ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin a manual micron. when's a 2nd term asked french president? the income uncomfortably fell off a strong challenge from his far right opponent marina pan. but he winds with less support and his 1st time running and u. s. secretary of state and defense, arrive in key for talks with ukrainian president lensky. head of the visits, let's keep, delivers a defiant orthodox easter message. he tells his people to turn to turn their rage against russia into a force to defeat. ah,

i'm wearing boot craft. welcome to the program. a manual micron has been reelected to a 2nd 5 year term as president of france. a cron comfortably seized victory in the run off vote. despite a strong showing by his far right opponent marina, the pen. you can see the results right there on your screen. mccullin's got 58.3 percent of the vote to the pens. 41.7 with most los counted by now. this is the 2nd time a con has defeated le pen. the 1st was in 2017, his when makes him the 1st french president in 20 years to get a 2nd term. however, the spread between the 2 candidates was narrower than last time, which suggests a more divided electorate. and also

a less enthusiastic one in his victory speech by con, acknowledged that for many of his voters, it was more about picking the least that option just to see. good know, i also know that many of our compatriots voted for me today. not to support the ideas i put forward april 5th, but to block those of the extreme right. isn't i want to thank them and tell them that i am aware that this vote finds me for the years to come in. i am the guardian of their sense of duty, their attachment to the republic, and their respect for the differences that have been expressed in recent weeks illustrated. you feel all this is something new to the ultimate marrying the pen conceded defeat but played down her loss. she says, france has demonstrated, it still wants a counterweight to my con, more than ever, if only forsake,

we saucy. want to defend the french citizens. and i have no hard feelings to day. you walk in what we have been buried a 1000000 times already with just about you and our adversaries home to make a decision here this home. but still, i feel hope that was did you want to jump on 2nd, this result of it gives me some kind of hope and you have witnesses that the french a citizen is either that you don't trust their government. and those are feelings that i share. so i just went to night for a to read the menu and mark the french voters, showed that they want a power that opposes president, mccormick, shaw habeas, correspond in paris, lisa louis s microns biggest challenge. ahead is to unite a divided france. well, i think the biggest challenge for him will be to be

a real centrist president. he has to walk this really fine line between some center, right, some center left policies, what he actually promised 5 years ago. but seemingly, he hadn't really managed to fulfill this promise in his speech. he said, you know, i want a human, an equal as social, a liberal, an ecological, and a france actually for the coming 5 years. and that is really difficult to obtain because he's, he has to talk to these voters on the center, right? that our vote of him. but also to days where it is on this and to let that have actually voted for him. someone holding, as sometimes holding knows actually, but thinking, you know, we have to vote for him to prevent marina, pardon, reading the pen from coming to power? well my, my call we'll try to put some left wing measures on the table. is obviously looking a hat to these legislators elections and hoping to be able to win a majority in parliament as you did last time around 5 years ago when he came to

power. really. now, the big question will be in these legislative elections? will he be able to maintain that majority of a will there on the contrary, b, a left wing majority. the far left candidate jones banashali came 3rd in route one here in the presidential election has already said that he wanted to become prime minister. say to say by winning a majority in parliament and then influencing that you know that the, the politics to come over the thought coming 5 years. even if that were not the case. i think in my, my call really has understood that he needs to change that he needs to talk to those that are disappointed. disenchanted with him and who were thinking ahead of the 2nd round of even voting for mood, a pen or simply abstaining because they can't get themselves to agree with my comment to like him, he really needs to turn that around in the coming 5 years or the other risk is actually that marina pen will rise further and some people here tonight have told me, you know, we really need to do something. we don't want her to win next time around or in 10

years. u. s. secretary said antony, blinking, and defense secretary lloyd austin, have arrived in keith to meet your cranium, president, amir zalinski. he's pushing for more weapons to fight the russian offensive in the south and east of his country. united states has started writing some of the heavier equipment. he's been asking for in an orthodox easter message, zelinski told ukrainians to turn their rage against russia into a forced to defeat evil. so orthodox easter sunday in queue feast going with president followed him is a lansky, recorded an easter message from saint sophia cathedral. and now she's that' spooning. our hearts are full of fierce anger spoken, and our souls are filled with fierce hatred for the invaders and all that they have done enough. don't let rage destroy us from within the lot and turn it into our accomplishments from the outside, but at the already turn it into

a good force where to defeat the forces of evil una dorothy will abbey. but it will be silly. the law on a sunny spring day worshippers attended mass at saint michael's church and cave. some here now see a light at the end of the tunnel. the defendant of war eve butterflies as i'm worried about my country and my unborn child. now i'm scared, but i believe we will be victorious sites. our president is protecting us the wrong, which he does the impossible. and so do the men and women of our armed forces. i believe in victory was that's why i am staying in ukraine with my baby is malcolm you got him to put him on boost for scenery void. so yester service is happening as usual. so cool. but our country is at war was a war that has brought sorrow to every ukrainian less of the zealous we pray that the lord gives us strength to handle these challenges with dignity in us. we are

confident of victory look was no korean. so but for now, the situation on the ground remains much the same, a grinding fight for territory in the south and east. the fear that a missile might come crashing down anywhere in the country and that the war is far from over. here the washing correspondence and me, thomas gone to is following the visit of u. s. officials in keith. she told me what both sides are expecting to get out of the talks who i am. we haven't heard a lot of details. trickling out of what happened in this meeting just yet. that's because there were strict security protocols in place. both the department of defense and the state department, tight lipped about when the meeting would take place where it would take place. no press were allowed inside, but we do understand that presidents lensky was looking to ask, indeed for more heavy weapons. as you had mentioned, it's important to note that this is the 1st us delegation to go directly to keith,

to meet with president zalinski, since the war broke out. and will him if you listen to the message that was echoed across the t. v. screens here on sunday morning political talk shows lawmakers from both sides of the eye were keen to show also with this visit to ukraine, that they will continue to stand behind the country in the long run that they're in it for the long haul. there is an understanding here in washington that this war could extend on for months even years, but that the u. s. has to continue to support ukraine. and that is because they see the country sovereignty and ability to push back against russia as fundamental to us national security. lawmakers here believing that president putin won't rest that ukraine, that he has other non nato countries in his line of sight. so to say. and so they believe that they will have to continue to support ukraine because it is fundamental for their security. so that is partly what this meeting was to show solidarity both, but also longevity. let's get into that. support has a long laundry list of weapons that ukraine wants and also that the u. s. or so for

provided. so what has the u. s. given to ukraine that we know of so far? well, quite a lot, william, and if you look at the bill alone, the u. s. has allocated nearly 3 and a half $1000000000.00 so far to support ukraine. that is the most more than any other country at this point. and just as path week, president biden unveiled the latest aid package that was worth $800000000.00 by the way. and he went to great lengths to emphasize the weapons, the heavy weaponry that the u. s. was going to provide ukraine all things that ukraine at specifically asked for things like how, what sir is i munition tactical drones all things that both the ukrainians and the u. s. believe will be critical for the ukrainian military to defend the don bass where russia pushed ahead with it's offensive right now. important to know also william in that press conference from president biden. when you failed this package, he said that he's essentially exhausted all of the aid resources rather,

that congress has made available to him to this point that he has to build another aid package, send it to congress for approval. so it's likely that whatever ukrainian presidency lensky shared with the defense secretary austin, in that meeting on sunday and keith, whatever list are further weapons that ukraine is looking for. it that, that will, at least in part, be reflected in what gets sent to congress. and william, it's one of those rare bipartisan issues right now in washington, likely to get a lot of support in congress from both parties. when foods justifications for his invasion of ukraine was that nato might expand to include it as a member, which would then threaten russia on its border. now, any membership in the western military lines is likely a long ways off for ukraine, but it could be sooner for other countries close to russia. the war in ukraine is giving finland and sweden a reason to rethink their long time neutral status. russia's war on ukraine has finally made finland, feel it's time to take sides. if there is

a new iron curtain coming into the europe, then fins hoped to be on the western side of that cut. in the best case scenario, that curtain would be finland's, 1300 kilometer border with russia. worst case scenario, finland, which like ukraine is outside of nato, becomes a kremlin target until the february invasion fins preferred this non aligned status . having built their own powerful military with one of the largest weapons stockpiles in western europe and a high proportion of citizens willing and trained to fight if necessary. we have very tough defense forces here, and we have very big or as a reservist organization here, almost line on 100000. but now a decision on whether those assets could become nato's northeastern flank is expected within weeks, widely predicted to be positive after a spike in public support following moscow's attack. the finish parliament is

debating the question of membership as the government seeks consensus before making its decision with members, the prime minister herself has reversed course from saying in january that alliance membership was not even on the table. i'll process vote will be quite a fast. it will happen in weeks, but the very process of seeking the security guarantees provided by the alliance has its own risks. moscow repeatedly threatens serious political and military consequences should villain proceed on the path towards nato membership and such. retaliation could come while finland waits for the 30 allied governments to accept and ratify its membership. 3, are probably going to be very, very well prepared for different potential hybrid warfare i were talking about the refugee flows over the finish or are from border rob cyberattacks, a economic sanctions or with the a toolkit for hybrid measures is very wide. unfortunately, nato secretary general un stilton berg has sought to reassure helsinki they come

easily joined the salons if they decide to apply on certain that will find ways to address sir cern's day may have a regarding to period between the a potential application on the final rectification bay mean spin went and sweden as stockholm is also we considering it's historic opposition to joining the alliance. and what it would mean to be the only non nato nordic country, if the fins forward to head to remind her of the top story, we're following french president emanuel mac on has been reelected. he comfortably beat his far right rival marine le pen to secure a 2nd 5 year term in office. but his margin of victory was smaller than his 1st, when, honest out to be president for all french. that is this is deed of you, news live from berlin, coming up the controversy of re introducing wild cats to europe's forest. that's

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