with animals over i think i will live long enough to witness the factory farming the great debate this week on d. w or ah, this is d w. you live from berlin, russian war plain, collides with us surveillance. drone over the black sea. the drone is similar to the one in these images. washington says an air collision center the drone, crashing into international waters. the summer rush, as ambassador, also coming up germany with its arms production and its ties to nato,

should have been one of the best equipped trees in the world. but a new report says, even a promised 100000000000 euro upgrade hasn't been felt by the troops. the death toll in malawi arises above 200 now from saigon freddy's sheer force. it was acquired by how the horse and before home rental rain and high winds have the recovery of the southern african country. ah told me all logic well welcome to the program. we start with news that brush and warplane is collided with, the u. s. drawing over the black sea, washington blames the incident on what it's calling a rec less act by russian sites and jets. u. s. officials say one of the jets

struck the propeller of the unmanned reap a drone of the type seen here and file footage, causing it to crash into international war says it was not immediately clear where over the black sea, the incident occurred on what mission the drone was conducting a pentagon spokesman off of 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 avi 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 to our

knowledge. 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, one it, these washington correspondent, michelle, a cooper 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 the potential for this to become more than a diplomatic incident, is huge. in the 1st diplomatic fallout from the collision, washington summoned rushes us ambassador and mentally, and not until excuse me to the state department after the meeting and of called the discussions constructive and said the issue of possible consequences for moscow had not been raised. he said, while russia views the drone incident, as a provocation by the us, moscow does not see confrontation, but rather pragmatic approach. a small odds you from russia. his date of the correspond, jennifer palka with an update on what the kremlin is saying about the incident 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 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 and align up with the drone. then, which is now the most important part as a result of sharp maneuvering as moscow poles it around $930.00 p. m. moscow time, the jone allegedly went into an uncontrollable flight last significant altitude and finally crashed 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, a russian missile attack has killed at least one person and wounded 9 others in the eastern city of crime, a tourist, according to the local governor, the impact damage 9 apartment blocks a kindergarten at a local bank in the city center. or my task is one of ukraine's major strong holes in the don't yet region and home to the local army headquarters. the city is located about 30 kilometers from the current abbey center of the fighting and battled the bundle via has too little of everything asked the bottom line of a new parliamentary report on the german armies. operational readiness. germany's

commissioner for the army, eva ergo says, the situation has become even worse. and last year, as despite a massive 100000000000 euro fund announced in 2022 to upgrade. germany's armed forces fargo says, none of this money is being felt yet by troops on the ground. and sending tanks and other military equipment to ukraine has limited, the buddhist, there's own training and combat capabilities. and chronic under funding has left soldiers with sub standard equipment as an extra port shows. it looks like a battle field, but it's actually a training exercise for tiger combat helicopters in eastern germany. these models have been part of nato's rapid response fall since january. but the 1980s technologies outdated and urgently needs to be graded for better self defense. they don't quite slack up to the superior protective measures,

a potential opponents missouri whimper. we're very vulnerable. this isn't a flying tag, even if it looks like it will be, stay a bit more in the background and take action from there. but nonetheless, we do want to make an impact on the enemy of one vocal and find on. the main concern is that the helicopters could get damaged or break down. maintenance and repair costs are already significant. just a dozen, a 51 tigers, are ready for combats and there were also issues with weapons malfunctioning as i had to put them artic dusty bottle. the problem is that the gun cartridges that to supplied are differing lengths on that was from a has been an issue in this case that caused the cartridge to move in correctly, that by destroying the entire casing. machine gun training has been cancelled for now. but it's not just faulty cartridges that have been causing problems. germany's

army, the bundeswehr also doesn't have enough ammunition to begin with. some regiments do have new equipment, but there's only enough for those in the nate to rapid response fall season. it's not standard for the german army, velma river, that's in the book with us to the a show of thought that he's the one i would actually like to see this implemented the way it's been portrayed in the media. zach that every soldier would be equipped by a certain date he does or not the middle school dotted lines or the military exercises . and we'll operations all results of the pooled. the problem is to kill mant, waiting 5 years or more for equipments or uniforms is not uncommon. bunch of indefinite. if i live up, i wish the procurement of equipment was faster and the equipment was up to date. one trailer does come on. i also wish that my comrades didn't have to obtain it

privately, or because the official equipment wasn't sufficient aside and fondness. be sold just say they've seen little of the money promised, but they doing all they can to keep the tiger combat helicopters in the skies. and let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. sweden's prime minister says his country will join nato, but likely not at the same time as finland the nordic neighbors applied for membership together. but objections from turkey are delaying sweden's membership bid. all 30 existing members of nato have to approve new membership applications with syrian president bush, l. a sad has arrived in moscow where he's scheduled to meet his russian counterpart talks vladimir putin as a key back of a sad regime. the kremlin statements of the 2 men would discuss their political, military and cooperation. in israel,

demonstrators have again protested against parliamentary bill. fronted by prime minister benjamin netanyahu is religious nationalist, government to overhaul the judicial system. the protest as accused netanyahu, who is currently on trial for corruption of trying to curb the part of the supreme court. the number of people have been injured in classes between pakistani police and supporters of our stead. prime minister in miranda con, several 100 gathered outside towns home in lahore to stop his arrest on a court order. your position leader is doing court on corruption charges. next the government of malawi says over 200 people have been killed after cycle and freddy slammed into south east and africa with torrential rain and high winds. this is the 2nd time in a month that freddy has made landfall in southern africa. having earlier struck

madagascar, it's 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 it was acquired by houses the hall from us than before, poor people are born upon everything is poor or brought up from hartford, pulling down towards the thing you created earlier. europe blend of blanco walls, but you're all born in that so quickly. in minute 9 families ruined 40 flendal 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 the locals have 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 a voice of her for all 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 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, the psy 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. it's battering malawi and according to scientists, climate change means tropical storms like this one and likely to become more and more frequent. finally, people in japan are getting another early start to one of their most cherished annual rites of spring. cherry trees are blossoming in the capital, tokyo, a full 10 days earlier than usual this year. tying records set in 20202021. but i like those years during the pandemic this time, people are able to gather freely, again the traditional picnics beneath the blossoming cherry trees

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