the, the, this is the, the news coming to line from berlin. disruption of airports across germany, a security worker strikes, hundreds of thousands of passengers are affected by flight, cancellations, or delays in frankfurt, berlin, hamburg, and 8 other major air. it's also coming up ukraine is desperate for help on the battlefield. and for rebuilding today, european union leaders will debate a massive aid package that could lead billions of a floating to plus tensions of the top with ukraine's armed forces reports

a presence lensky wants to fire. his lead commander for the general refuses to go the law. i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. airport security stuff. we're on strike in germany today, forcing airlines to cancel or delay over a 1000 flights in and out of 11 of the countries. major airports, including berlin and frank for the val, are the union called for their members to down tools for 24 hours and til tonight, after their demands for better pay and benefits for some 25000 and security stuff stole around. $200000.00 passengers are expected to be effected by the strong dw is christy plats and is standing by for us. germany's most important airport in frankfort, christine,

how is this strike affecting air travel of the yeah, good morning, terry. well, just a moment ago we heard someone yelling profanities throughout the hall here. so in terms of how it's affecting passengers, they seemed quite frustrated and unhappy when i got here on terms of what i saw was, uh, maybe you can see it on the board behind me, dozens of canceled flights, all of lift. kansas counters have been turned into re booking counters. there was a airport wide announcement saying that due to the strike, no one can go through security. you cannot get on your flights. there are some connecting flights that are so leaving, but passengers should expect delays there as well. so yeah, you said jeremy's most important airport. it's very disruptive on the ground here today. so we're expecting hundreds of thousands of people to be affected by this. what do the security staff want to achieve? christie? right. well, what verity is calling for is an hourly pay raise of $2.00 euros 80 along with

unimproved bonus scheme for the security workers. and basically what they're saying is that the offer that they've been currently has been put on the table is not meeting their demands in terms of the amount of money they're looking for. and this is very important for them because inflation, which is something that we know has been biting all of us for the last year or 2 uh, has really been biting into the pockets of these workers as we see by the disruption caused by their strike. these are clearly very essential to air travel and the body and these workers are calling for what they see is wages that better reflect how important they are to the functioning of the airport and to air travel . a disruption like this. christy can have an impact on the ripples throughout the world can weeks. what can we expect on the coming days? right,

well the strike well and tomorrow morning. um but the and they are expect to go back to the negotiation table next week. but as anyone who's been following some of the news out of the, you're out of germany in the last few weeks, know if you've been following the train strikes here as well. is that if negotiations do not make progress. uh, there can be more strikes ahead. um, so we'll have to see what happens with these negotiations. and if this is something that could happen again, we also know that more strikes are coming in other areas of germany as well. are expecting a local public transportation strikes also to take place starting tomorrow and various uh, cities around the country as well. um, so you're talking about the ripple effect around around the world. we're also seeing in germany right now, a ripple effect in terms of labor here, people calling for and improve wages, improve working conditions. and there does seem to be something of a trend occurring in, in the area of labor here in germany right now. christy, thank you. very much that was kristie plants and from the w business.

let's catch up on a few other stories making headlines. the humans who the rebels say they have attacked the us military ship and a merchant vessel in the red c. u. s. navy said the cruise missile attack on this warship was intercepted without damage. the who these have been attacking shipping in the area for months in solidarity with the palestinians and gone. so c, u. s. secretary of state anthony blake and will return to the middle east. this weekend for his 5th visit since the october 7th terrace attacks against israel. the white house says the triple focus on post 4 efforts to rebuild and govern garza as well as boosting humanitarian aid to the territory. protesting farmers have driven their tractors into brussels. as you leaders meet for a summit in the city. small farmers have been demonstrating across europe, overburdened some your offices and following prices. you spend tens of billions of

bureaus on agricultural subsidies, but most goes to the biggest producers. european union leaders are meeting today to decide tens of billions of bureaus in new aid for ukraine. use support has been crucial for keith as it fights against russia is full scale invasion, a war on least by moscow. 2 years ago. you crane is a former soviet republics and now wants to join the ear and nato and nato defense alliance. but it's seen recent financial commitments from brussels and from the united states blocked in political battles. there's a look at how you countries have helped ukraine to date. since russia's invasion, ukraine has needed billions of years. and e countries have committed their support by electricity. and through the blocks institutions, economists at the keel institute have 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. yes, germany is ukraine's biggest bona in the you 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 active 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 brock's latest offering

is a package amounting to 50 years to be disposed of the full years or dw corresponded christine lynn. while i filed the report for us, i asked her why i knew you financial commitments for ukraine have been declining despite a pledge to continue support. terry, the hold up here in brussels is the hon gary and prime minister of it's the old man who has used he's vito 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 to a power is now that would essentially almost put in a candidate for an annual fight over this, this this, this package as we've seen 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, 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? or sorry, that's what he did a deal, a blue ad to to the sort of morales. yeah, i mean, a lot was, was put on this contra offensive, but anyone speaking to defense analysts would tell you that the ukraine's allies hadn't really done enough to, to, to give you credit and 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 member states that we've got to stand firmly behind you claim. and perhaps even that faltering a comprehensive would have actually given mon 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 as a vote and, and 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 you and animals food. 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 pregnant as to victor. hold on on board,

christine. thank you very much. that was the w, as christine luna, in brussels of russia and ukraine, have completed the prisoner swap, the saw, the release of $200.00 captains on each side. the deal was brokered by the united arab emirates. it comes just a week after a russian plane was shot down close to the ukrainian border, reportedly carrying home dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war to our home. at last the i'm i'm so making alone a way to to call it. yeah, yes. yes. oh, daddy, it's me. yeah. 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 board to the i'm very glad i want to dislike. i don't know, i what,

i've never had such feelings. this is our own land and home landlord. this is very good. this is the 55th prison 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 keith 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. when you proposed, we haven't forgotten about anyone. we are looking for each so name i am of russia and ukraine. harrington's thousands of prisoners since the start of the war being

the slightest exchange gifts, hoped the money to wait and to come home about tensions appeared to be deepening between ukrainian president below the miss lensky and his commander of the armed forces. media report, se zalinski wants his popular general very loose need to step down, but the general has refused. his departure would be the biggest shakeup of ukraine's military leadership since the russian invasion, the president, and his general and the show of unit the last summer, inspecting newly delivered anti missile systems, presenting a united front. but as the war dragged on and the much anticipated counter offensive against the russian invaders failed to turn the tide tensions emerged at the end of the year. so last he said that the army had presented a plan to him,

to mobilize up to $500000.00 more troops. that is politically risky, even though soldiers at the front line have been on duty for a months or even years without a break. opinions and ukraine are mixed. we should activate any of our capabilities and resources. my husband has been out for since february 28. and my son in laws up more, i see very large number of examples of people sacrificing themselves to go to war. following the call of the heart of mobilization is something that brings neither health nor joy to anyone. only wor, lansky has cast himself as the president, fighting and unpopular move but general's allusion. a has refused to take the full for the unpopular mobilization proposals,

and the ukrainian parliament has refused to debate measures to increase troop levels. living much needed fresh troops missing on the front lines and elections that were originally set to be held. this spring has been suspended under martial law, but ukrainian media outlet. the key of independence says that in private opinion, polls lose me would run a close 2nd to the landscape in a presidential match up. all of which adds to the atmosphere of intrigue in the halls of power in keys. one hour joined our correspondent, nit conway in. keep nick, why is this conflict between zalinski and his top general coming to a head now? i think terry, we've knows quite some times that the relationship between those talk to think is illusion. and zaleski haven't been great. i think now as mentioned the report that issue mobilization is coming to a head. this is really a situation where you have parents in ukraine worried about that sons in the late

teens, early twenties being pulled up. they previously haven't been cooled up. basically, you have situation where most people who wants to fight and have metrics periods have already gone. spite, so now ukraine is having to look people with no experience and who potentially the want to go. and we've seen that says that there's need, someone who is able to communicate effectively doesn't speak a lot. but when he does give it to use like the economist in november, it really has a lot of weights and gets a lot of attention. that's not something that the presidential office seems very keen on and even those illusion he was an, a, someone that's the lensky had hired pretty well. the system one that he brought into this top leadership position. he is not someone who is that easily biddable and is manageable as other savanski appointees. so this is really an issue for them and something that is pretty extraordinary. that it seems that since basically any months ago, and the government here has been doing unofficial polling to see about it. so

there's nice popularity. this is someone who has never said that he wants to run for office has no obvious political ambitions, but seemingly, he's all sorts, he's such and you can install it to that they all worried about his justice, if so loosely, is removed from his post. if he steps back, what repercussions could that have? nick? i think it's 2 fold. on the one hand, it's about to trust here in the ukraine. basically, since the beginning of this rule, political differences have been for the most part left decide. you don't have the opposition in parliament challenging the government about the big questions of how this war is full as being this basically unspoken to do about those kinds of conflict and is illusion the while he's not opposite, still political figure, yet at least there is someone who you get the sense is that let's keep team sees as close to the previous administration of portion co. um, so there's

a real worry here that if this kind of conflict does escalate, that you'll have people. we're also in sales visit with me fighting a few. you have the leadership of the government and the army and engage in that kind of biking. so that could really, really be a blow to morale on the front lines, but also hit back and key of another place is behind different lines. and more internationally, ukraine now is desperate for more instructional aide. that kind of consistency in having the same people in come on roles, being able to talk to ministry leadership in europe and north america is also crucial for ukraine's get what it needs. and i think there's going to be real worried that if this kind of internal power struggle becomes too obvious and to pronounce that actually the willingness in the west to support ukraine might where you take a significant hit stick. thank you very much. as always, our correspondent nick connelly there in the creating capital key it, let's look at a few other stories now. police in argentina have used to tear gas to disperse protestors and the capital one is iris. i mean anger over president, how the malays controversial reform plans. demonstrators clashed with police in

front of the congress where the reform bill is being debated. the legislation proposes massive changes to economic and political life. while the international monetary fund has approved $4700000000.00 for origin, tina praising the new administration of president tom the malay as eve enact massive spending cuts. you see the i m f says the money is meant to support happens to restore macro economic stability. germany's former domestic intelligence chief is now being monitored by the same agency. he wants less skilled mouse and is suspected of being a bar, right extremist. he was dismissed from his role in 2018 for appearing to down play violence against migrants. the recently announced he would launch a new political party here for zone in the us at least 3 people have been killed after a building collapsed in boise,

idaho. several others were injured in the incident at the cities airport workers were constructing a new hang or for private jet company. when the structure collapsed worlds top tech ceos have come up against heated questioning by american lawmakers in washington, members of the center judiciary committee accused social media giants like talk. yeah, ex, the risk chord, snap and meta. i'm not doing enough to protect children and teens on their platform or wrap up method, chief lark, soccer bird who controls facebook and instagram, gave a public apology, and announced new trial protection measures. he also family told all makers that social media is on balance, not harmful to young people's mental health. that drew a heated exchange between dr. burke and republican senator josh holly and sort of look, as i said, you mischaracterized 37 percent of the teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on instagram if you knew about it. who did you buy or senator?

this is why we're building or did you firewalls center that's i don't think that that's who did you fired? i'm not gonna answer that. this is i or anybody. right? you didn't take any significant 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 compensated thing. all right, let me ask you this, let me ask you this. there's families of victims here today. have you apologize to the victims i or would you like to do so now? well, they're 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

. nobody's been you me, no risk group. i was following those hearings in washington. we asked him wides mark, soccer bird was facing so much heat from us. lawmakers there is growing frustration and 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. so the moment that we just saw her that was highly emotional, highly, also surprising when max setup a ton it to the audience, apologize to the family. that was definitely the 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 dosh the question whether was a suggestion of the senator to set up a victims compensation fund. as the tardies in the cattle in region of northern spain are expected to declare a water emergency today some 6000000 people will face tight restrictions on their use of the tops as a historic drought shows no sign of abating. after being submerged for more than 60 years, this medieval church reappeared. it is now a symbol of 3 years of drought. that's how far to catalonia, the lack of rain has got reservoirs. the record of the 11th. the drought is that we didn't across the region. this gate resorts open this window or how fleet those know on the slopes. can we create a very critical situation?

we can be very critical because if there is no snow window, if it doesn't rain and there is no at all the reservoirs instead of growing, get smaller and smaller, go to so under look in the campaign to reduce border waste started months ago, the government explain how critical the situation has to become the, the president, it measures triggered when what the reserves dropped below the 16 percent threshold . the new measures will affect citizens and businesses swimming pools, including those used by hotels and come grounds cannot be refilled. only sports centers kind of repeal them if they produce their total amount of water consumption . many have already prepared for their restrictions. main misses on the showers, lowering the pressure in the showers, the duration of the show us how the hot water reaches the shower. so i'm going to

limit that time as much as possible in a few towns 40 defendant and wells that have been shut off for some bones. a father of 3 explains the headaches in both see montana, the imagine cleaning, washing clothes, cooking. no, you can't wash dishes, you can't wash clothes, and i'm not even going to stay washing machine. you can't even p because there's no water in while you've rainclouds don't show up water restrictions. we keep getting tighter. when many fewer things we get even worse the summer when you're watching dw news, just reminder of our top story. this our passengers at most of germany's busiest airport so are facing light, cancellations, and delays as security workers folded. 24 hour struck, at least 200000 customers will likely be effective as before, use demand,

better pay and benefits of next focus on europe goes to turkey a year after the devastating pers quick, there are many are still living in emergency shelters. stay with us for that and much more. i'm terry morrison. thanks for watching. the

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join us for an exciting exploration of everything in between moses a video and audio production 5 d w. i hope that you will tune in the hello and welcome to this week's focus on europe. great to have you with us. millions of people in turkey will forever re member of the catastrophe that happened last year, and event that changed their lives forever. in the early hours of february, 6th, a heavy earthquake devastated the southern part of the country. hundreds of thousands of houses and buildings were damaged or destroyed, but many people buried under the rubble.