the, the, this is dw dues live in from berlin, coming to harris and donald trump. it was their 1st and perhaps only presidential debate. it started last nights with a handshake, followed by 90 minutes of questions and policy and politics and accusations, personal and public. also coming up a critical moment for ukraine is it fights to push back the russians, the us secretary of state and the u. k. foreign minister are both in the country to night and a german bridge going nowhere fast after a major bridge collapse in dresden questions about the safety of the country's infrastructure. the

i'm bring golf, it's good to have you. with this we begin with the u. s. presidential debate and the question, will it make a difference on election day in november? the showdown tuesday night in philadelphia was the 1st chance for americans to see the 2 presidential candidates square off over issues ranging from the economy. migration to reproductive rights. or us presidential debate if done right. rarely changes mines, commer harris such as basically see the last one ended president jo biden's campaign. and so board comes on hers and on new trump of your team to dominate this debate, the candidates acute each other offline. they also came to blows on foreign policy issues. we understand the importance of the greatest military lives. the world has

ever known which has nato and what we have done to preserve the ability of the landscape and the ukrainians to fight for their independence. otherwise would be sitting, emptied with his eyes on the rest of europe, starting with poland. what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would eat you for lunch? crump it back saying the war in ukraine wouldn't have happened under his leadership . they sent her to negotiate peace before this war started. 3 days later he went in and he started the war because everything they said was weak and stupid. they said the wrong things that war should have never started. she was the emissary. they said to rent and negotiate with zalinski and put in. and she did. and the war started 3 days later, had a democratic watch, party enthusiasm for the g. i knew it was high for the, for support. those highlighting the contrast between the 2 candidates. got the

convicted criminal on try. see that he doesn't fix it a script, he can't use this game. he said that even dogs in the little town somewhere. she's actually staying on point, staying on topic answering questions, giving facts and figures, and her opponent can strangeness mentions together. the vibe was quite different under republican watch body from support. as also said, the candidate was on message. my impression is that trump is very honest. she speaks from the heart. he speaks the truth. um, he knows the facts, he knows the story line and i, i hardly believe that he would be the best president for the united states of america. i think it's been great. i think trump has been holding his own. he's been on point and sharp. right to the point answering the questions. i most importantly coloring out who won the debate,

the on something like just be big enough to keep there is neck and neck. the best we don't have here in the studio now is my colleague michelle stockman. she follows the debate and she's been helping us, you know, put these sound bites and these statements into some type of context. let's talk about from where we're sitting here. we're here in europe and we're, we're listening to what was said last night. is there a real threat to piece by one of these candidates? well, by one of these candidates, i think that's a great question. both of them. one piece, the question is what they think is an acceptable piece. so obviously come a harris backs the biden stance a 100 percent behind you cream that the russians invasion of ukraine must be pushed back. and in fact, they think it's the biggest ex, essential threat to europe, that sense world war 2 that's absolutely coming across. if you listen to what trump was asked and the debate here with us, is it in the us best interest that ukraine when the war,

he dodged that question. he didn't answer it. he said it's best that the war ends. and he said that he could end the war if he's elected even before he is not rated, because he's such good friends with putting in zalinski. he can make them come together and have peace. but he's at this moment in time, would mean a huge loss of territory of democratic rights for ukraine. so the, the question is really why trump is, is saying this, why he wants to go in, in this direction. and i think it has to come down to his america 1st policy. actually what he was saying, appealed to a lot of american voters who have for over the past 20 years, seen america involved in wars abroad in iraq and afghanistan before that in vietnam . and are wondering what was it all for? we said we were funding for democracy and yet we just lost a lot of blood and treasure. and so actually this line of appeals to 11 american voters, there are, there's been a lot of commentary, you know,

in the morning after the debate were you, a lot of people have been saying that probably here is defended better last night. but look, but let's go beyond, you know, the performative part of politics here. do you think that the voters in the united states did they get an adequate picture of both of these candidates? i mean, we could argue that everyone knows donald trump, but what about couple of harris? i think this was a very crucial debate for her, and this was an image contest. could she go up against trump and show that she's commanding, that she can stand up and be tough against strong men? because beyond trump, there's couldn't, and others that across the world that she should stand up to. and so really the debate was pretty light on policy. honestly, the policy that she talked to about could be put on a couple powerpoint slides in terms of her economic plan in terms of her immigration plan. but she did, she was able to needle trump. she was able to call him out on issues like his, his rally size. she was able to say for leaders,

mock him behind his back. but the former administration officials who worked for him say he's a threat to democracy. and so she was able to show she could go toe to toe for him . so in that sense, she did come out somewhat of a winter in this debate and in terms of reaching her goals that she wanted to meet you. we were talking earlier about, you know, who were these, you know, there was a lot of arguing last night, there wasn't a lot of substance, but it was this for. and the polls show that this is a very tight race. most people have made up their minds what they're, they're going to vote for the november. but the people who haven't, they could actually be the ones who decides. that's right. there are 7 states that are called swing states that are really going to decide the selection, each candidate, the winner needs $270.00 electro boats. and if they, there are some states where that's going to be decided. and so, you know, both of the candidates had lines of attack that are going to appeal to their base. but there are

a lot of people that don't like either candidates. so it may be that one feels more aligned with the abortion probably seats that trump talked about, or that harris talked about, or one feels like crime is really bad and immigration was out of control. and so they're going to go which whoever, which candidates spoke to them the most. so i would say to me, the race is still in play. the polls are still tight. it's going to be what line of attack really resonated with one of those swing voters. you know, it's pretty this, you know, and expect the question here. but on the, in the eyes of europeans, was there a winter last time i would say, but if you could look at the debate and cherry pick some of the weird things that trump said, like they're immigrants in the states that are eating people's pets. and that's the only thing you saw me then you are getting are saying, oh my gosh, there's this chaotic force that is threatening to come over to american democracy. again, i don't want that. so i think europeans would say yes, he's the lose or however he really did hit come on harris hard on some points like

immigration on the asking withdrawal. where, and also what's happened in america over the past 3 years in terms of the economy. if they're interested in nuts, he really did hit couple of harris hard there. will there be a 2nd debate? well, uh, the democrats, immediately after the debate called her that her says campaign said yes, let's meet again of trump's campaign hubs. before this debate proposed further debates, so i think both candidates achieves kind of what they wanted it. i don't know if they really need to meet again. they can just still agree to. yeah. the routes for yeah, the store and there are shelves, doc, michelle. we appreciate the analysis. thank a workers at 10 years, main international airport or on strike today over a plan take over by a for an investor and take over that. they say will lead to job cuts. a planes are

grounded at and i, rubies largest airport, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. the government says to propose nearly $2000000000.00 deal to lease the airport to the indian. deloney group for 30 years will help modernize with countries main hub, the airport workers. you accuses the government of ignoring their demands and says the walk out will continue until the demands are met. c, w, say, legs ring a is ads. nairobi is kenyatta international airport. i asked him about the situation there today. for the better part of the day, the flights have been grown dead. walk as have been saying that they want the government to come out to clean with some of the demands and make it clear on what the deal read they have done. a group is a lot of questions as us turned it. and if somebody come or mind kansas show you behind does a lot of questions as who was supposed to be traveling at least time of the day i

feel stranded when we were getting here. we just spoke to a lady who was supposed to leave to. so do you agree, would be a full walk and she said, how flight was cancelled, and most of these walk eyes who leave the country to the middle eastern countries. i have specific dates when they're supposed to live. so she's saying that she's not sure whether she will still find her job at if the situation on the airport continues. but to walk as i hear people are seated with their families, most of those people who are coming to receive their family members are. they are port i still waiting. they do not know where that an airplane will land or not, or another airplane will be taking off some of the people who are on connecting flights from one nation to the other. i also was trying to ga, nate will be not knowing when the next flight we'll be taking off and doing so this is, this is all happening because we're fort wants to modernize its main hub. why is that

drawing such opposition? and it is, it is during that position because of 2 things. one, the government okay now has entered into a deal with an indian farm known as identity group, which will be more than i think the infrastructure at the airport now is that just not a problem? for most of the walk as of the airport because everyone would want more than an airport, but they'll walk us, seeing that the government has the remainder security about the deal. so they'll walk as you know, an irish inc. and sounds like some of the members losing that jobs when a decent new deal taking is that it takes effect some of the walk as also saying that the group would be open to bringing in for it and walk as into watching for the general connect to international airport and that also means some of the walk as we've been watching. i've age, i'm looking at the international airport. we'll have to lose that job to create a space for the new walk as will be coming from india and other places of the was.

and that is why it is bringing a low to of contestation, especially by walk as will be. i can now. yep. what's the ability to for quite some time? and that was the w's, felix marie goodman. i rubies, can you go into your port earlier? were you a secretary of state, anthony blink, and has arrived in keep to demonstrate washington's continued commitment to backing ukraine, who traveled to dates and ukraine alongside the british. foreign secretary david lamby mode of transportation was a train from ho with the plan to meet with ukrainian president told him is zalinski to discuss, keeps more goals. lincoln has called this a critical moment to support ukraine. it's fight against russia's invasion. ukraine is facing russian battlefield advances and increasingly heavy bombardment and is hoping is allies will lift restrictions on how far inside version it can strike using western weapons or, or do you ever use correspond to rebecca readers and she's in keep an eye asked her

if ukraine will get that permission to strike deeper into russia territory with western weapons. yeah, that is indeed the question brand. it's impossible to say with any kind of certainty at this stage, but it's certainly going to be talking the agenda when these 3 man meets today, here in care of to discuss this very issue. it's something that a lot of mr. lindsey has been pushing for 4 weeks now, asking the us and it's western allies to give the green light for it to be able to use these us supplied and west and supplied long range missiles to shoot the deep into a russian territory. so far they've only been able to use them on, on areas around the long, very long 1000 kilometers frontline in positions where russia has a lot to tax from. but the automated kolinski says is absolutely crucial that they've been given see that they've given the go ahead that they can shoot deeper into russian territory to try to take out of bases where russian launch attacks on

ukrainian territory. now, it's something that the us and western allies have been very nervous about ground seen because of threats coming, coming from vladimir potent, that he will not hold you crime responsible, but he will hold the country for responsible, who in fact have been supplying these weapons. so, you know, very much saying that said the will, could spill over, could spread, and that's something that nobody wants. i think the brand is very unlikely. we'll say a policy change at announcements today, but they'll certainly be taking everything. let's discuss, back to the latest and kissed on the u. k. prime minister will carry on the conversation when he meets with us president joe biden. later this week, rebecca, the united states, as the rush of received missiles from iraq, the us and its allies say that they will respond with sanctions against iran. i'm wondering what impact will that have on rushes ability to get more weapons from iran that you see more than being used in ukraine?

no, actually think i'm confirming yes today saying that they're intelligent suggests that the weapons have been transferred to roger. it's something that roster has been trying to show up from the around new trying to get these, the ballistics tell miss a miss solve for some time, but iran has been reluctant to do so because of the threats of the sanctions. we've now say sanctions for the sanctions by the us u. k. fronts in germany being put on some of writing and assets of their, their main, uh, aircraft carrier as well. so it'll be interesting to see what effect that will have on the future supply from uh, from iran, regarding these weapons. we're talking about mid rain rage, weapons that would really out wide in the us know that russia has to use and give them much more flexibility unless saying that they could use a mid range weapons on the front line savings, a longer range missiles to, to, to target areas much further inside your garden in territory, i'm going to ask you to a bill of russian claims that it's military has recaptured settlements inside the

course, the region. what are the implications of that if that, if that is true? well, we've got pretty limited information as you can imagine on that, but this morning we stats of getting wood on some russian and probably russian telegram accounts and military blogs to suggest that this somebody expect pretty much expected counter offensive was under way. and we've, we've heard also from a major general from the russian army on the russian news agencies has to suggest that 10 settlements have same retaken have been taken back by russia. we have from the low to mid zalinski, just last week saying that a 100 settlements in that coast region in russia, that ukraine at took and went into a rush or just a little over a month ago that they had a 100. the settlements in that region. so now if, if what we're hearing is true that, that figured down to 90 settlements and you know, we'll to see what happens. what happens. a lot of me is the landscape certainly

wanting to use this coast region is expensive. the whole plan was to try to take, you know, results as away from the front line and the south and the east, but also to try to force the hand of pace with the we put in to try to give him more reasons to one to try and find pace, so we'll have to say what happens in that region. but as i say reports that the counselor offensive has become a author, responded rebecca rivers with the leaders from key. rebecca, as always, thank you. and here's another quick look now and some of the other stories making headlines. mexico's senate has approved a reform to reshape the judiciary and pass the lower house last week and establishes the judges, including those of the supreme court will be elected by popular vote. critics fear that it will threaten the rule of law and politicize the judicial branch. the death toll from ty, food, yagi, and its aftermath and vietnam has risen to release to a 170 people. scores of others remain missing. the heavy rains triggered land

slides and floods throughout northern vietnam in the worst storm to have hit the region indies. residents in northeastern nigeria had been forced to leave their homes after a dam collapse and borne estate because of some of the worst flooding indicative deadly reptiles from a zoo, had been swept away into communities in the year. the dam was at full capacity due to an usually higher levels of rainfall. the government officials are investigating the partial collapse of a bridge in the eastern city of dresden and no one was injured. but authorities say there's a risk of further sections crumbling into lansing shipping. traffic on the river elva has been halted, leading to major disruptions, the section that phil was scheduled to be renovated next year, while other parts only reopened last march after months of reconstruction. to

me that's, that's the site they're talking about that i'm doing now. but my colleagues to fundage and billy from the business of front of people are gonna look at that and ask how does that happen in german? yes, that is the question. of course he mentioned the investigation. we won't really know what happened to that bridge until that investigation is completed. it is worth mentioning to that bridge was billed during the ged times below the german democratic republic. so the communist era in 1967. so obviously they'll be looking at the structure from when it was built in that period and then we'll have to figure out what happened. and of course, the fact that the scheduling of the renovations was for next year. and they'll be questions, obviously about whether those renovation should have happened before before you have bridge collapse it. and i would assume people are going to be asking, is this a one off event or does this tell us something about the general health of the infrastructure of germany. or of course, you know,

germans are really good at being critical. and the term german bashing with germany bashing is not something that would be new, but there's a lot of questions about the level of investment that the government has had and in recent decades. and there they are, of course opinions that it's too low when it comes digitalization what to the railway we so you know have delays with a noise, a band during the your 2024 championships for instance. so. so of course, with a lot of questions and we were talking about the roads and the bridges in particular, on the ortho bundles of 5000 bridges linked to the auto band and those bridges, half of them were built before 1985. amazing what that would mean essentially brent is that those bridges are not fit for purpose today because they were built out of time when traffics were low when traffic was lower. and not just that. um, even if you look at maybe vehicles, for instance, we talking about electric vehicles and more electric vehicles we get on the road. the more weight there is because when the electric field was much heavier than the

regulator that are invested in and exactly, so there's a lot of issues that need to be looked into regarding the infrastructure. and in particular, roles and virtual infrastructures can only be maintained if there is investment and the money, of course is going to come from the government. so what's the government planning to do about this? well, that's here. they are the ministry of transportation, the federal minister transportation had set aside of 4600000000 euros for the auto bond and the bridges on it. but as much of the as well, it does sound like a little money depends on which country are in. however, that is not enough the, the company that manages of the auto bond, so which is the auto bond jim b h has said more than double that is needed until 2028 to meet the needs for renovation and rebuilding the infrastructure on the autobahn. however, the german government's ability to borrow to raise money is really tied because germany has this debt break and trying to this constitution, which means that government borrowing is limited to 0.35 percent of gd. peter,

that's a drop in the ocean compared to what countries like the knighted states can do. they can just put money instantly on board as much as they like. and of course, invest in their countries infrastructure where they need to, even in the united states, you know, they're, they're saying you just think about the bridge and baltimore, the collapse of there's, there's just this lack of investment. now we know it's not just the us problem. it's not just the german problem, but where it happens, their economic consequences, obviously obviously, and the economic consequences are a massive, depending on the region. and depending on the, the bridge or the infrastructure in question. and in this case, the spreads connect to the whole town and the new town, and it run on the elbow river which runs all the way to hamburg, which is, of course, a major point here in germany. so of course, there's been some disruption to vessels that are taking cargo to hamburg, but not just that, of course, there's also the region that will be affected. people won't be able to get to businesses as quickly supplies won't get to places as quick quickly as this is

a high right now and see exactly. so it is definitely something that is going to be an issue. and of course, people might go elsewhere when they find that they have to take double the time. so businesses like restaurants and shops will be effective, as long as it doesn't make you want to drive across any bridges any time soon. nope, sponsors always thank you for the german government says it wants to implement to european rules on the silent more strictly under the plan, more people would be turned away at the border and sent back to the european union countries that they traveled through to get to germany, the announcement comes one day after berlin said it would fight and controls on all of its land borders. beginning next week to protect the public from the threat of islam his violence and to curb irregular migration. germany's neighbors and the european union have criticize them that german police carry note random

checks on the border with austria. sites like this will become more common from next monday. as tighter controls come into force on all of germany's land borders. but the new measures are already under scrutiny from the european union. the commission position is, is very clear. so this needs to be done in line with the saying and board this code . so this can be a possibility, but of course this controls must be necessary and proportion. and so as such, this type of measures should remain strictly exception. neighboring poland found harsher words for berlin's new restrictions that good to put you on there. so these kind of actions are unacceptable from pulled into point of view. many of those except of i have no doubt that it is german domestics politics of people that is liked. it is hard in english and not our own policy against legal migration at our borders. and you know, somebody to go, but really go in and get it to, you know,

unless you're going to the german government is under pressure domestically after a series of as long as link terror attacks including a knife rampage. and the western city is only which killed 3 people. the suspected attacker was a syrian asylum seeker slated for deportation to bulgaria, or had already registered for asylum. germany's interior minister, nancy fraser defended the new measures some slight all the. we also need the ability to be put back at the external borders, which is why we believe we must continue to speak action that this is absolutely necessary in order to further reduce is that you know, migration memo. so thing for the government's political opponents, the temporary restrictions don't go far enough with the conservatives the far right and the far left. what a harsher crack down. and what is shaping up to be one of the hardest testing for berlin. shaky governing coalition,

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