ah ah ah, this is dated. the news live from bergman. b u. s. releases video of the black sea drawn incident. pentagon says this, put, it shows a russian 5 digit coming very close to an unmanned american run. that light crashed on choose to kremlin denies involvement here from a military analyst in just a month or so on. the showed french president amendment called is

a special constitutional palace to push through a controversial pension reform. the unpopular move has spot wide spread protests in re split. boss is where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu defends propose judicial reforms in his country that yahoo is in berlin for talks with german chancellor. olaf schultz is ready later prized israel strong partnership with germany. also on the show. the next paper president is johnny infant tina again, controversial incumbent begins another term after running for the top job on a punch. ah, i think i'll walk into the program. the u. s. defense department has just released footage that it says shows a brush and aircraft in the intercepting brother i us spied run of the black sea on tuesday. according to u. s. or thirties, this video shows

a russian su 275 digit approaching the drawn, and dumping fuel over it as the aircraft passes closely by without appearing to cause any damage to the us drone. but washington says the jet collided with the drones propeller on a 2nd pass, which is also shown, but the actual collision that moment isn't visible in the end of the video released, although damage to the propeller can be seen later after the screen scrambles. now that the actual footage has been released, i asked military analyst, frankly, which what stood out to him. this was a deliberate action by the russian fighters. it seems that they were in the vicinity for more than half an hour. and that would indicate as well that there was some element commissioner in the command to this 2nd thing is by dumping fuel as

you see that on the screen. now that the intention there is to blind blind to the instruments on the, on the drug on the reaper drone as it does. and also clearly to disable it on the pass was so close as you've already pointed out, that it did disable the drone. and i suspect the combination of those 2 things, the fuel being done on it, we're talking here a ton of fuel, more being released from flying into and the damage the engine on the turbulence that drove the drone into the water. i think it was a deliberate decision actually to crush it. it's intriguing frank, on wednesday, the pentagon spokes person ned price, who's seen the footage, obviously called the incident, probably unintentional. based on what we've seen, that doesn't appear to be the case. so why would the pentagon say that well, it's not a known for one department or even part of one department to be at variance with another. because so general austin retired, general austin,

who's defense actually was pretty clear that it wasn't inadvertent. and anyone who said not been got to have video will be under no doubt that this was deliberate. but the answer question is, with st. seems the only possible answer i think, is that what mister price wanted to do was tone down the rhetoric and ensure that there was no misunderstanding. said that the pentagon saying this, ah sir, as a warlike or hostile act as opposed to a reckless and silly one, sir, now to technology in it and intelligence, russia says it wants to try to salvage the wreckage. washington face that wiped all data from the drone. so what use is that drawing to moscow now? not at all, and it's highly unlikely the able to recover it. it's in about 1700 meters of water as i understand, which is well below the capabilities of most recovery most not all of russia, submarine recovery technology technology by the way, that they've not shown to be particularly like which they're not shown to,

particularly capable in the past the data will all be will all be wiped the re, per m q 9 is relatively old. anyway, it's been in service for about 15 years and has now been replaced more widely around the air force or so on all fronts. rarely, it's not much of an intelligent scale for the russians, even if they do get hold. we're sorry. what given frank, what we now know, and if a had this, if evidence doesn't change anything about the war and about the dealings between russian and the knots, that it does not sound to me. it's a, it's not, it's not a landmark, but it's a, it's an event. it's an incident. it's an incident, of course that could have escalated, happy, us painted on taking a different view. it's us air force aircraft that was deliberately brought down, clearly deliberately brought down, or at least clearly to deliberately damaged recklessly with the result and was brought down. and americans could have taken a different view and they could have taken the approach that look the next time we put up a reconnaissance aircraft, which this is we're going to go to with fighters. and you can imagine the kind of

escalation that go good. we could go to from that. so yes, to that extent it is significant, significant moment in the, in the are russia, u. s. military encounter if you like, a frank way. just getting reports that poland has decided to send me 29 fighter jets to ukraine, possibly even this week. that's something he kind of been asking for for months. but it's nato allies have been reluctant to provide because they fear it would lead to an escalation with russia. what's your reaction about time? i remember talking about this with many other analysts said yourselves about a year ago and this transfer should have taken place then as many of us thought it would, the americans put a stop to it then the saw makes or italy suitable to the ukrainians. they know how to use and they've got them already on a far more appropriate ukrainian air force at this moment at this moment that is on the 16th. so it's good news all around and it's a good reinforcement. the planning air force that they will use extremely

effectively up no doubt military analyst, franklin, which as always, thank you so much. thank you. so the french government plans to bypass a parliamentary vote of its unpopular pension reforms which raised the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00. just a few minutes before the vote was due to take place. president lam, a mom of the cons, government invoked a special constitutional power to force. the reforms through reforms have been met with widespread opposition, triggering massive protests and strikes across france. move is expected to trigger a quick no competence motion in the gum. earlier i talked to the w correspondent, the st. louis, who was in paris asked her about the french government plan to trigger the special procedure and how often these powers get used while it's not that extraordinary actually that it is used now. it's been used about 90 times since the beginning of the 5th republic and the 1950s. however, it is

a very controversial measure to actually, for my call to you with this reform because this was the mother of old reforms for him. he wanted to show that he's capable of performing this country to push through this reform to convince parliamentarians to go along with this. and the fact that he is now using that special call shows that he has failed to do so. now what going to happen next? as you just said, the position has already actually announced that different parts will be a position parties. i've actually announced that they will put in a vote of no confidence. and everybody will be watching that if there will be a majority for such a vote of confidence. mind you, that has never happened since the beginning of the 5th republic in the 950 start. a government was actually voted out of office by such a vote of confidence, but it might happen this time around. it's

a massive step and it hasn't been seen before, but how likely are we to see? well a, you know, it's, it's very likely, i mean, it will happen that there will be this beta if no confidence. but for this to go through what they need to do, the opposition parties, it's a really joint forces and that means the fall left the far right. and some parties in the middle will have to evade together against the government. now that people here are saying, you know, it could actually go down to the bar wire. there could be, it could be about a few dates in the past or the conservative party. the republicans have been reluctant to vote such a vote of confidence. they have got about 60 seats in parliament and say they could be a decisive factor, but am on my car, has really angered a lot of politicians, a lot of people in the country and a lot of parliamentarians with his reform. he's a good many people and it comes at a, at a moment and

a time his credibility hinged on the passage of this pension reform that he's had to resort to these missions. is that any sort of victory for him? well, not really. i think for him it was really the last resort to say we're going to use this special. how are you wanted to convince parliament to show that he is able of pushing through this reform without actually forcing people to enforce it, forcing the reform 3. now, as he said, he wanted to show that he's in a capable of reform. the country also on international level is to pick them himself as a strong states mind is very important for him. this question of image he wants to leave a trace, he can't then again, for president in 4 years time, but he wants to be remembered for what he did in office. and part of that would have been or would be that pension reform. and also it was, he also wants to continue to play an important role on the level of the european

union and on and on an international level when it comes to the russian invasion in ukraine. and his, his image the will is now likely to be, you know, considerably weakened. lisa lewis and parents, thank you so much. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met the german chancellor in berlin in mid rising tensions at home. either his government's plans to reform the judiciary critic side, the plans would allow the israeli parliament to overturn supreme court decisions on his visit to berlin. netanyahu defended his plan. image that is force said as though we're trying to bring a judicial reform to curtail the independence of the judiciary is not true. israel has an independent judiciary, but many feel i'm not able to talk about specific ideas. many feel that it is an all powerful judiciary. an independent judiciary is not at all powerful judiciary. the judicial reform is meant to bring into balance the 3 branches of government.

and when that is accomplished, we will have the same balance that exists in any other democracy. german chancellor oliver shot for his part voiced his concern about the plan, judicial reforms in his row on the as a close partner of israel mark from sharing democratic values. we are watching this debate very closely and i can't, i, in fact they were very concerned about it. it will be independence of the judiciary is incredibly valuable. commodity we agree on that is good and it is valuable and that is really present. i had talked, spoke with many different members of society to try to counter a further polarization of israel and to ensure your store and preserve social peace in your country. well, earlier i talked to d, w chief political correspondent in a has a. i asked her about chancellor shalt comments on his brows plans to reform the judiciary. well, that was of course,

one of those moments in that press conference. i attended that as well. many observers have been waiting for will have choices exact words eagerly as they were questing, which was what he used to express concern and criticism of israel's judicial reform because that has, of course, also sparked a debate here in germany. so we have shots made a reference to israel's president isaac had so who has put forward a compromise proposal, which that on the i was government has rejected. and so it was careful not to come across the school to reprimanding. but he did say that he still hoped that the last word has not been spoken on the issue in that as far as he was prepared to go, essentially edging it on out to approach the critics of his reform. again, defenders is what does this visit or what could this visit mean for german israeli relations at this moment in time? would a judicial reform in israel change this relationship? we do have to take a brief look at history here because of course the current german state has

a special responsibility for the security of the state of israel. they consider each other very close partners. and that special relationship is of course, founded in the terrible sh had history because of the atrocities committed by the nazis during the 2nd world war, we're not to kill some 6000000 jews. so shots today was asked whether that of self understanding that reason of state for germany is unconditional. by a colleague from reuters, essentially just how far canon israeli government go and does the current demons state maintain that that reason of state is still valid, even if israel did turn into a dictatorship. and some critics are suggesting shots was very tight lipped on that and said that nothing had changed in that regard. but of course, this is an extremely touchy issue. and of course, we don't know just how frank the discussion was behind closed doors and several javin high ranking representatives, the jam president, justice minister,

the foreign minister, they've all voice that concern about what's going on in israel in recent weeks. so it'll be true that they are watching developments that extremely closely the touch on that netanyahu was under real pressure at home because of the protests against the judicial reforms planned by his right. when government could this visit, do you think or anything said to him on this visit, influence his plans at well, we hear a d, w have been covering those protests for weeks. they have been going on in israel for a few weeks now. and demonstrators are also taking to the streets here in berlin today in protest of those reforms in solidarity with the demonstrators in israel. and so it's did voice is concerned. so that is something that the opposition will use in israel. having said that, i do think also that netanyahu scored a couple of important points for him here in berlin. one of the main foreign policy issues for him currently is iran, and the risk of iran acquiring nuclear weapons. and he had the german chancellor

will have showed standing next to him on stage warning that iran must not become a nuclear power. so he's also taking that back with him to israel. it's already been a big day, but what is expected of the rest of netanyahu's visit to berlin in well, after the press conference, and benjamin netanyahu went to a bellevue palace, which is of course, the german president's red residency to have a brief chat with frank file sustain maya and then he's heading back home because of the, essentially, all the protests happening. but also because there is a very insecure situation, a very unstable situation in the country. and people are looking at what's happening in the north of israel very closely. the w chief political correspondent nina has a thanks a lot. a protests have resumed in israel against the government's controversial reforms that critics,

i would weaken democracy. the proposals would give the government influence either selecting judges and delete the powers of the supreme court. activists painted what they described as a line of freedom through the straits of jerusalem to show the opposition to the proposals those days. protests follows. follow weeks of mass demonstrations and widespread opposition from across is read the society to the reforms. i minister benjamin netanyahu. it was in berlin for a working visit, insist the changes i needed to restore the balance of power. who many israeli military reservists have warned that i might not longer serve if the plan changes to the country's legal system. go ahead. guy peron is a captain in the israeli air force reserves, a helicopter pilot. he is one of the co leaders of a $1300.00 strong group of reservists protesting the reformed mister pon. welcome to you. your prime minister is in berlin, said i, he says, judge has done appoint judges in other democracies in a press conference. he said,

the proposed changes will bring israel into line with other western democracies. what's your response to that? good evening deal. as well as you know, in our 75 years of existence, he's well faced, great threat security threats. but our democracy was always very strong and very strong and independent judicial system. this newly elected government led by this anal but actually controlled by extreme right wing religious parties embarked on this a fast track of judicial system changes that will turn israel off to a democracy toward it. we're a hungary or turkey like democracies, which we know are not really democratic. i don't think i need to explain to anybody in germany, democratic germany, what might happen when a legally elected leader changes the political system, changes the rules,

and becomes effectively a dictator that fixes everything in this country. is where the president is. zak, a headset says the proposed changes have brought the country to the verge of civil war. do you think that's really true in this case? i think that, you know, civil war is it is a terrible turn. which rat trying not to use. but i don't think that any, any rally feels that the break up in the society in the danger has ever been as close as this to a civil war. so we were trying not to imagine even such a situation. but if they continue to go ahead and make just legislation, as you see in your, in your videos now, and as i know in the streets of televi for the past 10 weeks, the protest are just growing and their intensity. and there are the,

the measures that are taken by the protest are getting higher and higher. we already see some signs of violence even today in tel aviv on a small scale. but as you know, did this, this with when that and a real violence and civil war, if you like, is not far. some critics of benjamin netanyahu say these proposed changes are actually all about protecting him from corruption charges. what are your thoughts on that? well, a lot of people in israel see these changes is something dead. he is paving his way for all men and a, an endless st. he's at court indicted with very, very serious charges. de testimonies that were heard up until now were terrible for him. and the man with his back against the wall. but still,

i don't think that he himself had imagined dead giving up to those religious extreme parties that force this legislation would cause such a protest. i think he finds himself now in a situation where on one hand it cannot disappoint them or turn them away from this legislation. but at the same time, deep inside, he's not a stupid man. he knows that this he's not going to pass. so you mentioned the military, i can tell you that a big number off top military, se reservists units including the air force pilots, which is that they real ah frontline views. well, security force are saying very clearly including today that if this legislation

pass, they will stop volunteering their reserve duties. if that happens during snow air force. if that happens, he israel would be in a, in a, in a real mess. up her on the captain in the israeli. if us research, we thank you so much for your time. thank you very much. on faith, the president, johnny infant sina will keep his position as the most powerful man in the world of football for another 4 years. he was re elected unopposed at faith as congress in were one. those capital came galle. several european countries, including germany, had said they wouldn't support his candidacy after criticizing faith as a threat to human rights under if infancy now, with no challenges stepping forward, infant tina, well, now keep footballs. tough job until at least 20 women 27. we need to keep of for more have mcgill madura, he is

a former head of faith is governance committee and critic of gianni, infant tina joining the show. miguel, good to say you, you know, the inner workings of faith are better than most. why was it so quick and why was that so easy to re elect, johnny infant, tina? well, i think the 1st reason and it's also the reason why i'm not simply a critic of jenny. and you know, i'm a critic of football governance culture. is that basically football organizations and arguably, even all sports organizations are run like political cartels. let, let me define it this way. how will we describe in any country a regime where the president is elected by acclimation without a vote, without in much less a secret ballot vote. it runs and both actually change the rules to make it possible to stay in power even for longer of time. certainly,

we will not call it at the moxie. and the 2nd aspect is that these sports organizations also lack appropriate mechanisms of checks and balances. so not only they are not organized in a democratic, truly representative manner. they have a high degree of concentration of power that is not subject to independent scrutiny . and that's the reason why they operate the way they operate. he did talk about checks and balances when he took the job from cit plaza. but what's your assessment fee for under infants, you know, has it actually changed? it's wise in any way now it hasn't. and so unfortunately it hasn't. and we see it. we have many evidence of it. i think it will be difficult to change its ways because it's so bad that, that, that those problems in the cultural governance of sports and football in particular, what we saw in 2015 was a few bad apples were removed. but the tree that produces those apples stayed in

place that governance culture that lacks true democratic instruments that lacks an effective rule of law instruments and the protection of independent bodies. and for that reason and nothing really changes, it continues to be the commander in chief, the emperor of the system offer. and it is revealing, by the way, that the 2nd most perhaps important moment of this congress when, when he presented as his biggest achievement, the fact that in the next cycle, schieffer will double it's revenues almost doubled. it's revenues to be 11000000000 . and it's not that the goals are fee fund the discuss was how to make football competitions more balanced in terms of competition, how to protect the integrity of sports? no. the focus of the congress, the phone because and the biggest achievement of its president is presented, has increasing its revenues. it's that the for that he's much more

a multi $1000000.00 business that he's not subject to any independent regulation scrutiny. instead of being itself, the regulator of football and the representative of all the stakeholders of football as a cash floods in you may have answered this question already, but you think john, infant, tina will listen or will he even have to listen to his critics who say things need to improve. no, because that's one of the problems. one of the sinks that feeds and supports the culture of a political cartel. that makes it so that all president, sophia, fain power for very long periods of time. and not really challenging the same with the confederation for president. one of the things that feeds the system and keeps it in place is the fact that in football, the largest amount of revenues are at the top. and t for uses that, that the president, the fee for uses that uses that volume of funds that basically controls to

maintain power and protect the power and reward those that are loyal to lean and punish those that are not loyal to him. and what he believes to be the system of if we go to the a from head to face as governance committee, thanks so much for your time. watching date of the news live from berlin, date of lead news. asia is up next. don't forget, you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website. that's to be found at the w dot com. i'm at we how'd in berlin, thanks for joining us and stay with

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