and john alice services will be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by frappe waterloo. ah ah, this is the w news line from berlin, russian and us forces of our direct encountering ad space near ukraine. the u. s. as a russian fighter jet, hit one of its surveillance drones causing it to crash into the black sea. moscow has a different version of events and says it's a provocation. also on the program. china reopens it's borders to tourist. for the

1st time since a pandemic began 3 years ago, and it was a fight by house, the whole thing. and before law was death told from sy, clone friday reaches more than 200. because efforts in the southern african country are hampered by torrential rain and high winds. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. the u. s. is warning russia against an escalation after collision between the u. s. spy drone and a russian fighter jet in international airspace. new ukraine, washington says the russian plane hit its unmanned aircraft and force it to crash into the black sea. russia says there was no contact and described the u. s. statement as a provocation. it's the 1st direct encounter between us and russian forces. since

russia's full scale invasion of ukraine, 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 that the aircraft, 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 it actually damaged the propeller on the m q 9. this 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 pro vocation, but says russia wants to avoid a situation that could cause unintended clashes. medical. we don't want any

confrontation between the united states and russian theories varying fever of late relations. for the sake, for the interest of the people over united states of 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, the defense department has a video of the collision that it could eventually declassify and release to the public. correspondence, jennifer palka covers the kremlin from the lock van capitol riga asked d. w, and are banned from reporting in russia. oh, welcome. tell us more about the response from moscow. yet, according to state media and russia and the russian ministry of defense, there is an official version which differs significantly from the u. s. version. it

states that the russian military noticed a drone and russian controlled air space that they couldn't identify. and they were unable to identified because the transponder on the drone was switched off. so in order to be able to identify it, they had to send up fighter jets to line up with a drone. after lining up the draw and went into a shop maneuver that led to and controlled flight a loss of the altitude and then crashing into the sea. moscow states or emphasizes that at no point there was any weapons used against the drone, nor was there any physical contact with it as well. i'm what else we're hearing about those talks between the russian ambassador and the us state department. the russian ambassador until an offer was a call to talk very constructive. he was pleased by them, especially because both sides were able to discuss things, talk things through and have

a constructive dialogue according to him. but also there was still the issue of no consensus about what really transpired. because as we know, there are 2 versions. the u. s. version and the russian one, i guess what everyone's worried about now is that the likelihood of escalation yeah, the relationship between russia and the u. s. is at an all time low and especially, or probably the worries since the cold war. and russia actually stated that they consider the u. s. maneuver a pro vocation, but they also claim that they don't want any confrontation with washington, the russian ambassador and thought of actually went father and accused washington of using drones for intelligence and passing the information that gained through the drones to key f. so key f can use it in the war against russia. but what is very unlikely is that the tensions will escalate over this single event is

specially because both parties will try their hardest not to let it happen. thank you for that to jennifer corresponded jennifer polk is august most or is making headlines around the world. syrian present. basha, ala sat is arrived in moscow where he's due to meet his russian counterpart. president vladimir putin is a key back of the athens regime. kremlin statements of the 2 men would discuss political, humanitarian, and economic cooperation campaigns in israel, continuing their protest against the parliamentary build road to hold the judicial system. the bills passed by the countries right when government and protest is acute prime minister benjamin netanyahu trying to curve the powers of the supreme court as he stands trial for corruption. thousands of routed in support of senegalese opposition leader is man sancho in the country's capital data sancho

versus trial this week for bible after accusing the tourism minister of embezzlement, the support to see the case as an attempt to stop him running for president in 2024, an unmanned space ex dragon cargo ship was taken off from cape canaveral in florida . carrying supplies for the international space station flight will take about 36 hours. besides food and tools for the i assess crew, the spacecraft also bringing a new science experiments or china's borders have reopened to foreign tourists for the 1st time since the outbreak of cov, 193 years ago. travelers with a valid basis can now enter the country, and visa free travel has returned to some areas. china's one of the last countries to fully reopen its borders after abandoning it's 0 koby policy in december. it's now seeking to revive a tourism industry that was hit hard by the restrictions jr. mr.

fabbing crouch, my in beijing can tell us more. welcome, fabulous, and what's behind this move? well, i would say the smoothest long over to a china is one of the last countries to open up for international tourism. and it already opened up from it's a 0 corporate policy. last december. i mean, the lockdown were abolished. there are currently in, et cetera. also, domestic travel restrictions have been given up a so i think it was only a matter of time until china would also open up for international tourism. and actually one restriction will remain are for international tourists and they still need a negative p. c. r tests are taken 48 hours before their departure to be able to enter the country. and how big is china's tourism industry? yet if you look at it it's, it's huge or basically makes up more or less 10 percent of its g d p. but if you look closer, i mean that most of it comes from the domestic and tourism sector. i mean,

here you have a large marker to one point. 4000000000 people live in china. and the number of foreign travelers, even before the pandemic, is actually not that high. and we had, if you exclude the travelers from a cow in hong kong, less than 40000000 people. of course, in itself it's a huge number. but given the size of the country and also the size of the economy, it is actually not that huge. right? so our authors is now expecting a big rush of tourists summer hoping for it, but it will not happen overnight at night. the big bottleneck actually is still the number of international flight connections. now we're at roughly 20 percent compared to pre pandemic levels. and i think it will take some months until it can recover. and also i would say there are some other factors that will prevent china from becoming the really leading top tourism destination. and they are lot of barriers not only the language barriers, but also especially after 3 years of m. c recovered isolation. am,

i mean it's not very convenient to travel here right now? many hotels are not. i don't hold the license to receive foreign passport holders. am also am to get along. you need a lot of chinese apps, for example, mobile payment apps. it's it almost impossible to pay with cash, and most of those are mobile payment apps and not really easily compatible with international bank cards. and so i think they are lot of really am your inconvenience as i would say that make it a little bit hard to travel here in the moment. so i think 1st of all, the people who will come are m also people who already had a deep interest in china before. and also a lot of course professors are, as students, et cetera. thanks for observable, vibrant, crunch. my invasion that to malawi, we have a government says more than 200 people have been killed after cycling. freddy hit the south east africa. i hit southeast to africa with rental rain and high winds. this is a 2nd time in the month of fred is made. landfall in southern africa, have an earlier struck. madagascar 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 house the whole in other than before. poor people are born of one. everything's poor boy brought up from hartford, pulling down down, down towards the thing lucrative it earlier. europe blend of all blank walls, but they are all poor and that so quickly in minute 9 families ruined my friend of 40 in another township, not far away, some homes with sped,

but they been inundated with flood water and mud from landslides. rescuers and locals, ham 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, men of the opening the door. then when we have discovered that we have along with mud along our house, the monroe over there is the 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. he impacted 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. ah, a 4 balls world governing body fever has revised the format for the expanded man's world cup to be held in north america in 2026. he has canceled mat in the rwandan capital kigali. i had to be upcoming a congress to scrap the original idea of 16 groups of 3 teams and to move to 12 groups of 4. it says the change is mitigate the risk of collusion between teams to qualify from the group stage. congress takes place on thursday with free for

president jana at jani infant tina, up for reelection as an unopposed candidate. finally, japan is getting another early start. one of its most cherished rites of spring. cherry tree is blossoming in the capital tokyo, 10 days earlier than usual this year. tying record sat in 20222021. but unlike those pandemic years, people vitiate can gather freely for traditional picnics. beneath the blossoming cherry trees. his reminder of our top story at this hour a u. s. surveillance stroke like this one from file video has been struck by a russian war plane. as it was flying over the black sea. unmanned vehicles propeller was damaged, falls in the u. s. to bring it down in international waters, the kremlin says the drug was in russian controlled,

asked face moving towards the russian border. but that it went down on its d. w. a business updates. is that here in just a moment, i'll be back at the top. i'll be out with more world news, and of course it's available around the clock on d, w dot com on the t w. i'm a good sometimes to right now tv highlights, free shipping in free week. now cannot will you become a criminal mm franklin, aol.