[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah ah! in the state of the news lying from berlin, no and signed to polish anger over french president, my cause pension reforms attends day of mass protest, descends into clashes between police and protesters in paris. french unions calling for another round of strikes and demonstrations on april the 6th. also on the

program, mexican authorities say a deadly blaze at a migration detention center was caused by migrant starting the fire themselves to protest plans to deport them. ukrainian soldiers receive a long awaited boost to their campaign to push back russian forces by taking delivery of western tanks plus a potential new source of clean power scientist. they found a way of tapping the energy produced during the early stages of photosynthesis, could lead to new and more efficient ways of harnessing the power of plan. ah outcomes really thank you so much for joining us. hundreds of thousands of people in france have taken part in fresh protests and strikes against pension reforms.

it's the 10th day of nationwide action since mid january demonstrated peacefully, there were clashes west police and several major cities. president among whom i call has refused to back down on his decision to increase the retirement age to 64 . nearly 2 weeks after president macaroni pushed the changes through parliament, public fury shows no sign of abating. 740000 people, marched across the country. on tuesday the government said, in the western city of not the barricades burned, it's we who work it's we who decide reached the banner. in the south, thousands marched on the old port of marsey. while in paris, protesters marched through the city center led by the unions. ah,

everyone hates the police. they chanted for the march remained relatively peaceful . but elsewhere in the capitol violence erupted between black clot protestors and right police reacted to stones and projectiles. with tear gas protestors dismissed criticism that the french retirement age is one of the world's lowest. it's not because it's worse in other countries that we should do the same because we know that term that the they're working on in conditions in this countries are awful for people that turn on to bore rich in nature as it should be to. she'll have the right to rest and after work to fridge herbs, in a very for her social conditions, was very little rights under with the one that in france, so much for the workers who worked with their arms and their position and where are there other countries they must fight, as we fight,

striking parisian railway workers echoed to that sentiment. ah, you will console me. i want to turn out to best years of retirement into the worst 2 years of out working lives. were all going to be broken? i guess in the increasing tendency towards violence prompted the deployment of $13000.00 officers, according to interior minister, she held diana. but the simmering outrage does not seem to have dissuaded my crawl from pushing through his changes. the president was given a boost by the decision of parisians. sanitation workers to return to work after 3 weeks strike, perhaps a sign that the protests could burden themselves out. a 10th day of nationwide protest against this pension reforms dw lisa lewis and paris told me how this one compared to previous protests. well, when you look at the number of protesters, and that number has gone, gone down slightly from the record day last week there were between

70000222 1000000 people out in the streets across france compared to last week's 1500000 up to 3000000, these figures obviously coming from the police. all the unions also not the number of people taking part in sector strikes himself. gone down to mind you as he said, this movement does not seem to be over just yet because they are still hundreds of thousands of people on the streets demonstrating. whereas as you sat there, the reform has already gone through parliament. the government pushed the reform through and up next, legally speaking is the their decision by the constitutional counsel to see if the reformers, constitutional indeed, people seem to be waiting, at least for that. and the french prime minister has now invited union leaders to discuss this pension reform, which has already been pushed through parliament. you said that there. so what could a solution look like?

well, that was obviously quite surprising because the french prime minister, the government has not talked to the union for about 2 and a half months. the unions were asking for that for a talk, but the government didn't want to, didn't seem to want to talk to them. now they're saying the units are saying, we're going to go there. we're gonna talk to the government. but at what we want to speak with about is really this pension reform. we want the government to drop the reform. however, the government at seems not really willing to do so. they are talking about, you know, taking things forward when it comes to work relations to other things, other reforms. and if that's the case, if the government does not really move, when it comes to the pension reform this, this round of discussions, it will not provide any tangible result and, or the units have already set that they would keep on demonstrating afterwards. yeah. months of protests, now, what effect are they having on a life in france, on your day to day life? we don't even have much time, but i do want to ask you this. well, as you know,

are ways collectors have been striking in paris. so, and waste is piling up on the earth. i walks in certain areas of paris, however, they've now interrupted their strike. so that will be collected in the coming days . but they're saying that they could go on strike later on. again. there's also some disruption in the transport sector when you take the train, your train might be canceled. and when it comes to the refinery, some refineries are being blocked. and you know, as certain fuel stations are running out of fuel. so, you know, there is still a certain amount of disruption and daily daily life. here in france, italy is lisa lewis. joining us this morning from paris. thank you. mexican authority say a blaze at a migrant center that killed at least 38 people were started by some of the detainees themselves. the detention center is in syria, juarez and northern mexico. it's known as a major crossing point for migrant seeking to enter the united states authority say

some migrants that fire to mattresses after hearing they were to be deported. the un secretary general has called for a thorough investigation. now this young man is taught to be one of the victims. he was among the 68 people detained at the micro center when the fire broke out. oh, getting outside the families and friends are trying to get information about their loved ones. 2 not homeless, like the migration authorities haven't told us anything if they haven't told us where they took the bodies or they haven't told us how many people died or how many were injured. we don't know anything about our friends and relatives, maybe anything. im not her monsalud them and then i throw her meager either familiarity. now these events inside were filmed by a surveillance camera. migrant said did mattresses on fire in what officials have called

a protest. the video shows the smoke filling the room while the cards walked away. apparently making no attempt to save them. in desperation was one of the biggest causes or perhaps was the cause for losing control of the situation. and having cases like these most of the victims, but i did to fight, escort the mile and citizens. others are from hon to ross at salvador, venezuela, columbia, and a quarter. due to quit off my groups by the mexican authorities was under scrutiny long before this tragedy. the victims families unload demanding answers from the mexican government. the u. s. has been stepping up pressure on mexico to reduce the number of migrants crossing the border of journalist and alicia, and all soul of outlined some of the policies that have been implemented well since the global pandemic, the trump administration implemented a program that called remain in mexico that mexico itself

a 30 agreed to where the u. s. would make asylum seekers and refugees wait in mexico for their hearings instead of with in the united states, which a standard protocol and in mexico they, i normally have to live in really horrible, dangerous migrant camps. on some invoices of how many people were me know a few weeks ago as m. u. s. were kidnapped and killed and was a big controversy there. um and the mexican government has also put in place a lot of migrant checkpoints and basically made that mexico b the border for the makers that are coming from central america, the caribbean, and other parts of the world that they cannot get past mexico that they are doing both the migration enforcement work of the united states before they even get to the united states. mexican journalist and alicia also of speaking to us earlier. let's have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world to day. beijing has

threatened to retaliate against taiwan as president, sighing when heads to the u. s. she's expected to meet with us house speaker, kevin mccarthy, on her way back from visiting taiwan central american allies. but china has warned washington against allowing the meeting to take place. she is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected us president joe biden's call to abandon his plan judicial overhaul 5 and had urged the prime minister to quote, walk away from the plans after he paused them on monday, following weeks of protest by israelis. the u. s. has stopped sharing key data on its nuclear arsenal with russia after moscow did the same. follows the kremlin decision in february to suspend its participation in a key arms treaty with washington that limits the number of nuclear warheads and missiles each country is allowed to deploy.

ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says he's ready to meet china's president. she ging ping lensky, was speaking to the p news agency and said he'd extended an invitation to the chinese leader. the 2 men haven't spoken since russia invaded ukraine more than a year ago, but she visited moscow last week on what he called apiece. mission to lensky comments come after ukraine took delivery of western battle tanks from germany, and the u. k. are expected to be fall beds, armored fire power for a potential spring offensive. ukrainian defense minister alexia rosa cough was seen riding in a british challenger to battle tank while german made leopard 2 tanks were also delivered. and the for the long awaited vehicles arrives. ukraine had to rely on soviet made, takes our correspondent next sunday i met some of the crew is keeping them running in eastern ukraine. these men, or farmers from the south. now they belong to the most feared units on the battlefield. the soviet era

t. 80 takes 3 men to operate at 40 tons and driven at speeds of up to 80 kilometers an hour. gunner basil says the tanks scare the enemy. hello, i will tell you this as soon as they see from the drones how the tanks are coming. then all the artillery is only aimed at us. they forget about the infantry about everything. so they're afraid culture, but the tanks need a lot of attention. this one is more than a decade older than the mechanic. ers. and it shows the actual really key thought, if the tank is on really uneven, groaned, it's often this part of the tracks that breaks and needs to be replaced every now and again. we also have to tighten the tracks missional. let jessica also missy these tanks maybe old and worn down, but they're easy to repair. if the men can get the spare parts, they often find them on the battlefield. on martha up to a think it wouldn't don't luscious. yes,

many russian parks fit our vehicles just. we also dismantle russian tanks for spare parts, then the undercarriage is suitable for the word, and often we find parts suitable for the engine blows up to syndicate with it more than i'm in it. at the start of the war, the ukrainian seem to be facing a ship piri or tank force, but the russians deploy those tanks often in a very risky way without adequate protection from infantry or fighting vehicles. the ukrainians were able to take out and capture close to 2000 of those tax. but they're saying now if they are to have a chance of taking back territory, they would need a significant upgrade themselves. the men here are waiting for better tanks to arrive from friendly countries. no one if papa should from and out and share with the new ones are more maneuverable, they have other equipment of the thermal sites range finders in ramirez have say in

check. the crew is more protected than the ammunition capsule is placed at the back . yankee portion exist. shanisha ne cops last is on yet. when they shoot, the capsule flies out, but we don't cancel how many times my proposed moments are in our old tanks. we're sitting on a powder keg and i was calling for 2nd. ah, what he's actually sitting on is this all the tanks, ammunition that can go horribly wrong when an old tank like this takes a direct hit. tanks are seen as the key to a successful ukrainian character offense. the moral tanks that are destroyed, the greater the appetite for new better ones. for a military analyst, frank lead, which provided more details about what makes the newly deliver tanks so different

from what ukrainian forces are currently using. we have to go back really to the cold war nato. the west went much more on quality. the russians or the soviet side on quantity. so that meant and you heard that from a lot of this from the tank crewman there before these tags that they're getting which are much more modern. of course. and coldwell ones are a step change in quality over the russian predecessors under adversaries. so for example, army protection, they are far more survivable on the bus with him. equally importantly. and this was hinted at that what's called fire control systems. so tags can fight at night, nato takes will be able to fight at night. even more importantly than that, they'll be able to engage russian tanks. that's to say, shoot at russian tanks and destroy them before russian tanks are in range and the be able to do that at a very high rate. so we're looking at step change in quality here and from the tank crewman perspective,

as you heard that that's utterly vital when it comes to operating bills tanks there, how different are the new western tanks found? the soviet era ones. right, so by, if you were to go inside a russian tank, they're pretty rudimentary inside set set for the very latest ones, which the russians have very few. when you go inside a western tank, you are encased in a huge amount of armor and steel, but essentially it's far more integrated in terms of systems. and in other words, you need a lot more training to operate or a nato type, such as a lap, hard to, or a challenge, or especially in a bronze. so what the west has been focusing on, i think over the last few months will be till the end of the year are training the crew. but equally important and i say equally important are the provisions not only of logistics of supply and repair vehicles and they're getting those not so they're

not so glamorous, let's say. but of course, infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carriers and they're getting those as well. because you can't fight tanks alone. you need to have infantry with you. that's the mistake. the russians made earlier in the war to talk about superior quality there. but there is also strength and numbers isn't there. do you expect these modern western battle tanks to be enough or does ukraine need far more than what they're getting at this point? it is far more the european leopard providers have so including, especially germany have promised that so far, but 2 battalions worth of tanks. that's just over a 100 tanks the british, but very few but very effective company work. that's 14 tanks. you're not going to get that 100 tanks for all the fanfare. probably they're not going to have a 100 till autumn time. they've asked for $300.00 tanks, are much more effective, used in bulk, and then whether you credit want to use of course in the counter offense. it is

a massive assault force and there's an exponential effect in having large numbers. there's no point in having them in petty packets for various reasons. so they need a lot more and they will continue to ask a lot more and their right to do so. don't her alice frank language. thank you so much for those and said thank you. now is an exciting breakthrough, vice signed his lead by the university of cambridge in a new and efficient way of harnessing power from photosynthesis. it's a powerful chemical reaction that occurs in plants and the research published. and the journal nature says it could one day become an important source of clean energy at the beginning of photosynthesis, there's an explosion of energy, like the source of a river. extracting the energy from this stage has proved impossible so far. thus until scientist tried lasers,

we've done the laser and change it directly into the living cell phone or to show on the waiver flashes a 1000000000000000 times faster than your phone camera take to the laser. let scientists see what's happening at the start of photosynthesis and useful detail for the 1st time. the laser showed the walking of the electronics of the cell, but every such as the target. once captured, the electrons were chaperoned out by molecules shown here by the white dots. you can get better efficiency when teaching it right at the beginning of the holes with each net right from the beginning. we can reach any experiment a dinner plate sized amount of the bacteria power to computer for 6 months. this kind of efficiency is helped by how good plants are soaking up sunlight. plants absorb 100 percent of light from the visible spectrum of the sun. compare that to solar panels which absorb nearly

a 3rd less the way plants get energy from the sun is through photosynthesis. in photosynthesis, plants take carbon dioxide from the air along with water and with the help of sunlight and chlorophyll, they turned into sugar and oxygen. these end products mean the chemical reaction forms the basis of most life on earth. plants use some of the energy they capture functions like growing, moving towards or away from sunlight or for distributing nutrients around their stem, stalks and leaves. but not all of the energy absorb is used. so scientists say the electrons taken from the plants are spare. no, what the next challenge is, is to design agents by which we can move electrons to your, to your phone, to an electron. new energy could look like solar panels or a by a reactor, like

a brewery. fascinating stuff. let's get some more inside the ring and tell me making and just saw him there in the report with survey. thank you so much for coming into the show. and this is a remarkable discovery. how did you come up with the idea? well, we were actually sitting in a bar where we came up with this idea of it was a real experiment. we actually didn't know what would happen. and we were had a real privilege to really be there and go like, wow, we've actually managed to see these charges form and focuses and then eventually worked on how to intercept them. and you've come about what everyone seems to be desperately looking for right now. a powerful source of quite literally green energy. what can your technology mean for the development of the renewable sector? well, it's quite interesting because we already rely on for everything we use for everything 3, you know, you're good. it's outlined. but what we think now is that we might be able to rely

on the current world also to power some of our devices. now, how cool is the resulting energy, or really how well the process is own carbon emissions, for example? well, i've noticed that there's actually grabs carving from the atmosphere. so it's a very difficult technical question to answer actually, how green f specific technology is. you have to take into account how you're making it, where you have to transport it and how you might recycle it in the end. but usefully, using plant a solar cells, really all you need to do to make it is give it light and water. and it has this additional advantage that actually takes carbon for on the atmosphere, which is something that traditional solar panels wouldn't be able to do it. ally sounds too good to read through. it needs to be done to use it on a bigger scale in the future. we've already outlined how, for example, we can use this technology to power computers for relatively short periods of time,

admittedly. but when we push something out to the real world, we have to consider what's called the levelized cost of electricity. so the amount to cost to make it and install it, and the efficiency that you get out, the power that you get that comes into what's called the levelized cost of energy. now, we can't claim that we're ever going to be as efficient as a silicon photovoltaic. but what we can claim is that it could lead to incredibly cheap solar panels, because you can just add, as i said before, add light and water. and you get, i get quite a good solar cell to hopefully nibble to use that, that abundant abundance of water and, and light that we have on the planet. we can develop really, really cheap solar panels all around the world without expensive manufacturing processes. what other areas of application are you looking at for your findings? well, photosynthesis being used for humans, for hundreds of thousands of years to produce food,

produce fuels and to produce useful materials. but now what were outlined of maybe a new paradigm where we can use it for a which was a to production and for a whole suite of different electronic processes to tell me back a from the university of cambridge. thank you so much. thank you very much. an ocean swim alongside, dolphins may be a dream for many of us, but hawaiian authorities are cracking down on snorkeling who they say are harassing the animals. a group snorkeling has been filmed chasing after a part of dolphins off hawaii is big island. a band came into effect and 2021 to stop people coming within 45 meters of the animals on the dolphins appeared to be awake and swimming. they are nocturnal and are actually asleep. authority say the swimmers were aggressively pursuing the dolphins and have launched investigation

before we go, here's a reminder of our top story today. in paris, protesters clashed with police on a 10th day of mass protests against president lock funds to planned pension reforms . micron is refusing to back down on the deeply unpopular move to increase the retirement age. to 64. unions have called another round of strikes and demonstrations for april 6th fire at an immigration detention center and the mexican border city of that florida has killed at least 38 people. already, se migrants being held at the facility, starting at the fire as a protest, a major crossing point for undocumented migrant seeking to enter the united states . ukraine has finally received western battle tanks. they're seen as key to a potential spring offensive against russian forces. it rains, defense minister was seen riding, and

a british challenger to tank german lumber. 2 tanks were also delivered. watching dw news line from berlin up next is our environment. show eco, india, looking at new ways to protect the climate and rethink our energy needs to stay tuned for that. and don't forget, there's always news and analysis around the block on our website. that's d, w dot com or handle on social media is at c, w, news article for, for me and the entire team here in our newsroom in berlin. thank you so much for a company with ah, with

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