britton's king charles arrived in berlin today for his 1st foreign visit since ascending to the throne. berlin was 1st because his visit to france was canceled out of the current unrest. it's part of a british charm offensive aimed at repairing the damage caused by brakes. it has been made possible after london and brussels reset relations this month and struck a new deal over the state of northern ireland. though there is still some work to do. but here in berlin, the renewal of old friendships got off to a good start. i'm fill gail in berlin and this is the day ah, do much with my wife and i could come to germany for this very 1st overseas. 2 of my room,

like nothing, shows our strong relationship more clearly, your majesty, than visiting germany on your 1st trip abroad. his king. i met with germany and the united kingdom matters greatly to me to suppress this highly symbolic visit is a great personal gesture with and i am more convinced than ever obvious, enduring value to a soul. also coming up a look at ukrainian crews operating old soviet tanks and why they want nuance from the west soccer system and out and share and this is the new ones are more maneuverable. they have other equipment of the thermal sites range finders in

ramirez have say in check. the crew is more protected. ah, so it's not that i hear in berlin, where britain's king charles is on a 3 day visit his 1st since he succeeded the late queen elizabeth to the throne. as a visit with a very political background, british government is trying to rebuild relations with its allies in the european union. after massy break up that was breaks it. it's also a reaffirmation of old alliances as britain that its european allies support ukraine against russia's full scale invasion visit will include meetings with german political leaders. this 1st day was all about protocol. a special welcome for special visitors. britton's king child sir 3rd and his wife camilla. german president, frank valdosta and my are welcome to royal couple with military honors at berlin's brentenbock gate. ah,

it's the 1st time the landmark has provided a backdrop for receiving a state guest. on his 1st official state visit abroad as britons monarch king charles's hoping to improve the you case strained relations with a european union post bracket and show he can win hearts and minds brought just as his mother did for 7 decades. at his residence lusby view, the german president praised the good relations between the 2 countries and houghton. often to day, 6 years to the day after britain began the process of leaving the european union, we're opening a new chapter and our relationship was together as friends and partners. we are now looking forward to the it's enough for the german president also praise childs as long interest and environmental causes a topic that will determine the agenda for the 3 day visit. la correspondent,

emily gord, dean, has been covering the king's visit. here she is speaking a little early i think it's safe to say that british soft power has arrived in germany, and it is not uncommon for the u. k. to use the royals as a way of as a form of diplomacy. really, if you look at 964, the queen made her 1st state visit to germany and it marked the beginning of reconciliation between the 2 countries. i think you can observe, as you can see a similar theme. and this is it really after years of fighting really a break. so it's an ongoing breaks that negotiations. you know, that ultimately finally culminated in the, in the windsor frame like that. you know, we've not seen end to this fighting, thankfully, and now as one part of my a said in the chapter can begin. and i think that's exactly what this visit that presents an end to brackston negotiations to break the disputes and the start of

something new. and i think the visit of can, charles is also signed from the u. k. m. that's it really values. it's partnership with germany and it's friendship really and that's reflected not just in, you know, the in the, in the kings visits, you know, but also i think, equally on the other side, if you look to germany the way he's been or saved a welcoming fine go dean speaking a little earlier, was can charles arrived in berlin? the european parliament was holding a special session to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement . was the 998 dealer to enable the peace process in northern ireland to start after 30 years of conflict costing more than 3000 lives. we approached the anniversary has been marked by an increase intentions. however, british authorities have raised the terrorist threat level and not alive and to severe meaning security forces expect an attack imminently european commission,

president ursula on the line. praise the progress made in province since the good friday agreement was signed. recognize that not all wounds had been healed. so today we dont just gather far commemoration, but for a new commitment to keep working for reconciliation and northern ireland in spite of all setbacks for the next 25 years and way beyond the u. k. may have left ours union, but piece remains the european promise. us look backwards on perhaps of forwards are to be progress in northern ireland with dr. connell par, who's assistant professor in history at northumbria university. he joins us from northern ireland, said capital belfast at. welcome to the w, and let's the, and we'll start with the ursula on the line. other, why do you think the

e u is concerning itself with an anniversary of a deal struck in a part of a country that is no longer in the block as only just settled, lingering issues related to the province and its departure from the e. u. well, thank you. first i are way to start this. i think the main thing to explain is that your, you know, the united kingdom has left the european union. there is a strong sense in which it still has a kind of responsibility or feels a sense of responsibility to what occurred in northern ireland in the past, in terms of a serious and intense conflict for 3 decades or more and of which there is an ongoing legacy and also remembering and recalling importantly that the republic violence and ireland is a, is a very proud member of the union and has a lot of its stake and interests with northern ireland bound up in the future. well being of northern ireland. so there's a strong sense in which, at the beginning,

in between that sort of sense of responsibility to add to the ballot and proud member and also having an awareness of the past and that way, the rumbling problems you know, the night and future well, and it's interesting how those problems in northern ireland as various elements that i tried to secure independence from from great britain. it's interesting how it became international joe biden has also indicated that he's accepted an invitation from the k prime minister to visit north an island to commemorate the same anniversary. and president biden has a particular interest in northern defense. does me he does indeed notice that, i mean there are a number of us presidents over the, over the years, almost 50 us president, a favorite reckon around to have have some kind of a connection with either in the past and dna. and especially by the way,

with the north east region, what, what the americans call that the scots irish. so at biden is, however, perhaps the president who is most associating himself with a commitment to ireland and with an irish identity that was always a part of his appeal. and his is base in delaware politics and american politics, which is always built on and as a catholic, as wow, and obviously going back to j. f k, there are a number of presidents and even people like nixon and reagan as well. you have that at ancestors, but i think the important thing with di didn't, as you say, is that he has that commitment to northern ireland and to looking at the situation in a way that not all presidents do that the, some of them pay kind of lip service to it, but to be honest, bite. and as somebody who's made it clear that know the 9 it is like, like bill clinton did before him, something that is very close to his heart and something that he's going to devote time and energy to. and therefore,

you can see why in terms of the breadth go see ations around that time by to made a number of statements which were sort of saying that, you know, make sure that island is not shafted in any dio becomes here. i'm the united states will play a role in protecting ireland in that, in that situation as well. okay, so now we have 25 years of relative peace. in northern ireland, it's easy to presume that peace is now the default and that an outbreak of hostilities is, is unthinkable. but is it i think that 1st day, i mean, it depends how pessimistic you are on these things. i'm afraid to not have to spend enough time looking at know that i know that it is a very divided society. you have to remember that there are still over 100 patient peace worlds as they're called to the bit of a misnomer. and so i think to say which is a contradiction in terms, but they do actually keep the piece and there isn't

a very divided and education system still still very know number of mixed marriages for instance. and so these are always something you feel could break out in the future. there's no question that we're away from structured violence between the communities are now used to be and i think not in any close, imminent danger about at the moment. that being said, we, we still worry about things, as you pointed out, the threat level was raised by m i $52.00 days ago from at to, to be. yeah. and also your, some of the reviews would be aware that a police, a senior police officer and john caldwell was, was shot shot number times in my county to rone, which had been the scene of a very well known bombing. and in 1900 on the bombing so that they did lactose and because of the past, kind of remind us that it's and so video historians, a hassle and your crystal ball at the same time, looking backwards and forwards, do you detect a direction of travel and the provinces affairs,

whether that be to remain as part of u. k. or in day to become part of a united ireland when i said the $1000000.00 question, i think to be fair, what i would say on this is that nor the 9 and started change because of what was the boxed up and then the protocol and i didn't know that, and as you said earlier, the, when the framework is the other, you know, the mechanism which does have no denial and an interesting stuff where it is technically not quite in the united kingdom. and that there is a border in the irish sea, which is the thing that union us so resigned to the ones which are our number of protests and quite, quite as sized valleys going on at the moment. so there is, there is, there's no question that because of the demographics, because the catholic population has now started to grow the protestant population. and there is a majority in that direction that some people see that as the clock is ticking toward the united ireland. remember,

the identity is very complex and i think above what people will do. another 9 is what they've always done, which is the price piece and that kind of grassroots piece making above all else to tell you. thank you so much for joining us. dr. kernel part of somebody at university ah, was really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's confident he can find a compromise with the opposition of his planned reforms of the judiciary. that now who has postpone the introduction of the law for at least a month after huge protest brought the country to a standstill. the last critics describe it as a threat to democracy. the plans that drew her reproach from us president joe biden, who sat on tuesday, that israel could not continue down this road, is benjamin netanyahu speaking after those comments? how do we ensure the do judiciary remains independent and that we balance the need

to strengthen the executive and legislative and at the same time protect individual rights? i think that balance can be achieved, and that's why i promoted a pause. the now enables both the opposition and the coalition to sit down and try to achieve a broad national consensus to achieve both goals. and i believe this is possible or no me but yeah, coff one's work to as a legal assistant to former israeli supreme court. president aaron barrack, who's rulings have been the focus of much of the criticism from the israeli right. and she now works for the british thinktank, a chatham house, and joins us from london. welcome to d w. you think benjamin netanyahu can reach a compromise? acceptable, not just to the political opposition, but also to his own coalition and broader res, rainy society as well. i think it's going to be very, very difficult and i think i'm not so sure that he wants to compromise. we want to

stay in power and the only way for him to stay in power at present is to stay with his current very extreme coalition. so reaching a compromise, being streaming trade, think he had absolutely no choice, but to put the legislation on hold. i just like to correct you one a 100 laws that are in the pipeline. and one has to be a democracy. we're not talking about a massive, massive, massive or to the whole judicial system yesterday in acting laws that will mine or tease and senior minority women let her gaze the community. it's very serious,

very, very serious situation. i just like explain to us why you see the, the reforms that have hit the headlines. obviously the reforms for supreme court as well as others. what is it about these changes in the direction of travel? do you think that put the minorities such as you are my man, why does that put them in danger? minorities put in danger because they're trying to change the trying to change the laws so that they have full control over the appointment of judges. fullness to the supreme court, and they're trying to change the law than that they were not. and then they would like to be able to change some of the basic laws like the he writes, dignity, know, for example, or allowing every, every person in society to work. and there's

a threat is they will not allow it. so that means women potentially gain people that potentially allison is. i mean it's a very, very, very serious threat in terms of the way that the direction that they're taking in terms of the magnitude of those laws. but mister netanyahu has argued that the reforms were voted for by the public at the last election, which on the face of it sounds very democratic. i'm afraid this wasn't part of the election campaign. so the, it is true very much true that the government is legal in the sense that it was a democratic vote. and no, i'm is claiming that there was any breaking and they came to power in a democratic fashion. but the laws that they're trying to put through are anti democratic in this threat to the very essence of the state. now even

israel's up friends are concerned about these moves will listen to you as president joe bible, mental back like money. i'm very concerned that they get free cannot go to school, hopefully by minister will. with mister netanyahu replied to this by saying that israel makes its decisions by the will of its people and not based on precious, from a broad, including from the best of friends and effect, mind your own business. no ball. yeah. call is in this at least is mister netanyahu, right? i think israel make decisions on i think they do care very much

about the united states in the united states. the united states. so i think he does. he may not, he doesn't like it. but he does not want to be a state. so i think it's a to me, as soon as i say he has a very, very extreme, a very is a, it doesn't have to serve to quite opposing masters. then in that case that he's, he's coalition on the one side international opinion and he's friends in washington on the other. yes, i was not just that. i mean, he's the, he's the only way he could stay in hell become prime minister to make it is,

is, is to join when they make a holy shit, sorry, with all of those very extreme parties. so he, by definition, is in a terrible bind because it's a, i don't think he agrees with the correlation. but he has given the mantresa dentist concessions and unprecedented powers in order to stay in power and they go on and on and off. so he's continuously giving them more power every time they went in to leave for example, a 2nd to leave the coalition when the process of the judicial order home. but at the end he did. but he didn't give him the he didn't give him more and more, and more and more concessions. you've got a he is in a terrible bind, but he's trying aim is to stay in power and that's also dangerous. thank you for

joining us and here's your views on this developing situation. thank you so much. know me by yackel from chatham house. ah, i moscow says it has shut down a long range rocket supplied by the united states to ukraine. if confirmed it with the 1st time russia has down one of these a fall reaching weapons, a cave says a needs to reach targets in russian occupied the parts of you cried. announcement follows along the way to the delivery of western battle tanks from germany and the u. k. so far keeps forces of how to rely on soviet made armor. i corresponded back xander sent this report on the cruise, keeping those old tanks running. these men are farmers from the south. now they belong to the most feared units on the battlefield. the soviet era t 80 takes 3 men to operate at 40 tons and driven at speeds of up to 80 kilometers

an hour. gunner basil says the tanks scare the enemy leo, i will tell you this as soon as they see from the drones how the tanks are coming. then all the artillery is only aimed at us. they forget about the infantry about everything. so they're afraid. osha but the tanks need a lot of attention. this one is more than a decade older than the mechanic yoda's and it shows the actual really key thought if the tank is on really uneven, groaned, it's often this part of the tracks that breaks and needs to be replaced every now and again. we also have to tighten the tracks missional. let jessica also misses these tanks, maybe old and worn down what they're easy to repair. if the men can get the spare parts, they often find them on the battlefield. on martha's up, just think it wouldn't mushy. yes, many russian parts fit our vehicles just. we often dismantle russian tanks were

spear parts in the undercarriage as suitable can. and often we find parts suitable for the engine blows up to syndicate with it more as i'm in it at the start of the war. the ukrainian seem to be facing asia piri or tank force, but the russians deploy those tanks often in a very risky way without adequate protection from infantry or fighting vehicles. the ukrainians were able to take out and capture close to 2000 of those tax. but they're saying now if they are to have a chance of taking back territory, they would need a significant upgrade themselves in the men here are waiting for better tanks to arrive from friendly countries. no one else suffer from another and share and this is the new ones are more maneuverable. they have other equipment of the thermal sites range finders incident and ramirez have se in check. the crew is more protected than the ammunition capsule is placed at the back. now and keep on exist

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