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their countries capital rayed, or university after fresh class ridge with demonstrators as authorities close the country's top tourist attraction. much of the peach you leaving hundreds of stranded at the site. ah, i'm michael ok. welcome. the leaders of the 2 countries, many c as driving the e you meet in paris today. the franco german summit comes amid tensions between the 2 nations. today though, look, set to be a demonstration of unity. as the leaders marked the 60th anniversary of the early z treaty, the agreement that brought france and germany closer together after years of devastating war, ah, frequent visits in, in, in paris friendly pads on the back officially,

the german french partnership is closed. even if behind the scenes, there's a lot of misunderstanding and anger the correct response to the russian onslaught in ukraine. delivery of weapons, or ukraine relief for companies and consumers who are suffering from the energy crisis caused by russia. the list of disputes in the day to day politics is long, no french president emanuel my call has warned germany not to go it alone and have more respect for its partners in europe as if it had a year. it's not good neither for germany nor for europe. if one country isolates itself, he is only. is there real rift in the fundamental relationship? senior analyst johan is global, says yes, but defense is have to be mended. for the sake of the european union, a franca, german initiative was and the foundation of it. and of course, especially in this current time, and when we see a and of war raging at an in europe. when we see

a and put in wanting to spread this unity among the european union, when we see it within the, your union, at disagreements among member states between a south east and west north and south. this am couple is, is more necessarily at to be a night at em as ever. the german side admits that there are differences on various topics, but german chancellor will of shows always insists that relations with france could not be closer nor more important. if i doesn't on that lang, we've agreed for a long time already that our countries can only face the challenges of our times together and together within a strong and sovereign europe. on this path, we will continue to gather is a vic, one vague minds and by tag in the friendship between france and germany formerly started exactly 60 years ago with a treaty signed at the early z. the presidential palace in paris, president child the goal in german chancellor 100 out in our head the region to

overcome centuries of hostility. shortly after world war 2, the german french couple of was formed to be the powerhouse of the european union. the elysee treaty was renewed in 2019 with the treaty of action, a town on the belgian german border. this treaty stated again that germany and france will work as a kind of engine for the growing european union policy. analyst jonah's driver says that you cannot function without that engine that you would not at work without france and germany and fortune joint positions and being the starting point of the strong positions in action during the signing ceremony. the former president of the european commission, john closed yoga, said there might be arguments between france and germany. but like in a long lasting marriage, there must be always a compromise for small neighbors like his home country luxembourg. this is especially important when so is due to german french friendship guarantees

a peaceful future for europe. if france and germany share their friendship with others and that they do among the ty, this wrong topical along the people about slipping a bunch of global for the view from paris where that some it is taking place. let's bring in our correspondence. lisa louis, lisa, the drivers of the european union meet today, but how does one characterize the unity of france and germany these days given the ongoing debate about supplying ukraine with german build tax policy. it's just her chair, this 60 year old relationship between france. germany has been a rocky road and currently it's rather, you know, one of the more difficult parts it seems especially since hes. he just heard that

cabinet meeting in october last year was pushed back or cancer according to who you listen to it. not been very easy of the past few months between france and germany, although both the l. e z and german government sources have been telling us this is nothing out of the order e. but many observers have been watching this very closely and have been telling me actually that they are really expecting this meeting to provide concrete results. for example, when it comes to energy policy to economic policy. however, regarding the delivery of tongues, it's rather unlikely that there will be new art comes today here in paris as and there has been a year differences recently in january with france, pressing ahead and making a single handily an announcement to deliver tangs, whereas france, germany, the as we're supposed to make such an announcement together. so it,

when it comes to that topic, thinks we'll have to come that come down 1st before the both these both countries can sound together and move forward together in this area. these louie come to messy. thank you. very much a deserter from russia is notorious a private army. the wagner group is at the center of controversy in norway, the former mercenary fled russia after he decided he no longer wanted to take part in the warn you crane. now he seeking a silence, but not everyone thinks he deserves protection. 26 year old andre mid viet of says he was a unit commander and the notorious wagner group. shortly before he fled, he told the human rights organization that his life was in danger. because he didn't want to fight in ukraine any more or any use of it. and i know of 10 executions. men who were killed right in front of new guys because they didn't want

to fight. that was a warning to others. this could happen to you with help from human rights activists . mid viet have tried to cross the border from russia into norway. after 2 failed attempts, he finally succeeded. many ukrainians in oslo are against giving him asylum. his former employer is accused of committing war crimes in their home country on the east that he knew what he was getting into the wagner group as in ukraine to kill, to destroy and to torture and le. yes. these images reportedly show the wagner group in the eastern ukrainian city solely door. on the right there boss, the prudent ally yevgeny. pre goshen. the private army has sent convicts from russian prisons to ukraine, met viet of says he has video, evidence of the mercenaries, brutality, international law, experts or uncertainty. also, if he has the right to asylum the internet av chanel,

we are duty bound to the geneva convention. alum guy, and that means that if he was involved in war crimes, we have to either prosecute him ourselves or to extradite him off the for the cell . the ex mercenaries lawyer says his client maintains he did not participate in any war crimes. and he is currently in an undisclosed location in norway. look now were stories making headlines, round the world. 6 more documents with classified markings have been found at u. s . president jo biden's, home in wilmington, delaware. the president's lawyer says the documents were found during a voluntary f b. i search of the property. the search came after 2 previous discoveries of what the white house calls a small number of documents. protestors took to the streets in istanbul in response to a far right demonstration, outside the turkish embassy in stockholm, which saw the qur'an. bird. sweeter authorities had given the green light to that

demonstration, infuriating the turkish government. it further complicates relations between the countries as sweden seats turkish support to join nature, tens of thousands of conservative and far right. protesters have rallied in madrid against the left his government of prime minister pedro sanchez. demonstrators accuse him of undermining the constitution after a string of decisions including the release of katelyn independence campaigners a general election will be held this year in spain. the chinese lunar new year holidays officially begin this weekend. the associated travel rush is commonly regarded as one of the world's largest annual human migration events. but there are fears a covered 19 cases could surge due to the country's 1st major mass travel period. since the pandemic began, dozens of people have been injured in the latest clashes between anti government

protestors and security forces and peruse capital lima. the unrest started in december following the ousting of president pedro castillo. it has now spread to many parts of the country, costing almost 50 lots and peruvian authorities have now moved to close the fame taurus site of mac peachy on account of the unrest. police and lima rated a university campus where protestors were in large numbers. arresting hundreds in the process. buses varied the detainees to a police station. tensions have flared for months as protestors demand the resignation of president, deena bill dougherty, the former vice president, took power after her predecessor pedro castillo was ousted. castillo was embroiled in corruption investigations and tried to dissolve congress ahead of an impeachment . vote. authorities close peruse, most iconic tourist destination mach picchu,

leaving hundreds of tourists temporarily stranded officials say the railway to the site had been damaged in multiple places. oh, much of the worst violence has taken place in rural regions. many protesters see pedro castillo, who has indigenous roots as one of their own standing against the urban elite in the affluent lima district of mute florida's life is very different from that in the provinces. not everyone has sympathy for the protesters. eliminate lima very most of the problem is not lima, but the regional governors are mayors. they're elected and yet they do nothing with the money. they're given me the noise and then they receive a lot of money. mutually be checking if you ask many, the people who are marching, why they're out there. they don't know why. but for some protesters in the city center, it's about a broken political system. that horrible may not wind up again,

a tiny group of people hold the power, manage the state, manage the police, the armed forces, william congress, the chief prosecutor's office, and they manage the judicial system on the net. i think we're in a bad way. and that is why we're going up to fight, even with that, the gate lieutenant, outside lima police headquarters, a crowd demanded the release, the detainees from the university raid another day of classes, left dozens, more injured, and peru as divided as ever. d, w correspondent, nicole reese is in bruise capital, lima. she gave us some more insight about how this movement evolved and who's involved in the protests or as you just mentioned, people have traveled from the rural areas of the country here to lima. and it's a most, most people come from the south. those you seen the background, for example, are people who come from the flow areas like go school like bono,

like i got a keeper and the protest started there, but have then shifted to the capital. they most, most of them come from a poor a background. they are working agriculture, their work in mining hills engineers see that we've met that to spoke to us. some people from lima also at the protests, of course. and they all are saying the same. they felt at large, huge inequality over these past few years, together with the political instability. those appear who has had time again, new presidents over the past few years. and they also say that they have not seen the benefits that are being generated in their regions or in the country that mining this agriculture and they don't see the benefit. so that's also one part of the story. why to protest saw so big and the other side is also that the police has been very harsh with protests as we've seen. several people being killed by the police in the clashes here in the past few weeks. that being shot that been also a hurt with it with other tools. so there's

a huge angle here that this is still happening, that police oppression is happening on such a large scale. and that's also why the situation seems to be getting 10. so by the hour d w's nicole reese, and we will have to end it there, coming up next world stories looks at how latvia is handling russians playing their country because of the war in ukraine is more news and analysis on our website, d, w dot com a michael ok, thanks for watching in the to stay with us if you can interest the global economy.