the the, this is dw news live from berlin, a potential new lifeline for the people of gaza. us president joe biden is set to announce the establishment of a humana terry, in port on the gauze and coast effort to increase the amount of 8 entering the territory is expected to outline the plans are in his upcoming state of the union address and travels across germany face cancellations as new strikes if the countries, flagship airlines, and its national real service, the

hello and welcome to our show. obviously busy in berlin. us present, joe biden, to set to announce plans to build a temporary port on the gauze and coast. in an effort to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the gaza strip, white house officials say the president will make the announcement shortly in his annual state of the union address. the plan is set to revolve a maritime cord or enabling a deliveries from the mediterranean island of cyprus. us military is expected to help set it up, but authorities have stressed the us troops would not be on the ground in gaza. residents in the territory are in dire need of food, clean water, and medical aid. we asked each of these washington bureau chief keenest pole. what else is known about by this plan? this year, the present bite and billing data now is the construction of this floating p are off the guys for to provide a, the peer that's what we're hearing. a really built using u. s. ships and will connect to, to

a temporary cost way. the project will involve hundreds, maybe even thousands of us troops and will probably take around a $30.00 to $60.00 days before it can be used as for now, the specific method for transferring of age from the coast to gaza has not been revealed. this will be biden's, final state of the union address of his 4 year term before and the final one before this contested election, which you just mentioned. where else we expect into focus tonight. now it will be the present biden's last speech in his 1st maybe his last term. but it will also serve as his 1st major speech for hold the 2024 election campaign off to support to state donald trump is the presumed frontrunner for the republican party

. so tonight's address, i think that's fair to say marks the beginning of the battle for the white house um and the bite and faces the challenges of appearing presidential. but he also has to demonstrate it really is ability to challenge a donald trump. so therefore, is he's expected to also highlight tonight the potential negative consequences for women rights. also of course, for foreign policies, as we know it for the economy and for a democratic one in the united states. if donald trump would be re elected, and we also expect president biden to offer some optimistic vision of the country's progress over the past 3 years while he was an office. and also his pledge to continued economic improvement if he will be re elected. but we've

seen him polls that one of the biggest voter concerns about biden is his age. how can you convince voters with the state of the union address, but he's still fit for office? is that correct? this is kind of in the core, or at least one of the main questions people have regarding his performance tonight . i mean reading surveys really have shown that there are a concerns about biden's mental ability to serve as a president again and 36 percent. sorry, 63 percent of americans do express is a little or no confidence at all that is fits a for another term. i think it's worth mentioning that donald trump, uh, his challenger is only 4 years younger. and he also has had some or some major kind of play goal. it's during a couple of speeches lately. however,

we shall see how he addresses his age and, and how if he will do that. and what we hear from somewhere close to him at the ac, the speech also as an opportunity for him to kind of rush your thoughts about his mental shopping is to a forceful and our particular delivery. so we shall see. all right, that was from my conversation earlier with these will be washington w. washington bureau chief s pole with the world celebrates international women's day on friday. they meant to highlight the issue of women's rights around the globe . women and gaza say they've been deprived of even the most basic ones. you and estimates estimates about 1000000 of gauze as displays. people are women and girls . most are now living in 10 camps in the south of the territory, trying to survive with what little they have cleaning,

attend, that can hardly replace it last whole cooking with a thoroughly to water and caring for sick children with no medicine to treat them. the life of displaced women in this makes shift kemp and rafa has turned into what seems to be a never ending fight pussy. by the time, most of the women have disappeared. there is nothing left to cool woman. we are suffering in every man. we have been destroyed, we suffer from everything, from poverty, from sadness. there is no food, nothing to drink, no water, or close to 1000000 women and girls. some garza had been displaced according to the un since israel's war against her mazda gun off to death till the 7th tyra tex, than for students. i don't have a house full of my children at you yesterday. i wasn't feeling well either. i

couldn't find medicine. i had to beg for it because of the flies i had to get up to clean and disinfect the place. oh, there are 5 from madison garza facing a daily challenge to keep themselves and their children live with a very little they have. and to cope with desperation, as there is no end to this war inside what it is, doesn't it? what have we done to have to live like this? now i have with us the year of my life. what have i gain from this war? is what have we gained? we have been destroyed, a lot of our schools are gone. our families are gone, hunting or what? so if we gain from all this war, i have put questions that so many women and because of us every day and that continues to go on. so here's what now some of the other stories making headlines around the glove. a tedious government is extending

a state of emergency and the nighttime curfew and its efforts a curb coordinated attacks by criminal gigs. the groups have been attacking the key infrastructure as, as police struggle to contain the unrest. they're demanding the resignation of prime minister r e. a. on the gunmen have abducted at least $208.00. jerry and students from a school in the north western town of curry golf. in kaduna state authorities are still trying to confirm the exact number taken in the incident. adoptions of students for ransom are common in the region. in 2014 extreme is kidnapped more than 200 girls from chee box village. and the 3 military ruled west african countries have announced plans to set up a joint force to fight as low as terrace groups share. molly and regina fossil have seen numerous attacks by the groups in recent years. the military is promised to end insurgencies in this. a health vision with violence has worse and under the

regime, solve them to sweden has formerly joined nato as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of postwar neutrality. at a ceremony in washington, sweetest prime minister of christus on calls at a victory for freedom. now miss dot com, join the alliance, and it concerns about russian aggression. following the full scale invasion of ukraine 2 years ago has invited you sweetened succession to nato comes as germany's defense minister travels through scandinavia forest. the story is looking for a potential blueprint for re introducing conscription. in germany. the task will require significant political backing german defense minister bars bizarre is on the full day to real scandinavia. an important part of his trip is to look at the models. these countries are using for conscription because of rush as well, progression against ukraine. there are new to your political realities and threats . and there's

a growing realization that the german bonus van not only like resources, but people to be approved for an adult flyer and investigating a step that you have already taken. we suspended conscription in 2011. now we're looking into reactivating it and we're looking at the swedish model that's really simple that i'm each year suite in context, all 18 year olds, and then selects around $30000.00 men and women for the recruitment process. and all of these around $8000.00 of them actually pulled up for the one year training course. moving on to no way to stories. so military conscripts in action up close, they help protect the almost 200 kilometer long border with russia. the recruits, a very aware that they need to be able to defend themselves and the country should they have to it's, it's those 1st. yeah, we have to be up to our best. it's all time you feel like you actually do a job. we're not just training,

we actually do something real in germany. there are some hurdles when it comes to recruitment. the biggest one would be changing the constitution to allow men and women to become scripted. and that can only be done with a 2 thirds majority in parliament. none the less, the drum and the defense minister as adamant as country can learn from scandinavia . conscripts um, no, was no office of the over them. just were doing the jump and loving it. and doing it very, very efficiently and was locked up. there's a lot of passion. i was really impressed. talk by talking to them. i'm also pro impressed by the high proportion of so it was women in the know huge anomaly which is about 40 percent. it's a long way to go for the german army. so then exchange of best practice is a strong element of nato, submitted a tree alliance with sweden and finland having done recently, scandinavian approaches will feature even more prominent in discussions on

conscription going forward. staying with germany, millions of travelers here in the country are facing mass disruption. a mid duel transport strikes, staff at flagship airlines of tanza and rail operator. deutscher bon, have walked off the job. they're demanding shorter hours and better pay to cope with the higher cost of living. or hardly any planes are taking off in frankfort, germany's largest tub. the reason a warning strike by security personnel in hamburg for a late and then the other airports. ground staff are also on strike, demanding more money and flexible working hours. many passengers have little sympathy for their cause of guns. they only want to work less and have more money the video eventually the economy will collapse. if you want to distribute something, you have to that 1st homework. passengers are not only stranded at airports, but also a railway stations train drivers on regional and city services of germany's main

rail operator are on strike. an emergency plan stipulates that every 5th long distance train keeps running. but this means just one train an hour on some regional routes and the impact is not limited to travelers and computers. it's hard to mon since this morning. numerous good strains have been waiting in the car. many rail freight customers are waiting for the deliveries and waiting for roll materials. millions of passenger this traveling on going through bonds, passenger services are also affected by the strikes. it is the 12th and the economy is suffering according to calculations by consultants, economic trends research, a rail strike coasts companies between $60.00 to $100000000.00 euros per day. when 5000000 regional travelers are affected and arrive late to work, the confederation of german industry says the wave of strikes could not come at

a worse time. production is being hit, just as companies are dealing with extreme pressure. high energy prices, for instance, are hiking production costs and making it harder for german firms to compete in the global market. in the manufacturing sector, the backbone of the german economy orders some 5 more than 11 percent in january, according to national data. and for the year as a whole, the german economy is expected to stagnate according to economic research institutes. they believe widespread strike action is strangling growth. and here's a reminder of our top story to you as president joe biden, to set to announce plans to build a temporary port on the gauze in coast to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid. whitehouse as the biden will provide more details, it is upcoming state of the union address for up to date. now there's more

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