ah ah ah this is dw slide from berlin, israel's prime minister on a diplomatic visit to berlin. the 2 countries are seeking to finalize a deal on strategic economic and security operations. a year lockheed says germany would be making a mistake to return to the around nuclear deal on the current conditions. also coming up the people of scotland are pair to bid farewell to queen elizabeth. these

live pictures from edinburgh where the crowds continue to gather in child's will lead a procession of his life. mothers talk them through the heart of the scottish capital will have special coverage plus ukraine's lightning offensive in the northeast and hockey bridget images suggesting a hasty retreat by russian forces circulate on social media. as ukraine's general staff announce its troops have recaptured more than 20 towns and villages in the past day. and as the trial begins of 10 suspects in the brussels terrorist attacks d. w, he is prompt to people whose lives were deeply affected by those events. 6 years ago. ah, i've been for is all, and thanks for being with us. is really prime minister. yeah. you la pete is visiting berlin is being accompanied by several holocaust survivors on this. his

1st trip to germany since taking office a peek. met with german chancellor of salts. one of the key issues they discussed at the meeting was the nuclear agreement with iran, a deal the japanese supports and israel oppose. it's. let's have a listen to some of what the german chancellor had to say funded hamilton. ladies and gentlemen of the russian aggression against the ukraine, russian invasion of ukraine. of course, also i was a topic of our discussion. we agree that because latent breach of international law is retractable, the killing ukraine must stop. oh, january europe and israel voiced and shoulder to shoulder ways ukraine in these difficulties was the impact all fresh out more of aggression can only be felt with regard to rise of food and energy prices. i'm glad you have a joint effort we are trying to mitigate the impact of the white glove on bill lee allows to be very happy to operate with that with israel investment of anti israel

has the arrow 38 launch at alpha in that regard. let's take a closer look at this with d, w. chief, political correspondent, belinda crane. belinda, how can the 2 countries work together when it comes to this war and you cry, while the chief area mentioned by both of them today was energy you heard chancellor shelter referring there to soaring energy prices. in fact, germany has been trying to win itself off of russian natural gas. and he mentioned in his remarks the fact that germany is moving to build floating liquefied natural gas terminals to receive gas from sources other than russia. and that's where prime minister la pete said, well, we'd certainly like to help out with that support europe in its attempts to win itself off of russian gas. and he said he thought that his real can probably supply up to 10 percent of what europe and germany were receiving even last year. so that's quite a significant share actually. definitely. let's have

a listen to what the israeli prime minister had to say. he was speaking about security cooperation with germany, israel for its fault. we'll play a role in building germany's new defense force, mainly in the field of defense as you just mentioned. song will certainly say that the military partnership between germany and israel is an historical irony . i consider to be proved that we have drawn the necessary conclusions from the pass talk does not stop you. liberal democracies must be willing and able to defend themselves. sometimes freedom must be defended by force. israel in germany, working on energy as you pointed out, is significant, but germany and israel working together on security that is remarkable considering history indeed. and both leaders emphasized numerous times in their conversation.

today how close relations between these 2 countries are and the degree to which germany feels. responsibility for israel stemming, of course, from germany's responsibility for the holocaust. so when it came to security cooperation, the main focus there as we just heard, was air defense. and the chancellor mentioned that germany is setting up a 100000000000 euro fund to help essentially modernize the very depleted bundis fair, the military. and one of the things he said, germany is looking at is high performance missile defense systems shields as it were. israel has a very powerful one called the arrow 3. and it's worth noting that germany is of course, within range of intermediate russian missiles. so a very important issue in view of the kinds of threats we've heard russia making for germany in the area of security. what about the disagreement? so when it comes to iran?

indeed that was probably the main aim for prime minister lapierre coming here. he told the israeli cabinet as, as much before he left the country saying that he thought of israel's on good diplomatic course to stopping any revitalization of the iran accords that were signed in 2015. a very much pushed by president barack obama at the time. as you know, president trump took the us out of that accord in 2018. and since then, there has been an ongoing attempt to restart negotiations with iran, with a view to getting it back into the agreement. israel says that should not happen. they say that iran is a mortal enemy of israel wants to see israel destroyed. and that the agreement would not work to essentially limit iran's nuclear ambitions. the chancellor said he agrees on the aim that iran should not be permitted to get the bomb. but that the only way to realize that a is a new revitalized agreement with iran. so

a fundamental difference about how to achieve that. on the other hand, the chancellor also said that the perception at the moment is that the talks with iran are deadlocked and that there is no immediate prospect of agreement with iran on new proposals that have been submitted by the european union negotiating partners. so still quite a ways away. this thing that israel is very worried about the w. c. political correspond, belinda crane. thank you very much. britain's king charles has arrived in edinburgh to leave the procession of queen elizabeth's coffin ahead of her journey to saint john's cathedral. the king and queen consort research crowds along the royal mile majesty them receive the keys to the city or house official residence. the new king began the day with his inaugural address to parliament in london. hundreds of lawmakers filled westminster hole as part of the ceremony to offer condolences to the king. let's take a listen to his reply address. we gather to day in remembrance

of the remarkable span of the queen's dedicated service to her nations and peoples. while very young, her late majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government which lie the heart of our nation. this vow she kept with unsurpassed devotion. she set an example of sofas duty, which with god's help and your counsels. i am resolved faithfully to follow you correspondent, emily go dean, joins us from n brush. emily, great to see you, and what a beautiful backdrop there. at the king's arrived in edinburgh. what can we expect

in the next few hours where you are? yes van that they are, the king has arrived. he was greeted here by a ceremony performed by the palaces, honor guard. and actually, i don't know what you can see it. i hope stay behind me to my left as for the royal standard, scotland was also raised to full mast. remember, the flags across the u. k. will lower to half mast in light of the queen's death. so he is now arrived. he's probably having lunch right now, and he is set to join the preceding up, the mild royal mile up the scent of cathedral right now. how are the on a god is actually on its way to the palace again, this is the noise that you can hear in the background of music. so they're all getting ready for this procedure that will take the queen's coughing up to saint charles cathedral, which will obviously be joined by king charles, the queen,

consort camilla, and other members of the royal family at saint charles cathedral there, set to have a service there and then afterwards, the king had said to meet the 1st minister of scotland, nicholas sturgeon, and he is later than expected to go over to parliament, where he will be aware where i am, where members of parliament will pay their respects. and to end the day, there will be a vigil tonight at san jose cathedral, which you will attend as well. so all in all are a very busy day for the new king. yeah, it sounds like a bit of a job for you. there are lots of cover that's for sure. and we're seeing huge crowds in the scottish capital. give us an idea of the types of people who are, who are coming there. oh, thousands of people. let's see this morning. you could already see crowds lining the royal mile. they bought camp at chairs with them to secure good spots along the

royal mile to see the coffin, half past them on its way to san giles cathedral. it's very important for people here to be here and to be part of this moment to come together and, and to grieve the queen. i've spoken to a few of the people here and let's hear what they had to say. i just to say yesterday i just had to be here because it's literally just on my doorstep, but it's such a historical moment. and i just wanted to be part of the history. and i can tell my children, they'll tell their children one day. so we'll just continue on just to be a positive history. yeah. just to be a part of history, the once in a lifetime thing, and obviously we like as americans, we like love the queen as well. i'm here mostly because i thought it was just such a momentous occasion that we couldn't miss and we were all saying that it's not quite the same. well to watch on tv. i. i want to be able to come here and be with everybody because it is a mass morning that we're all going through and it's really sad day for everyone.

and i bet it's great being part of this yourself, emily saying, all these people come together and witness it to what happens over the next few days. yes. so once the queen's coffin reaches angel's cathedral, she will lay and she will lie and rest there for 24 hours. her coffin at the moment is draped with the royal standard of scotland. that's the flag that represents the sovereign in this country in scotland. and on top of the coffin will lay will lie the crown of scotland, which is obviously, you know, scotland and england weren't always a union. and before they came together, they each had their own crown jewels. so it is the oldest crown jewels in the u. k . so it's very special that she will also be carrying this crown on her coffin, and then tomorrow she will be flown from edinburgh to london. the coffin will be accompanied by princess and her daughter. and king charles will then fly over to

belfast, northern ireland. and later this week, he'll make his way to cardiff in wales and the gold for us in edinburgh. thank you very much for following proceedings for us. and yet do enjoy your stay. a little windy and we'll have life coverage of the procession of the lake. queen elizabeth's coffin from hollywood palace in edinburgh to joust cathedral in a short while. stay tuned for that now to some of the other stories making use around the world. formative prime minister angie babbage has gone on trial in prague. prosecutors alleged that the billionaire committed use subsidy fraud for his chemical farming and meet your empire. obviously, as did i did wrong doing and called the trial politically motivated. typhoon marie fire has been battering japan, southern islands authorities of war residents to seek shelter from strong waves and winds. as the typhoon makes landfall. meteorologists say the storm is now on course

to hit mainland china and the shanghai authorities in southern pakistan are trying to split one of the country's main highways to redirect flood waters away from the town record. more to reins of triggered floods across a 3rd of the country. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes to the war in ukraine. now keith says its troops have liberated more than 20 settlements in 24 hours as they continue a rapid advance in the eastern hockey vent on. yes, grievance is map shows the front line 12 days ago. and yesterday, you can see the latest territory that ukraine says it has. we captured from russian control in light blue. russia is dubbing its withdrawal from the region a regrouping overnight. ukrainian officials said russian miss allen air strikes on civilian infrastructure at cause widespread outages in the region. president, florida lensky said russia was deliberately trying to deprive people of light and

heat earlier ha keeps mer describe the strikes as rush and reprisals for keeps recent territorial gates on the edge of har, his city fire crews battle ablaze at one of ukraine's biggest power and heating plants, flames in the night sky, or the early source of light as the region is plunged into darkness. buena less lyrica missile struck an infrastructure, so transformers which serve the city of hark, if we're damage. but you, ukraine says russian missiles struck across its east and south destroying homes. with multiple fatalities reported. russia's military denied, striking civilian targets, saying it had launched an offensive against military objects. but keith says russia is retaliating by air as its infantry loses ground. ukrainian forces as sharing

videos of their arrival in towns occupied for more than 6 months, some within kilometers of the russian border. they say they have re taken control of strategic cities, including is ume once a supply held for the invading army? all nobler chaise you more? the main square of is young. the building of the local administration is still burning. everything around is destroyed, but it's okay. on shore. so we will restore everything is zoom, is yom was, is and will be ukrainian, came across the northeast. the ukrainian flag is being unfurled. russian symbols a being torn down and the cries of glory to ukraine. glory to heroes grew louder. oh, d, w, corresponded nick connelly is in cave. i asked him all ukrainian forces of funding

and recaptured towns upon their arrival. the finding a lot of dumped russian tech tanks to transport a vehicles but even high tech stuff, drones and more complicated systems, often with their manuals left and their base station. so a lot of tech that is going to be useful for the ukrainian, i mean, trying to understand how to better resist the system, seemingly the russian forces without even the time to destroy that kit, let alone take it with them. they found lots of the local reasons, have left for russia, look, especially people who are cooperating with russian authorities. they're taking jobs in the russian occupational authorities. they obviously scared of retribution or judicial consequences of what they've done. and we're getting spread reports of torture on the mistreatment of people there, especially people connected to the crying estate. people who amy were veterans of the ukrainian army, but it's all pretty difficult to report a right now. no real systematic access for journalists. we're just working on social media and the stuff week that's getting through to us here. many of the space is still don't even have a mobile phone connection. so it's all pretty hazy for now. but lots of kind of

scratching of heads here in key of people not really able to believe it was possible to push the russians back so fast over such be erin, u. s. general. ben hodges is the former commander of us army troops in europe, and he's now with the rights organization human rights. first, as a senior advisor, we asked him how it was possible for ukrainian troops to recapture so much territory in the northeast in just a few days. i think it's a combination of 3 things. first of all, the russian forces are exhausted and our logistics are exhausted. our leaders have been killed and we've watched for the last couple of months, the deterioration of morale and fighting spirit of russian forces throughout so they don't have the will to fight. that's number one. number 2 of the impact of weapons provided by the west, particularly long range rockets. these kinds of capabilities have been very helpful and disrupting or destroying russian logistics. russian artillery russian command

post. really creating a lot of problems for the russians in their area, which makes it difficult for them to figure out what's going on and to react. but the 3rd thing is, is all credit to ukrainian journal staff and forces. they are disciplined. they've done a good job of protecting information, what we call op secker operations security, and they deceived the russians, where the main attack was coming by, talking openly about an attack in harrison when the main attack actually was coming from the north. so really top level execution of operational design. the trial opens today in belgium of 10 people suspected of involvement in islamist bombing attacks and brussels in 2016. 32 people were killed at a time when europe was already on age following a series of terrorist attacks. t w's machinist house has been to meet one woman witnessed events in the brussels, metro,

and who hopes the trial will help bring some closure. ah, the mild leg metro station in brussels, it has become a symbol of how an ordinary trip to work can turn into a nightmare. like this, when the bomb exploded, i immediately knew it was an attack because it he stared job and that he was on this metro. when at 9 11, am i suicide bomber blew himself up. a bit over an hour earlier, 2 other suicide bombings had occurred. only a few kilometers away at brussels airport. all 3 attacks were carried out by the so called islamic state in mile that chris del jovan etsy, helped others to get out of the metro dividend. and i saw a young girl through the smoke a silhouette who came out of the carriage, who collapsed, who was injured,

really badly. live home and there were people standing still alive, her. they all keys tear. jo. annette is still has hearing problems, but she survived. unlike 32 others from all over the world, among them sabrina ismael fossil who was only 24 when she died. her father hussein says she was following her dream by training to become a nurse. visiting her daughter's grave can sometimes be very challenging. grandma i picked for a bit more than 4 years. i was very, very strong for my wife for my 2 other children. but then it was plunged into a depression myself, especially last year because i no longer had the power to hold everyone else out of pocket one. seeing observe college his test helped him, but not as much as the person who reminds him most of sabrina casualties. i'm

always very, very happy to see her son. he's a present that she left us. thank educators agassi. he now hopes the trial on the attacks will bring those responsible for his daughter's death to justice. after 6 and a half years, it will now take place here in brussels. it's not an absurd time, it's a very complicated we you, most of the people who made yet ag themself died in the attack. so you have to find the other people responsible. so it's a long inquiry and you have to make sure that you do everything properly. as many of the survivors, chris del jovan nancy, is looking at the start of the process. with mixed feelings. was going to push the trial, went alleviate me from all the pictures i have in my head. on the contrary, there'll be other things added with everything that i'll hear and see my work. for her. it will be very important. she hopes it will help her to live with the horrors

she experienced more than 6 years ago. to re shelters covering the story for us from brussels. terry, this is a preliminary hearing before the full trial kicks off in mid october. so that was what's happening today. that's right, this is due to be a procedural hearing, the judge's determining for example, how many witnesses will be allowed to speak and there could be hundreds, what evidence is going to be admissible in what order people will speak. but it turns out that there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom to day. and that's because the victims were coming face to face with the accused for the 1st time ever. and one victim said that she was very afraid to be in the same room with these men. another one told me that she really tried to prepare herself emotionally, and it was still very, very difficult. the accused also had a lot of emotion. they're angry that they are expected to sit in glass boxes to give their testimony and, and also to,

to try to speak to their lawyers and they're asking the judge to set aside this system and, and let them sit out in the open. but the victims are telling us that they very much would like to see them and stay in the glass boxes for the trial. these attacks was suicide bombing, so the perpetrators obviously a dead who is on trial that well, most of the perpetrators are dead. in this case, the case of the brussels attacks, one of the defendants actually admits being part of the team that attacked to the airport on march 22nd. but instead he left his trolley full of explosives put on a disguise and walked into downtown brussels later to be apprehended by law enforcement. so he's admitted as much and he is one of 4 defenders who actually have already been convicted at for taking part in the paris attacks in november 2015. they're all accused to have been part of this terror cell that was uncovered in brussels and, and alleged to have plotted the paris attacks and the brussels attacks as well. and

i should mention that, that one of the 10 is being tried an obsession. and he's believed to already be dead, having been killed in a battlefield in probably in syria, in the service of the islamic state. partials for us and brussels. thank you very much. well, let's return to the scottish capital edinburgh now where a procession with queen elizabeth's coffin will make its way from hollywood house palace to saint john's cathedral down the city's famous royal mile is a life pictures from edinburgh. we will be covering this of course without correspondence there and we go dean also be a good muss in london. and robin merrill here in the studio with us who's just come back from scotland and historic day and a lot of pomp and circumstance and a lot of sadness as well. i guess this is a chance for so many people from around the u. k. to come together to celebrate

what was an amazing time and what is the end of an era? i guess charles will be leading the procession behind the queen's coffin. first of all, let's just bring in our very own robin meryl, who as i just mentioned, is just back from scotland. you were there when the news came through from the queen's death. tell me a little bit about what you went for. well, i was actually with my family about to sit down to watch her affair to play, which was then cancel because we heard right then it was for me a bit like losing an elderly relative to it in that we've all had that experience of, of losing an early relative and but when it happens that moment it happens, it is a shock. and of course i wasn't related to the queen, but i've, she's been my queen for nearly well for 70 years,

and i'm nearly that age myself. so it's my complete lifetime and there was to be honest, the next day more a feeling of loss or the next day and a void because this was the person who for my entire life steadied the shape of my own country. when the ship won't always steady, to be honest and you, you refer to her as your green. i mean, she was my queen as well, but geographically you were a lot closer. but also your relatives of all worlds are quite close to the royal family in some respects. i believe. i think you're referring to my to my brother who was prince charles is private secretary at some point in the 90 ninety's. yes he was and i met prince jasmine number of the royal's. i never met

the queen. i was in the presence of the queen once or twice, but sir, no, i mean with prince charles he's, he's got a very, very difficult act. well, to be honest and impossible, act to follow up and in such a short timing comparison. oh yeah. in such short time, but he's had me had fair warning, not any illness. this particular eldest, very short. and we did take us by surprise, didn't it? but he certainly had time to prepare we're just watching are looking at life pictures here. ah, where a a waiting king charles is arrival. he will be leading a procession of queen elizabeth coffin, which will make its way through hollywood house palace to san jose cathedral down there. cities famous royal mile. and i have an romero here with us

who's from the u. k who are has a lot more history with the queens of royals than me. that's for sure. i'm from australia are very far away outpost. i think you could say robin. tell me a bit. a bit. bit more about edinburgh because and scotland you just returned from there and it's quite significant, isn't it that the queen passed away there it is. indeed she had, she had a very special relationship with scotland and she went to bow moral every summer. and that's not just for 2 weeks holiday. she was there 2 or 3 months, pretty much every summer and i'm or the official residence is hollywood has of course, but her home in scotland is bound moral. and it was the peace and quiet of the highlands that she loved the very famous picnics on the moors and the locals in crap in ballot. a nearby treated her as one of their own and they never bothered

her in the butcher's sort of thing. they really took her as one of their own, which is very apparent. now we are seeing all the crowds arriving in edinburgh as well. and there was a different constitutional relationship with scotland. you may have noticed the other day, i'm at the oath of allegiance. i nitty said prince charles, king charles took an extra oath of allegiance to the scottish church of one other interesting thing. post boxes in england, e to ah, on them. elizabeth the 2nd regina, but they don't in scotland because she isn't or wasn't the 2nd queen of scotland? elizabeth the 1st was the queen of england. i think it was james. the 6th correct me if our are are in scotland and she was the 1st and on scottish post boxes to the .