he will need to know what is happening there. you know, we're seeing guardians of truth watch know on youtube. d. w documentary ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. clashes in pakistan. police use tear gas. hong supporters of former prime minister iran con, is he had to court to face corruption charges me to long brewing political stand off will go to pakistan in just a moment. also coming up, ukraine says russian mercenaries have made a push to in circle,

east in city of back. moot, i corresponded in keith has the latest. and german chancellor laughed sholtes made japanese prime minister formula kisha in tokyo for talks and, and boosting economic and defense ties. ah, i'm jarrett rate, we'll have those stories in just a moment. but 1st, this breaking news is coming in former us president donald trump has said that he expects to be arrested on tuesday in a post on his truth social network, trump wrote that he's received this indication from the manhattan district attorney's office. and he's also called for protests, he didn't deece how, what any charges might be. what we do know is that a new york prosecutor is looking at charges in a case examining hush, money paid to a woman. the alleged alleged alleged sexual encounters with the former president.

the district attorney's office hasn't yet commented. just repeating the breaking news. donald trump is saying that he expects to be arrested on tuesday. of course, we'll have more on this when we get it here on d. w, we're going to move on now and former pakistani prime minister iran con, has failed to appear in court in islamabad, after clashes outside the court house. the judge postponing the hearing off to police fired t. a gas on the con supporters con earlier agreed to appear to face corruption charges. his convoy left for the capital from his little home in the hor, 400 kilometers away con, repeatedly failed to attend previous hearings. that led to an arrest warrant being issued against him. although that warrant was canceled on friday. con, says he feels he may still be taken into custody. we can get the

latest now from journalist user as gary who joins me now from karachi user. welcome . what can you tell us about the situation at the courthouse? we've, you know, st. clashes t gas or risk, what's going on? absolutely. as anybody so much jane, we saw wrong home making almost 5. our journey was usually takes about 2 to 3 hours in 5 hours. stronger waters are as you posted your dish and we saw that the orders and police changed a hearing has access to what we do now is he has made an appearance. the proceedings did not get on was made in cash to yeah. for sure. and then all of these proceedings had ended at a very high note of his anger. they say that his residence in the hall has been

ransacked by the police officers warrant was issued. so clearly emotions run high between the authorities. i'm wrong supporters. why large numbers? so just repeating iran con has appearing code, albeit briefly as you say, this has taken so many twists and turns, particularly when we look at what's happened today. how do you think this case is going to end for iran con you know, that isn't, that's the $1000000.00 question. no one retails every day grants, new volume events. we have the entire day buying out differently. you jason, john, one way or the other. every few minutes, one cannot really say, but what is very, very evident is that you stand off with the authorities, the government in wrong hon and his supporters. we have seen such operations being conducted is being ransacked, and the 2 and weapons have been recovered. you see

a fresh volley of cases on his way. why do you think this could all end up in a huge political crisis in pakistan? i think if we are suffering from it, you can only go with the impact that economic crisis is crisis at the very start of what we see next week on the ground. we're really right up temperatures and how to find out how one can only wait and watch the political temperatures. i usually and indeed many thanks to your journalist, you as well as carry in karachi there for your insights. we'll move on now and the ukranian military says, russian ministries have been trying to break through ukrainian defenses in several directions. that's in an attempt to in circle the eastern city of back mood. ukrainian forces are still withstanding russian assaults on the ruined city. block

mood has become a focal point for 8 months of russian attempts to advance through the don't yet. region. most goes, forces have captured the city's eastern part, but have so far failed to surround we can get more now from our correspondence. nick connelly in keith nick talking about back mode way. hearing from the u. s. think tank the institute for the study of war. it's saying the wagner groups offensive is likely nearing culmination. what do you make of that statement? well, i think combination in the kind of military speak means exhaustion. there's a real sense that the viking group that has because a lot of people, especially from russia jails has been going through boots of the grant at an incredible speed, has not tried to really minimize those losses. have done somebody risky attacks on ukrainian positions and that they are now desperate for more supplies in terms of theory. but also manpower. we've got the news from russia that they are trying to

recruit many of the 30000 new fighters in the next couple of months. obviously, they're still the russian regular only that could take that place. and in the sense that the russian, the ship has invested. so much at least symbolically in, but it would be the 1st significant victory for months that they are going to send in more resources and going to keep trying to get the city which, you know, probably has a great symbolic then it's a strategic importance. given what you just said, the nic ukrainian forces, of course, determined to make sure russia won't capture back mood. what is their strategy? i think right now the most important thing is to avoid being surrounded. if you look at the map or you can see that basically this is t that surrounded on 3 sides and there's a pretty narrow corridor linking what remains a bucket under ukraine control to the kind of ukranian hinterland and the 2 main roads leading in and out are also pretty close to those russian positions. that's a very dangerous situation to be in. we believe that ukraine special forces are trying to push those russian positions of back

a bit. so say the ukraine garrison there and she needs a huge amount of re supply every day diesel food, other supplies. but i think there is still an understanding him and key of that. eventually the ukrainian government will have to pull back from buffalo. this is a question of time, but for now they are definitely sending more people in and not letting the russians get what they want. i just want to pick up on something that you said in and what the ukranian government is saying. of course, we know the losses in back need a very hard a people are asking, is fighting for back, moot worth it. and it sounds like ukraine's government is, is having a reading was there some very mixing rules coming out of, you know, that kind of top ministries and the kind of top decision makers here in care of. some you constantly kind of give kind of hints that this is a matter of time before they leave other say that this is crucial to ukraine's efforts that this is crucial to allowing ukraine's expected spring offensive to

work by binding russian resources. they're basically forcing russia to focus their attention on back move, allowing ukraine more freedom elsewhere on the front lines. we certainly heard a recent days from top us officials once again making clear they don't think it's worth it. lloyd austin or defense secretary bases saying that this was the presence zalinski is battle and implying that he wouldn't invest this number of ukrainian lives and risk. these are the potential scenarios being surrounded there. so there's definitely a difference of opinion there. and for now, we're seeing that prince zaleski is not willing to countenance a withdrawal and keeps talking about the fortress battle right in economy, even keep there, nick, thanks so much. well, the international criminal court in the hague has issued an arrest warrant for russia's president vladimir putin. the court said the warrant was issued over alleged war crimes in ukraine. person is accused of involvement in the on bothell deportation of children from it occupied areas of ukraine to russia. the kremlin

has dismissed the allegations and the arrest warrant as meaningless. the charges are the 1st that the i c. c has ever laid against the heat of a permanent member of the you. in security council, russian president vladimir putin and his commissioner for children's rights and now wanted for war crimes. they are alleged to have been responsible for ukrainian children being forced from the occupied cities and seem to live in russia. judges f, review the information and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that debt are credible. alicia keys, deese, persons for the alleged crimes. dicey see, is doing it's part of work as a court of law. the judges issued arrest warrants. the execution depends on international cooperation. the charge is being welcomed in ukraine, where officials have been sounding the alarm for months. while he is older,

they are suspect in the illegal forced transfer of ukrainian children. this means that from now, until his arrest president of russia, as the head of a terrace estate, will be afraid to travel outside russia because of the possibility that he will be extradited to the international criminal court. russia is not a member of the i c. c, and has no legal obligation to cooperate with it. moscow's rejection of the charge is came quick and fast persons, pre secret tracy, the decision was null and void. former president dmitri mid the div compete the respond to toilet paper. while the charges, i get another condemnation of puritans invasion, they're unlikely to bring any swift justice, a ukrainian children in russia. well, german chancellor, olaf schultz, is in tokyo for a trip aimed at strengthening economic ties with japan. salts has been meeting with

japanese prime minister for me or kisha. the pair had been discussing ways to strengthen economic security and reduce dependence on chinese raw materials. i've also talked about the war in ukraine to w's chief, political correspondent need a has a is traveling with chancellor will have shots. she joins me now from tokyo. nina. hi there. tell us, what importance does japan have for germany in terms of economic security? well, japan is germany's 2nd largest trading partner in asia, and perhaps most importantly, even at both countries, each other is very similar. they say they share values, but they're also their economies are structurally very similar. and there's a lot of scope for deeper collaboration between the 2, because for long germany neglected japan in favor of china. so today here they both

said again, all of swords and the japanese prime minister that both countries have seen that big dependency on big players like china and russia is dangerous and painful. they said they learned that during the covert, pandemic, and of course, russia's war against ukraine. and so they say diversification is key and they agreed to strengthen economic collaboration. in a you said a china is currently germany's most important trading partner in the region. how much a room from a mover does this all give all off shots? well that's of course a tight rope walk. now both countries are very dependent on china, but at the same time, they're also saying that they need to diversify. they need to reduce their dependencies. and so here today in tokyo, both governments agreed to work together more closely when it comes to sourcing critical minerals and also supporting efforts to do more research and to give

incentives to japanese and german businesses to do mining. but also refining and processing of those minerals so that they can reduce the dependency of china on china. they also say that they don't want decoupling from china and in japan. and the system works that as such that the state and businesses and work together hand in hand, essentially to develop an economic strategy in germany. that's not the case. and all i've showed says that he just hopes that businesses themselves will see that they need to reduce dependencies on china, and that the government a can offer support and incentives for them to actually diversify. just quickly naina what did sholtes and to should have to say about ukraine. well, japan was one of the 1st countries to condemn russia's war against ukraine. and it also adopted on all of the wet, so called western sanctions against russia. and of course,

the fear here in japan is that if putin has his way in ukraine, that, that might send a very, very dangerous signal to other autocrats around the world, particularly china, of course. and so they say that this must not happen. geopolitical situations cannot be changed by falls into housing in tokyo. thanks nina, that you're up to date well stories. he's off next 20 w dot com with we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. romantic corners check hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot d w travel off we go.