the, the, you're watching due to the news coming to you live from berlin. russia strikes the historic center of levine in western ukraine. as russia steps off, it's bombardment, president of a lot of years of landscape, re shuffles, his cabinet. we will bring you the latest frontier also ahead on the program. african leaders gather for an investment summit in beijing. president champagne wants to cement china's role as africa's key strategic partner. the

. i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for joining us. we begin in ukraine where russia has stepped off a nation wide aerial bombardment campaign. at least 7 people were killed and thousands more wounded in an air strike on levine of the city and its historic center. in the far west of ukraine have so far been largely spared in the war. and meanwhile, ukraine's president will let him yours. lensky is re shuffling his cabinet in the biggest shake up since the start of hostilities. 2 and a half years ago. daybreak reveals the extent of destruction after overnight airstrikes on leave. it was one of several cities across the country to be targeted in russia's latest wave of attacks. ukraine's that of air defenses were unable to shoot down all of the incoming missiles and drones to those that made it through causing wide spread suffering on the ground. the huge destruction, more than 70 buildings were damaged. they were all part of our historic city center

spots in the vive. in the far west of ukraine, close to the polish border has been seen as relatively safe and recent months. thousands of ukrainians have flooded their from parts of the country. closer to the front line, fighting with from the pro we came to leave to escape the will, the will he to see the v, the tax come a day after one of the deadliest russian strikes since the start of the war. what dozens of people were killed in the central city of port tava, russia claims that was targeting a military institute, who soldiers and foreign instructors were involved in attacking civilian sites inside russia. and here's our correspondent, caroline. it's more with more on the ukranian government shakeup, and those attacks on louise. at least 7 people have been killed and dozens of the

injured people. who as far as we know are they are all in the hospitals. and these are information that we have from the mayor of the city of love eve, at least 50 optics were targeted by dismissals and thrones, a lot of residential buildings. so we can see that civilians are again a target of the russian military and this case and isn't it is also interesting to mention that apparently the russian military is targeting and again, the western part of ukraine. this is a part of the brain that was targeted, especially at the beginning of the war more than 2 years ago in a major scale. and now this is happening again. you know, these caroline, it's more in a key of for us. we do have time to bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines. ceremony is boosting it's air defense that as with advanced system, it has already delivered to ukraine. the risk t s o m is going into service in northern germany. the system protects against the

enemy, drones aircraft, and cruise missiles. european nations have moved to strengthen their defenses since russia invaders ukraine. turkish president, wretched tie of air to one has held talks with egyptian liter abdul photo, c. c. who is making his 1st visit to ankara in 12 years. they're hoping to mend ties after more than a decade of strange relations. the 2 signed agreements on energy defense and tourism all time as president stadium thing has welcome to more than 2 dozen african leaders to beijing for a summit. acord further boost it's economic influence across the continent. she is expected to push for more chinese exports in exchange for further investment in energy and infrastructure. china as loans to african nations, have totaled billions in recent years, which critics say add to mounting. national that's now

kind of has led to african countries about 170000000000 euros since 2000. but that has left many saddles with a debt that they are struggling to pay back can. yeah, for example has increased taxes setting off violent protests. do you know these east africa bureau chief, mario miller asked, young people in i roby. what they want to see from their president in china. as soon as the sales notes or canyon sees, going to book bring money for development, but it's going to be the name of the problem you facing the money. yes and stuff. yeah. in those people. so i don't even go for the pivot. did to to cut out so perhaps to my legs and then i should finish paying what we owe them 1st before getting the next loan. even if, even though the money would help us, we should 1st pay back what we have borrowed before asking for more money canyons are painfully aware of the downsides of seemingly attractive infrastructure

projects, financed by china. like the $5000000.00 range that was supposed to transform penya into an industrialized middle income country, connecting it with it's made by uganda. but the drag stuff showed up the buddha because of unpaid that the project became insane. this as the prime example of the pitfalls of boring corruption and mismanagement right away. it's just one example of large scale infrastructure projects financed by china. that critics say when neither financially viable no, to the benefit of most canyons. this elevated highway connecting no ruby with his international applewood has also been criticized. the tax payer was bad and with the costs, but only few canyons can afford the ride. citizens would have decided to see the money invested in health care or education. china is can use biggest lender by country. it owes beijing $7000000000.00, mainly for the development of roads, rails important, the structure experts say the continent is hoping on china's easy money africa

now is in a comfort zone. and can, you know, of course. so we, we know that even if we go broke, we can get some money. so there's that, that cycle, china also now when you go and get money from them, then they do not really assume any question stronger. i mean, if they don't tell us, you know, that's a tax people, then they don't treat it's a fairly, they turn off as of the country has nothing to pay off its debt to the i. m. s. kenya's president william due to proposed tax increases. but there were widely unpopular and let to months long and debbie quotas effects and the economic crisis can use in. don't leave william root too much choice in negotiations with china. other than to ask for even more loans of service a board because, but china could do more to help african countries to escape the death cycle via credit card and puts industries here. that even if we don't have the 5 minutes to

do the finished product. but it cut adds value so that we don't just ship out, you know, roll my to use. then we can have more jobs full of your guns. and so we don't have to keep begging, you know, and, and, and trying to emigrate to other countries that are more developed. china is focus for the summit, has now shifted from financing big infrastructure to green technology and energy canyon's hope. this time it will benefit them more and i'm drawing now by our east africa bureau chief, marla miller, and i, roby. she filed that report so it seems. canyons are very aware about the risks that come with this. all of those you've outlines there in your reporting. i'm curious what the potential benefit for african countries is in doing this kind of deal with aging. so yes, so for donations as a se, aware that they want to not increase their own that they don't want to inflate it

even more. but they also looking for funding for the unfinished infrastructure projects. for example, kenya's president william mucho is looking for funding for unfinished roads or the unfinished standing gauge railway. we saw in the report that was supposed to be she's gone now, but never, never reach that because of unpaid debts. so yeah, the focus was the infrastructure for china, but also jenna wants to move away towards the greener project, smaller projects. and um, also away from state backs loans. china now wants to look more into a private public partnerships which have the advantage for china that them all take . so what that means, that is stay default that because they're not being edits to the official degree to class. this is a default then china can be blamed. so if you're looking at these public private loans as a model, to what extent would african nations be beholden to china are yes

. so the problem is that many african nations are facing an economic prices are facing high cost of living and high levels of use unemployment. so if they have the choice between for example, and i'm as the loan that always comes with often comes with harsh conditions, for example, tax increases or a rather condition free chinese loan then many countries would go for the chinese option. so of course, china and return expect something the loyalty of, of these african nations. so if it would come, for example, to, in a discussion about taiwan or a vote in the un general assembly, china would definitely expect african nations to be loyal. also for example, if this discussion on domestic issues in china like human rights abuses. so yes, but that's definitely this expectation. well, thank you so much for bringing up to speed there. that is mario miller and it can

use capital nairobi stand. the car maker volkswagen is considering closing factories in germany for the 1st time. workers are also angry over plans to cancel longstanding guarantees on employment volkswagens being squeezed by chief or chinese rivals and is worn staff that time. frustration and anger marked the start as a meeting where folks fog in management laid out its plans to scrap a job security agreement. the companies had with his workers for 30 years exec expired and as i moved was very divided as a large division between the what council and the board. i've never seen that this bad and then whenever the works council speaks the chair and when the board speaks, there's boeing to speak with. i was good. i just to move up is what people express themselves very clearly. yeah, they have fee is about the future of the website council had some strong words to express. what exactly the fee is of the work is definitely there are people here

who are worried about being fired with civilian the job guarantee was supposed to last until 2029 with the leader of the folks robins, workers council saying they're now gearing up for fight he needs to be on, on just a matter of holding onto locations, whatever the cause i and then realizing in the next few years that this will catch up. we have this again the f. what we must also ensure that our company is profitable, and it has always been the case and the fast enough that labor costs in germany are higher than in any other country that we produce. this is nothing new. it's an under the non of what we all to see on the 7th floor. yes. the automotive sector is the most important economic engine here in germany. that's the message of works council had done you like have i look at the meeting today. she says that it starts talking begins cutting back jobs, entire communities will see. let's see. oh, oliver blooming has defended the move, explaining that the new competitors in europe and

a challenging economic environment and are putting pressure on the company's finances. soaks foggins share. price has fallen by nearly a 3rd in 5 years, increasing pressure and blue mer to cut costs. with the growing threat of cheaper chinese brands already eating into volkswagens market share. strategic re think is needed for band losing sales back out to doing sales. and even for the electric house, they are producing in china, there is a very, very hot price competition going on. let's call it the price will. so they folks 5 needs to adjust on pricing here as well. that means losing money despite the risk to the company, workers here worry that a line has been crossed and that they could pay for the failure of management to keep up with competition abroad. well that as soon as update at this hour,

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