homa gets a jealous, i was the only one with the germany, watch now, on youtube, d. w documentary. ah, this is the, the, the news live from berlin, russian warplane, collides with the u. s. 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. and if someone rushes ambassador, also coming up germany with its arms production and it ties to nato,

should have one of the best equipped militaries in the world. but a new report says, even a promised 100000000000 euro upgrade has not been felt by troops. it was a fight by and before the death toll in malawi, nearly 200 now from cycling ready, recovery efforts, hampered in the southern african country by torrential rain and high winds. ah and told me on the logical welcome to the program. a brazen violation of international law, that's what washington is calling and in air collision between russian jets and a u. s. drone that then 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 $93.00 per jerome. like the one in this file footage was forced to crash into the black sea. because the dangerous russian interference, that's what the u. s. military is alleging the day of kraft, what we shall, again, we're, we're fighter aircraft jumping fuel in front of this, you avi. and then getting so close to the aircraft that had actually damaged the propeller on the am to 9 is 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 medic, unless we don't want any confrontation between the united states of the russian federation wearing fever of broadway, the correlations for the sake. for the interest of the people over united states and russian federation rushes 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 la, christina 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. ukraine says russian missile attack has killed at least one person and wounded mine, others in the eastern city of crime. a torque, according to the local govern, other impact damaged 9 apartment blocks a kindergarten and a local bank in the city center come across is one of ukraine's major strong holes are doing next region and home to the local army headquarters. the city is located

about 30 kilometers from the current abbey center of the fighting in back mode. ukrainian troops in baton would have been sending off a russian offensive for more than 7 months. as the city has become a symbol of ukraine's resistance. on tuesday, president lensky repeated his commit. meant to defend the city after meeting with top military commanders. but many military analysts have question that strategy. they won the losses ukraine is suffering, could undermine its ability to mount a plant counter offensive the strip the spring. so why is the lensky insisting on defending buck mode? we put that to marina moran with the war studies department of kings college london . well, it's quite a difficult decision, i believe, for president lansky to make. but if full said good complex, collapsing, taryn pence line of the korean 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 illusion in general service in terms of whether it makes sense to hold back. 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 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 his country will join nato, but not likely at the same time as finland,

the nordic neighbours applied for membership together. that objections from turkey are delaying the freedoms membership bid. all 30 existing members of nato a have to approve new membership applications. for you, sir, and president bashir that has arrived in moscow where he's scheduled to meet his russian counterpart for talks vladimir putin as a key back of a sad regime. a kremlin statement said the 2 men to discuss their political, humanitarian, and economic corporation. in israel, demonstrators of again tested against parliamentary bill, fronted by prime minister benjamin netanyahu, religious nationalist government to overhaul the judicial system. the protesters accused netanyahu is currently on trial for corruption of trying to curb the powers of the supreme court. a number of people have been injured in flashes between

pakistani police and supporters of ousted prime minister in around several 100 gathered outside hands. home in la hor, stuff is a rest court order. your position leader is doing course corruption charges next week. the bundle has too little of everything. that's the bottom line of a new parliamentary report on the german armies. operational readiness, germany commissioner for the army, eva hurdle, says the situation has become even worse. the past year, despite a massive 100000000000 euro fund, announced in 2022 to upgrade japanese armed forces says, none of this money is being felt yet. my troops on the ground, sending tanks and other military equipment ukraine has limited, the buddhist, there's own training and combat capabilities. and chronic under funding has left soldiers with substandard equipment. as our next report 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 that 19 eighties technologies outdated, an urgently needs to be graded for better self defense. they don't quite like up to the superior protective measures. a potential opponents was if a wooden ball were very vulnerable, this isn't a flying tag, even if it looks like it. obviously we stay a bit more in the background and take action from there. but nonetheless, we do want to make an impact on the enemy. one to local and find all the main concern is that the helicopters could get damaged or break down. maintenance and repair costs are already significant. just a dozen of 51 tigers are ready for combats

and there were also issues with weapons malfunctioning as i to problematic dusty bottle. the problem is that the gun cartridges that supplied earth, differing lengths on that was from a, has been an issue in this case. it caused the cartridge to moving 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 navy to rapid response fall. it's not standard for the german army with thought that he's the one i would actually like to see this implemented, the way it's being portrayed in the media that every soldier would be equipped by a certain date dot com. it also started on the military exercises and real

operations all result of the pool. the problem is to kill ment waiting 5 years or more for equipment or uniforms is not uncommon. bunch of and if you need to find it, i wish the procurement of equipment was faster and the equipment was up to date. let us come. i also wish that my comrades didn't have to obtain it privately, or because the official equipment wasn't sufficient. light 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. the government of malawi says of a 200 people have been killed after cycle and freddy slammed into the south east and africa region with torrential rain and high winds. this is the 2nd time in a month that freddie has made landfill in southern africa. having earlier struck madagascar is one of the strongest and longest landing 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, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! now, just to 0 flint, a house plant of houses, but they are all poor and that so quickly in minute 9 families ruined, afforded down there my friend of 40 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 on earth, 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 for, for all of her child, chloe blyth, serve me bluth of me. men 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 cyclone has piled more woes on a country already grappling with the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history. so hard 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. 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, sat in 20202021. but unlike those years during the pandemic, this time, people are able to gather freely, again for traditional picnics beneath the blossoming cherry trees

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