[000:00:00;00] news, this is dw slide from pilot. the us might send cluster munitions to ukraine by task special save and efficient is on the active consideration as possible weapons a package plus the munition is found in many countries as human rights groups are

raising concerns. also coming off, thoughts are continuing for sweden to join nato, but there are concerns and help in the past. the military alliance is to confront a script from russia or tied us to general. now tell to dw, we know straight and supportive searching for germany is controversial. alternative for germany policy whose members include many, far right extremities. question is, how should this stablished policies with the i'm gonna have both as well come to the program. the us administration is expected to announce that $800000000.00 military aid package for ukraine. and that could include cluster bombs, p fonts, the weapons for its contra offensive against russia, bought the bombs kindly banned by more than 120 countries because they can kill

indiscriminately over wide area. i'm threatening injuries also to civilians. human rights groups are raising concerns about the decision is a graveyard dismissals and hockey's, 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, the packed into these containers and released me to with the potential to close, extensive damage to an area of the size of a city block such as hit in cost, intuitive cost assist you new cranes don't that screech and which was his in march this year by cluster bombs, local find, find to is trying to contain the damage undetected cluster munitions that don't

explode, can also may, will kill 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 in point 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 earlier we also ukraine correspond and they commonly how keith justifies using these controversial weapons. 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 that is a clear kind of face of your country with more resources with more different types of options should be the 1st to take that step, i think is also important to kind of zoom out of it. the bigger picture from the print inspector visit. they already feel like they've been limited in lots of things they can do. they have their hands tied behind their backs in a way, try 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 rest of the using the new los numbers and these cars that emissions all these cluster bombs on an option. they are basically available in fusion was in the us also, they 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. sounds defensive right now, rather than these more complex, expensive technologies that take a lot longer and full of kind of political problems about people. different countries not wanting to give the information for these systems to be transferred

to. this is every kind of real option for ukraine at the time where they all having real problems, trying to push through those rest of the positions that are being built up as the last 6 months or so. i've become really that reporting from kids now as human rights groups go for an end to the use of cluster bombs. my name ukraine. oscar, what difference does it make when cruise myself tights and drones are already killing people every day? i put that question to rich, where he's a senior crisis and conflict research a for human rights watch as well. and you know, these weapons are inherently discriminant, indiscriminate and are subject to a band assigned by most countries in the world, including germany, for reason of the, on the immediate attacks. these weapons have, they have lasting and serious consequences for civilians. many of these subdivisions fail to explode and they expose civilians for decades to danger. and that danger is serious and life threatening. it could be losing a limb and it could be losing your lives. it makes actions like, you know, playing in

a field for them on your lawn. they could be deadly. and germany is also a country that has experienced, you know, this, of this kind of threat for decades to comment as well. and this is not something that you know, you can train on you already there has been extensive contamination and this is only going to pile long, you know, the civilian har for decades come now, but if these cluster bombs could help you cry and beating back to the russians and potentially speed up an end to this will, will not be was, it will know this, but we're talking about here is about preventing civilian harm. and certainly your brain has other options that don't, you know, spread these munitions all over wide areas and are doable. definable, it's those civilians and harm longer to the future because they're difficult to find and they're more doable to clear. there's been a lot of talk about the can the cameron contamination efforts, you know, which will have to take place in any case of these efforts are dangerous and they take time and they will expose back

a civilian service. but the individuals doing the, the, their rent opperation to danger. so why don't you not focus your efforts on getting the russian to stop using these weapons? because effectively your calls can only lead ukraine exposed to russian. plus the balls with little hope of replying and kind. the human rights watch has documented the use of russian to cluster munitions from the 1st few hours of this and invasion that they conducted. and included, that includes one of the deadliest attacks conducted against the buildings by rushing forces in the train station. and coming towards can we have call matching since the beginning of this for. but since the bat has been instituted for all parties to stop using these weapons, as this is not about focusing our attention on credit, this is about all parties, not just in ukraine and russia, but everywhere because of the extraordinary farm. these weapons cause a disability and say,

continue to cost them long after worst finish. which way that was showing the wides . watch. thank you very much. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. this all un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has set israel's rates on the west bank city of jeanine have caused the worst violence that in 20 years and is rarely sold. it was shot dead by a post indian gunman. the minutes include a ma says the killing was in response to the raids in which 12 palestinians and one is rightly soldier died. 2 pounds nuclear regulator has improved the release of more than a 1000000 tons of radioactive bullets from the destroyed for kasheila nuclear plants into the pacific ocean. china, how strongly opposed to this is global nuclear watched off as an estimate, atomic energy agency says you to dilution it will have next to no impact on the

environment. after a volcanic eruption in southern february, the government has declared a state of emergency, a cruise setting up shelters, and prepared to relocate thousands of people. the you being as volcano has been spewing ashan toxic gas. it also registered thousands of explosions and recent thanks to kind of last major eruptions was 4 years ago of the us treasury secretary, identity yellen has said that the coupling of the u. s. and chinese economies would be, quote, virtually impossible. us said recently that it would limit china's access to advance technology and the interest of national security on a visit to badging jaelyn says washington is not seeking a wholesale separation hosted to economies between international tensions between migrants and residents. escalating in the port city of fox authorities are now being accused of shipping the migrants to the desert and abandoning of them that

tunisia is a gateway for many sub saharan africans. hoping to reach the you and hospitality to migrants is nothing new occurrence stranded in the desert. this video which has been verified, shows migrants, attorneys use border with libya. big. i suggest that there is no shelter food or water. it will be easy to bundle the mess. it was done resort to drinking sea water bottle the man i see as do need you in border guards, keep watch shut out. why? the rights group say hundreds of them have been shipped to border areas from the city of fax to need you as interior ministry hasn't responded to the allegations. facts, a hotbed of tension has become

a popular gateway for migrants who want to cross the mediterranean for europe. a they sleep rough getting by with the generosity of some locals. 1 1 so police side of the idea of what happened to them is not, you mean when we spoke to them, they told us that they had been attacked and women, that'd be great. their money was stolen and we got together as a civil society organization. when i saw my money, i was a mazda, and that's fine. i mean, obviously some of us don't even have money to buy water. so we want to thank everyone who's helping us do you listen to it? and i think that you initially ins for this one. so give a shot. but what shocks me, the most is that they are attacking us. and we don't know why you're going to say, well, what is, what are those residents and migrants accuse each other of wrong doing tensions boiled over when a local man was killed during an altercation with migrants on monday. 3 suspects

are in custody. tunisia is president, has been accused of inciting violence against sub saharan africans. in his speech earlier this year, k e side said the migraines to bring violence and crime and are part of a campaign to alter the demographic structure of attorneys. yeah, but you've been with them yards with xenophobic attacks on the rise. some migrants are leading to needs. yeah. and their hopes for a better life behind and they to head young stuff about convincing meeting with leaders from turkey and sweden hoping for a breakthrough and sweetens nato membership. there is another significant concern for the military alliance help with pat in europe to provide a coordinates response to any threats from russia. one senior ex us general now tells dw nato is not ready because he can't move fast enough.

nato maintains its got allies completely covered and they thought protect every inch of allied territory. but can it. nato has forces in fire, power, pre positioned in 8 allies along its eastern flank. but if russia were to attack, for example, the narrow gap between bellow, ruzen, colleen, and grad known as this, a walking corridor with the aim to cut off the baltic states. if we cannot move fast enough, i think this is very dangerous that the russians can see. and they are aware that we could not get to. let's say this a walking car door for the full sean gate down in romania as fast or faster than russian federation forces could give their retire. general ben hodges is an expert in military mobility. and to his chagrin, mobility. from the years he was charged with insuring american troops and their equipment could respond quickly to threats loads of red tape and lack of transport capacity top to his list of lows. you cannot even live

a couple your fashion journey without special permissions. there's not enough real cars in the cargo. don't you bought a cargo to move more than one and a half, or remember gauge. that's all over europe simultaneously. that's nothing compared to what we would need. and then there's the lack of inter governmental communication. hodges recalls a special moment in 2017 when us paratroopers were dropped into full guerria for a training exercise. we discovered in the last minute the demo, gary and ministry of interior responsible for their borders. we're going to have officials out on the drop zone and expect to see the passport of every parents river as if they had just gotten off a little tons of light. and i was like you watching. another issue is infrastructure such as bridges and roads that can't bear the weight of heavy tanks or tunnels, which are too narrow. fixing these problems was long ago identified as

a key area where nato into europe can union could and actually had to work together . the alliance needs the access, the you has control over regulations and funds for logistical upgrades and member states. but after new years of plans, task forces and projects and now war next door, the potential remains largely on paper policy analysts and the height the highest spend to months researching the current state of military mobility and was dismayed at his findings. definitely, i was surprised given how many years has passed since know through the team, we came a priority at the, at the u level. nothing much has happened just to give you an example of currently at the you level the objectives to reach maximum 5 working days to get permission to cross borders. that's quite a lots, right? they want to make free for rapid reaction, forces 5 working days, waiting on paper work for each country that would need to be crossed. that's the goal. meanwhile, moscow has no such barriers,

and can hire points out. the necessary changes in europe won't happen overnight, is it's a continuous process that takes years. so if we have started, i don't know, 15 years ago now it would have been better if we started now we'll see in 4th and the results maybe in 10 years. general hodges says the new military plans to be adopted at nato's bill. me a summit. should we do a big improvement because possible more time responsibilities will be assigned by regions reducing transport times. but he's still worried to everybody gets serious and understands why this is to the benefit of the alliance for parents is going to continue to be seen as some sort of a dual credit. uh, thing that just needs to be sorted out, he says, is past time now to get serious a smell general hodges believes these strangers should have taken place years ago, and that is a dangerous financial that they have. and i also w correspondent,

terry schultz will file that report what he means and why the situation has not improved fast enough. well, in general, hodges speaks very euphemistically when he says, if the russians know we can't get there. because of course, the russians know that nato can't get there fast. in fact, this walk you core doors more commonly referred to as this a walk in gap and because it's logistically, so hard to get forces in there quickly. and of course, is nato's practicing how to defend this a walking gap then rushes practicing how to take this a walking gap. so none of this is a surprise, but this is that these are, are really vulnerable areas need those long known and long practice how to defend them. but i think what general hodges is saying now is that you've got a war next door. you see that russia is unpredictable. why are these changes not being done more quickly? and some of them are in fact, bureaucratic. this idea that even nato's rapid reaction forces have to wait 3 days on paper work to cross countries borders. i mean, that's not a very rapid reaction force, right?

yeah. that, that is indeed frightening. another research that you spoke with says, even if plans were implemented now it could be 10 years to see any results. i mean, isn't that a bit late on, can they can nato and the you fast track these changes as well? fortunately, too late for what is a question we could ask because russia has not and is not likely to attack nato country. but when you're talking about these infrastructures changes, they're huge, and again, they are on the site as you point out. they need money from, from the you and from national governments. but you're talking about literally replacing bridges, replacing tunnels, changing real gauges. i mean, there are countries now you, you cannot simply move cargo between, between e u member states between nato allies because the train tracks don't line up. those are huge projects, millions of years, and they take years to change. so they haven't started yet to any great degree,

and that's why you wouldn't see the results for years. but this is really, i think it's gotta be a disappointment for nato and the european union because they said years ago that this was going to be a flagship project military mobility. and yet, so little has happened that they must be sort of thinking, you know, we failed to some extent. now they to members, a meeting and villainy is next week. what we see any more concrete plans is the plans that will be adopted are expected to be adopted. they're, they're not yet approved by all. allies will make some changes that uh, as been hodges mentioned, will make military mobility less of a hindrance or military immobility, less of a hindrance. and that is because this revamp of nato's plans are going to focus on regional hubs for, for where forces would be sent from where equipment would be sent from. you're not going to have to get from the furthest reaches, you know, from, from southern spain to a stone. yeah. you're going to have things pre positioned. and there already is

some, a lot of pre positioning closer to where a crisis may break out. so you'd have a new, less the distance to cover. but still, if we go back to, to the situation now, still, if it takes 5 days for every country you have to cover that's, that's still going to be a problem. regional, the regional plans are going to be a big health uh once they are approved in vilnius, but they're not going to solve all these problems that's going to have to take place in budgets that are not yet approved. so it's not going to solve things. hopefully it will make it less of a less of a vulnerability for the alliance. terry shows that reporting from day to headquarters in brussels. thank you very much, terry. here in germany, the fall rise alternative for germany. audio a f. d, as seen as popularity surge in recent weeks. the policies, both numbers have risen to a historical high looking at the latest and protests dom up survey. yeah. if the is pulling now in 2nd place behind the main,

a position. conservative cds. yes. you 20 percent of those polled say they would vote for the far right policy if a national election were held now as small then for any of the 3 government bodies is full, boost comes to spite sections of the f t being seen by many experts as links to extra missed and on to democratic circles. a gemini store right, is having a great summer support for the alternative for germany is higher than never before . and the 10 year history, the so said if the range one vote or in 3 now backs b, i sd in june for the 1st time the party, one executive power was only a local government official, yet the atheist jubilant. but the ac is not just another political party, its members include many, far right, extremist. and it is under observation by the intelligence services for allegedly undermining democracy. so what explained to 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 etc rated. and more and more people react to it. concepts and the ac has always been successful with issues that increased for years for state as well known . we are living in times of multiple crises, this quite a bit of fear or their fear of even more immigration of refugees and other migrants . and then of course, that's the fear of rising prizes and the fear of an encroaching state. when do you find people to see can start fee is drive people to seek and alternative. how should be established parties respond so far, all have said that they will not cooperate with the if the simple additions even talk about banding, it just the shots has clicked on the threat behind us. and then we have the

phenomenon of rifling populace parties in scandinavia. the netherlands, austria, and germany that exist elsewhere in the world as well. but that doesn't mean they have to become relevant and coming and that will not be the case here either. but those responses don't address the concerns that tries to support this it. uh no, i think it could make even more people mode for them to me. what's important and what i would say there's to mister shows prevent blockage, clear the blockages and looked at the future orders shown microsoft is coming in my opinion, the only way to turn the situation around is with good politics. by carefully refuting the these claim that the state this week, so federal and state governments have to show concrete actions and nothing has to be used. those who vote for the f b. i didn't talk me or additional developing a debate, but there are stations. meanwhile, the party believes itself the vote will increase. we are prepared to deliver

to the people what they deserve. that means straight to policy silver policies, no radicalism to do the things which need to be done and still give up things which need to be given up. given germany's history of fluoride causing government responsibility is something all the parties in the bone to set one to avoid at any cost. i heard you threatened that if it came to follow you would clean up. we will tell you we will make sure that you never have responsibility in this country. keep that in mind. that however is exactly what the a, if the is aiming for, for the next federal election in 2025. if they want to nominate the chancellor candidate and some sports news now women the wimbledon number for c costco, who at least the tournament in the 2nd round of to fully integrate buttons. lee and brody body 4 back from 2 sets to one down, but eventually out last of the route and $0.05. we did indeed make the finals for

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insights patterns and thoughts continue proceeding to join nato. but there are concerns that help with pat nato. is to confront a threat for much and that's it from me, at least for now. i have enough that for us to talk the out, i don't go way up next. this to the point, looking at the better routes and bought threats, does it close to ukraine? stay tuned for that and also as look more news background analysis on our website, www. that. com go check it out. god office,

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