technology is worried, how they can go with how they can also go terribly watch ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, britain's king charles on a charm offensive in berlin, alternating between german and english. the king reminds lawmakers of the rich history of positive ties between britain and germany during a trip aiden at reviving relations often breaks it. also coming up

e chief or sla fund alliance as the future of relations with china, depends on how beijing responds to russia. and ukraine will have analysis of my remarks in brussels ahead of a crucial visit to europe. biggest trading. and pope francis is admitted to hospital in rome with a respiratory infection at the time of year when his duties all the most demanding . ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. prisons. king charles has become the 1st ceasing monarch ever to address the german parliament bundis tug on day 2 of his state visit. king charles praised britons ties with germany, and spoke of the 2 countries neutral admiration for their economic and their cultural achievements. he also spoke of reconciliation and the need to learn and

the parts of europe security once again threatened by russia's invasion of ukraine . and the british king spoke to german lawmakers and dignitaries, and a mixture of both german and english as his own gross era. it was a great honor to be able to be here with you today. i wife and myself minor. i very, very pleased to read my 1st overseas tour. i knew a lot of my reign as king is an invitation to germany. i see here i am particularly pleased that i am able to speak here to day to reassert the commitment between our countries on the basis of friendship.

get home and invested in order for and what better place to do that? i know this building is stone, have yar hundreds and really shaken by the history of the 20th century. this building itself that demonstrates the ties between our 2 countries. in 1933, it was set on fire from 1945. it was severely damaged in noticing a young from m and in the ninety's, a british architect made it into the retirement of a unified democratic germany. tanisha glass cooper, these iconic glass drums down as a symbol of the records transparency and accountability of this parliament. the burglary would burger, the citizens of germany,

pen literally wash their delay, elected representatives at work services, democracy in the fleshy okay, let's bring and d, w, correspond and emily gordon, who's in the bonus tag and was listening to that speech. emily at the king delivering his speech there in both german and english, saying, what a great honor it was to be in germany for his 1st overseas, towards britain's monex. so a very positive tone. what was your take, what, what were the main points that king charles made? yeah, i mean, this is a, this was a speech that was both personal, but it was also, it touched on lots of historical tie that connect the 2 countries. talking about the time i'm after the, after the 2 was, you know, and how and britain was also employed a crucial in rebuilding germany. and i mean, and we also have that for all involvement the time already in 1964. and he,

he remembered that his own mother, queen elizabeth, visited germany for an 11 day for 11 days. that is quite remarkable. and that sort of mark the reconciliation between the 2 countries. and so his trespass sort of connection. but he also, and that's where he got very personal and you know, thank germany for the way it responded to his mother, the queen, the queen's death. and he thanked them for the heartfelt condolences and you know, he said that it meant a lot to him and his family. and then he also spoke and went on to talk about the challenges that the u. k and germany phase. and when in light of the warn you crying, but also with the climate shot at the climate crisis. and he really emphasized the importance of unity between those countries in a fighting or in facing these 2 challenges. and i think that sort of

a sort of set the tone for this entire speech, really this deep connection corporation. and how if we want to face the challenges in the future, we need to stick together as you say. and lia, there was some really very personal remarks that he made not to mention a bit of humor as well, and which drew a few laughs. tell us how his address was received by the german members of parliament. i mean, it was met with a standing ovation rice, and i mean the politicians who then came out of the other came out of the big hall . afterwards. they were, you know, talking to a lots of press over here. all of them so far have said that they really liked her speech. it was funny, was full of humor, but it was also human. so i think a lot of people here were quite touched. and they also, you recently see this as a political signal from the u. k, which is very much welcomed over here. ok, and there was criticism. however, as well, germany's left his party party de linger, criticized the fact that

a monarch has been allowed to speak in germany's elected legislative. yeah, absolutely. and the left party, the head of the left party, said it was an appropriate for the highest democratic body to bow to a monarch. another representative said that monarchies are basically dictatorships with more historical tinsel and really very harsh words. but at the same time, if you looked at the room in which you can, charles held his speech, the ranks were full or even when you looked at the left party. so i think that despite the criticism, there was still a certain curiosity of, of what kind of speech will he hold on, what will it entail. and so despite the criticism, a lot of people attended anyways. and what has charles or and, and camille, or i should say, what do they have? they have a on their plan served for the rest of the day. you know,

so king charles should be on his way now to a military unit, a german british military units and who is finished, which is finishing a swimming bridge outside of berlin. and the can will be the 1st actually cross it . and this was, it will signify the, or illustrate the deep corporation between germany and the you came within the framework nato. after that, he's going to make his way to an organic farm outside of berlin known as broadway eco village. i'm following that he is going to had a former, a ticket airport, which has been turned into a refugee center, and that's where he's going to speak with ukrainians. who had to flee the war. he doesn't correspond and emily gordon. thank you so much for that. and the european commission president or slough on the lion says that the future of relations with china that use biggest trading partner will depend on how it responds to russia's war in ukraine. speaking at a brussel think tank funder,

lions said the e, you needs to cut its risks when dealing with the china. that is becoming more repressive at home and more assertive abroad. that's a mid, a growing concern over the close. a partnership between beijing and moscow fund about lions remarks came as she prepares to join french president emmanuel, my call on a visit to china, where she says the focus will be on having a frank dialog. finding a european strategy towards china filing, what success looks like. must start with a sober assessment of our current relations and of china's strategic intentions. our relationship with china is far too important to be put at ruth. by failing to clearly think the 3rd of

a healthy engagement from the line also used her speech to call on beijing to play a constructive role in creating a just peace in ukraine. so far, china has refused to condemn russia's war of aggression. we have to be frank on this point. oh, china continues to interact with poor genes. war will be a determining factor for even china relations going forward. now snake that was left on the line speech with a correspondent in brussels, jack parrot, and with harvey, and fetch my a journalist in beijing. and i started by asking jack what his main takeaways were . well, there was really a lot in that speech, and i think the fact that this speech has been so heavily anticipated and is getting so much attention shows how around the world, china's power is growing and china's, or the way that china operates. and the way that especially european partners are focusing that as efforts on sort of working out what they want the relationship to

be. this is a real signal of that. that was so much that she said some of the things that stood out to me. she said the china is changing, it's sort of policies from reform and opening to security and control. she also really crucially mentioned european dependence on china, specifically on things like lithium, which is crucial for batteries. crucial for the green transition. she said that europe is 97 percent reliant on china for lithium, and that by 2050 that there will be $7017.00 times more demand in europe for that lithium. and this is the balance that she's trying to put out that basically we need china. we need to continue to cooperate with them, but things like human rights issues, things like their support of rushes invasion in ukraine, and certainly not the condemnation that the european partners would want. that, that she said us live on the line would have a defining a position that if i have

a, be a defining factor in how europe decides to go forward in its relationship with china . and that's something that we heard from this speech. it's clear that for her, she wants to see a real overhaul, a change in the thinking in europe, at least a discussion about how we change the thinking and change the position of the european union towards china. that's right. she said that china's interaction with putin's will, will the term in china e relationship going forward and father. and if i can ask you, i mean, she was quite critical, wasn't she? and there were certain things that she brought up, talking about the taiwan straits, human rights violations in china. can you give us a sense of how her words will go down in china today? yet her speech was really very comprehensive and not only that are also quite concrete and what action that european union wants to take and dealing with this

china that has changed. i find it upon really almost like a paradigm shift. i mean, it didn't come out of the blue, it was a clear that there will be a change, but she was really mentioning all the critical aspects of the human rights violations of china, the economic coercion, and also the, the taiwan issue. and basically all of it was in it, and that's definitely not what the chinese government wants to hear. and i think the worst case scenario for beijing is that the european union finds a unified voice to deal with china. because china strategy so far has always been divide and conquer. they wanted to solve all issues and or by, by literally they didn't want to deal with the europe as a whole. and i think fonder line speech was clearly in an attempt to find this unified voice. because europe, by itself is the biggest trade partner of a, china, it has a certain power, but all those countries by the, by themselves, of course, they don't have such a strong voice as did you repeat union as a whole. all right, jack, can i ask you what we heard from and was left on the line?

and we heard her talk about her visit to china next week with the french president . give us a sense of why she's choosing now or to go and, and, and what does this say about where you, china relations, a stand right now. it's a really important and a really significant trip is that she announced by president micron at last week. you counsel summit, he said ursula on the line is going to come along with me. and this shows, the frances always tried to play a sort of director role a sort of prominent role in china relations that had longstanding diplomatic relations more than perhaps some of the other countries. but just like phobia was saying they're, the european union knows, and there is a tacit understanding of this across all of the major capitals, including in berlin and in paris. that the really, the only way, especially economically that, that the, that the you can deal with china is collectively if face work as small individual countries. if it happens by laterally than that just doesn't have the economic

power. the trading block of the european union has, i think what we're seeing is it with this speech, which is, you know, a really one of without question with one of the most sweeping statements on china relations that i've ever seen. and he, you commission president do. she's laying out the issues that she wants to take to beijing with her. she said that she's going to be critical of, she's in pain that she will raise all the issues. she'll never be shy about raising those issues, but that there needs to be a space for partnership. we'll have to wait and see how bold and brave the europeans are when and and from the lion herself, is when she does arrive in beijing. fabi and can i ask you, i mean we've seen a host of visits to china recently by, by european politicians, and how are they seen by beijing and, and, and, and what welcome bill that was left on the lion receive next week.

well that will be really interesting. i mean, now the opening off of china has begun to communication channels are open again and every week then you delegations arriving and, and when you ask the diplomat sia or you know what, what's happened in those talks are behind to close doors. and the chinese site, they always want to ask, will there be a new china strategy and will there be a change change in stance and, and your policy? they are very worried about that. and i think one thing that they clearly have under estimate it is the shock that it was for euro power close. china was supporting a russia, how seating ping and putting were celebrating their friendship. while a russia was in waiting ukraine. i think that this was really kind of um, yeah, it of change a shock for also all the european diplomats here and i think the chinese are slowly beginning to understand that. and so far i think that's the crucial issue. there won't be much of a room for improve tice if a china does not, you know,

change its stance towards russia and distance itself, at least to some degree or to what's putins one. all right, that was janice tyler and fish my reporting from beijing and our correspondent jack harrah in brussels. thanks so much t those that, that analysis and we can take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 28 people have been killed in a fairy accident in the philippines, official se the boat carrying some 250 people caught fire of the southern island of babylon, with some people drowning after jumping ship in panic. rescue are still searching the several passengers who are unaccounted for. caesar has stripped indonesia, if the right to host the under 20 foot will well cut. the decision follows street protests and 2 prominent indonesian governors. calling for israel to be banned from the tournament. p for is also considering further sanctions against the indonesian football federation. mexico's president andre manuel lopez abra door has said there

will be no impunity for those responsible for the death of $38.00 migrants in a fire at a detention center video footage of the incident shows god's leaving migrants trapped himself amid the flames. authority say the deaths are now being investigated as homicide and russia security agency, the fs b says it has arrested the u. s. journalist evan gosh, coach and spying charges. the agency said the wall street journal correspondent was detained. and your catherine burg, for allegedly trying to obtain classified information. gap coverage is the 1st reporter working for a u. s. news outlet to be arrested for alleged espionage in russia since the cold war. now the head of the you ends, nuclear watchdog says he still hopes a deal to protect ukraine's, that japanese, your power plant can be reached rafael grossi toward the plant on wednesday. it's

his 2nd visit since russian forces took control of the site. last year, the international atomic energy agency, as director general, has been pushing for security around the plant to be increased to prevent a nuclear accident. he said this was likely to involve rules, rather than a physical buffer. a correspondent max on that is in teeth, and he told us more about the dangers facing your biggest nuclear pont and what can be done to make it safer. yeah, um the so grossly the head of a just returned from his visit to this of ridge, a power plant, 2nd visit or 2nd visit totals. first visit since of september. and he warned that the situation there is still very unstable, very dangerous at the moment of this is you said it correctly. this is the largest nuclear power plant in europe and used to provide 20 percent of the country's energy prior to the start of the war. and this a areas under russian occupation still it is experiencing,

fighting in the area which is increasing at the moment. and in the past them, this nuclear power plant has been suffering from power coats. it does not produce energy itself at the moment, but it relies on energy coming in to stabilize its course. so engineers there had repeatedly switch on diesel generators to stabilize the court, to prevent something, something up bad from happening. and this is actually, this is, this is what the there with the, the head of the i e, a warning about the w next sunday, reporting from keith sch. now the vatican says that pope francis's condition is improving after he was hospitalized with a respiratory infection. he is expected to continue receiving treatment for a few more days. upon tips illness comes at his busiest time of year with many events scheduled in the run up to easter. ah, it's been a defeat only book france. it has been admitted. didn't filled up dick

a milly hospital in june, davonte confed, he has a respiratory illness market druid outcome with 19 and its thank people for sending messages of love and prayers. it increases the mold unless blah, blah, i have the bulb close to my heart. i'm a believer, i'm catholic, and he represents god on hold. what more can we say? let's hope that the tests give good results. let's hope nothing happens. nothing serious. over more. early on wednesday, the both appeared for his weekly audience at the work to good and greeted people. but later he was seen in physical been as he was head into his for he good bought francis has not been in good health for some time. he spent 10 days in hospital in 2021 after independence surgery. he has also been suffering from knee problems, and often he was as a wheelchair. but despite his health problems,

the pontiff travels extensively. it is not yet known. when francis will be able to leave the hospital holy week and easter fall next week, when the book usually leaves celebrations for the most important religious holiday of the catholic church. and the more we can speak to dw religious affairs correspondent, not in, gac martin pope francis is in hospital. there are some positive signals are coming at now. can you update us? update us on his a condition face. right, so my service advisor to gaze point out that he apparently had a very cold night and this morning he was already up and working. he was not released, but he was actually spend the morning ring newspapers and, and as a matter of fact, attending to daily business. so essentially for expensive purposes, although he is still under observation, it seems stud ross in progressing well for him and he's already essentially

bucking back at work into another pontiff has as previously in the cases that he may follow and put benedict footsteps in the event that his health deteriorates benedict. of course, step down. do you think that this is a likely scenario with francis? i think that this is something that has been speculated about for really quite a while and it's something that obviously could become an issue if you situation deteriorates. but the fact is that for the time being, everything seems to indicate that things are actually ferdie fairly well. also, i think that it's worth mentioning, that although he has actually shown, you know, ailments of different sorts over the past year and a half or 2 years. he most certainly has continued to actually take trips, continues to attend to his duties and so on. so i think that, you know, it's, it's an issue that continues to come up. one that he could signal himself, but i think it's one that it's not on the table right now. okay. but of course at

the pope is nasir young man. and as we're seeing, he's not in the best health. if something were to happen, if there were a resignation, how prepared would the vatican be for a situation like that? i think that, you know, one of the things that, that benedict has done for the body can, is essentially set up the process or help to define the process by resigning himself and then his death as an emerge. as pope has actually helped to set up a protocols for both retirement and, and what happens after retirement, if this pope were to retire it, it is not evident that this is actually the course that you would take. but most likely, we would basically go back into a conclave to decide who the next pope is and, and, and so on and so forth. there would be some exceptions with the normal procedure, which is what happens when a pope dies. but i think that to be quite honest, dis,

states were nowhere near there. and, and i think that precisely because of the issue of retirement observers like myself, are constantly sort of tracking, you know, the health, the health of the pontiff and, and in what direction sort of the institution moves. it's marson, just a quick question about the tensions within the catholic church right now. i mean obviously there are differences between the more cut conservative side and the ones who want to liberalize what's, what's the situation there right now? well, to some degree, the death of benedict has really brought many of those tension substance surveys. obviously this has been going on for a very long time and i think, you know, what do you have us as an increasing confrontation? which i think it will become only more pronounced as we move, you know, as, as the spoke continues to age because obviously he has defined very clearly a political position for this vatican, which stands very clearly, you know,

it's oriented towards progressive ism and there is actually a very conservative, conservative charge with very powerful figures waiting in the wings further opportunity to actually reestablish their power. i think that obviously every time that there is, there is a hiccup of the sword in which the pope actually is ailing, or the pope is sake or the bobbies admitted into a hospital. these questions obviously become very important, very relevant again, and i think that was martin got the w religious affairs correspondent might say, much about mountain. my pleasure. now without his quite reminder of our top stories to day prisons, king charles says, address german lawmakers in the bundle tug alternating between english and german. the king gave a sometimes humorous speech, stressing the ties that bind brisson with germany. his visit is aimed at reviving relations and the post wrecks at era. and you commission president wilson fund alliance as future corporation with china will depend on how it responds to

russia's war and ukraine. she says her upcoming trip to beijing presents a chance to hold a frank dialogue with europe, chinese partners on best and other issues we have coming up next. conflict zones tend sebastian into these moldova as foreign minister nicko for pets. coming up after a short break, and i forget there's always one use an analysis for you around the clock on d, w dot com. and you can find us on all the major social media platforms. i'm and it gives me can and have a lovely day with ah, with

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