fighter jet struck the drone, forcing it down in international waters in the black sea. also coming up tonight, vladimir putin saying that he is fighting for the existence of the russian state. russian president on a choreograph trip to a siberian weapons plant today,

insisting that the west is to blame for the war in eastern new grain and recovery efforts in malawi and psych vaughn. freddy lashes the southern african country with rich rain and high wind. ah, i'm regard is good to have you with us. we start tonight with breaking news. a russian warplane has collided with a u. s. drone over the black sea washington saying that the incident was what it is describing as a reckless act by 2 russian fighter jets u. s. officials say one of the jets struck the propeller of the unmanned reaper drone one, like you see right here in our file footage, and that it caused it to crash into international waters in the black c. u. s. air

force official says that the maneuver almost called one of the russian place to crash as well. all right, let's get the latest now from a corresponding washington mckellar group number killer according to the u. s. military, this incident was not an accident. what was it? yes, we actually heard from the pent again now that at 430 to 40 minutes, those russian fighter jets were in the vicinity of that us drone and only then did they approach it. and in the end and one of the fighter jets touched one of the propellers, which was described as a reckless and dangerous maneuver of by the u. s. side, which caused the drone to become an maneuverable, unmanageable. and then the u. s. decided to bring the drone down themselves, the u. s. military actually brought down this drone. so that's what happened in

international as space, as was stressed by the tent pentagon. again, that was a question whether this was anywhere near crimea in the black sea, and the pentagon spokesman said, no, it wasn't that this was safely in international asked space. and that's also why there is a very found reaction and protest now from the west side. so talks are being had at very high level between washington and moscow. so we can confirm that this evening mikaela that there is direct communication taking place between washington and moscow over this incident. absolutely, that was consent by white house spokesman its own cubby earlier. and we also learned that the russian ambassador here in washington, d. c, has been summoned, and that the us ambassador to moscow delivered a very clear message of protest. and we don't know the exact wording of that we

weren't given that. but it was made clear that the west side is protesting as to what was the time and time again by the spokesman. and i've, i've heard all of them today from the white house, from the state department and from the pentagon, as of reckless and dangerous maneuver. and let's just talk about the neighborhood in which the district plays into place over international waters. but there is an active wars are not far away in eastern ukraine, and that throws the possibility of this possibly being the beginning of something that could escalate further. mean it, have people been talking about that today about the, the thread of this in a blowing up into something much bigger? well, of course, alarm bells ringing everywhere, protecting it. nato. a command which initially put out the statement in relation to this, the u. s. president was briefed early morning. he us time this happened at 7

o 3 european time. and this is seen as something that yes, it could escalate. but i think that's also why we're seeing the us side make absolutely clear that they've exhausted all avenues of communication to actually get a feedback from the rawson side at which doesn't really see any kind of ill behavior at this moment in time, as we've heard from a spokesperson there but those talks about. 5 that exact situation will be a lot more detailed and nuanced and yes, at the very least, this is a major diplomatic incident. at was, it's something we don't even really want to speculate say into luckily this was only a drone. there was no us life endangered. but it was piloted by the u. s. military directly. and therefore it is a direct contact between the united states,

the leading country in nato, and the russians who are waiting on ukraine. so yes, it is significant, it is alarming. but at this moment, it's still in the fact finding state, certainly from the u. s. side. important to pointed out a corresponding mikaela, couldn't it? with the least in washington, the killer. thank you. and our coverage continues. now. i'm joined by thomas vigo. he's a military expert in journalist. mr. be good. it's good to have you with us. let me ask you as well about the communication between washington in moscow. i mean, is this the time where the white house and the kremlin should be in direct contact? not necessarily 1st and foremost, it should be a d, conflicting contact on the military level. and as far as we know of as a direct line between between us, you come headquartered in stuttgart, germany, and the military authorities in russia. so this should be the 1st line of contact.

meanwhile, as we just heard, it's escalated to the diplomatic levels. so the u. s. foreign ministry state department is in contact with, it's a russian counterpart. so it seems that there is contact at the moment. and this means and the conflict is going off according to the americans. this type of incident that occurred today is not uncommon, albeit it's still very reckless. what we saw talk to me about the danger level of this type of incident. well, we've seen in the past as the russian fighter aircraft had approached us man craft in what the us called and save an unprofessional manner. clad obviously a rushing pilots tried to reach the u. s. counterpart to try to, to move them. of course,

we had similar incidents with british recognizance planes earlier, also over the black sea, which led to to interruption of british directly flights for a certain time. but this is the 1st time that this approaches lead to a collision to a media collision. and that's a new quality and the escalator, a quality of this incident, this happened over international waters in the black sea. i'm wondering what legitimate reason could a russian fighter jet have to engage with a wish draw over international waters? is there a reach none at all? in the u. s. as well, of nato and also nato countries are claiming they have the right to be that they do . just as on the other hand, the rationale planes are routinely intercepted over the baltic in international

airspace by a craft which means aircraft is trying to identify and try to contact those that craft. this however, means that the russians seem to have an interest to get those and a to aircraft, piloted or unmanned of course, because they are flying in a pattern which allows them to pick up signals, for instance, from a russian controlled territory. and getting a recognizance and what we would call you would call the spy aircraft. yeah, yeah, this drone is called the m q 9 reaper, it's surveillance drone. i assume the russians would possibly say that it could be connected directly to the, the war in easter ukraine. i mean, is that the thinking that one could assume at this moment?

well, you could assume, but even if you say this drone is related to the one ukraine, it still has every right to fly in this international space. and luckily, the u. s. and russia are not at war. so from, from a national illegal standpoint, for a russian fight to pilot. this might be an unfriendly craft, but it's not an enemy military expert to go. we appreciate your time and your valuable analysis tonight with this breaking news story. thank you. will ukraine says that a russian missile attack has killed at least one person and wounded 9 others in the eastern city of chrome, a tourist, according to the local governor. the impact damaged 9 apartment blocks a kindergarten and a local bank in the city center. from

a torso is one of ukraine's major strongholds in the don't asked region. and it's home to the local army headquarters. the city is located about 30 kilometers from the current epicenter of the fighting in buck boat. where you creating troops inbox, who have been sending off a russian offensive for more than 7 months. now, as the city has become a symbol of ukraine's resistance on tuesday, creating president zalinski repeated his commitment to defend the city after a meeting with top military commanders. but many military analysts have questioned this strategy. they wore that the losses you crave suffering could undermine its ability to mount a planned counter offensive this spring. so why is zalinski insisting on defending buck moved? we put this question to marina moran with the war studies department at kings college lund. well, and it's quite a difficult decision, i believe, for president lansky to make. but if buck moved full set with complex collapsing

tare the fence line of the korean armed forces. and he had already committed so many forces to move. meaning that now declaring that, but we didn't really have any importance, would raise a question than why holding on to buff moved, and why risking so many lives so, so many soldiers and, and there have been kind of discussions between generals, allusion in general, serious gain terms of whether it makes sense to hold back move. so i think from that perspective, it's also important because in the eyes of the western support is of ukraine, ukrainian army losing buck moved could essentially a fact is a per section and possibly a military aid that ukraine is receiving right now from the very beginning of this war, russian president vladimir putin has claimed that russia is fighting for its own survival in ukraine,

insisting that the west per booked moscow into the conflict. he made the claim again today during a rare public appearance outside the kremlin. this one took place at a military aircraft factory in siberia, where the kremlin is ramping up production. vladimir putin as shown the round, the plant, which makes military helicopters, including those used by the russian army in ukraine. as the carefully choreographed to proceeds put in stops by a group of workers. but the russian president is here not to answer their questions . he wants to send a couple of messages to the people at home. one of them is about why russia is continuing its war of aggression in ukraine. planners that nobody bought for us. it is a fight for the existence of the russian state itself because our adversaries, as i used to call them partners, they have one task. and we became convinced of this in previous decade to rock the

boat shatter russia into pieces. so for us, this is not a geopolitical task, but the task of the survival of russian statehood, digital, destiny. it's the latest explanation that putin and rash and stay tv have been using to justify the stoled war. the conflict has made russia the most sanctioned country in the world. but putin, as well as many western observers, say the russian economy is faring much better than expected with the now national. what did our adversaries hope for that we would collapse in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks or a month or so? that's what the hope was. i should bullet business would come to a halt as our partners would refuse to work with us in the economic area. it's financing that the financial system would collapse. ellis. e. le le, that's what the hope was last year. that didn't happen. it turned out that the fundamental pillars of stability of russia was to be,

are far more robust than they had thought them to be. the h included friendship with them. the economy may have survived, but it's been increasingly put on a war footing. as the president was in siberia, his defense minister, sergei show a go toward a miss al factory in your moscow urgent workers to double production. economists warned that sanctions will eventually lead to falling, leaving standards for the russian people. but so far it appears that is a price putting is willing to pay to continue his war. let's take a look down some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. sweden's prime minister says his country will join nato, but most likely not at the same time as finland the nordic neighbors applied for membership together. but objections from cassie, that a member turkey i think are delaying sweden's membership bid. all 30 existing members of nato have to approve in any new membership applications. did. a number

of people have been injured in classes between pakistani police and supporters of alfred crime minister in run con several 100 gathered outside conn's home in the hor, to stop his arrest on a court order. the opposition leader is due in court on corruption charges. next week for right activists have torn down and burned the european union flag outside . george's parliament. they put the georgia flag in its place. the incident appeared to be a reaction to recent pro western an anti government protest which led to a controversial foreign agents law. being dropped at least 219 people have been confirmed dead in malawi after cyclone. freddy slammed into the southeastern african country with torrential rain and high winds. this is the 2nd time in the month that freddy has made landfall in southern africa. it struck

madagascar as well earlier this year. it is one of the strongest and longest lasting storms to ever be recorded in the southern hemisphere. on the outskirts of malawi, 2nd largest city blan tire, a thriving community, has been reduced to this area here, was acquired by house the whole from us. and before poor people are born upon everything is poor. poor brought up from hartford pulling down towards the thing lucrative it earlier. europe blend of all blank walls, but they are all poor and that so quickly in minute 9 families ruined 40 to my friend of 40

in another township, not far away, some homes with sped, but they've been inundated with flood water and mud from landslides. rescue as and locals him on earth, thousands of bodies, and the occasional survivor. this time a young girl who had become stuck up to her neck in mud with her a voice of her, of her, of her child. chloe. believe me, believe me, man, after opening the door, then we have discovered that we have along with mud along our house. the monroe over there is a month, landslides have left gaping cracks in the terrain. and the endless down poor has turned streets into rivers. days ago these people were going about their daily lives. now they wait at the local mortuary to identify their

loved ones so they can bury them with dignity. the impact of the site clone has piled more woes on a country. already grappling with the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, forecasters say there's no let up in sight to the heavy rain. that's battering malawi and according to scientists, climate change means tropical storms like this one and likely to become more and more frequent. sure, i mean, barlow is a communication specialist at uni search. she joins me now from glen tire in malawi, miss, near barlow. it's good to have you with this. what is the situation at the moment? me? what can you tell us? this situation is really bad. we really going through a very tough time as malawi, we have lost, so 599 to people have lost lives. but also have that,

is it that i'm missing currently there the team is still on the ground trying to look for this. people that out. me see. and this i, for craig, has to be effective as body as now we have about 58000 people that have been in this to a 1000 people over 40000 that children that have really been a biggest, some of them. they have lost their parents. some of them have been displaced accounts right now. as i'm speaking, we have about 40, about 50, comes across the district where they say affect it so, so badly. and does a lot of a need to feed my lowie, especially when you know, going to have situation like keep these kids are the most affected. we're looking at needs, for example, help us wash supplies, education supplies, child protection. as i'm saying, this kid's name becomes, i don't think you can see me here because of the problem. we don't have electricity at the moment. yes. i mean, when you say 40000 children to be affected by this are,

are you getting all the resources that you need to help these children? because the images are catastrophic that were seen our st. yet at the moment we still have a lot of needs. what they should in malawi, however, we have uh the department of a, but it's a disaster management affairs and at the office of the prison company, but also as a humanitarian at pac not as well as individual local individuals that are supporting, bringing as supplies. for example, that given you, monetary donations, others are bringing food items, but still looking at the neat i think that how my to meet is mika. how much is things i needed? i feel we still have enrollment to go up. and we took the keys of those that have been affected, get they need the food that they need, that their public education, that they're looking for to have the education day, the health in wash as a place. we do need a lot of those things to make sure that we, we,

we content the situation also just to mentioned currently we also fighting clara outbreak that we have in the country. so recently we've been having a to our cases, but hooking like this as a flag with to let preppy. we might also go back to having an hiatuses in the districts that have been flooded. yet what you're describing here is a possible public health of emergency that will go hand in hand with the humanitarian disaster. i mean, it sounds almost too overwhelming for one country to deal with. it is indeed very overwhelming. like i said out for the clara, we've been having clear outbreaks since last year. i think now it's out say they did math. less frightened clara. and when we're thinking that we're getting that when i, when inquire, i know we have this about back. i mean it's, it's a lot of work for us at the moment as one country of state. yeah, it's pretty it now for us at the moment. sharon niel bowler with unicef. your

pictures frozen. you're talking about how the infrastructure there has been impacted. but luckily you're older you, it's still intact, we appreciate you taking the time share your story with us. thank you. thank you so much. tunisia is seeing a surge and racist attacks on people from sub saharan africa. it comes after denisia as president claimed last month, that migrant from the south are part of an international plot to change the country's demographic make up. many of the migrants arriving at denisia come from ivory coast. molly or synagogue migration to, to an asian has increased recent years as it's considered safer than they bring libby up. some move on to europe, but others end up stay. official figures show the country of 12000000 is currently home to 20. 1000 migrants from sub saharan africa. now many are finding that there are no longer well d, w 's john phillips sholtes reports to night from tunisia. there's not much to do

now that he's lost his job. pierre zango came from cameroon to tunisia, 5 years ago, wanting to send money home. but his residency expired and his boss at a restaurant suddenly became nervous after the president said he wanted to fight against illegal migrants. watching videos doesn't help. pierre, social media is full of actual or supposed violence between locals and people like him. i've been singing dancing with people in the street, and suddenly everything change. they look at people change to you that believe me isa is like a movie, a scary movie. you see tunisians have shown support for people. presidents i eat called criminals, who are infiltrating tunisian culture and the world bank said it would suspend its partnership with the country. but the foreign minister can't comprehend these steps

. he told d w, he sees tunisia as a victim of a hostile campaign. oh, those reactions are over exaggerated and we see that they are very much unfair. but we are open to any thy look in order to find the best solution that will protect the dignity and the eyes of all the migrants. many tunisians seem to support the president, the country's economy is in crisis, and many accused irregular migrants of taking jobs away from locals. another my, me against too many africans here in tunisia, we should deport them, especially in such difficult times as now. and you've had the lucky, hey, the aunt, i don't think we should deport. every one would know that we are all africans on this continent. oh, and the truces that many tunisians don't want to do the jobs that the microns take on for a tiny celery battery every one of them. pierre says it's clear that he is no longer

welcome. in tunisia, many of his friends are already making their way to europe. he's also thinking about getting on a boat. ah, if you don't, you don't have him possibilities to to tint julia actual life. for of leo, do you will you will take the decision to to go to the sea. i'm sorry, this is the reality. and yet pierre fears the reality on the other side of the mediterranean may not be much better. assuming he makes it past coastal patrols and survives the perilous crossing. before we go, here's a reminder of the top story. we're following for u a. u. s. surveillance. drill like the one you see here has been struck by a russian more but, and as it was flying, where the black sea unmanned vehicles propeller was damaged,

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