the world of emotional architecture is kinda st. levy starts december 25th on d w. ah, this is the w is life from burning french president in manuel macro meets with president biden on his state visit to washington. ukraine top's the agenda with friend john, go over tax breaks for us companies. this cloud in the visit will take you line to washington as the to president, to speak to the press. also on the program,

ukrainians are told to head to air raid shelters officials warm rushers gearing up for a massive aerial attack. satellite images from a russian airfield suggest preparations for an assault. and china signals a relaxation of its strict code 19 measures several major cities, the testing requirements, and restrictions on movement test. officials try to diffuse public anger, fueling widespread protests. ah, until gail, welcome to the program. a u. s. president joe biden has welcomed his french counterpart in manual macro to the white house in the 1st state visit of mister biden's presidency. the french president was greeted by an honor god ahead of a lavish white house didn't talk so focused on the war in ukraine. president macro also wants to discuss trade used in your press conference to attack white house

policies, accusing the u. s. a threatening europe's economy by offering subsidies to encourage investment in u. s. companies green initiatives on the agenda, comma alcala, has got more from our correspond that we can occur in washington that welcome became a, what are we expecting? well, we've already seen quite a bit and what we expect to happen behind closed doors is some quite serious top, particularly on ukraine. that's where both sides are stressing that they stand together as allies, as they have done historically dating back to us independence. and also the 2nd world was a lot of simple, isn't there a clear message towards moscow that the allies, france, the u. s. when there by europe, will stand together? we also heard u. s. president biden is speak of him and i'm a call, not just as the french president, but also a european leader. so that is clearly highlighting that he's speaking to europe

when he speaks to mano my call. so that certainly raising his profile, but then there is the overarching issue that the french president wants to address . and that is those u. s. subsidies. that huge package of almost $400000000000.00 that will benefit companies who are working towards greener mobility here in the u. s. but that only applies if it's made in the u. s. if it's based in the u. s. and that, that's his criticism. not directly in front of the cameras to the president, but in front of the cameras when he's not present, that, that is basically takes away a level playing field. so a lot of tough talking also behind closed doors. so those traits subsidies you mentioned. they're just just the latest in a series of events which of strange relations between washington and paris, or whether it's tension on show today and not in to the cameras, but it certainly emmanuel mccaul made quite so to let everybody know that these

issues will be raised and when the cameras are off, we are coming from a free ukraine war history of where in order for submarines was canceled in that in australia, had placed instead than buying and us submarines, so billions worth in contract. that's one amount of our call actually at one point pulled back his ambassador from the us, calling him in and call him back for consultation. so that was quite a rift between those 2 countries. no sign of that right now over arching it's showing that standing together. but when it comes to recovering from the pandemic, and also the question of how to counter the sawing fuel prices, which yet americans feel are soaring, but which really are saw in europe, which was so highly dependent on russia. that's where they don't see eye to eye, and there's a need to make it way from the european side,

but not necessarily from the us side. so that's where they are. thank you for that . so we can, we could, in washington as a war in ukraine and satellite images suggests that russia may well be gearing up for a massive aerial assault. these pictures show almost 2 dozen long range bombers and cruise missiles being prepared for combat of the angles to airfield, near saturday, of all blast in russia, ukrainian military officials to local media. the bombing will be used to increase strikes on ground targets in ukraine, especially energy infrastructure. la correspondent young philip showed says in cave and told us how prepared ukraine is for these expected strikes. well, the image is suddenly come as no surprise to ukrainians on sunday. already information emerged that new messer for waves of attack might be imminent, actually a era alerts. so we're active here in key f and all over the country this afternoon

. bad. so to my knowledge or some airplanes were spotted bad, sir, no, no strikes were registered in the past week. so the ukranian air defense has been quite successful. it was able to intercept more than 2 thirds of all incoming missiles. but of course, their destructive power is still enormous. and we have to keep in mind that ukraine is still suffering from the effects of their pastor and waves of attacks. they are still millions of people without power. still, the government asked people not to panic and not to live in this constant anticipation of a new method for text, because this is also part of the psychological warfare. right. and so how well equipped to i are ukranian forces at the, at the moment to withstand such an assault. looking at the massive strikes of the past weeks, of course, the ukraine is in need of more air defense systems. so they have repeatedly set.

there's also a nato meetings in the past days and weeks. it is very important for them to have to receive for new air defense. it's part of for the russian strategy to exhaust the ukrainian air defense systems. but on the other hand, frontline battles are also continuing, so they have also been repeated repeated calls for more tanks for more offensive weapon systems. but at the moment, i think the biggest challenge for the ukrainians is to be prepared for those massive weights of miss elijah accent. it to get more air defense and we see snow on the roost behind you. winter is obviously here. how are you crenan? sec, coping with that with winter conditions when though with less, less heat and power they are still millions of people with all its

power and snow power. also in very many cases means no heating because in a lot of apartment buildings, the electricity is needed for the heating system to pump or hot water up. and also a lot of people rely on additional electric heaters. the government has set up a so called emergency centers all over the country where 24 hour power is available . and so where people can also get a warm drink and, and to, to, to, to feel more comfortable. but it's, it's obvious that keeping the people warm is the biggest challenge here in the country at the moment. hang on for it. thank you for that yon. phillip shelton, keith. so he has a look at some more stories making news around the world. in the last couple of hours, nato secretary general against dalton burgess price, germany, a significant increase in military spending. after meeting with chancellor last shots here. and then both leaders reaffirm their support for you created the face

of russian aggression and stress the need to protect european infrastructure against possible russian or pro russian sabotage. we will not. spain has stepped up security at public buildings and embassies after a spate of latter bombs. devices were sent to targets including the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez. i'm the ukranian embassy. that's according to the tyria ministry. similar packages were sent to spanish arms firms and an air force base. least 2 people are dead and dozens more missing after landslide swept away a section of highway and southern brazil. rescue workers say bad weather on the remote location in the state of piano are complicating the search for survivors. caught in mozambique has begun handing down verdicts in the country's biggest corruption scandal. the defendants include the son of a former president, in 18. others are used states and companies to illicitly borrow $2000000000.00 from

international banks, triggering a default and currency collapse. $500000000.00 remains unaccounted for. hundreds of people have taken to the streets of tea grace capitol mikaela, in support of a recent cease fire with the ethiopian government. more than $200.00 children performed as part of the piece for all carnival. disclosing t gray have been closed for almost 2 years, and many hope the sci fi will mean they can reopen as a china where a top cove 19 response official has signaled a shift in the strict policies that provoked protests on a scale and not seen for decades, ice premier, so should land told health officials that the country's corona virus approach is entering a new stage because it is like a grand joe and chung ching are already eating restrictions as officials try to quell public anger. frustration boiling over in wine, joe and scuffles with covey workers in shanghai.

rare public displays of anger with china's strict coven policies. in recent days, in many cities, they moved into something even bigger. with protesters, calling for the communist party and gene ping to go. c scenes, they reminded many of the t or non men protests. the 1st feeling that came to my mind when no reason is very incredible, port test across china was the spirit of knighthood. when i have come, a key in beijing responded by unleashing a fierce crackdown. deploying huge numbers of police to stamp out the demonstrations, but it is also signal changes to the strict cobra policies that have angered so

many the elite ok. on wednesday vice premier soon john learn told health officials china was entering a new stage in its pandemic approach. due to increased vaccination rates and experience with the corona virus. bunker in gwen jo authorities of already announced an end to mass p. c. r testing and lifted locked downs across the city. all part of a drive to implement cobra rules with more local flexibility. according to officials. beijing said is also planning to step up. vaccinations of the elderly, lagging vaccination rates among the old have been used to justify the current 0 covey policy. with protest seemingly stamped out for now and a shift away from the approach that provoked them in the work. beijing may well the

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