w corresponded jennifer parker, who is in our studios in riga. jennifer high putin's visit to crimea. we have to say, comes a day after the international criminal court in the hague issued an arrest warrant for him over a ledge. war crimes in ukraine. what kind of sign do you think put in sending with this trip to crimea? well, kremlin spokes person, the meat they have to scoff, rejected the warrant that was issued yesterday by the i c. c. he stated that russia would never accept this warrant because it has no legal grounds and is simply unacceptable putting today, as you mentioned before, made a surprise visit to give us papa to crimea to celebrate the 9th anniversary of premier being back into back to russia. but according to an orthodox priest, really no one thought that vladimir putin would make an in person appearance. everything was set up for a video conference. and then suddenly the president himself emerged from vehicle that he drove to save us both. but and of course the orthodox priest and the people that gathered were pleasantly surpri

and for the view from russia, his deed of his correspondent jennifer parker with an update on what the kremlin is saying about this incident. it has, has been a statement by the russian ministry of defense to day. and of course, it's version of events differs significantly from the u. s. version. the statement makes abundantly clear that the u. s. stone was in russian era space in russian controlled aerospace, and was also heading to the russian border, which is very, very critical, especially because of the closest to a war zone, an act of war zone. the drone, according to moscow, could not be identified because the transponder, which transmits data was switched off. so according to moscow again, it is a serious breach of international norms. and well, because there was no other way to identify the object. russian fighter jets had to become airborne and align up with the drum then, which is now the most important part as a result of sharp maneuvering as moscow called it. around 930 p. m. moscow time, the jone allegedly went into an uncontrollable flight last significant altitude and f

good to debbie correspond and jennifer parker, thank you to doug returned for focus. speaking to my colleague eddie micah jr, them, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russia has announced a 60 day extension to the black sea green export deal. the back, which is broken by turkey. and the united nations is key to alleviating the global food try 1st and was due to expire at midnight on saturday. thousands of people that have rallied in his drill against the right wing government's plans to cope the powers of the supreme court. the nation wide demonstrations are into their 11th week as prime minister benyamin nathan yahoo attempt to push toward the judicial overhaul. he's described the protests as an attempt to topple him. french police have clashed to put after them bout, as for a 3rd straight night, a 1000 marched and cities around the country. they're angry about the government's pensioned reform plans, which include raising the age of retirement from 60 door to $64.00 authorities, band rallies outside parliament, but

let's bring in the w correspondent, jennifer parker, who joins us now from the eastern and capital tiling jennifer, good to see you. so we know of course that the income and estonian prime minister kayak hollis, is a very vocal supporter of ukraine. but what about her opponents? what is their stance? yeah, exactly. kaya colors, the prime minister is very, very much set on eating ukraine. but the far right opposition party eta, is against it. is tonja is a country that borders on russian in the east, and is also part of nato. while talking to some people's here in estonia and talent on the street. the majority of them supported the government's aid of ukraine. but some actually said that they would prefer the government to turn to internal struggles like the very high inflation rate. and this is exactly the issue that the far right opposition party acura, used to gather much support in the country and much strengths. so she, it became the 2nd strongest party right now. an exit stand on estonia on on ukraine is actually that they don't want to send any weapons to ukraine and also kept the n

good to debbie correspond and jennifer parker, thank you. now, former us president donald trump says expects to be arrested on tuesday in connection with a case brought by and new york prosecutor and a social media post. trump called on her supporters to protest, he cited on alleged league from the manhattan district attorney's office, but gave no indication of what the charges would be, nor did he provide any evidence for his claims. the district attorney has not yet commented, but has been examining tramps rolled in the payment of hush money to a woman who alleged sexual encounters with him. if indicted trump will be the 1st former president of the us to be charged with a crime. fernandez, let's bring in our correspondence in washington, stefan simons. i looked up on a former precedent announcing his upcoming arrest. where's this coming from? ah, welcome to the trump circus. that's where it's coming from. because interestingly enough, the president, the former president drum, seems to know something, nobody else does. his own team. his own

bend in russia, and are moscow bureau is therefore in riga, where we spoke to our correspondent jennifer parker. she, we asked her, what kind of message putin was trying to send with his trip to crimea. hamlin spokesperson to meet this cough, rejected the arrest warrant against a russian president vladimir putin calling it unacceptable and having no legal grounds. so putting in his surprised visit to crimea to the city of c of i spoke with today, mirrored this, sent him and he waved to the crowd. he visited a art school as well as his children's center. but it is important to notice that he didn't make any political nor general statements, which is very, untypical for him. so this could be a sign that vladimir putin is not as unfazed by the arrest warrant issued against him, as he would like others to believe. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. a deal that allows ukraine to export grain from the black sea has been exec, extended rather for at least 60 days. the agreement was broken by turkey in the united nations after russia's invasion. ukraine is a lead

good to debbie correspond and jennifer parker, thank you. that's more news making headlines around a well, let's look at some of them. russia has announced the 60 day extension to the black sea drain exports deal. the pact which is broken by turkey and the united nations is key to alleviating the global food crisis and was due to expire at midnight on saturday. thousands of people have rallied in israel against the right wing government plan to curb the powers of the supreme court. the nation wide demonstrations are into the 11th week as prime minister benjamin netanyahu. i tend to push through the judicial overhaul. you describe the protests as an attempt to topple in friends. please have class with protest. us in paris for a 3rd street night, a thousands marched in cities around the country. the angry about the government's pension reform plans authorities in the capitol band valley is outside parliament and that did not stop gatherings elsewhere as unions called for a weekend nationwide or protest. sutherlands to biggest bang trying to ma

good to debbie correspond and jennifer parker, thank you. former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday in connection with a case brought by a new york prosecutor, you know, social media post. tromp called on his supporters to protest. he cited an alleged league from the manhattan district attorney's office, but gave no indication of what the charges would be. nor did he provide any evidence for his claims. the district attorney has not yet commented, but has been examining tramps rule in the payment of hash money to a woman who alleged sexual encounters with him. trump will be the 1st president of the us to be charged for the crime if he is indicted. and he, i asked our correspondents in washington, stefan simons. what he makes of trumps latest claims. ha! well come to a trump circus. that's where it's coming from, because interestingly enough, the president, the former president, drums seems to know something. nobody else does. his own team. his own lawyers actually came out after his announcement on through social is all his own social media platform that he

and that was database, jennifer parker in riga and journalist, probably on christopher in beijing, catch up on small the stories making headlines, round world today, protest her group b. kenyan capital nairobi with demonstrators taking to the streets over the country's cost of living christ. ryan police are out in force. countries opposition leader called for the protests to go ahead. he claims last year's closely fought presidential election, was fraudulent. south africa is braced for mass protests on monday after a left wing party called for a national shut down country's economic freedom fighters party is demanding the resignation of president cyril remo poser, or what they say is economic mismanagement, violence or fight protests in 2021 lead more than 350 deaths residence in the australian town of men in d. r. demanding authorities take immediate action after hundreds of thousands of dead fish were found floating in the nearby darling river. low levels of oxygen are being blamed for the masturbation dial. ah, a modestly football labour cousin put a dent and by an unix title defense

w correspondent, jennifer parker, in a riga who was following looper. sankoh speech. now jennifer, the bill origin leader says russian strategic long range nuclear weapons may be deployed in his country along with part of russia's toxic tactical nuclear arsenal . with this announcement actually escalate the conflict. well, it would escalate the conflict if really nuclear weapons would be stationed in belarus, but so far it is just plans. but what it is is a tactic to put pressure on ukraine and on key f with a sparking fear in civilian society as well as soldiers having possible nuclear weapons. so close to the ukrainian border, but pear leader, alexander lucas hang, who also stated that it is important to have peace talks as well. so it's not just weapons here. it is important to have peace talks and, and he looks at moscow for that as well. no luxuriant goals a quote for a cease fire in his speech. how much of a surprise was that? that was a huge surprise actually because he has never done so before. and what was even more surprising was the fact that he kept returni

that was jennifer parker in rico and joining us from beijing, journalist fabi on crutches. thank you. bruce sketch up bell and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the office of homer, taiwanese president, maryan, jew says he will visit china this month. it will be the 1st time of current or former taiwanese leader has visited china since the start of communist rule. there in 1949, mainland china seas taiwan. as a renegade province, montenegro is pro western president of me though duke norwich has won the 1st round of his country's presidential elections. he secured around 35 percent of the vote with former economy minister yackel miller told it. coming in 2nd repair will face off in the 2nd round of voting in april to move which residence in the australian town of men in d. r, demanding authorities take immediate action after hundreds of thousands of dead fish were found floating in the nearby darling river. low levels of oxygen or being plain for the mass fish dial police in pakistan have filed charges against for prime minister enron khan, a