be alan guessed at frankfurt airport, cd managed by frappe aud. ah ah ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin, the final day of changing things, visit to russia, the chinese leader and president vladimir putin. hale, a new era in bilateral ties. further closing ranks against the west, but can trenice still be a broker for peace in ukraine. also coming up a powerful earthquake ruffles, large parts above galveston and pakistan,

killing at least a dozen people enforcing many to flee and keeping it fresh on world water day. we look at how an israeli project is trying to refill the sea of galilee with the cell unaided water from the mediterranean. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. chinese president, she's in paying has wrapped up 3 days of talks with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. on tuesday, the 2 leaders signed a deal to expand bilateral trade and energy cooperation. their strengthening of ties is widely seen as a showed unity against the west. china has also put forth proposals for ending the war in ukraine, but there is no sign of a breakthrough trying to put on the most reassuring smiles chinese president,

she can ping and as russian counterpart vladimir 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 talk ho, 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 handing his counterpart, the opportunity to blame the west and ukraine. ammonia is philosophy, we believe that many of the provisions in the peace plan put forward by china seas are consistent with russian approaches of flow and could be taken as the basis for

a peaceful settlement. when they are ready for it in the west and in chief edna, however, we are so far we have not seen such readiness on their part that we got to this do, sir. the external new meeting in the blue form, putin and alliance. but she also offers a chance to close the gap left by the withdrawal of western firms from russia following it's war on ukraine. concept, one of the community. we are ready to support chinese businesses to say when it comes to replacing the production of the western enterprises. america 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. spring in correspond javier

crush for here. he's in beijing. fabia talked to us about china's aspirations as a piece broke, or what makes beijing think that ukraine would see it as an honest broker, given its total embrace of russia, where i would already doubt this assumption. and i think what ukraine thinks about china's diplomatic position has never been china's m co priority. it was quite irrelevant or even i would say, because i make this point clear. if you written use paper, see if you watch the state news or even listen to what government officials are saying, they barely ever mentioned the position of ukraine's government. and you could even easily forget that there's a war going on in ukraine. i mean it's, it's really an intentional, tries to align with russia to a large degree. and am, i think our dirt lensed a through our, which we could see am china's action. is it always a wants to am, you know, pursue its own interests and with a piece plan,

quote unquote piece plan. i think the 1st interest was to improve its image on the global stage, and that has largely failed in the west. but in many parts of the global south, actually, china is perceived as a m r, our responsible state and as a neutral player, even though and the west would disagree. but i think it's only the 2nd priority, whether this piece plan would bring a substantial result. because on, at this part, a china has disappointed so fine that her air was clearly demonstrated by the lack of results from seating things into putting talks and moscow. as we just heard in our report or putting in, she had promised her what they call a new era of partnership. how does china hope to benefit from that fabian, where it's clear that am russia is becoming extremely, am dependent on china politically. but also economically, in most parts of the, of, in are, russian exports already go to

a china imports to whites or rush hour. so largely from china, the new smartphone sales are now almost exclusively from china. so there's a clear dependency, and i'm sure that the seating thing is of course aware of this m. m a development a. and i think what he expects in return is our political reality. especially in front of the un security council. and that can become relevant especially when, for example, at some point, china should make the decision to in better wine, i think then, are russia as expected to support that? and i think there's also another dimension went russia is a, depending on china, china can pressure russia to get, for example, military technology from russia, or maybe also asked russia not to export a military technology to other countries. for example, india, how careful does presence she have to be fabi on and balancing his support for russia with the need to maintain a good trade relationship with the west. that is really the course

question. i think there are red lines or by the west, especially the european union. for example, if m a china would deliver a weapons em to russia on a large scale that would clearly and probably be followed by sanctions. but so far, i see the lack of a unified, a voice of the european union in terms of their china strategy. there's not really a care plan yet. what would happen in that scenario? so i think it's all relatively wake, but i'm definitely sitting pink is aware of that. he cannot, you know, just bring his clear friendship towards russia close and closer and am and not antagonize the west. so i think he wants to balance it, but so far he's definitely kiera on the site to what's russia around? thank very much correspond probably incredible in beijing catch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. french protesters of take into the street again and anger over the pension reform rammed through by

president emmanuel mccomb. the deeply unpopular changes have lifted the retirement age by 2 years. despite the fury, the government shows no signs of relenting after narrowly surviving to confidence votes in parliament. the un is calling for urgent humanitarian assistance in malawi, in the aftermath of cyclone freddie, the deadly storm hit southern african last week, killing almost 500 people. and displacing half a 1000000 more local authorities say the cyclone has worsened a deadly cholera outbreak which could push the death toll above a 1000 uganda. parliament has approved a bill which if sign into law, impose as 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, you wary mas. 70 in 2014, another anti homosexuality build approved by m p. 's and the president was blocked

by a constitutional court on a technicality. now thousands of kurds have taken to the streets in gin, derose, and northern syria to protest the killing of 4 men during kurdish near celebrations . the killing has re kindled tensions between courteous residents and the turkish backed arm groups. the control, the area of strong earthquake has shaken large parts of northern afghanistan and pakistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring many more. yep. senator was in afghanistan mountainous a bad action province. but the 6.5 magnitude quake was powerful enough to send people fleeing for safety. hundreds of kilometers away rattling and shaking as the quake went down here and the pakistani make a city of la hole. the trim has sent residents running out of buildings for the safety of the streets. hundreds of kilometers away in islamabad. shop

is also scrambled for the exits of this shopping center. the intensity was so high it, it felt like something is shaking very rapidly and the sound of wrinkled, still haunting my ears. right now. pakistani officials ordered people to evacuate off to cracks. appeared in several high rises, while death reported in more remote areas across the afghan border and closer to the quakes epicenter and kabul residence would jolted from their homes as well as the damage had the choice. it was a very strong earthquake and every one came running out to watch that. abraham was hoping that the earthquake in turkey wouldn't happen here and couple critical people horrified and skid him so much as the food surpassed. but while buildings here remained standing,

it's not yet clear how the remote mountain is villages close to the quake center may have fed the wins 1st water conference in more than 4 decades gets underway in new york later today. it's being built as a once in a generation chance to tackle a worsening water crisis. according to you and figures, billions of people around the world don't have reliable access to clean water. protecting water sources is a major priority, not least in the middle east. israel is now using the sal unaided sea water to replenish a dwindling fresh water lake. the sea of galilee t w's. rebecca ritters reports the sea of galilee in northern israel. the lake has been a vital water source for millennia, fed by the jordan river, which continues down to the dead sea. it's a place of pilgrimage for christians and it's israel's main fresh water reservoir.

but climate change and years of over use have been threatening. its survival is red was after 4 or 5 consecutive years of drought. and we watched the level of the day a lake. i had a lake near it, sea of galilee, drop every year, drop more, and more until the level that we cannot pump from it any more. now in a world 1st project is round. hopes to make that problem a thing of the past, by using dsl a night, had water to refill the fresh water lake. the water wintering here very for membrane. we'd spoken out the big particle. ok after that, the water going through their reverse northern membrane, which is the thick as they'd and then the main process. israel has been desalination water for more than 2 decades. nearly all of its drinking water comes from the sea. so from the mediterranean sea, through that process,

into this private, into my cop in one and a half hour, that's through the skirt pretty good to in another one and a half hours, it can reach the galilee topping up this regional water source. water has been an issue in the middle east for hundreds of years and has often been a source of conflict many here. now hope that this program will not only show up water supply here in israel, but also be away for israel to build and strengthen ties with once enemy states like jordan water was an important part of the peace treaty between israel and jordan, signed in the 1990s, that deal to supply 50000000 cubic meters of drinkable water, was doubled in 2021. water from the sea of galilee is brought downstream here through these grain pipes that you can say behind make it stored here in the last pumping station in israel before it makes its way through. those pipes over into jordan last year is ran

a great to double the jordan water deal again in return for energy that made putting the water in the galilee even more crucial. this was a, an excellent win win situation. we can bring water back to the sea of galilee and improve its quality, raised a lever, and find a solution for x, this disseminated water. if the recess expert say this multi $1000000.00 project could make the galilee a sustainable water source figures to count you as president joe biden has handed out metals of honor to some of the biggest names in american culture. among the 22 recipients where rock star bruce springsteen, legendary sol singer gladys knight list all included comedian julia louis dreyfus and designer vero want wang. the national metal of arts is the highest

official accolade in the u. s. for advancing arts and culture. this was biden's 1st awards ceremony since taking office because append amick this restrictions. you're watching d. w. news from berlin. coming up next. we've got business for you with daniel winter. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. guardians of truth. my name is john kinda and i have paid almost every price of being a journalist in a country like turkey taking all the powers that be they risk everything.