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nasa and veils it's mar simulator. volunteers were leaving the facility for a year to test what life would be like for future missions to per ah unpopular foliage. welcome to the program. china is planning to close air space north of taiwan later this week. as beijing turns up, the heat on its neighbor. taiwan says china has notified it that a no fly zone will be imposed for half an hour on april 16th. china has ended 3 days of military drills around taiwan following a trip to the west by the islands. president sy, in when the chinese president choosing pink, has raised the stakes by calling on china's military to train for quote, actual combat. well, the don't use china expert clifford turnin is here with me in studio and has been

following this story closely. clifford great to see. so actual combat now, is this a power move or do you think beijing is actually planning an attack? i think it's a power move. i mean it's, it's scary language. it's designed to, to unsettled people. it's designed to, to frighten people. i don't think she didn't pin is going to invade taiwan unless he's confident that he'll win. and i think in the absence of an assured victory, which i don't get is assured, he's not going to do it. but what i think the chinese have learned recently is that they can do a lot with their wallets. they can do a lot with their ability to convince other people in different parts of the world that they need china's money more than they need to, to stand behind taiwan. so i think what we're seeing is a lot of very tough rhetoric. we've seen these drills, i mean they've entered the drills, but they're still there. the ships are still surrounding the island. so i think power move is probably the best way to describe it. now, clifford tell us more about this 30 minutes. air space closure because it was

originally meant to be longer, right? that's what i was originally supposed to be 3 days and which the taiwanese were horrified because this is one of the busiest areas of air traffic in the world. and they were very, very, obviously, very disturbed by this was also going to affect other countries such as korea. and everyone thinks it's related to some sort of satellite launch. the taiwanese protested very vociferously about this, and they reduce that to 27 minute window on sunday. so i think there the plan is to basically em, if they've got it back. but at the same time it's, it's more of the saber rattling more of this. escalating pressures and you know, it's not a good, it's not a good indication of how things are in the straits in taiwan. let's talk a little bit a bit now about economic matters because china is launched an investigation into taiwan trade restrictions on chinese products. what's all it? what's this bagged? well, basically again,

this is another power move. what they're talking about. they're trying to stop dumping the same, the taiwanese, they're selling things that are too cheap into the mainland market. and they've done these before. but this is the 1st time they done 2455 items, which is quite lost. so this is the 1st time they've done that many. and i think again it's, it's, it's part of this trying to show that china has the economic muscle to take on taiwan. they're trying to show taiwan how much it needs the mainland because trade links are very, very strong between the 2. despite the political tensions. so i think it's very much connected to that whole picture. so considering everything we've just been talking about is china tightening. it's great that i think so. i mean, it's been a strange week for the taiwanese, they have, we had mccall, emmanuel, nicole, the french president visiting china in which he said that he didn't want france to be drawn into a crisis driven by american rhythm on a chinese overreaction. and i think the chinese are quite surprised by this. the

americans are quite annoyed by this. and so for the taiwanese, they feel in some way that they're not, they don't quite up maybe the support they, they might have expected from europe, from within europe. now some of that's been rolled back since, but definitely tensions are heightening and there's a much more confused picture. now, in terms of the alliances about who's backing taiwan, how far people are prepared to go to back taiwan. and this is something all the see, the china has been very careful, very keen to orchestrate from the beginning. so all in all, i think it's, it's not, it's been a poor weak for taiwan in terms of how it feels about its security on its options. going forward. thanks, clifford clifford kuhn and dw china expert us president joe biden has begun a visit to the republic of ireland. arden's prime minister leo veronica greeted biden at the start of a 3 day trip earlier in belfast bite and cold for political compromise in northern

ireland. he was in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, which ended decades of civil conflict. dividends apiece or old? well, d w correspondent, rosie bert charge, told me more about watch. oh, by not to say in belfast for president biden. spend a lot of that speech really talking about the gains if the good friday agreement that is this landmark peace accord from 1998 that put an end to decades of sectarian conflict and violence here in northern ireland that claimed thousands of lives and everybody i've spoken to here in belfast, no matter what site of this really just divide. they fall on a said that the good friday agreement is something which should be celebrated and that there are people alive here in northern ireland that may not have been otherwise had that deadly violence continued. so biden really paying tribute to those. he said that have been working to maintain that peace. he said peace was not

inevitable. and of course, he talked a lot about prosperity in northern ireland as well. he talked about potential for investment in the reach, and he talked about unleashing potential. this visit, however, is seen as somewhat bitter sweet because despite the fact that peace has endured across this quarter century, some of the institutions which are laid out in the good friday agreement, the belfast good friday agreement. well, they are simply not functioning properly and that is down to a political stalemate here in belfast. that's right. the, her power sharing executive of course, has been deadlocked for a while. let's say, is there any chance that by and visit will help to am backed deadlock? will president biden chose his words very carefully. pablo, he said he hopes that parish airing will be restored, but he was careful not to sound like he was pressuring or bullying any one. i was able to speak to the leader of the democratic unionist party,

jeffrey donaldson. that is the party that has been holding up and boycotting, forming a, a devolved government here in northern ireland. they say they, they said that the arrangement set up for trading after the united kingdom left the european union. our disadvantage in northern ireland and they are not happy, they would like to see some political change. that is the reason they have been boycotting, setting up this devil's government know when i asked jeffrey donaldson would this biden's speech with this visit, change things. he said he does not think that it will change the political dynamic here in northern ireland. no, he did say he welcomed biden's visit. he said he was happy to see the potential for more american investment here in northern ireland. but looks like that deadlock for know will continue. now, rosie and joe biden has travelled to add the republic of ireland to the ars capital dublin. tell us more about his trip down to out to arnold. well 1st of all, just to stay quickly here in northern ireland because you know,

this visit has been hailed is important, but it was so short, less than 24 hours that shorter than some had hoped. or some had expected on that season as perhaps a reflection of the fact of this political situation is still so complex here across the border, aiden, the public of ireland. well, sir, there will be much of likely, much more smooth sailing. president biden will be visiting towns where his ancestors once lived, he will be ringing a p spell. he will be holding talked with the president of ireland aunt with the prime minister of ireland, and he will making a speech to the irish parliament. he will also be making a speech in bali, nar, which is the time where his ancestors once lived, he was making that outside a cathedral. so all sorts of nostalgic messaging expected there and plenty of expected also and talks of friendship between ireland and the united states. so all together know that he's crossed the border into arlen. you can expect much more talk of friendship, much more ease up as opposed to here in belfast where the message was. one of hope

was one of persevered, but still against such a complicated political backdrop. thanks, rosie. it looks like he was welcomed in dublin with some typical irish weather tito muse, rosie burkhart in belfast. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. germany's health minister carlota back has outlined plans to partially legalize cannabis possessing and growing small amounts of marijuana would be allowed for private use. if parliament baxter measures the site of cannabis would be restricted during a 5 year test, phase federal agents in the us are investigating how classified intelligence documents surfaced on social media. the material includes information about the war in ukraine, including that western special forces might be operating there. the papers also contains sensitive data on key u. s. allies. president vladimir zalinski has condemned the alleged the

heading of a ukrainian soldier by a russian fighter video, allegedly showing the killing began circulating online after it was shared by a pro criminal blogger. the upper house of russia's parliament has approved a new law making it harder to avoid being drafted to fight in ukraine, summons for military service will be sent via an official online portal. anyone failing to report for duty will be banned from leaving russia. nasa is looking for people with elite levels of patience and understanding the u. s. space agency hasn't failed it's mars simulator. volunteers will live there for a year to test conditions for future missions to earth's neighbor. located in texas to 3 d printed structure comes with 4 bedrooms, a gym, and lots of red sand. the facility includes a replica of the martian environment. not surprisingly,

the ground is covered in red sand and scattered around the room known as the sandbox. our other pieces of equipment astronauts would likely use, including a solar panel, a weather station, and a treadmill to simulate the long trips outside astronauts would make to collect samples and gather other data. there's also a brick making machine part of the activities for mars mission would be, besides the geology and exploration building and maintaining that infrastructure for wife on mars, for human life on mars, or for humans to come and and future missions to come. they want to start building out that infrastructure. the astronauts would then go through an air lock with several doors before entering the living quarters, dubbed the mars dune alpha, the 160 square meter home includes 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, an exercise room, a medical bay, and an area to grow crops, such as lettuce and tomatoes,

the members of the 1st experiment team have yet to be named, but nasa says the astronauts chosen will likely have backgrounds in science, engineering, and math. they'll also be under constant surveillance to see how they handle the environment. aside like lation confinement and the cheer distance um would be things like being able to get along. so when you're in a small habitat with you know, 3 other people that can wear on you overtime and we have different experiments. those experiments include testing the cruise response to stressful situations, such as restricting water availability and equipment failures. nasa hopes the simulations here on earth will allow the united states to send people to mars sunk in the next decade. i'm finally, how much would you be willing to spend on a piece of basketball history?

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