the, the, this is dw news live from berlin, germany's parliament project sending long range missiles to ukraine. from the time the law makers defeated a motion by the opposition to delivered torres cruise missiles. the fact further military support to help keep the fact russia's invasion also coming up, the vitamin ministration wants to diffuse the crisis along the southern border of the united states. so why to volunteers there? say that they are working with 0 government support. as the us delegation visits taiwan to show it support as china wraps up its military operations in the area.

plus the middle east conflict take center stage at the berlin film festival. we get a sneak peak at a documentary directed by an it's rarely journalist and a policy inactive as the time sarah kelly. welcome to the program. germany's parliament has rejected in opposition. moment motion to deliver tourist cruise missiles to ukraine, back to move to provide further. but less specific military support for keys off position law makers had been calling for the german government to deliver the long range tours missiles. until now, the government has locked deliveries of the powerful weapons on the grounds that they could be used to strike target seats inside of russia. that rejection comes on

the 10th anniversary of moscow's annexation of crimea. will after billions have been pumped into defense spending already. many also see this as a watershed moment for how germany is armed forces will look for decades to come. german chancellor, a lot short on his defense minister, putting their elbows into it. you're reaching the ground on a new i munition plant earlier this month. the right natal fax, we will eventually char note $200000.00 dot hilary shells per year, undulating efforts to run pop production. thus, as we need this other urgently because it's hard as this reality is. we're not living in peaceful times, but yeah, many has been on a journey before a russian president vladimir pershing's invasion, maryland's focus was on peace offering ki, i have little more than head gear, nevada phones, tablets, and tell them we will send 5000 helmets out as

a clear message that we send by this side i the since then, they sent bottle tanks. how it says irish t defend systems and more a know the debates is whether it will also send some of its powerful tal risk crews mess styles. rushed his attack on new queen was a watershed moment and its force germans to confront some hard choice. for the one, this means the same for the bundle affairs adults for german society. we must become patient for a walk through. the government has cost off on extra 100000000000 euros to bring the boat in despair back to life. orders are written for new us built fighter jets . 60 come about helicopters and the through air defense system fit to guard the skies of your the defense spending is growing again. at the height of the cold war, west german spend up to 5 percent of g d,

p on security. that decrease gradually until re unification and the early ninety's, when it fell off a cliff. no, it's not that 2 percent need to target. and this week the defense minister signaled there was room to grow. was the development of the industry. what i mentioned to that all has to fit together and then we might reach 3 percent or maybe even $3.00 . it depends what's happening in the world and does gemini builds its production capacity and bolsters. it's military. the question know is whether tax payers are willing to fit the bill? so the german parliament has both rejected a motion to specifically deliver the tourist missiles to ukraine, but approved in measure to provide it with further military support. earlier i spoke with german lawmaker alexander miller, a defense spokesperson for the free democratic party. i asked if there's any chance that germany will send towards missiles to ukraine. i think there was

a chance of costs. um, we, you know, we, we need it the one year to deliver the pros tags to ukraine and we have apartments, uh, we wanted it. and we have decided they said later on. and also the security council has voters in table. they send, we have deliver obtains, we have delivered so many things. i'm sure that also our crews besides when they will be doing it. but if the taurus is still a possibility, why not just deliver them now? because i mean, you know, the critics say all of these delays you could be helping ukraine actually make further gains on the battlefield. now, we also wrestling this, um, uh, the, the top like the one who has the, the last decision. and he doesn't tell us why he is reluctant and delivering that. i was christmas i. there is no point. there is no argument why we don't deliver it

. so we, we also ask ourselves, and that's the reason why the party meant today voted for the delivery of a long range course. besides top with a little bit about the international picture. because i mean, it's not just the specific munitions artillery, you know, defense equipment that you guys are providing to your crime. there's also aid the u . s. congress, for example. is that an impasse on providing more a to ukraine? where does this leave germany? i mean, do you, are you feeling the pressure right now to really step it up? yes, of course we are feeling this because you see the minutes are really bombs. this, the russia is now performing. and uh, uh, because the us has stopped delivery and the russians know this, and this is not gods and we in europe have to step up with our support for ukraine . gemini, does the with, by far the most uh for delivering weapons uh to ukraine. but the other girls have

to step up. we do our shell also transfer shell test at the germany will back ukraine for as long as it takes. i just like to ask you, i mean there, there have been, there has been much reporting on the budget issues in germany. um, you know, also much reporting on, on germany just changing it strategy generally speaking with regard to defense spending. and it's a general place in the world. i would like to ask you how high is that resolve not only among the government, but also among the populace in the country. are you confident that this can really continue for as long as it takes to? yes, i do confident, yes, we have populace in germany, they have to gather about 30 percent shelf loads. but the high majority of the democratic parties in our system are in favor of delivering and even delivering more. we have budget issues indeed united and we have to solve the, the,

those we have to re prioritize our budget. there is room for delivering more and we have to seek for sauces of money. how we can speed up and step up with our support . alexander, mother, a member of the german parliament for the f t p. thank you so much. thank you. the issue of migration is taking center stage in the united states and the run up to november's presidential elections. this as a number of migrants arriving in the us reached a record high at the end of last year. while political battle lines on border policies between republicans and democrats are well established in washington. volunteers are helping migrants, trying to cross the border or losing hope that there is a political will to solve the problem on the ground. be of course funds and benjamin alvarez. group of reports of the

california board, the town of yakima hot springs, has become a flash point, full migration. thousands of people have crossed into the united states here and reasons, months, many of them from latin america that will come forward at the low book a custom way already. we're trying to, you know, because most of nicaraguans who cross will be address and address the say they will send them back a little bit. well, yes, that is why we're trying our luck here. but as we'll come with the law, let's say best case, tell me, is that going to what you meant that we are here now? suffering luxury, a hill, illustrious cape with me that you on a border patrol has paused and took children and mothers with them. you know, i don't, uh, i might a, they said they would pick us up in the morning. i n as in, don't says they don't cause i meant they know that they don't mind and i'm, i don't know, i'm for support. most of these belong to you as a helping them warm clothing after a rainy night and food. many had no tends to sleep and the next step is to wait for border patrol to pick them up for registration. people get stuck here. sometimes

these days, usually for only for a matter of hours, but there was times in a little over at least 6 weeks ago, where people here for 4 or 5 days in the same location. sam and his son, john a locals, along with other volunteers. they have been taking care of newly arrived migrants for months. it leaves me very disappointed. it's quite frankly kind of absurd that uh my family and uh, just a group of regular volunteers are filling in this role. it should be done by the us government. there should be the red cross out here. there should be many different organizations, but that's just not here. daily, the volunteers scan the area along the voted for people, the so called son judah, sprague, and gap. and the boy defends, used to pave the way for many migrants. so this is a transit camp that was set up by the mexican national guard that was designed to hold any migrants that come through this gap over here. prior to this establishment,

we would see smugglers bringing people through non stop throughout the day. and cars driving up and down the stirred road over there. they would pack sometimes up to 12 people in a single small you see the volunteers say the strategy of detouring migrant stuff. not work because they will just search for other gaps as the legal ways of entry a limited sam and john don't get financial support from the authorities. they are disappointed not just with washington. it's almost like they have given up on the, on the visual p are aspects of it. they just don't care anymore. i mean, look, and this has been going on for 6 months now, daddy constant and nobody with lots of top, blah, blah, blah, blah, lot to talk a lot to media attention to the talk. but you see anything change? i haven't good news for this group of new d arrived migrants after i was in the cold border patrol came to pick them up. they

will be resisted and the decision will be made on whether they can stay in the us, or they will be sent back to the countries. forest for man is a political analyst at bard college in berlin. i asked him why it's been so hard for president biden to get the us congress to work out a deal on migration as well. he hasn't been the 1st one to fail. i mean, there hasn't been any legislation. comprehensive legislation before the 21st century as yet there have been multiple attempts starting with mccain and a few other we can kind of do build it. sometimes at least that shifted by partisan compromising the senate, but them failed in the house. and i think the main reason for that is very much tied to the political phenomena that sometimes this crap is polarization between the parties, but also within the parties. um and, and uh, yeah, so this has been a major problem. and again,

i mean with 5 and the same is true because we know that donald trump also didn't want this to go to pass because he sees migration is a major, major issue in subject for his own campaign. i think that's one part of the story. another part is also that the bill at the time was linked to h to the ukraine, which is a very contentious issues on the, on the right in the house of representatives and dealing with the issue of migration. i mean, it's held up many other issues hasn't had or perhaps it's been used as an excuse also to hold up many other issues such as vital military aid for ukraine. just walk us through the gridlock and how you're perceiving it. the government just said, i mean, it is interesting that migration is such an important issue, not just in the us actually. i mean, there has been a search of google migration of ways of migration the last couple of years, especially with the beginning of the code of conduct, but also fueled by political instability in a lot of different context of the us was particularly important is obviously that

in american context, um, but what i would also emphasize is that we're seeing that the, that the right to be extreme wrapped in particular is using migration as a, as a which issue as a policy issue to try and mobilize its folders. and this is something we're seeing not just in the us, we're seeing it in europe as well. and we're seeing also that the central left is giving him. so there's a change in position, for instance, also in germany, but also in denmark earlier on. and we're seeing a similar development with, with binding. we're just now trying to appear more a tough on these types of integration questions, but i think you're absolutely right. it's distracting from some of the issues such as lack of response of most of the democratic institutions, deep into quantities, and it's a, a withering well 1st state. so a lot of political issues that are basically swept under the rug by

a focus on foreigners. and we've heard that president fighting this, thinking of using his executive authority to deny some migrants asylum claims. can you walk us through what's going on there and whether the political issues now outweigh the humanitarian once. but so the border bill was a package of different things, also adding the ukraine and, and financial support for, for east rel together, lumped together with a question of migration. and this, this a border border aspect is know something that's a bite and wants to deal with an executive order. so it was basically bypassing congress to do so. um and again, i mean the, i think we're in an election year there's a lot of focus on the by this position and migration and i think he wants to take some of the momentum. all those trumps contain by saying, well, the, the built, the border control field because of the republicans, which here's what i'm offering instead of talk

a little bit more about trump coast as we know, he is still currently the leading candidate to get the republican nomination to run for president, he stepped up this already strong anti migrant rhetoric and is apparently mulling building mass deportation. camps is elected. just walk us through what the strategy is there and how you see that, you know, affecting his base as well. it parted, surprising because the language itself is radicalized and the last couple of weeks and months. i mean you spoke off of the body, put it to, to, and the, at the american a block being poisoned. i mean, this is rhetoric that is reminiscent of fascism and in germany. and so that is the pricing in the american context at the same time. what's less surprising is that migration is such an important issue on the right in particular. and it's a weak spot to move point on the left. and i think one of the reasons is we've been

in the larger crisis of democracy in the last 7 to 8 years. at least. i mean, to start with the, with the financial crisis in 2008. the left has been emphasizing the problem of people equality and is basically arguing, been arguing for redistribution. which device has made this an issue not top down a well also off and tell you leaders and, but also off inside, outside. so basically closing the borders as a way to return to some kind of magical and most eltic pass for the true american. so there's a re envisioning off of who is actually we're actually belongs with a true american. and oftentimes this is defined on the extreme right as a, as to national body. so this is a fantasy also, i'm watching those have i, i think this is very punter centers. we have to leave at the air force form and afford college berlin. thank you. thanks. sam harris. some other stories making

headlines. a danny of parliament has ratified a deal with it to lead to failed processing centers from license. the plan allows the balkan country to hold thousands of asylum seekers picked up in all international waters by italy. while their claims are being processed. human rights groups have expressed concern about the deal was it uses the agreement as a possible future template. a 17 year old student is suspected of staffing for pupils at a school in western germany. at least 2 of them are in intensive care, according to police. the suspected attacker is also in intensive care with life threatening injuries and believe to be a pupil after school accord in spain has found former barcelona football or to any of those guilty of racing. a woman in a night club,

the sexual assault took place on december 35th 1st 2020 to all this has a sentence to 4 and a half years in prison. the court also ordered the 40 year old to pages victim $150000.00 euros. alvarez can appeal the product or us delegation is on a 3 day visit to taiwan to reassure the island of it's support us. lawmakers said, and i quote, taiwan must remain as it stands today, a candle burning freely fiercely, and then probably against the darkness. with the bi partisan delegation includes some of the strongest critics of china in the us congress. they are meeting current, taiwanese president site and when and the incoming president lighting t visit comes at a time of increase to military activities from china around taiwan. the susan thing

to w correspond to james taylor from our east asia bureau told us if this visit is reassuring to try one. well, i think some people have, will definitely be viewing it in not way this visits, of course, coming in this crucial intervening period between as you mentioned about election, which took place in january. and, you know, gratian of the new president scheduled for may late of this year, both the current government and the president select slicing the come from this policy and taiwan, which patients use a separate system refuses to communicate with. and so that is concerned in the run up to the i know gratian as you might look to ramp up, minute treat, you can only can maybe diplomatic pressure on. so i want to to be exact some of its atoms. so what do you estimate because that visit at this point in time is fine sir . rich. eve is to emphasize the support for taiwan remain steadfast and that's especially the composition of this delegation. most of these will make us come from will have connections with the us house select committee, which was on the strategic competition with the chinese communist policy known for

his pretty whole kish stones on china. and so the composition won't be lost on official assessment here in taiwan. but of course, engaging to that was james tutor. the middle east is playing a leading role at this year's berlin international film festival. one big talking point is the documentary no other land. a film collaboratively directed by and is rarely do as journalist and a palestinian activist and filmmaker, the best allowed ro lives in the westbank in a village in the south of hebron. a feeling of helplessness and anger is what initially led him to start building is rarely army in his village on his phone every day the films evictions which caused outreach world wide palestinian houses even schools are destroyed. the camera becomes baffled weapon

when a substitute and difficulty was not easy. this, well, you faced with us a lot of jobs from the soldiers, but the symptom, it didn't. my sense that it's the only 2 that came on had left within the world. 117 is really journalist, your wall is always by his side is what their friendship develops across all the conflicts and differences. what's both of those stories, not just differentiated? you know, a jewish, nope, is our understanding our shared values that we think that we see me, what if you need to and you can face, it needs to end and we are willing to fight for it together. well, that's huge. fairly knowledge is promoting off screen dialogue to the tiny space is a project started by the german, palestinian of mcdonalds and jewish german shy huffman. the thing one you, we want to create a relatively small, tiny space,

a tiny house where you can talk very intimately and personally about your feelings about this was the placement, cognitive development of what we need spaces for the dialogue spaces for together. enough space is that also breaks the logic of violence. it's the task of civil society to at least show alternatives. we can offer opportunities for dialogue, at least on a small scale. i think the tiny house wants to get fairly now visitors talking about the middle east come linked, at least it would be start in no other land. it is this understanding across the divide that connects people to the documentary film is made from the footage basso and you've all put together under the most difficult conditions before. i mean, we did this in a case of the most of the field when the armies entering and stealing the computers and beating the buses. and really that i faced duvall and facile side by side at

the world. premiere of a film be fought for to complete, receiving an ovation for their courage and openness to nigeria next were lego. the economic capital recently announced a ban on the use of styrofoam and other single use plastics. the move is aimed at tackling decades of environmental pollution in the city, but has taken many by surprise. the use of these, such a coma reports of the doctors and drainage systems blocked by plastic waste. it's they come on sites in my gerry as largest city lagos, possibilities hope, the new band on the single just plastics. little help clean up this long spending problem. i remember this come out as a category not now decades later, it's even worse. most people i agree that the problem is fixed and whatnot.

everyone is happy with the band streets would been those say they've been hits hottest they use federal phone books is as a cheap way to pack lunches, but it's non biodegradable and says to states the biggest environmental menace defenders say they haven't been given enough time to find alternatives? no, i'm losing muscle, somebody somebody what do you have to tell me to do the job we did you put the goals soon to present? obviously ne goes, produces tons of waste being some of the trash is collected and recycling. but most of it is done without your thoughts for the damage to those to be invited to do i need to talk to the of course management offloading this because if there's any, we have all these fucking it loads because of how many people use either into this

please i'm if you did it just with it's just with every way to see why they need to move one with us or the brought to the car. now, because i don't want to miss major area is a major implants of plastics, and many people rely on plastic waste for the livelihoods. environmental is to say, the band is a 1st step to change and happy to an added to as a one in the process of binding styrofoam. the transition has to be just, well from our perspective, it has to be 1st mental because as people change behavior and they will also change the way they connect with the use of plastic at different levels, the conversation around plastic and they see fit must be do me see, 5 people must see themselves in the conversation. i'm on the conversation. legal stage says between the back up it's band with checks and produces and distributes is along with fines to help pay for the cost of cleaning up

next is complex own and my colleagues him sebastian is interviewing the director general of the as tony and for an intelligent service to stay with us if you can for that. i'm sarah kelly and for line. thank you so much for watching the

into the conflict phone. with tim sebastian here at the munich security conference crystals being about russian intentions and russians brands. positively for a war with baycove in the years to come. we close up with the heads of the sodium intelligence count by voice in austin bodies, expectations off for nato. it is now next on the new year.

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ice melting the signage reset in the i c d w here at the munich security conference. that's all chris, all been about russian intentions and russian brands possibly for a well with nato in the years to come. we caught up with the head of as tony and then tell the jews count by voice in his service has been putting out many of the reports that are being discussed. yeah. and we asked him a few of the questions about where the intelligence came from. and what is the expectations off for nato to do about it? rosa knew the source so your intelligence service is the source of many of the worries that have been expressed here in munich about russian intent, jews,

long term.