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who love sholtes pledges more help for germans struggling with runaway inflation. he upholds government financial discipline and dismisses talk of social unrest. and can you a head's for a presidential election run off with the to presidential contenders? running nick and nick will bring you the latest from nairobi. ah, i'm painful, unwelcome, more ads, more money and more weapons. that's the promise to ukraine from western allies meeting in copenhagen. nearly 30 countries have pledged more than one and a half 1000000000 euros in aid, including weapons and training for ukrainian soldiers. danish defense minister, morton bald scoff is cooling the commitments a clear sign of european unity hosting us here in den to day 26 countries.

as well as the european union have met hearing copenhagen and have send a clear signal. ukraine's fight is our fight. we stand together and we stand with the ukraine. we condemned russia's brutal attack in the strongest possible way. and we will consider the continue to assist ukraine in its military needs. today's conference has been about more than just words. christine moon wise, following the conference for us from brussels. we had the danish defense minister there say this conference was about more than words. what concrete pledges have been make? that's right, been so part of this 1500000000 years i. this is really cash. and the other part of it is said donations in terms of military stock and hardware, add the monetary value of that that's been committed at, at the sag conference in copenhagen. and that's going to be put into this international fund because it also includes countries like australia or for example,

and canada, who have made commitments add to that are found as well. it's, it's a 3 pronged effort if you like. there is the training of the troops, which is currently being headed up i in britain where the goal is to train at least 10000 ukranian soldiers by october, indications from the press conference that we just heard is that they want to increase, that there is also add that effort to di, mind ukraine as in the, in the past few months at the war has been raging. a lot of minds have been put in place. and now ad there is an effort that is going to be led by iceland are where it is going to be about training trainers are who will eventually go back home and start the process of d, mining the country. this is an effort on land as well as at sea, and then it, it is the, obviously the most pressing is he would be the, the arms and most countries have donated and given basically, or that they have or that they can give at the stage at there is now

a need to procure arms and that is of course to go to the markets and to buy a weaponry. and of course to ramp up and scale up production and countries like as slovakia, the czech republic, as we were told in this press conference, will be at assisting and that if it ramping up production of certain military, our weapon re and, and the equipment that could be sent over to ukraine, arms and ammunition to kristin. let's just have a listen to some of what the ukrainian defense minister had to say. earned were for that we all have common sense that there is no time for 40. that is model horn for one of whom you need energy. and frankly speaking, the main energy in this case is money. our partners know that we need funding and the arm articulated readiness to support us financially. crossing the minister talking about a marathon there, does the international community have the stamina to keep up?

while that is certainly what they would like for, for the world to believe international leaders. certainly, leaders here in europe would like for, for, for, for, for ukraine to believe that they still have the stamina to continue to supporting ukraine. but, but the reality is, the longer that the war dreads on, you can almost see that the political will waning because of course, support the ukraine, the continued support of ukraine. these monetary pledges have real implications for, for, for, for budget. so hence, these decisions have to be agreed upon in local and domestic parliament. and that has been a real concern and, and you're hearing that from, from the ukraine into defense minister because a lot of the concern from the ukrainians is that this is sort of becoming normal for a lot of people that people have been normalized that the war is starting to feel distance that the media coverage is waning. certainly, you don't have the same amount of media you had in the initial day. so what we heard today as well from, from the british defense ministry of defense? are we saying that perhaps president putin, in, in, in, in,

in russia would have liked the scenario where, you know, manse into this were effectively going on to 6 months of this one ukraine. that you have the sort of a waning determination that he said that this renewed pledge, the summit was, was, was to show that the international community was still strongly and firmly behind ukraine. but for example, been here in europe, we're getting into the winter energy prices are going up. and of course this is going to be a big problem as the cost of living and inflation goes up. do you still have that public support and will politicians have to now deal with that aspect of it as well? sir, ukraine would like for their continued support, and certainly the leaders would like to do that. but it depends on the situation on the ground as, as life gets tougher in the coming months, especially here europe. good boy christine would buy for us in brussels. thank you . are talking about off on the front lines. ukraine has stepped up, a tax on russian supply lines. commanders are preparing a counter offensive to retake areas in the south, held by russia. dw mathias,

boeing. i went to the front line to meet you. cranium. fight is getting ready for trench warfare. and living with another a weaves at the bottom of the trenches. that's how long the frontline has been here . you have so for satan, that's his battlefield name. this has meant months of living in and under the earth . this is where they sleep, eat and wait for something to happen. ukraine's national poet taught us should chem cook, which has over them. yahoo! when they shell us, we all come down here to people have to stay outside to monitor the situation. the others hide in here i am will it's mostly been artillery will being shell shelling back, waiting for the next round. 2 sides target each other from a distance trying to damage a position enough to then storm. and we're just going to the heart of the front is

in danger of a tank attack, but believe me, if they camera will meet them adequately, but with them to finish our thought right now is the ukrainians were attacking when they launched a counter offensive weeks ago. and have taken a few dozen settlements and the advance is low. jordan roberts again, we liberate the settlement that we can when we do, we don't move into the village, but we make sure the russians are gone. we don't go in, in order not to risk our soldiers live. that is important. when the command thinks that we have enough weapons and how soldiers will happily move foyce or use rather super duty period. as we travel to another position scorched. we can't get information on how many modern western weapons they have at this section at the front. we are constantly told it is not enough to move on more

boldly. because a break from the shelling lunch in the trenches, civil and the soldiers have been living here too for many months at the moment the mood is even relaxed. here in the trenches, there is a break in the fighting, but there is the expectation that the russians might step up. they're selling again . soldiers, no decent strikes are not tillery dumps has the high model. much of a rocket launches disrupt the russians. it's attention opponent, dr. lee to less shelling from their side for a certain period of time. but the russians also adjust their logistics. they learn the lessons from al highmark and far ranging artillery operating native. unfortunately, the war is not just a permanent turn in our favor. it's a process and it keeps changing itself here in the trenches at nicholas on front.

it's about patients moving forward carefully and keeping focused on tesla, although solid says promising more help for germans struggling with inflation and sky high energy bills is promising. new measures including tax relief sold, says germany, we'll tackle the energy crisis together with the european union is also pushing for a new pipeline from portugal through spain and france to diversify european supplies. schultz was asked whether germany could face social unrest. lane, you know, i do not believe that there will be unrest in this country in the way that has been outlined. and that is because germany is a welfare state. and this welfare state must be effective in the situation by clearly saying they will, will not leave anyone behind. i deliberately use the expression, you will not walk alone into the future. you will never walk

a lot of us and there is also true. that's what our response to this is, and that's why i'm quite confident is the travel plan realistic? i asked johan bar to pull a member of parliament for the conservative city. you opposition? i responses a lot of promises and i do not see how to fulfill all these promises. the 1st thing is we are from read, we get the gas, we need you in germany. as far as i see, russian will use a not only not been to but also no stream when as a political weapon against europe enters, especially also against germany. the 2nd thing is a new pipeline from spain and portugal. okay. that will last some years until we receive gas from from there and a liquid gas or from katara the deal i was just canceled. we saw our economy melissa, traveling to that are very country are in and that spring. but in the last days

we're at that we will never get l l n g from from cut out. so there are a lot of promises also when it, when it comes true to the welfare situation here in germany, you will never lose or walk alone. no one will be left behind that, that are very big words, but how to pay it. didn't the chancellor or answer this so morning is especially considering we could be sitting here alone in a very cold winter. oh what, what would be the, the solution? what would be the right paths to take right now? it is very important time. i'm trying to support ukraine and trying to keep the german economy and germans happy. so he's, he's of course, a fully concentrate in keeping his coalition together. that's fair enough. that's the job he has to do as chancellor. he's completely concentrated on the domestic situation here in germany. but in that very situation, europe is out there is some leadership need it. and if you look after european

leadership, it's always the question. well, not only on paris, but also on, on berlin, to go forward. and that was, was what the anglo merkel did of the last 16 years of what is lacking now. so, we have to, and the ukranian war a, how can we anthea ukrainian war, there's no simple solution, but the only solution i see is more sanctions and more heavy weapons for the ukrainians, so that they are really able to defend themselves. and that's, that's, that's a point where we're germany does not everything it could do. we have some more chains, we have an arm of the had goods we could deliver to ukraine. so that, that could be done by germany. that, that, that's, that's for sure. and the 2nd thing here here in germany, or of course, we have to safe every energy we are now using especially guess. and

there's no plan for saving a gas in germany. no, in public houses or nato, and also not in private houses. so there's no plan, there are no legal means taken by the government to safe gas to save energy. so and, and we are losing day by day, the chance to come around of this winter. and we're not using of the, the nuclear plants we have in germany, no plans from the government to, to use them for, for the next 2 or 3 years. which of course would be possible. so ah, it's e, we to day we saw a chancellor, moderating a sobel li, his own coalition, but not governing of this country. so a lack of action, a lack of leadership, and you also say more could be done for you cray. what would you say about this

visit that the teslas preparing as to beijing at this are key time, especially with tension so high between taiwan and china, china there was only only one sanctions that he said that say he is preparing a visit to be jing of course it's, it's always, or the task off of champ, loved germany, to be in, in the any talks was the gene mod. what i missed in the, in the last days was, was any comment from him or his government on the visits and nancy pelosi spent to taiwan no support for her. no support for tiven of for democracy. no critical words on china. which sure is across using a lot of military power in order to prepare a chewed to to a concord taiwan at any time. nobody knows when it will happen. so i that,

that was all also, not enough. you cannot only say that that you, you're gonna, you're gonna spend a visit to be jing and do not yet. ab put it in a political frame, or as a, a very important country in the free work. and an important part of the united states here in, in europe at germany, or has have to have a clear stance on democracy on the international law. and of course on defending countries like to warn you how to, from german opposition, they'll make a new line bible. thank you very much for being on the show today. my possess more than a 1000 fire fighters from across europe battling to contain a massive blaze in southwest france. finally, the wind growing bordeaux region as destroyed homes and large areas of forest and for thousands of people to flee. wildfires of burning in many european countries

fuel by drought and blistering temperatures. firefighters are also struggling to control the fire in a national park and central portugal. scientists say climate change is making wildfire in europe more frequent and more severe. scientists and he had already joins me in your work for the european commission. you specialize in extreme weather and climate change. what is happening in europe right now? yes, thank you. and that was there. i am, i have been doing in the last when years of may get here. what is happening now is basically that the utah fees are facing $1.00 of their worst drought. also combine, we, the sequence of waves started quite early, non duty god during the summer feeding. how could the, sorry, contingent let it be a combination of the 2 lamb at extremes, the ease the impacts of

a beautiful how would things here in europe look in a decade from now? do you think is no mediation strategies? effective mitigation strategies will be put in place that n a projection to show how are these are this kind of extremes and become a ready meet century, the new norm. i mean that, that they are projected to occur almost every year. of course, this is not going to happen in the coming 10 years, but of course we are going to see something called eat and that we did long term a tendency that these projected by clement model simulation. so we, all, europeans rather complain a lot about problems that have long been problems in other parts of the world like australia, africa, how would you compare europe to other parts of the world as far as these problems

go? with respect to managing this climate extremes, europe has been investing a lot and the commission through specific projects and initiative with respect to a climate change at attention. but also with respect to developing sector call design strategies that would use the disk and impact of such a such extreme. so a few examples are, for instance, recently finished the age 2020 project medical that the develop with pharmacy climate service. but use that. he's got a job and he waves, but also the recent loans mission. another issue and i had 20, we'll have to leave it. i thank you very much for giving us a picture of the situation here in europe. thank you. run off in kenya's presidential election is looking increasingly likely. local

media reporting, the veteran opposition leader. right. a and deputy president william, brutal and neck and neck as dorit in western kenya is one of brutal strongholds. it was also the scene of ethnic unrest. stuff. the $22007.00 election as a corresponded mario miller reports, memories of the violence of still vivid out and about on behalf of piece helen currency and collins baron walked through the neighborhood and elder it in western kenya. one day ahead of kenya's general election, they talked to me buzz and ask if they feel safe, whichever the outcome i'd be ready to like make my cell, sir. the scenes that unfolded in 2007 are still fresh in everyone's memory here. after the elections violent clashes broke out between different ethnic groups, dozens of people including children, were burned alive in a church. peace activists, carissa and brother lost friends and relatives. but some people,

when they were injured, they still have injury still to be some they become physically disabled, some became mentally disabled. you can see the fear that they have the other a neighborhood as a stronghold of william, brutal vice president of kenya. and one of the 2 leading presidential candidates authorities the, the area as a possible hotspot for violence and have brought in hundreds of security forces. but like 2007 leaflets with hate speech have been circulating. they read vote for rudolph or 2007 was just the tip of the iceberg. at the other end of the city ballad papers checked and thought it heavily police officers secure the side the i, b, c. the kenyan electro authority has to deliver this time after the last election 5 years ago, had to be repeated due to serious arrows. you have to be dedicated to make sure that you have the right one

for these and waiting for the great people. great. tuesday morning, election day at 6 am presidential candidate william router is the 1st to cost is valid in a village near elder it he to praise for peace but peace doesn't hold well on election day. these pictures make the rounds we're going to, i went to meet with a freshly elected member of county assembly for rayleigh dingle party is involved in a violent dispute. he accuses his political arrival was whoever is not in a strong party that this year, we little not come again into a group. through him, one of the attackers broke his aid's arm. he says, the thoughts of violent incidents are not rare and canyon politics. although they haven't happened much in the selection back at the polling station,

5 p. m sharp clip, when they shot, i've been clothed time to count under the eyes of numerous election observers. now, days later, people are still eagerly waiting for the finer results. will he w, corresponded felix smiling. i is covering the election for us. he joins me from nairobi. felix, you're a canyon national, tallying center house. the vote count progressing. really, ben? yes. our the vote counting is still under way the electoral i, b c. the electoral boundaries commission is currently verifying forms. the physical forms that have been delivered from several i county tiling centers and some more forms i yet to come. so we don't have the exact resolved yet, but the telling that has been conducted by 3 of the main media houses. sure. that at the present moment,

j loading guy and william root or i both are going neck to near cut, 49 percent. and so i ran off could be likely, if neither of them actually caused the 50 percent plus one. but also inside the telling center is a lot of activity shift. agents of the various political parties are present to ensure nothing goes on miss observer missions. in fact, just as i was waiting for you to come through the african union of some mission, has our members have just come into the national telling center so that they can ensure that everything that has been going on in the country and here at the national telling center goes smoothly. yeah, i was reading that these international observe is a monitoring the selection. what, what have they been telling you? well, are there international observers we're observing, we have the european observer mission. you have the africa union. observe our mission. we have the east africa community observe our mission and all of them so

far seem to be saying that the elections were conducted in a free and fair manner. and they are hoping that the country will maintain the same piece and tranquillity that is currently being experienced, even as people wait for the election results. will that be the case? because there are concerns of violence as we saw in that report. well i, i just spoke to the amnesty international director here in kenya is all going to an end. he said that unlike the past, this particular election is very unlikely for us to go into a chaos after the result is announced. but he also said that it is too early to tell because most of the time, immediately the results are unknown seats. when now either people remain peaceful, all their people decide to be cavity. so before they, the final, as result is actually unknowns. we are not able to tell,

but at the moment the country is come and everyone is, i just hoping that their best candidate, when i've just spoken to one of the agents to main political party and he said their focus is on ensuring that whatever result that comes from the electoral boundaries commission is actually the right result and it's actually reflecting the real of canyon's d. w, corresponding physics mango in nairobi, thanks for the update football now. and last season's champions league winters. hey, i madrid have won the you way for supercop, after beating and hot frankfurt, the you roper league holders to nil in helsinki, the owners, they assigned had no answer to goals from david oliver and kevin bens i'mma, in the 1st competitive match between the club. since the 1960 european comp final, it's the 5th time re i'll have won the trophy. and a reminder of the top story by following foyer western allies meet in copenhagen

and pledge one and a half 1000000000 euros in aid for ukraine. the package includes weapons and training for ukrainian troops. denmark's defense minister says it's a clear demonstration of european unity. cave denies responsibility for explosions earlier this week at a russian ebay thing, crimea. ukraine says it didn't strike the bass, but says the blasts destroyed the 9. brushing wolf plants and on the mainland ukrainian find his push towards his son in the south. now you're up to date. next up rushes, treatment of ukrainian prisoners of more under the spotlight in focus on europe. with

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