a documentary series about the future of food with the great debate this week on t w. ah, this is deed up, the news live from berlin, russian war playing, collides where the u. s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the drone is similar to the one in these images. washington says an air collision cent drawn, crashing into international waters of summoned rushes ambassador also coming up the

death toll in malawi, arises above 200 now from sight loan. friday's sheer force was acquired by how to wrench it will rain and high winds have the recovery efforts in the southern african country ah. until your logic. well, welcome to the program. we start with news that a russian warplane has collided with a us drone over the black sea. washington blames the incident on what it's called a reckless act by 2 russian fighter jets u. s. officials say one of the jets struck the propeller of the unmanned reaper drone of the type seen here in file footage, causing it to crash into international water. that was not immediately clear where

over the black sea, the incident occurred or what mission. the drone was conducting a pentagon spokesman, offered the u. s. defense department's take on what happened over the black sea. 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 fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this you a v. and then getting so close to the aircraft that it actually damaged the propeller. on the m q 9, we, we assess that it likely caused some damage to the russian aircraft as well. ah, 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 a very unprofessional unsafe airman ship on the part of these pilots. one d, w. 's, washington correspondent michelle, a covenant sent us this update. this was a very significant incident, and one of the indicators is that it took hours for this to become public and both sides. the u. s. and russian side are currently talking to each other that's at least what the americans are saying and discussing at very high levels. what exactly happened, the united states at this moment in time, resorting to fact finding rather than condemnation. that highlights how high the stakes are. after all, this is a direct contact between a u. s. military piloted drone with no pilot on board and in russian fighter craft. so the potential for this to become more than

a diplomatic incident is huge. for now, the russian ambassador has been summers in the u. s. capital and the us ambassador to moscow delivered a message of protest with a real war going on in the black sea. this is something that could escalate things further, both in ukraine, but also in the political standoff between nato countries and russia. and for the view from russia, his deed of his correspondent jennifer parker with an update on what the kremlin is saying about this incident. it 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 aerospace, and was also heading to the russian border, which is very,

very critical, especially because of the closest to a war zone, 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 and align up with the drum then, which is now the most important part as a result of sharp maneuvering as moscow called it. around 930 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. ukraine says russian missile attack has killed at least one person and wounded 9 others in the eastern city of comma toast. according to the local governor, the impact damage 9 apartment blocks a kindergarten at a local blank. and the city center from a toss is one of ukraine's major strongholds in the tongue esque region at home to the local army headquarters. the city is located about 30 kilometers from the current, every center of the fighting in buckled and speaking of back, what ukrainian troops there have been fending off russian offensive for more than 7 months. as the city has become a symbol of ukraine's resistance on tuesday. present the landscape repeated his commitment to defend the city after a meeting with top military commanders. but many military analysts have questioned

that strategy. they want the losses ukraine is suffering, could undermine its ability to mount a plant counter offensive, the spring. so why is the lensky insisting on defending bar most? we put that to marina muran, all the war studies department at kings college london. well, it's quite a difficult decision, i believe, for president lansky to make. but if full could complex collapsing taryn pence line of the green armed forces and he had already committed so many forces to move. meaning that now declaring that didn't really have any importance would raise the question, then why holding on to both mood and why risking so many lives or so many soldiers . and there have been kind of discussions between generals, allusion in general service in 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, this of ukraine, ukrainian army losing buck more could essentially a fact as a perception and possibly a military aids that ukraine is receiving. right now. let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world. sweden's prime minister says he's country will join nato, but most likely not at the same time as finland the nordic neighbors applied for membership together. but objections from turkey delaying sweden's membership bill bit, at least 30 existing members of nato have to approve the new membership application with the you know, we did. a new report on the state of germany's military says it has to little of everything. the situation has become even worse in the past year, despite a 100000000000 fund announced by the german government in 2022 to upgrade the armed

forces, clothing, weapons, and soldiers, all lacking syrian present. sharla sad has arrived in moscow where he's scheduled to meet his russian cardboard talks. vladimir putin is a key backer of a sad regime. a kremlin statements of the 2 men were discussed, their political material and nomic cooperation. number of people have been injured in clashes between pakistani police and supporters of austin prime minister in rand can several 100 gathered outside hands home in law to stop his arrest on a court order. the opposition leader is due in court on corruption charges next week. government of malawi says at least 200 people have at least 190 people have been killed in malawi after psych loan freddy's land into the south east and africa with the torrential rain and high

winds. this is a 2nd time in a month that freddy as men land for in southern africa, having earlier struck madagascar. this is one of the strongest longest lasting storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. on the outskirts of malawi, 2nd largest city bland tire, a thriving community has been reduced to this it was acquired by the whole and before, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. now, just to blend of blender. yeah, of course. in that so quickly in minute 9 family ruined glenda

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 hernandez, dozens of bodies, and the occasional survivor. this time a young girl who had become stuck up to her neck in mud. we hear a voice of her affair of her child, chloe. believe me, believe me. then after opening the door, then we have discovered that we have along with mud along our house. the mud 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 sight 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. look of a sports bow and tennis, the indian wells masters in california where the reigning champion in the men's and women's singles had been showing off their class. but some heavy hitters had to say good bye. in the women's draw, raining wimbledon champion,

eleanor re buckingham ousted former indian wells when a polar, but also to claim her spot in the last 16 but the biggest upset in the women's draw . so world member for also bern, knocked out by market. val drew silver, who was ranked 100 and 5th, softer, beating jabber at the australian open. in january. the 23 year old check again prevailed after too close sets to set up a meeting with her compatriot. carolyn a much over in the next round. later top seeded, eager swan tech was made to sweat a bit. canada as bianca undress grew, took the world number one to her tie break in the 2nd set. but swarms act battled through to remain the only female player yet to play a 3rd set this season. as she stays in contention to defend her title. over in the men's singles, the current champion also remained in the race to defend his crown american tail.

fritz showed his class by dropping just 3 games on his way to a commanding victory over sebastian by as a 61. 62 women showed off his fine form and thought ball world governing body fever has revised the format for the expanded men's wall cup to be held in north america. 2026. the bodies council met in the rwandan capital of q galli earlier ahead of the upcoming etha congress. to scrap the idea of 16 groups of 3 teams and move to 12 groups of 4. it says the changes mitigate the risk of collusion between teams to qualify from the group stage. congress takes place on thursday with her president jenny event tino up for reelection as an unopposed candidate. finally, people in japan getting another early start to one of their most cherished annual

rites of spring cherry trees are blossoming in the capital. tokyo of all 10 days earlier than usual this year, tang records set in 20202021. but unlike those years, during the pandemic, this time, people are able to gather freely, again the traditional picnics. ne blossoming having trans bagging stocks rebound after days of heavy losses. and i went to has that and more in the business news to a short break. this is d w news. i'm told me a logical thanks for being with every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some time why they in the, in the footsteps of.