corruption and political crimes ah, in our series guardians of truth and watch no on youtube dw documentary. ah ah, this is deed of the news live from berlin, chinese warships and fighter jets around taiwan for a 3rd consecutive day of military exercises with the successful completion of operation joint sword. beijing says it's military. we're sending a warning to taiwan. after the islands president met with a talk

u. s. official. last week. the pentagon is reviewing photographs of leaked documents. it says contains sensitive and highly classified material that suggest ukraine is just weeks away from running out of ammunition for its russian made air defense. and 25 years after a fragile peace agreement, there are worries that brags it may be putting that good friday peace deal at risk in northern art. ah, i'm paula felice. welcome to the program for a 3rd consecutive day, the skies and sees around taiwan were occupied by chinese defense forces on monday, in response to us sent a guided missile destroyer through contested parts of the south china sea. china's

warships and fighter jets have now completed their exercises, but the message to taiwan remains simulated target to strikes off chinese military on taiwan. china adopted join sward in circling the self ruled island of taiwan that it claims as its own. taiwan seas. there at defense unit, closely monitored the encroaching forces. it selfish and see dozens of chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the taiwan strait ways. no impatient to escalate the situation. the hours he on forces will uphold our sovereignty. and the men had our nation, no security. yeah, compost, rational, and assault form manner. meanwhile, our air defense, the illness half remained. i'll high alert. the military exercise was a demonstration of pigeons, anger,

or what the taiwanese president's visit to the united states. do united as tier distributed the court for china to show restraint in a shawl force. the united states deployed on naval destroyer into waters, claimed by beaching, triggering board belly, cause frederick from china. tensions are rising in the region and the residents of taipei and ching i have do, i did opinions on china's that he sent military exercises. he parallel bashing stuck at the most common people probably aren't afraid, at least, but the mean these and being that everyone thinks that china will certainly not start a body weight because they don't need to start a walk. really come, they can use other methods to pressure taiwan. huck a young, she has the 5 or just didn't think i think i got a very normal thing because i need to show our gratitude. we also need to show our ability to react like this can go up on me or do this. okay. china,

military pressure on taiwan continues to intensify. and it's up to type and defect a us ally to guess whether china next sure port will just be a drill. or the w correspondent, william young joined us earlier from tai pay and he told us more about the expansion of china's military drills to new areas around taiwan. we have seen dozens of chinese fighter jets again entering, ty, ones, air defense identification zone, and at least 35 of those have in fact across the center line of the taiwan strait. but what is, in fact more concerning is the confirmation both by the time when he's defense ministry and also the japanese defense ministry, the, china's aircraft carrier group, son don't, has, in fact participated in this military exercise from the western pacific that is on the east side of taiwan and there are at least 80 landing and take off activities

that has been success fully carried out. and what the experts are saying is the now that the china can prove that they can carry out attacks potentially from the east side of taiwan. there is no longer any said film for taiwan to actually preserve its military capability. and also on this, at the same time, the east side of taiwan is also the passage where it's necessary for the us to use in order to come for a potential support for time one. so that just means i think right now china is trying to really sandwich taiwan into from the west side, using the military aircraft and from the east side they're using their aircraft. carrier groups are really squeaked. i want to put more pressure on to one. now a series of documents alleged to be classified u. s. intelligence reports have appeared on the internet revealing details about the war in ukraine. the information includes the number of casualty, suffered on both sides vulnerabilities of the ukrainian and russian armies and

strategic information regarding a spring offensive. and while the documents authenticity has not been verified, pentagon officials are quoted as saying they are real. so let's take a closer look. the documents indicate ukraine could run out of air defense missiles within weeks, and that it's suffered significant casualties. although fewer than russia, they also say a small contingent of nato forces are operating within ukraine. they suggest the wars heading towards a stalemate and that russia will not capture the don bus region. and that u. s. intelligence has penetrated russia's military and is warning ukraine of attacks. they also claim the kremlin is planning to launch a propaganda campaign against african leaders supporting ukraine. well, with ukraine's air defense is running low, some experts where he russia could soon unleash its considerable air power to change the course of the war. we asked former commanding general of the u. s. army in europe. ben hodges, if he shares those concerns. first of all, the,

the russian air force has not impress me for the last 14 months, even though they have huge numerical superiority. it's clear that they don't have the training or the, the ability to really achieve air superiority. this is something that the german air force, british royal air force, us air force. we would have done this in the 1st days of any conflict, especially with that kind of numerical superiority. the russians were not able to do that. so it's not just because of the brave and very competent, ukrainian air defense. it's because i don't think the russians really know how to do so. yes, of course there's a vulnerability if, if we're not able to help you crane get more munitions or more systems for their air and missile defense. but i think they will have already anticipated what those vulnerabilities are. and again, i think that there are other ways to, to prevent russia from exploring

a vulnerability. and that really is about denying them the places from which their attacks or being launch. that means crimea, that means dumbass that ships at sea. i don't understand why the american in the u . s. administration and the german government and others still stop short of saying we want ukraine to win. and we're going to give them the things that they need to win. i mean, we're talking about thousands of ukranian civilians that have been killed by these missile attacks. they're, they're not going to after ukrainian defenses are one of the targets. why? why is it so difficult for us to go ahead and take that next step to provide the capabilities that would help protect thousands of european civilians. so this is about and so whether it's f sixteens or longer range, precision weapons, the things that are needed to help stop russia from being able to kill so many innocent people. i think the united states, germany, others need to do more. but it really comes down to what do we want ukraine to when

are we just trying to drag this thing out. that was the former commanding general of the u. s. army in europe. been hodges, but let's speak now to mighty not meet on. she's a research fellow with the defense studies department, a king's college in london, but he not great to see you. so 1st and foremost, what do you make of this apparent leak? are you surprised at all by it? good a. well, that's a great question because nobody knew what to make of that leak, since we don't really know the source. and apparently those documents started appearing as early as january before they reach the news. now in april and some of those documents are outdated, so there were many possibilities including ukraine, sorting in this information campaign in order to disorient the russians, and weiss versa. now the pentagon is saying that the leak at the documents that have been leaked are indeed real, which points to

a bigger problem when it's when it comes to intelligence sharing between ukraine and the united states, as well as the allies. and obviously this is a serious breach in the operational security. tell us this. hi. do you think this leak could impact the war in you? crime could give the russian side an advantage. well, every day we are seeing new documents coming out so far and nothing has come out that the russians could use to their military advantage. because all the information essentially can be obtained from our open forces. if you look hard enough, that being said, is this concert thing for you, crane and how's that might affect the counter offensive even so the location is not giving the time is not given. the russians know it's coming and now coupled with a security weak and knowing that ukraine is relying on intelligence from the

pentagon that could undermine ukrainian afterwards when it comes to receiving critical intelligence and sharing it with the ally. so from that perspective, the breach of trust is something that is going to benefit the russians, not the actual information contained in those documents, or at least in that portion of the document that we have been seeing the past days . so couldn't have a we'll say for the ukrainians, a pretty big impact with regards their spring offensive. well yes essentially it could because and as i said the ukrainians would be in needing satellite imagery from the united states and the if the ris, no knowledge where at least came from where the security was rich, was it a cyber attack? was it that perhaps a mo was a, you know, a g r u. so the 1st thing is to find the actual source where the leak is in order

to be able to address it. and because we don't know what that source is, and the pentagon officials are working on that, sharing intelligence with ukraine or ukraine, sharp sharing intelligence with the united states is dangerous because there is a possibility that the russians will be able to intercept it. so from that perspective, this could be undermining the counter offensive. now ukraine has been calling on its allies to supply fighter jets to boost its air power its been doing so at for a while. so far, only poland on slovakia have actually delivered. so with regards to this information, could it make others reconsider perhaps? well i, i don't think that it's going to have a huge impact unless i was a countries have old soviet aircraft at their disposal, which is ready to be deployed. because in order to train a pilot, it, it takes a year as and now we're talking about the likes of f. 16. you don't need to start.

start from ground up, but you still need a year to train a pilot. you needs a crew, you needs a runway. so you need to also the infrastructure to be able to fields those planes . which means this is costly time. this is not just money. so from that perspective, ukraine would need air power for its contra offensive. either way, if nobody else has any soviet aircraft the, the current pledge to deliver by poland and the current deliveries by slovakia wouldn't actually make a difference. and joe biden sat as much that it's not being considered at present to deliver f sixteens to ukraine. right, we'll leave it there. maria, mute on research fellow at the defense studies department that kings college in london. thanks as always for your analysis. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a

chinese court has sentenced to prominent human rights lawyers to jail terms of more than 10 years. each shoe g young and ding jia, she were convicted of state subversion. both men were key members of the new citizens movement, a civil rights group calling for constitutional reform and criticizing government corruption. the palestinian health ministry says israeli forces of killed a palestinian during a raid on refugee camp and the occupied west bank statements said the 15 year old boy was shot in the head chest and abdomen. israel said its troops entered the acrobatic jabar camp to apprehend a terror suspect, a boat with some 400 people on board as a drift in the mediterranean sea and is taking on water. the support service alarm phone says it received a call from the vessel, adding that nobody on board could steer because the captain had left. it's believe the boat departed from libya on saturday night. heading for europe.

a 6th person has been found dead after an avalanche on sunday. near mont blanc, in the french alps. 2 mountain guides were killed among those killed french, whether authorities had not issued any prior avalanche warning for the region undescribed skin conditions as good. now northern ireland, as marking the 25th anniversary of the landmark good friday peace agreement, that largely ended 3 decades of bloodshed on april 10th, 1998. the irish and british prime minister signed the deal, which was later ratified by a referendum to setup a new government that would share power between protestant and catholic factions and northern ireland is currently part of the united kingdom. many in the catholic minority resented british rule and wanted to be part of the sovereign republic of ireland. now, there are worries that brags it may have put that hard. one piece at risk, lately hold boxing club used to be staunchly protestant to day. young boxes from

all areas of belfast are allowed to train here, including catholics. young people in northern ireland often group lodge segregated with catholics and protestants going to different schools. if any of them kids were involved with each other. ha ha. and here that is word of got the media children, either their mits, they would never of mad each other. just walk on the street to fail. thought all the young men and boys here are aware of potential threats. if you're pos in certain areas that are conflict or partisan. um, if you, if they know your protestant that might not like it. but most of the time, the small like that they're sort of, um, calm down on their more forgiven. just around the corner though, protest militants have being celebrated. it's a loyalty to britain that defines the so called loyalist paramilitaries, but still have a grip on areas like this. some protestants are angry because they fear that their

british identity is being strict away. and the brakes it is bring in northern ireland, closer to the republic of ireland. but on the other side of the divide. many catholics, a hoping for re unification with the republic of ireland. but she and used to be a member of the i r a. he spent 18 years in prison and was released under the piece process. today he is sure that a united island can be achieved entirely peacefully. what i think bragg said has dawn has accelerate the discussion and a bit around our united ireland there because we have seen that the, the day in m o and the driving force behind brackets. it was english nationalism throughout belfast and other areas in northern ireland. so called peace ball, separate protestant and catholic carriers. bombay street is in a catholic area just behind one of these walls. since briggs

h residents have noticed, arise intention to, to our sheena that caused even more debate between the 2 sides of the community. once per actually came along, people children that read that holes liam's, and yet recently some politicians are blocking the regional assembly over breaks it, leaving a dangerous political void. that is a concern if there is an access to exclusively democratic and peaceful means, expressing a political views that there is m a certain logic and in some people's minds to the use of violence to express political viewpoints. half northern island mocks 25 years of the good friday agreement. it's hoped that for the younger generation, which grew up with relative pace, the troubles a confined to history. all right, well, to speak more about the peace agreement in northern ireland and the 25 years since

it was signed at were joined by professor duncan morrow, a political scientist at ulster university in belfast. welcome to d, w. first and foremost for you. what is the biggest change you've seen in northern ireland in the past 25 years? oh, well, by far the biggest change is the reduction in violence. and really before that the good friday agreement. and in my growing up years, violence was an everyday experience. either were bombs, there was shootings, there was always a tax property on paypal, the were deaths. and of course it's not entirely gone. but let me say in compared to where i left, where it was really every day and a normal, almost every day experience. it is entirely changed, this generation is not left with the tension on the expectation that there will be violence on the streets and that's a huge change. now, professor morrow, power sharing is there, but whether it's functioning that that'll per debate. what did they need for the institutions to work smoothly?

well, good friday agreement was the very front down agreement against the backdrop of the violence. but it tried to make a new arrangement about the relationship between britain and ireland and british nathan irishness, which was a careful balance. and to make that happen, the local politicians were then work together and power sharing in an agreement. one of our problems have been that since brag that's a new question come into the northern politics, which is the border. should there be trade border between the european union and the united kingdom in northern ireland, which would be a restatement of all the old divisions that were there? or do we need to have a border then which manual, which if you like, managers trade between great britain and scott and whale and northern ireland. for that question of where the border goes, has made it really, really difficult and recently united kingdom and that you have made it and your agreement, the so called windsor framework. it is hoped that that will be enough to bring the

unionists to up to now have been boy coughing the arrangement to come back into local government. but at the moment that not sure i'm not certain. and if they don't, and maybe we'll have to be into a new agreement or some kind of reform of the agreement you've just mentioned how brags it has, as we'll say, impacted the situation in northern ireland. you also were talking about generational differences. well, there's a generation of people in northern ireland who grown up without violence, without a memory of the past. how do you reconcile the past with the future considering as well the situation that northern ireland is in, at the moment with regards to brakes. it, as you've mentioned. well i think possibly one of the weaknesses of agreement was that many didn't have a formal process for acknowledging the harms in the past and looking at the past. and so that has been an open thor, if you like in northern. since then, one hopes that as the generations go by and people have more distance on that terrible period that they have,

it makes it more possible to make new agreement than to move forward together. and there is some evidence and young people that they do want to move forward together and have new issues together. but at the same time, there is a big issue and constantly comes back. we are, i suppose there are proposals from the british government to try to deal with the past, but they are highly controversial. and so i suppose maybe what you're asking is, is there a way to get over that that will require leadership that will require a willingness to listen to some very difficult facts, i suppose. but what happened to people and then a process of learning to work together. professor duncan morrow at auster university in belfast. thank you. you're welcome. now to cyprus, another island that has been plagued by divisions for almost 50 years. cyprus was cut in 2 in 1974 after a series of conflicts that led to turkey occupying the northern half in 1983,

the north, unilaterally declared independence, which is only recognized by turkey. today, the northern part is largely populated by turkish cypriots and the south by greek cypriots. the united nations maintains a buffer zone to avoid any further hostilities between the 2 sides and d w's. gunner curnett went to cyprus to report on a choir that brings together people from the 2 sides with music roadblocks, walls and barbed wire have been part of nic hosea, for more than 48 years. the capital remains divided to this day, split into a greek and turkish part, just like the rest of cyprus. the greek cypriot to your go speedo, finds it difficult to accept the political deadlock and that there is no perspective of reunification. he looks over to the turkish side, the retiree says the reconciliation should no longer be left to the politicians. i

see and realize that if they let us on our own, i mean citizens, or we could have hot grade left, urico, speedo experiences just how great this could be in the bottom, you know choir for peace lena melanie, do. greek and turkish cypriots sing together in the name of peace and reconciliation in this choir, where music surmount, political, and linguistic borders. mustafah air salter has been in the choir for a year and a half. the architect from the turkish north meets his coral colleague your post before the concert. the border can still only be crossed by a check points. mustafah is used to this. he grew up with the division, just like his turkish fans. and when i have participated for the choir, oh, what i tell them we are laying the of them. they are be surprised. some think the

you feel that you are doing something for your own country for peace order, re unification. it shows from the time the c s on stage with a white shows like that and the color of a piece, and they cannot ever understand who is creek and who is turkish same happy. it's the same songs, the same attitude. so step by step, i think we're influencing every law who is turkish and who is greek. none of that matters when the choir gets together, as can be seen that this piece concert in the greek part of the capital one. proponents of reunification are now a minority in cyprus, but the quire won't give up and it's a full house at the auditorium. ah, together with the whole choir, your goals and mustafah perform the song,

sorry. the turkish choir members ask for forgiveness in greek, and the greek members do the same in turkish. they understand that one requirement for reconciliation is recognizing the other side, suffering. oh, at the end of the concert they sing the song, my homeland has been split into, which of the 2 sides shall i love? both is the answer given by your ghost mustafah and the other singers in the peace choir of cyprus. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. this are chinese warships and fighter jets have encircled taiwan on a 3rd consecutive day of mandatory exercises. beijing says it's a warning to the island after its president met with a top us official. the pentagon is reviewing photographs of leaked

documents that it says appeared to contain sensitive and highly classified material about the warden, ukraine. some of those papers suggest ukraine is just weeks away from running out of russia. made air defense me sauce. and that's all for now. d w ages of next after a short break and don't forget that our website is always there with plenty of analysis d, w dot com. and you can follow us on our social media kinds or handle is dw user. i pablo phone, yes for me and the entire team here in berlin. thanks for watching penalty against the top that ah ah, with

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