complex relationship with animals. well, i think i will live long enough to witness the factory farming. the great debate this week on d. w or ah ah, this is deedee news live from berlin, accusations fly over us spider on that crashed in the black c. u. s. defense, mister lloyd austin says he's talked with his russian counterpart. so gate show you about the downing of the drone, which has worse intentions between the 2 nations. also coming up as fighting rages

in the ukrainian city of fact, what we'll look at cubes, plans to launch a potential counter offensive this spring, plus thousands protests in paris in a last ditch effort to deter makers from raising the age of retirement changes. the government says unnecessary to save the pension system ah, until neurological welcome to the program. us to friends, secretary lloyd austin and his russian counterparts sagacious. go have discussed tuesdays drone incident over the black sea. the u. s. military says it's surveillance. drone was an international asset base when to russian jets dumped fuel on it. one of them clipped its propeller, causing the drone to crash defense secretary austin had strong words for moscow.

after the incident. on tuesday, russian aircraft engaged and dangerous and reckless and unprofessional behavior in the international airspace over the black sea into 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 risks at risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. now i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart minister showing you as i've said repeatedly, it's important that great powers be models of transparency and communication and united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows

. stephanie correspondent, currently let your voice sums up the latest from the fall out that we clearly see, we just heard it from secretary. all said that the u. s. government does not want to escalate this incident today. yes. secretary of defense light austin, that he talked to his russian counterpart as we just heard. and he referred to yesterdays 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 that the u. s. will continue flying international space, and that it's up to russia to encounter 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

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 as ukrainian forces hold off, rushes continued, attempts to take the eastern city of buckled kiva, signaled is gearing up to launch a counter offensive. many in government of painting the hopes on a supply of western weapons, including german made leopard tanks, which they're 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 tanks. 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. knows the concept and tactics of tank usage and 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 that her pooler. analysts say ukraine will likely amount a major attack in shop a reason province. aiming at the russian held city of melita, paul, a successful push would cut through russia supply lines to its forces further west . there factors like whether that 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. add some more stories, making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin has hosted his syrian counterpart, bosher, alice sat in moscow. the discussions of thought too focused on rebuilding syria after years of war and amending its ties with turkey. with syria under western

sanctions, couldn't, has been a sad strongest ally. meanwhile, thousands of syrians have rallied in rebel held it live, to mark the 12th anniversary of the start of pro democracy protests. the italy barry and the countries north west is the last major territory, not under the control of president russian back forces. tokyo negate financial index opened below 27000 for the 1st time in 7 weeks. as concerns over the banking system spread in the wake of to us bank collapses last week. investors. so it shares in credit suisse fall to record low before it announced plans to strengthen its cash position. israel's president, heads up has and build a plan to resolve the stand off over a controversial judicial overall. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu has already

said the proposal will worse than the current situation. the house plans to weaken the supreme court. a sparked mass protests. a court in pakistan has ordered authorities to hold an operation to arrest the former prime minister. iran can. this decision comes on the 2nd day of violence classes between kinds of borders and police. dozens of officers and protesters. i've been injured in the altercations police had been trying to arrest the austin premier at his house in the hall, failing to appear in court on corruption charges. as of a closer look now at the situation in pakistan, using water cannon and tear gas hockey is downright police, pushed back supporters of iran cons p t. i party, who gathered outside his house in la whore to prevent the authorities from arresting him. con, was ousted 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. how you will saudi will they are pushing the p t i party against the wall a morton that they want to exclude me from politics. that's the reason they came to arrest me with my not going to be. it was, it is the up underneath. it's the latest sign of instability in pakistan, a nuclear power. the country is reeling from an economic crisis and risks defaulting on its loan obligations, unless it can secure an international monetary fund baylash. the security situation is also deteriorating. with the space 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 con, has been pressuring the coalition government that replaced him, led by prime minister shabba 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 lawmakers in france have approved the wording of a proposal by president my normal crew to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64, it clears the way for the controversial bill to face a final vote in parliament as early as thursday. the move came as thousands of protesters took to the streets of cities across france, and at last it attempt to convince lawmakers to oppose 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. reform is bad today. it will be bad once has been voted for it all personally by force. so we'll keep fighting for it's completely draw all about electric, the raising of the retirement age remains unacceptable to us. the protests were largely peaceful though there were some skirmishes with police. oh, according to surveys, more than 2 thirds of the population opposed. 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 on to the roads. attracting rats and repelling restaurant visitors and tourists. it did surprise me alive because i heard that, you know, people ladies told me like, oh yeah, it's a very clean, very clean city. so just like a surprise me so far, we're not changing any plans. if we encounter more garbage though, we'll probably visit other parts of the city because we don't the garbage has done little to impress lawmakers. mccauley bill would bring france more into line with its e, you neighbors, most of which have increased retirement age to $65.00 or higher. but with union saying they'll continue their battle, even if the bill passes. pension reform in france is set to remain a burning issue for president jenny infant,

you know the most powerful man in the world of football, stanz, unopposed for reelection and thursday's fee for congress gathering in rwanda. but there's been fierce criticism of the organizations attitude to human rights under infant tino, including from the german football association. d. w, spoke to association president bernard off ahead of the vote. see for president gianni and santino has faced plenty of criticism for his perceived autocratic style for his organizations 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 as joined them, meyer this 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. and melanie vinegar, the relationship between the d, f. b,

and fever is strained. the d at the says questions on human rights often remain unanswered. infantile, meanwhile, is certainly known for talking a good game. it brought me up to no human rights protection of human rights. international level is until priority for fever. we put it as a condition in our bidding process for all our competitions and whatever we go around the world. we are, of course, a highlighting the need for protecting human rights fee for had said it was open to creating a compensation fund for maltreated guitar, a workers that hasn't happened, but the upcoming fever club world cup was awarded to saudi arabia. those firms and stick white glove british cut out there for me it's about fif is credibility. it has to stand by the statements. it's president makes the it, it moves. i have to admit, i don't feel that's the case. so i find it hard to offer my support, federal,

infantile 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. coming up next to the documentary mozambique land of treasures and turmoil menus, a dw dot com. so as our social media, the handle is adobe news told me or logical for myself and the team many thanks for joining us. with our flying rivers formed by hey waterfalls. perspiring trees or c evaporation during forest fires.