ah ah ah, this is dw, is coming to live from berlin, an invitation to ukraine. oh, from of to chinese leader, she shouldn't think to write. present. lensky says he's ready to welcome she to keep the invite comes a week after china's leader was welcomed in los go, want to visit that, he called a piece mission. also coming up classes continue in france over president collins,

pension reforms 10th day of mass protests descends into clashes between police and protesters in paris with french unions, calling for another relative strikes and demonstrations on april 6th britons king charles is here in berlin. on his 1st overseas state visit as monarch, 3 day trip is being seen as a chance to strengthen ties with the continent that have been strained by brakes. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. ukraine's present laudermill zalinski has extended an invitation to chinese leader she jane paying to visit t if speaking to reporters from the associated press, soleski said that keith was ready and willing to host. she added that the pair had

not talked since russia's invasion just over a year ago. the invitation comes after the chinese leader met with vladimir putin in moscow on what she called 8 piece mission last week. beijing has said that lines of communication with ukraine remain open or zaman. earlier i asked d. w, correspond max, sunday, and key of what president lensky can expect from a meeting with she given the chinese leaders warm relations with moscow or uses sanitary and 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 i a little 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 iran, for example, that it has a friendly connections with there been reports max this morning that ukrainian forces have shelled 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 start of the war i'm 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 the ukrainian side are saying that

the ukrainians targeted a train up. and that's interesting because of this, at the tr. i train the poets 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, and 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 ukrainians, at some point could, could attack. i'm in order to disconnect crimea from the other occupy territories of 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. next, thank you very much. shar corresponded max town to that in key. well, moscow says it has shot down a long range rocket supplied by the u. s. to ukraine. if confirmed it would be the 1st time russia has 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 along the way to delivery of western battle tanks to ukraine from germany and the u. k. so far, caves forces have had to rely on soviet made armor. mcsaunder who we just heard from there, sent this report on the cruise, keeping the old tanks running. ah, these men are 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, julio, 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

e otis. 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 may see 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. tongue. martha was up to think it would have done russia. yes, many russian parts 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 does. i'm in it. at the start of the war, the ukrainian seem to be facing a ship pier, your 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 in up actually from an out and share one. if the new ones are more maneuverable, they have other equipment of the thermal sites range finders incident and ramirez have se in check. the crew is more protected now, the ammunition capsule is placed at the back. near incubation exists shoshone gop slashed inside, yet when they shoot, the capsule flies out. but we don't cancel anything has been proposed. nominate our in our old tanks. we're sitting on a powder keg. now we're looking 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 counterfeit the moral tanks that are destroyed, the greater the appetite for new better ones. earlier i spoke with bar to fighting. he's a retired brigadier general and the president of the center for strategic analysis in vienna. i asked him what whether these long sought after battle tanks had her rived in time and in sufficient quantity to make a difference for you. chris, as we see this is not going. i'm up in the ukrainians on it and wanted to have so we have to wait for a few weeks. i would say it because he the final number that is coming to ukraine is indeed the case. it is a better quality and the ukrainians are well trained on this new equipment. i would

say so it's will make a difference on the battlefield. now, last go, we're hearing reports that moscow said it's down to long range. rocket supplied to ukraine by the united states. has it been confirmed that ukraine actually has those long range weapons from the u. s. and if so, can you tell us anything about how they're being deployed? yeah, you're right, it goes, and now they're ready to ma'am. they go to get such long range emanation for the ukrainian side. i have no confirmation that it is arrived nowadays and which should not be in time. so if any information was in addition, so propaganda is on the top level that we'll see is specially from the rational side. so let us wait and see what the next few days we have about more in sit in that regard. and that it could be a confirmation to place, and it will also make a difference for the great insights to hit by rocket that he's been able to find

the distance of 150 kilometers. you recently said that both sides of this war were too weak to win and too strong to fail. how then do you see this war ending? and he's a key point from my understanding when i see a supremacy on one side of the both opponents. so what i see is that each side tries to achieve as much as possible on the battlefield. and that will be the precondition for comment into talks. i don't see an ending the walk, but we could hope for our ending of firing and stopping daily battle. so to speak, because a final decision on the battlefield from my understanding is not expected for a while at a fighting from the center for strategic analysis in austria,

thank you very much. you're welcome. 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. the british royals had planned to visit france over the weekend, but that was postpone due to ongoing strikes in paris. charles and camilla were welcome with full military honors. later they will meet for german president, my father stein maya. meanwhile, large crowds gathered at berlin brandenburg gate to see the royal hare or correspond emily gord. dean is at brandenburg gate standing by there for sir. emily king charles has arrived here, and balloon is expected there at the gate. any moment though, what's the moonlight? the news is pretty exotic. i must admit the car, the black bentley in which captain charles and his wife

a co queen console come on. i just arrived and just drove past us and you can see all the little flags waving hectic, lee in small so very, very excited hair. oh, he's now left the car he is being greeted by joan. is president clunk protest. i my and his wife. oh, they're expected to go for a little walk about here. and then a big sorrow welcome ceremony is about to start with full military honors. that is pretty unheard of. it's the 1st for a 1st for germany, for a head of state to give such a ceremony. so i think everyone is just waiting in anticipation waiting. what is it and what is going to happen? they're excited to meet are and so we shake the hand of one of the right, one of the royals and say all it, all the very exciting atmosphere of here. and if you're just joining us now, we are looking at live pictures from the rubber gate where king charles of britain

has just arrived together with his wife, the queen, consort camilla. we're seeing her now. the center your picture. there's king charles here standing next to german president. fine quota. shy, and maya emily, besides the royal glamour associated with all of this, how political is this visit by king charles? i think it's pretty safe to say that soft british soft power has landed in germany . it is quite common to use the royal's as passive british diplomacy. m, if you look back in time in 1964, the queen made her 1st state visit to germany and it was seen as sort of the beginning of reconciliation between the 2 countries following the 2 wars. and i think there's a similar theme to what is happening right now. and, you know, following years of disputes over brick set, i think a lot of people are looking forward to more relax, more friendly of, of relationships. and i just want to stop here quickly. and people are, oh,

we're just quite excited now because i think now is the time when i am the queen, consort and king charles, together with the german president, are going up to the parade, the military parade officers. and we're expecting the military ceremony to start any moments now, but yes, back to its political some, but a symbol of like with a political symbol of all of this am, i think following these, these years of disputes over breaks that i think now is sort of in his visit now mark's just the beginning of a may be better relationships with the u. k. but also it's an emphasis on how important germany is to the u. k. as a partner course, germany and, and the u. k. germany in england have very deep ties. going back many, many generations. we're seeing again a firefighter sty my. the gym president and king charles of britain approaching the podium there. athlete, we're going to hear the german bonus le. ah,

military band for form for them. there's a color guard as well. ah, you're looking at what is called police plots on the eastern side of the brandenburg gate here in downtown berlin, our correspondent, emily gord, dean, is there king charles a 74 years old. he ascended to the crown and in september is expected to be crowned this in may just a couple months from now. emily charles is a big advocate of climate protection and sustainability and he's been working on those subjects for quite some time. is his interest in those topics reflected in his itinerary in germany. i absolutely. so tonight, king charles was going to attend a sustainability reception at palace bellville, which was the residence of jeremy's president, flanked by tar style meyer am. tomorrow he is going to visit an eco, or an organic farmer farm outside of berlin, which is known as broad a when

e co village. and then on friday, he's also going to learn about hamburg pioneering hydrogen and technology. i'm going to stop there quickly. the parade has now started the, the welcome ceremony. the military band has started to play. and so you know what they're playing. they will be playing the german national anthem. and you're also going to play the british national anthem. so that's all you're hearing right now through hearing the german national anthem noun and bits. emily, thank you very much for now. that was our correspond emily gord, dean dell at the bradenberg gate, where king charles has just begun a 3 day visit to germany. ah,

and you can follow king charles's visit to germany live on dw youtube channel, which will feature at live stream of the monic are monarchs visit their to read of our gate. you can check that out on youtube. meanwhile, let's have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. sweden has summoned the russian ambassador to complain of comments. it said were an attempt at interfering with its nato application process. is comes after the ambassador released a statement saying, joining nato would make sweden a quote, legitimate target for russian retaliatory measures including military and beijing has threatened to retaliate against taiwan as president sy, in when heads to the united states. she's expected to meet with us house speaker kevin mccarthy, on her way back from visiting taiwan central american allies. china has warned washington against allowing the meeting to make place mainland china seas. taiwan is a renegade problem. still really non mars military government has dissolved,

imprisoned for a leader, uncle and 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 out the military coup mourners or demanding answers after at least 38 people died in a fire at a mexican migration detention center. dozens more were injured in the blaze in seo dod. whereas, which is a major crossing point for migrants seeking to enter the us authorities say some of the detainees set fire to mattresses after hearing they'd be deported. fresh many reports say trade units could be preparing to sit down with the government to discuss. president manuel, mc collins, pension reforms. the colon had previously said, reform was not negotiable,

as planned res retirement age to 64. as prompted 3 months of protests and general strikes, the latest protests in paris erupted in bonds. 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 clouds 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 the they're working on in conditions in this countries are awful for people that are something more 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 on the with the one that in france so much for the workers who worked with their arms and their position and where are they 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. we're 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 macro 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 with our correspondent lisa lewis in paris. she told us 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 union's 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. looking at some other world news now, who's the usa has been sworn in as scotlands 1st prime 1st new 1st 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 european court of human rights as hearing cases against france and switzerland for failing to protect the environment. group of swiss pensioners and a french former mayor are arguing that their governments are violating their rights to life through climate inaction. first time the e. c. h r has taken such a case the head of the un nuclear watchdog, raphael grossi has visited the russian occupied separation nuclear plant and southern ukraine. it's the 2nd time grossey has visited the site repeated. fighting in the area has sparked fears of catastrophe and progress that are deal to protect . the facility has been slow down to an exciting breakthrough by scientists led 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 in

the journal nature says it could one day become an important source of clean energy . at the beginning of photosynthesis, there is 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 mason, we've done the leaves that are shown directly into the living sounds fine. okay? so on the waiver flashes a 1000000000000000 times faster than your phone camera take to the laser that scientists see what's happening at the start to fight a synthesis in useful detail. for the 1st time, the laser showed the walking of electronics of the cell back 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 taking it right to the beginning of the chain tolls. let's each net right from the beginning of the tree. we can reach the

maximum efficiency possible. 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 as 3 photosynthesis. in photosynthesis plans take carbon dioxide from the air along with water and with the help of sunlight in 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 for 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 absorbed 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 that electron to, to your, to your phone. turned away from the new energy could look like solar panels or a by a reactor, like a brewery. no notion swim alongside dolphins, maybe a dream for many of us, but don't get too close. why an authority is to be on cracking down on swimmers. they believe are harassing the animals. a group of snorkels has been filled, chasing after a pod of dolphins off hawaii's big island. a band came into effect there in 2021 to stop people coming within 45 meters of the animals. authorities say the swimmers were aggressively pursuing the dolphins, and they've lost an investigation or go just a reminder at the top story we're following for you here today on dw news ukraine's

president laudermill zalinski has extended an invitation to chinese leadership in pain to visit the invitation comes after the chinese leader met with vladimir putin in moscow last week. beijing has said that lines of communication with ukraine remain open. you are watching d w news coming up next in dw news, asia, how attending mattresses has become the only educational opportunity for many afghan girls i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. with

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