ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, china steps up, the pressure on taiwan as the taiwanese president continue assured charm offensive in the americans. china react angrily with protests in new york and combat aircraft over the taiwan strait. will get the latest from taipei, also on the program. russian president vladimir putin orders

a fresh wave of army conscription the kremlin jazz. it's routine and has nothing to do with its war of aggression in ukraine. and donald trump's warriors, hello to the terms of his arrest. the former president's lawyer say he will not be handcuffed when he surrenders on tuesday. security is expected to be high for the court here in new york. ah, i'm michael ok. welcome to the program. taiwan says 18 chinese military aircraft have crossed the unofficial line, dividing the 2 side since friday. the show of force from china comes as tie once president tri england continues a diplomatic tour of central america on her way back. she is expected to stop over in los angeles to meet with us house speaker,

kevin mccarthy. china has denounced the plan in threatened to retaliate. if the meeting goes ahead, beijing considers taiwan and break away province and does not rule out re unification by force. let's talk about all this with children. yea. d. w corresponded in taipei who is watching this story closely for us. these incidents seem to be occurring more often. what's your take on that? and yes, according to the ty wires, are the fast ministries are official announcement this morning dear. we're actually in fact eating chinese military aircraft and for vassals dictated around high wind the past 24 hours and including night fighter jet and one military joined. that crust we sell co media, ally of time went straight. but it's worth noting, dad, and you know this time is

a bit unusual. you see that chinese aircrafts have crusty north and central and south and medial light of tie went straight at the same time. and that is actually at a low, been more rare for a china to do so. and you can see, la china is actually, you know, increase the pressure on taiwan to intimidate, tie ones are present, enjoying when is said to meet with kevin mccarthy during her trip to the americas as well. now, could this meeting have something to do with china's recent provocations? well, you know, actually that's how local media here in taipei late interpret china, latest military move. and before tie in, when taiwan is preston, she visited to the u as and as central america, china has already made it clear that if time meet with cabin mccarthy and beijing would definitely retaliate. and,

and that's also why on taiwan media and people here. oh, link china reaction to the it's you know dry it's military drawn and it's jad flying close to the or even cross the border of the median lie of the taiwan street. but you know, it's still on know that if there will be any changes to ties, blend due to china's latest reaction within the confines of our platform. you of course, to tell us more about this unofficial board reminders why and on what grounds this borders contested. ah yes, as you say that it's actually an, an official border between taiwan and mel and china. and in the past like 4 years, china has seldom the sand, military, and jazz or drones to this area often. and it's in the is south in an eastern

or area, overt, but in reason year, especially since last august, when a len you as how speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan. since then, china has been increasing its pressure on time on tie one and you know is sent more and more a jazz and it's drones to need in light of taiwan strait. watch this space that is chia trin, yay. w corresponded in taipei, many thanks. a fresh wave of army conscription gets under way in russia. today, after president vladimir putin signed a decree, calling up 147000 citizens for statutory military servants. it comes after 120000 people were recruited in november. the kremlin jazz, this latest recruitment is routine and has nothing to do with russia. is war in

ukraine. in russia, it is mandatory for men aged between $18.27, to carry out one year of military service to w's former moscow bureau chief, you're chateau, is now in riga. as d, w is banned from reporting in russia, he shared more about the kremlin conscription plans and whether those new conscript might be deployed to ukraine. well, according to the presidential decree up to 150000 people are planned to be called the up. or we don't know, michael, for certain whether young men will be sent to war against the grain. the russian authorities vehemently deny this. however, the kremlin sat any conscript could sign a contract and go to the front and the rational minister of defense proposes to allow conscripts to participate in so called peacekeeping missions. also, the sprint call can be at the same time as the new wave of mobilization and many in

russia are really afraid of it. the fact is that in mid march residents of some russian region, russian regions begin to receive letters demanding to appear as the military office of the draft office. to clarify the data, it was said for many of this sounded as a preparation for new mobilization. for the 1st time we understand russia is using electronic notifications for conscription into the army. why this innovation? well, in russia, a young man must go to the recruitment office only if he has personally received as a draft notice confirmed with his own signature. of course, this means that many simply leave their homes temporarily and are not accessible to the military. therefore, the authorities created the electronic method via gospel small give a state electronic registry that every agile trash and file from goes to us will get. but that can hardly help to avoid the draft because of the old method of

personally handing over the draft notices remains valid. in the long arm of the government yesterday, president putin presented a new russian foreign doctrine. what's new? well, in the new foreign policy, doc, tree in russia sees the west as an existent existential threat. and that's new compared to the old, one from 2016. russia's foreign minister lover of called in moscow, called it moscow's reaction to the existential security threats posed by the unfriendly states that there are 20 so called unfriendly states listed in russia. among them are the use a and germany, and deposited in opposite to them. china and india, for example, said to be russia strategic partners. as for the others, it said that moscow would position itself towards other countries in the same way as they behave towards russia. russia's main goal is to make neighboring countries, meaning the ex soviet republics. as all of peace and neighborliness. that sounds as

if moscow wanted to revive the collapse soviet union. you re re chateau in reger many, many thanks. as always. former us president donald trump will be formerly arrested in a plan surrendered to authorities. next tuesday in manhattan. there he'll be fingerprinted and have a mug shot taken. it follows his indictment over alleged payments of hush money to an adult film actress before the 2016 presidential election, which trump won. the exact charges against him aren't yet known. it's the 1st ever criminal case against a former u. s. president. trump legal team says he's ready to fight all the charges in a historic 1st, a former u. s. president is facing criminal charges. manhattan's grand jury has indicted donald trump. after prosecutors spent weeks investigating a payment from made during his 2016 campaign, the lead,

trump paid adult movie after stormy daniels, a $130000.00, to keep her quiet about a past sexual encounter and claimed it as a campaign expense. so for years, trump and his lawyers claim he is innocent and that the case is politically motivated. he has been obviously hearing the rumors as all of americans have that vis, which hunt as he calls it, would be coming to fruition. that is a very sad state of affairs and very politically motivated trumps, pending abreast, expected, on tuesday is bound to shake up the 2020 for presidential race where trump is once again running for office. but trump could also benefit from the sympathetic response of his supporters. actually, i think it's helping him. i think he's gonna get more votes now because people

maybe we'll wake up and john and phone for him. i hope the exact charges trump faces are still unclear. new york police have set up barricades around the court house where trump is expected to be here on tuesday. well, he's formally introduce into the criminal justice system. he's, he's gets a chance to hear the formal charges against him at the arraignment, which is a hearing before a judge and it will be fingerprinted and photographed after. dale will be said, the usual law process in trumps. lawyers said they had struck a deal with manhattan's district attorney not to have their client in handcuffs when he surrenders to face criminal charges. and new york judge has authorized making the charges against trump public. but when exactly that will happen is still

unclear. to pakistan, now we're at least 11 women and children have been killed and a crush as people gathered to receive free handouts of food and money. the incident happened outside a factor in karachi during the islamic holy month of ramadan. business owners often hand out donations especially to the poor, but with pakistan seeing surging food prices, poverty is on the rise. and the response this year has occasionally been overwhelming. heartbreaking theme of death bare in pakistan's largest city. the crush happened as people lined up to get donations of money and food. many of them desperate not to miss out among the dead women and children. we gelani's those behind us didn't stop, they kept pushing on. i was crushed to the last thing i remember as my sister falling on me. when i came out of there,

i tried to find her. i couldn't. when the crowd cleared, i saw both of my sisters lying dead abandon with the majority of doors at the front desk over men. defeat at high prices and rising inflation have made life so difficult that they now rely on saturday to meet and meet the government has forced women to leave home. there's no gas, no electricity, no water. everything is so expensive, including rice and flower. the government should die of shame. this is not a fast deadly incident. a default distribution center. in the last couple of days, more than 20 people lost their lives due to a similar crush of at food than death. themes like these where people still flour in broad daylight have also become a common sight pakistan if going through its worst economic crisis in the us.

inflation has blanked to more than 30 percent. even the price of staple foods has become an affordable for many. the country was hit by devastating floods last year that destroyed lots weights of crops. also contributing to the crisis without asian countries. also going through a protracted political crisis in which the opposition and ruling bodies have taken their battles to the streets and to the court. and among the chaos, it's the people of pakistan who have been left on their own to fight for their survival. you watching dw news from berlin? a michael oak sports life is up next, looking at how football is bringing people in argentina together in difficult times . but 1st, some stunning footage that nasa has shared

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