the, the, this is the, the news coming to line from berlin. a key moment in brussels and the debates over a to ukraine. ukraine is desperate for help on the battlefield and for rebuilding european youth. and for rebuilding, european union leaders came to work through the politics of a massive paid package today. also coming up, social media bosses base, a grilling by us. lawmakers, senators accused the heads of facebook and other companies of not doing enough to protect children, palm lines. the

hello and terry martin. thanks for joining us. your opinion leaders are meeting today to decide tens of billions of bureaus in new aid for ukraine. use support has been crucial for keep as it fights against russia's full scale invasion, a war on least by moscow. 2 years ago. ukraine is a former soviet republic that now wants to join the u. n. to the nato defense alliance. but it's seen recent financial commitments from brussels and from the united states blocked in political battles. here's the look of how you countries have helped ukraine today. since russia's invasion, ukraine has needed billions of stimulus, and e u countries have committed their support by luxury and through the blocks institutions. the economist at the keel institute has been tracking a promise to ukraine by his allies since the start of the war, military aid,

the weapons, and ammunition needed to fight the russian army accounts for a significant proportion of the assistance. here, germany is ukraine's biggest dona in the u, with northern states, denmark benevolence, and sweet and trading behind with single digit billions. but it is worth noticing that small i. e. u. member states have made bigger commitments to ukraine relative to the size of their economies by share of g d. p. eastern european countries like lithuania, lexia, eddystone. yep. have pledged the most to ukraine up to as much as one percent of their g d p. while the us as ministry support ukraine exceeds that of the e u by almost 10000000000 zeros european union countries, all ukraine's biggest bonus if you account for o 8 commitments. so in terms of the total bilateral commitments to ukraine,

the european member states and the institutions passes february 24th, committed a total of a $133000000000.00 euros, which is a quite significant amount. and just for comparison of the next largest owner, would perhaps be the united states, which has committed a total of $71000000000.00. so that's almost twice the amount. and now this type of aid is obviously uh, 2nd reason to do many different uh, subcategories theres financials, humanitarian military components is committed under different types of programs. but in general, the european union member states and the institutions are really optics . donors overall that critics say the ministry support has not always been delivered on time costing ukraine on the battlefield. trends shows that new financial commitments have been decreasing, but

e. u officials insist they remain committed to ukraine. the bronx basis offered is a package amounting to 50 years to be disposed of the full yes and for more on joining now by the w as christine $11.00 who filed that report, christine, in countries say they are continuing to support ukraine. but as you point out, your report, new financial commitments are declining. why is the terry the hold up here in brussels is the hon gary and prime minister of its how old on who has used he's veto to block the slice is a package that has been designed for ukraine. mister o'brien is insisting that every yeah that this package will run it's, it's meant to run full for you is that there is a review process with the 2 powers. now that would essentially almost put in a calendar date for an annual fight over this, this, this, this package as we seem getting it through right now has been very difficult. so

that has been a major hold up. you basically have 26 of the other is willing to, to, to put this through to sign it and agree upon it. but of course, that you need unanimous agreement here in the european union and that single hold up from behind. gary and prime minister has basically delayed the process from brussels. now, ukraine's counter offensive against the invading russian forces didn't achieve much . has that contributed to a sense of war fatigue among ukraine's european partners? it's it's very, that's what he did a deal a blow to to the sort of morales. yeah, i mean, a lot was, was put on this contra offensive, but anyone speaking to the defense analysts would tell you that the ukraine's allies hadn't really done enough to, to, to give you credit the upper hand, a full full this, this contra offensive. and so to, to, to many people not being surprised at the outcome of that. but as i say here in

terms of political will 26 member states that is 26 of the 27. agreed upon this 50000000000 package that was proposed by the commission. so in that sense, there was still this resolution among the e. u. member states that we've got to stand firmly behind ukraine and perhaps even that faltering a comprehensive would have actually given mom momentum to that. but of course the hold up is behind gary and prime minister. now, there are ways for the european union to get this age to ukraine, but all of these ways are long and painful to give you a sense, for example, one would be to, to get around the united was a vote and a sort of take away hungry as folks and this, but that is very ugly. the other option is to maybe go for an option where you need qualified majority as opposed to united was fluid. but that is long and has to go through almost all of the other 26 parliaments before it can be approved. so you get the sense that of course,

if it comes down very much in today's summit and talks in brussels, will be about getting permits to victoria will bond on board. christine, thank you very much. that was the w, as christine lynn was in brussels. russia and ukraine have completed the prisoner swap that saw the release of $200.00 captives on each side. the deal was brokered by the united arab emirates. it comes just a week after a russian plane was shocked down close to the ukrainian border, reportedly carrying home dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war as the home at last dom i'm so making a loan a way to to call it. yeah, yes. yes. oh, daddy, it's me, you know, i've been exchange, you know, i'm in ukraine. i'm a live, you're everything okay with me up the quote. release

also on the other side of the border i'm very glad i want to dislike i don't i what? i've never had such feelings. this is our own land and home land or this is very good. this is the 5th to reason exchange between russia and ukraine. since last, oh, it's full scale invasion. well, it follows the deadly crush for russian military transport plane last week that according to moscow, was carrying ukrainian present as a full for another plan to exchange. russia blames ukraine for the attack. something keep neither consumes nor denies some fee if the incident could jeopardize the prison exchanges. but both russia and ukraine seem determined to continue with. it stopped the exchanges. we weren't stopped the exchanges. we have to get our guys back and i'm say 3 bathrooms. but when you proposed, we haven't forgotten about anyone. we are looking for each so name i am russia and

ukraine every 10, thousands of prisoners since this talk to the world in this latest exchange gifts, hopes the money to wait and to come home. let's take a quick look at a couple of other new stories making headlines today. humans who the rebels say they have attacked the us military ship and a merchant vessel in the red sea. the us navy said the cruise missile attack on its worship was intercepted without damage. the hoot, these have been attacking shipping in the area for months in solidarity with the palestinians in gaza. us secretary of state anthony blinking will return to the middle east this weekend for his 5th visit since the october 7th terrorist attacks on israel. the white house says the triple focus on post war efforts to rebuild and govern garza as well as boosting humanitarian aid to the territory. the world's

top techs egos have come up against the heated questioning by american lawmakers in washington, members of the set of judiciary committee, accuse social media giants like take talk. x. discord, snap and method of not doing enough to protect children and teens on their platforms. for that, that chief mark sucker burke who controls facebook and instagram, gave a public apology and announced new child protection measures that he also told new lawmakers that social media is on balance not harmful to young people's mental health that drew a heated exchange between dr. burke and republican center. josh holly, let's have a look. a said you mischaracterized 37 percent of teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on instagram. you knew about it. who did you fire center. this is why we're building all, what did you firewalls? a center that's. i don't think that that's who did you fire? i'm. i'm not gonna answer that. this is use this i or anybody. right?

you didn't take insignificant because it's appropriate to talk about it, but it's not a part of the decisions that and parents so you didn't take any action. you didn't take any action or didn't fire anybody. you haven't complicated. i think let me ask you this, let me ask you this. there's families of victims here today. have you apologize to the victims i what would you like to do so now? well, there, here you're on national television. would you like now to apologize to the victims who have been harm, but you're not showing the pictures? would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people? first. okay . the w has been, you mean over as group of was following those hearings in washington. i asked him

why mark so it could burg, was facing so much heat from us. lawmakers there is growing frustration also disappointment because the issue of online child safety is not new. and many i say that the companies on social media companies are not doing enough. and that's also what the senators is said today. there are 2 suckers of having, and i quote, a product that is killing people's hold a moment that we just saw her that was highly emotional, highly, also surprising when max talk about turned it to the audience, apologize to the family. that was definitely one of the most unusual parts of the hearing because there were 2 could hear them in the live stream. and parents were holding a pictures of, of kids that were also victims of abuse on the social media. so a moment definitely that we will remember for a long time, but the bigger question came directly afterwards. and when he was ask why the company and if you should be sued personally for that, not just the company, but he himself, he dodge the question. and also he dodge the question whether was

a suggestion of a senator to set up a victim's compensation fund. now it's one of the world's great unsolved aviation mysteries, the disappearance of pilot amelia earhart. during her round the world air boys in 1937, she'd hoped to become the 1st person to complete the 2nd navigation. now an american explorer thinks he may have located her plains wreckage in the middle of the pacific ocean. and the last drop of her magnificent amelia earhart sets off on her doomed flight around the globe. in 193700 miles up to housing item. she was reported missing. her disappearance over the pacific ocean has baffled aviation experts for decades. now a team of deep sea explorers believe they have found their hearts plane. they say these sooner images match the dimensions of her aircraft.

for months they scoured the ocean floor with a submersible, using clues from air hearts. final radio calls, the pilot and her navigator vanished after flying from popular new guinea to highland island in the central pacific. the suspected wreckage is located near the tiny us territory. it's believed earhart wanted to refuel there. the team is keeping the exact location of their discovery secret, hoping to add their names to the history books. i mean, she's america's favorite missing person, right. and you know, as long as she's missing, there's always gonna be somebody out there searching. and so if we're uh, if we can help bring close to the store and bring them to your home, we'd be super excited. but not everyone is onboard. one expert is skeptical about the accuracy of the sooner images and the location. still,

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