questions about life? the universe. kind of like a superpower. and we're series 40 to the answers almost every thing this week on t w. ah. ah, ah, this is the w news live in from berlin to night. china planning a no fly zone. north of taiwan. tensions are already high after last week's chinese military drills that took place around the island. also coming up to as president joe bind begins a visit to the republic of ireland after a stop in belfast to march 25 years of peace in northern ireland.

ah i bring gov is good to have you with us. we begin tonight with news that china is planning to close air space north of taiwan. later this week, taiwan serves the china has notified it that a no fly zone will be imposed for half an hour. on april 16th. china has just ended 3 days of military drills around taiwan that followed a trip to the us by ty, once president site, and when chinese president, she's been paying has raised the stakes by calling on china's military to train for quote, actual combat. eric gomez is a senior fellow at the cato institute and i asked him how dangerous the situation is now. so i think in the short term,

the situation is certainly not grow good in terms of there being a lot of military activity around taiwan. but i'm not that worried about a sort of near term conflagration. but i am very worried about though is this is a symptom of a broader us china devolution and relations that we got a taste of what the policy visit last summer. we're seeing again, all of this being done. after sighing, when the president taiwan visited with the speak, current speaker of the house, mccarthy and the u. s. and shine are in just a really bad place right now. and i'm worried that if that isn't resolved, or if that isn't pulled back, we could see more stuff like this in the future that could get to the point of something. we're like a conflict. but i think that what we're seeing now is china is clearly very much unhappy with actions that time one in the u. s. are taking. what i worry about is

that the u. s. and taiwan. see these actions and, and we double down on our own activities which encourages taiwan or china to double down on future things like this. and then you just wind up in a spiral. that was eric gomez, the senior fellow at the cato institute in washington. speaking with me earlier you as president joe biden is in the republic of ireland after a trip to northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal ended decades of sectarian violence in northern ireland to day biden urged the government there to break a political deadlock in order to thwart what he described as enemies of peace. it was a trip that was over in a flash, j invite and popped into belfast for less than a day and met the british prime minister reaching to knock the occasion 25 years of peace in northern ireland. 25 years ago. this week. the landmark profess good

friday grew side and it wasn't easy. and uh, there were no guarantees that the deal on paper would hold. no guarantees that it would be able to deliver the progress we celebrate today. it took long, hard years of work to get to this place. the agreement ended 3 decades of bloodshed between mainly catholic nationalists, who opposed british rule in northern ireland and mainly protestant unionists who supported it. thousands were killed in bombings and other attacks. under the u. s. broke and agreement, paramilitary groups laid down their arms. direct u. k. row was brought to an end and a power sharing government was set up in northern ireland. instead. the pace has been a lasting success, but the government collapsed a year ago in a row over trade rules. following breck says, some hope that biden's visit will jolt local politicians into action open. it might

give them a kick to say, right, hang on. we actually need to get back. aaron ocoee, the we're, we're being patriot rome, the convey because at the minute the company's trotter on itself, careful not to have a step. biden said he hoped the parties would return to the negotiating table so that government could resume that he hinted, could be the precursor to more american investments. the u. s. president is now on the 2nd leg of his trip in the republic of ireland, where he will address the dublin parliament biden, who is fiercely proud of his irish heritage, will also visit his to ancestral home towns law corresponded rosie burch arden. she told me more about what job widen had to say to day in belfast. will present biden's spent 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 northern ireland that claimed thousands of

lives and everybody i've spoken to here in belfast, no matter what site of this really just of 8 they fall on. a said that the good friday agreement is something which should be celebrated and 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're simply not functioning properly and that is down to a political stalemate here in belfast. and that was d, w 's, rosie birch are their reporting from bill fast. let's take

a look down some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. in the u. s. state of indiana, thousands of people have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a plastics recycling facility. officials say, negligence calls the blaze. a health warning is in force over smoke, which authorities say could be toxic. ukraine has rejected russian claims to have captured more than 80 percent of the eastern city of bach moved. keep serves it, its forces control considerably more than 20 percent of the city. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group, says that his fighters are advancing in the city. russia's parliament has signed off on and overhauled the country's conscription law. the legislation makes it harder to dodge a military call up and it allows draft orders to be delivered by e mail. ukraine is expected to launch a spring counter offensive and their speculation. their moscow is planning a 2nd wave of troops mobilizations. it happened very quickly.

both chambers of russia's parliament fast track changes to the conscription law that has already been on the table for 5 years. now any one who does not report to the military after receiving a draft notice will no longer be allowed to leave. russia. is viewable difficulties, love those who repeatedly do not report for duty and can have their drivers license revoked, least their right to engage in real estate deals revoked militia and may neither register or business nor borrow money. do you got it quickly? yes. but if you can, but the most important new feature is that draft notices must no longer be served in person to be valid as was earlier the case. other delivery methods are now permitted, such as my registered mail or electronically via the general civil register with which most russians have an account with as possible. as a result,

it's no longer possible to ignore a draft notice when yes, the usa, these changes mainly affect compulsory military service campuses, but it doesn't rule out expanding it to those who might be mobilized in the future . athletes in my g act, all of them which it was mostly because i scare the shilling him and because that's some members of parliament saint. this is not a new wave of mobilization, but president vladimir putin has not signed a law ending. last year's partial mobilization, formal mobilizations could happen again at any time. human rights activists believe that the amended law aims to augment russia's professional army. according to media reports, the defense ministry plans to recruit up to 400000 young men as professional soldiers. means yes, the latterly the defense ministry doesn't seem to be planning a new active mobilization. instead it went to recruit more citizens as professional

soldiers believe that is the men drafted to compulsory military service. are probably the targeted individuals. i think it's most likely that there will be more cases in which draftees will be forced to sign contracts with the army. danielle even asked daniel bush, one more new feature, a standardized conscripts register with personal data on draftees health education status and possibly dual citizenship status. russian members of parliament maintained that all of these changes would not apply to the current conscription wave which ends in mid july dw corresponded yuri, russia has been working in riga latha ever since russia shut down our moscow bureau . he explains how the new conscription law fits into moscow's wider war effort. well, look, after a year when russia is preparing the whole of society was a long was the army ultimately needs more soldiers. and apparently,

many conscripts will lay to be offered contracts with the regular professional army in order to increase the number of soldiers at the front of the kremlin, sat that any conscript could sign such a contract. and rush minister of defense proposed to reportedly to allow conscripts to participate in so called peacekeeping missions. just a reminder, the boy, ukraine is not called avoid russia, but a special military duration. so from the point of view of rational propaganda, it's kind of a peacekeeping mission. at least that's what the us media tell that people ever know. there was erie, whichever reporting their sports news now at the monte carlo, tennis masters, russian daniel meditative made light work of his italian opponent, lorenzo. so nago to advance to the round of 60 de nailed midway. dave's 1st match this year on clay was a walk in the park in monte carlo. met with his story 2023 off strong,

winning for harcourt title so far this year. and with this 636 to victory over italian, lorenzo santiago medford, ebs earned his 30th victory of the season in advance is to the next rare to face a familiar foe. alexander spirit. swear it has a record of 6 winds in 7 losses against meredith, the german who also only needed to set to defeat space. roberto bautista, our good is still finding his way back to town form. after entering his ankle at last year's french open med with dev said of his opponent's fellow, he seems to be in good shape. the 2 last met in march at indian wells where it was made with deb, who picked up his 7th when overseer nasa is looking for people with what he calls elite levels of patience and understanding. the u. s.

agency has unveiled it's mars simulator, volunteers will live there for a year to test conditions for future missions to mars. 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 beside life. lation confinement and that shared distance 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 over time 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. in the next decade, you're watching the w news stick around for business news up next with stephen beardsley. i will see you tomorrow. with enjoying the view she come to take a look at this tv highlights every week in your inbox, subscribe. now how can journalism help us and overcome.