is useful to yes. how are the world's 2nd largest economy? we have to rescind trades, how supposed 5 of us and what's direction will it take to manage the worlds fastest aging population, special coverage of trying to send through specialist on this one out of the the, [000:00:00;00] the hello. this is in use our own challenges here. um, for the back people live in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. the european union holds that emergency meeting in brussels to bolster is defensive and increase its support for ukraine. and its war with russia for us confirms it's held direct talks with him off while president strong threatens that will be held to pay if the girl doesn't release old captives

in gaza. also this hour is really forces use photos is to demolish 17 palestinian homes and the newest towns refugee camp in the occupied westbank plus on board. and smith in boot time looking at why this emulating kingdom expecting big on the big course. i'm drawing a casual skill with this force, including action from the wife of champions league as livable strike lake city terraces. you mind one know and taking narrow advantage in the last 16 times. the thank you for joining us. european union leaders, a holding emergency talks in brussels, in what's being called a watershed moment for the blog and ukraine. 027. you leaders at the meeting and we'll hope to reach a consensus on increasing military by just to meet the is growing security needs.

member states also looking to cement european support for ukraine. it comes as a trump administration pivots from is european allies and research ties with russia as well where to sample that we are not alone and this on all just the words. we feel it is very important. you made a strong signal to ukraine and people to bring in were us to civilians, to, to all families and is great that we are not alone. we feel it. and we know it. thank you so much for ever seeing a signal to increase our production and sickness to with a new program to increase that your pm security it that's, i think the great decisions we want to piece to strength. and this is the reason why i present today to the leaders that we are mature of plan re um your plan provides up to 800000000000 euros. $0.40 investment. it gives the member

states fiscal space to invest in defense. it gives the member states possibility to invest in the ukrainian defense industry, or to procure military capabilities that go right away to ukraine. and we'll probably echo towers europe as a whole is really able to win any financial economic, military confrontation with russia. we're simply stronger. we just have to start believing in it and in today it's probably happening as well. we have correspondence in moscow, keys and brussels. we begin with natasha butler, who is covering the summit for us in belgium's capital. a crucial summit in natasha crisis moment for the european union. what have we heard so far from lead us and what do we expect from this summit? well, what we see at the beginning of the summit as, as leaders arrived, as really a real show of support for ukraine. the head of the you commission with the head of

the council show the shoulder with of a load them is. let's give you create a new presence arriving here at this building in process before the meeting. you heard lensky, the saying that he was very appreciative a to his european allies for that on getting support. also that of you, you, you commission. i. so for the lions i'm, this is a will to shape moment for ukraine and for your, for you are because it is in a position where i sees the us as distancing himself, supposed to be turning his back, not only on ukraine and on t like freezing age by suspending its intelligence sharing services. the line is a what we need to do is step in. so we need to step off all the defense capabilities we need to reopen, but we also need a full start. our aid. do you crate and keep that floating bodies? what needs is we'll be talking about today. they are hoping so that someone amongst them,

the gary lead of the pro russian fix to find will not scan the efforts to try and boost that h ukraine and keep it flowing at such a crucial time. and we'll also hear natasha that a fringe british piece planned for ukraine is going to be discussed at the summit. what more do we know about the spot in the british and the french of being putting together what they hope could be a peace side of or ukraine working with the ukrainians themselves. that the presence lensky is. well, we just saw that the french presence of mind to my call had a small while actual meeting with present savanski on the sidelines of this summit . the french and the british, hoping that they could not present something to washington. that would be possible to the trump uh, administration. they are talking about doing things like sending a peacekeeping forces to ukraine. if there is

a see slide deal in the future. the know most security on this will tell you that any college of missional force like that would be a force, a copying place, but just a few months they would have to be in place for his own decades. and right now they say the year simply isn't in the position in terms of his defense military's coordination of being able to ensure such a peace keeping force for such a long time. they would probably need the us, the french and the british on hoping that the us could come on board the, perhaps this is just a, from the, in the transatlantic relationship. but the since you get here is the most need is really feel that the us has turned that back on the youth. they want to keep the door open, but they also know that they need to call themselves. thank you very much for that . natasha natasha button and i for as they're in brussels. meanwhile, in ukraine, a russian strike on a hotel indeed do need for a patrol screech and has killed at least 4 people. dozens of others, including a child were wounded in the late night attack,

emergency clothes have been evacuating people from the 5 story building. russian forces have been advancing towards the industrial region in recent weeks. moscow also says it's captured another settlement in the doing the exploration. let's bring in aside bagels and key force aside this latest attack coming just off to the us, stop sharing intelligence with ukraine. and we're now hearing that the trump administration has been holding talks with the opposition in ukraine. what, what can you tell us about yes, we've heard that said the trump administration has been talking to some of the opposition. one of them, a former president petro part of shinkel. now what we've heard from him is in the statement that the board has been in touch with the american parties and said that the board has tried to support both of us to do a political parties to ensure that the age to ukraine is a short. he's also said that we've offered for the thought is here in ukraine or to

coordinate these activities. now obviously this will be of concern to does the landscaping ministration here that the you with that the relationship between them and the company ministration has suffered. and that these reports come out of the trumpet and instructional officials with talking to the opposition. but what petro a part of single just form a president has said that, that, that, that stance remains the same. which is security 1st, a 1st, and to show financial and military age to you create that they don't support elections until the is peace in the country. but they do once a they do want a negotiations to do one piece with russia. but it depends what that piece is and how it plays out here in ukraine. thank you very much for that last time. big live there in key for let's get the view from moscow now. and julia shop of oliver is in russia's capital for as a unit. what are they making? the russians of what's happening currently in europe is

a special meeting in brussels. a well, i can say that the rhetoric is quite harsh on our end because russian politicians and officials are firing back can react sing to was actions and signals they're receiving these days from a bold and from europe in particular for administer log rules. and just recently come pads of french present a manual back home to napoleon saying that it's quite strange to hear from my phone as well. very aggressive was regarding legitimate patient and a crew to science. i didn't preach in quite aggressively. russian for ministry spokeswoman marizza harbor and they're wrong today said that the french president needed to ask his pre to assess the francois molanda and whose fault was that the

mens agreements uh had not been implemented. we know that on march, the 5th, my phone said that russia had become a threat to friends and europe. so it was necessary to open a discussion on using francis and nuclear weapons to defend date and time you are paying union. and so it means that, so here in russia, these was well met with, you know, quite some, some sort of aggression olson reason harvest said that in his speech the french president said that the russian had violates, has diminished agreements. uh, she asked why the french from boss of is coming to russia, then what to to do is to do watch. and at the same time a we, we know that's the relationship between russia and the was they, they are experienced, experiencing some kind of food and relations. and we know that we are there on today. legend, patient appointed. and you, i'm boss of to the united states and many see it here as a very good sign for many, many russian citizens and the us citizens as well. thank you. yeah. your shop of

all of our in moscow. let's discuss all these latest developments for the now with teresa allan, who is director of the center for russia, europe and asia studies, and he's joining us from brussel. i'll ask you in a minute about the saw in relations between of the americans and russians, but i wanted to get your view 1st on what's coming out of europe right now. does the voices, they're highly supportive of ukraine, but how is it going to translate into real tangible support? are we going to see any major announcements of aid beyond what's been already announced and committed for by the block this year as well? this meeting that's taking place right now, this emergency meeting of all 27, you members states. everyone's watching carefully to see if they are able to actually publish a conclusion of european council conclusions. because we all know that victor or bond is blocking much of the move made by the other you members states. so this

will be the key stumbling point. many documents have been leads and various versions of these documents. and even a letter was leaked from oregon stating that we shouldn't even release any conclusions because it will just show how divided we are and how water down this actual document will be. so this will be the key message, the fact that are still a vendor line has made it easier for member states to actually invest in defense and not be breaking a rules and regulations. that's the big plus. and the big wildcard here is the new chancellor of germany. she has made it quite clear he's going to invest in the defense industry. and so we saw a huge increase in the value of defense stocks across europe. so there is a belief that this is going to happen. in addition, european defense companies are coming up with creative ideas now to kind of work with their partners or even their adversaries to come up with better deals now and, and try to overcome the problem of each member's state trying to do their own

business. so if we can finally pull everyone's interest together, that should be much more beneficial. defense is a big deal right now, isn't it? i mean, he usually does not open the questioning washington's way out. reliability as a security partner going forward is europe in a position today to defend ukraine on its own and defend itself if it came to it without the americans as well. i think that everyone wants to see nato survives and the europeans have been very slow. they've been giving a lot of rhetoric, but they've been very slow to spend. i mean, for 30 years, they've been asked to spend more on defense and they're in defense, industrial base so atrophied, it will take a lot of time to improve that. so they have to decide and prioritize what are they going to do? so a lot of the ideas are being bandied about, about in time, missile of texting, technology space technology, also drone it at

a drone technology. so these are things that they can do far more quickly or buy off the shelf from other countries. the key is to invest more in their defense industry and they should have been doing this at least 3 years ago when you came was 1st and data by russia. so we are where we are now and we'll see what comes of this. but the, the other debating point that's taking place today, i imagine behind closed doors is what to do with the frozen russian assets. so they've been able to, since october worked out a deal where they could use the interest of the frozen that russian assets to create funds to buy a or support ukraine. so now the big question is, will they use the export principle that remains to be seen and there's a lot of different viewpoints on that. indeed, it'll be interesting to see what comes out of this special summit in brussels today . thank you very much for talking to a series of filing director at a center for russia, europe and asia studies library from brussels. thank you for your time. thanks. i

the the white house has confirmed this holding direct talks with him off. it's the 1st time the united states has acknowledged direct interaction with a group and designated a terrorist organization in 1997. washington says israel has been consulted and the presidential envoy out in boulder has a soldier. you just speak to anyone present. donald trump has issued what he called last warning demoss to release all the remaining captives and gone for. his comments came after he met with those who had previously been released from posted on social media, threatening to kill palestinians in gaza. if a mouse continues to hold captives that springing target by zoom in gaza city, i am communist, i should say, in southern gaza forest tare, go where spin or mazda is, responds to translate to stretch. well,

it's how much has family rejected the 1st and don't know the translates just to make so demanding the release of old piece, but it kept sits held in concert. the group has insisted that i need a release of is by the captives must be part of protest negotiations, leading to the 5 minutes east, baya, and the comprehensive agreements. and we understand that how mazda is folks person samples of the states, that the language of threats has no value. and absolutely, it's to be only a complicates that says, as he has described, it's quite understandable that the, the threats that made by the american president has been, have been perceived quite how much is from countries. the 4th for the is fairly prime ministers. thomas primarily undermine the existing c spot 3 mix. we face conflicts in part season. now these thoughts of the fritz night came in light of

the violet. 2 talks that have been helped we have most officials on their american counterparts in order to facilitate the east coast to east valley national. it's a cap just from the gaza strip to now things are still absolutely all clear. as the said, the prime minister has said that the system wants to sing. how much impala has this has been, why the what some 5, it is right now to move. right. so i'm sorry, the 1st one. how much the useful possibility affordable to receive. you might get months to scrap tips will be released from the end because right, thank you very much for that to target capitalism. life worth it in hon. eunice, or people in con eunice way, atari, cuz i've been speaking out against the us president for calling on palestinians to voluntarily leave the gaza strip, taking us unlimited. uh who is all my house has gone, my work is gone,

but i will not allow trump to displace that's just because we're rooted in this land and rooted in con units that rooted in gaza. and because our life and death art here, we will not bow down to the true realities that are being set, and we will not leave guzman here. so man of the new we hear the trump states and this morning that he will displace the people the codes for the war that he supports is right and this talk is rejected. we will not leave and we will not abundant overland. over the years we have remain steadfast and because of the occupied west bank and occupied east jerusalem. and we will remain so until we die in our land. a vision i'll speak to marin robert or to is the editor of local and the call news magazine. he's joining us from tennessee. thank you very much for being with us. donald trump threatening him us once more, but at the same time his administration has been holding direct talks with him off for the 1st time,

at least for the 1st time as we know it. how do you interpret this contradiction? and this sudden diplomatic outreach from us by the trump administration. and how is this being viewed? and this reps, the protection is a trump says 2nd name, i think so we don't have to be to be very surprised here. um as uh, just before he was uh swooning. uh he said that uh he will open the gate so so full from us and then then and a few days later uh which cost is uh, his uh, employee to the region broke could view off the 1st stage of the ceasefire. so contradiction is part of trump. i think he is not very happy with that. is there it is not very happy. and even if we think that the reason i chose doctor from us,

hulu will agree to release the american hostages of search. this is to even guys have his name is alexander, he's a soldier, it was good and no special on these are the government. if uh, if from actually release a prison uh, uh, without releasing the prison moves, we do not have american citizenship. it's what makes these are the government look very bad. so i think that is what it means. that is not very happy with that. how. how do you think, i mean, if presumably these really is from what we've heard any way from the reports is that they weren't consulted prior to these direct talks happening. how do you think then this might impact israel approach is or as approach to securing the release of the remaining, capt is given that the us is not directly engaging with him us the next in the hours it means the government, all the talk,

all the creation the last days lead to the that they will not negotiate 2nd stage that the most, that we put it on the 1st stage. and that the about to is you are fighting in the may be the next week. but i think the use the gap between district torak and reality, i think the government has a problem in town. every last, the last the opinion, polls said that only 9 percent of these are these one to see the will, these units and the ease of pressure from the hosp x. caustic is released and families of customers who are not released to go for a large deal to release, all of them being returned to the end of the wall. so i think the situation is very, is shaky, is not very clear. i think it's easily i would really want to go to wal,

it would have done so already and you have steve would cost the us special envoy returning to the region in the coming days. do you think you can put enough pressure on israel to convince them to get into the negotiations for the 2nd stage and, and salvage to see if i agreement? and i think i, i think i said before, i think it's not down to your american pressure. the pressure is coming also from within the so rarely a society, you know, just to, to, to end this more and release holes is very frustrating because yes, which cliff is coming? we've seen now the only a few hours ago. we posted by reuters a quoting, the jeeps and official is saying that the 2nd stage is moving ahead. the, uh is what it is to be 9 gift. so i will not be told to be surprised if with

cough it will come and that will be some progress. there is what it would like to do was give the credit to trump. trump likes that everyone gives to your credit to him, but i think it's small, complicated index. it's comes also for we do. thank you so much for talking to us and bringing us if you have a from israel and they're on robert for joining us from tennessee. thank you. a time now for a check on the world. whether his rob watching australia brisbin hasn't seen a cycle and for 50 years. but alfred is nearing his it. rare events tropical cycling outfitters wanted across the call. see his strength and a bit. but in the last 24 hours has stopped moving and lost a little bit of his strength when twice that is all the dangerous elements, the brightest car, the heaviest rain and the biggest rays up to the size of brisbin. though brisbin itself appears to be the target to the north, the sunny sides, this is the sunshine coast leading up to his name. the winds picked up the way it's a little bit,

but nothing lock is fed. that science is not in short breezy. other ways are really being whipped up on the gold coast bit, feather staffing core and got to really, really with top dangerously. so in fact, rescue missions in place for jet skis, for example. you can see the wind of the ways to go that combined that those combination black combination just over the border, new south wales and already cool, sometimes with trees done so you can expect this sort of thing as the slow process tools landfill takes place. the still send backing in bridge, but of course, because writing is the most likely dangerous event there at the moment. you see nothing too bad. here is the center comes national, which is going to be in the dock has late on friday at least half a day. then rain will be the main problem as you ordinary from brisbin dime to was a new southwell. and the thing up to hoffman meter funding is inevitable. the still ahead on this news our how the remnants of war continue to threaten lives in guys.

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do need for his strong region has killed at least 4 people, dozens of others, including a child for wounded in the late night attack. and the white house has confirmed the trump administration as have direct fonts with him off. it says they're in the interest of the us. the president also issued what he called last warning tomas to release all women and kept his in gas and the remnants of war continued to threaten lives across casa, unexploded ordnance. suppose a grave risk for civilians, especially children address here is honey, my mood reports on initiative that's providing rehabilitation and help to young survivors and gaza city. this is site a displace palestinian in gauze. the young voice survived. israel is 15 months long war but could not scale what was left behind. below there was a cleaning of the area from the rubble, so his family could set up at 10 when

a large explosion happened in the man again for the owner of a sudden there was a huge explosion that destroyed the mendoza. we did not know what was going on. i just woke up inside the hospital and i lost my left di and i'm worried about my di sides, brother and his ard was also injured. no gotten in, i'm and we were building the tents and those who are waiting for the boat. those are just finished. removing the rubble, we heard a loud explosion that damaged the boat. those i was hit. try to hit my leg and my mom was injured. and my face was brandishing, thank god, i recovered sight. father is desperate for help and he's trying to take sight outside garza for treatment. and then how would that need to be trying to in night to help him get his sites back and get his left eye clean from all the smoke pieces of shrapnel across garza, children are living with this cars of war, not just emotional, but physical. many have lost lambs or suffered severe injuries or from unexploded ordnance left behind in their streets,

homes and playground. that's the bumper that we aimed through this project to prevent the dangers of unexploded ordnance, particularly for displaced people returning to their homes. we focus our attention on children, the most vulnerable group, on how to act in case they see or come near these dangerous materials. for children like a 12 year old, i'm a double star on the road to recovery law. just months ago, he was injured by hitting an explosive. why playing outside today through intensive therapy and education, having his learning to adopt the how my friends and i were playing so could in an a c dot to few decals the quad, got theirs would fly in the area and had thrown what looks like a toy on the ground, it was small, but we picked it out and threw it into the fire. it exploded and i was hit in my arm,

upper side and stomach. i filled to the ground and could not stand or walk. i was taken to the hospital. i am still taking physical therapy and it still hurts. i was injured in february, the 2nd, during the ceasefire and beyond rehabilitation, the organization also teaches children and families about the dangers of unsupported ordinance. an effort to prevent future tragedy. while the war may leave us cars, the children's hold and resilience shining through with the help of organization like best. the realize that healing is possible not only for the body, but for the heart than mind as well. anyway, most of the euro from the city, palestine for ministers from the goals corporation council line, saudi arabia for talks focusing on guys as future. the meeting comes just days after our bleed is made in cairo to endorse on egypt. sions line for reconstruction of the strip. it counters a controversial proposal by us present donald trump that leads to forcibly to space