the, the, you're watching the, the, the news coming to live from berlin desperately needed military 8 on its way to ukraine. us, president joe biden says weapon shipments will start within hours after he signs a bill into law, signing billions of $1.00 and $8.00 for kids. plus us the secretary of state anthony blinking is in china, flushing for better ties between washington and staging talks are expected to be taught with chinese support for russia. a big issue with the agenda and from california to new york and us students step up with pro palestinian protests on college campuses. hundreds have been arrested. the

inquiry, richardson, thank you so much for joining us. us president joe biden has signed a bill into law authorizing billions of dollars and military aid for ukraine. a day earlier, lawmakers gave the final green light to the $61000000000.00 package and being a month long stand off in congress bite and says supplies will be on their way soon to i'm making sure the shipment start right away. the next few hours really be 2 hours from equipment to ukraine, for air defense, munitions for artillery, rocket systems and armor vehicles. now this package is literally invest not only a new brand new credit, but in your,

in our own secure. that us aid package can come soon enough for the people of ukraine. hundreds of thousands has been called up to fight since russia launched its invasion over 2 years ago. and many have not returned from the front line dw, spoke to a mother whose family has paid a high price. natalia said nick had 3 sons when russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. this is my son, my youngest son or last summer, natalia buried her youngest or lexie. he served in some of the bloodiest bottles of the will. lower to my level. my youngest was, installer died after solid. he was in boss moved up to box, moved to his in house on the phone. he didn't see the fence he was near underneath can has on your thumb. there's a country village called antonia of sca when he was killed there. over the day

of alexys death, natalia tried to convince him to leave the army. she feared he'd shared the same fight to the eldest son. so he had just been reported missing. middle son, audrey is also listed as missing natania hopes. the oldest sons are allied, but that's be no confirmation. she likes to remember them as they appear in these photos for me. specialists and this is my of the sunset. he this is my andrea. sure . this is all you will say we're happy with my boys can do everything. what are your cooking and baking from sidney or what do you but they grew up well and that's what they grew up together. i have boys to read law schools and the 203 of them graduated from music school. when the, when children will defend the school. the super controller natalia is supported by her daughters in new orlando and or last year they called her mother to send the voice. but i am supposed to live with we tried to call whenever possible to ask her . mom is doing the places that she comes to us since with her grandchildren. my

mother is also retired, but it says no one. you only have one more to go 3 s month to come. and she doesnt, since that husbands disappeared, orlando, unless yeah, are in constant contacts, trying to find out what happened to them on the run. it just doesn't seem to have the best. i want to use this any official confirmation or less. yeah. and i wrote letters together to the security service of ukraine. elizabeth, now we constantly received the same on so that the russian side does not provide any information. there is no confirmation of any kind of watching the market. natalia says the lack of information is unbearable, but she hasn't lost hope that she'll one day be able to help her sons again. vehicle school the clock can i say honestly, i tried to smile and not show my emotions over. i take few or walk so that no one asks what's going on. if they do my head starts to her as and i run away. i don't want to be seen to push them in

a bunch of rushes. invasion of ukraine is also set to be a major topic as us secretary of state. and to me, blinking holes talks and china tensions between the 2 superpowers are rising. washington has accused beijing of helping mosque as war effort and ukraine, which china denies president. she's in pinging, vladimir putin, however, have previously said they have a relationship without limits how to put limits on a relationship without limits on his for the emission to beijing. you a secretary of state, anthony blink, and we'll hope to put some distance between russia and china. pushing back on china's role in russia's war machine will be a top priority. china continues to provide materials to support russians defense, industrial base. and all of this is fueling pollutants, warm machine, etc,

attacks ukrainians and threatens european security. the relations between the worlds to top global rivals have been 10 since early last year, after chinese by balloon float across us territory. and fresh disputes relating to silver will tie one, emerged since then, the thought a little shooting, being held face to face talks with he was president joe biden in san francisco last november. but the wants has kept pressure on vision, sanctioning chinese firms that ship products to russia. the real estate department says china is supporting russia's war machine by supplying machine tools computer chips. optics, drones, and cruise missiles technology. micro chips are crucial and filling the gaps in the russian war effort. russia semiconductor imports from china jump from 200000000 in 2021, to over 500000000 in 2022. as the war drags on, rushes, growing. economic and diplomatic isolation has made it increasingly reliant on china, its former rival for leadership of the communist bloc during the cold war,

china appears to hold the upper hand and the relationship. washington warns it will hold being responsible if must go makes gains and you frame china has shrugged off the criticism. don't tell you what china has always controlled the export of jew use items in accordance with laws and regulations. relevant country should not smear and attack what's her normal state to state relations between china and russia. we've tensions ratcheted up again last week after joe biden called for a hired terrace on chinese steel and aluminum. lincoln will have his work cut out for him. where we daniels as managing director of the us think tank the asia society policy institute. i asked her how blinking can expect to be received in china as well. i think that both of us in china are in incredibly tight political environments right now. you've just run a very moving piece without the war and ukraine, which is an issue that the us in china has the differences on. so i think that

blinking will have a standard diplomatic welcome, a cordial welcome, but certainly there are a lot of issues to address of the us china relationship that will require some very candid and uncomfortable conversations. and i think secretary blinking is as well toys to continue those conversations. let's talk a little bit more about that ukraine issue, which as you've said, will be a little behind on the agenda last week and blinking suggested that beijing is essentially playing a double game here. one thing, good relations with europe while also supporting russia is his assessments a fair one, do you think of or literally, i think the chinese economic and strategic priorities lend themselves to these types of policy contradictions. on one hand, china does need the european market as an export for export market for its goods. on the other hand,

it has an equally to itself important economic relationship with russia, which is becoming an increasingly vital part of china's energy security. but also it's food security, as it seeks to further development between china and russia on you know, green trade. so i think that beyond that, strategically, china, while it understands the intense international concern and approbation impressions, violation of ukraine sovereignty also sees, is very sympathetic to the russian view. that it's been provoked by an expanding alliance network. and when china looks at its own periphery and its neighbors and sees so many u. s. allies and partners trying to balance its economic and military power in the region, it one's itself toward supporting russia. so you can see how all of these different strategic priorities do create contradictions and policy. and that's exactly why

these visits, such as the one by secretary of state blinking are so important. it's about, you know, influencing that balance of interest, of ways that are favorable to peace and stability, not just in europe at all over the world. so what kind of influence do you think it is realistic that blinking could have here, given those interest and chinese world view that you've just described? i think it's going to be a challenge for sure. i think part of the understated value of these types of visits is that it does give each policy community and opportunity to kind of reassess its interest in regards to that balance. that bigger strategic balance. and that type of action forcing mechanism or conversation for a student mechanism that makes each policy community really sit down and say, you know, do our policy assumptions work for the time that we're in, can be slow moving as a needle over time. i think right now and us,

china relations, things are so tens um and particularly, you know, china is a very strong opposition to us. support for timeline does block opportunities to cooperate or to rethink those strategic priorities? red, large. but it doesn't mean that they're not important opportunities to gather information and again to consolidate each country's own thinking on what it needs from the other side that tell us a little bit more about that is of course the relationship with russian not the only controversial points you've hinted at the taiwan question, the us congress has just approved a new aid package for taiwan, which includes arm support for the island. how do you think that is going to play out and talks with a blanket in china? as i think is one of the most sensitive issues for the chinese and really reflective of differences in how to approach the taiwan issue. you know, the, a package that was packed that was passed is relatively flexible. so i think that

some explanation might be useful for secretary blinking to give on how that aid package will be inactive if, if that comes up in conversation, i think that would be helpful. um, but i think overall, you know, there remains a sense in the u. s. policy community. and i believe in the us government, that the best option for peace and stability in the taiwan street is for the us and its allies and partners to help balance china's military power. and particularly it's course of power over time, one through these types of military 8 packages. so i think all of those issues will certainly be on the table. and i think china will give a very strong opinions against increasing us taiwan defense cooperation. and thank you so much for sharing your insights with us today that as well re daniels from the asian society policy institute. my pleasure. thank you.

hey, ukraine also top. the agenda talks in berlin between the german chancellor or la schultz. and the british prime minister refused to knock. it is the next 1st visit to germany since he took office 18 months ago. the 2 leaders also discussed plans to develop remote control artillery. due to these chief political editor, mckayla customer has this update on the tocs. this is really overseas through not the bridge department. it's a cool this inflection point. he called the ministry corporation between particularly germany and britain. the closest it has ever been. and the 1st for us is actually labeling. this is him returning to the world stage. he's just come from poland now speaking with the drum and so on. so it was quite clear that both on some more competition not to distill label themselves as the biggest supporter of ukraine without putting the other one in 2nd place within the european context. so

clearly at both, once again said that they would continue to back at the ukraine, and that is the us house of representatives on the senate passing. that's $61000000000.00 worth of support for ukraine. it didn't mean that the, you prove your opinions don't have to stand up and continue the support at this crucial moment in time. so quite clearly a despite that breaks that, but combined as need to part is a both as time and to send that signal. a strength and european continuity in backing up ukraine, which also breaks down into specific corporation of developing that remote control, how it so, but also when it comes to nitty gritty issues of doing procurement in the future. so at both trying to solve previously unsolvable is issues on defense over that very support doesn't count a customer there, we can take

a look now at some other world. new stories are also in that law signed by a bite in a provision forcing take talk to sell its us business or be banned from america, while makers passed the measure over concerns the platforms, chinese owner shared users information with the governments take talk, says the law is an attack on free speech and that it will launch a legal challenge. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez is considering standing down a court has opened on investigation into alleged corruption by his wife sanchez plans to give his decision on monday and has suspended public duties until that iranian medias. a popular wrapper has been sentenced to death on charges linked to the mass protest of the last 2 years. to march, slowly he publicly back the demonstrations triggered by the death of gena mazda. i mean, she died after being detained by a runs morales,

the police and to germany says it will resume funding the un agency for palestinian refugees. and it was one of several countries that halted support. when is real accuse multiple employees of joining a mazda is tara tax on october 7th. what an independent investigation said. israel had, in fact, those claims with evidence. he's rarely military says it has attacked dozens of hezbollah targets in southern lebanon, in retaliation for rockets fired over the border. it will release to this further saying it hit has below a weapons storage. and infrastructure is riley. defense minister says the group's leaders have paid a heavy price. a salt on me will tell you all to him. molly opperation of results are highly impressive. mean if i could definitely half of hezbollah commanders in southern lebanon who are eliminated him. these are people in charge of the offensive operation on the go up to harm the citizens of israel. they are now

either dead or some are hiding, or just having a band in southern lebanon onto the idea of intensive operation. they all should, it's all she and i said both in infancy now has but we'll have dismissed that statement as completely worthless. dw is rebecca rivers in jerusalem told me how the years really push is being seen there. i was making hold of an israel has been carrying out a sense of action in southern lebanon. now that something that you'll have along the defense minister he just heard from there had signaled some weeks ago that israel would also be moving to offensive action. not just defensive action. now we know that this being tit for tat tit for tat raw. the border cross border action since the 8th of october when his blood don't set. so those rockets in to northern israel, from southern lebanon, off following that have must terror attack on october 7. but we've seen now in the last 24 hours. the idea of saying it's hit some 40 targets. that's the latest

figure that we have the infrastructure and munitions targets loudly roll. so you'll have glancing as you just heard that 50 percent of hezbollah saw them come on, have also being wiped out, of course, impossible to verify those numbers from where i'm standing. but that is what they're saying. many analyst has been saying, and then he is right, is to saying that a direct conflict between israel and lebanon is more or less inevitable. but the same analyst saying that it's unlikely it will happen until the conflict that's happening in gaza will, the will that's happening in gaza is quote, all these are all finished. and certainly, you know, off to, you know, something looking like a rough or offensive, which is certainly wherever one's eyes are focused on now. so something in the know of, i should say, wouldn't happen until after then. so it's unlikely that what we're seeing now is any kind of escalation more, a continuation of the tit for tat that we have been saying over the last months. and iraq, i'd like to pick up right there with the war and causal. it's now been more than

200 days of war at this stage. is it clear what israel is? a plan has or what is have a really 100 percent clear? of course, we have been saying in recent days or more strikes and other site, a logic bombardments in the center and north of gauze. eye witnesses saying it's certainly some of the heaviest that they've witnessed. in recent times, what we've heard of evacuation orders for people in that northern region as well. but of course, oh, i really focused on this eminence rather offensive. it's what unless to saying is almost inevitable now. and we've been saying some reporting today from the access of web web media sites saying that 3 very senior officials are actually in egypt to discuss the potential rough or offensive day with officials. now, egypt has been very against any kind of offensive happening in roswell, because of the more than 1000000 people that other sheltering from other parts of

the gaza strip earlier today. we also heard from the israeli military to say that they are ready. we know that 2 battalions to reserve fatalities will cooled off and they've been training. i'm going to treat today saying that they're ready to carry out a raft or offensive, but they are just waiting for the political green lights. so that can some of the cation of where we think things are right benjamin netanyahu 2 weeks ago ago saying that there was a date set for the referent vision. since then, we had quite a bit of distraction with the iran counter attack. and then the as riley counts accounts are attacked. now all eyes back on this. what seems to be inevitable, rather offensive analyst saying though that it may not happen immediately because there is still a need to at least move some of the move a 1000000 people that are sheltering in rafa. so certainly looks, looks like that. that offensive is going to be carried out, but probably not in the next hours or even in the next days, or corresponded rebecca rivers in jerusalem. thank you. the columbia university in new york has extended the deadline for pro palestinian student protesters to clear

the campus by 48 hours. the university says students have agreed to dismantle a number of tents, police of warranty. they will clear the entire camp if the demonstrators failed to leave protests against the war in gaza, have spread to universities across the united states. several colleges have closed campuses and hundreds of students have been arrested as policy analyst, eliza show got how the current protest compare with the student movements we saw in the 19 sixty's. there been a ton of parallels drawn between this movement and 1968, which was a massive student dismissal here in the states and kind of abroad. i'm a millennial and it immediately actually reminds me of chicata parks and occupied wall street. and while that wasn't happening on college campuses, it spread to college campuses and it involved students, one of their huge, initial pushes was tackling student debt. so this is something that is

a long history of the youth and students using their voice is using our energy and using our spaces to protest where they feel like are important issues. there's also a lot of places where this differs from historic student protests. when we think of 68, we really think of students against the world pretty students against the higher ups . when we think of occupied wall street and to cottage and think about the average person against the millionaires in the millionaires. so what are we seeing today, and this student protests that makes it kind of similar to that strong history, as well as different on where it is and who they are protesting. and how much does this kind of activism put pressure on president joe biden over his administration support for as well? it definitely puts pressure on joe biden to communicate what that support is. i also think it puts pressure of the protesters to be really clear about what are

they looking for? are they looking for something from the positive side? are they looking at something just to statement from their university, and what does that statement say? his protests used to involve these fire. now the president biden has indicated recently and repeatedly he's calling for a ceasefire. so has the, has the gold coast moved? and how does joe biden reach them, where they are? how does he convey this is important, but this is not the only issue that is important in a selection. and also how do i tell you when i've reached some of your demands? what's where are you guys? where are we going to do together? how do we collaborate on addressing your real concern? well also, so every, so let's assume a little bit out to look at the impact here on us politics. obviously, big elections coming up in november. how much is the cause of war in general? having an effect on american voters? i think it's happening in america. i'm psyched out. american daughter. obviously we had young folks who are very fired up in certain um, identity groups say,

i'm sending it out. i'm just sick of what's happening. i feel like i have no voice . they are pulling back. and what is creating is their sense of turmoil with other kind of centrist folder, independent voters saying, i want enough of the drama. i just don't see why she vote at all. so foreign policy is never very rarely at the top of mind for americans. others they, but with their pocket books should be built on social issues. but i think what will create is a discord among democrats for time went by, absolutely needs them to be unified. so it could splinter the democrats. it could encourage other advocacy folks to just stay home and absolutely impact the election . and kind of these more tangential ways i shall go. thank you so much for sharing that analysis with us. we appreciate your time. thank you. turn into some other news now. torrential rain fall has caused a severe flooding and kenya,

thousands of people have been killed since the range began last month and the capital nairobi entire neighborhoods are under water. thousands have flipped their homes to seek shelter. the, the weeks of relentless downpours have caused misery and narrow b rescue teams have managed to move some residents to safety. me and my do doesn't arrive. and my brother, who on top of, on top of the getting my g. i'm from morning who did live in b. m. and the city's poor neighborhoods. high water had devastating effects. material used to build shelter, washed away by the floods. the people are suffering.

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story in from reliable news. so migraines, wherever they may be, the today us president joe biden signed off on a long delayed package of aid for ukraine, giving hope to groups on the front line, who are exhausted after more than 2 years of war that ukraine is missing and not just ammunition and weapons, but also personnel and ukraine's efforts to expand mobilization have proven to be controversial. i'm quite richardson in berlin and you are watching the day the .