ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, new details or merge about a far right plot to overthrow the german government. just days after 25 alleged conspirators were arrested, a closed door session of the wounded dog. here's how the group plan to build up their own armed forces to make arrests, and even carry out executions. also coming up on the show to make no

mistake for europe in parliament, their colleagues is under attack. european democracy is under attack. a stark warning from the president of the european parliament as one of its vice president is suspended, suspected of taking bribes from the world cup host country guitar. and as ukraine struggles to get through the winter after russia's devastating attacks on its infrastructure, international donors are meeting in paris to organized badly needed aid. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us today. we start here in berlin ware shocking revelations about a far right plot to overthrow the german government or at the center of discussions

in parliament this week following a special session on monday. further details have now emerged about how a group linked to the so called rights borger movement, allegedly planned to carry out their qu. germany is still in shock after last week's nationwide raids, targeting far right suspects. it now appears their network may have been wider than 1st thought. members of the german parliament's legal affairs committee revealed that investigators found more than $100.00 letters of so called declarations of confidentiality. from people who supported the groups cause. the alleged plotters also planned to for more than $280.00 homeland security units intended to become a new army. his id against concrete. they were supposed to make arrests and also carry out executions. good on that. it shows how concrete the threat posed by this group really was last one reason copier on our good. now,

authorities are discussing potential political consequences. one hot topic is whether to tighten germany's gum laws already among the strictest in europe. intelligence agencies say the plotters had gathered a substantial number of weapons, but before making wide ranging political changes, lawmakers want more information, but his hardness buffalo rests on the question of gun laws. i would like to understand exactly what kind of weapons are involved to athens and how they attempted to procure weapons for manya. before we call for a tightening. we have to see if there is any problem at all in the legal framework, as it is today to buys public officials deemed anti democratic could potentially be dismissed more quickly. this comes after revelations that a former m p for the far right a f d party was allegedly part of the plot. the former m p still had access to parliament. and they could now be strict rules for entering official buildings. you will and often as house sign or we want to be and to remain an open house also for

citizens. i landed the same time, we have to guarantee security for all of us also for our visitors. then this means that not just any one can be allowed entry. coming thought in future, there will be closer scrutiny than has perhaps been the case so far off. the plot to attack parliament brought back memories of the failed attempt by protested to storm the berlin building and 20 twin g authorities. and now debating which measures could prevent scenes like this. and more importantly, safeguard germany's democracy. let's get more from our political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thomas, what else has come to light about what this far right group was allegedly planning security officials, intelligence agencies have been briefing member of parliament. in fact, i was only yesterday in parliament reporting on that myself. and i would highlight

2 specific elements that have come out of those new revelations, which also give or at least shed light on what these people were actually planning . one is the number of weapons that have been allegedly found, which was larger than previously. no more talking here of around a 100 weapons that have so far been found. and 2nd, that the number of people involved is also larger than what was originally reported . okay, there were 25 people initially arrested the 27 that were members of this organization . but it has now been reveal that the group may have been much bigger. this all gives you an idea of just how big this organization was and how advanced also their plans were at the same time how important it was that security authorities were able to dismantle this group and carry on with their investigations. so a bigger group then thought stockpiling weapons, how imminent were their plans to overthrow the government?

according to authorities, those plans were very serious, and they were also at an advanced stage, especially at a local level in germany. but they were not necessarily eminent from what we have been able to gather. in other words, they were serious, but it was not necessarily clear to what extent they would have been successful with their plans. that obviously has to do also with the fact that as we saw in our report, there had already been a similar situation in august 2020 were protest astride to some of the building and that led to also consequences and discussions we met, which may have helped at least, authorities to look more closely at this rice burger movement. so basically this movement of people who do not believe in the legitimacy of the german state. so again, those plans, we're certainly very serious. but it is still a debated question whether those plans were all so imminent. in other words, whether they would have been able to achieve what they were planning. so let's talk

briefly about those measures being discussed by lawmakers to tightened security to think they are likely to be implemented. it depends what you discussed as those possible measures when i was talking to m. p 's to members of parliament yesterday . it seemed clear that they were at the initial stages of their investigations. it was yesterday, and this week it's been mostly about getting more information about finding out more details about this alleged plan. i normally afterwards, some of the concrete measures will be announced. there are several measures being discussed with a gun laws also with the who can get into the bit public buildings and so on. we saw that in our report. what exactly will be decided that is still open, that is still part of the political debate, which we're seeing in parliament this week. so to be determined, what we'll see in terms of security measures, i thomas, what else can we expect to come next in this investigation? well, essentially further discussions, further debates in parliament as to what should be the concrete steps because they

are very controversial. so if you talk about gun laws, germany has some of the strictest gun laws in europe, but not everyone in parliament believed that gun laws should be tightened even further. if you talk about access to public buildings, again, extremely controversial, because on the one hand, authorities want to make sure that it remains an open house as m p told us, but at the same time they want to make sure that that open house is secure. so we can certainly expect more debates on this issue. we can certainly expect as well. a lot of controversy on what comes next. absolutely, thank you so much for that. that is our political correspondent, thomas barrow. we can bring you up to speed now with some other stories making world news headlines. sam, bank men freed at the founder of the failed f. t. x crypto currency exchange was arrested in the bahamas after being criminally charged by u. s. prosecutors, the 30 year old, had been under criminal investigation by u. s. and bohemian authorities following the spectacular collapse of f t x last

month. a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy is expected to be announced in the united states today. for the 1st time, an experiment appears to produce more energy than was needed to start the process. it's hoped that nuclear fusion will become an inexhaustible source of clean energy . and 6 people have died in a shoot out at a farm in australia. when police entered the property, looking for a missing person among the dead or 2 police officers as well as 3 suspects. such shoot outs are rare in australia because of strict gun control measures. while belgian police have carried out more raids, that european parliament officers, as they continue to investigate a bribery scandal involving world host country guitar. the parliament's president has vowed to carry out an eternal investigation into the alleged corruption which she described as an attack on european democracy. the parliament of the european

union rocked by the worst corruption scandal in its history. the institutions leader stressed the gravity of the situation for the block make no mistake, the europe in parliament, their colleagues, is under attack. european democracy is under attack. and our way of open free democratic societies are under attack. to your words echoed by the you commission, chief, the allegations against them. i suppose it is a question of confidence of people into our institutions and this confidence and trust into our institutions needs highest standards and of independence and integrity. high level in you official stand accused of alleged involvement in a bribery scheme in which the gulf states guitar may have been trying to influence

their political decision. our member of parliament ever kylie is understood to be among those charged. she's one of the parliament's vice presidents. recently, she had become a vocal defender of the gulf country. they are highly even praised guitar as a front runner in labor right. it helped us world co post guitar has faced widespread criticism for ms. treatment of the migrant workers. who build new stadiums, their guitar has denied using any illegal means of lobbying. kylie remains in police custody along with 3 other people. she has been suspended from her duties as vice president, as well as from membership in her party, the vice president, all the for the you parliament president law says how she's determined to crack down on corruption and working with relevant national. this is a test of our values and of our systems and colleagues, let me show you that we will meet this test head on. there will be no impunity,

none. those responsible will find this parliament on the side of the law. and i am proud of our role and assistance in this investigation. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. a snowballing scandal with reports of more suspicious cache, found in fresh churches by belgium pennies on monday. and getting ukraine through the winter. that is the aim of an international donors conference in paris today, or russia's most recent strikes have left hundreds of thousands of ukrainians without power sparking fears at the black, i was could trigger a new wave of refugees. he w correspondent, nick connelly takes a look at what support has been promised so far. if you could invite and we'll continue support ukraine for as long as it takes since the very beginning of the wall, we work very hard together to help the brain to resist and to be resilient. and we,

the european union stand here by them in these very difficult times, as long as it takes how generous european governments really been 9 months into this war and it's doorstep in europe. it's only just caught up with the united states. the kill institute for the world economy. the you, european governments have now together pledged 52000000000 euros. barry, 48000000000 in the u. s. that might sound like a lot, but it's less than a 10th of what you're spending when its own post coverage recovery program. and then there's the question of timing. experts criticize that it can take months or promises and outs for the t v. cameras and keep to actually materialize. sometimes money doesn't turn out to the most recent, a pledge of 18000000000 euros is currently held up by a hungarian veto. now, at least you can government can to afford to patch up basic infrastructure after each new russian attack. but many here and ukraine,

where they're countries in such bad shape, they might soon need support on a whole different level just to carry on. and that's even before anyone starts counting, the cost of eventually rebuilding europeans will be asked to make good on that promise to help for as long as it takes that could be decades. let's go now to united states for some christmas cheer from a ski resort. in the state of maine, where a whole host of santa's on skis and snowboards have hit the slopes to raise money for charity. more than 250 of them got some runs in before the busy christmas period when they will be swapping their skis in 1st place. mm hm. just before we go, let's get a reminder of the top story we're following for you. german lawmakers are meeting

to discuss revelations about a far right plot to overthrow the german government. it is now a merge of the group plan to build up its own army, carry out executions and install new leaders. 25 ledger conspirators were arrested in a series of raids last week. that your news update at this hour. stay tuned for the business headline coming up next. and of course, there's always more on our website too that is at d, w dot com. or you can check us out on twitter and instagram d w. i'm clear, richardson, thanks so much for watching. ah ah, on the melting reporter.