the universe of like a superpower. there were series 40 to the answers, almost everything this week on d, w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is deed of union lie from berlin. the italian coast guard comes to the rescue of more than a 1000 migrants a drift and in danger. in the mediterranean sea, the crossings are part of a new surge from northern africa,

4 times greater in number than last year. taiwan defense ministry says chinese warships and aircraft are still operating around the island a day after beijing declared an end to war games. the in you opposes any attempt to break taiwan status quo. french president, the minute of my call is on a state visit to the netherlands at mid controversy back home. he said to give a speech he's hoping will come a funeral over his comments on taiwan. will bring it to you, flies. ah, i'm pabo lily as welcome to the program. rescuers are trying to help 1200 people, a drift on 2 boats in the mediterranean sea between italy and greece. the italian coast guard is coordinating the rescue. the migrants are stranded on overcrowded fishing boats. authority said there's been

a sharp increase in crossings with thousands of people arriving on the italian island of lamp and to say in the last few days. but many, never make it just this past weekend. a group say at least 2 people died and 20 went missing after their boat sank, floating at sea, packed with people, and without a captain to steer it. the ship is in a dire state. rescue is carried out a reconnaissance flight to assist the situation with this school from a nearby congo. be so laying out how bad things the boat is leaking with thinking the anyone with this isn't the only boat industry in the area. another one, carrying 800 people is also adrift. thousands of people have tried to

make that treacherous journey across the mediterranean. on this weekend, a lorn, the italian coast guards it almost 2000 migrants had been rescued from vessels in distress. from friday through to monday. official figures show over $28000.00 migrants have arrived in italy since the start of the year. almost 4 times bet in the same period and 2022. many of those people actually in conflicts, violence and persecution. while the numbers are still much lower than the hundreds of thousands rescued during 2015 age groups are wanting more government help is needed to stop lives being lost at sea, unnecessarily. mark macallan is the director of the north africa, and so hell observatory up the global initiative against trans national organized

crime. we asked them earlier if there are any efforts to track down beach human traffickers. yes, there are, there are not sufficient unfortunately. so over the past few years that have been a number of initiatives taking place, which can be very quickly categorized and 2 baskets. one of them has to do with border control, putting a boarders putting up was defenses of the borders on board. those have mix rate of success. in some cases, there are successes and flows of migrants have been reduced through these measures . in some cases, they actually create a market for smugglers, whereas migrants would have previously been able to cross the border without the help of a smuggler. suddenly there's a barrier, so there's a market for someone to help actually cross cross that barrier. the 2nd baskets of, of measures have been international prosecutions and their national investigations

and prosecution. the how these have been few and far between and, and i should include also sanctioning of smugglers in this category bar where they have been begun. there have been some measures of success. chinese state media says beijing is continuing to carry out what it called combat training in the waters around taiwan. this comes despite china officially declaring an end to 3 days of intensive military drills on monday. the time when he's president accused china of creating instability in the region over the exercises. meanwhile, people on the streets of ty pay, have taken to poking fun at basing. this is the latest show of taiwanese resistance to china's wargames. people are rushing to buy batches worn by air force pilots showing winnie the pooh being punched in the face by a taiwanese blackbear. i defy and message to china's leader she jem ping,

who has often satirized for looking like the honey loving cartoon. bare china which claims taiwan as part of its territory, has held 3 days of military drills around the island, including simulated attacks on the territory. the operation started one day after taiwan president returned from a brief visit to the united states where she met you as how speaker kevin mccarthy . despite beings warnings against it, i thought as she has since condemned china's actions or didn't make war her body, your china use the visit as a pretext to start these military drills, creating instability in the taiwan strait. this is not the responsible attitude of a major nation in this region who ne backorder with her title on the street of taipei, life goes on. people are focused on a piece for future. joseph jordan,

or should be avoided at all costs if it can be avoided. we finally have a sense of peaceful life and we really cherish it on the go hoping there show in china, people seem divided over there, government actions or did you does i think 3 days of drills may not be enough. well, i think we should keep showing china's capabilities, even under normal circumstances. notice is elma doug walker and lee. what are the logistical me of when we cannot be too ruthless? we have to show a point of view, but only to a certain point to obama. good, i think their military drills. sure enough for now. beach in conduct at similar large scale military exercises around taiwan in august last year. after then you as how speaker nancy pelosi visited the island concludes the ceremony and french president, the manion. my call has come into controversy over remarks he made a bag taiwan over the weekend. the furor is threatening to overshadow microns to

day state visit to the netherlands. it's the 1st official visit by a french president in more than 20 years. the dutch king villa, alexander and queen maxima received my call in the center of amsterdam. he's due to give a speech shortly in the hague outlining his views on european sovereignty is, comes after my count raised eyebrows with his comments that europe should not be a quote follower of either the us nor china on the issue of taiwan. and in a moment we'll go live with our speech foot 1st. our correspondent jack pirate joins us from brussels. jack, right to see. so am on you on my call has made some comments about your position in regard to taiwan. can you bring us up to speed about what he said and what the reaction has been since he made those comments? yeah, it's been a real explosion. the reaction to his comments essentially on a flight back from china, where he was doing

a state visit there. he made comments essentially saying that europe needs to build its own strategic autonomy. and with the question of taiwan, the breakaway state from china, which china considered to be a breakaway state and hasn't ruled out using force to take back. he said that the european union shouldn't be the follower of america, that it should make its own policy and decide on its own strategic priorities regarding at taiwan. now this is cause widespread condemnation, specifically in america on the others, other side of the atlantic, a number of republican, some sentences coming out and saying, well, if you're it wants to leave us alone on taiwan, we should leave your balloon to deal with ukraine themselves. that's what the florida senator marco rubio said, another senator that is in charge of the, the, the, the political body within the senate looking at the relations with the chinese communist party called his comments. a disgrace here in europe as well. there's been some tentative concern because what the americans have said is, does

a manual micron speak for europe for the whole of the european union. and there are a lot of people that feel strongly that europe should stand side by side with america on the issue of taiwan. now, do you think micro is going to address his comments in the speech in the hague play? i think there will be huge pressure on him to do so. these comments have caused a real concern in, in the sort of overarching geo political structure, the delicate sort of network that we have at the moment. specifically hearing those american politicians and lawmakers talk about their support for ukraine because that significant mili, they are from the opposition party, the republican party, mainly, lots of people will be i will be looking to a manual micron to sort of clarify exactly what he means on this, but i think what he will do, i mean, i can't, i haven't seen the speech yet, but i think he will continue, continue to insist that europe does need to stand on its own 2 feet. this is

a while. these comments have caused a bit of a ripple right now, or perhaps even a waves of waves. some people would describe it. this is part of his long standing political outlook on the european union. he said during these comments as well, he reasserted his position that europe needs to see itself and to build itself to being the 3rd superpower up against china and the united states. that is his political philosophy. we'll have to wait and see how strongly he defends those comments if he does during this future of europe lecture that he's giving at a university in the netherlands. but i think there's broad expectation that he will clarify some of the comments that he's made. jackets, you were just speaking there, we were seeing images actually are there the are institute in the hague, where my call is to, to speak. and he's meant to me speaking, it was scheduled for about a minute ago. he's running a little bit behind schedule, but of course in political spheres, we all know that that can happen quite often. now you are touching on some of that, my cons,

policies and his and his ideas in general. what about where you are in brussels? are these shared with other leaders and does my car have many people who agree with them with regards to how he sees that the future of europe? i think there is a broad sense that europe should be creating its own for a policy specifically on this, but there's a long standing trend. transatlantic relationship between the european union and the united states. now, during the trump presidency, that was kind of rocks right. there were questions about exactly how much the european union back donald trump, specifically when, if you remember when he moved the u. s. embassy from tel aviv into jerusalem in favor of the israelis. there were a lot of a lot of things that the european union started to, to question whether they were on the same page with the americans on all of these issues. and i think what we're seeing, well, micron has publicly come out and made these comments. there might be

a sense in other european capitals that they'd like to be stronger on these things . but because trade a defensively, there's a lot of reliance on the americans on the european continent. i think a lot of leaders won't come out so strongly. we heard actually the polish prime minister mark matters more v etzky come out and say that poland is fully backing the americans. he said, sent a tweet out today saying that fully are the closest ally to poland. they are concerned because these kind of commons can result in a sense in america that europe doesn't really want them involved in that can be really concerning for certain european countries. firstly from a defensive and security point of view, but also from an economic economic side jack am, we're just waiting for my crown to appear. but if you're just joining dw news, and speaking to my colleague at brussel cars on the jack park about amaya mac horns, a state visit to the netherlands, where he's expected to comment on

a controversy over a mark made about taiwan. and it said the 1st state visit by a french president a more than 20 years. and as we're waiting for him to appear at jack, tell us like this at the significance of this trip m for a manual. my call to the netherlands. it's been over 2 decades since a french president has actually traveled to the net to the netherlands and is getting a lot more coverage will say done. and they had expected before the trip. i think that's fair to say pablo that perhaps we wouldn't be paying so much attention to this trip. had he not made those comments on taiwan? i think this is an interesting moment. you know, a lot of these state trips between european allies and european union members are often sort of unremarkable unless it's less perhaps the that the sort of big franco, german summits when they get together the big economic power houses. but that isn't to say the, the, the netherlands is an important ally for a manual micron for

a long time. there was, it was considered this sort of, it what they called the liberal boy band of europe, which was the french, the belgian, and the luxembourg in the dutch, where they also had liberal prime ministers. that would get together and club together sort of young men that would dress well. a margaret is sort of a really important part of that and is really important as a bit of a stick in the mud mug on european union economic issues. and i think that's what a manual my cromwell will be wanting to talk to him about my crohn is really in favor of harmonizing the financial systems of the e. you making much more progress on things like the banking union, which is the plan to harmonize the banking systems across the european union. the dutch are much more hawkish on this so mart router might be someone that he wants to persuade round. i think the reason that there aren't so many or visits between these 2 countries or state visits is because they meet so often here in brussels for european council summits every couple of months or so that they don't really

need too much time to, to speak to one, another one on one, they have a lot of that time and that mot return. makram would be broadly considered politically aligned pro you starns wanting a great to europe, but differing as i said on these economic issues, i think that's probably what though. well that we wanted to, as we see macro on his, on a real tour of the world at the moment, trying to get his face. his comments into many of the major capitals of the world will be back to you here shortly. jack paris at f. r. 0, they're in brussels of you correspondent, jack park m. we are just waiting for the death french president to manual my call, who is on a state visit to the netherlands. he is due to speak at the dutch nexus institute in the hague, and it's expected that there's a lot of expectation to see if he will speak about this controversy of remarks made about taiwan. but for now, thanks jack. moving on, let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. tens of thousands of junior doctors have gone on strike across england over poor pay and working conditions. the 4 day walk out is the most serious action in a series of strikes by stuff of the national health services workers struggle with a cost of living crisis. one of russia's most active volcanoes has erupted in the far east of the country. the shivered notch. volcano spewed out an ash cloud over an area of more than 100000 square kilometers with authorities warning of potential effects on air travel. officials have advised locals to stay home. residents of louisville in the us state of kentucky have been holding vigils to more in the victims of a mass shooting authority, say, a man armed with a rifle open fire. on monday at the bank where he worked, he killed 5 people and wounded 9 others while live streaming attack before shooting

and killing himself, or staying in the u. s. where the biden administration is reeling from the fall out of the most significant leak of government secrets. since wiki leaks in 2010, as the search for the source of the li continues, washington is busy doing damage control. the revelation suggest the u. s. bite on key allies, including israel and south korea on tuesday. so dismissed a significant number of the files as they can. the pentagon says it's ordered and internal review describing the leak as a very serious national security risk. so what more do we know about the source and the origins of this leak, we put that question to dw security correspondent, thomas pharaoh. well, this is actually one of the most interesting and also one of the most difficult aspects of this because it was revealed, it has been described that the original lee was actually published in a platform which is popular or popularly used by gamers,

even in channels that originally had nothing to do with these kinds of leaks that to do with the game minecraft. so this will pose an additional challenge to authorities that are clearly interested in preventing these kinds of documents from leaking at the same time. however, and i think this is an additional element that is particularly important in this case. some of these leaks are being described as doctored or altered. some are indeed being described as being authentic, but in other cases they are being described as possibly being altered. so it is unclear at this point, it hasn't been very fight independently at this point where these leaks actually came from and to what extent all of them are authentic. and this just poses another challenge to us authorities as they try to limit the damage from these leaks. dw security correspond thomas barrow there. when officials in ukraine are worried about those leaks could complicate efforts to defeat the russian invasion. a source

close to the ukrainian president has told the media the leaks of prompted keith to alter some of its military plans. this is u. s. intelligence suggests dwindling. ukrainian ammunition stocks could see the battle in the east of the country, heading towards stale night. for the rest of the year, russian forces continued to pound ukrainian positions around the besieged city of battled. vis footage purportedly shows, parts of buck, mood, under russian control. vast areas of the city are in ruins, in just a few kilometers from the front lines, inches, if you're thinking these civilians are collecting aid supplies, the only inconvenience is that there is no running water. without electricity, you can get by somehow, but without water and washing detergent, i asked them and they gave me a bottle. i like to bring it over to the farm today. we can wash our clothes and

ourselves clean. the civilians left here are grateful for every bit of help. they can get you off. the aid is brought in by drivers like maxime, who often risk their lives. we're going to blow some time ago. it was scarier. she also was weak, but now we've gotten used to it, but too often you don't pay attention. ah, it will be worse. anything can happen as i say that there is one projectile for everybody or whatever can happen will happen guys. this man fled the fighting in bar mood 2 weeks ago on his bicycle. he says the destruction here in charge of yar is just as bad as in buck mood only

one in 10 buildings is still intact with us. why is this happening to us as people who do not have anything to do with this? i just turned 60 and everything that i made with my own hands i had to leave behind . i couldn't even take my usb stick with me because i couldn't get into my home. please ludovic. while military vehicles head to the front lines, a few civilians cling on. many of those still here, do not have enough money to go elsewhere. now imagine having settled in a new country only to find out years later that you're being kicked out. that's the case for about 200 thousands and bob wins in south africa. they were granted residency back in 2009 human rights groups have taken the government to court, but the clock is taking the residence permit expire at the end of june t w's. christine manuel met

a teacher in johannesburg. his family heavily depends on today's court. ruling far from his, herman's and bob, we've been met. somebody is contemplating the future. his life in south africa might soon be coming to an end. he's been earning a living in johannesburg, teaching and waiting to the to pill day for me. go to wake, to go to school in the morning, and then later go to western boys at the school or any mush after the went around and nixon is emmy is learned when endings are site to children and the wife and other issues with little porch what i seem to madison, we can live and work legally in south africa because he has as and bobby an

exemption permit. these permits were offered to zimbabwe and who had been living in south africa and documented. and those who were seeking asylum after some bobby's violent election in 2008. now, after 12 years, the south african government is canceling. the permit and permit holders have been told to apply for work visas. but these will only be given to applicants with critical skills, like the majority of permit holders. montgomery's work is not considered to be critical over the border impulse, while his wife and 2 daughters worry about him having to return to the bubbly middle class. i just need to know how in the meeting decide we let them in, in a can. we can assist in the things on the 4th tool before the children fees in the needs dates. coming back to him, is that a li,

a life changing thing? it means that i'll have to drop out of college and what does that equate in? i'm about to finish. so if he comes back to 0, that means i have to drop out of college. living standards ins above we have been in decline since the early 2, thousands to day, about half of the population is reported to be living in poverty. some bobbins have migrated to neighboring countries in big numbers. many have come to south africa and this is growing actually, immigrants that were said that has that time escalated, divide into tax on foreign national government in taking the end of the glory. maintain that the home is always a temporary arrangement and populate citizenship. all permanent resident rights

groups have often called to stop the government from canceling the permanence. there was no public consultation with the stakeholders prior to the decision being made to terminate the permits. if you have enabled people to farm families, found lives here and careers that she gives them that fair opportunity to make representations so that you understand the circumstances of the lives and what they face when you make the decision to terminate. and that is absent in terms of the decision that has been made by the south african government has been my son would hope support will rule in favor of the appeal. he doesn't want to go back to some bubbling sales judge, something dopey and go big. the static game, i mean it's very faint. i'm finding out of course, if the court rejects the appeal, been matter noted, and others,

and bobby an exemption permit holders have until the end of june to leave south africa. and he told me he was to, so kamala is reporting from the court in pretoria. he explains why the government don't once in bob wins in south africa anymore. there are quite a number of issues at play. he, i think the 1st issue is the economy council, the fruit guys facing high unemployment rate. and it is the feeling amongst a lot of kids, including one group that was protesting. here they're just marching around. they've just left to the courtier as saying this is them. but when should go home? because if they go, they are creating spaces for them to wake. they're saying they don't get wake because of this and bumping. so these i sent him is that we have had from our south africans, but also is also a one to pull it confront. because there's all has been an acumen that is in bobbins that have run out of the country should stay in their country in fix and they are problems them. but according to the a home office department,

the official statements official position is that these payments where temporarily visit temperature permits, don, you remember that in 2008, when there was political tem orleans, or map with their flock into south africa. so they had to accommodate them, then they're saying the situation now is better. they should be going back. they can't remain in south africa temper. i'm so these were not at permanent pay me, saw the arm of department saying they are now consulting them. and in one wants to come in should find another channel of applying for other payments that the qantas offer. now we are going to return to a story that we were following for you earlier. we're waiting for a speech from the french president, the manual. my call, who is on a state visit a 2 day state visit to the netherlands. there is furor back home after our comments that he made over at taiwan. and we're gonna cross over now to my colleague at, in brussels at jack park, who's been following this story very closely. and for our viewers who are just tuning into us. we're going to just recap

a little bit over this controversy which are is that which micron is dealing with at the moment. so jack, this tripped in the netherlands, it comes as i, as i mentioned, there are also hot on the heels of a big state visit to china last week. now, while on that trip, emanuel my call made some comments, as i said about your position in regard to taiwan. jack, can you bring us all up to speed by what he said? exactly, and what the reaction has been? yeah, hi, pablo. we're still waiting for that. macros speech to start. politicians often run a little bit late, as you say about your micron is of the back of a trip to beijing and more broadly in the rest of china as well. and on the flight between 2 provinces, he told them french media and political essentially, that he and so, but europe should not be the followers of america when it comes to discussions around taiwan. taiwan is a claims its independence. china doesn't rule it rule like taking it back by force

. and there's a real delicate position at the moment where the americans seem to be supporting taiwan. that was a visit by the president of taiwan to california, which the chinese were very unhappy about. and as i say, president macro briefly reported, saying essentially the europe should make his own policy. it should be considered his own superpower. it should be the world's superpower and shouldn't follow either the americans or the chinese. on this issue, bishop make its own decision. now the americans and a lot of republican senators, especially have come out and said, hang on if, if europe doesn't follow us and sort of back us on the these issues, maybe we shouldn't about your upon ukraine. that was the comment by the florida senator. anyway, marco rubio, and it's brought up a massive question here in europe all over the weekend and running into today as we wait for the speech by emanuel micron. the question is, who speaks for your and does for the french president go when he makes comments