now is julia so deleon? wednesday many thanks. and here are some other top stories from around the world saying police officers have been injured in a prison riot in ecuador, the latest, and a series of deadly incidents. a source at the prison authority running the jail said officers or confronted by inmates with guns and explosives. the president has blamed the violins on organized crime grooves, waging a deadly drug war. north korea has fired at least for more projectiles, including a suspected long range missile, which sparked emergency alerts in south korea and japan authorities in those countries stay the launch of piers. jeff failed. this comes a day after pm young fired a record number of missiles towards south korea. georgia maloney has made her 1st foreign trip as italian by minister traveling to meet top european union officials in brussels. maloney met with european parliament president robert i'm at so lot along with european commission president was enough on the line. maloney, a far right politician, has been a frequ

julia. so deleon, wednesday, many thanks. as we heard, the german chancellor is on his way to china. at beth's hour, one member of his governing coalition says it's probably the most controversial trip to beijing by a german leader in the past. 50 years. the energy crisis resulting from russia's war on ukraine has prompted rethinking, and berlin and other capitals about relying too much on doing business with authoritarian nations change through trade. for years that was germany's china policy. wilma chancellor, anglo michael champion. the idea throughout has 16 years and power, suggesting that making money and fostering change go hand in hand. china is now germany's biggest trained partner and concerns are growing. that this has made germany dangerously dependent. but if you look at a couple of the kind of key clusters of dependency am when now particularly down to parts of the car and the auto sector and the chemical sector. and i think that's where you have the real dependencies. china under all powerful president, she jin ping has undergone profound change. the economy has reache