water in a day or sea forest fires evaporating large amounts of moisture. i get the answer in the invisible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd and d w ah ah, this is dw, live from berlin, accusations fly over a u. s. spider on the crashed in the black c u. s. defense. mr. lloyd austin says he's talked with his russian counterpart. so gay showing go about the downing of the drone,

which is worse intentions between the 2 nations. also coming up as fighting rages and the ukranian city of back what we look at, cubes, plans to launch a potential counter offensive this spring plus thousands protest in paris in a last ditch effort to deter lawmakers from raising the age of retirement changes. the government says unnecessary to save the pension system. ah, i'm told me your logic well welcome to the program. us defense secretary lloyd austin and his russian counterpart. so geisha who have discussed tuesdays drone incident over the black sea. the u. s. military says it's surveillance drone was in international airspace when a russian jet dumped fuel in it and clipped it's propeller, causing it to crash. defense circuitry. austin had strong words for moscow. after

the incident. on tuesday, rush, an aircraft engaged and dangerous, and reckless and unprofessional behavior in the international airspace over the black sea to russian jets dumped fuel on an unmanned u. s. m. q 9 aircraft conducting routine operations in international airspace. and one rush and jet struck r m m q 9 aircraft, resulting in a crash. this hazardous episode is a part is part of a pattern of aggressive risk and risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. now i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart minister showing as i said repeatedly, it's important that great powers be models of transparency and communication in the united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows

. d, w correspondent, cardinez my sums up the latest from the fall out. we clearly see we just heard it from secretary austin and that the u. s. government does not want to escalate this incident today. yes. a critique of defense like austin that he talked to his russian counterpart as we just heard. and he referred to yesterday's incident as a troubling episode and said that it was dangerous and unprofessional, and reckless. but he also said that this is part of a pattern of aggressive and risky actions from russia. however, he added that the us does not seek an armed conflict with russia. and at that, the u. s. will continue flying international space, and that it's up to russia to encounter in the u. s. aircraft in a safe and a professional manner. this is a clear alert towards russia,

but nothing more than that. they don't want to escalate the situation. and in that a pentagon briefing, we also learned that they are not certain if this encounter a yesterday was intentional or general milly. he said that the aggressive behavior was intentional. but the actual that the actual physical contact of the aircraft that they are not sure if that was intentional as well. correspondent, carly, naturally, in washington, us ukrainian forces hold off rushes continued, attempts to take the eastern city of buckled cube has signaled it is gearing up to launch a counter offensive indian government off pinning their hopes on a supply of western weapons, including german made leopard tongues which they were expecting soon. the new hardware could help ukraine break the stalemate in some areas and take back more territory. russian artillery fires on past moot after months of attempts to take

the city. ukraine has forced its enemy to commit major resources and take tens of thousands of casualties. the ukrainian military says it's buying time for a spring counter offensive. part of the preparations for that counter offensive are happening far from the front lines in spain. ukrainian troops are finishing their training on advanced western tanks. they hope the leopards will be a game changer on the battlefield until now ukraine has been using older russian model tags. ukrainian troops are getting training from nato forces elsewhere to like here in the u. k. learning the art of combined arms warfare, how to coordinate all the high tech weaponry with infantry assaults on the front, a tank commander has high expectations. knowles, the concept and tactics of tank usage in battle will significantly change because

western tanks have a higher firing range. and other capabilities like a digital information field. if this equipment is used properly, one can destroy the enemy before the enemy approaches its firing range of her paula analysts say ukraine will likely amount a major attack in shop a reason or province aiming at the russian held city of moleed upon a successful push would cut through rushes, supply lines to its forces, further west. their factors like whether they can only be guessed at not controlled . spring mud can slow or stop tank advances, bogging down the russians and ukrainians alike. that means the timing and the target of any counter offensive or still a mystery, which is just the way ukrainian commanders wanting. let's take a look now at some more stories making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin and his syrian counterpart, bosher, alice, had, have met in moscow. the talks thoughts too focused on mending. syrian ties with

turkey and rebuilding a war torn syria wednesday, march 12 years since the start of the uprising that triggered the country's civil war. meanwhile, thousands of syrians have rallied in rebel held it live, to mark the start of pro democracy protest in march of 2011. the eclip area in the country's northwest as a last major is not under the control of president r. alice adds russian backed forces. i mean very shortly on israel's president, isaac has, on, has unveiled a plan to resolve the stand off of a controversial judicial overhaul. but it's not clear whether the compromise will break. the deadlock prime minister benjamin netanyahu plans to weaken the supreme court of sparked mass protest. a court in pakistan has ordered authorities to hold an operation to arrest the former prime minister in ran

. can this decision comes on the 2nd day of violent lashes between cans of porters and police? dozens of officers and protesters have been injured in the altercations. police had been trying to arrest the aston premier at his house in the hor, for failing to appear in court on corruption charges. let's take a closer look at the situation in pakistan. using water cannon and tear gas pakistan ride police pushed back supporters of enron carnes. p. t. i party who gathered outside his house in law hor to prevent the authorities from arresting him . con was asked from office by a no confidence vote last year and has been snarled and legal wrangled since the government says con. so to state gifts while in office, but the one time cricket superstar says the case is politically motivated, the authorities want to stop his party from taking part and forthcoming elections.

you will saudi, will. they are pushing the p t. i party against the wall a more than that, they want to exclude me from politics. that's the reason they came to rest me minus going to mute was the, is the of booker? neither. it's the latest sign of instability in pakistan, a nuclear power. the country is reeling from an economic crisis on risks defaulting on its loan obligations, unless it can secure an international monetary font bailout. the security situation is also deteriorating, with the slate of deadly attacks on police headquarters linked to the pakistan taliban. dozens of police and con supporters were injured. and tuesdays operation footage shows tear gas canisters landing inside cons garden. although police did not appear to breach the gate, or the wall can, has been pressuring the coalition government that replaced him, led by prime minister share by sharif with popular rallies and daily addresses. last year khan was shot in the leg during

a political rally and assassination bid that he blamed on sharif to france now and lawmakers in paris have approved the wording of a proposal by president. my normal cronsa raised the retirement age by 2 years to 64. it clears the way for the controversial bill to now be submitted for final vote in parliament as early as thursday. now the move came as thousands of protesters took to the streets of cities across france in a last ditch effort to convince lawmakers not to back it. a final show of force against french president emmanuel, my cons unpopular pension reforms across france. protesters turned out in their hundreds of thousands, desperate to force a last minute turnaround by lawmakers. union leaders in not said they had no intention of backing down. i thought reform is bad today. it will be bad once has been voted for all personally by force. so we'll keep fighting for it's completely

dual. okay. alright. the raising of the retirement age remains unacceptable to us. the protests were largely peaceful, though there were some skirmishes with police ah, according to surveys, more than 2 thirds of the population oppose michael's plans to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64. recurrent protests in recent months have drawn millions across the country and repeated war counts have disrupted the transport factor. to coincide with wednesdays, protests unions called an 8th day of strikes in paris. refuse collectors walked off the job over a week ago. now $6000.00 tons of rubbish have piled up in some areas trash has almost taken over forcing pedestrians onto the roads, attracting rats, and repelling restaurant visitors and to as it did surprise me alike. cuz as i

heard that, you know, people ladies told me like, oh yeah, it's very clean, you know, you know, very clean city. so just like a surprise me and so far, we're not changing any plans if we encounter more garbage that we'll probably visit other parts of the city. if we don't make garbage has done little to impress. lawmakers not called bill would bring france more into line with its e neighbors, most of which have increased retirement age to $65.00 or higher. but with the union saying they'll continue their batter even if the bill passes. pension reform in france is set to remain a burning issue. sports news now and fee for president john infant tina, the most powerful man in the world stands unopposed for reelection at thursdays for congress in rwanda. but as been fierce criticism of fevers attitude to human rights

under infantile d. w spoke to german football association, president bent 9 off ahead of the vote. fee for president gianni and fantine has faced plenty of criticism for his perceived autocratic style for his organization's lack of transparency and on human rights issues surrounding the world cup and guitar. denmark and norway had withdrawn their support for him. well, in advance of the vote, no, the german football association, the d f b has joined them. my oldest im dog, i find there is often a lack of transparency and clarity about how decisions are made. that's all i'm asking for. there's nothing more, nothing less. manish vinegar, the relationship between the d, f. b and fever is strained. the d b says questions on human rights often remain unanswered. infantile, meanwhile, is certainly known for talking a good game, se ronay up to no human rights. protection of human rights, international level is

a top priority for fever. we put it as a condition in our bidding process is for all our competitions and whatever we go around the world. we are of course a highlighting the need for protecting human rights. safer had said it was open to creating a compensation fund for maltreated guitar, the workers that hasn't happened, but the upcoming fee for club world cup was awarded to saudi arabia. those firms and stick white glove british cut out for me, it's about fif is credibility. it has to stand by the statements. it's president makes the most. i have to admit, i don't feel that's the case. so i find it hard to offer my support from infant tino may not be flavor of the month in europe, but his huge popularity among the majority of 5211 members means his re election as president is likely to be a formality right before we go here is

a reminder of the top, sorry, we're falling the us defense, secretary lloyd austin and his russian counterpart, se gate chicago have spoken to each other about tuesdays drawn incident over the black sea. the u. s. military says it's m q 9, reaper drawn, was an international ass base, went to russian jets, dumped fuel in it, causing us to crash. fears of banking, trouble spreading to europe. that's in business news up next. i'm told me a lot of well i like secrets lie behind these wall discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world.