i don't know we are your is actually on fire made for mines. ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin chinese warship, some 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 with sending a warning to taiwan after the islands president met with

a tough us official last week. also on the program. the pentagon is reviewing photographs of leak 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 defenses. and peace talks aimed at ending yelman's, long running and civil war. saudi to meet with booth the rebels with the aim of renewing a you went back to cease far ah, unpopular foliage, welcome to the program. china has ended 3 days of military drills in the skies and sees around taiwan. beijing says it's fulfilled all of its military objectives, including practicing precision strikes and blockading the island in response, the to the exercise is the u. s. cent. a guided missile destroyer through contested

parts of the south china sea. taiwan says it won't let open combat preparedness and that it's closely monitoring china's forces in the region 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 sees their ad defense unit, closely monitored the encroaching forces. it selfish and see dozens of chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the taiwan strait with no impatient to escalate the situation. the hours he on forces will uphold our sovereignty, and the men had our nation, no security, yet compost, rational, and assault form manner. meanwhile, our air defense, the illness half remained on high alert. the military exercise was

a demonstration of pigeons, anger, or what the taiwanese president's visit to the united states. do united states distributed the card for china to show restraint in a shawl force. the united states deployed a naval destroyer into waters, claimed by beaching, triggering board belly, cause frederick from china. tensions are rising in the region and the residence of taipei and chang. i have do, i did opinions on china's, the decent military exercises ipad all by saying that at the most common people probably aren't afraid, at least, but the mean, these and being debt. everyone thinks that china is certainly not thought of already, because they don't need to start a walk through a company, can use other methods to pressure taiwan. huck a young. she has a by or just exist engine harnessing. i think china, i turns out a very normal thing going because closely we need to show our attitude. and we also

need to show our ability to react like this can go for me, ordered us ok. china's military pressure on taiwan continues to intensify. and it's up to taipei and it's de facto you as a lie to guess, feather china's neck. sure for. we'll just be a drill. well for more on this, i'm joined by in chung who's an associate professor at the national university of singapore. welcome to the job you. so tell us what did these drills demonstrate about china's preparedness to potentially strike taiwan? so these drills they demonstrate, again, china's ability to a different kinds of operations. this includes potentially a blockade. this potentially includes airstrikes, muscle strikes, so on and so forth. but i guess it's not under mentally different from what the p r c has been doing over the past few years. it's more concentrated,

but the nature of what it's doing is pretty much the same. so in the sense, i think there's a lot of normalization already actually on time one towards attraction. let's zoom out a little bit. taiwan has condemned china for undermining peace and stability in the region. how worried are other nearby countries about a military escalation? so i think many nearby countries are worried there increasingly where each japan certainly is because the challenges some of his territory, the last round of missile exercises from august. some of those missiles fell into the japanese exclusive economic zone. or the philippines are certainly worried. i think the also because part of the exercises ex exclusions on was drawn just what 20 miles off of philippine church waters. and any escalation could potentially embroil other regional countries. but i think this is also a case where if

a regional countries are concerned, then it's a matter of bring this up to beijing as beijing is the side that is engaging in most reaction. and there has to be some thinking about ways to discourage a beijing from escalating that china has also issued sanctions against the taiwanese president and others who have traveled to the u. s. to shore up support. tell us a little bit about these sanctions and how china justifies them. so china claims that the sanctions are on split is people who are intent on separating taiwan in their i separating taiwan from china. however, the sanctions i think are largely symbolic. the individual sanction probably don't have much intention of traveling to china, nor do they really have any intention of owning property or investing in china. so it's really symbolic. it's really a way, a response to what the us had done previously in terms of sanctioning chinese

officials for, for engaging human rights abuses on and so forth. professor chanc, thank you for your insights. professor ian chung from singapore is national university a series of documents alleged to be classified to us 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 under russian armies and strategic information regarding a spring offensive that while the documents authenticity has not been verified, pentagon officials are quoted as saying their real. so let's take a closer look. so the documents indicate ukraine could run out of air defense me selves within weeks, and that it has suffered significant casualties. although fewer than russia, they also say a small contingent of nato forces are operating with in ukraine. they suggest the war is heading towards a stalemate and that russia will not capture the dumbass region. and that

u. s. intelligence has penetrated russia's military and is warning ukraine of attacks. and they also claim the kremlin is planning to launch a propaganda campaign against african leaders supporting ukraine. marina marie rowan is a research fellow at the defense studies department at kings college in london. and i asked her earlier what she made of the apparently leak. 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 he reached the news. now in april and some of those documents are outdated, so there were many possibilities including ukraine, sorting of this information campaign in order to disorient the russians and wice versa. now the pentagon is saying that the leak at the documents at half 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, how do you think this leak could impact the war in ukraine? 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 your crane and how 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 was a 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 was ukraine or ukraine chart. 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 for a while. so far, only poland on slovakia have actually delivered. so with regards to this information could make others reconsider perhaps? well, i, i don't think that it's going to have a huge impact unless, as 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 an eat, we're talking about the likes of app 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 it's 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, 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. and lemme, thanks as always for your analysis. thank you. right, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a boat with some 400 people on board as a drift in the mediterranean sea on this taking on water. the support service alarm

foam says it received a coal from the vessel, adding that nobody on board could steer because the captain had left. it's believed the boat departed from libya on saturday night. heading for europe. police in louisville, kentucky say a suspected shooter who killed at least 5 people at a bank in the center of the city is dead. at least 6 other people, including one police officer, have been treated in hospital for injuries. police have been pelted with petrol bombs during a republican prey through the northern irish city of dairy, also known as london dairy. the violence occurred as the demonstrators who want northern ireland to become part of the republic of ireland, held a march to commemorate the 1916 east arising against a british rule in ireland. and all of this is happening just a day before u. s. president joe biden begins a 4 day trip, both to northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and as northern ireland marks

the 25th anniversary of the landmark good friday peace agreement that largely and a 3 decades of blood chet, now on april 10th, 1998 at the irish and british prime minister signed the deal to set up a new government that would share power between protestant and catholic factions. it was later ratified by a referendum northern ireland, as part of the united kingdom. but many of the catholic minority 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, fog, and here that is word of got to meet each other and either there meets they would

never of not each other just go 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, a small like that, they're sort of um. com, dynamo on there 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 areas. bombay street is in a catholic area just behind one of these walls. since begs it, residents have noticed, arise intention to, to our sienna. that's caused even more debate sanity, say to the community. once per actually came along, people, so can that read that whole slims and get some things? 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 ireland marked 25 years of the good friday agreement. it's hoped that for the younger generation, which grew up with relative peace, the troubles a confined to history. a saudi delegation has been to the yamini capital santa for talks with who the rebels over a potential enter yelman's, long running civil war. saudi arabia supported the amans government against the ran back to the rebels who control much of northern yemen, including the capital. and the fighting has pushed the country to the brink of famine. a country in ruins, with tens of thousands did, and millions displaced. this is yemen after 9 years of civil

war. now though, for the 1st time in many months, signs of real progress, enemy shaking hands as the leader of the hoody rebels welcomes delegations from saudi arabia and a man. the un calls the talks, the closest yemen has come to lasting peace. and the many people want to believe it shall. i'm thought of if we hope for the best. and we hope that dance and go, she ations ruby, seeing that melodrama not let them alone. i hope that they come up with a solution that satisfies the yamini people. we are tired of the situation and of promises and procrastination, otherwise from year to year they promised people a solution. again, i said i was saying that we only want to be brothers united with our neighbors so that they have their interests and we have ours and we live in peace. we don't want

war. war destroys nations. what a home was our home when i was out of the war that destroyed yemen, began in 2014. when the hootie rebels seized the capital santa and much of the countries north, saudi arabia intervened, leading an international military coalition against the hudy's lawyer, william. since then, the conflict has turned into a proxy ball with saudi arabia on one side. and a ran the main supporter at the hoodies on the other and caught in the crossfire is a population on the brink of famine, forced to live in camps, longing for peace, and a better life. let's talk a bit more about yemen. now he sham i'll o macy is a conflict analyst and senior yemen advisor at the european institute of peace and he joins me from washington dc. welcome to d, w. so there are many hopes will say attached to the piece talks. can they bring

an end to the almost decade? lot more. well, this is definitely a step forward, but the thing is that people are being overly ambitious and thinking just a handshake or thinking document and i would bring it into the conflict of conflict in multi layered decades of animosity. they're just going to take more of reconstructing plans, pathways to reconciliation, economy, recovery, bringing in all the other factions inside the country around the tape. so it's, it's a bit, it's a bit about managing expectations. it's a step forward. yes, but we're look, we have a lovely to go right now. sadie arabian iran have recently agreed to re establish diplomatic ties. now, with both of them ended their military interventions in yemen. what would that mean for the war and for peace?

well, definitely is going to help the d escalation efforts in the normalization to the salaries and the iranians. well, 1st off that everybody was in the audience, so that has to be sorted out over the coming few years. it's not just because the saudis and i'm his chickens in china, it's going to bring back to an end. but it also definitely reflects on the situation in yemen. this is one of the things why we see these be more amenable to our salary bionics to fill this out in vassar. and so they're willing to shake hands as a good step forward again. but again, we need some time to gauge progress to gauge the extent to where that jewish with. they'll be that they would want to play bull that you've mentioned there, that there have been less 8 steps forward, but it isn't enough for at lasting peace or for peace in your opinion, what needs to be done then in order for that piece to be possible going forward, considering what you've been mentioned before. well,

to begin with says multiple sections inside the country. currently, the current talks are unit bilateral, to the saudis, and these alone, you have, for instance, the southern traditional council that you want. they want to see half the country, they're not part of these agreements and talks you have the national resistance on the western coast. they're not part of the parks. you have other tribes in the middle of the east of the country. again, they're not part of the stocks for a sustainable agreement. the, there needs to be a wholistic comprehensive approach that i actually addressed is the multiple goods off the current conflict. you're talking about people that have been devastated throughout the war for the last 8 years. we're still not discussing reconstruction plans, we're not, we're not discussing recovery plans. we're not talking about projects that will help us get off the ground in yemen without all, no trust losing measures as well. we're, we're, we're over selling the current piece now on the ground in yemen,

we thought in our report, there, you've touched on it a little bit. the yemeni people at the end of the day are the ones who've been suffering through at this war for many years. now, how was their voice being heard in this entire process? unfortunately, traditionally you were says have been marginalized, it has been a top bottom approach and kind of process. it's the elites that are taking charge while basically pushing him and he's the masters of john masters to the side. this is one of the things for us, what we're, it's just that we need a more inclusive process. you need to talk to the people in the various districts in the various parts of the country center where the contacts are being held does not represent the rest of the country. we have $21.00 customers with $333.00 districts each with its own unique problems. so would that increase 70 without a bottom up approach?

any, i mean, any piece process is not going to stick for long. it's not going to be sustainable . hm. i'll or may st with the european institute of peace. thank you very much for joining us on dw, and giving us your insights. thank you for having moving on that and to sport and hair in germany. in the bonus league mentioned glad back and did a bad streak when they beat valve spurred for their 1st when in 6 games, dancing the valves, birds air, european ambitions in the process, allison player set up marcus to hum to head in. glad bath 2nd. go on 63 minutes and seal a to nail when the hosts move within 4 points, evolves burke who remained in 9th place, last placed, stood guard, travel to bore him desperate for their 1st away when this season and the visitors came out on top of a 5 gul thriller, lifting themselves on the bottom of the table and dragging bull hm. into the

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