the, the, this, the dw news, why? but from berlin tonight, security promises from the european union for ukraine in brussels. the un ukraine's president bought them is a landscape, signed a security agreement today, a guarantee of european support, as long as it takes for ukraine to regain control of its territory. also coming up, donald trump repairs to go head to head with job. i mean the 1st debate of the us presidential election campaign, but many voters say they're not seen on either kansas. the

library golf is good to have you with this on this thursday. european union leaders are this evening meeting in brussels to decide who will take on the most important jobs in the you for the next 5 years. it's the 1st new summit since far right parties made games in europe and parliamentary elections a couple of weeks ago. and it began by sending a strong signal as leaders assigned a long term security agreement with ukraine. usually she a schultz and reports for the firm show of support from the european union to ukraine, the signing office security pack between the ukrainian president and do you need us to display you, spell it out from is to support you train for as long as it takes and as intensely as needed, they should give it to commitments. so i was admitting 30 the financial, the to a markets. the name particularly was the way of channeling the sources calling from

russia of frozen assets. will not them use the lensky joins the national head. so if you use states and governments and their summit to argue that everything is put to book immediately against russia's full scale invasion of this country, we will discuss today with the leaders, with lenders about our next task. and of course, the, the urgent things our defense, that is why and of course, all the packages, thanks to all the partners. what do we have signed the door accepted, but we need them urgently on the battlefield. earlier this week, the 27 country block announced 2400000000 euros in military ad for ukraine to be delivered by the end of the year. coming from the prophets of russian assets ceased in europe. talks on you train joining the you also officially got underway this week though the accession negotiations could take years or even decades to conclude

. but the lead us also preoccupied this big into and, and you questions like, who should lead the you institutions for the next 5 years? even before the summit got underway, a pre cooked deal was on the table for standing on the agreement. we've reached on a proposal, takes account of the fact that such a majority can also be signed with as of on the lion. as commission president with kind of color says hi, representative and within 10 year cost or is presidents of the or p and cancer. patients often not everyone's happy with that. yes. hi, gary environment is to victor all on italy's, georgia. maloney are the most critical voices very using fire right parties which make gains and the reason to repeat elections. i'm not representing this in the pick. the next step off to the lead us summit is for the european parliament to have it say in the coming weeks. so

a possible 2nd to him for was the last one. that line is this hot from a done deal with these jag, eric is following the summit for us in brussels. i asked him how much influence the far right leaders really have at the end of the day on who gets these important e u jobs. how about, you know, as much influence as they would like to have sat and they receive the italian prime minister, georgia maloney be quite unhappy and quite publicly expressive about how unhappy she is. that her hard, right grouping within the european political spectrum isn't going to get one of the top jobs. but the reality is, is that this sense risk coalition is going to form again in the european parliament . they are the ones that are going to be able to, besides be the top drugs all the way this was here with the 27 need, is it that you are being kind of so none of them get to veto this time, which will belong to you somebody somebody veto is the countries have to be on board. but when that dissing like these top jobs, it's done by

a majority vote. so even if georgia maloney goes against civil on the line, stephen is as we expect the hon gary in 5 minutes to victor. obama will also vote against they may choose to abstain, rather than against the bundle line can still get through and retain had jumped. the question is, what does that mean to have a european commission president who was not approved, especially via tele and the biggest economy in the european union. not to proving that the person is in charge of negotiating trade deals. for instance, we have, let's assume on the line that does get another term in office. i mean, what could we expect from her and from the commission for the next 5 years. so this is the play that the italians will try and make. we know that the on the line is planning. if she gets back in to set up a new unit within the european commission that will look at security and defense. and that unit is expected to be quite a big sort of cents, a piece of future commission for the next 5 years. i'm what c may do is have

a negotiation with the italian prime minister or of the dissenting voices to try and bring them in. and give them one of the powerful portfolios going forward. right. so that will be george miller needs play. see, we'll try and say listen, i'll let you in. if you give me something that i want within the power structures, because there's much more than just the top senior jobs as far as wanting to live, she will try to hold her green deal, which has been steadily chipped away by rights and unsolved right groups is progressed in the legislative sykes and i'm what she really wants is the ukraine's be a member of state. we know that that was a big thing, but what brought him is the lens dv ukrainian prize presidents. he's being here in brussels today as well. to go to you jack perry with the latest from brussels tonight. jack, thank you. here's a quick look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. authorities in bolivia are whitening their nets in the crack down after

a suspected military coup. arrest so far include the army general lead the flights and 70 more people. will it be as president, replace the army leadership and called on people to mobilize in support of the countries democracy? soldiers have now returned to the bear the us space agency. nasa has commissioned the long most companies space x to help and center rate, the international space station when it is taken out of operation in the year 2030 . the i ss it has been operated by nasa and the space agencies of canada, japan, russia, and europe is coming for about a quarter of a century. there are currently 9 people on board, the i ss, the approach for back here on earth. you, as president joe biden has landed in georgia for his 1st debate against donald trump in this election cycle. by then, his predecessor will go head to head cnn's headquarters without the presence of

a live studio audience. now the 2 men have not spoken to each other. either on the debate stage or in real life since the final debate between them ahead of the 2020 election. the presidential debate is traditionally been seen as the beginning of the real race for the white house, but maybe voters say that they wish that there were other new candidates running this stuff and 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. you've done this a highlight in the contain. 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,

when 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 president biden nor a former president. trump seemed 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 going to watch and 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 engage 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. when i got, i got to say to people got a vote. they just got a vote, you know, is the who, who, who you think is the best person for the cartridge?

well, i spoke with liz, she'll can, she's a political scientist and policy analysts in washington. and i asked her if people in the us are excited about the debate tonight, not really now. i think at the end of the day, what will come out of tonight is not swinging a bunch of new rotors. it will be planes and everybody says, and the folks that bothered to watch was going to watch regardless. and really what we'll see is engagement tomorrow. around. were there any good, catchy sound bites? yeah, that's, that's the feeling that i get that, that this is going to be a big demonstration in political, performative art, if you will, if even when it call it it or does it have anything to do with a real functioning healthy democracy? i mean, you could ask that question about the last decade of presidential debates, and i don't think there has been

a huge point in this entire election season where it has gotten to the nitty gritty of what it takes to write a democracy. it has been barbs, it's been insult, it's been trauma and sound bites. i do think there's a piece of the way there structuring the debate that is trying to get to actual policy an actual substance, but in the age of social media. and specifically where we are right now as a country. no, it's. it's a lot of theater. yeah. yeah. the last time that these 2 men were in the same room was, i think it was october 2020 at their last debate times have changed since then. so we have the rules for presidential debates, there will be no live audience. and tonight, very structured. they will have to be on their best behavior. and if we do get to a substantive discussion, what in your opinion are the issues that do need to be targeted? or i think, you know,

they're different for both sides. i think what americans need to focus on is actually what their data is. lives will look like voting rights, the economy, women's rights. so those are the issues that probably wouldn't most impact americans. trump is going to try to hone in on what his base wants to see and bite . and i think is gonna really focus on women's rights and the threat to democracy in hearing it really, truly who these people are. some of the things that have been said by trump at his riley's, is he going to repeat them? some of the more incendiary ostrich script things, if you could repeat them on a nationally televised debate, because that might be a real insight into, oh, he's serious. so he means this and, and by and can he do this level of debate? it'd be 10. all right, maybe he has to stay of enough for 4 more years. is that at the end of the day, is that what we're looking for? we're looking for 2 elderly men,

one whether or not he has to stamina for the moment, the other, whether or not he can keep his composure for the moment if, if it's either these does not cash in tonight. um, do you think that that will swing voters opinions come election day? it's i think the only swaying here will be it's something kind of out rages for on the far end. unlikely to happen happens, right. i think finds team will be looking for a sound bite, they can run on campus on ads between now and november. does he say something that is maybe more of things, he typically tells his insiders and he's gonna say it on a national stage. does biden completely flooded. if he does, there might be more to say on that, but should have kind of an outrage. his experience on either side. i think this

isn't that substantial we'll we will be watching for all of us here in berlin. thanks for the company. the, the, the news continues at the top of the, the

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