the, the does it need to be news lines from berlin efforts intensifying for a ceasefire. d o in concept. after talks in egypt, us secretary, incidentally blinking says that washington is confident a deal between israel and come off is possible added the gap between the 2 are nearly also coming up the more in gaza and the board in ukraine. european union leaders meeting to decide what your can do about the boat. and the manual met kron showing off his guns. images of the french president working out for the punching bag. i've sent much of france into a frenzy. the

break off is good to have you with us on this thursday, us or jerry of state entity blanket has said that a ceasefire that the us is working on would be the best way to ensure humanitarian assistance gets to palestinians in garza lincoln who was in egypt for talks on thursday, so it is real, it needs to do more to help increase the flow of a signal. some hopes saying that he still believes that a ceasefire agreement is possible. like and says that the gaps are nearly between israel into mos over the deal. here's what blinking said after meeting with arrow before administrators. over the past several weeks. there's a clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate sustained cease fire with a release of hostages. that would create space to search more humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of many people and to build something more

enduring as the cease fire that we're working on would be the best most immediate way to enable us to search monitoring systems. but it's not the only way we agreed today, all of the ministers that we would get are experts together in the coming days to identify the urgent practical and concrete steps, the can, it should be taken to increase the flow of assistance for the secretary of states in cairo today for this latest round of ceasefire negotiations, how much success did he have? i want to talk about that with journalist cream. alcohol re who is in cairo. dream is good to see you again, what we just heard blinking talking there. how much, how close, or how far apart are we today to an immediate sustainable ceasefire? well, he said basically this is the main way forward. so he said also that, that they're getting closer and, but also if we think that the they're asked in other difficulties, i had,

i think one of the best indications that there is something on the paper this worst negotiating is the fact that to tomorrow. and that would be a big meeting in do on costa, and also with the head of it is really most of the intelligence service. so there seems to be enough to continue the bushes and sibling. it seems to be quite optimistic that if we move forward, we can also said that israel needs to do more with a deliveries to gaza. it seems that the us is now. i don't want to say on a full computation course with nothing yahoo, but it could be described that way. um and that pressure is building up. what would you say is behind this strategy? so he kitty said that there is more a coming into the last days, but he says it's by far not enough. and to, of course, that is a clear call to what's the is ready size to finally open the board has to really

get in massive amounts of age. i think i've got to sit behind it is really that the, we just try to spread that somebody's a go from their workforce program that is wanting of and the minute the famine in because of strep throat and immune and famine is like get this set to indicate this is a great modification, imo to conflict, something how many children for the security for tennessee creative, the gaza strip, which it blinks and also says in the press conference, it is 400 percent of the people because so i think the u. s. it doesn't want to be complicit any longer into the situation and why that's why they pressuring for more 8 to coming in. and it's an indication also that the negotiations been blinking. ready to is where it tomorrow would be quite tough if he wants to move forward. and yeah, how much leverage do you think the us has right now in trying to, you know, push is really in a certain direction. we know that nothing yahoo has said that there is no

alternative to a ground assault in rough a. well, that's a question eh, i mean tough, tough, poke tomorrow is really probably, we'd be not enough. it's a question. i mean, this clear words know and for more keywords by the u. s. site that, that needs to be more age coming in that to that would need to happen a ceasefire. and the question is, what's, what's, how is to us acting on this talk soon? the, i mean, we have, at the same time, we have all this talk, but at the same type of course, the biggest military assistance for that, that you all and discuss that will come some of the. so there's a lot of leverage. the u. s. has which you didn't use yet, and we are hearing from the office of benjamin at yahoo that on friday israels spite chief david or new york will travel to guitar to secure a gauze a ceasefire that would include a hostage release. when do you hear that cream?

would you say that this indicates that things are moving to that we are looking at possible progress? yes, absolutely. but the because we don't know the details, but we know so what the sticking points. i think the main sticking point is basically the, there's an agreement that's for 6 weeks ceasefire and for the release of 14 is a host interest in exchange for the 20 to so the 4th number of students from be to be released from is really presence. but there's a lot of sticking points, and then i think the main sticking point is that i'm also saying we're going to continue to release hostages in a 2nd phase. and that means also the soldiers. but we want to have parents who use for a permanent ceasefire and for the end of this war. and that is some think of course, very difficult to stomach for, and it's on you all because his announce objective in this war is the destruction

at all from us when she retired from the chief, that this case a journalist, camino vari, from cairo to night with the latest dream, thank you. you're welcome. we're here in europe. leaders from across the european union are meeting in brussels and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is higher on their agenda alongside the war and ukraine and plans to develop europe's defense capabilities. the leaders are also considering proposals to buy arguments for you crazy, using the proceeds from frozen russian assets and whether or not to open membership talks with positive. you have to go back to us secretary general antonio gutierrez . she was at the summit today to encourage more relief for the people in gaza. the you in says that a quarter of goss this population is starving. the use foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, has described the situation in gaza as being not a humanitarian crisis, but rather a failure of humanity. he said that the leaders meeting in brussels who

collectively form what's known as the european council will be calling for the release of as really hostages, as well as a ceasefire. that holds the content of course and much further supporting without asking for a sustainable ceasefire. so delete scales for, for the freedom of hostages. needless to say, condemned him a high mass at back, but showing a strong concern for the situation of the people in. gotcha, which is all next had certainly as well as the right to defend not to revenge not to revenge defense. i corresponded jack parrot. he is covering the summer forcing brussels. and we asked him whether joseph beretta is speaking for o. e u. heads of government. when he calls for a sustainable ceasefire as well, that is exactly what we're looking to see throughout the process of this summit,

whether the leaders will agree for the progress. and the last time we have any of the european union leaders agreeing on some sort of cool for a change in the situation of his rose military campaign in the gaza strip again. so how much the tire organization? they quoted fishing monetary impose is to live aided on dw team here, and brussels has been covering and listening to a lot of the briefings from a lot of the difference. the u. member states over the last few days and going into the summit, we understand that the language coming. i will say that the you will pool for immediate humanitarian pauses, leading to a sustainable ceasefire. 5 or 6 months ago. the idea of cooling for a cease fire was an absolute no go for the he usually does, especially germany, which didn't feel they could pull for that. but we do understand the, as the summit progresses, be, your leaders will be able to cool full that sustainable c spy. that, that language will get into the document that comes off of this summit. that

project parents, they're reporting from brussels. let's take a look down some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour. your grades capital has been hit by the largest russian here, striking recent weeks. the crating air force as it is, shut down all of the inbound missiles, but that 17 people were injured by the missiles falling to the ground. several buildings were also damaged. humans of who the rebels have told china and russia their ships can pass through the gulf of aidan and the red sea safely hurt. these have been attacked and vessels off the coast since november in solidarity with palestinians and garza, the us, germany and others have deployed their navies to protect shipping in the very important trade link as well. here is the french president's like you've probably never seen him before. these photos of a manual microphone have been met with a mixture of praise and ridicule. the moody black and white shots were posted on

instagram by the president's official photographer. some comments on social media suggests that they showed the french president getting ready to take on russian president vladimir putin. philips smart acc, she's a professor emeritus in political communication that the fontainebleau institute of political studies appear as though he says the photos have all the hallmarks of a french president trying to compete with a russian president. seems that that's the end of the amendment by coal wanting to address directly routine. then the one thing to show that he wants to be the lead off, i would say for you or if we would want to use these terms. and as you can see, he also wants to compete with him and to show that he has muscles. by the way, are they some criticism about the 1st feature? because some people say it's not, has been re touched. so he's not anymore on line. what what, what on the, what, what's been re touched professor? do we know the most of it seems,

i mean they pretend that they see she's really most of us, but it seems huh. is being read. that's not anymore on line on the if you sure websites of the same but the rifle. well, how is macro on addressing with these possibly, you know, touched up muscles or the, you know, the, those, the europe in the election in a few months and the image and my call has quite to low down in popularity. so he's trying to achieve something somewhere and it seems the only place where he can issue so is as we do for you. well, the reason for your, because a, at the moment to the security isn't up to going very well and false reform is not very strongly accepted. and so the, the economics is going down. so it's a way to improve capability. after you see things, professor, what would you say distinguishes the images we've seen of macro and from the images of letting me put those images that the world has seen the russian president. he

has a history of presenting himself as a nature loving, bare chested athlete, sitting on the horse inside period. indeed. but at the same time, you have to remember that the was a besser is ation or for the good communication. 2 days of the new scene in falls, we have seen the new stock was in a few a few years ago, the bicycling and the running with switching. and so in fact, uh let's, i would say you've gotten the leaders who want to go on that, but if you decided i would say and obviously uh when you want to go head against team when you try these things in a world where we talk about the metro section? well, we talked about feminist foreign policy, the male macho biceps bulging leader. is that anachronistic? is that political communication from the last century as well? i would say goes well from the pattern of but on political communication. but i

would say at the same time that the drugs and we do odds when you have the meet to move and being so strong, especially falls. no. uh, i would say a good part of the team business. he's no twos of the doing of being you need to buy the me to people. so we send it to us. and then you think there is a pattern here or can we predict what politician will try to show their motto side? i mean, here in germany, for example, many people could not imagine seeing similar photos from chance are all loc schultz, for example. i know, but you, you read a, i mean, it depends of the circumstances you. you can remember that functions trego was shown when they were the floods in dress and he was shown was he's a boots and so on into what i would tell you to see me to do is to me, to button it depends of the circumstances. yeah, yeah, well it makes you wonder how these politicians have time to,

to work out to get those muscles. phillips from arctic for the pressure in there and is of political communication because we appreciate your time today. thank you . thank you very much. i or i'll be back at the top of the hour with mobile dues followed by the day i can coordinate the can you see is what old car tires have to do with the production? here's a hands on the really indeed much. now on youtube, the votes people have to say mercy is to.