ah ah ah ah business the w news lies from berlin. a u. s. journalist is being held in russia on spying charges. evan jessica, which is the 1st american reporter, arrested for alleged espionage there since the cold war. also on the program, britain's king charles is on a charm offensive in berlin. the king addresses germany's parliament speaking

partly in german and plays of ties between the 2 nations class european commission . president emsella funder line says the future of relations with china depends on how beijing deals with the war in ukraine. and pope frances is taken to hospital with breathing difficulties in the run up to east of a doctor say his condition is improved. ah, i'm glad offers welcome to the program. and we begin in russia where an american journalist has been arrested on spying charges. a court in moscow has ordered evan gush coverage of the wall street journal to be held in custody for 2 months. rush, the security agency accuses him of trying to obtain classified information. gross coverage has pleaded not guilty. the 31 year old has worked in russia for 6 years.

he's the 1st american reporter rested there for alleged espionage since the cold war. now d, w must cover achieve yuri. rosetta has been following this story and joins me now from riga. because d, w is banned from working in russia. you're ever worked with you. tell us about this case? yes, you're right. among other things, even get coverage, reported for the interval in russia if you years ago and knew him, i know him as far as we know, he was this time in the country, read the book, apparently doing research on the subject of russia's private army. and he is accused of having spied on secret information about the russian arms industry report the denies any guilty work to legally in russia, as a journalist, he had any communication from a brush and, and for ministry. and his colleague stress that he met very openly with representatives of russian politics, russian officials,

while his gpa could even work at grambling 3 action to this arrest garret is very interesting. and gremlins as gremlins box man midship is scoff, said that jessica, which was allegedly caught red handed such a fast and categorical comment is not typical for the ground. and usually the young ask the others as the court or the f as b, the criminal doesn't comment on or anything like that. this time however, there was a fast categorical answer as if president putin had personally approved to the arrest. at least that's a guess among the observers. now, what fate could await him? well, evelyn gosh, to which has been sir us taken to moscow to day to day the 4th of a court. he is now in custody until the end of may. if, if the court provide the proofs and his guilty could face up to 20 years in prison for so for the spell. now, as you mentioned it, but many assume that the what is really at stake is a potential exchange of garcia,

which with one or more russians who are behind by us in the west. first and foremost of the russian classic of who is in prison in germany. for the so called to t a god murder. but also, if you suspect that russian agents in europe are behind boss. now, what does that mean for foreign journalists operating in russia? at the moment? you can imagine that the rest of the american reporter has on the one hand coast outrage among all foreign journalists in moscow and on the other hand, concerned about the possible further arrest. and the last similar case, you said it was a 37 years ago at their time, as is journalist was also accused of a spanish. so it's a clear signal to all both flooring and critical russian journalists who are mainly in russia itself. be careful, what do you do? what do you do? and many western reporters have already left russia since february last year. d. w

was also banned in russia. our moscow bureau had had to close after 20 years of journalistic work in russia just a month before the war. since then, however, we have continued to report a lot about russia from the latin capital riga, where i am right now and also from other places, including germany. you'd have years, moscow bureau chief, uri rush it over there. thank you very much. you are britons, king charles, has become the 1st reigning monarch to address the german parliament, the bunder star. king charles praised britons, ties with germany, and spoke of the 2 nations mutual admiration for all their economic and cultural achievements. he also spoke of reconciliation and the need to learn from the past with europe security once again threatened. now by russia's invasion of you crone include the king, spoke partly and german, but also in english. since i last spoke in this building,

the scourge of war is back in europe. the unprovoked invasion of ukraine has inflicted the most unimaginable suffering are so many innocent people. countless lives have been destroyed. freedom and human dignity have been trampled in the most brutal way. the security of europe has been threatened as our aah! our democratic values threatened. yet the world is not merely stood by even as we abhor the appalling scenes of destruction. we can take heart from our unity. well, correspondent emily gordon was listening to king charles's speech and earlier spoke

with her about the message, the british monarch delivered yes. go ahead. so he started off talking about the historical ties between germany and the u. k. and he also highlighted that for his late mother, the queen, it was also an important part for her german british, the bridge. the german british relationship was also very important and for her and talking about her. he also thanked the german people for their response to her death that he was very touched by the condolences he received and seeing the brandenburg gate light up in the union jack colors. but yeah, the main part of his speech was really this focus on german british relationship. this german british relationship and the corporation between the 2 countries, especially now in the face of war in europe. he praised germany for its response to the war. he also praised germany forum support. it's been giving a ukraine and this whole and, and so this was sort of speaking about challenges to come to the western world. he

spoke about how it is important to show you, nancy, and that is what gives us courage and, and sort of thrust in future really. so this, this aspect of unity featured very strongly in a speech. but you would also sometimes see that cheeky side of him come out in the streets when you talk about her gems. and brits learn to laugh about each other. there's a spoke about the rivalry between the 2 countries referencing how the lionesses, the british women's team won the final match last year against germany. so all in all, very pause a very positive tone, a very hopeful tone for the future for british german relations. so how was his address received by germany, members of parliament? i think it was received very well. i think when you looked at the pictures and in parliament, they gave him a standing ovation. there was lots of clapping and when speaking to

parliamentarians, coming out of the one the sag later on, they said they were very touched by his speech. it was very funny to listen to him . and i think overall it was received as a very positive signal. and politically as well for the future of german british relations. so all in all a very welcome gesture. now what something charles agenda after he dressed about his doctor and more well, he had a very busy day to day young, visited a refugee center at the former teagle airport, where he spoke with 3 craniums who had to flee the war. but he also visited a german british military unit. and then later on he finished the day more or less with a trip to an organic farm outside of berlin, where he got to hands deep in cheese, so to speak. and. and so in that, that visit really reflected his own interest in sustainability in the environment. so a very busy day for him to day some morrow he's going to be off to hamburg,

where he's going to visit experts of hydrogen technologies at the hamburg pub port. these experts are working on making reports and climate friendly. so that's going to be right up his alley. i reckon. so it's a good mix to hear of the things that he enjoys very much in terms of learning about the environments involved in environmental protection. but also, you know, addressing a bonus tag that was obviously very, very important political statements as well. d, w, correspond emily gordon. they're reporting. thank you very much. emily giving commission president also the founder line says the future of relations with china, which is the use biggest trading partner, will depend on how, begging deals with the war and ukraine on the lines says the you needs to cut its risks when dealing with a china that is becoming more repressive at home and more assertive abroad,

the west fears beijing could supply russia with weapons that back on a line is preparing for a visit to the chinese capital, where she says the focus will be on frank dialog. our relationship with china is far too important to be put at risk by failing to clearly set the terms of a healthy engagement. it is clear that our relations have become more distant and more difficult. in the last few years. we have seen a very deliberate hardening of china's overall strategic posture for some time. a she called, also called on obey jane to play a constructive role in creating a just peace in ukraine. but so far, china has even refused to condemn the war. how china continues to interact

with proteins. war will be a determining factor for each china relations. going follow it all the w as jack power can brussels, talked us through some off on the lines. main points was really interesting that point she made that for the european union, china's position on the war and ukraine is fundamental to the relationship is really significant. she spoke a lot during this speech. she had a lot of points that she made, but the sort of, overarching idea is that europe has to continue with this balancing act where they want to continue to trade with china. but they also want to press china on these issues. for instance, human rights. the geo politics around the ukraine war and also the shift that she mentioned, what she called it is a shift from, from reform and opening to security and control. that's how she called it. and what she said to that effect is that the european union and the partners in the members

of the you should actually look at restricting china as ability to access technology coming out of europe. the could be used for security and for military purposes. for instance, like the ubs observation and, and, and looking at the population of china. so sort of controlling the population that something that he's really concerned about. she made us a lot of sweeping statements in that, in that speech. the question is how hard she'll actually be when she meets chinese officials in beijing coming up. now for al, i mentioned earlier that she is going to china with the french president, president, president mccall. why is that significant? well, it's huge. the significance firstly, about trying to sort of fresh out where this all says in the relations between europe and china. i think it was super interesting that this speech that she gave to day, which was a think tank in brussels,

has garnered so much attention. i think is a real sign of how interested global players are in what the european union has to say about china. one of the significant issues and she talked about this as well, is about the imports of lithium, which is really important for batteries and, and battery technologies. europe and the rest of the world, the choice to green technologies in green, the economies. she said that europe has a 97 percent reliance on imports of lithium from china. and that is expected to increase 17 fold in the coming years. meaning that she understands that while they want to put the pressure on human rights issues, for instance, ranch and jang and, and those issues of surveillance of the population that they still know that they have to work with child. and that's what she said. we don't want to decouple the relationship, we want to de risky, and i think that's the messaging that will happen when she goes on that visit with a manual micron is significant that he invited her along, along with him. a lot of the leaders, including the spanish prime minister right now, pedro sanchez,

he is in beijing alone. and this is significant to the frank president decide to bring the big names of the european union along with him and he goes now in the past, jack, european politicians have been closely watched and often criticized for their visits to china. will that be different? this time? with the tone already set in this direction, it probably would expect it to that criticism was really leveled at the german chancellor la shots. he did a trip in november 2022 where he took business leaders. and it was clear that what he wanted to talk about was the trading relationship and the economic ties. and he was heavily criticized for not pressing enough on some of the geopolitical issues on the ukraine war on those issues of human rights. i think there is a sort of understanding among e u circles and we've seen actually coming out of some of the messaging of the european union and the way that they're writing in to the documents and the statements that come out of a major meetings to the ones to take

a stronger hand. and there is also a growing understanding that the e u as a trading block has much more power. this is the truth of the matter that the, as a trading block of 27 nations has much more power than either germany or france or any of the other countries individually. and i think we're starting to see that growing understanding and we'll have to wait and see exactly like i say, they say a lot of things when they're on european soil, how much will they be willing to confront the chinese leadership when they arrive in china? d w, responded jack, paris, they're in brussels. thank you very much sir. and journalist haven't touched my embed. jane gave us his assessment on the chinese reaction to funder lines. words gave her speech was really very comprehensive. and not only that are also quite concrete. and what actions that european union wants to take in dealing with this china that has changed. i find it or found it 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, 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 aging is that am that european union finds a unified voice and 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 an int, attempt to find this unified voice. because europe, by itself is the biggest trade partner of a, china has a certain power, but all those countries by that by themselves of course they don't have such a strong voice sd european union as a whole foreign customer reporting, they're from badging. now let's take a look 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 say the ship called fire of the southern island of babylon. several passengers drowned off the jumping overboard. brazil's former president, valuable sanara, has returned home after a 3 months stay in the united states. far, i've made up left brazil before the end of his term and give the inauguration of his successor was enough eula, the zoom in russia public criticism of the war and ukraine can lead to harsh legal consequences. many people, voice that is content, but only and privates. but now one critical and supposedly confidential conversation between 2 prominent russians as surface online. it's a phone call that's got every one talking. the 30 minute conversation allegedly took place between a very prominent russian music producer and one of his friends. and it was later

leaked hitting the headlines. but what i did, everything's a mess and he says it's not a big deal. i'll me is the most important thing, but we can't rely on it. can these do it now? should he be the he is russian president vladimir putin believe you're his critics . the 2 men conducting the call, or allegedly music producer, use of proportion and billions for cut acne above and they don't pull their punches when it comes to putin's war against ukraine. and russia's top military leaders. beautiful, my tutoring, yet he loaded. can i hold on to power? no idea of the entire situation as amiss. the country is a mass, everything is amiss. utter know what are we still waiting for? lera larry is presumably a reference to pre gordon's wife aleria. one of russia's best known pop singers in her instagram account, she praises her family vacation in dubai. that countries also mentioned in the

controversial telephone call as, as of yet as yet, because of such details, many people in russia believed that the recording is genuine. the list, i know it's difficult to fight such a long conversation. a fight compensation would be significantly shorter and they would have charged more prominent figures, a minister or someone like that. a going with minister that a girl in the country is all a chatter with the news. neither p, goshen nor his oligarchy. friend has spoken up against the kremlin in the past. after the recording was released, the music producer said that the conversation had been created using artificial intelligence. while she lay out you, that even though he conceited that some of the sentences were genuine skilled. hm, said lilian and she'll, observers aren't convinced because i still, she would, they're wondering just how strong support for president clinton among the russian elite really is we be seattle of sarah sees the russian leads to have lost an awful

lot as a result of this war. they are uphold by what's going on at the moment, but they're remaining tight lipped and saying nothing. the money in your mouth chat . so since you, when you get at it, oh they say they support pohden but was like yours, his precaution. i know in his public appearances in front of the camera, mostly items, but as soon as they are together and private, unnoticed by the public, i of course say the whole thing is a disaster, letty. good, that's the awkward. yet this dissatisfaction is not dividing the elite opposition politician dmitri good cove is convinced, let alone, making them prepared to take a stand. fear is too deep seated, particularly when such calls are leaked by the movement, blessing, or telephone call is enough for a sort of public execution. the others are then too frightened to even talk about

it in their own kitchen. as well as trying to intimidate critics, the criminal also tries to praise those people who back that when the james, if they are trying to control the moodle, the country with carrot and stick tactics. new ski a presidential elections are coming up next year. who knows whether the war will be over by then or not. the vatican says pope frances, his condition is improving after he was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. he's expected to be treated there for the next few days. the pope has many events scheduled in the run up to easter dis, beer if exceed only book france if has been admitted. didn't philip of dick a milly, hospital engine diabetic. in fact, he has a respiratory illness might at drew it out. go with 19 and a tank people for sending messages of love and prayers sitting disassembled. ha, ha, ha ha, i have the pulp close to my heart. i am a believer,

i'm catholic and he represents god on a. what more can we say? let's hope that the tests give good results. let's hope nothing happens. nothing serious. of a fellow. early on wednesday, the both appeared for his weekly audience at the wet ticket and greeted people. but later he was seen in physical pain as he was head into his for he could. port francis has not been in good health for some time. he spent 10 days in hospital, in 2021 after interstate and surgery. he has also been suffering from knee problems, and often he was in 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. the journalist sima gulped up in rome gog up to speed on the very latest information about the pope's health. while the latest statement by the vatican essentially said that he rested well through the night at rome's jamaica hospital, that his clinical condition has progressively improved. and that he will continue his plan cheap, but now this is a slightly more positive spin on the situation. some clarity yesterday on wednesday, all we knew from the vatican was that you had reading difficulties and that he was at the hospital and would be getting treatment. now this morning we understand as well. they reveal that after breakfast he read some papers and he also read you doing some work and then before lunch, he get that in prayer at the private chapel at the hospital hospital that he's generally were treated and he was there at that time. so now the italian media has

reported on the fact that he has allegedly done a t t scan. and in that scan, they see that pneumonia has been ruled out. and what they understand is perhaps that the mild viral bronchitis essentially and his team and onto raj around him. believe that he can perhaps you know, get well soon enough perhaps for palm sunday which is just coming up in a couple of days. so it's a, it's a positive been by some of the reports that are coming out. but i think it's important to note that on wednesday when they release the statement, they said that he would be in hospital for some days. and so they didn't specify becky, how many days he's engagement for when did you have to cancel and you mentioned prompts on that and we are really close to the whole holy week and easter of poor big catholic festivities. and how's the vatican preparing the situation in such an important time of the year when the pope is expected to really step up. exactly. i

mean this is an important part of the period of the year for catholics and for the vatican. as you mentioned, palm sunday and then that kicks off. he's got his regular audience on wednesday. that's holy thursday. the good friday, whether he perform crustaceans of the cross at the coliseum, holy crap to day. and then of course, he's just sunday when he presents his or be it or be the message to the city of rome and to the world. and then of course, the monday. so it's a big moment for the church and not having the pope there would be a significant loss in terms of his connection with the faithful and they want to see him day. so it will be an interesting time. i think the hope is that as even his entourage and doctors the thing is that he will be there in time for easter sunday. of course, we'll have to p and you know, the media is looking out for the statements and updates from the vatican that will see my journalists in rome that thank you very much,

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