the prime minister welcomed the presidents of the european commission, ursula vonda line.maticiceties for the cameras, yes, but a personal warmth between the two that appeared genuine. a few hours later, the announcement. >> together, we have changed the original protocol, and are today announcing the new windsor framework. today's agreement delivers a smooth flowing trade with them the whole of the united kingdom, protects northern ireland's place in our union, and safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. chris: take a listen to the european commission president describing the prime minister as dear rishi. >> we know we had to work hard with clear minds and determination, but we also knew that we could do it. because we were both genuinely committed to find a practical solution for people and for all communities in northern ireland. chris: in this deal, using trade is essential, as is assuring products such as medicines available in great, are also available in northern ireland and taxes and duties can be the same too. what the government calls the minim

out of this country so badly destroying result in autumn together with you commission president ursula vonda line. i had invited an international conference to come to berlin and reconstruction is ukraine's is going to be a java felt a generation of, to the ideas develop procedures to enable permanent support for reconstruction on the basis of financial institutions as well as private capitalism. finance 0 little apart from financial supported will tylenol, social are given, the brutal russian aggression ukraine will continue to need title military equipment to defend itself and it citizens. and we also organize that close alignment with our partners. easing alternately and a sound and sustainable military support. for ukraine can only thus will be provided germany is shouldering a lion share of the military support the arms delivery. we provided heavy weapons for example, ah, how it says we have multiple rocket launches. our didn't get poxy, stanley. and one of our focus pollies is the iris g air defenses of them which we've provided in addition and 14, modern by a leopard 2, a 6 model batt

ah, this is al jazeera, these, your top stories, european commission president ursula vonda lyons says a new sanctions package, including price caps and russian oil would be ready for the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion. she made the comment soon after arriving in keith, i had a for summit over ukraine's pushed to join the e. u. the pentagon says it's tracking a suspect of chinese spy balloon spotted in u. s. s. based on wednesday. they are reports, military leaders even considered shooting it down, but decided against it because of the potential safety risk from falling debris. particle haine has more from washington dc. so what they're saying is that they are tracking this, that they've taken steps to make sure that no surveillance can in fact be done. but again, the official statement is there's a balloon, we're watching it. it does impose a danger to air, travel, or collecting of sensitive information in the pentagon. what they're telling reporters on background unnamed officials that they believe this is the chinese i what we do know is that they did close the air space for a

reacting to today's loss of life the head of the european commission ursula vonda len said, altogetherst redouble their efforts to tackle the migration crisis in the central mediterranean. around 80 people are brought to shore alive. among the migrants from iran, pakistan and afghanistan. 105,000 made it successfully with over high those numbers are missing on the 2016 peak when there were over 180,000 arrivals by sea. the government plays people traffickers and has pledged to stop the boats. at the vatican pope francis expressed his sorrow for the latest loss of lives. he said included many children. he said he was playing for the dead missing. those survivors like hundreds of thousands before them face an uncertain future. under the white cheese behind them, those who didn't make it. jon donnison, bbc news. earlier, jeremy konyndyk, president at refugees international, told us more about this tragedy. no, it's not a surprise at all. this is a tragedy but i don't think you could call it an accident. it is an outcome of policies that italy and the wider eu have been putting in place fo

reacting to i today's loss of life the head of the european commission ursula vonda ryan said, altogetheries must redouble their efforts to tackle the migration crisis in the central mediterranean. around 80 people are brought to shore alive. among the migrants from iran, pakistan and afghanistan. despite the dangers, italy is one of the main landing points for people trying to reach europe in small boats. almost 12,000 migrants have already arrived by sea in italy this year. in 2022 more than 105,000 successfully made the crossing, with over 1300 dead or missing. although high, those numbers are way down on the 2016 peak when there were over 180,000 arrivals by sea. the government blames people traffickers and has pledged to stop the boats. at the vatican, pope francis expressed his sorrow for the latest loss of lives, which he said included many children. he said he was praying for the dead, the missing and those who survived. and those survivors, like hundreds of thousands before them, face an uncertain future. under the white sheets behind them, those who didn't make it. jon donnison,

now also attending the munich security conference as european commission president ursula vonda nan. and she says, defense production as being wrapped up to meet the demands of the ukraine war. we are convening the european defense industry. basically ask them, what is it, what you need to scale up to speed up. that's important. and we have these infrastructure for that. the european piece facility and of course they are used to do the procurement and to have the funding and important is like we did with vaccine to be very clear. this is a standardized production of ammunition. what is it worth to need to scale up and to speed up? we're gonna give it to you. now another news, turkey and syria, still recovering after the devastating earthquakes that have left at least $46000.00 people dead. but even as rescue operations, why down emergency crews are still finding survivors. a couple of their child were rescued in hut i on saturday, 13 days after the earthquakes, the victims were trapped under the rubble for 296 hours. but the child later died in hospital the sister of north korean lea

how did commission president ursula underlines announcements resonate bear in brussels? well, i think it's very much what we're expecting. vonda line during that press conference was really keen to outline all the money that has been going to ukraine from the european union. all the things they've done, the sanctions that they've been putting on russia in order to try and strangle the russian economy to try and bring an end to the war. but it was interesting, hiv laudermill, zalinski responded. he said that the sanctions had slowed down. and they wanted to do more also, there's a slightly interesting aspect of how this is being termed the ukrainian translation of what this visit was being called by the ukrainian president was you integration day these next 2 days past trying to avoid confusing a general ukrainian population with all of the sort of names of the you structures of how they do meters, it's being who the cranes summit. but it shows that the ukrainian see this as a gear towards entering the european union. they wanted a promise from the, from the commission president, the framework to get into the you could be withi