behind the past, they live with people in need to know what is happening in our series guardians of truth watch. now on youtube, d. w documentary ah ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. an invitation from ukraine to chinese liter. she's in pain presence. lensky says he's ready to welcome she to keep the invite comes a week after china. his leader was welcomed in moscow on a visit that he called a piece mission. also coming up classes continue in prince over president because

pension reforms attends day of mass protest ascends into classes with police and protesters in paris with french unions calling for another round of strikes and demonstrations on april 6th. and britons king charles touches down in berlin on his 1st overseas state, visit as monarch. the 3 day trip is being seen as a chance to strengthen ties with continent that have been straight. my brakes ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. you cranes, president laudermill zalinski, has extended an invitation to chinese leadership in paying to visit kia. speaking to reporters from the associated press, zalinski said that he was ready and willing to host cheap on the at it,

that the pair had not talk of since russia's invasion of ukraine. just over a year ago. the invitation comes after the chinese leader met with vladimir putin in moscow on what she called a piece mission last week. beijing has said that lines of communication with ukraine remain open, or zaman. did it. earlier i asked d. w, correspond at max tonda inky of what ukrainian presidents lansky can expect from a meeting with she. in light of the chinese leaders, warm relations with moscow are uses secretary of chinese president. she jumping, went to moscow last week in an attempt to deepen the ties with moscow to solidify the no limit partnership between beijing and moscow. so everybody was watching close. what does this mean or the chinese siding with the russians of the craps preparing to send weapons, but the chinese president left without any public supports for the war. so there indications that this was not a diplomatic success that flooded me put was hoping for. so the ukrainians art are

likely hoping that china is not looking for an eye level partnership with the russians rather using the russians for their own economic and geopolitical interests. and that perhaps now is the time to sit down and talk with chinese and try to, to find a way to, to influence the situation before russia deepens. it's ties with china or other countries like you on, for example, that it has a friendly connections with the been reports max this morning, that ukrainian portions of shell, the russian controlled ukrainian city of molly to poland the south. what are you hearing from their that's right, so minutes upon was a free to region has been occupied since february 25th last year. so the very 1st and 2nd day of, of the started the war. so, so what we're hearing from, from out of that occupied city essentially, is that early this morning, explosions rang out. and both the russians and ukraine inside are saying that the ukrainians, targeted a train hub. and that's interesting because this is a,

the tri train. the poll, which act as a hub from here by rail, the russians can send supplies and troops to all over the occupied region. so there was awesome chatter this morning. some children, groups of this may be the beginning of a counter offensive. you training one. it appears that is not, but that is something that everybody is waiting for at the moment that's been watched very closely. and this could be a strategic point where the ukraine is at some point, could, could attack them in order to disconnect crimea from the other occupy territories in the east, from the dumbass region. but it's a bit too early to, to speculate about that we'll, we'll find out when it's, when that is the case whenever that may be back. thank you very much, shar corresponded max down to that in key. meanwhile, moscow says it has shot down a long range rocket, which it says was supplied by the us to ukraine. if confirmed it would be the 1st time that i of that moscow has shot down one of these far reaching weapons. the key

of says it needs to reach targets in russian occupied parts of ukraine. the announcement follows at the long awaited delivery of western battle tanks to ukraine from germany in the u. k. so far, caves forces have had to rely on soviet made armor. mike sanda, who we just heard from there, sent us this report on the cruise, the keep the old tanks running 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 also, but the tanks need

a lot of attention. this one is more than a decade older than the mechanic. you notice 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 may be old and worn down white, but they're easy to repair. if the men can get the spare parts, they often find them on the battlefield. on martha's up to think it would have done russia. yes, many russian parts fitter vehicles just we often dismantle rushing tanks for spare parts in the undercarriage is suitable to lower and often we find parts suitable for the engine blows up to syndicate with it. more than a minute at the start of the war, the ukrainians 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 tanks. 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 in such a from one out and share one is the new ones are more maneuverable. they have other equipment. the thermal sites range finder is is it in 10 minutes? have say in check, the crew is more protected, not the ammunition capsule is placed at the back. and keep on is shenice uni, cops. lusty is on yet. when they shoot, the capsule flies out, but we don't got so many 1000 plus nominates our in our old tanks. we're sitting on a powder keg and i was going for check on

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 affects the moral tanks that are destroyed, the greater the appetite for new better. once sch, king charles has arrived in berlin on his 1st overseas visits since becoming british monarch charles and his wife camilla will spend 3 days in germany. we're looking at their plane right now where they're expected to emerge from that any moment. the british royals had planned to visit france over the weekend, but that was postponed due to ongoing strikes in paris. charles and camilla will meet german present flank, bought a stein mile, and are set to receive

a full military honors. large crowds of turned out to see the royal pair at berlin's brandenburg gate king charles and jaw. when charles does emerge from that plain, which is here at berlin's airport, he will be then the subject of a $21.00 gun salute and be treated to a $21.00 gun salute turn. we're going to have of course, coverage of that as we see it happening 1st. let's go over to our, our correspondent who is waiting for us, standing by at the brown and burg gate. emily, this is a very exciting moment for many people. not paul, how are germans responding to it? yes, i think it's safe to say that the people here i. i extremely excited for king charles . i'm queen camilla quit queen consult can let's arrive seekins if he's in the area and everyone a 2nd. she so far as said, they're excited for the visit,

i think is nice. and i had the queen of the, of the royal family and is quite popular in the u. k. somebody even say the gems have adopted the royal family here. so excitement, definitely, and i mean if you look behind me right now, and you can name yourself here is a little bit. i'm the military that soldiers. i've already saw that setting up. i'm, they're going to them. i emily retained by, sorry, i'm sorry to interrupt of the italy, and there are of just wanna of tell the viewers that we are now looking at live pictures of the british monarch and his consort camilla standing at the top of the stairs of the of the royal plane as arrived here in berlin for the charles's 1st visit to germany, since becoming monarch. as mentioned earlier, there soon to be treated to 821 gun salute. and we're gonna also, there's also going to be a fly by involving 2 german military jets areas. think

charles, emerging from his blayton there. you can hear 21 gun salute. charles has visited germany many times as prince as well known as you can hear the fly by now. you can charles have being treated to full military honors in this reception whose 1st trip abroad since becoming mon or prince charles and camille will spend 3 days in germany there from where they are now. there will be heading to brandenburg gate

in the center of the city. let's bring in our correspondent, emilita gordon emily, who standing by at random or gate, waiting for charles to arrive, or in the seem from james for her believe at this point. so emily, watch an oil change scheduled, getting ready emily if years if you can hear me. oh, love, love, love love. so what's all the quotes on the king schedule and the i can yes . say today. let's start with today. so once you arrive here, he'll be greeted by president of thank but i stein maya, and he will receive as the fast post for head of stage, he will be the 1st person to receive him as sort of a, a full military on as a ceremony will well, come here from them, he's going from here. then later on he's going to head to bell lou palace, where he again is going to be i was spending time with a president up front for i just, i man, he's also going to attend sustainability reception. and in the next few days,

our mixture between a meeting a refugee is at the refugee center, the berlin's old tiggle airport. he's also, but he's also going to go to an organic farm outside of berlin, where he's going to come see, watch how they make t is at the so called brought a when he called village. but he's also going to visit salmon, british military units. that sort of a sort of illustrates, jammed british and cooperation within nato. so lots of important visits is also going to, that's maybe the most significant part of his visit. he's also going to be speaking in the german bundis tag. he'll be the 1st monarch to do so, and reportedly he is also meant to do it in german. so that's going to be very interesting for, for what's as to see how is his dev and we all know that his late father, he was able to speak them fluently and it'll be interesting to see how child holds up in that regard. so charles is going to be speaking to the german parliament, perhaps in german, as you say, ah, how political is this visit pebble?

ah, wasn't personally, i think it's safe to say soft power has landed in the u. k. it's quite normal to use the roles as part of their diplomacy. if you look at the post war era in 1964, i think it was 961 and clear the earth queen elizabeth at the time made her 1st state visit to germany. and it really marked the beginning of reconciliation between and between the 2 nations. and i think we can see a quite similar thing here. you know, following breaks that the u. k. was dead locked in years of disputes with the you. now the winds of framework has settled the last issues on the brakes had a gender. and now we've got this visit by king charles, which really marks to sort of on the 1st hand, you know, maybe new beginnings, but also, and he's also, this also emphasizes how important germany is to the u. k. and i think that's why, you know, europe, i mean, he was meant to visit france 1st,

but i think this really shows that even though the u. k is not part of you anymore . europe, men who have written remains an important partner to the u. k. what are you? we've been talking about the political or, you know, larger picture, but what about germans themselves? the average german for. what are people here in germany? think about this visit. i think they're quite excited to see a normalization of relationships between the u. k. and germany and i think this sort of marks the beginning of that. i think they feel that to i was speaking to am some germans early and one of them said, oh, it's nice that you know he's coming over. so as a sense of good friendly signal to us. but he also says, you know, germany could do with some royals themselves, you know, because we only fly our flags when we play football. so i think this sort of reflects this wider impression that sometimes you get that germans have adopted the royal to monitor the royal family here in germany. and i mean, if you think about it, the, the raw family also has roots here in germany, right?

i am the king. charles has cousins here. so there is a, the historical connection. but there is also shared values and of course the from, for like a family relationships. so all in all, i think germans are looking forward to this visit and they're going to be watching lots of it on television here. so the event that about take place now at the bradenberg gate we're, we're the, are we're, the royals will appear, of course is getting a lot of attention. um, but that address to the bonus tag. would that is that going to be the kind of peak of the royal visit only? ah, yeah, i mean, i think you could say say, i think it's m, you will be the 1st monarch to actually address the bonus tag. that is a, that hasn't happened in the past. i mean, he has addressed the one aside in the past, but he has not done so as head of stays as them as the new monarch. so that will be

our 1st. and it will be quite remarkable to see that um and the rest of the visit really is a sort of a mark spy and his interests as well because we all know that and or as you might know him, king charles is, as you know, is very interested in, in the environment, but also in community work. and so a lot of what he is going to be seeing here is we're reflect that as well. but it obviously also reflects the areas in which the u. k. and germany hoped to corporate in the future, i mean on friday is going to learn about a hamburg pioneering hydrogen. and technology is another, something that the u. k. m is, is a, you know, am, i could also like that there are things that the 2 countries can cooperate on and where every country can learn from each other. and i think this corporation and this sort of working together as partners and looking into a brighter future thing. that's just the emphasis of that. and this is going to be

the emphasis of the entire trip really right. there are a lot of royal watchers in germany. i mean, germany does not have an established aristocracy that has persisted after the 2nd world war. the way in the u. k. of course, has that deep tradition of which is still a constitutional monarchy. what about royal watchers and people just being fascinated with this royal coupled? i mean, give you an idea of what kind of crowd is gathered there at the brown of her gait. yes, we've seeing we're seeing lots of people with german and versus flags. we've seen the occasional paper crown, floating on people's heads here. so different kinds of people people. i mean, there's also a lot of british people standing here watching on, on the stems from all walks of life really and all of them to come out. and some of them were here, you know, a tourist coming through because there's literacy also very touristic points and berlin. but everyone who has had time and who am bikes and admires the royal family

has come out here today. emily, thank you very much. those are correspondent, emily gord deemed of brandenburg gauge, were the british monarch monarch king charles is expected to arrive soon. he is just touched down at berlin's airport in his 1st visit to germany as the head of state will be coming back to that of course, later on today. thank you, emily. if not or she can follow with king charles's visit to germany live on the w's youtube channel, which will feature a live stream of the monarch's visit to brandenburg gate. meanwhile, let's have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world right now. sweden has some, some of the russian ambassador to complain over comments. it said we're in the template interfering with sweden's natal application process is comes after the ambassador released a statement saying that joining nato would make sweden a quote legitimate target for russian retaliatory measures including military ones

. beijing has threatened to retaliate against taiwan as president sy, in when head to the u. s. she is expected to meet with us house bigger kevin mccarthy on her way back from visiting ty once central american allies. but china is warned, washington against allowing the meeting to take place. china regards taiwan as a renegade robbins, yon mars military government has dissolved from prison, former dissolved in prison, former leader on so on. so cheese political party, the national league for democracy was one of dozens of opposition parties. the hunter claims failed to meet an election registration deadline. so she led the n l . d to a landslide victory in 2020 but was else did in a military coup. mourners are demanding answers after at least 38 people died in a fire at a mexican migration detention center. dozens more injured in the blaze in seo dod

torres, which is a major crossing point for migrant seeking to enter the us authorities say some of the detainees set fire to mattresses after hearing they would be to port french media reports. say trade unions could be preparing to sit down with a pro, with a government to discuss president manuel the cons, pension reforms. the con, had previously said the reform was non negotiable, his plan to raise the retirement age to $64.00 has prompted 3 months of protests and general strikes. the latest protests in paris erupted in violence nearly 2 weeks off. the 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 nano, the barricades burned. it's we who work it's we who decide reached the bana

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 interrupted between black clot protesters 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 they're working on in,

in conditions in this countries are awful for people that are something bore rich, an age or 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 on the 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 prison sanitation workers to return to work after the 3 week strike. perhaps a sign that the protest could burden themselves out. earlier we spoke of d. w correspondent lisa lewis in terror. she told us that the french prime minister invited union leaders to discuss the pension reform. while 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 unions are saying, we're going to go that we're going to talk to the government, but what we want to speak about is really this pension reform. we want the government to drop the reform. however, the government 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 from this,

this round of discussions will not provide any tangible results. and the units have already set that they would keep on demonstrating afterwards. and here, a couple other stories, making headlines, saw, whom you saw has been sworn in as scotlands 1st new minister, the 37 year old scottish national party head is the 1st muslim leader of government in a western democracy. he's bowed to restart efforts to gain scotlands independence from the u. k. and the european court of human rights as hearing cases against france and switzerland for failing to protect the environment. a group of swiss pensioners and french former mayor are arguing that their governments are violating the rights to life through climate inaction. it's the 1st time the e. c. h, or has taken such a case. now an ocean swim alongside, dolphins may be a dream for many of us, but hawaiian authorities have decided to crack down on swimmers who are accused of

harassing the animals. a group of snorkeling husband film chasing after a pod of dolphins off hawaii's big island. a band came into effect and 2021 to stop people coming within 45 meters of the animals authority, say the swimmers were aggressively pursuing the dolphins and they have watched an investigation we go, just remind are the top stores we're following for you this our ukraine's president laudermill zalinski has extended an invitation to try and ease leadership in paying to visit chia. the invitation comes after the chinese leader met with letting me put in moscow last week. she has said that the lines of communication with ukraine remain open. britain is king. charles has touched down here in berlin on his 1st state visit as mother he's been accompanied on the 3 day trip by queen

consort camilla. he'll be greeted with military honors at the brandenburg gate in front of with watching t w. news from berlin, our environment show eco, africa is up next, looking at the continence 1st crab hatchery course and get all the latest news and information. anytime you want on our website at c, w dot com and do check out the king charles as visit on our youtube channel. i'm terry martin. thanks with

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