to other markets, but it certainly created a greater sense of unease in the global financial market right now. okay, so you mentioned those 2 u. s. banks that are in trouble 1st. now as you said, a well known european bank. i mean, on analysts, you know, worried about this sort of potential contagion, as you said, that things could snowball. right, i mean we should be clear that what happened with the banks in the us and what happened with credit suisse are so in some ways unrelated, i mean the credit suisse self had largely to do with the fact that the saudi national bank, their largest, their shareholders said that it will not buy more stock from credit suisse, but that was not because of uncertainty about credits with not being good for the money that had to do with regulatory issues. so we're not exactly seeing contagion here, but what i will say is that the nervousness caused by what happened in the u. s. is certainly playing a role on investors. i'm encouraging them when they get nervous about something that credit suisse to maybe get rid of their stock. so there is definitely an echo effect, whether that's contagion or not, is debatable. kristi,

thanks so much for that. that's christy. plaids them from d w. business reporting from franklin, the leaders of south korea and japan have a great to a thought and ties at a historic summit in tokyo. the 1st such meeting in 12 years. they say they want to resolve that ongoing tre dispute. they also want to present a united front over their shad concerns about north korea. alamita comes a sole and washington i'll conducting joint military drills the largest in 5 years . which designed to be a deterrent to pyongyang. north korea for a long range, ballistic missile into the sea. as joint drills began between south korean and u. s. troops, the allies say the exercises are necessary to deter north korea, which has launched a record number of missiles over the past year. and majority, the train that we've conducted today is always to ensure that we're ready to fight to night. as we know, we have a very important operational mission here. strengthening the alliance between

united states government as well as the south korean government to ensure that our strength in our capability is able to secure the korean peninsula. south korea's president young sa noon arrived for the summit and tokyo on thursday to discuss ways to counter the nuclear aarp north. he also made it clear that resetting ties with japan is a top priority. but there are challenges involving reparations dating back to world war 2. korea was then a japanese colony. and many koreans suffered due to forced labor. the dispute between the countries that followed the war has been ongoing for decades. fresh protested, erupted in sol, along with the demand to boycott japanese products. this week. leaders will take the 1st step to reconcile differences. i think there's no time to waste and i think that i from

a regional strategic point of view from an indo pacific balancing point of view, there's no time to waste in maximizing the benefits of closer japan, south korea corporation. so in that from that perspective, i think it's important i to, to see the initiatives on both side. while a reconciliation will take time, the leaders are seeking to overcome the differences and present a united front. our protests have resumed in israel against the government, controversial reforms, the critic se would weaken democracy. the proposals would give the government influence over, selecting judges and dilute the powers of the secret supreme court. now activists have painted what they're describing as a line of freedom through the straits of jerusalem to show their opposition to the proposals. thursday's protests follow weeks of mass demonstrations and wide spread opposition from across is riley society to the reforms. prime minister benjamin

netanyahu, whose in berlin for working visit, is insisting the changes are needed to restore the balance of power. earlier a correspondence mentality for becker, it has gave us this update. the protests have been going on, as many people will already know for 2 and a half months or so. now they began in early january were here in central tel aviv . you've got the you, of course of the buildings of famous television skyscrapers behind those. you've got people walking across the bridge. there are really tens of thousands of people collected here to day todd to get a sense of the numbers when you're inside the crowd. we don't have official figures yet, but the protest in rates of weight have been reaching in a 100000 and today looks no different. they're largely paid school. it's quite a festival atmosphere. i have to say here, i know, but we have seen in previous week some violence today. there had been a few,

there had been a few scuffled but nothing, nothing else that made your i would say in terms of security so far, what we are expecting it to continue for some hours and this is being done a day of disruption. so these things are happening all across the country. that usually the biggest one is of course in the big city here in television. but things are happening in high fi in jerusalem as you were just talking. we had some arrests there this morning, a 150 locations across the country. i expected to be seeing scenes, something like this case and months of protests. and obviously we can see that quite significant. now israel's president, a compromise proposal yesterday, but the government completely rejected it. so has this, essentially destroyed the likelihood of any ends to this car turmoil i wish i knew the answer to that question. i know, obviously we know that president had dog had been working on a compromise bill for some time now. he now announced that last night and that

address to the nation. and that was really pushed out of the way by benjamin netanyahu, about a prime minister within really a matter of minutes. so definitely the coalition government, not a bar of those compromise, is always saying from the opposition side, some willingness to want to compromise. and some members of benjamin netanyahu, her policy, the liquid body, also looking for compromise. looking for a way out of this situation. president hertzog saying that the country is on its way to civil war. now whether or not that really comes to fruition of growth remains to be seen at that same, quite extreme, but definitely the attention. oh hi. people here that i've been making sure thing that they are not going. it's not that they're gonna keep coming out. they have no job, their democracy is being ripped apart. as they say, i'm heading towards my bank calling dictatorship are really people it, it's a life or death situation, but so many people here versus reporting from television. thanks so much

ukrainian president laudermill zalinski says that he believes russia's war is approaching a decisive moment in his nightly video address. zalinski said moscow was on the verge of failure in ukraine. thanks to weston weapons deliveries. and it's those deliveries, including german may laugh at tanks, that many a pending best hopes on in the east, particularly in boot. the city has been a key battle ground in the war so far. and it's in the region where keith has signal that it is gearing up to launch a counter offensive against russia. so the question is, can ukraine break the stalemate, their russian artillery fires on pat mote. 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. tax. 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 concepts 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 of her pooler. analysts say ukraine will likely amount a major attack in shop a reason province. aiming at the russian held city of melita hall,

a successful push would cut through russia supply lines to its forces, further west. their factors, like whether they can only be guessed that 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. right, we're going to be returning now to the visits today by the israeli prime minister, benjamin benjamin netanyahu to berlin. he has been spending the day and talked with the german chancellor will have phillips. and we always thing for the 2 leaders to speak to the press here in berlin. but before they do, we can speak to our chief political correspondent, nina hasa, who has been following benjamin netanyahu, his visit to berlin. so now we are still waiting for this, this press conference to begin. can you walk us through netanyahu's agenda today?

tell us about the main topics of discussion between the 2 leaders. well, as you can see, i'm standing at the german chancery here in central berlin, where we're all waiting for the press conference to start and that press conference between the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and the german chancellor will have shots, is of course, eagerly awaited because of course there's a huge elephant in the room will or won't or left shorts, address and criticize the controversial judicial reform that has been put forward by benjamin netanyahu government. and that is currently being implemented in the, at, in these days. so in this week actually, but to have benjamin netanyahu a left for berlin late last night and arrived here in the wee hours. am in berlin air this morning. he and all of shots that jam chancellor together commemorated victims of the holocaust. they went

a memorial site from the 2nd world war that's platform 17 here in western berlin. where am some 10000 jews were transported to concentration camps in the years. 1941 and 42. and of course all i international viewers have to keep in mind that this is a joint commemoration always plays a huge role in those bilateral meetings between representatives of the israeli state and the german state. they always stress that this is a huge, important function, a huge part of those agendas, whether they're taking place here in berlin or in israel. so commemorating the victims and making sure that these things never happen again is something that all the li distress at the same time. also germany says that it has a special responsibility towards the current state of israel because of germany's past. but that is, of course, some think m of that that is sort of normal protocol. and then of course there are

those more touchy issues. what is happening in israel when it comes to the rule of law. there is a lot of criticism also here in germany and, and the big question will be just how far can benjamin tonya go? some people in israel, a warning of civil war. we had it earlier from our correspondent also in tel aviv. there is a similar concern here that people are saying will have shot will have to say something and possibly a pledge benjamin netanyahu to agree to some sort of a compromise. now, israelis president a isaac hats last night. we all know a presented a compromise plan that was rejected by benjamins net. i open it unknowns gone, government straight away. so ed olaf showed we'll have to walk a tightrope, walk here. he cannot go on the stage and not criticize the israeli prime minister at the same time. many people are saying he can also not reprimand or criticize too much and embarrass him. also for fear of risking a similar situation or where he might be confronted by benjamin netanyahu with an

unpleasant episode from last year, where the palestinian chief mahmoud abbas a relative of the holocaust. here on the stage in the chancery. and olive shows didn't immediately reject those claims and he received a lot of criticises, says him for that. so this is one of the issues. then of course, the 2 leaders are also talking as security at large in the middle east. and apparently these talks are, are going into a lot of detail because the press conference was due to start 45 minutes ago. now i've been in the, tanya will, after this press conference, or go to bellevue palace where the german president has his residency and have a chat with him. and after that, benjamin netanyahu will return to israel. we should remind our viewers, of course, that we are talking about these huge protests that have been happening in israel and across the last a few months. and it's a real diplomatic dance, isn't it?

for the german leaders. you've talked obviously about the german chancellor who's been speaking with benjamin netanyahu. he's going to be meet me saying the german president, hunk bite are shine. maya it's, it's, it's, it's diplomatically very sensitive, isn't it? so them, you know, to strike the right tone up in their meetings with benjamin netanyahu. and of course, in the press conference that we are still waiting for that will hopefully take place shortly. so and there's, there's quite a lot of pressure on the chancellor. isn't that to strike the right tone? absolutely, the justice minister, germany's justice minister, michael bushman, traveled to israel a couple of weeks ago and he said it was vital, some critic said, a why are you giving legitimacy to these judicial reforms with your visits? and he argued, well, we do have to seize every opportunity that we can to also allow ourselves to point out to friends that we would recommend looking into possible compromise options. so

this is something where the german government is, like, i say, unlike you say, a walking, a very, very diplomatically, very, very difficult line. they cannot criticize and embarrass that israeli friends and partners on the stage too much yet at the same time. they can also not tolerate a, an attack on the rule of law. as of the critics are rightly pointing out. so everybody's looking at which words will have shorts choose in the end. and of course, he's are also faced with a lot of pressure from a society here in berlin. there will be a lot of demonstrations. some of them are organized by israeli citizens who live in berlin, who live in germany, who are saying that we have to join those protests happening in israel, in solidarity essentially. so security is extremely tied here in berlin. it really is a big day for german israeli diplomatic relations are at nina. we're going to leave it there. that's our chief political correspondent, nina hossa. we're still waiting for the german chancellor and thee and israeli

prime minister to pick a parrot that is press conference will be back to you later. now in the meantime, a new investigation is shedding light on what happened one year ago to day in ukraine when a russian air strike destroyed the drama fiercer in the ukrainian city of murray pal. hundreds of people were killed, including children. the theatre had served as the city's main bomb shelter during rushes, relentless assault, unmarried, fall last spring, satellite imagery from before the air strike shows the russian word for children written around the building. it's unknown exactly how many died, but many people were pinned under rubble and the city fell to russian forces. soon afterwards, now it's thought to be the deadliest single attack against civilians in the war. so

far. now investigators are using innovative techniques to create a picture of what life life was like inside the fiercer before the bombing. our earlier i spoke to maxime rockman eco. he is the director of the center for spatial technologies, the organization that carried out this mario pull investigation and i asked him to tell us more about his organization and it's partner in the investigation forensic . we are cross disciplinary research practice, basically. and most of our work has to do with special reconstruction using different techniques of data analysis and things like that. and we have been always interested in the work of forensic architecture, which is a london based group that studies human rights violations using techniques of architectural modeling as well. so forensic is their sister company based in germany, and together with them, we've set to,

to work on mario. okay. okay. and let's talk about the investigation itself. what did you set out to do and how have you managed to do it? yeah, from the 1st days we understood that this will be one of the major cases to look at . and the 1st, the 1st thing we did is architects was going to archives and searching for architecture models. the nature of our investigation is such that we connect every single type of media that we can find, including photographs, videos from, from witnesses, but also their testimonies around the model. so we interviewed over 20 witnesses in this kind of a technique called situated testimony where witness to sit in front of the model and basically respond to what they see in front of them. and even model and detail kind of detailed that the model that we have shown. so that is the nature of

the work. and this architectural model then works as both a narrative device and a piece of evidence for, for this case. and your conclusion so far, i mean what, what have you come up with? yeah, so, so right now we're at the middle of this investigation. we publish something today which has to do with everything that happened before the explosion. so we have a very detailed understanding of what was happening in the theater before the blast . we understand that the population of the theater at its peak was roughly 2000 people. and at the moment of the strike, there was up to 1000 people in the building. so you would have to see our investigation and you'd have to also see in detail where they were. this is something that we're trying to understand. where were people located at what they were doing? and then in the 2nd phase of this investigation,

we will model the blast. and basically, by comparing these 2 images, one which looks and describes how people war located in the building and what they were doing. and another one which is the impact of the blast, most dangerous areas will be able to understand this. is that in the as the build of a way as possible. absolutely, fascinating and such important. what maxine wrote many kind of the center of spatial technologies, thanks so much for speaking to us today. or can satan look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. 2 and a half tons of uranium have gone missing from an undisclosed location in libya. that's according to the u. ends at nuclear watchdog. the international atomic energy agency says it's looking for the nuclear material inspectors fear the uranium may pose a radiological risk gianni infant tina has been reelected as thief a president. he will keep his position as the most powerful man in the world of

football for another 4 years now in contina ran unopposed at fif is congress and rwanda's capital kigali. several european countries had declared they weren't supporting his candidacy after criticizing thief is approach on human rights under infant ino, body quoted, use outdoor, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in greece to express their anger over last month trained disaster, the left $57.00 people dead unions have also called for a 24 hour general strike, which would leave fairies in port flights, grounded, and trains cancelled. now the leaders of south korea and japan have agreed to a thor in ty, is that a historic summit in tokyo? the 1st such meeting in 12 years, they say they want to resolve that ongoing trade dispute. and the countries also want to present a united front over their shared concerns about north korea. and amazing comes a sole and washington are conducting joint military drills,

the largest in 5 years designed to be a deterrent to pyongyang. north korea fired a long range ballistic missile into the sea. as joint drills began between south korean and u. s. troops, the allies say the x sizes are necessary to deter north korea, which has launched a record number of missiles over the past year. and majority the train that we've conducted today is always to ensure that we're ready to fight to night. as we know, we have a very important operational mission here, strengthening the alliance between united states government as well as the south korean government to ensure that our strength and our capability is able to secure the korean peninsula. south korea's president young. so new arrived for the summit and tokyo on thursday to discuss ways to counter the nuclear arb north. he also made it clear that resetting ties with japan is

a top priority. but there are challenges involving reparations dating back to world war 2. korea was then a japanese colony and many korean suffered due to forced labor. the dispute between the countries that followed the war has been ongoing for decades. fresh protests of erupt it in sol, along with the demand to boycott japanese products. this week, leaders will take the 1st step to reconcile differences. i think there's no time to waste. i think that i from a regional strategic point of view from an endo, to city balancing point of view. there's no taunt wise in maximizing the benefits of closer um japan, south korea corporation out. so in that from that perspective, i think it's important and to, to see the initiatives on both side. while a reconciliation will take time, the leaders are seeking to overcome their differences and present

a united front is to rock now where to super yell it's belonging to the former dictator. saddam hussein has become a curious attraction in the 20 years since the war. the deposed hen signs of the old regime are still evident. the grandiose vessels remain a legacy of his extravagance and excess. just a few 100 meters, separate the grandiose vessels on the shot. allah, rob waterway in iraq, southern city of basra. but despite their proximity, they have met very different fates. the arm and sewer now lays half capsized on its side, moored at a nearby key. the boston breeze is partially opened to curious spectators. equally gioviatto literacy who are in fact all those who visited the presidential yacht, were stunned by the opulence of the former president's life. maria hockey, fulton b. clue we could deposited this yacht, is

a futuristic masterpiece. saw because of the decoration and delicate details. i'll let a v i p room you on the wall and the president's private bedroom properly ivy. more did it. he went off in my office and when i would hospital east during his nearly 24 years and power, saddam spared no expense. and the boss or breeze was no exception. it cost $25000000.00 and unheard of some at the time for a country involved in a long, costly war with iran. does it does. it could accommodate nearly 30 passengers and $35.00 crew members had 13 rooms, 3 lounge areas and a hela pad. now the basra breeze is a legacy of the province of basra, preserved for the benefit of researchers and students. monday, the alman sewer, which means victorious. now language is half submerged. it was struck during the us led invasion of iraq in 2003 in its heyday. it could accommodate 32 passengers and

65 crew members. but the presidential yacht was bombed at least 3 times during the war and later sank. the authorities have recently started to clear, shut all rob. that process will not only make the waterway more navigable, it will also help iraq start moving beyond the decades of war. joining me here in the studio is our chief international editor, richard walker. while we're still waiting for the planned press conference between the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, his visits in germany, a berlin to day, and the german chancellor and all laugh shots. richard and benjamin netanyahu is and cutting his visit short to day isn't he was going to stay for longer. but it's because of this pressure that he's under at home, these protests that have been going on in, in israel for months now because of the plant additional reforms of his, his government. and that's made this visit to berlin, quite controversial. that,

that's right. i mean that, that there's really pretty serious political and constitutional crisis taking part or taking place in israel. right. as we speak. so the background is that is benjamin netanyahu. now came back as israeli prime minister for the 3rd time just under 3 months ago. and at the helm of a new coalition which includes some, some far right and ultra religious parties. and as part of their program, they're trying to push through reforms to the judicial system that really go pretty deep on that. or the critics say threatened the real kind of coherence of israeli democracy. so maybe we can just quickly sort of sketch out their complex reforms. but basically what the idea is that it will prevent the supreme court. so the most senior court in the judicial system there from having the ability to strike down laws that are made in parliament was called the class it

in israel. and it will also allow a simple majority so 50 plus one of the connected to overrule decisions by the supreme court. and it will also give the government significance way over. selecting judges says those kind of a few of the key is basically the bottom line of this reform is that is demoting the supreme court in the, in the, the overall sort of the system of authority in, in, in his rails and government and kind of promoting the power of whoever happens to have a majority government in the connects it at a given time. so the critics and observes, this is removing a check. you know, you hit this record, i'm gonna have to interrupt you there because we can see that the chancellor and the israeli prime minister are about to start speaking

together. cindy, amazon prime minister netanyahu netanyahu welcome to berlin. a very warm welcome to you here in la chance theories office. our ties are close as countries as they are diverse and they are unique with the fact that we in germany after the 1st one atrocious crime that was the show are that we can say that germany in israel, our friends partners, allies, is a valuable gift for us very precious year. it's certainly not something we take for granted, and we are very, very grateful to israel for this issue. i was a crime against humanity. it was a past that never goes away. i was very touched when you invited me before we spoke to visit the platform, 17 memorial site at berlin's going of a train station to day where so many were deported and germany, you're has a big,

great debt that it owes also to the future. and for me as serve and chancellor is important to strengthen jewish life in germany, we're gonna, this includes learning lessons from the past and consistent b countering was on any anti semitic rulings. what it is, expressions are, and crimes. i'm particularly interested in strengthening the ties between young people, from israel and germany to intensify the ties between our countries. i'm a to ensure more youth exchanges for the unique ties between germany, israel meal that germany is committed to its responsibility for israel's security. it is a reason of state that is what this german government stands for and israel can count on us. in today's talk, we covered a number of important issues. one of them was the iran's nuclear program. we are both concern.