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people are being asked to switch all power for much of the day. ah hello, i am terry martin. good heavy with us. german chancellor love shult says a proposal to cap gas prices in the e. you can only work if it's backed by non u partners such as japan and south korea kal schultz was speaking during a key policy statement to parliament. the head of a prophy summit were you leaders are seeking consensus on energy security. but here in berlin, shoulds promised unwavering support for ukraine in the war, emphasized on western unity in the face of what he called an imperialist gord. lacresha is part of what the chancellor sholtes had to say. in hooton's ward again who crane and old of the free will,

will fail from things really it already has enough doll crane or germany and europe . ha, that on the old remains, strengthened from these tests or more united and more independent of them before spring in des. political correspond, nina hossa, who was following that speech this morning. nina, what do we learn from chancellor shelter speech to parliament? well, if anybody expect it news coming out of their speech here today, they were mistaken. but all i've heard seized of the half an hour or so that he spoke to parliament, to reiterate just why germany needs to stand by ukraine sighed unconditionally, for as long as it takes those are his words. he, as said that the russians attacks the deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure on the civilian population in cities like eve and live that they amount to war crimes. and he said that this is something that is not going to go away any time

soon, but that the west does stand united. so this was a very clear message from the german chancellor to ukraine. you can trust, as we will stand by your side, even though we know, and we are beginning to feel that as this current aggression by russia is having implications on our lives. but we are willing to make some sacrifices. he talked at length about energy security. you said that germany was well prepared for this coming winter, that it had made that transition from being almost completely dependent on russian gas to and for example, extending the use of coal power, but also building l n. d infrastructure terminals. so he said, and that was also interesting, and we were dependent on russia. we are no longer, but we will need this transition period to get away from it. you know, as you know, ukraine desperately wants more weapons to help defend itself against the russian aggression. to shortcut a,

give any indication that germany is now prepared to send more weapons to ukraine. well, all of shows is somebody who doesn't publicly talk about things that are being negotiated behind closed doors. he's not a politician who tries to win vote as over by making promises that he is not a 100 percent sure that he can fulfill them. so this is not a surprise, left shows will only announce new weapons deliveries as soon as he's got the 100 percent support from everybody involved. and so i can't rule out that this is currently going on behind closed doors, but this was not the opportunity for him. to, to announce anything new. this was a traditional speech before the council where of course, lots of topics are on the agenda. but he also reiterated again, just what germany has been delivering to ukraine on the stress. the fact that germany has sent the advent system iris t that is helping ukraine and shoot down rockets that are coming from russia. a can,

you know, in his speed shop shop said that a proposal in the e u to cap gas prices would only work if non you countries were to supporter it. that's going to be a big topic that you saw me coming up in brussels. or is it clear that countries like south korea and japan and countries that schoultz mentioned in a speech? are they willing to support apprised cap on death? well, gemini currently has the g 7 at presidency, so all of charges can use this platform as well. so the platform of the economy, the strongest economies, and strongest democracy's world wide to try and influence the asian partners. because all i've towards his argument is it is no use to implement a price gap on a gas for europe, because then the ships that deliver gas will simply turn away from europe and they will go to where prices are higher. and that could be in the asian markets. he says

he does need the support from asian countries as well, who are also struggling with high energy crisis on need to thank you very much. our political correspondent, nina houses there will chancellor shelters, policy statement comes ahead of a key meeting of you leaders starting in brussels later. the energy crisis and the looming recession are just 2 of the challenges facing the you and will likely dominate talks. they're in brussels, the war in ukraine has driven up energy costs, and there's fear that public support for your crane could wayne as winter bytes. so your leaders will be looking at ways of cutting energy costs for consumers, the w's tester, clover, follow to found out more skyrocketing prices for gas, and i have created major headaches for many europeans. now europe in governments want to change that at the ear leaders last summit. earlier this month, everyone agreed energy prices have to go down. now several suggestions on the table

for their next meeting here in brussels. the fast proposal on the table is joined purchasing, but this model energy supplies would be bored at a european union level rather than a national one and subsequently distributed. this could bring down prices due to the increased purchasing power that might need some time to be set up. the 2nd proposal is agreeing on a maximum price limit paid for gas by all european importers. the intention is to prevent some of the price spike seen in recent months. but this measure comes with certain pros and cons. the advantage of this measure is that it could really reduce energy prices quite quickly. and at the same time it wouldn't cost anything to european states. but that, of course, has the risk bad. suppliers will not deliver enough gas to european states because they, they have less incentives with a lower price to,

to do so. the 3rd proposal is a solidarity mechanism. with this suggestion, you countries would help each other out in times of emergency supply shortages, transferring energy from one country to another. but for some that might be too much to ask for. the problem is that a lot of especially richer countries ah, will not necessarily agree on a mechanism that makes them pay for the walls of other countries. we've seen that in the past before. it's always been very difficult to agree on that. so why should it be different this time? another idea is still being worked on is a cap on energy prices as done in spain. their government buys gas at current high . mike had prices that passes that on to consumers at a lower cost and pays the difference itself. this is as pressure on households that drives up demand and could create supply issues. but these propositions on the

table, you leaders now have to come to an agreement on how to lower prices on securing energy supplies. the next winter catch up on smell, the stories making headlines around the world today. a new law tackling the legacy of spain's fascist dictatorship, has entered into force it knowles convictions or political or religious beliefs, as well as for sexual orientation. and also promotes a search for victims buried in mass graves. over a 100000 people disappear during spain, civil war, and dictatorship, from 1936 to 975. peruse president pedro castillo has asked the organization of american states to help preserve the country's democracy after what he calls an attempted coup. last week, the attorney general filed a constitutional complaint accusing custeel of corruption and criminal activity. the oas plans to consider the issue on thursday with the

ukrainians are being told to switch off their electricity from 7 this morning to 11 this evening. that's in response to russia's widening strikes against energy facilities and ukraine. the national grid operator says the curb is limited to thursday, but more restrictions and blackouts may be needed for winter with winter approaching more many ukrainian st. though the 8 month war has already meant getting used to life without power, heat, and running water. preparing dinner in a makeshift outdoor kitchen. 9 year old autumn and his grandma arena hurrying to get dinner ready before the setting. sun plunges the home into cold and darkness. soon, horgan is really cold. he, and like guess she's, i'm sleeping in my clothes in my apartment now. li, issue brushing strikes of cut off utilities in cities and towns across ukraine. and many residents here in the hockey region,

we have been living without gas, water, or electricity for weeks down to push the kids move enough. when you open, our windows were damaged to to. now we are only eating here, but sleeping in the next apartment because their windows are not damaged. so it's warmer there any way? don't people for many people bundling up at night and cooking outdoors is a matter of survival growth. the situations like this is no electricity, no water, no gas recalled. you can see we're building fires and tom lives with his mother. she's disabled and is totally dependent on her son's help to do it's abroad . so it's really cold. now, if it wasn't for myself only i would freeze. i should in

the homes of residents living in villages like these in the hot heat region have been thrust into a pre industrial era with no modern comforts authorities. the trying to reassure people that electricity will be restored soon and that repairs to water and gas infrastructure will come next. that with the war and with absolutely no certainty. people like autumn and his grandmother can only prepare for what will likely be a very harsh ukrainian winter. dw correspond, mathias bring us in chief and joins as though mathias russian attacks have destroyed. a good part of ukraine's energy infrastructure, their blackouts, and work tricity rationing. what's the government's saying about that? you know, the government has asked the people to cut down on energy use. it has not off people to cut completely, but cut down on energy use today to see whether this can work. it's clear that the

grid is that there's too much pressure on the grid and that not enough energy is produced. electricity with 30 percent of the facilities destroyed are out of function right now that produce and also part of the grid. the country needs to cut down on energy use and today is a test run whether this can be done voluntarily, or whether the government will have to resort to what we've seen last week when parts of the city and here was shut off for several hours. there was a scheme, so entire residential areas being cut off in order to ease pressure on the grid. what's the latest from the battlefield mathias? we've been hearing all week that things appear to be coming to a head in the southern class on region. that's exactly what most observe is make out of the situation. we've seen these announcements by the

command us what we can, the commands, the russian troops in ukraine who has warned about difficult at times that had difficult decisions to be made. this is read by many observers as an announcement of possibly a retreat from these areas, or the expectation that the russians would expect a ukraine to attack massively on these areas. there's also a warning that russia could maybe try to blow up the dam on the nip in an overcoat that was would flood this city. how it a day, something in the making man, that's for sure. i'm on the russians have tried. i'll have announced an evacuation of people which many of fear might be of force displacement deportations of people possibly into russia. we've seen this in other areas, so a lot of things going on there, but we don't have the full picture yet when she has. thank you very much for that

update our correspond mathias spelling of that in the ukraine capital key. you are watching d w. news from berlin coming up next. chris cover is here with business. i'm terry martin. of course you can get all the latest news information anytime you want on our, on our website, s d w dot com. thanks for watching i have been frightened. i have been beaten. i have been.