other to many countries in the united states has not been exempt. president joe biden has declared a state of emergency some of the ne regency, their worst flooding in nearly a century. this is the not covered by 2 months, right. and in just 2 days, several communities like this, including the state capital, i'm probably a mood by the relentless deluge. more than 30 state varied so close as the war to spread this railroad even had the ground swept away from underneath it. a video shot by vermont state police shows flood waters pulling over time of the queen. she with another walked away, the connecticut river slower and to full meters above its usual level. the frog levels now surpassed active. how can i read in 2011? marine had about 12 hour duration of rain

and then it was of sun came up. everyone went out, we were able to assess the damage. everything was receding, and we went back towards the recovery phase. this is different. we've had like 48 hours of study range of the same intent spring that we saw during irene to 4 times. the amount of rain respond as it performed more than $100.00 rescue sofa. with other teams being floating in from side of the field. police urged people to stay at home unless they have a risk, in which case they were told to evacuate. that have been, thankfully no reported casualties thus far. and while the writings have now combed its services, yet another reminder, that's how wells is changing fast. the local officials are struggling to maintain their authority and mx, so mexico southern state of good atto, 13 law enforcement workers,

were taken hostage while trying to quell violent protests that the government claims was staged by drug gangs. but the sole purpose of attacking police. while the hostages have now been released on harmed questions remain about the rising influence of organized crime in the region demonstrates has blocked this highway 2 . i can pull co in mexico for 2 days on the pretext of protesting against the slow pace and throw twigs in the area up to 5000 clashed with police and force them to retreat several times. rights is coming to the agent um its vehicle, which they used to wrap the gate of the local government building the classes culminated in the direction of 13 security and government tests and they'll be 2 weeks towards the release of to arrest the gang leaders. saddles. i lost my niece, i sent this symbol we demonstrate as gab,

it's due to me on to the release of to people who belong to a criminal organization known as lost uh deals, the oldest squirrels smoke, that'd be the government says the protest stage that allows audio starks going, which controls, villages in the area. officials say some people might have been forced to take pos, the president who owns a false promises made by drug scans. okay, so now i don't to let yourselves be manipulate to groups because it is a common practice of some criminal groups and they create a support base. so see at that point the 13 hostages, where he eventually released on terms that are not entirely clear. but the incident does illustrates degree of the criminal gang success, or much of public life in mexico to brussels now with

a european parliament as voting on the so called nature restoration law. it's a key part of the use greendale and it aims to protect file diversity and fight climate change by restoring up to 20 percent of land and sea to its natural state by 20. 30 agricultural groups are mounting a challenge, saying that it threatens their industry, but some sustainable farmers are more optimistic. on venue means constance market, garden farm, and east germany. the focus lies on healthy soil. here fruit trees and various crops growth side by side is always one bed, one bath, and the next best and in between always a little pathway and it's not a big plot of corn or what, whatever. you can imagine that you see uh, you know, what landscapes or it's some of this biodiversity that the european commission wants to gear towards on bigger farms as part of the bill to stop ecosystem collapse. it's proposal for the nature of restoration law plants to rehabilitate 20

percent of the blocks land and see areas by 2030 and that includes agricultural lands which are often degraded. the bill would impose targets on its members states to re what people that's huge, carbon sinks that are sometimes dream for agricultural activities. it would also set goals to diversify. landscape futures promote sustainable soil use and increase pollinators, and farm land. birds from says he would welcome such targets, but he sees why would be hard for big farms to implement them. we've done a deal with all the law on our own, and it wasn't a challenge. and i have, i imagine to do this 10 fold, one or another scale like it's, it's, it's at the job. the doesn't give you right away something back here. it's largest farmer associations have protested the restoration law. they claim that it would reduce land for agricultural activity and threaten food supplies. but 6000

scientists to find an open letter at the climate change and the lots of biodiversity, or the real threats to food security. the german farmers association also says the bill relies on too many bands and doesn't offer enough support on cold parts. even a proof of coal, pets in nature, consideration means relying on rather than to measures on incentives, right? because we have a clinic restrictions that have to be compensated for the european commission says that there are various funds to help farmers transition to more sustainable farming . and that it is crucial does happen. now. they use green policy to front sentiments. so set, the rejecting the commission proposal would put the blocks entire green agenda risk . according to him, there's simply no time to draft a new bill to restore ecosystems like these people into behind me for funds. that would be a welcome change. if the area surrounding his farm were restored, this would help his crops grow even better, or c, w climate report,

or lewis osborne joints, me now here in the studio. so, i mean, we saw a small farm in that report, but sustainable agriculture talk about the feasibility on a larger scale. so i mean, as possible, it's not necessarily easy, but farming generally is done in one a cultures which has a huge effect on foil and what's quality and those kinds of things. um, but just to be clear, this little is not about trying to force farmers to change that setting targets. so the hopefully they can choose to do that themselves. and the way that they could do that is through our per forestry. for example, this incorporates trees and bushes into conventional funds. it has benefits and that you don't need as much fertilizer and also the, it provides by it of us t, with habitats and things like that. there is also a wetlands and pete lens which has a big part of this little too, and restoring knows. they are usually drains to make space for agriculture,

but farmers can use wetlands to have other cups, for example, like reads. so that is a possibility. so, i mean, when we were looking at the european grand deal, now, i mean this, this term nature restoration is a huge password, isn't it? so just smoke as to what exactly it means in practical terms that are actually then applied. so what they're all the controversial parts, which is improving our cultural lands, which has been obviously purchased it at the moment. and that includes requesting pete lens and what loans and bringing those areas back into a state where they can absorb carbon dioxide because that's a big job that they do. but there are also other things that are included in this little bit don't focus on agriculture at all. so that is like a restoring habitats so that animals and plants can return to areas where maybe they have migrated way because the land is, is not good. that's also reversing the decline of pollinators, which is also useful for a,

for crop some things as bees. insects bringing those back into the ecosystems and protecting green urban areas and making sure that they don't last. there's a possibility that the you might not pass this law. what would that mean for the european green deal? i mean, it will be a huge backslash against the commission and, and also up against the green deal itself. i mean, it's a major policy that's been put forward by the commission to try to deal with some of these issues and try to reduce carbon emissions for that goal of net 0 by 2050. so it will be a huge blow to that. it would hold things back and it would mean that you discussed discussions would be opened up that had already been dealt with every bit counts when it's coming to that net 0. and so the commission wants to stop moving, moving forward with the goals, people and some wetlands for example, as i said before, observe c o 2 at the moment because that range they actually contribute to the carbon dioxide emissions of the you rather than taking emissions away so that's

a big problem, and this would also be a huge blow to us low on july and her soul, because this is a big policy that she's put through the greenville would be her legacy, or one of them to the climate report or lose. osborne, thank you so much. i of the to the wimbledon tennis tournament now where novak brokovich tied roger federer is record of 46 men's grand slam 70 finals with his victory over andre rube left on tuesday. the defending champion, last the 1st set of bounce back to win. the next 3. the victory moves jo, cuz it's closer to a 5th consecutive championship at wimbledon, only center and beyond. for i have ever done that joke of which will now face younique's sooner in the semi finals. and given his record in london, he likes this chance. it's against the italian. i don't want to sound arrogant,

but of course i do consider myself favorites. you know him and judging with me for the, with the, the results that i had in the, in the, my career here and previous for occasions of wimbledon that i, one, you know, uh and, and reaching another semi final. so i do consume in my for it, so favorite guest for now in the wimbledon women signals ukrainian wild card, lena, spit to lena has advanced to the semi finals with a shock when it gets for time grand slam winter winter enough. c on tech. now switch alina struggled early in the contests, but she managed to battle back to win the 1st set, 75 over the world. number one, see on tech ukrainian ended her opponents 14 match winning streak by taking the 3rd set. 62 quick reminder. the top stories were following for you here on dw news. needle leaders are holding the 2nd day of their annual summit. in vilnius

lithuania, they are meeting with your current president below repair soleski. he is asking for security guarantees from nato, after leaders decline to set a firm time table for you praying membership fed nato's current position toward ukraine has been criticized by some leading foreign policy figures. one of them is kristof hoy skin. the chief of the munich security conference is christine mcguire spoke with him at the vilnius summit a. and i'm pleased to be in conversation with invested at kristof can. he is, che, off the munich security council. and that's always good, it's really good to be talking to you today. of course, ukraine's nato membership is a big part of the conversation. at the summit, you have voice support for ukraine joining nato as soon as possible. how far would you like to see the airlines go at the summit in putting ukraine on the pots need a membership? it's, you have to understand where

a come from. i was in 2008 to the advisor to tense. the america, we're in 2008. we said this is not the right moment. ukraine is not ready for it. the people are not in support. so in 2008 they didn't get membership. today the, the situation is totally different. and ukraine is the people are behind their application. they want to be part of nato. and to i think we, we have to go as far as we can. what does that mean? it means that they cannot become member right now because due to the and obligation to spend by their side, this withdraw the may 2 lines directly into the war. but this and some it, and i hope this which does happen, can invite ukraine to be part of the family and then have the new un nato ukraine council decide on the formalities. how do we go forward and what is it, what is it calendar? what are the and conditions still have to be met?

but we have to go a huge step further from where we are right now. you hear that from a lot of nathan bit split. why is they still reluctance from washington burden? but with regard to n washington, i think you'll have to see also where the us comes from. the us comes from a situation where the debt ministration wanted to concentrate on the new pacific. they have been drawn by rush or into this war by delivering weapons to a large degree. and i don't know, i don't want to know where we would spend without the us support. and i think one of the calculations in washington is, and that if we extend now the membership to the ukraine, again, there is, 1st of all the united states that the has to be committed to make it really. and so that people believe in it. so the americans have to commit then also in the

future for an ukraine, if it's a rush or a text to begin to step in. i think what they ask for more or less public key is that the europeans have to step up to the plate that the europeans have to find to implement what they've committed already in 20142 percent of g d, p for defense. so that when a crisis comes up, it's not again that us that has to, has to carry the, the largest burden. let's come back to the whole raging in europe as we speak, the counter offensive is making very slow progress. what can they do to help you crazy and soldiers fighting on the front lines. make those gains right now. we know that the russians have dug in because they've had the time to do some weapons. delivery has been so smooth. yes, indeed, it would have been nice to have a hand the ukrainians in a position to have the weapons and to start their counter tech earlier. and now the

only way forward is to continue to support the ukraine and continue to provide them with weapons. with more weapons, with fighter planes with wrong arranged besides so that they can successfully and continue their comforter off ends. it's because i see this is the only solution diplomatic solution that rusher understands. it cannot win this war that rush or understand you're watching live pictures. they are coming in from vilnius. i'm going to be joined in just a moment by our correspondent, alexandra phenomena who's standing by from there. we're bringing these special coverage here on dw news. you just saw the nato secretary general young stolen berg . you also saw ukrainian president followed him here. so lensky, they're going to be giving a press conference in just a couple of short moments of spring in my correspondent, alexander phenomena who was standing by with a view from vilnius. and um,

alexandra, you know, the landscape. he came to build this, he wanted a time table, a time table either for an invitation for membership or a time table for membership itself and the alliance. he feels that they deserve it . nato allies disagree. what are we expecting to hear from these to today? as well, i think that we can expect them to try to show in united front when they will address the press shortly. and that i would expect them to try to move over the disagreements that surfaced yesterday off to the landscape. angry reeds and of to nato allies decided not to extend an invitation to his country and not to give the queen a time table, a timeline for joining made. so i think today it's all about showing that nato allies are very supportive of ukraine ready to ramp up their military assistance.

and that's a, is something that's a presidency. lensky is very well aware of, even though he might not be very happy with the uh, the statement of the nato leaders yesterday. not offering him what he was hoping for. he's still understands how important natal support is how important it is for natal. that's nato. a countries are willing and ready to continue supporting ukraine with weapons, equipment and training. what exactly are we talking about concretely? well, you know, if they're not getting a timeline now ukraine, what concretely do they want to see in these next hours as this summit now progresses with signals from the alliance? are they looking for as well? the certainly ongoing or zalinski is going to make use case once again when the 1st

to need to create an account. so we'll meet today and they will also be talking about practical supports in terms of a more weapons and equipment as, as i said. and what is also interesting today, the g 7 nations will, together with ukraine sign, a framework of understanding assuring or acknowledging that they want to supply ukraine to provide to clean rather with security assurances. and that is seen here as, as a step big stair stepping stone for future membership in the alliance. so those nations will promise ukraine to provide it with weapons, with any support they need. so they are able to defend themselves of any future russian attacks. and i had

a chance to catch up with the british defense minister ben wallace. and he spoke to me a bit about what the case is, for instance, a willing to offer and such in form of such a secure security guaranteed. and he said, it's not only about supporting q plan with weapons and training, but once the war is over. the rich should be also uh, willing to have the troops on the ground in ukraine to build up a capabilities to help you frame a defend itself in case of any future attack. so those are the plans for the future . even though ukraine here in vilnius is not getting a formal invitation to become a member of the alliance, what they sure will be, it will get as a, a framework for future security assurances. okay, and um, alexandra,

i have to tell our viewers are looking at live photos there. we're just waiting for your current in president for a lot of mirrors, the landscape and nato secretary generally, and still on birth to take those 2 podiums. they, of course, are, are looking to send a signal coming coming out of the summit. so we're bringing a special programming and we will be taking all of those statements in q and a is live here on the w news. alexander, we understand that, um, you know, this follows a meeting between zalinski also and the german chancellor. all off schultz. what came out of that meeting? do we know slow, what we know is that in germany it has promised to provide additional midsize and launchers for patriots. or defense systems and up to ukraine. and that is of course very important. and us already been praised by the ukranian president. it's important for you, queen, to have as many of those systems as only possible to protect civilians its

infrastructure from russian attack. so that was one outcome of the bilateral meeting today between chancellor sholtes and prisons and landscape. we don't have an official readout. you read out. yes. but of course i can only imagine that the german show. so it was also trying to convince the lensky that the statement issued by nato allies yesterday was a big support for his country. because now it's clear that's ukraine is going to be met a member of the alliance that it's, it's not a question anymore. the question is still the when so yeah, and they've, they've been waiting for that when, for, for quite a while they have to say, um, alexandra, you know, there, there are some member states within the alliance, particularly in the baltics. also, poland, for example, that i've really been pushing actually for the ukrainians um to get

a stronger signal from nato. can you just give us a sense of the dynamics within nato itself? because i mean, when you crane was innovated, natal really held, it's unity um, you know, as, as, as an alliance as a force. where does that stand right now? are we seeing some fisher's emerging and where do they perhaps live as well. we certainly have to say that there are divisions among allies and you just mentioned poland and the baltic countries and they were hoping to be able to get to ukraine, the timeline for joining made. so, and there is a room or saying that it was the least to enhance that were holding up the discussions yesterday because they wanted zalinski to be able to talk to native leaders 1st before they agree on their final statements. and they are the lead to indians and other baltic states. they are disappointed that they

were not successful in getting a timeline or a clear or possible to membership for ukraine. but all allies, i think i understand that they need to be on the same page in the and even some of them were, even though some of them were pushing for more. others, a, were a very cautious said germany and you as a half, being among them saying that it's important now to send a signal to ukraine that they future is in may to. but that's a made so kind of extend an invitation to the country at war. let's talk a little bit more about the politics, alexandra, and their position, their situation right now as well, because it's not just, you know, the situation in ukraine, which is on the agenda here at nato. there's also been a lot of talk about the military strategy for nato's eastern flank, in particular,

walk us through what we might see coming out of nato today with regard to securing that deterrence and defense for those nations which seat themselves as vulnerable slowly. as indeed, and this is specifically true for at least 2 in yeah, we're here in building use only 33 kilometers away from a border with villarreal san lisa we in yeah, sure, it's all said border with the direction and cleaves. colleen in grads, ends here in building use need to leaders and approve the new defense plans of 40 alliance plans that are set out in a very detailed way how the alliance is ready to defend every ends of its territory. what kind of capabilities there are in need? how many troops, how many ships, how many fi to jets,

and it's all about strengthening the eastern slang. for instance, here in between. yeah. need to, has already a bathroom through in place. but the number of troops will be beef of germany has from us to deploy a whole brigade around $4000.00 troops to a lease we in. yeah, the only condition is that the to in your has to build the infrastructure needed for such a large number of troops. and generally speaking, a need to have decided that they are aiming of having 300000 troops on high alert or high readiness. and it's called a f, as it is called in a nato speech and troops that could be deployed within 30 days. however, nato officials are also acknowledging that those plans needs to be implemented for us that the $300000.00 troops that did this. and i aspirational

number, that's a they don't have it now, but they're working on that and for dad it's of course also important to invest more money. so l i c and building use and read as well. that the goal of spending 2 percent of cdp on defense is going not to be a ceiling. that's a minimum in future alexandra phenomena. as we mentioned, we are standing by, you're going to be listening into this press conference covering it for us. we're just waiting for still americans landscape to take the podiums. but we're gonna hop off a bit for now and then we'll check back in with you later as we're gearing up to hear them talk. thank you all the center it. we're going to bring you some more of um, an interview that we also brought to you earlier with christoph white skin, the chief of the munich security conference, who is critical actually of,

of the position towards ukraine he'd have used christine, when do i spoke with him at the bill, me a summit, who was more of that interview a and i'm pleased to be in conversation with invested at crystal place. can he is che, off the munich security council. and that's always good. it's really good to be talking to you today. of course, ukraine's nato membership is a big part of the conversation. at the summit, you have voice support for ukraine joining they to as soon as possible. how far would you like to see the airlines go at this? some is in putting ukraine on the pots need a membership. if you have to understand where a come from, i was in 2008 to the advisor to tense. the america, we're in 2008. we said this is not the right moment. ukraine is not ready for it. the people are not in support. so in 2008, they didn't get membership. today the, the situation is totally different. and ukraine is the people are behind their application. they want to be part of nato, and to i think we,

we have to go as far as we can. what does that mean? it means that they cannot become member right now because due to the and obligation to spend by their side, this withdraw the may 2 lines directly into the war. but this and some it. and i hope this which does happen, can invite ukraine to be part of the family and then have the new nato ukraine council decide on the formalities. how do we go forward and what is it, what is it calendar? what are the and conditions still have to be met? but we have to go a huge step further from where we are right now. you hear that from a lot of need some input split. why is they still reluctance from washington burden? but with regard to a washington, i think you have to see all the so we're the us comes from the us, comes from

a situation where and that ministration wanted to concentrate on the new pick certificates. they have been drawn by rush or into this war by delivering weapons to a large degree. and i don't know, i don't want to know where we would spend without the us support. and i think one of the calculations in washington is, and that if we extend now the membership to the ukraine, again, there is, 1st of all the united states that has to be committed to make it really. and so that people believe in it. so the americans have to commit then also in the future for an ukraine, if, if it is a rush or a text to begin to step in, i think what they ask for more or less public key is that the europeans have to step up to the plate that the peons have to finally implement what they've committed already in 20142 percent of g d p for defense. so that when

a crisis comes up, it's not again that us that has to has to carry the, the largest burden. let's come back to the wall, raging in europe as we speak, the counter offensive is making very slow progress. what can they do to help you crazy and soldiers fighting on the front lines, make those gains right now. we know that the russians have dug in because they've had the time to do some weapons that every has been so slow. yes, indeed, it would have been nice to have had the ukrainians in a position to have the weapons and to start their counter tech earlier. and now the only way forward is to continue to support the ukraine and continue to provide them with weapons with more weapons, with fighter planes, with longer range and decided so that they can successfully and continue their counter off ends. it's because i see this is the only solution diplomatic solution

that rusher understands. it cannot win this war. that sure. under sense, it's on the defensive. that is a moment when to team, then it's ready to negotiate. i want to talk about it. sixteen's really picky talks about 5 digits. we know that you can your pilots being trained to fly them. why is the commitments to send and deliver these 5 digits? so it's not, well, it's the same with other weapons. you know, we like it with germans, with the leper tank. you know, for us it was really a big game changer to send weapons and tags into an area of conflict. then there was huge reluctance at the beginning of the end. we delivered st with fighter plans whether this is a step too far. people say at the beginning, no, we can, but gradually people understand no, we have to do it. and so i think sooner or later with cd of 16 on the ground late, but hopefully not too late. the us is going to be sending cluster munitions, cluster bombs to ukraine. do you suppose that decision?

this is one of the toughest, the decisions that have been taken. and for germany, this is out of the question. we are part of the and convention that forbids it in united states. it's not ukraine, it's not the end. if people suffer from it, it will be ukrainian people and it's the ukranian government out of desperation because they, they see how difficult it is. they see how deep it is to get the russians out of the trenches and to one to have that. i think it's very difficult from us now with you know this more of a judgment to tell them. no, you cannot do it so. and i think we have to accept that the letting me have so lensky as for these weapons and that they are, that they are provided to them. can be sold about russia for a little bit. i'm interested to know what your assessment is on off the mutiny that we saw there a few weeks ago. what, what's your sense about what's going on inside russia and potentially what that means would need to? well, the one sign, what for, for me was

a very interesting is that no, but the went through the streets. you remember 2016 when there was this uprising in this who did, taught in the and in turkey where the people went through the street. nobody went to the street. nobody went there to support team actually in the place and where it goes in without his troops where it support it. so putting it's not supported by um, by the population. and this demonstrates one. it's also demonstrate that pre gozine was able to come back close to moscow shows that the military is not in a good situation. i think many in rush are also in the establishment are sitting on the fence. and so this is frederick, but difficult to say how this comes out. i think what we would see now that to teen with clinch to power. and we would see he would do everything to see that those who are posing and m r i j that are sidelines. but you could see the way that goes and

it's still a life and, and so that, that he's not as strong as c. i see used to be and just to finish wolf and we're at the summit in vilnius, of course, momentous decisions have been taken. sweden's, going to be admitted into the alliance, find the need that hurdles been kid. so what is at stake at the summits and, and what would be the best possible result, the best possible outcome from your perspective from zone is well, this is a very important summit. it's very important. somebody because this war has been going on, long, too long actually. and what we need to be in the phase of our, of most of the countries where you have a lot of other challenges. you have to challenges of the income disparity. you have to challenge, you know, a lot of social issue, so you have climate change where you have to invest that and people understand that the most important is to defend liberty. and then that we have to continue with the

support of ukraine that we have to be ready to continue to spend money on our defense to spend money to support ukraine's. because if the ukrainians lose freedom, liberty, we lose and, and the threat to our security will be, will be very, very high. thanks very much and best always get my pleasure. so that was my colleague, christine, when do i? speaking with the head of the munich security conference, i scan a short time ago in vilnius. it is a 2 of that annual nato's summit in vilnius, where our leaders are meeting with ukrainian president followed him here as the landscape. so lensky is asking the military alliance to give his country more weapons and security guarantees to help protect itself against russian aggression. to landscape had hoped to bring home a clear commitment to let you crane join nato. he wanted a time table. but while leaders agreed to facilitate the process, they declined to set that firm time table for possible membership ahead of today's

meetings. lensky, set out the 3 priorities, but he wanted to hear from nato members feel swan is a weapon, packages, new web, them, packages for supporting our army on the battlefield. and that is one. the 2nd, i think, the invitation to need to. and a we want to be on the same page with everybody, with the whole, all their understanding and for today what we, what we, what we hear and understand that we will have this invitation when security measures will allow. yes. so i want to discuss with our partners all this things and the sold will will speak today and find for these is security guarantees. play ukraine on the way to a to thanks so much. and here are some other world news headlines. japan has denounced the latest long range missile fired by north korea,

japanese chief cabinet secretary, who will cost too much to know said that the young gangs repeated launching a ballistic missiles as a threat to depend safety. on wednesday, north korea conducted a missile test with its longest ever flight time. as russia has locked efforts by the un security council to extend to monetary and aid to serious level of health northwestern areas. the resolution would have secured much needed deliveries for another 9 months to a region ravaged by a massive earthquake in february, a russian counter proposal to extend aid for 6 months also failed and was only backed by china. brazilian authorities have rescued for migraines, found hiding on the rudder of the ship from nigeria. the still ways were discovered after 13 days at sea. police say that they are healthy despite hiding in a section of the ship. that is often under water. a hand written will

found on the couch of the late senior aretha franklin has been ruled legitimate by a us jury. the senior left no formal well after she died in 2018, sparking a long legal battle between her 4 sons. on tuesday, tens of thousands of his relatives demonstrated and protest after parliament gave initial approval to a bill to reduce the power of the countries courts. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose right when coalition is behind the push to reign in the digital system, which critics call an attack on the countries balance of power. as an angry crowd creates arrival at israel, it's been going on at ports, protest as luck to the streets in response to law. that was the scrap the supreme court's rights to strike down government decisions they need to know if it's to stymie the court, is an attack on their basic rights for fighting for our

independent traditional system. and in israel we only have one check over, you know, in the checks and balances. we only had one check over our dish or our government, which is a traditional system in our supreme court. and what they're doing right now is trying to take it away except the liking, hungary and poland. and we won't allow it to happen. we don't want to be at the dictatorship protests to intel. of these and other parts of the country. police responded with force arresting, dozens of people hang rentavision on the streets were reflected in parliament on monday. when prime minister ben. yeah, i mean that's one. yeah. who's right. when correlation costs to bill in the 1st hearing will show will come up. you can even after the amendment to the court independence and civil rights and israel will not be harmed in any way. and that's why the new bill is not the end of democracy, but

a strengthening of democracy. and there's certainly no reason to disrupt the lives of millions of citizens in a sufficient claudia, him should be known as with him. the opposition disagrees. and is about to keep fighting. the celtic things obviously will, will not happen if it passes the 1st reading. it will fall on the 2nd and 3rd readings. if it passes the 2nd and 3rd readings, it will fall on the high court. if it doesn't fall in the high court, this government of yours will fall by the voters because they look at you and say, these people are not only not working for us. they're eliminating is rarely unity because of petty motivations of crazy, corrupted and destructive people. with much 50 the vote has intensified, protest, staffing ongoing since the government fest tables which additional reform in january. now, unwilling to back down the protest, a set to continue europe. this thing is extreme whether this summer to come back the effects of climate change,

the european parliament is today building on the so called nature restoration law. it aims to restore up to 20 percent of land and sea by 2030. that includes turning some farm land into for us. many big scale farmers are mounting a challenge saying it's not a realistic goal. on benyamin francis market garden farm and east germany, the focus lies on healthy soil. here fruit trees and various crops grow side by side. there's always one bed, one bath and the next path and in between always a little pathway. and it's not a big plot of corn or what, whatever. you can imagine that you see a, you know, a landscapes. it's some of this bio diversity that the european commission wants to gear towards on bigger farms as part of the bill to stop ecosystem collapse. it's proposal for the nature of eastern region law plants to rehabilitate 20 percent of the blocks land and sea areas by 2030. and that includes agricultural lands which

are often degraded or the bill would impose targets on its members states to re read people. it's huge, carbon sinks that are sometimes drained for agricultural activities. it would also set goals to diversify. landscape futures promote sustainable soil use and to increase pollinators and farm land. birds from says he would welcome such targets, but he sees why would it be hard for big farms to implement them? we've done a deal with all the law on our own. and it wasn't the challenge. and as i mentioned to do this 10 fold, one or another scale like it's, it's, it's, it's a job that doesn't give you right away something back here. it's largest farmer associations have protests at the restoration law. they claim that it would reduce land for agricultural activity and threaten food supplies. but 6000 scientists to find an open letter at the climate change and the lots of biodiversity,

or the real threats to food security. the german farmers association also says the bill relies on too many bands and doesn't offer enough support on co park. even a corporate in nature conservation means relying on what them to measures on incentives, right? because we have a clinic restrictions that have to be compensated for the european commission says that there are various funds to help farmers transition to more sustainable farming . and that it is crucial does happen. now. they use green policy to front sentiments. so set the rejecting the commissions proposal would put the blocks entire green agenda risk. according to him, there's simply no time to draft a new bill to restore ecosystems like these people into behind me for funds that would be a welcome change. if the area surrounding his farm were restored, this would help his crops grow even better. and with a here in the studio is the w. clement reporter. louise r. o is the osborne for more on this on nature restoration. that's

a big buzz word. of course, when it comes to the plan to your pain green deal. so what exactly are we talking about here? so they haven't been very specific about exactly what they wants to, but they're looking at like trying to improve habitats for buy in west t like tom some animals we're interrupting programming again. stilton burke followed him. here's the landscape speaking and building us. let's listen and you and it sits in order to have you have to make the assignments when i press them the truth and invade the ukraine last year. he, on the estimate that the bravery of the ukrainian people, the courage of their crane enforcers. um the termination of the cranial political leadership but the old so i'm gonna estimate that the unit.