the, the, this is dw news coming to line from berlin. the pleasures long term backing for you crate. logging is lensky signs and security agreement with the block that europe says will last as long as it takes for ukraine to regain control of its territory. also coming off, donald trump prepares to go head to head with joe biden, in the 1st page of the us presidential election campaign. with many burgers say they're not keen on either a camera. the

hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. european union and ukraine have signed a security agreement. and ukraine's president belonged to me as a landscape sealed the deal with you leaders at the start of the summit in brussels . it's meant to assure support for ukraine in the future as it continues as battle against russia for presidents lensky. the summit marks the formal start to talks about ukraine itself, becoming an e. u member. or are brussels bureau. chief alexandra phenomena is following the summit. i asked her how important today's deal is for ukraine. it is very important for kids to have this deal with the european union presidency. lensky told us here that he's hoping that this agreement will advance peace and prosperity in europe. and it comes with big action points, including the promise by the european union to continue providing ukraine with

military and financial assistance with the promise to prosecute russian war crimes, to provide civilian health for ukraine to rebuild the country. once the war is over and all of that is coming with assurances that ukraine is on the right pause to was a membership in the european union. and zalinski told us here that this is what people leave new queen with full just on the battlefield. want to hear, so it is important, but in terms of we'll secuity guarantees. i would say it's much of that symbolic importance because of course, as you know that you opinion does not have an army of its own. and the foreign policy, it's still being decided in the european capitals. so you cannot compare this deal with to, for instance, the agreements that kid has signed when the u. s. bots, ukraine, in the past months, has been able to secure

a number of the secuity agreements with individual countries. let's have a closer look at that war rages in ukraine. 27 months after russia's invasion, ukraine's been running short of soldiers, munition, and money president for a lot of them is a landscape, been trying to fix that and generate commitments for support after the war is over, traveling relentlessly to sign security agreements. he's met with western leaders across europe in recent weeks. so landscape has signed 17 bilateral deals so far. germany agree to a 10 year security agreement, pledging equipment, including air defense muscles, as well as health rebuilding months of the conflict is over. france signed a similar 10 year deal, helping with training, sending jet fighters,

military vehicles and missiles, but also promising to help ukraine against future attacks and to reform its institutions in belgium is the landscape secured pledges for thousands of f. 16 fighters. this all came as ukraine's biggest backer of the us, also signed a 10 year deal guaranteeing military assistance. the deals with individual countries are meant not just to beef up ukraine's military, but also to strengthen cooperation. preparing the way for membership one day in nato and the you, the block and it's member countries have already provided support worth nearly $110000000000.00 since the war started of the for ukraine, the stakes couldn't be higher, no longer how long the war lasts. it will eventually need to rebuild it. shattered infrastructure and make sure it came to turbo tax in the future. alexandra, the you summit today is on going. we're expecting decisions from member states on

the european union's top jobs. the big jobs and the institutions. are there likely to be any surprises today? well, treat you and i, we have covered a lot of some, it's like this one and we know that everything is sealed and sure only when somebody like this one is over so they can be surprises. i mean we have to split the memory agreement on the top jobs, but there are readers, 1st and foremost the tell them prime minister, georgia maloney who are not very happy because they think they should have been consulted more ahead of this meeting at her party made gains in the european election, and she would like to have a bigger stay on the top jobs because all the hon given prime and, and stuff already said he is not happy either about what will they do when they sit at the table with other leaders to decide on that, and in addition,

we have to say that you don't need all the leaders to be on the same page. you just need 20 of them 20 countries to agree on at the top jobs. so i think it's likely that they will be in agreement, but we will know it when we see the press release or somebody coming out of the meeting and announcing that the suite of jobs has, has been agreed upon. as under. thank you. it was our brussels here chief, alexandra from the just few hours from now us present, joe biden, to set the faces predecessor donald trump. in the 1st television debate ahead of this year's presidential election. it has traditionally been seen as the beginning of the real race for the white house, but many voters say they are not excited about either candidate i. i just wish that we had the better candidates i'm. i just think they're both not fit to run in office. we were built on diversity. it's

a crying shame that this has come to. this is really the 4th time the joe biden and donald trump need to the presidential debate. typically, this verbal battle for the favor of motors has done this a highlight in the component this time, there's a noticeable, flat crystal excitement. this, of course, has a lot to do with the age of the 2 candidates. we've just heard that most americans, one, someone younger to late that countries someone they believe is capable of finding solutions for the significant challenges we face to many public appearances. neither presses inviting nor former president trump seem to have the energy nor mental fitness that voters are looking for in normal election years. the vendor is determined by their ability to convincingly sell their political agenda this year. people seem to be more focus on who will make the most mistakes and provide better

fodder for engine. that means i think uh trump's gonna go on the attack on bite. and i think he's gonna hit him on a lot of lot of key things. i think biden's probably gonna be in the defense a lot. i hope it's substantial, but they actually discuss the real issues from an international perspective. we look closely observe their stance on china, us commitment to nato, and of course, support for ukraine. however, many americans may not even watch this 1st debate. i don't really know how meaningful it would be. but you know, people who've been asking for us and so we're going to do it and they should do it . i'm not gonna watch it because what, why, right? to big grown man yelling at each other. you know, one's racist. you know, the other one's a little too old. i'm not planning to watch it. uh, i've seen videos and both can it's talking and both of them make me pretty sad to have the biggest challenge for both candidates. and the coming months will be to,

in the age, the double hater, as those who dislike both candidates and encourage them to vote in their favor rather than up staying out of sheer frustration. well, i got, i got to say to people got a vote. they just got a vote, you know, is the who, who, who do you think is the best person for the cartridge board? this i'm joined now by dw washington bureau chief in is a poll who fulfilled that report is. this is a major movement in the election campaign. what's on the line in this debate tonight? a date. it's really a huge moment because this debate tonight will set the tone for the months leading up to election day on november 5th. many people, as we just heard a really not thrilled about either a candidate donald trump, i think has

a good chance of kind of winning the debate if you can avoid being too aggressive because that has haunted him in previous debates. and joe biden, the sitting president, needs to appear strong in the wake of his probably pro is that the expectations are so low. so if it just performs ok, that actually could earn him some points. the major issue for voters actually will be if they believe that either candidate is fits for another 4 years because that's it stay right. they don't just have to be fit on november 5th or january when they got in all the rated. but that's another 4 year a time, so it will be really challenging to set the tone for each of them to really excite their, a possible lotus, to go out out and vote. so suitability for our office is clearly a huge issue. a portion though is also an issue in this election. there was

a supreme court ruling on it today. tell us about that in this right. so rep for doctors rights has become a top issue in the election ever since a row versus white roads, overturn that? since some, some 2 years ago, a that was kind of a nation wide protection of the right for abortion. and that opened the chance for conservative lets states to come up with their own abortion loss. and many, in many states, abortion law is basically banned in bed force as women to seek abortion abortions. in other states, however, the supreme court just dismissed a case about emergency abortions in idaho, idaho. and this is temporarily allowing women in this stage to receive an abortion abortion when their health is at risk. but it's important to know that this is not

a final decision, as the case has just been sent back to law accord. so i'm sure that abortion bill play a major role in tonight's debate as well. and i understand that we're waiting a further ruling from the supreme court. a blockbuster decision i'm told. what is the dns there's a couple of blog posts as best of decisions still out there the most. the most important one is definitely question. if a president, a former president, donald trump, would be in june for everything, everything he did during his presidency, that's a major case. we are waiting for it to be ruled on then the other question, it's all connected to the storming off the capital on january 6. and the question is, what happens to those who storm the building and how, how they can be hold accountable. so these are 2 major rulings. we still waiting

for to be published maybe tomorrow, maybe in the beginning of next week. you know, thank you very much for bringing us up to date there. that was our washington real tree is pull the quick look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. today. fire crews are struggling to contain places and brazil's punch and all westland experts have counted more than $3005.00 sense the start of the year. it's believe they are being caused by severe heat and drought linked to climate change and by farmers trying to clear land. at least 11 people have been killed into poll after monsoon rein triggered flooding and land slides. the lightning strikes killed another 9 people, the mud and water swept away, houses, blocked roads. experts say climate change and the construction of new roads has made the rainy season more dangerous than ever. a turkish football fan, celebrated after their teams dramatic to one victory over the check republic, securing their spot. in the knockout stages of the euro,

2024 championship the those scenes are not in is to move. they were in berlin capital with the host nation, germany, and home to the largest circus community outside of turkey itself. sports commentators have suggested the tournament has to home teams have with both turkey and germany playing well so far there's been twice as much celebrate. well, the stakes are now even higher as the euro's enter, the knock out stage, the teams are taking a break for the next 2 days, but we'll be back in action over the weekend. let's take a look at the upcoming games in the last 16 on saturdays, which one take on italy and germany faced denmark on sunday, england will pay slip, dock, you and spain lineup against georgia on monday, spain rather france are in action against belgium and portugal square off against libya, then on tuesday, romania take on another one said austria play turkey as you're watching the dw nose

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