clearly have the solutions, the future, the, the 77 percent, every weekend on dw, the, or if the us secretary state is right, is real, and a mazda are moving closer to a cease fire anthony blinking is circling. yeah. and on an elusive deal in his latest diplomatic mission to the middle east, egypt today, israel, tomorrow, it's a mission to move america's l. i. closure to president biden's position. freed the hostages by ending the fighting with no attack on or off of it's also a mission to negotiate what has become a maze of red lights. i broke off in berlin. this is the day the,

i think the, the, the gaps are narrowing. and i think and agreement is very much possible. we quoted for the release of post stages. and why does a game we called for an immediate cease by phone talk. we actually have a resolution that we support right now. that's before the united nations security council asking for the 1st time for the ceasefire. together with the 3, the 2 in the 4. we must destroy the remaining come off, but in rough we cannot support a major ground operation, military operation, and roughly also coming up at the core the, the engine of the european union has always been france and germany is there in the power. and this alliance mail to keep europe united and its response to russia's more against ukraine has been going. i've had to show that we are sending a very clear signal to putin here. he has miscalculated if he thinks we have

nothing in position to support your credit for as long as it's necessary. it's just which of our viewers watching on tv as in the united states, into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with the strongest push, yet by the us for a stop to the 5. the indulgence for the 1st time since the home of the terror attacks of october 7th, the u. s. is calling for an immediate cease fire. it's part of the resolution submitted to the un security council when it comes as us secretary of state, if the blinking is once again in the middle east and health talks on thursday with a junction president of the father of fcc us egypt. that guitar had been pushing for a ceasefire. now for weeks. meanwhile, in gaza there were airstrikes in the southern city of ruffled on thursday as these really army presses ahead with its military operation there. despite all this entity blinking says that the gaps between israel and to mos over

a ceasefire are near. we've been working as you know, with egypt, with gutter, and with israel to put a strong proposal on. the table from us responded to that goes here is continue to work. the gaps are narrow and, and we're continuing to push for an agreement in doha. there's still difficult work to get there, but i continue to believe as possible the united states is also put forward united nations security council resolution to support these efforts. and we hope that all countries will back that resolution will enjoyed it. now by is really you for an insecurity policy expert, you'll mercy. i know he's the ceo of the israel based the think tank mit fer me towards me tonight. fun telling me it's good to have you with this. um, this is the very 1st time that the united states is calling for an immediate cease fire. this is a major shift. how is the israeli government likely to be this or what i mean?

i think this we are focusing on the specific step is a pressure to on the is where the government, but i think that when we speak about the blinking, i called this was issue the me in these. so the media interview. well, mainly speaking about the attempt, they are or different might take action by the us to preserve it, then they should do it in the you and cancel it. i mean, the reports that russia is planning to offer a new, a new form. so when you called trying to keep the relationship between void individual and that level. but i also think in the timing place and the context of this, it's also show offering. so what do you mean by the us government to show what did you call those? that the american going on a line with this particular vision 20 step to describe or to outline a vision for the day after, especially lifting such as what some of these really covered. yeah, you're saying you're saying the united states and trying to create clarity about where it stands. we're getting clarity also from benjamin at yahoo. he argues that

there is no alternative plan. then to continue the attack on or off at the ultimately defeat from us. do you agree with that? what do you think it's, it's the question of what we define the define the goal. does he think so much that we are talking about immediately reaction that is meant to reduce its military power and gas. i think that was achieved in the last 5 months, but there's also limits to date, a really 3 extra things. if we think about modular marginalizing how much of the moment the 50 comes, it's not just the military, actually. it's mostly in mainly a political maneuver. and it's something that something you always go to meeting to discuss right now. some of these probably because it is government, any kind of plans for they often a political they often. and then obviously lives major becuz a for how much to actually 3. and one of the main examples that we see right now, and you mentioned that the issue, you mean, is there anything in the last couple of months we've seen that expression of

a me the you mean the theory and aging together. but looking, any alternative, any attempt to be the meanest, predict control, this will replace them buy these with the government. we see how homeless actually take over these 2 minutes or an 8 and sell it to the citizens. it basically piece of it to the fact of our underground. i want to stick with it and this, and you all here for just a moment. and in your opinion, how much pressure can the us exert on net and yahoo at this point. the disability seeing the change in the american policy, not so much regarding the support of these relevant discuss this a blank owns, but the we've seen a clear separation between a project single maintaining the rifle defense. so these really citizens and their version, i would even say from the policy. so this is really government, especially if you divide to being able to explain why swing quickly it actually loans with the evenings. so i think that when we all the closing date on the

election, we are talking about a certain level of support among the younger generation of the democratic party is swing states such as the michigan. and then there's also the domestic calculation. i think that we still see consistency in american, in american policy towards the war. but when we speak about the extension of the war, especially about russell, which is guaranteed to major, what is the issue and expression of these really military operations russell that was going to see those guess becoming more and more apparent. and without any is really ability to show any new initiative, the, the, get somebody to become much more meaningful in the relations between the contract you're using and say, what we're hearing from the us has to do with politics. this is a, an election year. if we were to take that out of the equation, if, if joe biden were not fighting for re election this coming november, do you think we would be seeing the united states right now calling for an immediate cease fire? i think it's just one structure, but i think the major issues,

i mean we can speak about disagreements between these when the us regarding brussel about the military. and i think the major issue here, regardless of domestic consideration is whether one of these really is planning go even waiting to discuss the next the strategy. i mean the acceptance or the understanding that the us to show before to the will go to the commercial could not continue governing, got to regaining the security situation a or to a allowing is released. all those things that we've seen as a saw, we're based on the user, the government to actually speak about a day off the door for initiative to speak about the return of the people to post, you know, 40 to speak about a in the, during the people how much that would be viable, it would allow it to you is still being stuck in an old way more to actually promoted a new 4 digit code, the read region, the next. and that's why coming back to your original meeting between region alexis and between blinking is about this, about signifying the need to be with the 2nd vision. so i think that we have not

informed me to use when a go. i was like, it smells about the liquidate, the ability to present it planned to the us, except if he's the, on the willingness to discuss any kind of plan or any kind of exit strategy at this moment. okay. yeah, that's right. the day after still the big question, give us a on there is really for an insecurity policy expert get. we appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. thank you. a. thank you very much. the leaders from across the european union are meeting thursday and friday and brussels high on the agenda. these humanitarian crisis and gaza. russia's war and ukraine and bulking up europe's own defense capabilities. and your leaders are also discussing the possibility of using frozen russian assets in europe to purchase weapons for ukraine. one plan calls for 90 percent of the seas cash to be channeled through the european piece facility to buy arms where you crate. the rest will be used to pay for recovery and reconstruction. a 190000000000 bureaus of russian

central bank securities in cash are held at financial services provider euro clear, which is located in belgium. western banks also whole billions of bureaus, pounds and dollars, and assets owned by companies and individuals who were subject to russian sanctions . with u. s. military aid for ukraine, the longer guarantee the pressure on europe to produce or buy and then send more weapons to ukraine. it's never been greater german transfer a lot shall to says he's confident that europe will deliver us get to a lot. yeah, this is 1st and foremost about organizing weapons deliveries. thoughts, do you have any, is at the betty forefront in this regard? altogether? we have to live it and commit to 2850 new orders so far in terms of weapons. that's a lot. but all you want to pay and states must make a good contribution. i see recognizable progress. the death of ross is

a research fellow at the derby council on foreign relations. he joins us tonight from paris is getting to see you again. how close or how far apart are berlin in paris? would you say when it comes to backing you crate as well? i would say that they are very close in terms of the objectives that both present my call on, on such shows because you, they want ukraine to when they want russia to lose. but they are very pop pods. so it's uh these past weeks and months on the strategy to pursue to, to, to get to this objective, be it on the ground troop discussion, a weapon deliveries. so uh that should, i mean it has been an objective at the vi ma, a meeting recently and should be an objective at the european summit today and tomorrow. yeah, the, the weimar meeting, of course, a meeting between france, germany and poland. beyond the politics. what about personalities?

how much is personal antipathy driving this split? i mean, is it true that sholtes and macro on really don't get along very well as well? i mean again i, i don't know either of them personally. so it's a speculative, but we certainly got a sense that that's no great deal of sympathy. i mean that that's been several meetings, including lots of toll by and home book with very symbolic images with uh, the 2 heads of state and government with the respective partners, enjoying the view of the home book a port. but it, it just didn't seem to work so far because every time that what they called about these meetings bringing the 2 together and in times of crises and every time the public big was concerned afterwards because of a contradict each other and public statements. so yes, i think that's, that's

a certain view of, of the difficulty to, to get, to get the, uh, on the personal level and find a working relationship. would you say that emanuel maryland is trying to play the, the role of a political or european leader? and that is something that germany simply will not accept as well. i think that's a present my call a certain needs. the feeling challenged by the chancellor who has announced the german he wants to take great all responsibility. and once he called me to the local palm middle europe. so a germany and an east of germany, a basically as a region, and it's a political field defense, a policy security policy that was traditionally dominated by friends or the british before breakfast in the context of the european csr. and so i think that's a present my cost, it's a challenge to a certain degree that's both john specials and present my call,

wanted to to position themselves as the leaders in defending ukraine. and that this is certainly one explanation for the current risk. yes. yeah. you know, here in germany, politics, it is usually about consensus, especially when we talk about defense. how much are these current german, french tensions driven by differences that were seen between the german chancellor and the conservative who were in opposition here. when he comes to supporting ukraine, or i think that's a way more important to be honest and the personal differences between a characters, between the coin shows, i think that's a tron specializes under great pressure domestically both by the opposition. the conservatives, as you said, but also from within this government condition. i mean, if you look at the liberals, the heads of the defense committee as talk to my mom is viciously attacking him. the heads of the europe upstairs committee, uh a green and blue sky towards detecting him. so that's

a great deal of pressure in public opinion, both internally and germany internationally on the time slot. and i don't think that my cause any a comparable press on the french debate. you know, if you, if you follow the political talks is here in germany there, there's this broad consensus that the manual macro and he's talking a lot. but delivering little do you think that is a view that is shared by the chancellor schultz as well? it might be, i mean it's, it's uh, speculating again, but it certainly didn't see very well in the chance to re, uh, my contents called points when he was attacking the john position as being 10 minutes of not wanting to, to provoke a rough uh with regards to the, the cruise ms. uh, the reason to tell was deliveries. uh, that certainly didn't help. and just as a reaction in the done debate,

and i would guess including in the chancery, that's a certain sense of my caught talking a lot, but not walking the talk and not delivering as much as from coach and should probably be due to its size within the your european context and you know, there is this uncertainty with a us presidential election coming up in november. i possible return and by donald trump to the white house is there frustration in paris with germany's apparent view that the military alliance with nato, the military alliance with washington, should always take precedence over european military projects. yes, absolutely, that's key points. i think not only to defense of foreign policy, but to present my call personally because he wants to leave this heritage in 2027 when he can't be elected anymore. he wants to leave this uh, european sovereignty. a sense that 0 can defend itself and twist minds. it's on

socialized as be trained this to certain degrees since germany has yes, invested maritally in defense, but has procured the american systems a mostly since the beginning of, of the one ukraine. so i think that's a major source of discontent here in service. yes. and i just want to ask you before we run out of time, but what do you make of these photos on social media of emmanuel macro and the the box or punching a punching bag here to your think these um, these images are aimed at as well. i mean 1st bricks and then i saw that you, you've been discussing this on the, on your program a makes you think of letting me put in, you know, writing on his halls and fishing and the inside periods the same. and the image of a strong man, you know, foot fighting is fight in, in europe and in international politics. i think it's mostly addressed to a domestic public. and since my cos struggling with regards to the european

elections, but um i, i wouldn't interpret too much into these, these photos and political communications right across from the german council on foreign relations. going to talk with you. we appreciate your analysis tonight. thank you. thank you. well, with no more cheap russian, oil and gas, the energy equation here in europe is being recalculated to include more nuclear power. european leaders are meeting in brussels this week of the nuclear energy summit. they're expected to call for europe's nuclear in industry to be rebuilt. following years of decline, nuclear power feel out of favor following japan speakers seem a nuclear disaster back in 2011 by commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and the need to find alternatives to russian, oil and gas. they both lead to a re think and how europe should produce energy. you commission president george live on the line and addressing somebody today with her pitch for more nuclear

power in europe in the wake of watches, invasion of ukraine. first of all, of course, to reach our klein, let's go, let us not forget that nuclear power worldwide is the 2nd largest source of low emission electricity after hydro power segment. of course, to safeguard our energy security countries look to reduce that dependence. unimportant fossil fuels and the 3rd reason is to ensure our competitiveness, nuclear power can provide a reliable anchor for electricity prices. refill rosie is director of the international atomic energy agency, dw is christy mcguire asked him about the importance of funding for nuclear energy projects. here in new or it's, it's one of the elements which are going to be needed. we have clearly a new international consensus on the need to have also new care energy as part of

the tools against the global warming and also for energy security. very important, in particular, in europe, any central and eastern europe. so when we look at more nuclear, we have to look at what is needed, what is lacking ad and quite clearly as you say, the sure finance is one of the most salient ones. some countries are less in need of that, but for many in europe, it is still a necessary to have elements that will facilitate adding more new care to their great gemini, europe's biggest economy is on the part of shutting down. or if it's new to him, how problems is that a mistake from where you stand and also is it too late for the germans to reverse that decision? now, when a schedule for an international organization of which germany is an important

partner, i would not characterize decisions taken freely by democratic direct government as a mistake or as, or, or as, as something. but i would say it's a fact we are dealing with with that fact actually, germany has been the only country that has proceeded with a complete face out. and we respect to respect that i'm talking about too late or, or not. i think it would be for the german people to the site, but late. no, it's never too late. i want to talk about the fuel needed for nuclear power plants, or their sustainable sort of moves to, to replace russia, which remains a crucial source of the supply. well, i, you know, we know what the, the, there are countries in western europe all should the net united states that are devoting the special specific efforts to try to reinforce and to develop

the nuclear fuel part of the, of the equation. so this is going to happen with sometime at the moment. we have a structure of the market, which yes, be nice is a special place, perhaps the majority of the market for, for the russian supplier. we see this from the perspective of the us a technical matter. we think it's possible to have more a suppliers which uh, not specifically refresh than or is you just to talk about ukraine. uh for the moment the new to pop. want in shop, reach. how confident are you that that situation will remain stable? and perhaps, what is your assessment of the danger and the risk with going forward? well, the risks are always there. we should never, never forget that this nuclear power plant is sitting at the front lines of the wall. so this means that anything can happen any moment. uh, that being said,

we have set out. i did it. so at the united nations security council last year, a number of basic things, basic principles that should be observed to avoid the worst. so far as it has been working. of course, there are moments they're happy and blackouts, which are also that you know, a very dangerous development there have been added and isolated episodes drones and some kinetic impacts which have not compromised the safety of the brand. but the, the other, the important thing is the engagement. this is why i was talking to president savanski just a few weeks ago. i also went to russia and met with bessie and letting me put, and i think it's important that they listen to the bye. don't for germany ended its reliance on nuclear power last year, but the german phase out hasn't been followed by an international transition to renewables that many here had hoped for. in fact,

22 countries now aimed to triple the amount of nuclear power germany used to have lots of nuclear power, but that came to an end in april 2023. when the country's last 3 nuclear power plants were taken offline, germany is now bidding on renewable energies, which account for about half the power supply. but it's not enough, especially during cold winters. when the temperature drops, germany has to import electricity, france as a different approach. you know, it's holly because we don't agree with that german friends on this issue today. and it's a real concern, i think would be a historical mistake to deprive ourselves of nuclear power. also slowed down investments in nuclear power, a nuclear innovation in europe. many other countries in europe also rely on nuclear power. in addition to france, there, spain, finland, sweden, and hungry. and some, and you countries are building new nuclear plants. that's because experts say

energy consumption will skyrocket in the coming years. not least due to the rise of artificial intelligence into all areas of life. a i, applications need a lot of electricity in for germany, this poses problems for climate protection. in addition to wind and solar energy, germany relies mainly on dirty coal and gas. these fossil fuels accounted for almost 40 percent of germany's power generation last year. if power consumption rises, emissions would soar. in december 22 countries, including 12 in use, states announced that they were planning a huge expansion of nuclear power by 2050 and triple the supply of energy from new well, the day continues on line to every member, whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody the,

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dw news line from the berlin. the european leaders call for an immediate pause in the fighting in gauze at the summit in brussels. leaders from all 27 team members and demand of the unconditional release of hostages, held by her boss. and they urged israel not to launch a major ground offensive in the garden city of rasa. also coming up the us secretary of state anthony blinking says negotiators are making good progress towards a ceasefire after thoughts in egypt. and then the blinking says that he's confident that a deal between is real and so much as possible. he says the gaps.