the great debate this week on t w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news live in from berlin to night, a mid air collision between a russian warplane in the u. s. surveillance dropped the drone, similar to the one you see right here. washington saying that a russian fighter jet stroke, the drum, and forcing it down in international waters in the black sea. also coming up the death toll in malawi is nearly 200 now from psych long breadth. you see, this is

a fight by how it all in your from then before important recovery efforts have been hampered in the southern african country by torrential rain and height width. ah, i broke off is good to have you with us. we begin tonight with news that a russian warplane, his collided with a us drawn over the black seat, washington. they're saying that the incident was caused by 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 the one you see right here causing it to crash into international waters. it was not immediately clear where over the black sea,

the incident occurred, or what mission the drawn was. conduct a pentagon spokesman, offered the u. s. defense department's take on what happened earlier today. you know, we are continuing to assess exactly what happened, but i think based on the actions of the russian pilots, it's clear that it was unsafe, unprofessional. and i think the actions speak for themselves what we, what we saw again we're, we're a fighter aircraft jumping fuel in front of this, u a v. and then getting so close to the aircraft that had actually damaged the propeller on the m q 9. we, we assess that it likely cause some damage to the russian aircraft as well, to our knowledge, what we know that the aircraft, the russian aircraft did land. i'm not going to go into where they landed, but again, it just demonstrative of very unprofessional unsafe airman ship on the part of

these pilots. when i got an update on the situation earlier from our washington correspondent telecom, what was behind is really what all sides are trying to assess. we heard here in washington from the white house today, we heard from the state department and we heard from the pentagon and the message there is that this was at the very least reckless that it was dangerous. and asked, what an intention, the american suspect behind this and ned price, the national security councils spokesman in a press called earlier today said, well, if the message was that the u. s. shouldn't be conducting these kinds of emissions in international airspace in the interests of its own security. while that simply isn't going to happen. the united states will continue to do this. and we also heard that it wasn't uncommon to have such kind of intercepts, particularly off the u. s. stepped up at the intensity of these in a, of these, in

a recognizance missions with drones. it since the russian attack on ukraine. so it's all interconnected, but this does stick out as a very dangerous encounter. indeed, in this how big over water is in the black sea, very close. as we all know, to an active war zone, which is eastern, you crate it, it would seem that this would be when washington in moscow communicate directly to avoid any accidental escalation. is that happen? well, we know that both sides are talking. now we don't know what happened before, and during this we learned from the west side. they say that these 2 russian debts, where near the us drone for 30 to 40 minutes before they started into, well, basically more than intercepting it in the end, touching one of the propellers which led to the americans having to down their own drone because they simply couldn't do it anymore,

and this is where it gets crucial. this was not mand, luckily, but it was and steered by the u. s. military and the russian fighter jets were clearly representing russian. so it was a direct military contacts between the us and nato's. most important country, the united states, and that's why all these alarm bells ringing. and i think that clear a summary we got actually was from the us european command, who describe this as an aggressive action by the russian side. that was dangerous because it could lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation. that's exactly what the americans are also communicating. now. they don't want on intended escalation, and that's why they summoned the russian ambassador here and sent the us ambassador in moscow to the russian foreign ministry to protest. while high level talks are going on amongst military circles to find out exactly what happened. and amongst

diplomats from both sides to understand what the exact intentions were in. we want to emphasize a good michaela. that geography is important to you because of the black sea. you know, it's not that far from an act of wars on an eastern ukraine was. this also has to do with 2 nuclear power. russia and the united states with the potential for something escalating out of control. that potential is real here isn't is, is absolutely shoes. that potential is hughes. the russian side is denying that there was any real intention behind this, that this even took place the way the americans have described it. and that's where we are at this moment in time. what we're clearly seeing from the us side is no intention to escalate this any further. t w's. we kill the gryphon, or with the least in washington. we kill a thank you. and for the view from russian, here is g, w,

correspond jennifer parker with an update on what the kremlin is saying about the since yeah, there has, has been a statement by the russian ministry of defense to day. and of course, it's version of events differs significantly from the u. s. version. the statement makes abundantly clear that the u. s. stone was in russian era space in russian controlled air space. and was also heading to what's the russian border, which is very, very critical, especially because of the closest to awards on an act of war zone. the drone, according to moscow, could not be identified because the transponder, which transmits data was switched off. so according to moscow, again, it is a serious breach of international norms. and well, because there was no other way to identify the object, russian fighter jets had to become airborne in a line up with a drone. then which is now the most important part as

a result of sharp maneuvering as moscow holds it around $930.00 p. m. moscow time, the jone allegedly went into an uncontrollable flight last significant altitude and finally crest into the water. after the collision, the russian fighter jet safely returned to their home air base. but the russian statement emphasizes that the russian fighter jets did not use any of their on board weapons. nor did they come into direct contact with the drum. yeah, i want to pick up on them of point jennifer the because the pentagon is saying that at least one of these russian fighter jets dropped fuel on to the drone several times. i mean is, is that being corroborated by what you're hearing from the kremlin? not at all is as a russia states, it was no contact. it was simply an uncontrolled flight maneuver, and the drone literally just fell out of the sky by itself. i'll ask you what i

asked. we kill it in washington. communication between the white house and the kremlin between washington and moscow. is moscow being open about their communication that is taking place because this is a situation that could easily escalate that accidentally or intentionally? yeah, well the rate of relationship between russia and the u. s. r and a very, very low point, but i don't think and of as rush as dates one single you asked own even if it is close to an could is if it is in controlled russian controlled airspace and close to a war zone. it will certainly raised some eyebrows in moscow, but it is questionable if it is enough to really escalate the tensions between the countries. russia stated that they will try every possible diplomatic way to talk things over and find a solution. and an escalation would really be the absolute last resort. also for russia, he

w. jennifer polco with the russian side account of events. very important to get in the store. jennifer, thank let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. sweden's prime minister says that his country will join nato, but most likely not at the same time is finland. the nordic neighbors. you may remember applying from membership together for the objections from turkey are the links sweden's membership did it all 30 that existing native members have to approve any new membership applications? any report on the state of germany's military says it has quote too little of everything. the situation has become even worse in the past year, despite a 100000000000 euro fund announced by the german government last year to upgrade the armed forces. clothing, weapons, and soldiers are all in short supply. syrian president bashar assad has arrived in moscow where he is scheduled to meet his russian counterpart for talks. vladimir putin is

a key backer of assad's regime equivalent statement saying that the 2 men will discuss their political, humanitarian and economic cooperates. a number of people have been injured. clashes between pakistani police and supporters of alfred prime minister in run caught several 100 gathered outside conn's home in the horror to stop his arrest on the court order. opposition leader is due in court on corruption charges. next week. the malloy government says at least a 190 people have been killed in the country. after psych long freddy slammed into the coast with torrential rain in high winds. this is the 2nd time in the month that freddy has made landfall in southern africa. earlier this month, it hit madagascar. it is one of the strongest and longest lasting storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. on the outskirts of malawi,

2nd largest city blan tire, a thriving community, has been reduced to this as soon as he always acquired by houses the hall from us than before. horn people are born upon, everything's poor boy, brought up from hartford pulling down towards 15 lucrative it earlier. europe. blend of blanco walls, but you're all poor. and that so quickly in minute 9 families ruined. afforded flendal force in another township, not far away, some homes were sped, but they've been inundated with flood water and mud from landslides. rescue as and

the locals have unearthed thousands of bodies and the occasional survivor. this time a young girl who had become stuck up to her neck in mud with his voice of her, of her, of her child. chloe. believe me, believe me, men after opening the door, then we have discovered that we have along with mud along our house. the mug 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 cyclone has piled more woes on

a country already grappling with the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history. so cost to save as no let up in sight to the heavy rain. that's battering malawi and according to scientists, climate change means tropical stones. like this one, unlikely to become more and more frequent. and before we go, here's a reminder of that tom story. we're following for u a. u. s. surveillance, draw white. the one you see here has been struck by a russian more play as it was flying over the black sea. the unmanned vehicles propeller was damaged, forcing the us to bring it down in international waters. the kremlin says the john was in russian controlled aerospace movie towards the russian border, but went down on its own baking stocks rebound after days of heavy losses. daniel winter has that and more in your business news after the break,

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