the, the, this is the w news coming to life from berlin. disruption at airports across germany, a security worker strike. hundreds of thousands of passengers are effected by flight, cancellations, or delays in frankfurt, berlin, hamburg, and other major airports. also coming up, european union leaders gather to the face of massive aid package that could let tens of billions of bureaus flow to ukraine, the little m terry martin, thanks for joining us. airport security staff are on strike in germany today,

forcing airlines to cancel or delay over a 1000 flights in and out of 11 of the countries. major airports, including berlin in frankfort, the val the union called for their members to down tools for 24 hours until tonight, after their demands for better pay and benefits for some $25000.00 security staff stalled. around 200000 passengers are expected to be affected by the strike state of the use christy plots and is germany's busiest airport in frankford. she gave us an impression of how the strike is affecting air travel. yeah, good morning terry. well, just a moment ago we heard someone yelling profanities throughout the hall here. so in terms of how it's affecting passengers, they seemed quite frustrated and unhappy when i got here on terms of what i saw was, uh, maybe you can see it on the board behind me, dozens of canceled slides. all of those kansas counters have been turned into re booking counters. there was

a airport wide announcement saying that due to the strike, no one can go through security. you cannot get on your slides. there are some connecting flights that are so leaving, but passengers should expect delays there as well. so yeah, you said jeremy's most important airport. it's very disruptive on the ground here today. so expecting hundreds of thousands of people to be affected by this, what do the security staff want to achieve? christie? right. well, what verity is calling for is an hourly pay raise of $2.00 euros 80 along with unimproved bonus scheme for the security workers. and basically what they're saying is that the offer that they've been currently uh, has been put on the table is not meeting their demands in terms of the amount of money they're looking for. and this is very important for them because inflation, which is something that we know has been biting all of us. um for the last year or

2 uh, has really been binding into the pockets of these workers as we see by the disruption caused by their strike. these are clearly very essential to air travel and the body and these workers are calling for what they see is wages that better reflect how important they are to the functioning of the airport and to air travel. a disruption like this, christy, you can have an impact on the ripples throughout the world can weeks. what can we expect in the coming days of the right. well the strike will end tomorrow morning. um, but uh and they are expected to go back to the negotiation table next week. but as um, anyone who's been following some of the news out of the drawer out of germany in the last few weeks. know if you've been following the train strikes here as well as, but if negotiations do not make progress. uh, there can be more strikes ahead. um, so we'll have to see what happens with these negotiations. and if this is something that could happen again, we also know that more strikes are coming and other areas of germany as well are

expecting a local public transportation strike. also to take place starting tomorrow and various uh, uh, cities around the country as well. um, so you're talking about the ripple effect around around the world. we're also seeing in germany right now, a ripple effect in terms of labor here, people calling for and improve wages, improve working conditions. and there does seem to be something of a trend occurring in, in the area of labor here in germany right now. christy, thank you very much. that was christy plants and from dw business. now to look at some other stories making headlines, they humans who the rebels say they have attacked us military ship and a merchant vessel in the red sea. us navy said the cruise missiles tack on his worship was intercepted without damage to the who is these have been attacking shipping in the area for months in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. you are

a secretary of state anthony blinking will return to the middle east. this weekend for his 5th visit since the october 7th terrorist attacks on israel. the white house is the triple focus on post war efforts to rebuild and govern garza as well as boosting. humanitarian aid to the territory. actor alec baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on a film set and 2021 set of photography for felina hutchins died after a system of baldwin was. we're 1st thing with, with the whole off, similar charges against the actor were dropped last year, but the prosecutors say they have new forensic evidence. foreigners are blocking roads in brussels as you leaders meet for some of the, in the city. small farmers have been demonstrating across europe, overburdened some europe proceed and following prizes, you spend tens of billions of yours on agricultural subsidies. but most of that goes to the biggest producers the us holding

a summit to ensure crucial financial aid to ukraine. leaders in 26 countries have to overcome hungry, the opposition to agree on the low allocation from their shared budget. hungry is vito, the $50000000000.00 euro package for ukraine, which would deliver the amount over 4 years of hungry as prime minister victor far . but has been pushing for the you to decide funding for team on an annual basis with the right to veto every year. there is growing frustration within the u that hungary is, refusal to compromise, put jeopardize ukraine's future with profound implications for the rest of europe. for more i'm joined now by do that because christine was, who is at the you summit in brussels. christine, why has hungry been blocking you aid for ukraine and how are the other 26 members member states dealing with that? let's say we behind dear environment of stories insisting on an annual review off

this full year, 50000000000, a package with the veto power is saying that there has to be transparency around how this money is going to be used in ukraine. that the you has the responsibility to make sure that funds are not misappropriated. this money is meant to keep the country running and to keep public services going. of course, this is not unreasonable. a demand to make and media you need is will make that conversation. the challenges of passing is beginning to emerge with time and just of it to old on. for example, he is still holding off on i eat a sweet ins that nato exploration. so there is now frustration among you need is because if it all ways, almost smell comes down to 5 minutes, the victim old on threatening to use. he's veto, especially on matches pertaining to, to support would ukraine in this war? he is also the to be very close to the, the russian president vladimir pushing. and so there are questions about where he's, affiliation lies. so it's been, it's a full,

full full even need is it will be difficult to get a consistent funding program to ukraine if there is this annual sort of review which allows a member state like a hungry to, to veto you and have a challenge. now in terms of getting this a through flowing consistency, and so they're insisting on signing off on this package to run automatically over 4 years. they have made a concession now to the have gary and permanent is 7. and that is offering him a debate. so you need is, will come around the debate at, at, at the, at every, every. yeah. but nobody's going to have a fee to a power. let's see. now it's on gear and prime minister will accept that. or if he'll digging his heels and use these to be to power the last time when they met over this issue. he, of course, blocks it. but in another issue, which was ukraine's at the membership uh, opening the succession tools, he walked out of the room and it'll allow the other 26 meters to go ahead with the 1st. that was his way of extending an olive branch. we'll see if he's in the mood for that's again the summit. otherwise we're going to have to take other ways to

get around. he's vito and diesel painful ways costly ways and really difficult ways . terry is so unlocking aid for you, crane is top of the agenda for that you summit there, but meanwhile, there's a barbarous protest going on just outside the summit venue. tell us more about that . well terry, small farmers have come to make a statement at the summit. there are about a 1000 tractors in this very small city coming in to work this morning. i could see them. they've been here over night. they've sit, applies. i, they read blowing fireworks they've come to, to deliver a message to you need us and that is just that their business is not sustainable. pharmacy they're experiencing price increases. the costs of the business has gone up by as much as 30000 years per annum. i'm talking about the costs of 1st of lies that going up, but this is inflation, the cost of energy, electricity,

fuel. and that's weighing down also as the you also have say, it's very ambitious sort of carbon emissions cutting targets, which have a direct impact on, on how farm is, can operate. they've come to send a message to say this is difficult. now you might be wondering, doesn't the, you give these generous farm subsidies? it certainly does, but that tends to be towards, you'll beat the farm is you'll, more commercial farm. the small farm is, don't always get those big benefits. and so they, here's dates and making statements and certainly you need this. i've taken note of that coming into this some christine, thank you very much. that was our correspond, christine, one was in brussels. now russia and ukraine have completed the prisoner swap that saw the release of $200.00 captives on each side. the deal was broken by the united arab emirates comes to rest the week after a russian plane. we shot down close to the ukrainian border, reportedly carrying home dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war to our

home at last a dom. i'm so making a loan a way to to call it. yeah, yes. yes. ok, daddy, it's me. you know, i've been exchange, you know, i'm in ukraine. i'm alive, you're everything okay with me up the quote release also on the other side of the border. i'm very glad i want to dislike. i don't know what i've never had such feelings. this is our land and home life. this is very good. this is the 5th test reason, exchange between russia and ukraine. since most oh, it's full scale invasion. well, it follows the deadly crush for russian military transport plane last week that

according to moscow, was carrying ukrainian present as a full for him. now the plans exchange, russia blames ukraine for the attack. something keep neither consumes, no denies some fee if the incident could jeopardize the prison exchanges. but both russia and ukraine seem determined to continue. will it stop the exchanges? we weren't stopped the exchanges. we have to get our guys back and i'm say 3 bathrooms, a. but when you propose, we haven't forgotten about anyone. we are looking for each sign, a y, russia, and ukraine, every 10, thousands of prisoners since the start of the war being the slightest exchange gifts, hopes the money to wait and to come home now which $1.00 of the world's great unsolved aviation mysteries, the 1937 disappearance or pilot amelia earhart. on her round the world air voyage, she'd hoped to become the 1st person to complete the search and navigation. now an

american explorer thinks he may have located her plains wreckage in the middle of the pacific ocean. and the last episode of magnificent amelia earhart sets off on her do slide around the globe in 193700 miles up the housing guide and she was reported missing. her disappearance over the pacific ocean has baffled aviation experts for decades. now a team of deep sea explorers believes they have found air hearts plane. they say these sooner images match the dimensions of her aircraft. for months, they scoured the ocean floor with a submersible, using clues from air hearts. final radio calls. the pilot and her navigator vanished after flying from popular new guinea to highland island and the central pacific. the suspected wreckage is located near the tiny us territory. it's

believed earhart wanted to refuel there. the team is keeping the exact location of their discovery secret, hoping to add their names to the history books. i mean, she's america's favorite missing person, right. and, you know, as long as she's missing, there's always gonna be somebody out there searching. and so if we're, if we can help bring closure the story, bring amelia home, we'd be super excited, but not everyone is onboard. one expert is skeptical about the accuracy of the sooner images and the location. still the exploration team hopes to obtain better images and eventually bring the wreckage to the surface to solve one of the world's great aviation mysteries. you're watching dw news from berlin up next. we have a documentary for you looking at the legacy of extracting gas and oil from the

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