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these things and more, and then you know, season off the plot can make sure it's a tune and wherever you get your pot half and join the conversation. because you know it love matt. mm ah ah, this is d w. news coming to live from berlin commemorations in poland, mark the 80th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto, apprised it was an extraordinary act of jewish resistance against the nazis during world war 2. also coming up a 2nd attempt to the cease fire in sudan after tuesday's truce fails. to hold, as the pining rages on civilians remained trapped in their homes,
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saw without food or water. and an $800000000.00 settlement brings an end to a defamation lawsuit brought against us cable network fox news by dominion boating systems. the truth matters lies have consequences. dominion had accused fox of spreading false claims. that is voting machines were responsible for donald trump losing the 2020 presidential election. ah. hello and terry martin, thanks for joining us. ceremonies have been held in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising. the presidents of poland, israel and germany joined holocaust survivors and their descendants to honor the hundreds of warsaw jews who revolted against nazi soldiers in 1943 preferring to
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die fighting than to be sent to death camps the month long battle was ultimately crushed when the nazis raised the ghetto to the ground. they arrived in a shoe of unity to the sound of a wheeling siren. that rang out across the polished capital. setting the scene for a poignant memorial. these really polish and german presidents, shoulder to shoulder, representing nations, forged by this dark chapter of history. booked on an outfit survivor quoted from a resistance fighters, defiant last poem. she miles when cool clenching in the face of a stick, a stern, she mccue boy, we beg you o god, go for a bloody battle. we implore you for a violent death. she
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h. so we'll say polish children's choir then performed the song of jewish partisans, inspired by the uprising. oh, ah, the warsaw ghetto was in effect a 3 kilometer square open prison. its inhabitants almost half a 1000000 jews subjected to a nazi campaign of dehumanization abuse. starvation and systematic murder were right. in 1943 residents rose up in revolt, but they were massively outnumbered pottstown. you get 2 of our sub scheme? yes. glam yet? the warsaw ghetto. uprising is to me as president of the republic of poland and to us to day system. first and foremost, a symbol of courage,
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determination not to you and bravery. already killed the will to fight the ones freed up some of that sort of analysis via the will to take decisions about one's fake way. salenti fearless, bravery and absolute determination made that that'd me nuts. i. yeah, i'm glad the evil existed. nazi rode. the nazis in their support is lot. there was also right, not the victims. and the insurgence there corla, we have to hand over this heritage to the next generation center. so the hero is him, of the insurgence as oh, wow, the german president invited for the 1st time to this anniversary, then apologized for the crimes of his ancestors. though its arm of open you'd and on you wouldn't do. you'd and germans persecuted, enslaved, and murdered europe's tomorrow. the geez of war song with
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a cruelty and in humanity. love for which we have no words. mod i stand before you to day or, you know, and ask for forgiveness for the crimes that germans committed here. i can you don't say here begun nana, but ganging up before leaving, the president paid their respect the memorial to the victims. 3 men carrying sorrow, grief and guilt, but above all. busy i call never to forget. earlier i spoke with d. w correspondent, magdalena revoked paula cott, who joined us from warsaw, where she was following the ceremony. she told us how stein miles speech was received in poland. well, as you mentioned, we are exactly at that place where day speeches and a common moravian took place to day. and as he can also see,
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many flowers are left to you at the place and a president, i may, i was the 1st guy from germany, allowed to speak here because as many as you may remember, 9070, and a german chancellor village bronze was kneeling down exactly at the same place, but without saying any word. so it was really the 1st speech from a german state guess hugh and it was as the are the 2 speeches from the polish and is really president, very emotional. and it hurts here in silence. as it was such an important day to day for jewish history for israel, but also for a poland and for the history of war. so m as the ghetto uprising took place in the very heart of war. so in the middle of the city, i'm so shy, my speech was hurt in silence and, and i think it was a very good taken by everyone who was hearing to dead as he starts with memories of the survivors. and he also spoke about the actual situation in the
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world and about the war in the ukraine. so the 1st time a german had a state. so speaking at this memorial ceremony, how would you describe relations between germany and poland today? well, it was quite surprising. there exactly at this time were polish german relationships are not the best one in history. i am president andre to we are. the polish president invites a german president to come at this. they go and give a speech. hugh, am the people who survived the holocaust and who were here also day to day and told us that they were glad that this step has been made and that the german state representative speaks you to day. and i do not have themed it. but at the end of the in commemoration president shine maya, and that is really and polish president fell on the knees a lying down to flowers,
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which was very emotional. and i asked german president if that gesture was planned and he answered no, that was such an emotional moment to day and gestures like that. arnold plant before or glean a thank you very much. that was d. w corresponded magdalena devotional, hollow, caught in warsaw. sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world to day u. s. made patriot air defense systems have arrived in ukraine. that's according to the country's defense minister. the german government confirmed that the system it provoked it promised to have, has been delivered. us had also pledged the system to help ukraine defend russian attacks against cities and infrastructure. while guerria has temporarily bend grain imports from neighboring ukraine, the government says the measures necessary to protect local farmers from an influx of cheaper produce. the restrictions do not apply to goods transiting through the
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country hungry. poland. in slovakia of all introduce similar india will likely overtake china as the world's most populous country by the middle of this year. that's according to new estimates released by the un. earlier, beijing revealed that china's population shrank last year for the 1st time in more than 6 decades. sedans, army has agreed to a 24 hour ceasefire after paramilitary group r. s. f earlier announced its commitment to a truce on social media. however, there are media reports of continued gunfire across the capitol. cartoon is, comes after a cease fire agreed yesterday between the 2 factions collapsed 5 days of deadly fighting has killed hundreds of people and devastated areas of the capital cartoon, the r s f, and the armed forces seized power to gather in a joint crew in 2021. but differences on how to govern lead to tensions that
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erupted in violence on saturday. so then most journalist mohammad how she told us why he was not surprised that the previous the fire was ineffective. there was always very optimistic to think that these 2 generals armies will, will allow for a truce to take place at 6 o'clock in the evening yesterday when, when the truth was meant to come into effect. that had to be an order, the sum shilling and fighting in various parts of the capital. it looks so that he is at the moment it appears that both generals are intent on, on, on, on continuing with military operations. spare reported that germany has canceled a planned evacuation of german citizens from sudan that according to local media, d, w political corresponded benjamin over his group or said the mission to deploy military aircraft to cartoon was aborted at the last minute. so it is the spiegel,
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that is reporting. it's saying that 3 military aircrafts took off from germany to greece to a refueling stuff to then continued to sit on. the mission was to evacuate $150.00 german nationals, but then the german government took it. the decision to abort this bonus of emission. it shows how dynamic the situation is. we just heard it also with the sci fi as with a fighting around the airport. and that's what the spokesperson of the german government sat today. we uphold by the level of violence, especially against a civilians. even though the german government did not confirm or deny this media reports a bi dash beagle, they said that they are evaluating the situation that and that we can, they had like this warning, a travel warning to sedan telling. it's german nationals who already the in the country to shelter in a say space that the monitoring is that there are several ministries involved, not just the foreign ministry,
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but also the defense ministry to address the situation to see exactly what can be done. they were asked specifically about this media reports that they could not go a had with this mission earlier today, but they are assessing the situation. but of course, if they were to decide something that would involve more and forces as well, almost like a feet on the ground that would need the approval of the bonus stock. so for them following the situation very closely, but not it neither confirming, not denying these reports are we got by their spiegel. so german media earlier today. so fluid and dangerous situation incident, t w's political correspond. benjamin over his group of thank you very much. yes. broadcast or fox news has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by voting technology company, dominion for nearly $800000000.00. it means that fox will avoid a trial over allegations it spread false claims that dominions buddy machines
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helped rig the 2020 election against donald trump. it was set to be a landmark trial. a defamation case against the largest u. s. news broadcaster shed you'll to last for 6 weeks, but it was over before it even started. reporters and spectators had gathered inside the court room in delaware when the judge announced that the case had been resolved. fox news corporation and voting technology company dominion had reached a settlement with fox agreeing to pay dominion $787500000.00 us dollars. ma, fox news legal team did not give any comments on leaving the court. the company later published a statement saying that they did acknowledge the court's rulings. finding certain claims about dominion to be false, but offered no apology. lawyers for dominion called the settlement of victory for democracy. the truth matters,
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lies have consequences. over 2 years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion in the country. the lawsuit by dominion which sells voting machines and election software alleged that fox news knowingly ad false claims that the company's machines have been used to rig the 2020 presidential election against donald trump. those claims helped fuel the outrage that lead many trump supporters to stone the capital in january of 2021. many cham beckers still believe the election was rigged. while the settlement is
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a heavy price to pay for the media company, it is only about half of what dominion was suing full. and it has saved fox news from further public scrutiny. and its top anchors and foxes found a rupert murdoch from having to take the stand. you are watching d w news coming up next it's d w news asia. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at d. w. thanks for watching. we got some hot tips for your bucket list, romantic corner chat, hot spot for food, please check and some great cultural memorials to boot.
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