a documentary series about the future of food. with the great debate this week on t w. a. ah, ah, this is deedee use live from berlin, russian war plain, collides with us surveillance drawn over the black sea. the drone is similar to the one in these images. washington says an air collision sent the drawn, crashing into international waters and have summoned brushes. ambassador,

also coming up fatima, put in his fighting for the existence of the russian state on a choreographed trip to assign barian weapons planned. the russian president in west is to blame all the war in ukraine. also it was a fight by the whole thing. and before the death toll in malawi, nearly 200 now from cyclop freddy recovery efforts hampered in the southern african country by torrential rain, i with awe and told me your logic. well, welcome to the program. a brazen violation of international law. that's what washington's calling an air collision between russian jets and

a u. s. jerome that ben crashed into the black sea. russia, however, says it's jets, did not cause the crash. the incident marks the 1st direct encounter between the 2 world powers. since russia invaded ukraine just over one year ago, the u. s. m q 9 free per jerome, like the one in this file footage was forced to crash into the black sea. because if dangerous russian interference, that's what the u. s. military is alleging the democrats, what we shall, 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. known as type of behavior from these russian pilots that is uncommon and unfortunate and unsafe. the u. s. summoned brush as ambassador over the incident. moscow denies direct involvement. it's ambassador is calling the

incident a provocation, but says russia wants to avoid a situation, lee that could cause unintended clashes, medical media. i don't want any confrontation between the united states of the russian federation rearing fever of pragmatic relations. for the sake. for the interest of the people over united states and russian federation, russia's defense ministry denies us just came in contact with the drone and claims sharp maneuvering caused a crash. but according to pentagon spokesperson de defense department has a video of the collision that it could eventually declassify and release to the public. d, w. washington correspondent michelle. a kirchner 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 at 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. 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 and a local bank in the city center, chrome chrome task is one of ukraine's major struggles in the against region and

home to the local army headquarters. the city is located about 30 kilometers from the current epicenter of the fighting in buttonwood. vladimir putin has repeated his claim. the russia is fighting for its own survival in ukraine, insisting that the west revolt must go into the conflict. he made the remarks during a rare public parents away from the kremlin. this one took place at a military aircraft factory in siberia, where russia 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. lena said nobody, but 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, destiny. it's the latest explanation that putin and russian state, if he have been using to justify the stalled war. the conflict has made russia the most sanctioned country in the world. but put in as well as many western observers say the russian economy is faring much better than expected with now, no story. what did our adversaries hope for you that we would collapse in 2 to 3 weeks or a month or so? but that's what the hope was or 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. so if you don't, le lawyer, that's what the hope was last. that didn't happen. it turned out that the fundamental pillars of stability of russia must be, are far more robust than they had thought them to be huge, included pressure 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 towards a missile factory near moscow. urgent workers to double production economist war. and 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. but how long can put in afford to keep going? he w. sonya monica put that question to the head of the global magnet ski justice campaign

bill. broader who has been fighting put in for over a decade and was declared a threat to national security for exposing corruption in russian state on companies a prison. the money is like a stop the war by itself, but you have to understand it with rushes, running out of ammunition. how do they get more ammunition? they spend money. if you cut off their money, they can't buy as much ammunition. and so the idea is to starve them of the financial resources to do this. and just because we're saying while he continues to fight us war, he, he may be using economic resources that should be used for pensioners we, i, we don't know where he's getting the money, but what we do know is that money funds wars. and we can cut off the money that hopefully at some point we cut off his ability to fund this war. i know how prudent behaves very well because i've been fighting with him, man to man for 13 years. he never compromises. he never backs down. and he never negotiates. all he does is escalate. so i,

my full expectation is that whenever we think he's been defeated in one area, he just doubles down or triples down. and so there, there's only 2 ways of work and, and it either ends with his victory in ukraine and then i guarantee you, he'll move on to other countries or it ends with ukraine's ukrainians. victory pushing russian soldiers that other territory. and if that happens, then put in probably loses power and loses his life. let's take a look now at some of the other news 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 turkey are delaying sweden's membership bit of all 30 existing members of nato have to approve new membership applications as early cafe. you know, we far right. activists have torn down and burned and e u 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 lead a controversial would lead to a controversial foreign agents law being dropped, serial president of pressure alice that has arrived in moscow where he scheduled to meet his russian count about for talks vladimir putin, the key key backer oversized regime. a kremlin statements of the 2 men would discuss their political material and can of it cooperation. israel demonstrators have again protested against the parliamentary bill, fronted by a prime minister benjamin netanyahu, religious nationalist government to overhaul the judicial system. protest as accused netanyahu's currently on trial for corruption, trying to cobb the power of the supreme court. the government of milan,

he says, of a 200 people have been killed after cyclop. freddy slammed into the south eastern african region with torrential, rain and high winds. is the 2nd time the 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 milan, we 2nd largest city blan tire, thriving community has been with us today. it was acquired by the whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. now, it's yours to. there are plenty. plenty,

of course in that so quickly in minute 9 family will end up in another township, not far away. some homes with sped, but they've been inundated with flood water and mud, landslides, rescue as and locals hammon, as dozens 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 blyth, serve me bluth of 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 downpour 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 impacted the sy clone has piled more woes on a country already grappling with the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history forecast to 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. some for ball news and world governing body for has revised the format for the expand at mans. welcome to be held in north

america. in 2026, the bodies council met in the run and capital of k galli, ahead of the upcoming fever 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 a thursday, a fever president jenny of antenna up for re election as an unopposed candidate. finally, people in japan are getting another early start to one of the most cherished annual rites of spring. cherry trees are blossoming in the capital in tokyo for a full 10 days earlier than usual. this year. tying records that in 20202021. but unlike those years during the pandemic, this time, people are able to gather freely again for traditional techniques beneath the

blossoming trees. banking stalks rebound after days of heavy losses and all winter has that and more in the business news. after a short break. deed of new dot com and on our social media handles as well at the w's league and find us. i'm told me or let it go for myself and the team excellent aah with is just a thought civil crazy.