the beta watch now on youtube, d. w documentary the, this is the w news live cumberland. the stage is that for the g 20 summit in the world leaders fly into daily for their annual meeting were climate change and the global economy will be on the agenda. conspicuous by their absence this year are china and russia is president for not attempting also coming up north korea claims to have tested its 1st tactical nuclear submarine meeting leader kim junk bonds. ambition to arms,

his navy with powerful weapons. experts expressed doubt as to its capability the i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. do 20 leaders are meeting it, india this weekend to mid considerable division over the war and ukraine and other t global issues. the g 20 features the world's biggest economies, such as the united states, china and the european union, as well as emerging players such as india, brazil, and turkey. the chinese and russian leaders are not attending but russian foreign minister survey lab. ralph has arrived of the 4 on covers, 2 thirds the world's population. much of the developing world is not represented in particular africa. and that lack of representation from the continent is becoming a talking point. as d w as chief international editor,

richard walker explains let's go back in time for a minute to november 2022. at the last g 20 summit, the there was high drama, the opening ceremony, and this was a dramatic event with the war and ukraine dividing. well, the host indonesia as president, joe, could we do to made a powerful appeal? stop the war. at a big stop. the war, the diplomacy was intense. joe biden, and she, jim ping met for the 1st time in years. and again, school the, all the, somebody to achieve, both with strong working on the and with that, it was in this time since then, the war has kept raging on and the world has got even more dividers. leaving india with the massive diplomatic challenge of getting the g 20 to come together this

time around. this is the man in the middle. india's main negotiate or shop i spoke to dw for this week. the challenge is to discuss with or when people is and finally i live at an aggregate. everybody as a result ball. and that sort of makes the job be challenging to we do our best. this is meant to be in this moment in the sun, sharing the g 20 for the 1st time. it's positioned itself as the voice of the global south, or standing up for issues the match to the developing well. so the, well, the fastest growing countries in the world today out from africa. so the problem is does boost for african union to become a bowman and member of g 20. this has had a huge, a very big support from all of the leaders with the word and hopefully we'll see african union and be coming up on. and then when you political divisions still

overshadow all of this. she jim pain is not even showing up. she's decision not to come to delhi is being seen as a real snap to india. and as a risk to chances of a breakthrough on increase. the pressure on the render emoji negotiating t as in tents. the korean issue may be important to some countries, some part of the water, but it's not an important issue for many other countries. all the developing countries, emerging countries for all of us view not created the ukraine wall that does not bring one issue of a water which is going on for one of our fields in europe, send best bids on every other issue of the word you can sense real frustration that india is stuck in the middle of a crisis that is not, is full. and yet that's the reality of the divided. well, the way living in. so this, we can some, it will be a test, not just of india would have whether the world is in any fit state. so ever,

comments, divisions, and a time is leader has never skipped the g. 20 summit x. except during the pandemic. the data use delhi bureau chief, i'm re to team i told us earlier how big a blo she's absences. that's right, said i see is of course very disappointing. not, not just for the host, but for the entire g 20 given the significance. china has on the was stage and the fact that they were hoping that they'd be able to discuss some of the bigger issues and some contentious issues with china at the table, which is huge in thing. now of course, for surely, india is playing down any disappointment and i showed no angle or rancor. in fact, a foreign minister of india said, often, you know, i'm a, some of you to the other was missing at previous a g 20 summit need does not reflect on the host nation with, you know, is, is still a big blow because everyone would like

a keep there like china at the meeting. and also what was surprising was the china actually decided confirmed which was not attending fairly late in the day, just earlier this week. but as russia, which said it was not coming. i said that a while back and said it was sending his phone minutes just have a love job. in the case of china, it was very last minute. and that in itself was either china was expecting some kind of compromise which it didn't get. but without that compromise, it seems that china for that would be left very isolated with the body move, which it was one of the and in the meantime, i'm going to you as president biden is expected to arrive at the summit later today, bilateral talks with moody or on the agenda, what's expected there, or when this is the president biden, 1st of christian visit as presidents to india. and the 2nd time that he has a meeting, 5 minutes to know the body. because he energy hosted by mr. moody for a state visit in june this year i'm going to be talking about a range of issues,

talking with climate change reforms of multilateral banks and institutions economic cooperation. in fact, india today, it says which in of, without a formal letter of cooling, a thing that i wanted to buy 31 credit to drones from the united states. so the difference of cooperation is also in the agenda, as well as all the critical and emerging technologies on the political front. of course, are we talking about ukraine and the differences in the pacific, and also the african union as a 100 and richards report, and is very keen that the african union become a full minutes member of the g 20. and that is something that president abiding supports and major in the evening of the meetings. president, a prime minister movies invited a president biden for dinner as his place. and henri to india is neutral stance on ukraine. seems to be quite the balancing act. it's playing a role at this summit, isn't it? it certainly is because india,

as always said the way forward in this ukraine who is to defend them, a c and july long. but it's never, ever opened the condemned russia for this invasion of ukraine. so it, displaying it sees it's $0.70, a bridge between the 2 sides now at the body, a declaration in debate of a particular road. and people are hoping that be some kind of breakthrough. but it has to be very, very challenging to come to a consensus and they'll allow me to accomplish that. but we just saw in rich, his report has said they have come up now with a dropped you denny declaration. if it'd be put to the latest and we only do it tomorrow evening, once all the need is a here at the end of this summit, whether it's been accepted or not. dw delhi bureau chief, i'm re to team. i thank you. and let's get more. joining me here in the studio is clifford conan c w's asia analyst. so i will just want to drill down

a little bit deeper into caesar and paintings. decision not to go to the g 20. this, this risk isolating china because i mean, at least the west, the united states, europe, for example, the space to gain influence over the global south does not it, it goes to a certain extent, but i think we're dealing with a very different kind of china. these days and clearly she didn't ping has made the decision that he wants to prioritize the kind of multicultural forms that he can control, such as the bricks for him, which we just had in south africa recently. and also the forthcoming belgian road for them, which is going to be happening again, which is very much china's area of influence. i think they're prepared to take the risk. i think also we shouldn't underestimate the competition between india and china. they put on a brave face, i think for the brick some us um, but basically these to have a lot of issues between each of them. uh, india is also seen as a strategic capacitor for china because it's also trying to become

a champion of the global size. and these are the kinds of things that won't necessarily go down so well in beijing. so while they're sending a very senior representative, bleach young at the same time, this sudden decision and completely unexplained decision not to attend is very significant. the summit as being viewed as a true test for the 220 at a time when the world is divided on some major, major global issues. and now you know, there is no rush of there. no china, what do we make of that? yeah, it's, i don't think i can't recall the time where we've seen so much global division on all of these international forums and international events are all facing different kinds of threats, largely through china, boosting its influence. i think a big factor in this is the closeness between uh, shooting, paying. i'm glad i'm recruiting, and i think that he wants to show supports to his ally. even though china is nominally neutral on the, on the war in actual fact it's, it's been pretty much veering towards the russian view um,

on the war and ukraine. so, um, there is closest lips and teeth, i think is how i've had that describes them. you've had, you know, they had a meeting in march where they said how they were overseeing changes the like of which they haven't seen in a 100 years. so you're seeing all these multi polar activity now, which is breaking down in some ways the traditional model is like the g 20 and add the world trade organization. all these international forms are really facing challenges right now. and she is probably more interested in his domestic audience isn't a well, there's reports that he's facing difficulty at home over his handling of the economy because economic growth is suffering. it's still expanding but not as fast as it used to. he's currently visiting, hey young john province, which is in the northeast. and while he's there, he's being victims of flooding and he's putting on the a strong mind image. but he also likes the foreign policy when on i think as everyone as every leader who feels themselves under threat does. so i think he's, he's very much focusing on showing that he's strong enough not to have to go to the

g 20 that he can dictate terms of where unplugged china does that international for him. some really interesting context there, clifford coon and as always, thank you so much. and here are some other stories making news. at least 64 people are reported that in molly after 2 separate attacks on a passenger boat and an army based on thursday, the government said that 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed and the attacks, which it says has been cleaned by a g hottest group with links to al qaeda loading is taking place and russian occupied regions of southern in the eastern ukraine, including in the city of don't ask ukraine and its allies say that the polls are sham. the boats are being held to coincide with regional elections taking place in russia. a record rain at hong kong has caused a severe flooding. authorities are carrying out rescue operations and have asked

residents to stay in doors until weather conditions improve. the city's weather agency has reported the highest hourly rainfall since its records began in 1884 north korea says that it has launched a new tactical nuclear attack submarine. part of its ongoing attempts to ramp up it's naval power. state television released footage of the reclusive countries leader came drunk on at a colorful ceremony marketing the launch. i didn't specify locations. you said the event that north korea plans on turning it some submarine fleet into attack vessels equipped with nuclear weapons. well, james, fred, well, an analyst with the career risk group told us how powerful this new nuclear attack submarine could be. well, of course we're not quite sure right now, but it definitely is a warning sign. and those who has dial signals korea in the cost of being a proven wrong reasonably quickly. you know, i have one point,

so there are many doubts. so they have to be able to develop a miss, also hippy continental united states. and now here we are with this new tactical nuclear types up moraine it's, it's probably not going to be able to say on the was a full long enough distance. it's to remain on the texas to go as far as the united states. it is based on a very old, so it'd be, it's aaron model. the submarine, however, is going to potentially the following types. go make your weapons and traveling shows the distances about places, threats to us, soldiers in the region as well as of course south korea, japan. a quick reminder of our top story. world leaders are gathering it in the us for the t 20 summit hosted by prime minister and the rental. a movie climate change, and the global economy will be on the agenda in delhi, although time of leader will not attend submit disagreements over the war and

ukraine. the next doc film takes a close look at russia's involvement in syria that's coming up after breaks to, to stay with us. if you can. i'm sarah kelly and for land. thanks for watching. the flying river is formed by a loss of full b, perspiring trees or sea stars fires. no good deal of the the invisible with such flows through the sky start september 20th on the w

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