the, the, this is the w news live from berlin. the us signals that it might send a cluster munitions to ukraine. white house officials say that decision is under active consideration as part of a weapons, a package, although it has not yet made an announcement. the news raises concerns from human rights groups, also coming up the whereabouts of russian wagner,

boston give any promotion, remain on clear. it was thought that he was an exile and bella roost until the leader and fellow roost said that promotion is in russia. and a social media spat mark stuck and bergs meta takes on you on twitter with a new social media platform. press for just hours after the launch twitter threatens to assume that us for stealing it's trade secrets to find out just how much of a threat to twitter threads might be the time sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the us administration is expected to announce an $800000000.00 military, a package for ukraine that could include cluster bombs. no key wants to weapons for it's ongoing counter offensive against russia. but the bonds are highly

controversial. they are currently banned by over 120 countries because they can kill indiscriminately over a wide area threatening injuries to civilians. human rights groups are raising concerns of the graveyard dismissals and hockey eve, the remnants of russian munition. to have devastated civilian life in pulse of ukraine. among them, the rockets used to launch cluster bones, a large number of small explosives of packed into these containers and released me to with the potential to close extensive damage to an area the size of a city block such as hit in cost intuitive costs assist. you new credit on that screech, and which was his in march this year by cluster bombs, local firefighters trying to contain the damage and detected cluster munitions that

don't explode. can also may move killed people decades later on thursday, the pentagon press secretary defended the use of the weapons that is pointing the finger at moscow. so essentially it can be either loaded with shape charges which are arm or penetrating or they can be loaded with fragmentary munitions, which are anti personnel. so clearly a capability that would be useful in any type of offensive operations. i would note that the russians have already been implying a cluster munitions on the battlefield. human rights watch says base russia and ukraine have used cluster munitions. so fall in the conflict and has cooled for both sides to stop immediately. and where we are joined by the w correspondent and economy, who is in chief, nick uh, the majority of countries around the world have signs this convention band and cluster bombs, as in humane and indiscriminate. how does keep justify uh,

wanting to use the controversial weapon of the i think that number one argument is that russia has been using these throughout, in larger numbers than ukraine has. and they would say, if anyone should stop using these munitions, it should be the russians and see if that is a clear kind of face of your country with more results is with more different types of options. should be the 1st to take that step. i think it's also important to kind of zoom out of it. the bigger picture from the point inspected is that they already feel like they've been limited and lots of things they can do to have their hands tied behind their backs in a way, trying to protect their country. they're not allowed to use less than weapons against russian territory. they haven't been given the kind of claims or helicopters that would allow them to protect different lines that the russians are using in large numbers. and these because that emissions, all these cluster homes are an option. they are basically available in serial numbers in the us. also those that wouldn't be any running time that could be quickly delivered. they don't take any special training or preparation. so there's

something we could make a huge difference to ukraine's comprehensive right now, rather than these more complex, expensive technologies that take a little longer and full of kind of political problems about people. different countries. not wanting to give that permission for these systems to be transferred to. this is a kind of real option for ukraine at the time where they are having real problems, trying to push through those resolutions that are being built up as the last 6 months or so. but the, one of the concerns, one of the key concerns is that cluster bombs are in precise. they tend to leave behind a large number of uh, or they tend to be behind some unexploded munitions or they could do so similar to mine's, posing severe risk to civilians. the chief not share that concerned, especially seeing as these funds might be used on territory that ukraine hopes to recapture. as for the in precision, i think it's important to bear in mind that urban wolf i settings we'd also civilian still left like of the go button with those are the kind of exception running through most of the fighting right now is going on in pretty open country

agricultural areas in the south is afoot, asia, where they're off, start to receive civilians directly around those positions where they're already all of the mindset people of culture being told to not go anywhere near that fighting. so i think that is less of a risk than in the open setting world. see, we've seen damage civilians as into that in consisting of cost as for the kind of long term impacts in the day, just civilians. i think these battlefields and ukraine already so heavily affected by mines by booby trapped by all kinds of left of munitions that there is going to have to be a huge camp operation off of this war. as soon as the active fucking has ended, and they're always going to be areas where civilians are going to be kept household for years to come. so i think this doesn't really qualitatively change situation because this is a situation people are already living with where we see civilians losing lynn's being killed day and day out trying to you know, go for water or click firewood. so this is not necessarily a new kind of escalation in terms of its thing, just to civilian populations,

the economy and king. thank you, matt and let's get more now. we are joined by military analyst mike martin. he is a senior worst studies fellow at kings college in london. so my walk us through how exactly to these cluster bombs work. it says a come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. they can be dropped from tightens. they can be fight out to the tennessee that can be on rockets. and essentially what happens is when that over the target they explode and they and they drop multiples . so you know, up to a 100 smooth ball minutes. so that photo owns the targets and they have a variety of military uses. so for example, if you want to take out an ad field, you can drop it over the runway and that will pitch the runway and make it unusable . if your enemy has lots of stores and supplies, laid out very good for that. and also if your enemy has troops that are in trenches

or in the open, they can be very useful for that as well. how useful do you think they might proven the ukraine in case could they really make a difference on the battlefield? sure. what we can say that anyone weapon system is going to be the thing that you probably needs to win the war, but as possible. you know, a well regulated ministry operating within those full, which as far as i can see at the moment ukraine is they all very useful. so for instance, at the moment ukraine is doing this offensive and dropping all the pace, a bottomless, obviously, very useful if you'll be, if you'll guy who gets on with vehicles, which the kinds are some areas and all the areas that you kind is trying to take out russian supply them so particularly petrol oil, things that keep machinery guy and trust munitions are very useful for that as well . okay, mike martin, us and your worst that his fellow at kings college in london. thank you so much. thank you.

as the leader of bela bruce, alexander lucas shank goes, says that you're getting for goshen. the head of russians, wagner, mercenary group is still in russia with thousands of fighters and not in bel roofs, as he's previously claimed for. goshen was supposed to go into exile in bella roof after staging a mutiny in russia. the kremlin says it is not keeping tabs on the back of your boss. the way i'll be to, the mystery continues. what would the bid about of you if you need to go ahead and do wagner months into the groups boss? hasn't been seen publicly since needing an underworld on most school because it had reported the travel to better was. that's part of a deed with the russian president vladimir putin. following the mutiny he led last month, you know, but out of his liter, alexander lucas shingle, says, precaution,

isn't russia not in his country as he had previously came to you for the records and the cords? it's up, so look, no, yes, no books. no, i'm not on the board. i know for sure. i mean, when you pick asian one is a free man. we have right now. he is an f 3 man for to new port loose new or more more i think to him on the so not long ago. let us know what's in there. i think we spoke yesterday after lunch and discussed the next steps involved and as activities just to the trouble covering the business. really brushing is teeth tv has shown images of what it sees was a read on precautions, office and residents in st. petersburg. and yet, a day after they moved any russian security services said the phone cache, good weapons, 7 passports and big potentially enabling him to travel. but the false identity. but they could, i mean, see, is it is not following the wagner chief mean me seeking to repeat,

we don't track his movements. we need to have the opportunity, nor do we wish to do that. a child, it's during the mutiny put in a harsh respond to those digging pot. oh no, it's not clear what has happened to the men who let it come to us. and here are some other stories making news this our, your friends president the load of mirrors, the lensky is in prague for talks with check president petra, pa, the it is the latest stuff abroad for zalinski after he visited bulgaria. he next tends to turkey for talks with president wretch of type air to one un secretary general, antonio good ted edge has condemned israel's raids in the west bank city of janine saying that they caused the worst violence there in 20 years. and is really soldier was shot dead by a palestinian gunmen with militant groups from off saying that the killing was in response to the rates in which 12 palestinians and one is barely sold or died. it

depends. nuclear regulator has approved the release into the ocean of more than a 1000000 tons of radioactive water from the destroyed fukushima nuclear power plant. china has strongly opposed to move global watched off the international atomic energy agency. the i d. a says that it will have a negligible impact on the environment the far right a if the party has seen as popularity search lately. in spite of the fact that the sections of the party are seen by many experts as linked to extremist, an empty democratic circles, it has one elections for local government positions and a couple of the eastern states, giving it access to the levers of actual power for the 1st time and the parties poll numbers have risen to a historical high. now let's look at the latest and for test the map survey, we can see the a f d in 2nd place behind the conservative cd. you see us,

you block $1.00 and $5.00 would say that they would vote for the update in a national election or that any of the 3 government parties. now this is despite the fact that over 2 thirds of those asked say that there are too many right when it streams in the party, it suggests that some supporters do not like the radical views expressed by leading a if the figures, for instance, their tax on muslims and immigrants. so what some voters seem to appreciate about the a f d and the other hand is the selection of issues that they challenge the government on. although they do not necessarily offer good solutions to those problems. staff the has identified law and order as an issue where i can, when support over half of germans in the survey think that the other parties do not understand how important public security is. jim and his most controversial right wing party is having

a great summer support. so the alternative to germany is higher than ever before. and the 10 year history in the eastern stage of the range year one vote during 3 now backs the day in june for the 1st time, the policy want executive power. it was only a local government official. if the a f d is jubilant. it's actually 21 percent plus on the federal level and on the local level or in the community and district where we want to direct mandates. so you can put it this way for everybody who thought terms cans to learn . slight. yes, they can. the if the is not just another political policy, it's members include many follow right extremists and it's under observation by the intelligent service expert, allegedly, undermining democracy. so what explains the success? the established parties do

a terrible job and they are getting from batch traverse by the day, by the hour. they want to force people into a central planning, central planning, edit cute, and that's extension rated. and more and more people react to it. concepts and each have united state. if the has always been successful with issues that increase speeds as well known, we're living in times of multiple crises. there's quite a bit of fear out there. they are of even more immigration refugees and other migrants. and so then, of course, there's the fear of rising prices and the fear of an encroaching state to i'm able to see things start fuse, drive people to seek and alternatives. how should the stablish bounties respond so far? all have said they will not cooperate with the a f d. some politicians even talk about finding it. chancellor sholtes display down just right behind us from the mean we have the phenomenon of right wing populace

policy is in scandinavia, the netherlands, austria, and germany. they exist elsewhere in the world as well, but that doesn't mean they have to become relevant and dominant, and that will not be the case, the right answer. but those responses don't address the concerns that drive the support thing. cuz this is, i think it could make even more people vote for them to process theories for me. what's important and i would say this to mr. shoulds, prevent blockage, clear the blockages, and look to the feature or the showed kinds of things coming out of these in, in my opinion, the only way to turn this situation around is with good politics. my carefully refuting the these claim that the state is weak. thoughts which must side the humans, federal and state governments have to show concrete action and not just to be used to vote for the state talking to this new develop in the way that they are stations . meanwhile, the policy believes it's shared with the vote will increase. we are prepared to

deliver to the people what they deserve. that means straight policy. silver policy is no ridiculous and to do the things which need to be done and to give up things which need to be given up as long as voters and not put off by the parties more extreme positions. the a, if these good selma seem set to continue and benjamin of it as group or as on the story for us. he's in our pro elementary studios. how are germany's mainstream parties reacting to this search? by the far right a half day, the windows or the manage, the professor of political science. if we just saw the said, is that the ac has always been successful with issues that increase fee is, but we should also know to that the if the is definitely benefiting from the vote to distress in new template. we'll have salt the 3 ponti coalition. so the greens, the pro business at the tea party and also the aspects of the social democrats have spent much of the past few months,

fighting publicly about how to deal with these cries of the if the is benefiting from some within the party. have acknowledge that the leader of the s p d of the social democratic party recently also set that the search of the a if the has something to do with these very long dispute that is being carried on by the 3 policy coalition. but if we talk of how the parties are reacting, this seems to be no strategy on how to contain on how to deal with the a f the some is john flow. what else shall seem to be still down, playing this thread, saying that this a phenomenon that we see in other countries, but others like this it, you will be the free police match what has been himself criticized for us. we thought he has been forced to retreat from a problem is that he made several years ago that he would have the f d 's boulder base that is still increasing according to this, this pulse of whiskey. so, i mean, the search that we're talking about is in the opinion polls benjamin if, if there were a vote tomorrow and election, how likely is it that the opinion poll ratings might translate into actual votes

for the a f d of that remains to be seen because i'm majority of people 55 percent, this whole belief that the 50 does not solve problems, but at least named them properly. so the questions that many ask themselves is, is the, if the actually delivering alternatives did name alternative for germany suggest to many, not only from the position but also from the potty costs a doubt on that year. martin, who was a, it is now a full my a if the party lead place public and criticize the potty is saying that there is no content that they are no ideas and that the part is solely prophets from the weakness of, of the parties. and there have been power struggles within the party for a long time now. and usually the more radical fraction of it is a power play retained the power within the party and they are it too many right wing extremists and the party of those something that 2 thirds of those who ask it for this poll, have to also say the far right, a f t,

it's particularly popular benjamin in the former east, germany to tell us why that is. that's right. the right wing extremists restoring is particularly strong. it finds strong support in eastern germany. there was a recent study by the university of lights. again, 5 of the east german states. so states that a home to around a 5th of the german population, the result at the top of those it was uh, they called for an immigration band for muslims and majority supported senior for week statements that for and has only come to germany to exploit the welfare state, so the office big problems up is level 4 b of anti semitism. i've seen a full b r a wide spread there. but the far it is not only popular in the form of east germany in the states, but also is gaining more support. a port and middle class driven debbie is benjamin alvarez cooper. thank you. to twitter has threatened to sue bible company meta hours after the launch of its new

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the kids and coaches split keep training and working through us veterans, but peaceful and unified. so to that quick reminder of the top stories are falling for you here on dw news, the us signals that it could send the cluster munitions to ukraine. white house officials said that decision is under active consideration. as part of a weapons, a package. you have to take up next to the points, looking at bella versus the host uh, potentially to that number scenario. the

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maybe things are going to get in comfortable lives and not fears, comedy from pakistani women pretty to shake up the image of their generation. some topics are still tapped, but these comedians are pushing the boundaries of free speech. humor, again, sexism, concerns women. rise up in reporter this weekend on dw, the put disarray in russia mean gain for ukraine. although it's cut her offensive has made slow progress. moreau rose, following the failed march on moscow by the wagner group, whose brutal tactics have spilled much ukrainian blood. the longer term fate of wagner's mercenaries could well be decided in.