you need us summit and dw crane bureau chief nick connelly is in keys with analysis on the breakthrough. i started by asking alexandra ha older you overcame opposition from big to all done. well, according to diplomatic sources and officials that we've been speaking with the uh, it was the run up to this meeting today with all the phone calls to, to victor alba. and has been receiving from your p and leaders with a bilateral meeting, sweat, this breakfast, meeting this morning with the french italian. and she, german leaders and all of them made it clear that the hungry was standing there alone with their locate. that all the other members of the european union wanted to have disagreement and were ready to move ahead without hungry. so for the big to open, it was for it to clear that he was the price of late at the end of this question. and as to he's demands, he wanted to have for this at age 4, you queen and then you facility outside of the budgets. this is not gonna happen. he also wants to have a rides to v to the whole package every 2 years. for instance, that is also not what was

you need the summit and dw ukraine bureau chief nick connelly is in keys with analysis on the breakthrough. i started by asking alexandra how the you overcame opposition from big to old on as well according to diplomatic sources and officials that we've been speaking with the uh, it was the run up to this meeting today with all the phone calls to victor alba and has been receiving from your p and leaders with a bilateral meeting, sweat, this breakfast, meeting this morning with the french italian and she, german leaders and all of them made it clear that it hungry was standing there alone with their locate that all the other members of the european union wanted to have disagreement and were ready to move ahead without hungry. so for victor opened, it was pretty clear that he was the price of late at the end of this question. and as to he's demands, he wanted to have this uh, uh, 8 for you. crane and the new facility outside of the padget. this is not gonna happen. he also wants to have a ride to v to the whole package every 2 years. for instance, that is also not what was given to him acco

nick connelly joins us from there. nick, great to see you. so you, crane's military says to withdrawal from the destroyed eastern city of, of def got was made for strategic reasons. but what does this tell us about the advance of russia's forces? i think part of this tells us mostly that russia was desperate for something they could sell as a victory, desperate to move, even if you could them as fluids. and they have basically thrown everything they go at the city. they have come straight to choose number of the battalions that brigades. they have thrown hundreds of glide booms at the printing defenders that it is basic, a repeat called boston. you just mentioned that which is not very far away and it is a similar scenario whether ukrainians now at risk of being surrounded that one major road coming in to have dave. cuz that was crucial for all the supplies bottles of food that that was now under what is known as part of control of the russians. they could fire from both sides and the decision was taken, but to avoid the risk of being surroun

connelly, reporting from keith and belarus full of clothes and tightly controlled, parliamentary and local elections. long time leader, alexander lucas sango place is votes. the polling station in the capital mint square, he confirmed his intention to run again for president next year. as likely to extend his grip on the country to 36 years. dozens of opposition parties were denied registration for the single day fall as opponents and acts out urged voters to boycott is 4. parties that support location and goes policies were granted official registration. a product we had to archive is the chief political advisor of exile, the opposition leaders, atlanta, to handle sky. and we asked him what he expected from the boat. nothing, nothing you. oh gosh, a couple of try to use these selections to legitimize himself to show that the page has store and that everything is normalized that people are going to vote. but we see something different. we submitted the reparation. there are police cage b at every polling stations. we see must have arrests every day they can place, and we cx, trembly

nick connelly told me more about the told, cited by ukraine's liter a pull button. this really is a big deal is the 1st time we've had a number like this from presence lensky. we had heard from a top generals fact in the 1st day of the world, a suspect then spoke about 9000 sets. and we're now seeing the further on this will . this number has to be sorted significantly lower than the estimates we've heard from the u. s. government, they've been on names us sofas, of course, in the new york times last year that is spoken of about $70000.00 estimated fatalities amongst the brand. you know me. and there's a more about over a $100000.00 on the russian side. which logical, given that attractive and see much more risky than defense. he didn't say anything about the number of casualty items that people wounded or more importantly, people who are missing in action there is. speculation has, they could be those people who have actually died, but just haven't been recovered. their bodies have new comments that they know in that official number. so it's, it's an official numbe

connelly in keith told me how the ukrainian side sees this decision. the obviously there is a huge amount of ok in detail here. lots of complexity in this case. it is being welcome to oversee that. the i, c, j is going to deal with this case is going to look into this. but there are, it has to be said, lots of things that ukraine wants to look at, which they say they don't have the jurisdiction for just the last few days. lots of ukraine complaints about russian recognition of these breakaway republics that have since been incorporated into russia. at least under russian little a minority rights and crime, a lots of things with the i. c j says that is not our matcher. so it is a victory. yes. and longer term it could end up with you crane having that recognition from you. i suggest that it did not commit genocide gates, russian speaking ukrainians, and east of the country. something that then could be used to kind of create internal negotiations when some kind of settlement comes to this rule. but it is a long way off, and it is a sort of small, kind o

our keys bureau chief nick connelly told us more about the death toll cited by ukraine's president today. this really is a big deal with the 1st time we've had a number like this from present valencia. we had heard from a top generals fact in the 1st day of the world, a suspect then spoke about 9000 sets. and we're now seeing the further on this will, this number has to be sorted significantly lower than the estimates we've heard from the u. s. government. they've been on names us sofas, of course, in the new york times last year that is spoken of about $70000.00 estimated fatalities amongst the brand new. know me. and there's a more about, over a 100000 on the russian side was logical, given the attack. you can see much more risky then defense. he didn't say anything about the number of casualties of the people wounded or more importantly, people who are missing in action. there is speculation. his. they could be also people who have actually died, but just haven't been recovered. their bodies have new comments that they know and that if there's a level of umbrella roost, poles have clo

okay, you've corresponded nick connelly, toby more about the total cited by ukraine's liter pulled out. and this really is a big deal with the 1st time we've had a number like this from present valencia. we had heard from a top generals fact in the 1st day of the world, a suspect then spoke about 9000 sets. and we're now seeing the further on this will . this number has to be said significantly lower than the estimates we've heard from the u. s. government, they've been on names us sofas, of course, in the new york times last year that has spoken to about $70000.00 estimates, it's fatalities amongst the brand new nami. and there's a more about, over a $100000.00 on the russian side was logical, given that attack is going to be much more received in defense. and he didn't say anything about the number of casualty in terms of people wounded or more importantly, people who are missing in action. there is speculation. his, they could be those people who have actually died, but just haven't been recovered. their body suddenly recovered. so they know that official number, so it's, it's an, a

nick connelly joins us from keith, bring us up to date and bring that a secret for us into perspective. well this really is a big deal with the 1st time we've had a number like this from present valencia. we had heard from a top generals back in the 1st day of the world, a suspect then spoke about 9000 sets. and we're now seeing the further on this will, this number has to be said significantly lower than the estimates we've heard from . the u. s. government been on names us sofas, of course, in the new york times last year that has spoken to about $70000.00 estimates, it's fatalities amongst the brand. you know me. and there's a more about, over a 100000 on the russian side was logical, given that attack is obviously much more received in defense. and he didn't say anything about the number of a casualty in terms of people wounded or more importantly, people who are missing in action. there is speculation here. they could be those people who have actually died, but just haven't been recovered. their body suddenly recovered. so they know that official number, so it's, it's an official

and yeah, correspondence, nick connelly into you've told us how optimistic ordinary ukrainians are above the wall and then soon obviously people are tied up to 2 years. people are constantly confronted with news. the people who have died been killed. that last lives at the front line of soldiers. but i think when you talk to people, they say yes, we would obviously love this to be over. but if you ask them, are you willing to accept russia holding onto basically 20 percent of ukraine surgery. and they say no, they say if we give the russians now, chance maybe by freezing this conflict like they did off the 2014, then let me put some way back in a few years time, stronger next time. maybe he will actually take care of and will be on your doorstep. so there's a real sense that as difficult as it is now, it is worth doing and people will tell you i'm fighting now so that my children don't have to. so there is really, i think, a big consensus still that it is worth counting on as difficult as it might be. drawn strikes, continue across your crane. i said max, the 2nd anniversary of rushes fu

nick connelly joins us now from keith with several here you need is the canadian prime minister visits in a show of solidarity. hello, nick. can we expect any major announcements from this high level visit? all is a just symbolic look. see that ukrainian hosts are hoping, expecting some kind of new place in terms of military help, but also financial backing to help the crate and government pay its bills and keep pensions and salaries for soldiers for that method going. but i think most important stuff will be happening behind closed doors. ukraine already has a long list of promises from western countries that haven't been fulfilled or haven't been fulfilled in the time scales promised. i think these visits are an opportunity for the landscape to really kind of bring home the message about the human costs to be delays. but if the for instance, on these buys 500000 shells, rather than a 1000000 in a year has been promised. that means you crane has to leave up to you, for example. so that's going to be the message behind closed doors. i think it was about showing that maybe people around

asked correspondent, inquisitive nick connelly. we are still waiting for a real clear explanation. we probably would ever get to it. there was lots of very general talk about a need for fresh thoughts and new management structures, new approaches. but what exactly that means is especially given this illusion in his late stucco for cnn. i'm a little suggestions and things and needs to be changed or improved, isn't clear. i think that kind of charge to the explanation that you'd, maple, the hinged or improved isn't clear. i think that kind of charged for the explanation that you'd may probably hear from some of the zalinski supports would be that the present company to specific for operational reasons. for 60 reasons about the lives needs, filings and potential. you know, things that he's done that haven't worked out that he can't also be more personal, more direct, full fear of dividing psyche way. so there's a, has a lot of support. i think the more kind of cynical kind of negative interpretation will, this is that simply is illusion. he was too popular at lots of putting showed hi

connelly told me more about the dates all cited by ukraine's president the whole bed, this really is a big deal is the 1st time we've had a number like this from presence lensky. we had heard from a top generals back in the 1st day of the world, a suspect then spoke about 9000 sets. and we're now seeing the further on this will this number has to be sorted significantly lower than the estimates we've heard from the u. s. government, they've been unnamed us sofa is of course in the new york times last year that is spoken of about $70000.00 estimated fatalities amongst the brand new nami. and there's a more about, over a 100000 on the russian side was logical, given the attack. you can see much more risky than defense. he didn't say anything about the number of casualties of the people wounded or more importantly, people who are missing in action. there is speculation. his, it could be those people who have actually died, but just haven't been recovered their bodies, i'm to recover to. they know that if there's a level of service, it's an official number according to the landscape. it

we asked our correspondent and keep nick connelly. there is lots of head scratching goals, people diving into the detail, trying to work out what that would mean for themselves and also for their loved ones. there has been a lot of controversy about the fact that, for instance, this low would allow the government to cool people out by the government at basically not removing the need to go and find people, find people at there is the address or find people in the streets and there's also question marks around some of the constitutionality in terms of the limits on people leaving the country and some of the other kind of legal at fine printing all of this. but i think any way they were going to come up with this plan, it was always going to be divisive, basically, registration here, and you can what those people who, what the voluntary feasible, who had meant to experience those people, half of the most bought whole being at the front line since at least the 1st year of war. now you are having to go up people without military preparati

connelly. nick now is this a massive disappointments? the key of this announcement? it's certainly not unexpected, but it is disappointing just a few days ago at believe me, let's case big press conference. i'll click on in some way aust, as zalinski what he thought about the chance of getting those towers myself and he seemed optimistic. he said that has had been the case with the tanks that he was expecting american action in the shape of a check in with ms. sells that are expected to be sent by the americans potentially, which have a longer range than previous but that, that american decision could then see the germans following suit hasn't been the case for the past with all the decisions or weapons. i'm not sure it's the be able and mental and all of this in ukraine has received christmas alt with comparable ranges from the u. k. from from it's interesting that le schultz will be in paris today and meeting with a member of my call. who said that you didn't have those same fears about being

dw, use the ukraine bureau chief, nick connelly in k, if can give us the view from that. welcome, nick, talk us through the reactions to this latest, to 50000000000 as well. so there's been a kind of collective sigh of relief here in t of the reality is that at the beginning of this war, you had lots of celtic small electronics to finance a 100000000, the 200 the next week. so if one of those books of money, $1.00 of those transfers got stuck, it wasn't such a big deal right now. things have become a lot more structured and rugs and lots of smaller trends as you're getting these big promises. and when they get held up, as in the us right now, it is a big problem, fee grain to give you a sense of how significant this funding is for ukraine, those $50000000.00 euros mold, then ukraine's budget deficit for this coming year. this year 2024. obviously this is spread over 4 years. so it's not going to solve all the problems, but it is in its entirety already more than ukraine needs at for this year. so is very significant. it's about 2 thirds of what ukraine has received. since

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

nick connelly outgo respondent in keith. sl us president or button is arched israel to protect palestinian civilians and it's planned to ground invasion of the gas and city of rasa by the lake, with jordan's king of dona on monday at the white house. a 1st face to face meeting since these rounds will with almost be get by them said the to discuss the possible 6 week break and the fine jordan has been pushing for a permanent since fine washington is the king's 1st stump on a tour that includes canada france and germany is some of what biden said in a joint use conference policy focused on, as well as expected move on rafa and the major military operation. robert robert should not proceed without a credible plan, a credible plan for ensuring the safety and supports more than 1000000 people. shelburne, germany's foreign minister on atlanta bandbox, backed by this comment saying, israel has a judy to provide safe car doors for civilians. and by the number of palestinian civilians taking refuge in ralph or on gauze and southern border has increased by bolt. the city was declared a safe. so by p

you take the responsibility for it, tie sick, dw correspondent nick connelly in chief that's a chill, a wild size of killed at least a $131.00 people left hundreds more, missing the fires of burned for days across the central valve price region. after staffing along the coast, they sped heavily populated areas in the mountains. officials believe some may have been stuff deliberately. wildfires engulfed in tie and neighborhoods in the suburbs of virginia delmont homes were raised to the ground and 2nd to dry weather and strong winds. from the pacific spread the flies across the suburbs at a rapid pace in god was gay. also, i'm telling your drivers crushing unto all their cars, running over people was worse than a war, and people were desperate because we were supposed to have a way up. but we were trapped, gamma dropout. now that most of the files have been extinguished. families from nearby areas bringing food and clothes to help those who lost the homes. i thought that's nothing compared to what they need, but we want to help emergency work because it's still out in forces night fool

the letter i spoke to are right, keith bureau chief, nick connelly. he told me about the ukrainian reaction to the news of his deal well filled as being a kind of collective sigh of relief in tea of the reality is that the beginning of this war, you had lots of celtic smaller chances of finance. a 100000000. the 200 the next week. so if one of those books of money, $1.00 of those transfers got stuck, it wasn't such a big deal right now. things have become a lot more structured and rugs and lots of smaller trends as you're getting these big promises. and when they get held up, as in the us right now, it is a big problem. fee grain, you sense of how significant this funding is for ukraine, those $50000000000.00 euros. more then ukraine's budget deficit for this coming year. this year 2024. obviously this is spread over 4 years, so it's not going to solve all the problems, but it is in its entirety already moved, and ukraine needs at for this year. so is very significant. it's about 2 thirds of what ukraine has received since will began from all kinds of

let's go straight to the credit capital and join nick connelly. welcome . next. how is this ruling being received about in case obviously, there is a huge amount or all can detail here and lots complex. in this case. it is being welcomed, obviously that the i c j is going to deal with this case is going to look into this . but there are, it has to be said, lots of things that ukraine wants to look at, which they say they don't have the jurisdiction for just the last few days. lots of ukraine complaints about russian recognition of these break away republics that have since been incorporated into russia, at least under russians, low a minority rights and crime, a lots of things with the i. c j says that is not our matcher. so it is a victory, yes, and longer term, it could end up with ukraine having that recognition from the i c j that it did not commit genocide, gates, russian speaking ukrainians, and east of the country. something that then could be used to in kind of international negotiations when some kind of settlement comes to this rule. but it is a long wa

and then we also asked nick connelly ink case, how much of a disappointment the gym and decision is for ukraine? i mean, certainly not unexpected, but it is disappointing just a few days ago at the volume. zaleski is big press conference. i'll click on nationwide aust, as lensky what he thought about the chance of getting those towers myself. and he seemed optimistic. he said that has had been the case with the tanks, that he was expecting american action in the shape of tech and was missiles that are expected to be sent by the americans potentially, which have a longer range than previous but that, that the american decision could then see the germans following suits hasn't been the case of the past with all the decisions or weapons. i'm not sure it's the be able and mental and all of this you, ukraine has received christmas owls with comparable ranges from the u. k from frauds interesting that le schultz will be in paris today and meeting with him. i know mccall who seemed he didn't have those same fears about being joining to just because france has sent these missiles. but i think i

give i so that nick, nick connelly in k are now least 3 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a giant explosions. and can you happen to the gas ponds in the capital? and i wrote the b mutual thought you say, had been operating illegally. the blast sparked fires which spread quick tre, destroying nearby homes and businesses, and forcing locals to evacuate. a massive gas explosion near hundreds of homes. minutes later, 5 fight does i battling to contain the region please? a truck loaded with gas near the residential area and the deck stated warehouse exploded. they density still create the fire spread homes. gars shops have only been burned down just before midnight. hundreds of presidents lead to safety. some couldn't make it. the fight has left many injured meat keeping them by taking the bund, exploding gas cylinder, as i was trying to escape when it exploded right in front of me and the impact knocked me down and the flames engulfed me. i'm lucky that i was strong enough to get away because you've been a bunch of so and when i go to outside a found fire and they will stil

we asked our correspondence in keep nick connelly. there is lots of head scratching goals, people diving into the detail, trying to work out what that would mean for themselves and also for their loved ones. there has been a lot of controversy about the fact that, for instance, this little would allow the government to cool people out by the government at basically not removing the need to go and find people, find people at there is the address or find people in the streets and there's also question marks around some of the constitutionality in terms of the limits on people leaving the country and some of the other kind of legal that's fine printing all of this. but i think any way they were going to come up with this plan, it was always going to be divisive, basically, registration here, and you granted what those people who were volunteering feasible, who hadn't entry, experienced those people have for the most part, whole being at the front line, since at least the 1st year of war. now you're having to go up people without minutes,