and the rest were series. 40 to the answer to almost everything this week on d w. ah, ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, superpower. tensions in the spotlight. the u. s. how speaker defies warnings from china and welcomes high ones president to california meeting highlights growing american support for the self governing the island, which beijing claims as its own. also coming up the program ukraine's liter thanks, poland for support in the war with russia. the polish president welcomes will

dinner zalinski to warsaw and promises to send ukraine more. make fighter jets? ah! i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program, tie ones president sighing when the has met with us. how speaker kevin mccarthy. first meeting of its kind in the united states for decades, the face to face outside los angeles comes on what is technically a stop over for the president kevin mccarthy's position as how speaker makes him number 3 in the u. s. political hierarchy, and therefore the most senior american figured to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the trip comes to spite warnings from china, beijing claim, self rude, ty one as its own and residence, and resents what it sees as us meddling in its domestic affairs.

let's go over to the w corresponded chechnya in ty, one's capital, tie pain, welcome. so taiwan has been diplomatically isolated for decades. now. what does this meeting mean for taiwan? and yes, she now and this historic meetin is regarded as new milestone for you asked taiwan relations like you say, tying one is the 1st ever how on these preston to meet the number free in us politics on you asked soil and it was a mccarthy wrote in a tweet after le meeting, and he wrote quote of friendship between america and the people of taiwan has never been stronger. and you can also see that after the meeting time with thank you, asked congress for standing by tie one, making tie, one, not alone when she said, quote, democracy is under threat. it's worth noting that right before ties trip to central

america. and that the transit through the united states under us just called ties with taiwan and switched to beijing, leaving taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. and the meeting is not just on, you know, crucial in terms of diplomacy. it says about national security for taiwan. and despite the fact that the united states does not have official ties with, ty want it's bound to, you know, provide at with means to defend itself by law. and later in a news conference, mccarthy said he and all the low makers had this goest, how to speed up weapons. they live a race to taiwan. so he seems like to strengthen ties with the u. s. is especially significant for taiwan at this moment. so we're definitely seems from new bridge building between the u. s. anti one so far. but what's chinese reaction been this is putting, tie one in danger like it was last august when nancy pelosi visited the island.

yes, you know, china has been claiming that taiwan and is one province of it. before ty m. mccarthy's meeting. beijing had bow to retaliate. an hours after ty and mccarthy's meeting, china accused this meeting of iran action by the united states and taiwan, saying that taiwan question is the 1st rabbi latin must not be crossed in china. us relations and china will take a resolute measures to defend its sovereignty. in thus than a day before la meeting, china launched a so called joint cruise, and petro special operation in the northern and central taiwan strait, saying it would carry out inspections of cargo shapes that directly sail across time one street. and oh, so anti was ministry of national, the fans announced yesterday that it has the tact it a fleet lead by chinese aircraft carrier chandel,

passing through the and south eastern waters of taiwan. but so far we see no a large scale military exercises launched by beijing like it was last august when nancy pelosi visited tai won many experts and think that it will be difficult for beijing to act this time the since, you know, preston is the european commission for de leon and french press, the mock hole just arriving china yesterday, and are expected to meet she gene to day. and even former taiwan pressed the mar angel is also visiting china now. so this time may just be some muscle flexing in state, but are we still need to, you know, keep an eye on what's going to happen in the next 24 hours. right? that was to give you corresponded charge on you in taipei. thank you for your noses . ukraine's present vulgar zalinski has been to the polish capital warsaw on a rare foreign trip. poland is one of ukraine staunch is allies in the war with

russia, the polish prison due to promised to send g of more make fighter aircraft. and to push for ukraine to join nato, standing shoulder to shoulder ukraine's president on a visit to one of his country. staunchest allies followed amir zalinski was awarded bolan's highest order. the order of the white egan. he lito leader read and the doom of the unknown soldier in warsaw is jesse's us, which is but crucial for ukraine. borland offered to seek more needle security guarantees for keep at an upcoming summit. garcia would, i am firmly convinced that we will succeed in obtaining such guarantees for ukraine as well as an introduction to ukraine's future for membership in nato, which poland strongly supports him. val, krinski, godlike warsaw is also the 1st needle member to send fight against to ukraine. at

that image for mig 20 nines are being delivered as of on it, which brings the total to 8 polish, make 20 nines delivered to ukraine's mccovie movie. and today i told presidents lensky that we are ready to deliver. another 6 which are undergoing maintenance is off to go to one of them's lacresha. the bench sounds as if i think in the future we will be able to deliver the rest of our mig 29 fleet to ukraine. just if it is needed is already been just a backup on saba. he'd keep out of manama. i. d. zalinski packed his horse and said he wanted poland as one of the main nations falling in helping rebill ukraine. virtually wimbledon stand important point in our relations is the reconstruction of ukraine and say, geez, not, it will bring our businesses closer. our nations closer. it's important for us that poland be one of the main partners and the reconstruction of ukraine will to view grain. it's a rare trip abroad during wartime for zalinski. a show of tanks for poland support

for keith. holland has taken more than a 1000000 refugees. many of whom gathered outside the presidential palace where the duly does will meet him. during the visit, zalinski told reporters the situation in the besieged, ukrainian town of bar mood is very difficult. he did not rule out withdrawing from the town. should ukrainian troops risked been surrounded by russian forces, but still military analyse own analysis? still expect ukraine to launch a wider spring counter offensive. their g of insist, its goal is to regain control all of its territory. the front line near back moved the cranium soldiers or dug in. it's still unclear who's in control of the city. the u. s. and other bankers have advised ukraine to pull out. and this thing, the cost is too high. both ukraine and russia have lost huge numbers of soldiers in

the battle, but ukraine and fis on defending the area as it prepares for a major spring counter offensive. done, it will happen. we are waiting. we do not know when it will happen. that's a good question, but we will be a part of it. like about christmas, then we are all waiting for equipment from the west. ours is pretty old and worn out. it breaks down quickly. so we're waiting for some new equipment from our partners abroad. that equipment is arriving slowly, but surely. western tanks, including british challengers and german, made leopards have arrived in the country. there are also rumors that u. s. and swedish build g l s d be guided bombs. are already in use. these munitions fired from the back of a hi maurice truck, have a range of a 150 kilometers, nearly double. the range of the high mars rockets ukraine now uses that would put

many more russian targets, including ammunition di, both in ukrainian sites. ukraine's foreign minister says foreign weaponry is critical. seriously, a lot is on the plate as usually we very much appreciate everything that the united states have done specifically in the last month to help automate prepare itself for the for the, for the come through the, by the, the ministration has to fulfill this commitment to buy things again with a lot of what, what we need and to set an example to give an example to other other allies. ukraine says its goal is to liberate all of its territory, including the crimean peninsula in russia, hands for nearly a decade. analysts say ukraine would likely mount a major attack through the partially occupied chaper rees,

a region aiming at the russian held city of more. little paul, a successful push would cut through russia's supply lines to its forces, further west. whatever form the counter offensive ends up taking much as at stake for ukraine. the countries western backers want to see russia defeated on the battlefield. not another bad mote. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. at least 5 people have died after a tornado through 2 through tor, excuse me. through the us state of missouri. several others were injured just the latest in a series of deadly storms. to slam into the south in mid west of the united states, u. s. s. in more than 80 report tornadoes in the last week alone. the united nations has repeated its demand that the taliban immediately revoked its decision to bar women from working for the agencies regional mission. taliban authorities

have said, women in afghanistan will no longer be allowed to work their un secretary general. antonio gutierrez, described the been as a quote, unparalleled violation of women's rights. a man will be the hatchet has killed at least 4 children at a kindergarten and southern brazil. several others were seriously injured. authorities say 25 year old man scaled the wall around the preschool in the city of blue. and now the suspect later turned himself into police is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's working to calm the situation following violent clashes, of the l. oxer mosque and jerusalem tension between israelis and palestinians has escalated over clashes inside the mask. authorities say they were forced to enter the building. one of islam is wholly asides to roof people. they describe as an eruption of violence in the heart of one of jerusalem's holiest sites. israeli

police say the clashes broke out when they were forced to enter the alex or mosque where masked youths had barricaded themselves inside, armed with fireworks sticks and stones. a. this footage provided by the israeli police appeals to show people setting off firecrackers. the palestinian red crescent sees at least 12 worshippers were injured in what one eye witness described as a brutal of sold based railey forces. ah, is i'm not in the yard. the police were firing t guests and stun grenades. i can hardly describe it. then the police stormed in and started beating every one. they detained paypal and put the young men face down on the ground. and they also beat them bullied by a bottle and or a bucklin mother and the violence soon spread beyond jerusalem. when palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip to woods israeli

territory. i was later israel shot back launching as strikes in garza val neil to them all. they wanted to be very large along with it. any one could tries to harm us hot and there will be a heavy price. the will make them regret any threats against israeli citizens or ideas, tropes, rob, as i cup, we all enjoy happy and peaceful. passelberry aversion to columbia hug somehow. misha, perma, it'll mean by palestinian militant islamic group, hamas warned israel of repercussions. alma gama resistance sent its message in gun powder by responding to the aggression what it's a clear message to the occupation from a law. if this aggression continues, there will be a large open ended law with the zionist occupation. the international community

has expressed his concern and called for calm, but for now millions are left feeling. there will be no peace this holy season. ah, and you're up to date. don't forget, there's much more news on our website. that student d, w dot com. and of course our social media handle is at the w news. i'm here until new berlin. thanks for tuning in an interest in the global economy. our portfolio d w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission.