as our top story here on data for you, news supporters of new jersey who have rallied on the countries independent se protesters wave russian flags as they demanded the withdrawal of french troops stationed in the share west african proof of nations echo last has imposed economic sanctions and is threatening military acts up next is tito eunice agent to stay with us if you can for that i'm sarah kelly and for land. thank you so much for watching. take the door. don't take mommy under your mommy's not coming back. it's over. february 2022 russian troops and faded the ukrainian city of coupons. it was recaptured. 6 months

later the occupation this hard drive under russian occupation resisted who collaborated. how can life go on after all the terror? not everyone can endure the fear, weeks out every day. when rush start to august 25th on dw, the the, you're watching dw immunizations, coming up to date, a special visit to from europe, to china, to georgia, and 5 ministers meeting with shooting pain. came with some major announcements, we take a closer look at the deal and what both sides stand to gain or lose. and in afghanistan, a look at one of the most precious resources that the world is running out of

drinking water. how are people coping with shortages and what is the government doing about it? the melissa chance, thanks for joining us. the european country of georgia has announced an upgrade in bi lateral ties with china to what both are calling a strategic partnership. it is part of a foreign policy shift that has seen it to ballistic, friendlier to authoritarian states, including russia. and it puts georgia which hopes to be part of the european union, and has been promised eventual nato membership on a collision course with the very european democracies. it is also attempting to join in the deal with china. georgia commits to china's belt and road initiative. the very one italy just signalled their plans to withdraw from badging promises to

release the preferential lending from chinese banks for possible projects, including a new international airport, a deep sea port and several hydro electric power stations, george and prime minister rockery, gar busch view. we sealed the deal on a visit to china where he met with leader shooting pain. goes here. i'm very pleased to meet you. mister prime minister. from the china has always regarded george just as a good friend and partner. no matter how the international situation changes. china is firmly determined to develop its relations with the georgia, tentative we would, you are considerably various friendship and partnership with china. and i'm grateful to your decision to elevate your relationship to the strategic partners, which i believe will bring concrete results which will be beneficial for both of us

. joining us as former defense minister of georgia, tina kinda shelly, she is chair of the organization at civic idea. thank you for coming on the program . you have called these developments quote, alarming. what do you mean by that to thank him in the sub for having me? it's a pleasure. the biggest problem that we faced with the strategic agreement or strategic treaty between china and georgia, is so the confusion is the confusion on different police for every now on the, for the following political priorities of georgia. 2023 marx, the irving, the are trying to get the european union and candidate status when we're trying to end of the 8th. our partnership with balls through opinion and the united states in the single tenuously, suddenly, unexpectedly georgia analysis precision. i'm not sure who the country that is

defined by both european union and nato as a challenge to get that'll be the rush because of the told us we, there's lots of concerning to be the same amongst x. there's community political circles, civil society, that it is kind of a continuation of the most recent tools by the georgia and government more towards russia rather than it's usually normal troll. this term policies having china is a strategic partner, obviously blows that picture of judges, georgia and government. so i would say and that will discuss, distinguish definitely the government and the public trojan governments. actual g r, honest aspirations towards, to atlantic integration of the country. i wonder though, if georgia needs infrastructure investment in china is willing to offer the money and the companies to help make it happen, then,

isn't it in georgia's interest to do so, especially if the country is not getting enough investment from elsewhere, including europe. well 1st of all of this is not about it, especially infrastructure projects or corporation in trade or business. we already have free trade agreement. we tried that to the some of the times when i was in the cabinets as well in the trade wells, develop increasing what we haven't quite a progressive calculation in terms sofa business exchange in terms ofa wanting to trade. as i said, i'm going to do for us up to development. all major contracts are run by chinese companies in georgia or absolutely, every single beach is one by the chinese companies that is over 100000000 here. so on that level, we did not have any shortage of corporation or no joint action together retirement

. what has changed up to uh, no signing of this on the agreement. these deals with china is that now be moved into a wider def issues into white domains of corporation deals. and it was before just related to the trade in business and economy. now this is about national security. now this is about all the soft power instruments and tools trying to use this in different countries being, getting academia and media or your name. it's uh, the cop turned exchanges that is a close about the confusion institute standards. a close establishment of the confusion assistant is teachers that we all the they have and we have for future things due to that country. but it's of us liberals, student people for all those activities. but most importantly, the document says the to the end or prime minister, most of the statements about each couple of times, well being in beijing both or the governmental level as well as at the chinese

children business for the georgia is joining all major documents released by either this is to do p a d i is coming to for these last couple of years being for example, one of them and probably most alarming for us is joining gsr data that is understood by the entire award is in kind of unpaid list a alternative agenda, searching documents in terms of international relations. international 26 arriving public electronics security policies in these globalized world war a very quickly and why is china building this relationship with this a relatively small country like georgia at this time? yeah, well there are some of the reasons for that. obviously the fact that of that the chinese government has these uh uh,

policy decisions that there are no smaller be countries in the country, especially in, in portland for time. and now on the street up to 10 says want us to use it for that. but more importantly, the read all the new where you 1st top 10 projects. we don't new tons of products that runs through georgia particularly have to do more renew strain in georgia, gaining given more stress. it needs transience, power for the energy being gives you energy, resources, trade roads, or did you name it? and obviously it is in the interests of china to have a country even as small as your days under its arm. and i'm very important then uh, being part of the good western world. but it does have it shows it power the trucks, lots of countries and lots of businesses. so the work tina kind of shelley, thank you so much for joining us. of the in afghanistan years of drought have led to

a severe water crisis. more than 70 percent of household in the country face shortages and experts say the climate emergency has exacerbated the crisis. it's yet another challenge for the taliban government and has complicated relations with its neighbor. iran. god is running out of water. going up and down hills to phillip buckets of water has become a reality for hundreds of households. it has forced people to stand in line for hours at the distribution centers. there are fewer people in wheelbarrows today than the other days of today. there were long queues of wheelbarrows in the previous days. sometimes the road gets blocked and people have no water about the idea of what the shortage means that privately owned for that and goes out in high demand. but the, so we've come at the have the cost was, you know,

about almost looks like i've been to spend half my salary and rent and the rest on buying water g b, i work at the minister of education and i still have to borrow money at the end of every month by mouth, i mastic it, but kicked out a lot of love. dolly bon administration, planes that had gutting jobs for the crisis was probably the, the ground water level has gone down all the way and humans, based on the water availability of our supplies are periodical twice a day in some places where every 2nd day or one day per week, the button is because the for them to see the problem extends across. i've gotten this done the soonest, the phase more than 50 water sources and it please cheap robin 5th drain up in the land locked country, pushing down on dollar bonds to any ship projects that could increase the water supply and better indicate equity. go through land. here in the province of fido dollar, fund offices are constructing the bucks job i've done. the project is still can

construct with neighboring eat on eat on already blooms. i've gotten this done for blocking water supplies to the site from existing dams. do you see the new project might force an access to what do i need on eastern provinces? i asked the rulers of afghanistan to take my word seriously. by warning them that they should quickly honor the water rates of around system and below just on regions. but up, gone, need to ship. it's a demand that a new down would help you get thousands of picked effect. you go to the lot inside our province, which has huge swats of dry land jobs, and water shortages are expected to continue due to time it change. bidding neighbor again stable over the fight for water from not enough water to too much water. the climate emergency is contributing to a summer of extreme weather in asia following type food, duct stories,

destruction now comes type phone canon. in japan. it has already damaged homes and knocked out power on okinawa, leaving more than $160000.00 homes without electricity. and 2 people dead. meteor ologist say the storm is moving strangely and what they are describing as a you turn. that means it may spare china, which is still coping with the impact of this week's deadly floods. never the less the officials are preparing for the possibility of this coming storm in places such as judge young province. they have called ships back into port and stopped ferry services. in taiwan, the government has shut businesses and schools in the north, including in the capital type pay, where airlines have canceled dozens of flights. this, you turn, experts are describing the path. a storm would take would roughly happen here,

changing directions and likely heading the mountain is central part of the island. and that's it for the program. as always, you can head to our website, dw, dot com, forward slash agent for more, or check us out on social media, including on x, formerly known as twitter. i'm always a chance, thanks for watching and goodbye the enter the complex own with sarah kelly. a carefully choreographed profession victory day celebration was a, that's showing the was harry might on red square this week. my guess on complex own is nina cruise drove up. she has spent most of the war in myself as russia prepares

to face a ukrainian counter offensive. how sick he is prudent positions. thank you for inviting me. conflict zone on d. w. very well that will make for janet justin. janet loved fear about anything except away from the fund. i'm not even allowed to go to my own car and everyone with little holes and every single day stuff getting you ready to meet the gym and then join me, right. just do it on dw, a carefully choreographed russian victory day celebration was a, that's showing military might on red square of this week. but as proved and presided for the parade, she had little to show for the costly winter offensive. and ukraine have russians grown tired of the fighting. my guess on complex zone is nina cruise drove a professor of international affairs at the new school in new york and the great granddaughter of style and success.