dw chief political correspondent, nina hossa. thank you. meanwhile, germany's defense minister boys. but the story is, says berlin will look into reports that former german air force fighter pilots have been training pilots with the chinese military. the news weekly dash b goal and public broadcasters, adf said, quote, at least a handful are working as trainers in china. they reported that several pilots didn't respond to requests for comment, and that one rejected the allegations outright former german fighter pilot symphony training chinese military pilots for years. that's according to research by german media organizations. members of the german parliament intelligence committee are alarmed. having these all ago, so dotson we are consumed that's also being employed by the gym and states service men and women could be employed in jobs in which they reveal state secrets. this could post a significant security risk for germany, europe, a nato. the core for darcia and i will apology not to dustin content. so who are these german

dw chief political correspondent, nina hossa. thank you. a look now at some more stories making headlines around the world at this hour us present. and joe biden says he'll sign a bill, raising the country's debt ceiling into law on saturday to divide and hailed the agreement this week in congress as quote, a crisis averted slight and spoke of compromise. and consensus in the deal, which has been criticized by some democrats, as well as republicans, if we would fail to reach. russia says it has evacuated thousands of people from areas close to the ukrainian border. after 4 people were killed in showing their hundreds have taken refuge in a sports arena. in the city of bell, google keys denies military involvement inside russia. at least one person was killed in 2 more are missing after heavy rain pounded parts of japan, remnants of type food in milwaukee which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused flooding and disrupted travel. thousands of residents were told to evacuate a head of the storm. well, the german comp final is being h

dw chief political correspondent, nina hossa. thank you. negotiators have been meeting in paris, the hammer out of global treated in plastic pollution, their aim, achieving a legally binding deal by the end of 2024. the 1st draft could be ready as early as november of this year. according to the un. campaigners have been pushing for the treaty to not only deal with the pollution of plastic but also to curve the scale of its production. so will the deal actually happen the w's, louise osborne report, toxic and everywhere. plastics are in almost everything humans produce. and they are now being found just micro plastics in the ocean inside fish and even in human breast milk. and the problem is growing plastic production is increasing. as is plastic waste, it's set to triple by 26. the plastic packaging will rise most significantly with consumer products and closing, also contributing to plastic waste among other sources. a representative for more than a 175 nations have been meeting this week for the 2nd to 5 series of talks with t