oh it's i say they now want to man to ties up the news. you can find more on our website at c, w dot com. ah, is germany serious about helping ukraine defend itself against russia? it is a question that has haunted the german government ever since the war began 4 months ago when today, german chancellor shoals addressed parliament and attempted to dispel any doubts about germany's commitment to ukraine, saying that there can be no new partnerships with pollutants, imperial, russia. but there must be a new partnership with ukraine, a new plan, a marshall plant. i'm burned off in berlin. this is the day. ah, rush as it generally has restored to our memory, the wars pages of he's busy. i won't forget the fresh graves the bombed out

apartments. i believe that together we can end the war with our week to re because of that, that's why we're talking with president zalinski about more support for ukraine. yours, future is bright and free because we all stand together to protect ukraine belongs to the european family. embrace you brain, sam, you're also coming up how to rehabilitate a bad reputation today. the saudi crown prince visited turkey for the 1st time since the murder there of journalist jamal, kush oak, between ankara and maria, there is a wrapper small, one in the interests of rail politic take. he is prepared to sacrifice justice for an egregious crime that took place on its own soil.

would you, our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world? welcome. we begin the day with the german chancellor on a mission, yet again to prove that he means what he says when comes to supporting ukraine. 4 months into the russian invasion. there are few, if any doubts about where the west stands, the big exception germany. decades of pro business policies with russia are now haunting the country. it's dependence on russian energy has morphed into an energy crisis. and there has been criticism of germany's reluctance to send ukraine the weapons needed to push back the russians. now, to be clear, germany is now sending those weapons and that is a fact. but suspicions that chancellor sholtes is only lukewarm when it comes to ukraine. those suspicions have not disappeared. you could hear that in the chancellor's address today before parliament, but you could also hear some of the clearest commitments yet from berlin to keith.

as ultima sets, it still is in all the extent of the destruction is enormous. at least no me, some of it reminds not just me of the images of destroyed german cities after world war 2 suffered. oh, just like water in europe at the time my ukraine today needs a marshal plan for its reconstruction. what did it on the e u. in the past 100 days, mobilized billions of euros in support of ukraine. a form in germany is always at the forefront, but we will need many mold billions of years and dollars for the reconstruction. and this for years to come in, vic dickerson's yet in europe. biggest security crosses for decades germany, the e use biggest economy and most populous country, was taking on a very special responsibility and not just for its own security, but also for the security of its allies to hide the navea. my 1st guest tonight is liz shook her. she's a policy analyst at the global public policy institute in berlin. she joins us tonight from washington,

d. c. it's good to have you on the program. the german chancellor o. up shots. he has been criticized the what over his government's response to the war in ukraine. he's even been accused of not wanting ukraine and to when, when you consider the language years to day. what he said was it strong enough to dispel the doubts, the doubts? i have been so long coming and so large that i'm not sure it's going to be seen as nuff, he's our to get in his watershed moment speech, which really raised a ton of house, only to see action really not line up with it. in addition, one of his foreign policy advisors just a couple of days ago, gave some really troubling remarks about prioritizing the relationship with russia over the need to send arms to ukraine. so i think this is a very admirable and speech and commitment you, by allah, shall he, very wisely pointed out that he's going to now be listing all of the weapons and

aid that they're sending to ukraine. but he still may not be enough to discuss his doubts and considering that i want you to take a listen to his statement that came from the leader of chancellor shoulds party last night. deutschland most in on school. and germany has to see itself as a leader knocked up after almost 80 years. a standing back germany has a new role in the international system of coordinates in germany has earned a high level of trust in recent decades. and this trust goes hand in hand with expectations of auto soto. i'm here. all right, so there we have the, you know, the, the head of the social democrats saying that we need to be the leaders that were supposed to be, are we really them seeing a sleeping german giant gradually awakened here? that's an interesting way to put it. i think this has been a rumbling awake for months. i think we've seen and different statements and

pressure from the 2 parties inside the coalition, outside and as the from the at the p. and from the greens pushing sholtes as well as now we're seeing inter party really i rumblings, i think this is a super strong statement. one of the things i liked most that he said was our outstretched hand must be strong, i think. and like any deep slumbering giant, it's going to take a minute to wake up. but there's a lot of hopeful science coming both from pressures outside of shelters, party as well as inside of it, that this is serious. and we've got to start actually backing up our words, even though even if she is being clear about this, that we have to be the leader now that, that we are capable of being and that we should be. is there any appetite in germany for i guess in a for playing a more assertive role and of course for, for backing that up with, with funds you have to pay if you want to place or to speak. that was one of the

1st comments i saw on in regards to sholtes as comment around there needs to be a marshall plan for ukraine, is who's going to pay for it. and this is a time, a global inflation. obviously, the pressures on gas price is on. in addition, the german people are also a part of this story of not one at wanting peace without having to use actual military and violence. has them called it to get there and they, they're reluctant to pay, but i think one of the big issues is that this story hits home. ukraine is a near border as there's talks about bringing them into the you, they're seen as neighbors. and i think the germans, people are also feeling that pressure from neighboring countries and allies to step up and actually start taking a leadership role. yet, let me pull that bank, then round to ukraine. for a moment, the chancellor says that he is pushing for all 27 e u member states to accept ukraine's candidacy to become a member of the you. germany is also now heading the g 7. do you get the sense that

germany really is playing a lead role in the west in regards to ukraine? i don't know if they did then playing a lead role. i think if we look at the last g 7 summit, which happened in december, we saw you k out in front of everyone as well as inside of nato in the g 7 at least as well as the us really pushing this charge. i think it's a bit of a come up in a moment for germany kind of saying exactly what we heard from king bath, which was we can't rest on our laurels. we can't rest on the last 80 years and hopefully this is truly that watershed moment. they talked about where they start to take that me role and i think the commitment to support you for ukraine is a huge step in that right direction. eliza, let's assume that ukraine gets this candidate status. so what me, the head of the opposition today here in germany said if it's pointless,

unless there's an actual plan towards ukrainian membership, that's exactly what's on the table. and a lot of people talked about also this. is it a one off? this is a package deal with moto and georgia, and there's been some questions about the readiness of all of these countries coming together. hopefully this is what's inside of the marshall plan for that show is talking about this is not, this is departure from his in words only, but hopefully also in action. and they will have to go through a very lengthy membership process where certain members are already talking about blocking it. so it will be an absolute geopolitical chance match and figure out can they make it through who's going to be their supporters, not just in boys, but what kind of actions are they going to take to make a concrete plan to make this reality? yeah. and to do the same time they're trying to fight off the russians. it's

a what list joke, a policy analyst at the public policy institute in berlin. joining us tonight from washington lives as always, we appreciate your time and your insight. thank. thank you. ah, a diplomatic dispute between russia and lithuania continues to escalate that the waning has blocked the rail transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to reach the russian exclaim of polena grot. now that the, when he says that it is in compliance with e u. sanctions against russia, but moscow says that there will be serious consequences bound from russia to russia. this train is bringing goods from russia's heartland to x, x clave of cleaning grad, kalynne. and gret is separated from the rest of russia by 2 countries, lithuania and belarus. what while better roosters letting all russian trains

transit its territory? lithuania has started blocking all trains carrying sanctioned goods. lightly senior doing anything. it's a european sanctions that started working from the 17th of june. coal metal cement, wood building, materials, and high tech goods are among the items on the sanctions list. they count for up to 50 percent of all goods bound for cleaning grad. moscow has called the parcel transit banner, hostile blockade and is threatening nato member lithuania. yes, english, i showed him a freight traffic between the kellen and grad region and the rest of russia's territory is not fully restored. in the next few days. russia retains its right to take measures to defend its national interests, to slay, not only hinted as russia insists that international freight, transportation agreements must be respected and is accusing lithuania,

violating the human rights of its citizens, and colon and grad that you has rejected moscow's criticism. and is in turn accusing the russian government of exploiting the partial trends had been for its own ends. sub walker, what they could have expected this, the russian side knew full well that sanctions will limit the transport of goods. and are now using this as a weapon and information war understood, passenger trains from russia continued to pass through lithuania without any problems. however, travellers are not allowed to get off the train back here at a station in venus. in order to get around the blockade, russia now wants to use c roots as an alternative. in the mean time fiercer growing that moscow could try to further escalate to stand off. so what sort of punitive measures could moscow take against lithuania? here is d, w 's, yury, rachada. i think most likely russia could completely block z, a rail traffic to values,

and that could also hit to the human beth hays state little any economically. as for any kind of further intervention, russia has been threatening for months to punish lithuania for it's very strong anti war and on to russian position. just a few days ago, rush us parliament the duma submitted a proposal. our proposal beach would even to revoke the recognition of athenians independence. this proposal erased as a territorial questions. for instance, if the baltic sea port of clyde paddock can really be conceded to part of lithuania, of course, from the west point of view, these are the most abstruse threats, but they are on the agenda at the moment. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the murder of a soley journalists plunged relations between the 2 countries into christ. the crown prince to day met with turkish president wretched plenty of air to want in

anchorage. both men say that they want to men ties that have been strained, since journalist jamal could show he was murdered in the fall. the consulate in istanbul, back in 2018. and you may remember the u. s. intelligence concluded that the saudi crown prince probably ordered the murder of cushion in 2018 turkish prison air to one blamed cush okies murder on the highest levels of the saudi government. and he launched the global campaign against the kingdoms leadership. now he's calling the crown prince his friend. so why is there to want so desperate to normalize relations? here's dw correspondent dorian jones in his temple. well, its necessity. turkey is facing regional isolation, having a fatally upset nearly every leader in the region. and this is part of a wider policy of resetting those relations. we've seen a similar approach monitors with the united arab emirates, with egypt and israel. and in many ways, saudi arabia is seen as keith is not only

a regional power, but turkey is looking for its financial support is another one is in charge of an economy that is in crisis inflation as efficiently 80 percent. i believe it's one over a 100 percent and the car and the currency. the lira is on the seat with warning that he could face up the crash and earth. one is believed to be looking for major financial support from saudi cramps in salmone to ty, over its economy until next year's elections with one faces reelection. that was dorian jones reporting their. my next guest tonight was closely connected to the work of jamal could shogi. karen, the to you was controlled. he's editor at the washington post where she herself is a columnist. karen is also the author of say your word, then leave the assassination of jamal co shogi in the power of the truth. that book do well, next month. karen joins me tonight from dallas, texas. karen, it's good to see you. again. there's a lot to talk about here refers,

i just wanna get your reaction to the this visit by mohammed bin selman to turkey today. yeah, i mean, what does it say, except this is something that he feared, obviously from the moment we heard that i had chose jeff only one day from our purchase in washington. you know, just how far it was tricky. really, to go for somebody who, yes, it's close to anyone, but you know, saudi arabia, you know, your report rightly said being a huge power in the region. it's just, it was just a matter of time. i mean the civil look at it. but what i think about right now is just the basic message that you know,

you renewed friendships to the didn't to the journalists who have bound turkey to be or symbol to be a place that they can gather. gathered during my reporting. i met with a good amount of area, saudi to the symbol because they said, and now basically the message is, you know, you can be killed, kidnapped, and eventually wait a few years and, you know, nothing will happen. get we've heard arguments that political realities have to take present here that it's, it's time to move on and get on with the business of geo politics. is it? yeah,

something i addressed in related code for the post. there is the idea, right, that you have geo politics. he has so called real thing to consider with saudi arabia, particularly when it comes to the us in the us. we look at the body review to be a partner with trying to normalize relations with israel. and so you know, these arguments that say, well, we need to balance human right with freedom and start with national security and with realism. and i think i would argue that this is best for it from geo politics to think that, that basically journalists, anyone can beat up that that is not a matter of national security or not. or that that is not a matter that really, frankly means to insecurity. i think it's quite an imaginative, frankly,

in your piece today in the washington post. you ask, will president, us, president biden push our allies to respect press freedom when he visits saudi arabia next month, for example. and you answer that with one sentence. i'm not holding my breath. what? well, i mean, jam our case jamal about who you are resident and i think that, you know, from the recording we're seeing here said, well, it's looking like administer the administration as well. officials within the ministration here saying, wow, this relationship can't be held hostage to because i've long said that this happened to jamal was more than just what happens to him. it was also an awakening to saudi arabia's actions in yemen to the u. s. support of

the war and yemen, and it really was not bumping rude. it was a tipping point in questioning us pretty much unconditional support for allies, regardless of who gets to send the message again with journalists as well that we're not state if we happen to be targeted by one of our allies in the middle east . your new book here it is about this murder and the power of the truth. and i'm wondering what do you say when someone asks you what condition is the truth in, in this case? shelby's family, for example, they're still waiting for justice, aren't we all are there was a reason why his case. his situation was so in a way, we weren't fighting for him, but again,

fighting for all the act it is all the journalist who, who jamal even himself did for the writing and then columns in the washington. so, you know, to, i think, you know, obviously we're not going to let you know, my government or saudi arabia or turkey. forget about their actions in this particular case, because it is so much about just how far countries and governments are willing to go to maintain relations and to preserve their power. and i don't think that is something that we can ever forget. yeah, and that's what we are trying to make sure. does not happens insurance. karen that he is always here and we appreciate your time and your insights tonight really forward. see your new book as well. thank you so much for ah, driven by the war in ukraine,

food prices and the cost of living, they are rising throughout the world. africa being particularly hard hit in south africa and poverty and inequality were already high. and after the pandemic surgeon, cause are now fueling a homelessness crisis, or correspond, adrian creech reports to night from cape town, where more and more make shift shelters are popping up around the city. thank you that. and i got a who's doing up for food handed out by a charity for homeless people in the middle of cape town. semi english hasn't had a warm meal for a long time. she's been living on the streets for more than 4. yes. i dumped up only by i had to both this. no, you don't move in. there's no way that you can move forward in life. there's no way that you can build yourself up in life while you're still in the city. because i thought i that maybe it absolutely didn't work english does not alone. and since

the pandemic hit, even more people have been forced to live on the street camps and makeshift senators like this have been much rooming in the city of cape town. there about 7000 homeless people in the city, much more than before. lockdown. the city runs a safe place program for homeless people, but currently they're only about 50 free spaces available. each nights the rest is occupied. cape town wants to create hundreds of additional spaces, but the may assess the leg of support from the national government makes it impossible to solve the problem. the core of the problem here is that the health care system is not capacity enough to deal with the scale of this problem. we are picking up the pieces at the end of this. all of these other failures of there's been a poverty failure. there's been a o domestic violence failure often that the system has not coped with. there has been a mental breakdown failure and then

a substance abuse failure. along with the rise in homelessness, south africa is also dealing with an unemployment crisis. every 3rd person here, his job lists now rising cost of living, driven by the war and ukraine, are making things worse for everyone. cooking oil has gone up by almost 50 percent fuel by 20 says the for everyone, because as you know, it affects the prices of the bicycle more to, to even be shots. by now the salaries of people are going on. people gone live like this anymore. it's, it's crazy. it's can use, we article yes, world law in the state. me loving in it, but i just was discovering up, been upping up. the government has acknowledged the problem but has fails to provide a solution aimed a shortage of funds. and recent times we're having to deal with another problem which is the rising cost of living has made it increasingly difficult for the majority of our people to get by and to pay their bills.

and also to see it that children, semi angulation is relieved that she doesn't need to worry about foods, at least for to day. but to morrow head daily struggle continues. ah, there is am soccer transfer news to night. it is officials, synagogue, star, saudi money has completed his move to buyer and munich from liverpool. money is $1.00 of africa's most successful players having won the champions league and for merely he also led senegal to african nations cup laurie last year, byron will pay around $41000000.00 euros for the star. the 30 year old could end up replacing robert levin dallas e if they've been down, he gets his wish to leave the germ chain of the days, almost done the conversation that continues aligned to find us on twitter, e 3 d w news, you can follow me at brent gov tv and remember whatever happens between now and

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