ah, raring to ah, you've never read a book like this. literature list. germany must reads ah ah ah, this is dw used live from berlin, china and russia hale, a new era in bilateral ties sheet in ping and blotted me purse and agree to bolster economic cooperation. further clothing rags against the waste. can china still be a broker for peace in ukraine?

also coming up. why visit by germany's education minister to taiwan is provoking an angry reaction in beijing. and revitalizing german football law to last he is disastrous will come. why you play is who could team up with other nations are choosing germany. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the shore. the leaders of china and russia, a hailing a new era in relations following a 2nd day of talks in moscow sheet in pink and vladimir putin signed a deal to expand bilateral trade and energy ties in a show of unity against the waste. but when it came to the war in ukraine, there was no sign of a breakthrough trying to put on the most reassuring smiles. chinese

president, she didn't ping and as russian counterpart flooding mere putin pledge to straighten ties, putin increasingly isolated by the west for his invasion of ukraine is forced to turn east for friendly handshake fall. so clara, on the issue of the ukrainian crisis. china has always adhered to the purpose and principles of the united nations charter, adhered to an objective and impartial position, and actively promoted peace and negotiations. gigi charles saw tool co beatings refusal to condemn the war on ukraine has been the driving force of this friendship to instead she has proposed a so called peace plan could be panning his counterpart, the opportunity to blame the west and ukraine. amaya is philosophy. we believe that many of the provisions in the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches exhaust flow and can be taken as the basis for

a peaceful settlement when they are ready for it. in the westy and in chief edna, however, we are so far we have not seen such readiness on their part that we got to in this do, sir. externally meeting in the blue form, putin and lions, but she also offers a chance to close the gap left by the withdrawal of western firms from russia following its war on ukraine concept. well, in the community, we are ready to support chinese businesses. so say when it comes to replacing the production of the western enterprises, we americans that have left russia, boasting a number of new deals on energy and trade. the autocratic duel promise a new era of partnership. one where china sees itself as a piece broker for russia and ukraine. so strengthening of ties between

china and russia, but how equal or not she's this relationship. that's the question i put to geopolitical analysts for brief 40 well, clearly this is an alliance of the, an equals where china has the strong hand and russia in the position of a basically getting russian political cover. sorry, chinese political over for russia war in ukraine. and what is interesting is to see that apparently there was not a significant economic outcome from the summit, meaning that china is being very, you know, tough and not the city willing to go all the way to what believe me putting needs in terms of economic support especially in finalizing and agreement on gas supply and gas pipeline to between russia and china. so i would say it is a very a symmetric alliance and it gives political over to going to be put it on here,

given the long term economic lifeline. so given what you saying is china, exploiting russia, international isolation, or perhaps not, i figure so it's a much more complex game here. i think china is probably align with vladimir putin on the fact that this is a front against what is considered by both b, g and moscow as are dominated, as a, you estimated world. so in that sense, i think china ice east is joining russia in framing this war as a walk is basically a dominant west. however, it is clear also that china is be cautious. i, somebody could be clever. you clearly see chinese freedoms being reluctant to cross the line. a specially engage in sectors or we, russian companies that are in the us or you sanctions. and at the same time and

then taking the time probably to get maybe a better deal from the russians who clearly need some economic support both on the shore, but also longer term. if i heard you correctly, i think you said some was china's thing, somewhat cautious. what type of balancing act for brace is she playing between more covert support for russia, but not to an extent as to damage tried with the west or perhaps trigger more sanctions? exactly. i mean, so far they seem that the chinese seem to have told a line that was said quite early on doing the war by the u. s. administration. on not aiding the russian and military conglomerate in prosecuting this war to be seen. and there were some signs recently that maybe the chinese were willing to cross the line, but this as not human to now, i think, i think what you see, both of these, that china is,

is giving your sort of cover to russia as war in ukraine. but at the same time, clearly in the chinese plan, which is more position paper on the war, the chinese are trying to show that they are the good guys that they represent these global house in this and for the values that the global source of sovereignty of independence or non the difference that the house stands for. so she is clearly trying to do a balancing act between giving over to russia to also take advantage of this kind of and to us from and at the same time, positioning china as be supporting the global house interest rate to get your inside fabric point. the a see our vast, nothing global. joining us from title is a brief. thank you. will ahead of sheets trip to moscow. there were some indications that the chinese later would reach out to ukraine. but as our correspondent acknowledged planes, there was no visit from cave. from she well not only that,

but it also seems if for comment by friends zalinski, it isn't to go by. there isn't even a date or timing yet for this promised phone call between the ukrainian leader and his chinese counterparts, or even the kind of compensation the price is not necessarily a done deal. i think it's not much of a surprise for ukrainians. police grants positions that the chinese did. it wasn't going to come here to a country that is at war altar. this war, china's been helping russia has been helping us get around. western section has been buying all that russian energy that's no longer going to europe. but i think they're really worried that this could mark a change in the kind of quality of the relationship between beijing and moscow, and that we could actually see chinese made weapons making their way to the front lines here. so far, it's be more about ships, maybe some drones, but nothing on a large scale and trying to resolve to basically the only country with the resources and the kind of breadth to really make a huge difference to russia's ability to produce weapons and keep on fighting here

in nick connelly there, let's get a round up now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world today . japanese prime minister for me, okesha has met with president lot. m. is the lensky on an unannounced visit to ukraine. his visit is seen as affirming japan support for keith as the host of the upcoming g 7 meeting in may, keisha invited ukrainian president to join the summit via video the u. n. is calling for urgent humanitarian assistance in malawi, in the saw in the aftermath of cycling friday. the deadly storm hit the hit southern africa last week, killing almost 500 people in displacing half a 1000000 more local authorities say the cycling has worst and a deadly color break which could push the death toll above 1000. you can just parliament has approved to bill which is signed into law imposes a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for identifying as l g. b t q plus the

legislation needs to be signed into law by president our team of 70 in 2014 another ante mistakes reality bill approved by him pays and the president was blocked by the constitutional court on a technicality. on our men, furious protest is have taken to the center of paris to show their opposition to pension reforms, forced 3 by emmanuel mccombs government. deeply unpopular reforms have raised the retirement age by 2. he's president micron has so far refused to back down after narrowly surviving to no confidence votes in parliament. germany's education minister has arrived in taiwan on a 2 day trip bettina dock. that is the 1st german minister to make an official visit to the island in more than 25 years. china, which regards taiwan as part of its territory, has issued

a diplomatic complaint to germany. a signing ceremony with scientists set the tone for a politically sensitive visit. bettina, stark, vomiting are once the focus of her tie. one trick to be on technological cooperation. direct meetings with politicians are conspicuously not on the agenda. it is a great pleasure, an honor for me to be the 1st minister heading, a specialist government department. i was 26 years taiwan with it's excellent research institution is a highly esteemed partner. her hosts recognized the significance of the moment. ministers thought lingers races and her one is particularly movie. it also turned heads in beijing, china, which demands 3rd countries not have contact with taiwan,

is furious to china condemned the egregious acts of the german official and her lodge stare and protest. in b, jing and berlin to express strong disapproval. later stock motzinger was given a tool of an ancient temple and an opportunity to respond to china's criticism. she insisted that germany respects the one china principal. i am concentrating on being here in the responsibility for research and innovation. that's a normal visit we're doing here. i am. we need partners worldwide to tackle the global challenges. and so we're, i'm highly interested in, in research and innovation here in taiwan. before a living they stopped at the prayer card birth, where the delegation was gifted a blessing card with the white freedom written on it in chinese. a reminder that in taiwan, every word and every gesture carries added meaning to sport and

germany's men's for all team have made up for the 1st time since the humbling exit in the group stage. at last, he has cut our world carp coach hands. the flick has called up 6 new players as germany tries to revive its former glories. another new start for germany. they're preparing for saturdays, friendly against peru, their 1st game since being dumped out of the world. her 6 new call ups were all born in germany, but 5 of them have parents who hail from other countries. they were all eligible to play for over nations, but have chosen germany despite decides. recent troubles on the pitch. fans hope the fresh faces help put the team back on track ahead of germany, hosting next years. european championship eastern. well, i think we have good players. we have the talent, but it doesn't work out like we wanted to. and the players we've,

they have to find each other. there are some new players now that him and some young one shall to know to their paranoid of i know by your 21 year old defender malick chow place for italian side. ac milan is a cynical, he's father and finish mother, but quickly opted for germany out berg forward, morgan parish, his parents come from kosovo. he's mainly played club football in austria, and turkey. fly is his orders via of course we expect every single player on the pitch to show passion and conviction in order to represent the colors of german life. i believe that if this passion can be shown on the pitch of it, then it will be also felt by the fans. and that's what we want to do this and get us off. mackenzie burn on canada. we're a man flake, a new national team director, rudy fellow, hope being closer to the supporters will boost flagging interest in the side. the new call ups are ready to do their bit. finally, now age is just a number, right? certainly if you ask 75 year old football coach, roy hudson,

who has just been appointed as manager of english premier league team crystal palace until the end of the season. the former england boss is the oldest coach in the history of the english top flight. he previously manage the south london side between 20172021. good for him. up next is doc film, which looks at what russia learned from the syria conflict as lauren t. w dot com and on social media at dw. thanks. what are, what interest the global economy our portfolio d w business beyond here the closer look at the project ownership to.