d w's, washington correspondent amy and s f. explain what this decision means. the supreme court basically ruled to day that access to this pill that is important for many women to terminate pregnancies will remain unhindered. they were responding to a case from a texas judge, a federal judge appointed by for president donald trump, a conservative and appealing to anti abortion advocates. and he essentially wanted to stop access to this drug method prestone based on his assessment that the f d a the food and drug administration which approves medications had not done a proper job in improving this pill. this went on to an appeals court which said, we're going to halt this decision, but we're going to add restrictions to it and make it unavailable for women who wanted to order through the mail and make it only available through dr. prescription and the supreme court looked at that and for the past week they've been postponing the decision. but they found they said, no, we're going to go back to the status quo. women across the country will continue to have access

d. w. washington correspondent, guardian, and she more speaking to me a little earlier. now keith says russian forces are pounding, ukrainian positions around the besieged, eastern city of buck, moth, and other towns, and they don't yet threaten with air stripes and artillery barrages. russian officials claim they have now seized more than 75 per cent of the city. while the was longest battle reaches on some civilians near the front lines of still holding out this footage, purportedly shows parts of buck, mood under russian control. vast areas of the city are in ruins. oh yeah, just a few kilometers from the front lines. inches, if you're thinking these civilians are collecting aid supplies the only inconvenience is that there is no running water. without electricity you can get by somehow, but without water and washing detergent. i asked them and they gave me a bottle. i like to bring it over to the farm today. we can wash our clothes and ourselves. you lame. the civilians left here are grateful for every bit of help. they can get you off the roof. the aid is brought in

d w. washington bureau chief, it's paul is outside the court building in manhattan, where trump was arraigned. enos trump has pleaded not guilty on all 34 counts. what can you tell us about the charges? yeah, that was quite a day here. nicole, we started really early and it was really intense. helicopters are still cruising over the court. i saw to simplify what's happened. the prosecutors are saying they're donald trump broke election law by falsifying business records to cover up bad information about him. information which might have heard his chances to become elected as the president of the united states. many people here and probably around tonight is states and maybe even around the world we're hoping for some bombshells today to be disclosed. they might be disappointed because we didn't really learn really very new things, but it still might be far too early, really to say, or what we are will be a kind of learning over the course of the next days. because this is just like the very 1st moment after we heard about the charges and the historic court appearance has drawn huge crowns. th

well, earlier i spoke to d w stefan simons in washington, and he commented on the historic day of events or number one, yes, there was a reli style event. i would call it that way and why? because it's basically the same old stuff. the former president is telling everybody who wants to hear it on any really he had since he declared that he's going to run for president again in 2024. of course that includes with we donald trump. everything was better when i was president. everything would be better if i was president, right, if i were president right now. and yes, the u. s. justice system and everybody else pretty much in the united states as well as the current biden administration, has it out for him. that is basically what he said and a to applause and young people liked him saying this now, is that any new? no. and is it maybe for a clear and tell who is considering it to elect him again? also? no. because i bet you, they want to hear a little bit more than just him airing his grievances and they are a lot of them. steph, and let's talk a little bit about the charges. could you break

d. w. ah, ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. how much is washington really know about the military tactics and rushes war against ukraine? leach documents reportedly from the pentagon, suggest the u. s. is spying on both russia and ukraine military and gathering intelligence on nato allies will bring you the lowdown from an analyst. also on the show, china simulates precision strikes on taiwan. chinese warships and fighter jets have encircled the island on a 2nd day of military exercises. they james says it's a warning to the island after its president visited the united states. ah, pope francis leeds easter sunday mass in the vatican. tens of thousands of catholics gathered to hear his traditional blessing and an appeal for peace in dialogue in conflicts raging around the world. ah, the u. s. justice department has launched an investigation into the leak of what appear to be classified intelligence reports. the documents relate to russia's war and ukraine and have been uploaded to social media sites. the reports reported leave from the pentagon. so j

opened the main gate and people much worse, and this is what comes the all the time, the your washington d. w still to come. ah, we meet the kenny m kids whose become an internet sensation by recreating celebrity video. but 1st nato secretary general. yes. stoke burke has made his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion, stalked back says ukraine should be part of nato. he also discussed bring ukraine's military into line with natal standards with president flor them is lensky still back also paid his respects to ukrainian soldiers killed in the 14 months i asked d. w 's him on oil shows in cuba, where this visit is more than just symbolic. oh yes, it is more than symbolic and it was much anticipated if anatomy zalinski had invited again. stilton barber at nato is a general secretary here in here for over a year. now, and a fact that stoughton bag was here this morning. the fact that he paid his respect to a full and sold is the fact that he spends a some time to talk to as the lensky about ukraine's or candidacy to nato. this is heidi significant here in ukraine, you know, especially

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a dozen small documents, america close, if content may yet come to light, the w corresponded amounts if is in washington d. c. and he told us more about the suspect, but he's very young just 21 years old. probably just had his 1st legal drink of alcohol here in the u. s. a. he was in airman, at the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. that's a branch of the air force and out that is the 3rd lowest rank airman 1st class in the air force a very low ranking. and he was able to leak hundreds of pages of classified documents on to a channel on discord where he was somewhat of a leader on a gamer, chat, chat, a group. and a lot of these people on the website that he was on were very young as well. this stressed in interviews to the media that he was not doing this to call attention of the attention of the wider public to the wrong doings of the state or anything like that. it was meant solely for their own eyes. they said that he posted these documents in their group without the intention of it spreading. one them not to let the documents leave that group. he said he wanted to enlighten th

d, w, corresponded. i mean, as if jasmine are from washington, i mean, what does this decision mean? well, this was closely watched because it would have, if the court had ruled a different way, really restricted access for millions of women who depend on this drug. it's used in half of the abortions now in the united states. now that abortion has been illegal for over for since last summer anyway, because of a supreme court decision. that's while why all eyes were on the supreme court now because with the overturning of roe vs wade, which was which enshrined the rights of women to have an abortion in this country. last summer. a lot of people have been looking at the supreme court as trying to do everything it could to stop women from getting abortions. that is not the case. now the supreme court has shown that is not going to let just every a lawsuit come through every case come through and by anti abortion activists, and to restrict women's access to legal abortion in this country. so basically what the law this ruling does as it overturns a decision by a texas judge appointee of

analyst and senior yemen advisor at the european institute of peace and he joins me from washington dc. welcome to d, w. so there are many hopes will say attached to the piece talks. can they bring an end to the almost decade? lot more. well, this is definitely a step forward, but the thing is that people are being overly ambitious and thinking just a handshake or thinking document and i would bring it into the conflict of conflict in multi layered decades of animosity. they're just going to take more of reconstructing plans, pathways to reconciliation, economy, recovery, bringing in all the other factions inside the country around the tape. so it's, it's a bit, it's a bit about managing expectations. it's a step forward. yes, but we're look, we have a lovely to go right now. sadie arabian iran have recently agreed to re establish diplomatic ties. now, with both of them ended their military interventions in yemen. what would that mean for the war and for peace? well, definitely is going to help the d escalation efforts in the normalization to the salaries and the iranians. well, 1st off that everybody

washington. an escalation could have devastating consequences. earlier d w correspondent william young told us about how people there see these latest drills as compared to a similar escalation in last august. i mean, because of the duration of this exercise to day that's about 3 days and we haven't so far not really seeing any firing of the missiles like last time last august. so i think people right now is not really concerned the last august, they really see that as an eye opening experience of how much china is willing to do in terms of intimidating and also showcasing its military might around taiwan. and the quasi blockade that they staged last august was basically a, i think the blueprints that they will likely use again in the future. whenever the time one of president is meeting very high level u. s. officials that was d. w corresponded william yang, speaking to us, a little earlier from taiwan, ukraine's defense minister says key of is bolstering its defenses along its northern border with bella, roost by lane, thousands of anti tank mines and digg

d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. how much does washington really know about military tactics in russia's war against ukraine, leaked documents, purportedly from the pentagon, suggest the u. s. is spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on nato allies will get the lowdown from an analyst. also coming up. china simulates precision strikes on taiwan. chinese warships and fighter jets have it encircled the island. on the 2nd day of military exercise, beijing says it's a warning to the island after its president visited the united states. and in the german bundis, the good darkman to grab a crucial win against fellow title, hopeful union berlin, to keep the pressure at the top of the table ah unexpired. welcome to the program. the u. s. justice department has launched an investigation into the league of what appeared to be classified intelligence reports. the documents relate to russia's war and ukraine and have been uploaded to social media sites. the reports purportedly from the pentagon suggest the u. s. has bee

d. w documentary. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. how much does washington really know about military tactics in russia's war against? ukraine leaked documents, reportedly from the pentagon, suggesting us is spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on nato. allies. will bring you the lowdown from an analyst also on the show. ah no frances lease easter sunday mass in the body. tens of thousands of catholics gather to hear his traditional blessing and an appeal for peace and dialogue and conflicts raging around the world. and in the buddhist lee stood guards 1st away. when since 2021 sees them drag fellow strugglers bolcom into the relegation. meyer will bring you all the action in a 5 goal thriller ah unexpired. welcome to the program. the u. s. justice department has launched an investigation into the league of what appeared to be classified intelligence reports. the documents relate to russia's war in ukraine and have been uploaded to social media sites. the reports purportedly from the pentagon suggest the u. s. has been spyi

he joins us from washington, dc, a welcome back to d w. okay. and let's start with this kid ro a couple of 1st there. well, you makes it to the 1st with the other 1st is jeremy hanson, the canadian. so you've got, you know, there's a lot of maybe political twisting on this, but you've got, you're an unusual crew given that the last time we said people to the moon is 3 white american pilots. are ali. okay. and what are they going to be and what are they going to be doing up there? well, this is sort of a, a, a precursor flight to the way of doing this is the artemus to mission. the arm is 3 mission will actually land. this mission is the 1st time that we'll send a crew back around the moon at a lean, 50 years, but also in this spacecraft. so the idea is to test anyway, pretty much everything except the actual weight. and there's a precedent for this. we did this back during the apollo program, but now we build spacecraft a little more efficiently so we don't have to do as many flights before we actually went. right. and so very well. so when they

d. w documentary ah ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin. how much does washington really know about military tactics in russia's war against? ukraine leaked documents, reportedly from the pentagon, suggest the u. s. is spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on nato.

d. w documentary. ah ah, this is, do you gotta do news ly, from berlin? what military secret does washington julie know about russia's board against you, friend lee document purportedly from the pentagon for just the u. s. a spine on war trust, shall i new prints, military and gathering intelligence on need to allies also on the shore. ah, frances leads to sunday mass in the vatican. tens of thousands of catholic gathered to heal his traditional blessing and in the fif of peace and dialogue in conflict region around the world. and in the buddhist, lee gosh, took thoughts away when since 2021 sees them dragged battle stragglers. walton into the delegation mile, reaping you all the action. and if i both philip ah, i'm the massage as well. welcome to the program. the u. s. soft department has launched an investigation into the legal what appears to be classified intelligence reports. the documents relate to rush has water ukraine and have been applauded to social media sites that are boards, but bought a glee from the pentagon. so just the u. s. has been spying on board, russia and ukraine, mil

washington dc. good to see. thank you for coming on d. w today. what is your reaction to the verdict? well, just as everybody else. so when you are watching her personally and gather things with martin, his courage and commitments are just fighting for your crew, for russian, for, for free and democratic russia. and of course, will force by of i was going on because this is really outrageous, even by gremlins own standards where the bar unfortunately, has been really, really low. yet what do you say about the severity of the punishment? because it is striking isn't definitely a quarter century for watching or who suffers from a bunch of health conditions. because just reminded that the graham and tried to poison me twice in the past with the substance, allegedly similar to the chalk, the agent. and there are 2 consequences to his home. so this is for sure, really, really dangerous situation and top of everything else, right. and just being charged for staying in prison for a quarter century. clearly, that's prevalence. punishment for the effort pledging to propose and implement assump

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washington had crossed a line and acted provocatively, relation worn for us not to go further down quote, the wrong path shall juniors d w's corresponding in the taiwanese capital tie pay. we asked her how important this meeting is for the aisle. this historic newton is regarded as new milestone for you asked high wind relations like usually i tie in when is the 1st ever town ms. preston. to meet the number 3 in you asked politics on you asked soil. it's worth noting that right before ties trip to central america, and that the transit through the united states under us just called ties with taiwan and switched to beijing, leaving taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. and the meeting is not just on, you know, crucial in terms of diplomacy. it's also about national security for taiwan. and despite the fact that the united states does not have official ties with, ty want it's bound to, you know, provide and with means to defend itself. by law and later in a news conference, mccarthy said he and all the low makers had discussed how to speed up weapons deliveries to taiwan. so he seems like to strengthen ties with the us is es

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washington dc. until 2020 he served on the west national security council. a welcome to what d. w. a. how much of a difference is made by russia placing these tactical nuclear weapons outside its borders and into barrows? as far as the military situation is concerned, there is so little or no difference. a russia had the capability to strike anywhere in ukraine with a nuclear weapon previously, it's still has that capability. russia had the capability to strike europe if still has that capability. so as far as a military move, it doesn't carry any significance. it is a message, of course i was that that which was my next question. so this is a message. what should we take from it? the russian strategy for most of the last year has been very consistent when it became clear that russia was not going to win this war easily on the battlefield. they switched to a strategy of trying to persuade ukraine and the countries that support ukraine, that it would be too high a cost to continue the war that they should approach russia for some kind of peace deal that would be on terms favorable to r

d. w. a thought they were great, you were top secret pentagon documents leaks online have provided some painfully detailed accounts of ukraine's military capabilities. and our rare window into how washington is thinking about the war. dave has been quick to insist that the leaks won't affect their plans counter effects, but the documents will reveal weaknesses in the ukrainian military and open questions.

washington calling for his immediate release is the 1st time a u. s. journalist has been detained on espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war d. w for moscow bureau chief, your re, re chateau, has been following this story for us. i asked him what we can expect now that gash, which is appeal, has been denied. yes, the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gas cabbage officials from the us embassy in moscow. he saw it including ambassadors, interest, he attended the court. the meeting was behind closed doors on march. just remind you, 13th as a court assent ganske of each to jail on charges of espionage. as a journalist was detained at the aunt of martin. catherine broken the euros the f as be claimed for that he collected secretly information about a large military factory in the euros in connection with the investigations. by the way, against periscope, it to russians were also arrested who allegedly contributed to the alleged crime. the s t a department has declared that both are wrongfully detained bedding the pay with the way for exchange dogs, according to media reports, gash coverage, lawyers expect in the future

d. w documentary top secret pentagon documents leaks online have provided some painfully detailed accounts of ukraine's military capabilities and are rare window into how washington is thinking about the war. div has been quick to insist that the leaks won't affect their plant counter offensive, but the documents reveal weaknesses in the ukrainian military and open questions about its ability to make major games. today on to the point where looking at the pentagon leaks and asking, how does the us receive the more you hello and welcome, i'm clear, richardson in berlin, and i'm thrilled to welcome a fantastic panel of guests who can help us understand the repercussions here with me in our berlin at studio we have at thomas ve gault a journalist focused on defense and security policy. or it's got my that chief reporter for the german political magazine. cicero, sorta, david wealth, director of the german marshall funds, berlin office. and joining us from frankfurt, we have a ben hodges former retired us lieutenant general, and chairman of the globe sack future security and defense council. thank you so much for making the time 1st. let's talk about how we got here.

d. w documentary top secret pentagon documents leaks online have provided some painfully detailed accounts of ukraine's military capabilities and are rare window into how washington is thinking about the war. div has been quick to insist that the leaks won't affect their plans counter offensive. but the documents reveal weaknesses in the ukrainian military and open questions about its ability to.

at one instance i mentioned nbc, but the washington post editorial guy, fred hide, who's now passed away in the last year. he worked all kinds of lies about w, m d, and he got promoted. i mean these people are ridiculous, but we've got the public losing trust. so there's a real crisis here. and at the center of this crisis is the use of anonymous sources that turn out to be peddling false information. another aspect to anonymous sources are those things that go viral on social media, right? it's often and vetted many times untrue. those stories or tropes, they get traction almost instantly online through social media. we might even call them fake news. but we've seen world leaders such as justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, by into something he saw on twitter about iran and act it almost reflexively to fake twitter news. how dangerous is this sort of behavior from somebody in his position? you would assume that the prime minister nato member is going to get briefing on his intelligence, and he would be toler, that's true. or not that he or someone in his office. i don't think it's up. and he said that someone in his office just ran with

washington had crossed a line and acted provocatively, relation worn for us not to go further down quote, the wrong path. and earlier we were joined from taipei by d. w correspondent, william yang, who told us more about this latest chinese actions in the ty went straight. so so far after the chinese announcement of the inspection in plan of executing the patrol, we have not really hear any actual incidents of tony vessels been stopped in being checked and inspected by the chinese authorities. but of course, a lot of the experts are saying that if such an encounter does happen in the tony specials, do not comply, it could potentially trigger a conflict. and on the other hand, there is another chinese carrier group that is right now about 200 nautical miles on the south. east of time, once coast and the counties of defense ministry as closely monitoring the its movement. but so far, there is no landing or take calls from the carrier group, so they are keeping an eye on it, but they don't consider or expect there to be any major military escalation. and here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. around and saudi arabia had s