the, the, this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin. china opens its national peoples congress with a balance of trends form and struggling gross pump. a highly choreographed event offers glimpses into a file, the communist party plans to get the world's 2nd largest economy. back on track. also coming up the you is a agency from color standing and refugee despite sport survival. it's head, says israel isabel, to dismantle on wrong to 1000000 garza to submit this place from their homes. many of them are now facing firemen and disney plus native conducts its biggest military exercise in europe since the cold war with old $31.00 allies is whether it's native

partner suite and participate and france guarantees the right to abortion and its constitution. a world 1st intended to prevent any roll back of reproductive rights in the future. the hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. can trying to find answers to his pressing economic and demographic challenges? that's one of the questions facing thousands of delegates, as they gather for the country is highly choreograph national people's congress. in beijing. leaders have announced a target of 5 percent economic growth in 2024 or below the double digit growth, the ones power, the chinese economy. they also planned to increase defense spending by 7.2 percent . the same rate a rate of increase as last year. the annual week long gathering is mostly

ceremonial in nature poll, key decisions have already been made behind closed doors by the communist party, a journalist probably, and crushed by his in beijing. i asked him earlier about the government's plans to keep the economy moving. yeah, that's the big question, but uh let me just give you a little bit of context um around 5 percent to to the p target for this year. might so not too high. um, given that china has its cheap as you mentioned, higher growth targets before. but for this year actually this is a really a business growth target because the economy is facing a lot of pet vince, you having a real estate crisis, you have a really very sluggish domestic demand and so on. so the economists of wondering how is china going to achieve it? and also the average chinese is wondering, can the national people's congress, can the government deliver any response to the, the, the really sluggish grove. and i would say almost

a crisis in terms of economic and growth. and i would say, based on what we've heard today of from the prime minister who gave the long work report, they just basically the giving the paradigm, giving the direction of the future economy. i would say um, we don't see any bold plan of both reform vision um it's bought the same and more of the old, you can say maybe some many steps. for example, it was quite remarkable that leach young, the prime minister, acknowledge that um, china has to transform its growth model, but how it will, it's cheaper than that. it's really quite left in the open. that could be the option of making a big stimulus package. but just based on what we heard today, i don't see it defense spending fabia is set to grow faster than the economy as a whole. why is defense such a priority for beijing right now? so yeah, that is actually quite extraordinary. already for 3 decades,

the defense of the increase of this defense spending in china has never gotten below 6.6 percent and this year will be 7.2 percent. on the one hand it wants to be expected. we already knew it would be in this range, but it is um, most significant given the economic situation, that's a lot of type belt and then um and you know, reduction in costs, but the military obviously enjoys the priority. and i think it's obvious that when you look at this, a speech has of seats in ping or also the sound, the prime minister, then there's a lot of mention of the ex trying to environment. and the crisis has into the, um, you know, um, potential threats. so you can guess that, you know, china place a lot of emphasis on national security. but of course this is also not um, it was quite concerning. for example, when you look at it from a perspective from taiwan, for example, um, because uh, recently the tensions according to across, across the taiwan strait has been increasing. so i think this is something that the

intent and international community really so to pay attention to. well speaking and tell i want a beijing claims the democratically ruled territory as its own is repeatedly say to plans to reunify the island with the mainland, but is now using tougher language on that. tell us more about the 5 you of the yeah. so what we thought today, i'm the speech by the prime minister. it was mostly about the economy just to give you context. but in the end there was one paragraph about taiwan and usually in the us before they would always be the mention of a peaceful reunification. this time the peaceful, the word was dropped and it was only the mention of unification. so in, in, um, given that the national people's congress is highly choreographed and, you know, every um, syllabus you know, carefully wait on, there is no co incidence. it has to have a meeting. and i think from a to have a nice perspective. this is quite vari, some it could for example,

mean that the vision of a piece for we are an application seems less unlikely because just look at the a. so by the into one, i'm just a very, very small minority once a unification with china. so maybe um, now a china putting more emphasis on yeah, pressuring or maybe even using military force against 15 year. thank you very much . that was journalist, probably, and crushed by invasion. a new report by the united nations says there are close reasonable grounds to believe that rape and gang rape occurred during the october 7 terror attacks led by him boss against israel. the un mission interviewed survivors and witnesses and examined the hours of video footage and thousands of photographs to arrive. at this conclusion, the special representative on sexual by that said she and a team of experts had found clear and convincing information about rape and sexual lives. torture effects,

the reports also said that some incidents of rape could not be verified, but there was convincing information that hostages taken from israel were subjected to sexual violence during their captivity of 7th of october. meanwhile, the head of the winds palestinian refugee agency phone ross has warned of a deliberate campaign to destroy it. following a funding fries by donors. speaking at the un general assembly, phillip lozzo renewed stress that the agency was vital to support what he called a c of displace palestinians in gaza. he led these really government was trying to undermine the agency for political and israel has repeatedly accused on role of employing staff, linked to homeless and other militant groups. that's why many countries to suspend the funding was really war and that the agency was being pushed through the break. are we off functioning hum to mouse results,

additional funding we will be in on top of the territory. we service implications for global peace on scraping the fate of the agency and the millions of people. it would depend on it hung in abundance, exigencies. only one is facing the deliberate and concept that compared to undermine its operations and ultimately, and does that spring in our jerusalem corresponding tony kramer here, tonya, the head of the un, palestinian refugee agency claims. there is a deliberate and concerted campaign aimed at ending its operations in gaza. what's israel's response to that? well, i think is what has made it clear repeatedly that they don't see any roll anymore. put one row in garza but potentially also in the region that one was also taking

care of palestinian refugees. and these very military released last night an audio file allegedly a linking to employees to the october 7th attacks. and that also said that a $450.00 employees of rough um would be uh, have links to militant groups uh, in garza, without providing any further evidence to that not what do i have said. i mean, hard also people that's a really last night that they have not been presented with clear evidence but that they are investigating those claims. there's also an audit with regards to the screening process of recruiting employees. but at the end of the day, um, what is the biggest a provider in gaza and with age organizations know also the warning of a separation in time. and especially in northern garza, it does tempo, of course not just the, the organization itself, but the laws of palestinians,

right now they are the recipients of those health care of food packages of from on the and other health. so it's impact of course, directly on gaza on, on palestinians in garza of these un had also face criticism for reacting to slowly to reports that come us use sexual violence during its attacks on october 7th. now the un itself has published report on that very topic. tell us more time. yeah, the house being very heavy criticism leveled at the united nations for being too slow to investigate. uh uh, these accusations, uh, also even uh on monday uh before the report came out uh as well had said it would. uh recall it's you in a positive that has been a 4 and an accusing the united nations of silencing the findings of the

report. another report was population, there were some positive reactions here. uh from uh is really uh, officials now that the you and special representative on sexual violence and conflict from miller putting a she actually said that it's found clear. and um, and evidence or, or information that sexual violence in rape and also gang raped was happening during the attacks on october 7 committed by a mazda, as well as well as convincing information that hostages where i have been and are because they're still hostages in gaza. being held as subjected to sexual violence and cruel and human treatment. all this comes as negotiators are meeting in cairo ton. you for talk on a possible truce and gaza. what's the latest there?

yeah, we understand that negotiations are still ongoing. this time in cairo with the different parties, we understand also that is why it has not send its delegation to cairo as of yet, it is unclear, however, where the saw its the bridge, the gaps uh, that seemed to remain um there was this time then given that a deals should be concluded before the started from a done that is next week starting on march 10th or 11th. and one of the sticking points at the moment seems to be at least that's reported to you in israel, that uh is ro has them on demand from us a list of hostages that are still alive. it is belief that a $113.00 hostages are still being held in gauze and the $31.00 of them have been killed in the meantime. and is there a wants to know how many hostages are actually alive? so this is one of the sticking points there. many other obstacles,

and it's still to be seen. you know, whether those gaps can be breached in the coming days. tanya, thank you very much. that was our correspond to tony kruber's engine originally. let's look at a few other stories making headlines around the world. today. the us supreme court is unanimously rejected. the state of colorado has been blocked. donald trump from the 2024 presidential palace ruling applies. nationwide. the president will contest 15 state primaries as part of the super tuesday voting seen as a key to confirming his republican candidacy. ukraine's air force says it managed to destroy 18 of 22 drones launched by russia targeting the odessa region. no casualties were reported. 2 days after 12, people were killed by another russian throne, a sold on the city. more than 14 governments are calling for an international investigation into the death of russian opposition leader alexa,

edna bonnie countries including the u. s. and u. member states express their outrage before the un human rights council, where they accuse president vladimir putin of being responsible for nevada on the steps or nato is staging its biggest military exercise since the cold war called steadfast defender. several military scenarios will be played out until may of this year. $90000.00 soldiers from all $31.00 nato allies in sweden will be participating. poland is one of the countries where the drills are taking place. on the best deal of river troops are testing their ability to move military equipment in difficult conditions or brussels bureau. chief alexandra from knob and reports now from poland are moving natal forces towards an imaginary funds line 300 meters across the vista lot river. this exercise commanders here

tell us it's meant to tests nato, a strategic planning and logistics. river crossing operations like the one we are witnessing here are on the undertaking is absolutely necessary. and that is because there are so difficult to plan and execute. you have to consider many different sectors, like the characteristics of the terrain and river conference. and of course in case of real war, all these challenges would be negative 5 by enemy fire. so the ones to be ready in case bridges are destroyed and they needs to get across the river. and important exercise, especially for countries such as poland and the baltic states which across by numerous rivers, british and german come. but engineers are among those in charge of transporting battle tanks and all the equipment across the beach to the river. they said it took them just a few minutes to put together a fairy like this one. but every day has its own challenges. the river is quite

high at the moment, is quite hungry a few weeks ago. the areas where we don't show where we foamed up with the troops across. how does that sound and they fall to. so i see the part of the shipping outstanding, the bank preparation to ground works as simple as and then, and they decide what to maintain, that with some 20000 soldiers from 9 nato countries participating. this exercise led by poland is also a demonstration that the alliance is ready to deploy its pure had forces wherever there are needed. i would argue it's the right exercise at the right time, because it sends a unified message, unified message to potential enemies like russia. as far as potential enemies lie dresser, you know, nato is preparing itself against jews. fritz, it's russia and it's terry threats. but i would argue that dismiss 6 is also going to own audiences. we need to prepare ourselves. we need to be better and to spend more on drills like this one and on defense in general, need to officers say,

but apart from these more general concerns, they are happy which day one of the training it was crossover now to our brussels bureau chief, alexander from no one who filed that report, susan can, yes, poland, where one of the scenarios of this military exercise is being played out of a standard. this is the biggest nato excise since the cold war is intended to discourage it is intended to discourage potential energies. but those are the risk exacerbating tensions with russia, which has already launched a war against ukraine. slow terry, you writes that russia has been criticizing this exercise, the steadfast defender as yet another proof of nato's aggressive behavior. and i confronted nature commanders here with this excavation and they told me they're only goal is to improve nato's defense. and the turns push to so they want their

troops to train to be able to defend need to us territory. it's not about attacking russia, it's not developed provoking anyone. however, they also say that, of course, the fact that a decision was made to have a such a large scale exercise is due to russia's war in ukraine. because of course, this war raging on europe, stores step is saying that russia is behaving aggressively, and according to the assessment of some intelligence agencies in europe in 3 to 5 years, russia codes attack nato territories. so their goal here is to make sure that nato forces are ready to defend its territory if it is needed, which germany is role in this military simulation. alexandra, in germany is contributing to many of those

exercises in the reports. we've heard from one of the generals who are in charge of organizing, of planning those exercises steadfast, defend, or it's not just one big exercise. it's a serious of many exercises that are taking place across a need to a territory, and that will be one of them starting soon that will be led by the german windows vera. and the main goal of this exercise will be to be able to train deploying troops to nato's eastern slang. so we have to understand this to stab for us to find this. and this is like a big umbrella for many different exercises led by different nato countries. build these exercises, have 2 main phases, i understand and they're going to end in may. what else can we expect between now

and that? well, that will be a lot more to come. there will be access sizes in the high nor in norway. we will be also having some exercises in italy and remain yeah with, with the different focuses. but i think it's fair to say that the main goal here is to have the ability to train the ability to deploy nato forces very quickly from all over europe to nato's eastern sling. and this is showing you once again, that the alliance is viewing russia as the main threat. and that is why there are training in europe, and that is why they, they want to make sure that they are ready if there is any miscalculation from russia. alexandria thank you very much for your reporting. that was dw alexander phenomena in can. yep. poland. thank you. i is

the government of hazy, has declared a state of emergency as violence in the island nation escalates. armed gangs have attacked 2 prisoners, allowing thousands of inmates to escape armed gangs of setup road blocks in many parts of the capital, the whole pies following an explosion of violence. gunfire was reported in several neighborhoods. the people drive and walk by bodies lying in the streets, some with their hands tied behind their backs. police officers among the dead, overwhelmed by coordinated attacks, orchestrated by a former officer, turned to gang leader nick named barbecue, who says he won't stop until teddy's prime minister at all. he is gone. we patient national police and the military to take responsibility and the rest are you under

the once again, we not against the people down to groups on north your enemy. a risk of the owner of the, for the countries operation. the weapons that we have and not to hotel brothers who come from the same menu as we do the port, they trust us. these weapons are a symbol of freedom. with these weapons, we will liberate the country. it's believed more than 3500 prisoners, fled into the general population when the government stormed to prisons, haiti's main penitentiary in the capital and another in nearby claudia bouquet. the some inmates decided to stay in their cells afraid of being caught in the crossfire. others too old or disabled to flee prime minister off. he was away drumming up support for multinational military mission to haiti

under a political deal. he was due to stand down last months, but planned elections were never held and he remains in power. violence has reached unprecedented levels since the assassination of president chosen and marie at his home in 2021. it's estimated games now control as much as 80 percent of the capital. there are a few other stories we're following for you today. the philippines is accused, china is coast guard and carrying out dangerous maneuvers that lead to a collision between his coast guard ship and a chinese vessel in the south, tennessee. beijing claim sovereignty in the region. despite the u. n's permanent court of arbitration finding those claims to have no legal basis. heavy rains have caused the river in bolivia to burst its bank submitted. devastating weather pattern that is killed at least 43 people. the civil depends, ministry says the region will remain on red, alert for another week. and argentina's government has suspended the country state

news agency tele workers protested out protested the move outside. tell us what is there is offices calling in an attack on press freedom. the suspension comes after rifling populace president probably admin late, and l c was shutting down. the agency which the accuses of spreading left wing propaganda france has become the 1st country to enshrine the right to an abortion in its constitution. as after law makers voted overwhelmingly in favor of an amendment, public support for the change follow the us supreme court ruling in 2022 over turning the rights with abortion in the country. as the items dollar was lit up in celebration. but the message, my buddy, my twice as fronds made of boston, a constitutional right it is very moving to see such

a fundamental liberty written into the constitution. it'll make us feel more recognized and protected. it's historical. we are all as you see very happy. and for us, and so from that on. so right. and he has to be in the constitution because you can always change the law to adults. you said sound good because all the, all to do with it and see the french parliament been the result of the vote was announced by a mountain of 78272 nomic goods from across the political spectrum made from the only country in the world to explicitly in trying access to a boston and it splits a fusion with our vote today, we recognize the fundamental human right of abortion. because the threat of regression is weighing heavy on women. because the right to abortion always

reappears on the list of things. the extreme right wants to attack from what abortion has been legal in front since 1975 some critics say the revisions was therefore unnecessary. the accused president demanded in macro of using it to boost his popularity level some way these uh, it took us, oh it is uh it, boston is already legal and friends and i don't understand why we need to put it into the constitution because it's already allowed and i don't want this to encourage even more women to take the lives of the unborn baby side. they'll feel like they do put to vivian this woman's rights activists. it started the push to get into the right to abortion. last year of the it was rooted back in the united states. finally, they have achieved their goal and hope other countries will follow from lead. are

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