ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night, demonstrations and strikes pudding, france practically on hope for regions cleaning up after a night of math protests against president microns unpopular pension reforms and a planned visit next week by britain's king charles the 3rd. it has been postponed . also coming up there, german chancellor, all of sholtes praising the eas,

tough baking rules as the bedrock of stability that as fresh turbulence involving deutscher bank shaped the markets, yet again and the german foreign minister, promising support to georgia as it hopes to join the european union. but she says, democratic standards must be insured. and one of the biggest names in german bonus league of football fire after last week's last by, by your munich coach julian na, guzman is out of a job as the top club chases. it's a love it consecutive title. ah, i'm bri. gov is good to have you with us on this friday. europe's human rights white dog has criticize what he calls the excessive use of force by french police during demonstrations, again unpopular pension reforms to the rebuke by the council of europe. the latest

headache for french president emmanuel macros was dealing with strikes, blockades and rallies across the country. to day he also announced that a visit to france by britain's king charles the 3rd has been postponed due to the unrest in france. this will be the only chance to meet britons, king charles, in the french capital. in the coming weeks, his bachelor has been unveiled in a wax museum. i had of the monarchs now consult visit to paris with tensions over a pension reform on the vice. many on the street. welcome to move a school new or you know, have to block off half of paris at the moment because charles was visiting and i don't think so. so they both on the face nicholson. i don't. ready think it's the right time for the king of england to come to paris miserable the today were protesting against the pension reform and mccomb wouldn't be available for meetings

with hamburg, pixar police arrested hundreds of protesters across the country on thursday. flight and rail traffic where disrupted, as many employees went on strike in both do the door of the city hall was set on fire. pulse show that the majority of the french people opposed microns reform, which will extend the retirement age by 2 years. but the president insists it's the only way to keep the pension system afloat at a e u summit in bras us the french leader said he was open to finding a way out of the crisis and said, we will not get into this violence. democrats, one does not have the right to violence in a democracy, proficio, if i'm ready to talk to the union city, to make progress on all these matters. unions are formed of a major social conflict. if the government does not back down. while francis top

court still needs to give its final weren't on the bill, the country is bracing for more protests. or let's get the latest now by our corresponded who is in paris. so you have on the car, so you're good to see you. we just heard there that a planned visit by king charles the 3rd has been postponed evidently because the security situation in paris is simply too viable to what more do we know when person macro had really been under a prayer, under pressure for a few days to pull the plug on this visit, miking charles, given the ball type situation and really also the prospect of welcoming the key to st. spite up with, you know, with garbage and, and really heavy security for every public appearance. not even the people in charge of providing flags and, and great carpets for this event. they would also planning to go on strike. that was a lot of opposition here from politicians also saying the optics of this visit would have been really bad right now. and i think there is little doubt here in front of

the decision to postpone this, as it comes as quite an embarrassment lacroix, this was meant to be a highly significant visit. it was meant to really cement a kind of newly revitalized friendship between france and the u. k. after after years of po specs intentions it, we, if heard today that the french president says that he's willing to talk with trade unions. he knows that they're angry about this, but he's also said that he's not going to change his mind on raising the retirement age. so are these talks, are they going to make a difference? you right. i mean, he has said that he's willing to talk to these union the does of course, once the constitution council approves this unpopular pension reform, now this is something president macro said in a 10 to my interview earlier this week. so in that sense, this, when it doesn't represent a change of stance, it may be an attempt to really pacify some of the angle in the st. do i doubt that's going to have any effect. i think one of the main problems here is that many people who are really not just angry at this form,

but also the way that it was passed really without a problem. and she bought. and it, i think for many people who reinforces this image of the precedent as a kind of aloof top down leader out of touch. but the concern for re people that we've been hearing a lot of that in the last couple of days today, the council of europe slammed france for the use of excessive police force, particularly in paris. we've seen videos on social media, it does not look good. what are we looking at for the next few days? well, it doesn't feel like these got us to go to die down really any time soon. the unions of already called for another day of strikes and demonstrations next tuesday. yesterday we saw more than a 1000000 people to take to the streets to protest these the unpopular reform. and i think one of the biggest, what he's now for the government is really the spontaneous unorganized protests that have been erupting at night in many cities across france. where they have been flashing with people, test doesn't police vandalism,

of public property. and i think that's when he feels a bit now like we're on the butch of some kind of social rebellion like the one we sold to get a micro 1st. yeah, we're drawing parallels already of correspondence on your phone. the card with the latest from paris on you. thank you. will the banking crisis may be knocking at the door right here in germany shares in the countries major linda deutsche bank fell sharply on friday, adding to the turmoil and financial markets speaking an e, you, somebody brussels, the german chancellor insisted that there is no reason for concern describing deutsche bank as a stable investors are certainly worried. however, as other banks, year prices across europe have also dropped as follows. the recent collapse of to us banks and the takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse by its domestic rivals. you be yes. system

with the european banking system is robust and stable, that we have the necessary oversight structures and thanks to the work over the years. and the effort of the banks themselves were in a robust and resilient position. and this is an incentive to make progress in the capital markets and the banking unions here. what's more important, we plan to full heartedly make progress for going on. i've also got some how to do your form to time. yeah, there and attempt to reassure people. yeah, why the find out what to do to be business, rob people asking georgia bake, is it going to be the next credit suisse, you know, people are asking us. and it's actually that precise question that prompted all our shots to make that defense of the european banking sector and of deutsche bank. should we compare the 2 banks and talk about the fact that yes, they are similar in that as deutsche bank and credit suisse major global lenders. they're both in that sort of top 30 big financial institutions that are required to

maintain a higher standard of protection against something going wrong. they're also both not been strain just a bit of control over recent years to vote on the wrong side of regulators once or twice. and they both undergone a restructuring. so far, so similar, but they differ in some significant ways. for example, deutsche bank is a bit further along without restructuring and it's been turning a profit last year. it made some $6000000000.00 euros around $6000000.00 as well, of profit last year. where is credit suisse has been making losses for the past year. it was going to make a loss this year. it was in a much more vulnerable position. i think to say that deutscher bank is the next credit suisse. i think the answer has to be know the signals from so many quarters are that this is not a bank that is about new rescuing within how do you explain what we've seen on markets today. as much as it is explicable, all markets are ever explicable. what this comes down to is confidence and the

banking sector is all about confidence. it's, it's all that is based on missile. the money is a based on your company. when you think about it, it's not real thing. what's happened is that investors are looking for the next credit suisse at falling around. they found deutscher bank and they're circling of it's like a self fulfilling prophecy here. the fear, right? and that's precisely the phrase that you've got to use. this is a self fulfilling prophecy. because the nerves around deutscher bank prompt people to take that money out of deutsche bank and that from steve would get nervous about deutsche bank which prompts people to take their money out of deutsche bank. there's also something, a theory that i, i like about why this is happened today, and this is sort of friday feeling, you know, people don't want to have them money in a deutscher bank or any of the other banks that have seen that the prices drop significantly today they want to see that they don't want money in that over the

weekend. yeah. because because the last couple of weekends have been afraid of monday morning. right. indeed. and they've been harrowing the last couple of weekends. yeah. the collapse of, you know, a major bank in the united states every weekend and we had the rescue of credit suisse and the last weekend, so some extent it could be a freaky friday ceiling. so freaking friday. and what about a manic monday? a miserable monday. is there a reason to think that we have real contagion here now in your for the banking sector? all has caught on is the lack of confidence, but not any actual systemic problems. and actually put this question to pascal down who they present to the your group, ourselves, any of this week at our yours bank, said he was very confident that, that you know, they are very resilient to the sort of strange that the global market saying that the moment and that there is nothing to worry about, but the biggest danger, the biggest thing to fear is fair itself. so it was a big thing. rob, thank you. a good way to go into the weekend. are you looking up some of the other

stories that are making headlines around the world? lawanda has commuted the 25 year prison sentence of an outspoken government critic, paul. we see a gina who inspired the film hotel. rwanda was jailed back in 2020 after going missing during a visit to do by the one in government says that he decided to free him to help reset his relationship with the u. s. washington played a part in the release. alongside could tar denmark is asked of the russian controlled operators of the north stream to pipeline. to help salvage this unidentified object that was found on the sea bed. but beside it is the last intact nord stream pipeline, after 3 explosions destroyed the others last september. authorities have yet to determine who is responsible for those bless. the un has accused both russian and ukrainian forces of carrying out summary executions of prisoners of war. the report

by human rights monitors documented dozens of killings, as well as the use of torture and human shields. documented abuses by russian forces out numbered those by ukraine. 6 to one thing with the war and ukraine. we are russian and ukrainian troops continue to fight fiercely in the countries east. bock moved is the city that has come to symbolize slow moving barrels at a high human cost, but there was another frontline town in eastern ukraine that has witnessed crucial ukrainian resistance. that city is of the car. it's also completely encircled by russian forces. much like bach moved to the north, the city of, of diva may not look like much of the prize and battle there simply isn't much left of it. but rather than say, the russian seemed set on battering their city into submission. this evening silence a rare island fighting due to him,

there are lanes rockets here all the time. every day you see there to them that she was really good at birds i view says there's barely a town left to occupy. but this isn't stopping rush and fire lucia muzzle. the situation is getting worse and worse, the missiles are getting bigger or buildings literally, collapses lawsuit. western intelligence ant ukrainian commander say the fighting full of deacon as some of the fiercest of the war. comparisons are being drawn to the embattled city of buck mote. located on the front line and done yet, province of d. fca is another stubborn thorn in the sight of russian troops trying to advance west data gathered by the institute for the study of war chaise. the kremlin forces had almost around at the city. an apparent attempt to cut of d fca off from its western supply lines. say far like back mort f

d. fca has held out ukrainian treat, say they're managing to stop russian forces from breaking through the defense line . but commanders are having to way up the use of every shell and bullet. you look, we are trying to serve him, newsome, with as much as we can possibly encased this breakthrough the boil. the cities fierce defense has entered a reputation as a 2nd frontline fortress and local say f d. fca has an advantage over by moot, it's been on the frontline since the done bass conflict started in 2014. loose to the store is a very serious fortification line. all armed concrete with bunker's, israel fortress is protected better than boat than you bottled the fortress or not, the ukrainian government has advised of div got people not to take their chances.

of voluntary evacuation effort has emptied the city of most of its 25000 residence . but some field they just can't leave. are so weird. what about leaving my sons? i in the cemetery. no one needs me any more. if you go when you lose money. so it's a sentiment shed by others, local official say, some t 1000 people have chosen to stay in the city. they've long cold heim with russian traipse pushing to encircle f d fca. they face a growing risk of being left to their own devices. it we will bring it now dr. drama to lose our global. so she is a senior lecturer, insecurity and development at kings college london. it's good to have you back on the program. is our dba, is it going to be the next? bach moved? i mean, it is possible, i mean the fighting is, is very intense as was described in your program. you know, there,

the cds is almost is encircled on, on some fronts, but not entirely robotics it's going to be hard to provide additional reinforcements. ah, you know, so i think the situation at the moment is quite fragile. i think a lot of the eyes were, were on, on by wooten and are you not at the same time these area became a much more a great skin away because the ukrainians managed to sort of, you know, stop the very sort of strong advancements of the russians in back more so i think that this is also very fragile secretion. i under underneath it is possible. i think the problem is that the main, the main roads are the big roads that connect to out if car seemed to be more or less on under russian control on, on the, the cities is very close to or to don't yet could to look to an area of what,

what supplies probably have much, much easier to provide it. there are reports that the russian offensive around bark mood is losing steam. is that what you're hearing? i think the reports that are coming is that the ukrainians have quite successfully sort of push back some of the of the advancing especially on sort of linda northern parts of not what i'm but at the you know, if it's not very clear about what, what seems more or less clear is that russians haven't been able to take the city. ah, there it, there are, they have expanded are not of, i am amended mission artillery. i'm a man. i'm the says may be exhausted in some of some of its forces was interesting . got on the head of the wagner p. m. c. company. pre gulshan was talking about educating his efforts now tool tool to africa. now this might hardly be because he's not getting his group is not getting the necessary ammunition from the russian military. so there is, may be a sign of frustration there about certainly,

you know, the russians suffered a lot of losses and so also did the ukrainians, although of a proportions are honest, lower in terms of numbers. if legal, good are you great side 0. i mean, it was no, just ask you, there was, there's been a lot of talk about this um counter offensive by you ukrainian of forces this spring up. what's your read on there to be due on? what should we expect from that and, and where do you think it would be focused? it's very difficult to know when these count offensive will take place. but i think that it will require maybe still a bit more time because a lot of the weaponry on, on the, on the ment and i, you know, they're munition work. we're probably just, you know, only sort of in january, february. so yeah, and i wouldn't take time to, to organize, to deliver the material. i'm to train effectively a lot of forces. but i think it is, it is likely that it will try to break. ah,

the sort of the, the so called land corridor between they don't boss on crimea that so sorta like logical a line of advancement on. oh, so probably we see advancements further north around the areas of camina and you know, to try to sort of maybe bush, bush russians and in that direction. but i think it's, it's not right to speculate because whether ukrainians we believe that they wouldn't try to see where they are russian weaknesses. they will use our not of deception. so i think we're have to be bit cautious on and what we hear in the next coming days and weeks. yeah, i mean, so we can forget the element of surprise and how important that is at other domains . hello hon. so we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. and germany's foreign minister elena burbock has urged georgia to push through democratic reforms to increase its chances for membership in the european union a following the russian invasion of ukraine,

the u. awarded candidate status to ukraine and its western neighbor, moldova, in june of last year. but it said that georgia, you see right there on the map. georgia still needs to fulfill certain conditions before receiving a similar status of speaking today in tbilisi, alongside her georgia counterpart bear boy said that germany is ready to help. but she said, reforms have to be made the edit you wont, alina, the government on its own, can become a member of the you without civil society. just similarly, society can become any human, but without the government mitigates the old peaceable young vatton judge, i can only become a new members united society. and we want to contribute to this cohesion in now, dodson making the a by tag aiden's in says ammonite stacking the, the dough to you, candidate status as wide open lights, f. miss iga are given on the on yamaha. childrens have made it abundantly clear

that this is their wish. death in all you have winches, germany, foreign minister, traveling to georgia in the wake of mass protest that forced the government to withdraw a closely watched draft build. now the legislation would have forced organisations that received foreign funding to register as foreign agents. for testers have taken to the streets to halt this bill. they say it is the 1st step towards potential repressive measures by the government. young george in spent nights and days fighting to stop their government adopting what they see is anti democratic ideas. they want to turn decisively away from russia and putin. that's what makes keoki and his fellow students take to the streets. we are natural historic members of the european society and we wish to integrate into the routine union. it's written in our constitution ends. it's agreed in our society. the most recent fight was ever

proposed bail which protest to say was similar to russia's repressive foreign agents law. the build would have let the government severely limit critical me, darren, civil society groups. we also considered the example of russia because in 2012 that says it just her attack the, the local civil society and, ah, of course z result of the prime minister claims the law is to protect georgia. national interests from outside influence doesn't belong to foreign agents. and people who serve them again, tips, artist, goodness, and such a future of this country belongs to patriots what it could miss by the rules. the government's argument critic say, fools within the russian narrative, something wildly unpopular among georgia, people, horrors, miserable,

antique remnant sentiment has been very strong since 2008. when putin's forces attacks georgia over control of regions in the north and east. russia still occupies 20 percent of the whole country. this was after a pro european government started talking about joining nato. today, the parallels with ukraine dry fears, georgia could be next. but despite that, georgia and support for un, nato is high with independent polls pointing at 80 percent and rising. even if the current government seems to flirt with moscow, it ditch the russian style law under immense pressure from the streets. this is our joint week to re, as a society because we took together a family's friends, colleagues and there we issued it together. and yet there is an antique e u movement in georgia. some of their leaders have close links to moscow.

with whom do yogi says he'll stay on his toes? ah, or it's a big news from germany's bonus league. byron munich has reportedly fired coach julian na guzman with immediate effect. the rainy champions are having a patchy season as they go for an 11th tidal in a row. the clubs reportedly running up former dormant and chelsea coach thomas to shall to replace novels hard to get his head round the swan. sunday's defeats at the hands of by lave accuse, and was julian out of men's last in the by and munich dugouts. it meant they slipped off the top of the brand as league a table, but despite the disappointment there was still hope. how much of a setback is that when it comes to the title, race violence is no longer in 1st place. big a setback doesn't reduce against or what could be very difficult. so we have to win . it wasn't always like this last year by and when the bond is league by 8 points,

the 10th straight title with one of the games most highly regarded coaches at the helm, results this year, haven't been great bye bye and standards. they look beatable, but they remain in contention for the treble the league cup and champions league. now probably it will be up to thomas to cool to achieve that. the former chelsea coach one, the champions league with the english side in 2021 finds hierarchy, would love to see similar themes in their dressing room in june. sorry, before we go, his reminder of our top story. paris has been cleaning up after another night of mass protest against the government's pension reform strikes, blockades, demonstrations have caused widespread disruption in france, a visit by britons. king charles has been postponed to watch the w news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more will news followed by the day i hope to see them

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