u. s. climate legislation on tuesday meeting with treasury secretary janet yellen to discuss the inflation reduction act. that law provides $370000000000.00 and incentives the companies located in the u. s. here's what german economy minister, robert ha back said to day. standing next to him is french economy minister, bruno lemaire, and also the understandings mucho, that you meet the economic security that we have to overcome the dependency on raw materials, critical minerals, and also some green products. and therefore, we have to create our own industrial standards and serenity. so this is a mutual interest of europe and the u. s. and to make this mutual interest becoming a strong partnership, we need to solve some problems. we, robert, has mentioned some concrete items. the idea behind it is that a strong green industrial market in the u. s. and a strong green industrial market in europe will help each other that we boot to green bridge over the atlantic and help each other. because the goal is the same. fighting global warming and creating a new industrial resilience and industrial independence in a way for a german economy minister, robert havoc they're speaking in washington. over to wa

u. s. here, 4, shoot down 3 objects in the air. and our government has yet tell us anything about if there's a continued threat, what is the origin of these aircraft and the like? so i will tell you that during my service in government, ok, i was unaware of any such intrusions into our sovereignty or space. i chinese believe. if there is now new information, again, that would be interesting to see what channels you release to the public. so we have a better understanding of the threat, the united states, basically regardless, i think that what we know is the loon that was shot down on the 4th. the february was chinese. that in and of itself is just a manifestation of the increasing aggression and adventurous and assertiveness that the chinese have been utilizing across the globe is humans. prime minister says 25000 people have received emergency assistance off to soccer and gabrielle bassett. the north island people lost their homes and thousands without power. authorities a warning the west is yet to come. several local government

u. s. would take us move now or he'll, i think what really was the factor here that, that caused the white house perhaps to take a decision was the fact that the u. s. federal aviation administration had to temporarily block flights within a 100 square miles of the atlantic ocean around the south carolina coast because this balloon had gotten in the way. and one thing we heard from the pentagon yesterday is at the moment that the pentagon had been monitoring the balloons movement from thursday and friday, they didn't deem it to be a, a military or physical risk. it appears that at the point that airports had to be closed down because of this, a path of the balloon that, that is when the white house and the pentagon likely decided to move forward with the shooting this balloon down and has the closing all of this airport cause any disruption to passengers? well we're seeing it so far that there were some disruptions. again, those were 3 airports that were closed down the f. a hasn't released much more information about those airports, but of course some disruption was caused. and again, that

u. s. here is about 3 and people while the us itself and the us listen killed, hundreds of syrians doing the crisis, an air strike on syria. the story houses the u. s. looting resources. the u. s. is dividing the country by occupying parts in the north and the north east and getting that oil, some of that oil to the so called through has been a product courses. former us president donald from said he said we're keeping the oil, we're not allowing the government to get in touch all those statements. and those act why they not have a clear prove that they do not hear about the humanitarian situation inside syria. all they want is to implement their agenda over here. they want their political interests to be achieved. they want the country to stay divided the end of the day . they don't care, they do what they want to do. and even if it's at the expense of syrians live, the us and norway colluded to orchestrate a top secret operation that crippled the node stream gas pipelines in september. that's

but the majority simply wouldn't allow him to do that here in the u. s. so we are seeing the highest level of government here in the u. s. trying to bend this to make it more european friendly . but it's nowhere near the kind of access that countries like mexico and canada will get who actually have trade agreements with the u. s. and that's very much what the europeans are getting to feel right now. yes, michelle, a very briefly scattered talk around this issue about trade wars, or is that even possible? plausible from the american outlook the sort answers absolutely no, both sides can't afford it. and the europeans are simply too dependent on the united states, both now for energy, but also for backing against russia after its attack on ukraine to allow anything like that to happen. so that won't happen, but we will see some rather intense talks buying close doors. ryder correspond michelle a group, not in washington. thank you. and we go now to some of our other global business stories making headlines. automakers, renault and nissan have formalize thei

here in the u. s. the closer we come to the presidential elections in 2024, many republicans to say that the ccp this is the communist chinese party is baptizing the ab, not only to gain data, but also to use its power to after all, decline western her. a influenced by influencing the next generation with anti western propaganda. so there is an increasing pressure on president biden to act, and this is why they put out this bill today. okay, in as well. this bell, this only applies to government issue devices. the band we're hearing about today, but is this the 1st step towards an a ban outright of the app and you s quite frankly, it is hard to imagine the tick tock will be totally bend here in the u. s. why is it? it is already a far too important for businesses to advertise their products for politicians to reach the. a constituencies and, and after all, there is a lot of money involved, not only for a china, but also for many, many companies here in the united states. so as for now we are waiting to

and here we use the voluntary mechanism of solidarity in the u. s. deal here. we help the external states of the u. n. to help them in registering refugees. and here we are also advancing, which is why i am positive that are we form of the european solemn system will be possible in this european term. if we keep up the speed and the pragmatism of the past 12 months, that i can help with no one has been in the ford. another aspect could play a role that we sometimes neglected in the past till more and more european countries. nude skilled workers, skilled labor to come to europe get offered in conformity with law. and this is also true for germany. we need skilled workers in great numbers of taurus. first and foremost, we invest in the vocational training of workers here before we try to make it possible for parents to work by providing them with child care. and we make it possible to earn additional money on top of your pension. but if you take a look at the number of those who will retire in the next years, then you will understand that these measures alone wil

u. s. officials. here's some of what we've heard. fact that they're gonna meet next week chairman she in turn to discuss this unholy winds that they have to put weapons in the ukraine to me is very disturbing because well, maybe ukraine today is going to be tie one tomorrow. note that at this same time, we add the united states pumping weapons on to the island of taiwan into the philippines, up playing up the idea that china is a danger. certainly parallels a similar escalations that were done with ukraine. let's take note while we achieve the level of success we've achieved in ukraine, a big part of that has been because after russian aggression in 20142015, we honestly got off to preparing for future conflict training for the ukrainians. pre positioning of supplies, identification of sites from which we could operate, support, sustain operations. we call that setting the theater, and we're setting the fit in japan, in the philippines, in other locations. now, chinese officials reject the reports and say th

but still again, very high concern here in the u. s. the defense department saying in speaking to reporters that they had been in communication with china right away and they may clear that they will do whatever is needed to protect you as security that might be including postponing this trip from the secretary of state. ok. respondent soon. so mascara in washington there. thank you very much so me to ukraine. our president, blood am, is lensky has renewed his appeal for his country to join the european union. after a summit with senior european officials included, author talks with commission president was upon the land. zalinski said he would hasten to bring the goal of the you membership closer. i think that ukraine deserve to begin succession talks this year. now european council, president shaw michelle was also at the talks in keith. and here's what he had to say about that. the future of your pre is with your credit people, you have made a clear choice for freedom for democracy and hulu, flow and re in with or so me to clear the

u. s. policy here. and the reason i say that is, we know this is about russia, this is about u. s. versus russia to contain control, destroy russia in some way. we can russia, we have, we have the rand documents to show that that's the objective. but the military understands, well, the u. s. military today knows, well that they can't take on russia. we, a nato understands the nato officers understand they cannot take on russia. so this, this is kind of a fantasy that they're all kind of, you know, the emperor has no clothes and everyone is notting o body, so beautifully, so powerful, you know, but i think they understand the reality. but the problem for me is the concern that i haven't, i think people should have is that because this is an emotional, ideological kind of conflict on the american side and among nato and great britain and, and even ukraine. that winning a war may not be. well, winning a worse winning the war on their site. that's not possible, but damaging russia causing the amount of chaos that we don't even want to talk about. obviously, chemical nuclear, major dest

u. s. they want intact trade relations with the u. s. et cetera. and they want to de escalate things. but on the other hand, the rhetoric here from beijing is, you know, very strong, it's very confrontational, i would say. and it doesn't really, you know, facilitate things when you want to have constructive talks for a future visit by blinking, mixed messages coming there. how would you describe relations between the us and china right now by the where the bigger picture is set and they are at a record low and a since probably several decades. but recently there was actually a good vendor of opportunity. both sides had some modest hopes of a diplomatic reset, but now this is completely shattered by this spy balloon incident that has poisoned atmosphere. and there's also another diplomatic threat other, or kevin mccarthy versus speaker of the u. s. her house of representatives has already voice expressed to a visit tavern in the future. and of course, we know how tight are china will respect, respond probably very drastically and or so probably for the next months it doesn't really look good for the bilateral relationship. ja

u. s. in canada just over a week. in the 1st incident shown here, the u. s. took down a chinese balloon, it said was used for spying. ne cause a crystal the lead us as one cypress as presidential election. he served as foreign minister under the ruling, right wing d i. s y party. that stood for election as an independent. his rival veteran diplomat andrei as a macro janice has conceded defeat christa to lead us and will be tasked with reviving peace talks on the divided island. here in berlin, voters have been to the poles for a rerun of local elections that were botched in 2021. when many were unable to cast their boats due to missing ballads or long lines exit polls indicate a big lead for the conservative christian democrats. there followed by the greens who are running neck and neck with a center left social democrats. whoever is able to form a government will have to tack with pressing issues like rising rent them, housing shortages, and a city administration. berliners have long been frustrated with our political correspondent, benjamin al doris grube

u. s. and u. k. pondering the country's wealth and resources. however, the revolution caught washington by surprise. here at the former u. s. embassy, which are one, is called the den of espionage american intelligence service, used to possess the most sophisticated spying tools. they even boasted they had every single detail about major events, particularly demonstrations and riots on the table. however, the cia did not see the prospects for a revolution any time so that he was and u. k were not prepared for a regime change in iraq. m r khomeini chanted the slogan of independence from superpowers. something which would put an end to the british and american dominance on iran soil. the 2 countries had already overthrown the democratically elected governments of mohammed mo, sat down by orchestrating the 1953 co, and restating the shot to power. that's what made toppling the shot in 1979, thinking the unthinkable for washington. as if viewed mohammed resolved on the v as a close ally. and then the best sense of the word, a puppet. this is an enchanted land, in which maternity, thanks to an enlightened you

u. s. president? here you could pose the question, why not pick up the phone and call president she and demand an explanation at the beginning of this. instead of letting it, you know, cross north america out before you say ok, go and shoot it down. why not just pick up the phone and called beijing and say what's going on? so i'd separate those. i think you're absolutely right that, you know, from that opportunity to call talk was she was missed here because we certainly had the predicate for a conversation with this balloon doing here. and in terms of how the president, in the military handle this, this is the right, this is the right move. i mean, you don't shoot this down over us a territory, you know, because of the, even limited and small risk, a fracture of ground damage. they did that, they handle this exactly appropriately. but the part that's not right is the initial response in, you know, missing that until you talk to china and then also not learning the american public for about 5 days of it. i

u. s. nationals with more and what kind of feature it may have here at ortiz. caleb martin, the u. s congress sized being urged by the, by the administration to renew this very controversial spying program. that essentially enables the united states government to gather data without the traditional warrant process. now it faces back to 911. i was instituted into law in 2008. it is section 7 o 2 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act visor. and this program a if when law enforcement officials describe it, they really don't make any bones about what it's really all about. here's what they've said. we are relentlessly focused on serious threats such as the chinese government's efforts to spy on us and steal our technology a wrong sanctions. evasions north korea's nuclear program and russia's invasion of ukraine. now the program essentially enables the f, b, i and the national security agency to go to tech companies and acquire text messages, electronic data e mails and other information. this would apply to google, microsoft meta, and other corporations, without the traditional w

u. s. secretary of state here. and he was calling for com, we did see a momentary law intentions, but even given things like the summit that was held in jordan on sunday. and out of that summit they were, they were assurances from the israeli side saying that they would hold settlement expansion at least for a few months to try and calm things ahead of the ramadan. the islamic ramadan holy month coming up, and everyone worried about things spiraling out of control. but it is hard to see with, with, you know, out of that meeting benjamin netanyahu said no, we're not going to hold these settlement expansion. so definitely a lot of tit for tat going on. it's very hard to kind of know where it's going, but it certainly doesn't feel like it's going in the right direction. d. w correspondent, rebecca rivers. thank you. and here are some other stories making headlines around the world. china has criticized the u. s. deadline giving federal employees 30 days to remove the popular chinese owned apps, tick tock from governme

so everyone here in the, in a u. s. anya is waiting for president biden to announce that he will be running again in 2024. this is when the next president will be elected in the united states, and one big topic obviously is his age. he will be $82.00 if he winced this re election next year. so this trip also was meant to show his strength and his power and that he is ready to run for another term at washington bureau chief in his pool . thanks so much for that. take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of people in brussels have taken to the streets to protest against the iranian regime. demonstrations gathered outside the european parliament and the belgian capital demanding the e. you designate the revolutionary god as a terrorist organization. brazilian authority say that at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides in the state of south palo. the torrential rain hit on carnival weekend. whole neighborhoods are underwater and rescue teams. the s

u. s. embassy here and aging of what he says is an unnecessary use of force. he also says that washington is undermining efforts on both sides to help to stabilize the relationship which has been very fraud in recent years. over a growing listed as a grievance, including the status of taiwan and the south china sea. it was hoped that antony lincoln's visit will help to improve the us china relationship. but that has now been postponed indefinitely. there are reports that ukrainian defense minister is said to be replaced by the head of military intelligence. alexey risk nicole has come under increasing pressure after his ministry was tainted by a corruption scandal involving food contracts on sunday, risen or cough, commented on his possible dismissal. julio stands pressure. where should off when i entered public service for the 1st time in 2014, i was then the secretary of the key of city council and i made it lead. hello everyone, that no official is in his chair for ever would you give him the decision to be the minister defense or not is might by one person

u. s. president showing his solidarity almost one year on and lots of debate here going on about how the u. s. and the rest of the western alliance can continue to support ukraine one year on. we hear that, that one of the problems, and i'm sure this is something the presence lensky is going to be mentioning to present biden as they speak there in cave. is the problem of rearmament? yes, ukraine wants all sorts of other things. in addition to now tanks, it's getting from the western living fight to jets. but the more eminent problem is that, that artillery that has been holding back the russians. the artillery shells have been used by the ukrainians faster than they can be made in the factories. and so there is a real real problem there. and we're hearing that there's going to be quite merging, meeting, taking place here in brussels at nato headquarters. ready the next 24 hours with the ukrainian foreign minister with the nato 2nd general with the european union's high representative of foreign affairs to trump bang heads together and get more armaments, get more weapons to, to the front

here. and because of course, it's important for the polls to know that if anything happens, if rough russia would risk attacking poland, they know that the u. s. would come to their and to help them. so i spoke with some people here in the, in the audience, and they told me that that was exactly what they wanted to hear. one man told me that he would have expected to hear more about concrete troop numbers of weapons that the u. s. is ready to station here in poland, but most of the people that i was able to speak with were very happy with the speech. yeah, there was that general promise of support and unity that we might have expected um to me, what was your most important take away from bite and speech? i think it was interesting to note that president biden really drew a clear contrast between where the world stood a year ago and where the world stands. now. he said, you know, a year ago we were standing here expecting key of to fall it's, we're bracing ourselves for that moment. and here we stand. keith is, is still standing tall and proud. and democracy is still standing tall and proud. and he made very clear that this war and russia's wa

u. s. representative, he didn't really seem to have much use for roger waters comments. here's what the u . s. representative said in his remarks, we unequivocally reject the victim blaming notion that ukraine self defense is the obstacle to winning this war. the security assistance, including weapons that the united states and more than 50 other countries are providing and will continue to provide is for ukraine, self defense. this distinction cannot be more important. now, china echoed what was said by roger waters that pouring more weapons into ukraine is simply not proven to bring the conflict to a close resolution. and that there wasn't going to be a military solution to the conflict that it was necessary for there to be a negotiation between the major countries involved in there. there needs to be a di escalation and negotiation in the step toward piece, not the pouring in more weapons. now, russ, an ambassador to bend zia, he took to the floor and he used this opportunity to point out that for western military contractors, this war in ukraine, which they are actively pro

u. s saying this was just a weather balloon, but let's be real here and the, if china had shot down the u. s. balloon of its territory, beijing would not be so accommodating a revelation of its own sovereignty. would it? i think this is a complex issue and this brings to mind aah and apocryphal saying from the british foreign office that i brief you leak and they break the official secrets act in that you know, we don't really know the details. a weather balloon collecting weather information certainly can have a military use or so i think it's very unclear here. and i think it's also important to point out that certainly up louis complaining about this violation of sovereignty does sound a little bit hypocritical. and we go back decades with the u. s. engaging in this kind of legit conduct are all around the world. so i think we really do. she should take this out with a bit of a grain of salt, and i want to briefly mention yeah, go ahead. yes, i just jump in here because of the push for time. i mean, despite the tensions between both sides, anthony blinking has worn china at this must

here. u. s. president biden has been heavily criticized particularly by republicans who accuse him of allowing the chinese spy balloon to fly over the country over sensitive military sites. they've called him week in the face of china. so i think it is safe to say that that pressure, at least somewhat informed of the decision to shoot down his object off the coast of alaska. but we still, as i said, need to find out more information about what the object was and what was behind it was a 2nd look at some other stories making headlines around the world authorities in chile have arrested at least 20 people suspected of starting forest fires. the blazes have killed dozens as drought and reco temperature's fuel the flames. a curfew is in force in the worst head regions. the leaders of brazil and the united states have been holding talked to reset relations with a focus on democracy and climate change. joe biden. and brazil's new president lula promised to rebuild strange diplomatic ties. both leaders

here. u. s. president biden has been heavily criticized particularly by republicans who will accuse him of allowing the chinese spy balloon to fly over the country over sensitive military sites. they've called him week in the face of china. so i think it is safe to say that that pressure, at least somewhat informed of the decision to shoot down this object off the coast of alaska. but we still, as i said, need to find out more information about what the object was and what was behind it that set it up. please send me some escondido in washington dc. thank you so much though a number of people killed in the us, quakes in turkey and syria has now passed. 23000 rescue teams are still trying to free. those trapped under rubble hopes of finding many, most of us, all fading, but emergency crews have saved several more victims in turkey's attire. province, d, w, witness a gem and rescue team. rescue women in an operation that lasted more than 2 days. deep under the rubble trapped beneath layers of conc

u. s. has a free trade agreement, which does not include the e u. so the concerns here, i think, are basically the parties are united on the basic by the administration proposals. the legislation, which is by american invest american employ american workers. and though there are obviously some who are concerned with broader u. s. e u relations. i think there's a great deal of bipartisan support for making the transition to electric vehicles produce as many jobs in the us, or at least in north america as possible. there was some surprise here that biden carried on some aspects of that protectionism that we saw during the trump administration. would you expect that that kind of by 1st produced 1st in america that, that kind of policy idea will continue in the future? is there bipartisan support for this now and going forward? first of all, there should the been any says any surprise that mr. barton was carrying on these policies because a significant chunk of the democratic party has been advocating it for years and years and years. and as to the future, i don't see any r

u. s. and western countries in general do not care about history and peoples about the lives of the syrian. how can you, how can n syrian civilian or individual here believe that the u. s. care is about 3 and people while the u. s. itself and the us coalition killed hundreds of millions during the crisis. an air strike on syria destroyed houses, the u. s. looting resources. the u. s. dividing the country by occupying parts in the north and the north east and getting that oil, some of that oil, to the so called through the product forces. former us president donald from said he said we're keeping the oil, we're not allowing the syrian government to get that oil. so those statements and those act, but they not have a clear prove that they do not hear about the humanitarian situation and fight, sir. yes. all they want is to implement their agenda over here. they want their political interests to be achieved. they want the company to, to stay divided the end of the day. they don't care, they do what they want to do. and even if it's at the expense of syrians live, the media landscape was shaken by a bombshell this week with revelations that nato alleg

here's the u. s. national security advisors taken her offense, evolved he recently decided against sending them because his military told him that they would not be useful on the battlefield in this fight, but would be useful, would be german tanks. so in the interest of aligns unity and to ensure that ukraine got what it wanted, despite the fact that the abraham's aunt, the tool they need, the president said, ok, i'm going to be the leader of the free world. i will send a bram's down the road if you send leopards. now. while political scientist, an international security analyst mark slip, beaudet believes the tanks in question won't deliver ukraine victory. to be perfectly honest, neither of these 2 main battle tanks neither the, the modern leopards nor the us abrams are appropriate for ukrainian forces who have not trained on them for years. when the u. s. provided them to saudi arabia in iraq, their programs to train their militaries up to use these tanks for 5 and 7 years respectfully. so the id

u. s. i know, for example, the, the nfl is really been trying to get traction in the u. k. for example. and even here in europe earlier this year or last year, i should say it had its 1st game in munich. what can we expect from overseas audiences? you know, you're going to be able to watch it, no matter where you are. there are sporting channels and networks around the world that have a contract with a net bill where you can still see the game. you can obviously go online if you're in the u. k, you can watch on the b b c player. so they're still access to the game. they want to bring in more of an international appeal. i think it will help them because remember, now we have streaming. so you can always go online and see the wonderful performances . and of course, the next day, you're probably going to see a lot of people go online anyway. youtube and watch rianna perform over and over and over again. so yes, they are trying to bring in a global view. and what's really interesting is, if i had to compare the superbowl with another global event, it would be the people world cup. the only problem is tha

u. s. i know, for example, that the nfl is really been trying to get traction in the u. k. for example. and even here in europe earlier this year, or last year, i should say it had its 1st game in munich. what can we expect from overseas audiences? you know, you're going to be able to watch it, no matter where you are. there are sporting channels and networks around the world that have a contract with a net bill where you can still see the game. you can obviously go online if you're in the u. k, you can watch on the b b c player. so they're still access to the game. they want to bring in more of an international appeal. i think it will help them because remember, now we have streaming. so you can always go online and see the wonderful performances . and of course, the next day, you're probably going to see a lot of people go online anyway. youtube and watch rianna perform over and over and over again. so yes, they are trying to bring in a global appeal. and what's really interesting is, if i had to compare the super bowl with another global event, it would be the people world cup. the only problem is

u. s. officials say you belong to an aerial observation network spanning 5 continents . these are the soggy remains of what is alleged to be a powerful chinese spy. craft u. s. defense teams here pulling the remnants from the sea off the south carolina coast for further inspection in the pentagon. doesn't believe this balloon was an isolated incident. us and nato officials have meet to discuss what comes next. china engaged in this irresponsible action, violation of our, our sovereignty and turtle integrity and international law. and as we noted as well, we're not alone in this. countries across 5 continents have also had surveillance balloons over fly, other territory, which is why we're sharing this information with others. we're also seeing increased chinese intelligence activities in europe or again, different platforms. hm. um they use a south lord, so they, they, they cyber analysis in order not to say it's also volumes. the discovery of the balloon and at subsequent shooting down have wilson washington's already, teens relations with china. the u. s. has briefed 40 countries on the situation with a stray li are responding by pulling chinese made security cameras from so

u. s. president biden coming here and showing his support in person. as i said under, you know, the threat of an error aid is, is to get another show of support for president zalinski and will undoubtedly be a huge boost of morale for the residence of the city and this country. as we appreciate. as we approach the grim anniversary of this war, dw is abraham for us in kiev, reporting on the unannounced visit of the u. s. president joe biden to the ukrainian capital e. thank you. the air. thank you very much for your reporting and will speak to you for more updates on this developing story. well, let's turn our attention now to our other top story and the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking is warning that china may soon provide russia with lethal assistance in the form of weapons and ammunition for its war against ukraine or its part. beijing has lashed out. i what it calls the false claims by the united states . lincoln's warning came after a meeting with his counterpart, wang ye at the munich security conference. and again, while on a visit to na