with the universe and the rest that were series 40 to the answer, almost everything. this week on d. w with the news alive from berry lead, china begins 3 days of military drills around taiwan. chinese state media says forces our practice in the in sacrament of the island. i once asked the exercises threats and regional stability and security. also coming up a car robin leaves the tourist and several injured in tel aviv drive up identified

. and he's really are his shots that he's are all calls on military reserves. us the violence spirals, trying to clear the for the war. we look at how british intelligence rates, the russian advance and ukraine's battle ground city of ah, i am eddie micah junior. welcome to the program. china has begun 3 days of military drills around taiwan. defense officials set up more than 70 chinese planes across the median line that separates the self governing island from china aging called to move eastern wanted chinese state media is also reported to have said that country's military is for has an in settlement of the island. taiwan is wanting that the drills threaten regional stability and security. they come out of china was good by meeting between taiwan press. been silent when on us. how speaker kevin

mccarthy. in los angeles. l. yeah. the speech stadium concert as the self william island, the breakaway province. l. e. i spoke to d. w correspondent william young in taiwan, who's following the latest developments. the defense ministry over here is closely monitoring all day activities by the people's liberation army around taiwan. a lot of the collaboration and coordination have been made between the naval forces and also the coast guard. and they are keeping a very close eye about how the air force by the tail is really operating a lot of their fighter jets. because a lot of the experts are saying this next 3 days is in fact a very important exercise for the p o. s air force. this is a very important area at that time. one is paying a very close attention to. so in august last year we saw similar drills when the

venue as how speaker nancy pelosi visit that taiwan. how are people in taiwan comparing both drills? so last only because the drill is a lot more dramatic and the scale is much bigger. and there, it also involves the fighting of firing. some of the missiles, stuff flew over time one. so people were, in fact a lot more attempts back them. but this time because the skill of the military exercise is much smaller and the duration is also shorter. so, so far, how many people are not really being alarmed and at the same time the government has been keeping the public at a very, very, up to date pace. and so i think right now people are trusting what the government has been sharing with them by the same time, i do think this is just going to make people more aware about the possible frequency of this kind of activities launched by the chinese going forward. after business in the us area this week for us then size as taiwan will continue to work

with us. what you see happening in the long term. i think the long term trajectory depends on if the current ruling party stays in power, we're not. if so, they will double down with the heightened relationship between taiwan and the united states and as continue to push for high level exchanges between the 2 sides . and if that's this trajectory that we're looking at, then china is definitely going to continue to also enhance the frequency of this kind of military activities. and likely this is just going to become a new normal and then increase the over. busy tension and possibility of any kind of miscalculation down the road. ok, you know, the carstein and william young. thank you. the european union has condemned an escalation of violence in israel and called on all parties to exercise restraint. the upsets came up,

these are the police class with palestinians inside to alaska mosque on wednesday is our lead prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has ordered the mobilization of border police and additional military units on friday to release west shot and killed in the occupied west bank. i was laid up a drive around his kind to a group of tourists in tel aviv, ah, but to arrest hotspot illuminated by the flashing lights of emergency responders. tourists wandering. the beachside boardwalks of tel aviv had little warning before a car mounted the pavement and rammed into a group of pedestrians. the driver has been identified by israeli authorities as a 45 year old is really air of man. his brother told israeli media he thought the incident was an accident. when we arrived on scene, we noticed 8 people laying on the floor and nurse and burying conditions of

injuries. one of them 30 year old male severely and critically injured. which, despite our greatest efforts to save his life, we had to call his death on the scene. the victim has been identified as italian tourist, alessandro perrine. the incident comes at a volatile time in the region. hours earlier to british israeli sisters were shot dead while driving in the occupied west bank. those killings follow to raise on jerusalem's alex, a mosque by israeli security forces and have fueled fears of a wider escalation. to some more news making headlines around the world, china has denied an accusation by the world health organization that it would held data consent in the origins of coven, 1918, accused. the w. h. o of conduct an east mia campaign. after it's chief said, china should have shed genetic information about the virus elia we're that exist.

north korea has carried out another test of what it calls on, on the water talk drone capable of carrying nuclear weapons. state media said a drone traveled for over 70 hours before it was detonated. it's in response to joint will each be drills by the us, south korea and japan. a conflicting us court rulings of cast uncertainty of access to we common abortion drac. if oper stone has been widely available for 20 years, when a judge in texas suspended approval of the bill, then shortly afterwards, the federal judge ordered authorities in 17 states to keep the drug on the market. it's been called and the setback do abortion rides in parts of the united states. on friday, a judge in texas move to suspend the long standing approval of abortion, drug me far prestone the decision could limit x's to the drug for millions of human

meet up. the storm is one of 2 pills used for medication abortions. the most common method of terminating a pregnancy in the u. s. the ruling in texas prompted criticism by us vice president comalla head as she described the abortion bill ruling as a dentist precedent. there is no question then rather than i are going to stand with the women of america, daniel, everything we are that women have the ability to make decisions about their health here and their reproductive here in a man or day when they need made the decision by a district court in texas has also drawn criticism from pro choice groups and medical associations. the youth justice department says it will appeal the texas ruling attorney general medic, p. god and said in

a statement to his decision or what does the f t s, expert judgment rendered over 2 decades ago? that me for preston is safe and effective? the department will continue to defend the f d. s decision in a separate case shortly after the texas truly a federal judge in washington state, ordered the authorities not to restrict access to the drug in 17 little states. for now, me fabulous don't remains available, at least in some states of the country. but the legal fight for abortion medication will likely end up in u. s. supreme court. according to british intelligence, russian forces have made significant gains in back move in this thing ukraine. the report says russian troops have likely taking the city center along with the west bank of the buck which got river green. the nice that but admits the situation is

difficult, but mood has been under siege for months. seen some of the fiercest fighting of the war i last spoke to military analyst a frank leverage on the situation facing your green. well, eddie, what the ukrainians are deciding in the next few days is whether the losses that they are inflicting on the russians are worth the losses that they are since sustaining themselves with a calculation. by the way, they've been observing now for the last 2 or 3 months. the problem they have, according to british intelligence, is that their withdrawal route is now threatened. the 5 o 6 road west out of bar mood. once that become seriously threatened, you credit will make a decision which could happen tomorrow could happen another week or 2 weeks. but they will have to make the decision to, to withdraw very quickly. they've demonstrated in the past. if they do that, they can conduct a fighting with all very effectively as they didn't. so don't ask and several other places over the last year or so. so that's what's happening on 10th street fighting

in the center. so british intelligence said, russia likely keywords and o t likely took part of the city, including the center. what do you read into the use of the word likely ukrainians have been exceptionally good at the control of information. so i think it's genuinely the case that western intelligence services are not cited on what's happening in detail, and that's the way it should be. ukrainians, and we in fact would be the same. we would call that operational security. so what british intelligence and other analissa doing is, is looking at the evidence available for both sides on, on social media channels, from their own recognizance. and they have analyzer assess, says actually that, that, that's what's happening and also assess, by the way, what's happened over the last few weeks, is that the but the wagner group, which had been supposedly leading in in batman promised to take the city have now

been, have developed much better commanding control, arranged with the army, and they've been reinforced by the airport so that sustained a momentum which we thought the russians had lost about a month ago. how could the situation on the ground evolved the spring? well, there will be a difference if we are certain that the offensive will be designed to shape the environment for a re taking of crimea. that's the central gravity in this war. that is, as general, how to set on this very channel the critical ground crimea. so we can expect the ukrainians to attack over the next 4 to 6 weeks. probably, sooner than later, i suggest towards crimea with the objective of forcing the russians of essentially collapsing russian forces. and we can expect that to happen very, very quickly. however, viewers should have in mind, i think that the other thing, the kinds of very good out of the last of last year is deception. so watch out if

there isn't a salt summer, it may well be a fight. and let's hope the dale receive to see the russians in so doing, but to ask a question directly looking and offensive within the next month. ukrainian forces developing now about 3 quarter sprint. 680-0000 people. they're moving forward to the jumping off points. operation the battle they will take place from artillery quite soon and we will see that assault going forward from leverage military analyst. thank you. thank you. so robert paris, some olympics over a year away that a b r e ration ban still rages, but it's not just russian, at least that i live. many ukrainian athletes also face an uncertain future. ukrainian trends have been, i said on the 2024, some again. the autistic swimmers have spent years training. but marina and lady slaver alexey gave up find themselves facing

a cool choice when watson was there. we don't want to meet the russians at competition, so the co, what if they go, we won't go, we don't want to meet them and we cannot meet them was and was, and in general, all the proration, whether ukrainian or international should do everything they can to not let them participate or what the official food was phoebe after rushes invasion. ukraine has threatened to boycott the games if russian athletes are allowed to participate. but the international olympic committee has had that russian athletes should be allowed to compete, as neutrals, along with the main purpose of the olympic games is piece. what piece can they be with russia? it's your own. if the ios, he allows russia to take part in the olympic games, then these games are not about peace. any more themes and what would be the message behind? it was even under a new tro flag, they were under the neutral flag at the last olympic games and it didn't change

anything. they started a war each over with. so a real, a war that has made training and preparation for the games extremely difficult for ukrainian athletes. despite the future hanging in the balance, the sisters insist they more determined than ever. to the cool stuff and you up to date up next on d, w. sports life and one of the best borders in the world. i am eddie micah, julia, thanks watching staging this more news coming your way with will you become a clue, franklin, a ok.