a young people clearly have the solution, the future is 77 percent every weekend and dw ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, helping ukraine survive. a harsh winter of russian attacks france, well comes ukrainian officials and international donors to paris to organize water, power, food, and other forms of aid. also coming up political leaders in the european parliament

strip, eva kailey off her role as vice president. it follows arrest and a corruption scandal linked to world car, post country cutoff and new details about the far right plot to overthrow the german government. after the rest of $25.00 alleged conspirators, lawmakers hear how they plan their own army, make arrests, and even carry out executions. ah, get ahead of us more come to the program. representatives from a dozens of countries are taking part in a conference in paris to discuss ways to support ukraine through the winter. grading prime minister danish realities were present in ukraine at the meeting, which is being hosted by french president emma called the international france aims

to raise tens of millions of dollars to help keep ukraine fed warm and defended. uri rushes ongoing. a tass head of the conference did abuse ukraine correspondent nick calmly took a closer look at what support has been promised so far. and what has actually been delivered it when you clean a vital continues for ukraine, for as long as it takes since the very beginning of the war, we were very hot together in order to have the grain to resist and be resilient. and we, the european union stand here by them in these very difficult times, as long as it takes that generous of european governments really been 9 months into this warn it's doorstep. and europe has only just caught up with the united states . the keel in suit for the world economy says the you and european governments have now together pledged 52000000000 euros bed with 48000000000 from the u. s. that might sound like a lot, but it's less than

a 10th of what the eve is spending when its own post curve it recovery program. and then there's the question of timing. experts criticize that it can take months for promises, announced in front of the t. v. cameras and keep to actually materialize for now at least, ukraine's government can still afford to patch up basic infrastructure of the each new russian attack. but many here and ukraine worry their 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 eventual rebuilding. europeans will be asked to make good on their promise to help for as long as it takes that could be decades. b, w correspondent, liz lewis joins me now from that aid conference in paris, where the opening statements by several leaders have just finished early. so what stood out for you while i'm on a mac hall, the french present started inaugurated this conference by saying this is

a continued show of mobilization of support for ukraine in these tough times. he called the russian current strategy as cynical strategy. he said they are target in a civilian infrastructure because they are losing ground at the battle front. and he continued l y by saying that the international community would continue to stand by ukraine's site and that a national, another international conference was already planned for next year. in a london to stand together and provide more support. obviously this conference compared to the other 3 conferences earlier this year is also especially as specifically targeted at providing immediate support during this very tough winter as temperature are falling across europe and especially in ukraine. now the ukranian, a prime minister, is also in attendance. there. what message did he bring with him to pass?

while he put some figures on the table, he said, we need 1500000000 euros in the immediate future to get through this winter. 12000000 people are kindly disconnected from the power grid in ukraine, and he said he caught the russian strategy energy terror. he said that the international community needed to continue to support ukrainian forces and that specific things were needed, such as gas turbines and generators. and he also, he launched another appeal to the russians to say you need to stop this war at one point, you need to come back to us, really and talk to us. now, the french president mccoy, has at times drawn some criticism from ukraine for some ambivalent remarks regarding russia is hosting this conference and attended reconciliation. well, absolutely, my, my call has been playing a very active role in the mediation between the 2 sites. since the beginning of the

war, especially actually even before the war, he tried to prevent it by talking to the russian president putin, to the ukrainian at president lensky on numerous occasions. but he has been criticized for some of his remarks over the past few months. for example, just a few weeks ago, he said that russia needed a security guarantees. and a, obviously, the international community was criticizing him for that. at the alley the has been telling us that these remarks should not be taken out of the context. and obviously a conference like this one today is a show of support. and he also underlined that, you know, this was really a show of solidarity with ukrainian forces and with the ukraine and government in paris to dubuque, responded to lisa lewis there in paris for us. thank you lisa that's of all political groups in the european parliament have agreed to remove the vice president, eva kylie, she and 3 others were arrested on friday in

a corruption scramble linked to caught up. carly has already been suspended from the greek socialist party following her arrest. the her lawyer obsess. she denies any wrong doing parliament president, meanwhile, as val to carry out an internal investigation describing the scandal as an attack on european democracy itself. 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 european 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 u 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 vice president. 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 his 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 facts, the parliament president law says 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 cash found in fresh churches by belgium pennies on monday. let's take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines today, sam bagman free that they found roth failed f t x crypto currency exchange was

arrested in the bahamas. after being criminally charged by u. s. prosecutors. the 30 year old at been under investigation by u. s. and bohemian authorities following the spectacular collapse of f t x. last month. a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology is expected to be announced in the united states to day. for the 1st time experiment appears to have produced more energy than was needed to start the process. it is hoped that nuclear fusion will become an inexhaustible source of clean energy. here in berlin, revelations about the far right plot to overthrow the german government are at the center of discussions in parliament this week. further details have emerged about how a group linked to the so called iceberg movement, allegedly planned to carry out their crew and suspect properties searched police, found large amounts of cash, and several dozens of firearms. lawmakers heard 25 suspects have so far been

arrested. germany is dylan 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 letters of so called declarations of confidentiality from people who supported the groups cause the alleged plotters also planned to for more than 2 $180.00 homeland security units intended to become a new army is item against concrete. they were supposed to make arrests and also carry out executions good on death. this shows how concrete the threat posed by this group really was last one reason call people on our good now, authorities at discussing potential political consequences. one hard 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 if hardness fatima 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 before man. yet before we call for a tightening, we have to see if there is any problem at all in the legal framework, as it is to day to dies, 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. your will and often as house sign, 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. and this means

that not just any one can be allowed entry. becoming part 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 a failed attempt by protested to storm the berlin building and 2020 authorities. and now debating which measures could prevent scenes like this. and more importantly, safeguard germany's democracy. a vertical correspondent, thomas spur adjustment thomas with the new details that have been emerging just how far along were the alleged plotters. while certainly many new details has come out, not only the fact that many more supporters and originally thought were part of this plot, or that more weapons were found that initially thought back around a 100 weapons were confiscated, but also that plotters had significant amount of money in cash that they had gold

and silver coins. there are even indications that they could have a safety deposit box with gold bars. so this whole is an indication that plans were indeed very serious. that plans were indeed in an advanced stage, but a different question altogether. gerhardt is whether those plans were close to being actually carried out. this is something very different if you consider the plans that were discussed and revealed with the actual potential impact of it. and the actual realization of that, and this is something what authorities have also been trying to reveal the fact that authorities are also prepared for dealing with such a threat. obviously in parliament they had been discussions about this. there will continue to be discussions also in the next few days as authorities try to identify possible political consequences. thomas sparrow there. thank you very much. tom to watching d. w. news is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. france as well,

comes ukrainian officials and international donors to parents, their meeting to organize water power, food and other forms of a to help people that get through the winter as moscow's continues. it's a sold on ukraine's infrastructure and that's it from me and the new steam don't go away though. coming up next, kate ferguson. we see the latest business news, including a look at katara and it's billions of yours and trade and investment ties to europe . so don't miss that gab office in berlin from me and the news team. ah someone else to the tv highlights selected for you. you every week in you a box subscribe now. power games on the melting ice.