[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin, corruption and the european parliament. eva kylie is strength of her role as a vice president. she was arrested over

a bribery scandal linked to world cup posts cutoff. also coming up france, well, comes ukrainian officials and international donors to paris, the organizing water power and food aid to help people survive a winter of russian attacks. and the u. s. is about to announce a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion. that's a technology that holds the key to a revolutionary energy source. that's clean plants in full in ah, i'm good. how else is welcome to the program. the you parliament has voted to remove one of its vice president from office. either kaylee is being held in jail on corruption charges linked to the golf state of kata. she has denied the allegations through her lawyer. the scandal has tarnished the parliament's

credibility and undermined its own investigations into corruption in several e u countries. the greek socialist kylie is one of 6 people arrested by a belgian police as part of an anti graph, pro 2 of them have been released from custody after questioning anniversary. all corresponding barbara visit is in strasbourg and france, where that wrote happened. and earlier i asked her where the stripping kindly of her role as vice president would be enough to deflect criticism away from parliament. absolutely not, of course, scare her to mean parliamentarians have vote. it was over whelming majority to kick her out. that is a symbolic act, it was quite clear that of course, she would be stripped off all her offices and functions here in the european parliament. but this is just the beginning. and that is the horrible thing that parliamentarians now have to sort a look to. they knew that belgium authorities are just beginning to sort of

understand and investigate what has been happening in this case. and then furthermore, we just heard, pardon me, the president of the parliamentary betcha, metzler talk about that. she was not sure whether it was ending here. whether there were not more scandals, more countries involved in sort of taking paying money for political influence within the european parliament. people here are talking about as a badge on, for instance, about russia in the past trying to, to gain influence on the european law making and european opinion of course. and so this is just the beginning for parliamentarians here in strasburg. it's quite clear out just a few days before christmas, the new year will not bring in new beginning. it will just be a continuation of this ugly scandal. now barbara, give you a sense of how damaging this scandal is for the you,

parliament and other you institutions. it is incredibly damaging because the moment you lose the moral high ground, you're pretty much lost. i talked to some parliamentarians, so walking past year in the corridors around us and, and to one of them said this cannot be healed. if the trust of the people is lost, you can't just go ahead and say, oh so sorry, we will never do this again. people will take a long time to believe you again to believe that you are really that you have clean hands that you don't do dirty deals under the table. all that stuff that the european parliament so often sort of accuses some european countries was and of course was proof. i mean, we saw for instance, the probe into the, into m. hungary, which was it, which was a very sort of big issue here for months on end, within the european parliament, a lot of law roof has been put in the table. but of course, victor arbor now is 32 point his finger back and say ha,

the corrupt european parliament is accusing hungary of corruption. and what can they say to that? so for them, this is really incredible. hit to their credibility and to their moral standing. by revisit their reporting from strasburg. thank you very much. barbara. representatives from dozens of countries are taking part in a conference in paris to discuss ways to support ukraine through the winter. prime minister dennis schmiel is representative ukraine at the meeting, which is being hosted by french president manuel michael b international conference aims to raise tens of thousands, tens of millions of dollars to help keep ukraine fed warm and defended during russia's ongoing attacks. head of the conference, t w's ukraine correspondence. nick connelly took a closer look at what support has been promised so far. and what actually has been delivered if you will clean a vital continues for ukraine,

for as long as it takes since the very beginning of the war, we were very hot 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. and europe is only just caught up with the united states. the queue and suit for the world economy to you and europe. pink governments have now together pledged 52000000000 euros bed with 48000000000 in the u. s. that might sound like a lot, but it's less than a 10th of what you're spending on its own post coverage recovery program. and then there's the question of timing. experts criticize that, it can take months, the promises and outs the front of the t, v. cameras and keep to actually materialize. and now at least you can government can to afford to patch up basic infrastructure of the 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 stopped counting, the cost of eventually rebuilding europeans will be asked to make good on that promise to help for as long as it takes. and that could be decades. w correspondent luther lewis is following the kind a conference in paris 4th. and so i asked earlier, what stood out for from the opening statement while i am on my call, 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 our, the russian current strategy as cynical strategy. he said they are targeting a civilian infrastructure because they are losing ground at the battle front. and he continued

a way 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 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 michael has been playing a very active role in the mediation between the 2 sides. 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 pre their president zalinski 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 l. e. z 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 ukranian government in paris to dubuque, responded to lisa lewis there in paris for us. thank you. lisa, it is just being reported for that 1000000000 euros have been pledged to so far to help ukraine at that conference that's according to the french foreign minister. now let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today include new zealand parliament has voted to outlaws smoking for future generations. anyone born after 2008 cannot buy cigarettes under the new statute. it also reduces the amount of nicotine and tobacco products and the number of shops sliced to sell them,

but it does not apply to vapor in brazil, supporters of the outgoing fall, right? president job also narrow, tried to enter police headquarters in the capital brazilian cast was set on fire during the classes which came off record confirmed that bolton owl had indeed lost the recent elections to his left. when rival lewis in a few lula da silva in lunging the former capital off china, a common morrison was held for the victims of a massacre that took place after japan occupied the city 85 years ago. china says up to 300000 people were killed. invasion of china by japan in 1937, marked the start of the 2nd world war. in asia. sam bank and frank, the founder of failed f t. x crypto currency exchange was arrested in the bahamas after being criminally charged by us. prosecutors, the 30 year old,

had been under investigation by us authorities following the spectacular collapse of if tics last month. the homes of climate activists have been rated by police across germany. about a dozen people were being investigated. prosecutor said, suspected of having participate, participated in the blockade of an oil refinery in east and germany. activists of the group calling themselves the last generation of glued themselves to airport runways. rhodes and museum displays to draw attention to their course will correspond. thomas sparrow told me more about the last generation activists and the allegations they're facing. they are being essentially investigating as a vessel gated as authorities put it for disturbing public operations and forming and supporting a criminal organization. it refer specifically to this oil refinery in the german

region of brandenburg and the eastern part for an activities that took place earlier in the year. in other words, it does not refer to other operations or other activities that they have carried out in museums or in german highways. there were no arrests reported, but certain elements were confiscated like computers. i pads and other elements like that. last generation members have been commenting on these raise. they have said that they will continue with their activities. some have criticized the rates as being disproportionate. and what does seem to be the case is that these rates will increase debate here in germany about how to deal with this last generation, where some believe that their protests are legitimate, legal, and also necessary to fight the climate crisis. there are others, especially german politicians who believe, as we've just seen to day, that their activities not only disturb public operations by can also be considered

potentially criminal. did have you political correspondent, thomas sparrow there. thank you, thomas. there are new revelations about of far right plots to overthrow the government or that there are to the center of discussions in germany's parliament. this week. further details have emerged about how a group linked to the so called rice burger movement, allegedly planned to carry out the qu, in suspect property searched police, found large amounts of cash, and several dozens of firearms. lawmakers heard 25 suspects have been arrested. 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 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 280 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 death. this 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 if hardness buffalo arrests 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

today to dive public officials deemed anti democratic could potentially be dismissed more quickly. this comes after revelations that a former mp 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 well 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. then this means that not just any one can be allowed entering with a common 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 are now debating which measures could prevent scenes like this. and more importantly,

safeguard germany's democracy. a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology is expected to be announced in the us to day. for the 1st time and 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. nuclear fusion involves the same process that gives the sun it's energy. but experts cautioned that the will still take many years before fusion technology is ready for widespread commercial use. and help us to get our heads around this story. much on the studio by our science corresponded a doug williams. a derek today is expected announcement is being described as a breakthrough. is it? it is abrasive, it's a, it's, it's a big milestone because for the last 70 odd years or so that we've been doing peers research into fusion. there's been this problem,

which is this basic fundamental equation, which is that the, the reaction that you're trying to cause the event that you're trying to cause has to produce in the long term for it to be economically viable as an energy source for us later when they create plans, it has to produce more energy and you stick into making the reaction happen that way until now, been able to make those reactions happen to make those fusion reactions happen. but we haven't been able to make them economically viable. we've had to put more energy into it, and we've taken out of it, and apparently that's what's expectedly. the scientists in the us are going to announce that that takes place to an event called ignition. that's sort of similar to the lighting a piece of wood in the fireplace that it can burn for a little while, but, but if at some point it catches fire and barnes on its own that so this ignition appears to be what's actually happened. now in very basic terms, explain to of us and to me, what is fusion and how does it produce energy or fusion is the process. the fusion

is what powers, the san as, as you just mentioned it's, it's the process of bringing together 2 atoms, which really, really don't want to be brought together and fusing them together to form heavier atom. in this case, it would be hydrogen to hydrogen atoms being fused together. if you remember your periodic table from high school, i don't the next the next element which is which is helium. but that process releases a great deal of energy and it's also compared to conventional nuclear plants, which is fission technology. very clean energy efficient technologies, have very heavy elements that you can split that process. also every few energy that us, that's conventional nuclear energy, but fusion energy is a completely different as a completely different based. so what still needs to be done before this miraculous new technology is available for us? well, a lot, you know, there's a joke in the industry that new nuclear fusion is always going to be viable nuclear economic fusion is all going to be 30 years down the down the road. and they've

been saying that for 70 years now. but really, the big challenge is this is a milestone as i said, but the big challenges continue to be actually engineering challenges, for example, the chambers that these incredibly hot and high pressure events happen and they have to be able to contain it. also the question of how you capture the energy that's produced because you're producing a lot of energy in a very short period of time that has to be turned somehow from heat into electrical energy. that's not easy for convention efficient plans. we have that technology in place, but we have to completely redesign everything for a fusion plan to become a reality. could this development eventually help sold energy problems? most climate change while theoretically yes it, but that's the great dream, right? emissions free technology, i mean with conventional nuclear technology, like for example, which power 70 percent of frances power grid. it's, it's emissions free and this would be emissions free in the same way, but it wouldn't be as dangerous the safety as of is

a huge issue as well. it's fusion process is a fusion event. basically, when you take away the high pressures and the high temperatures that make it happen, it just stops unlike the runaway that can happen with conventional fission energy. so can it's over energy problems theoretically. yes, but it's going to be a couple of decades before it happens. doug williams that thank you very much. the u. s. africa leader summit gets on the way in washington d. c. today or the next 3 days, african heads of state. we'll meet to discuss new collaborations between the u. s. and african countries. what future does the u. s. c for itself in africa and will to african leaders? one from the us did use alexandria. williams reports 49 african heads of state will touch ground in d. c for the u. s. africa leaders summit. this meeting, which will include a gallon dinner at the white house,

is only the 2nd ever. the 1st was 8 years ago. since then, african leaders have forged many new, controversial partnerships. while the been administration may not like that. they've said that they won't be telling african had the state what to do. i want to be clear. the united states doesn't want to limit your partnerships with other countries. we want to make your partnerships with us even stronger. we don't want to make you choose. we want to give you choice. with blinking by other countries is china. who built in finance king his 1st railway in more than a century link and did the same with african longest oil pipeline from the year to been inc. i to go k has spoken to many people involved in this year's summit. he says that china is significant, investment in african countries may provoke a new american approach. the chinese change the game. i mean, for so many years,

the united states roll on the continent was purely about aiden and support. we americans can really change things substantially through trade by working with african countries. i think it could be generationally important to be, we focus on this. but africa is not just waiting for others. more than 40 countries just linked up to create the african continental free trade area, a market for itself and a larger trading partner for the u. s. so trade is also what leaders from africa watch from the us. absolutely, this is, this is what they will be pushing for. in this week, the stage is set with trade on everybody's minds. africa's population is booming, so they'll need to buy more of everything. this is big business. something everyone wants a piece of in order to get it flies, the u. s. knows that it will have to listen to african voices more than ever before

. ah, argentina play chrysler tonight in the 1st of the football world cup semi finals argentina led by this star linelle messy and came into the tournament as one of the favorites. but krisha, where the runners up in 2018 and have already knocked out title container, brazil. oh, you do have to go far into hard to find cheering, argentina fans. that vocal support is one of the reasons argentine or a favorites to reach this tournaments fine. oh, but this man, croatia, coach that co damage wants to use that to his country's advantage. you got that they were playing the great argentina. a terrific team lead by lena messy. they're highly motivated, but they're under far more pressure than us at the moment. so let's go into what

group pressure, not least because this is shirley massey's final chance to get his hands on the world cup trophy at his 5th attempt. he is argentina's star man and has the hopes of a country on his shoulders. but on a sort of this and not be done in a to lead a is he cannot employ you don't have to in our leader, he's always pushing us and motivating us. i know he has that special advantage and when we're on the pitch, we know we have messy and that's a great source of motivation. it helps us and you always know you can do more. ah, expects these fans to bring the noise again on tuesday night. loud and passionate argentina, hoping not to be silenced by a croatia team. it is no stranger to spoiling the party. ah. so the question then is despite the fan support for argentina cam croatia,

pull off the upset, we put that question that to the w spoke, responded donna, barcelona. i mean, croatia is a great side. they're very difficult to play against. they know that coming into this game, they won't be the favorites. argentina obviously will. and they'll have the momentum of the stadium on their side by actually croatia they produce some of their best football and most spectacular tournament moments when they have their backs up against the wall, they're going to be very compact defensively, very well organized. and they never, ever, ever stop running. now if the skin does go into extra time, croatia are the experts. 8 of their last 9 naco games have gone into extra time and they're $4.00 to $4.00 on penalties. so if anyone can handle it, it's croatia. dana barcelona reporting back from caught up and he is a reminder of our top story. the european parliament has voted to remove one of its

vice presidents from office. eva kayley is being held in jail on corruption charges, links to the gulf state of ca top. she has denied the allegations to our lawyer coming up next in a dw news asia. new clash between chinese and indian troops will mean for bilateral relations between the 2 companies. that a lot more energy after a short break, phil guy will have a world news update for you at the top of the all. and remember this one use the whole website, d, w dot com, go check it out. as in berlin, i spoke with a

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