is the on the everyday things around. where does that come from? when, why did they have all the time? i should just search the day and take them out for the this is the, the news line from ballot leaders of russia and germany speak to each other directly for the 1st time. and in a 2 year chance that would have showed us and russian president vladimir putin discuss in more new crime, shows the bonds of russia with joints troops and re it's a raised spell in support for kids. also coming on north korea as neither can jump on calls for the mass production of attack drones. ukraine says no korean troops are already fighting football sco at are supplying russia with with us us

president elect trump. shoes is robert f. kennedy junior and the environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines to head to the united nations for health agency, the gulf as well come to the program. we begin with some breaking news. the german government sources shots that will of shots and rushes president vladimir putin and have spoken today on the phone is the 1st direct contact in nearly 2 years. the sol says the past spoke about for about an hour this afternoon. bell in local time. for more let's go to our political correspond to simon young simon. that what do we know about more? what do we know about this phone call between schultz and food you? it's yeah, get hard to a government sources of the told d w that john sla set to president putin,

essentially what he said before. he condemns what's described as russia is more of aggression in ukraine called upon him to an end the war and to pull out the russian troops and pointing out to him that as the chancellor put it, that none of russia's more items have been achieved. in particular, he condemned the attacks on civilians infrastructure and you kind of course, we've been seeing increasing drug attacks and so miss all attacks. so when in recent months, sort of really broad suffering to the ukranian civilian population. and he also referred to the presence of north korean troops on the battlefield release in the russian on russian territory, fighting on russia's behalf and said that was a very serious escalation of the conflict. and again, he repeated germany as an unbreakable result, as it was put to stand with ukraine during this conflict. now the 2 ladies say

they'll remain in contact uh and particular results will be speaking as he did before the cold with the president. so let's give you brian buroso. if he's a human, they type partners. know simon, 2 years of silence between moscow and berlin suddenly this cold. why now? as yeah, i think uh, lots of these things have changed, but uh, the, the key, the key context is of the 3rd winter of more than the ukrainian population is he's facing. and that at a time when, as i mentioned, you know, this is the infrastructure, the energy system that has been on the real attack. and it's going to be really tough. and we see this continuing style night and various wiring developments on the battlefield itself. but of course, what else has changed? well, the german government is in collapse. sholtes is soon to be in effect

a lame duck leader. also we have a new president elect in the united states and so there are questions about what level of support you cry and can expect going forward. so i think probably shouts what it to make the message clear to painting that as far as he sees it, gemini continues to stand solidly with a it's allow you cry. simon young. thank i was saying with the ukraine conflict, where i keep says north korean troops already engaging with ukrainian soldiers fueling phase of a major escalation. russia and north korea recently strength and then military corporation and concerns on the rising that young young could soon be supplying moscow with masses of mol, drones. north korea said media is reporting that the, the tim joe on has ordered his military to begin mass producing, exploding drones come down has been ramping up the development of new weaponry in

the last 2 years. the attack drones carry explosives and crash into targets, and they are better read evading ad defense and then move. so let's take a look now uh, what this could mean for ukraine on the battlefield. and for north korea's own relations with its neighbors, russia as cor, ask region where ukrainian troops have been fighting to hold land. they seized at the end of the summer. now they say they're not just fighting russian soldiers, but north koreans as well. this footage, released by ukraine's intelligence agency, appears to show north korean soldiers receiving uniforms and equipment at the military base in the far east of russia. since then, western intelligence agencies say an estimated 10 to 12000 north korean troops have traveled to the course region supporting russian troops trying to retake the

territory. north korean soldiers could free up russian troops that moscow wants on the front line in eastern ukraine. but it's unclear just how much of a difference they'll make in the war. not least because of a language barrier with their russian counterparts. more significant may be the ripple effects of a 3rd country sending troops into the conflict. especially when but young with the 1st of the battles with north korean soldiers, good white mark, a new chapter of global instability. distributing this to most of you together with the world, we must do everything to ensure that this russian step toward expanding the war and giving me this true escalation. escalade becomes a loss your whole girl stuff. nato has reacted cautiously, condemning north korea's involvement. but falling short of proposing direct counter measures and warning that the 2 way partnership between russia and north korea will have consequences beyond ukraine to see more and more as north korea,

iraq, china, and of course of action are working together. working together against your brain, farts at same time a restaurant has to pay for this. and one of the things they are doing is delivering technology to northville. the average is now threatening the in the future. the maintenance of the us continental your produce, our partners in the, in the pacific. defend, for example, the republic, a free of. indeed, south korea is intensely worried about its northern neighbors move. the north army is massive 1200000 soldiers and regularly provoke south korea with missile tests and border confrontation. south koreans worried that the north will gain valuable combat experience in russia and possibly in ukraine itself. the north is also testing its military equipment against western systems, south korea,

and president young sir. your said, his country could review the possibility of sending military aid to ukraine poor and yet more weapons into the conflict. the wild card is the u. s. president elect donald trump has praised both north korea's kim john own and russians. vladimir putin. trump takes office on the 20th of january, a waiting game where everything is on the line for ukraine. at the moment, this way, i know joint, but it's all new. it's in right, eas, head of the japan and korea is program a at the center for geo politics at the university of cambridge and joins us from london. and john, i want to focus on how the strengthening military partnership between russia and north korea might impact the region and asia. well, what do you think the implications might be for south korea, specifically its yep. um for the south koreans themselves,

i think the concern is predominantly the warranty that north korea now that it has this the pump ship with moscow. so symbolized not only by the dispatch of troops to come back to, to fighting in a, in course that combined with the new cooperation with the russians, will be minded to try and develop. it says, to teach capabilities. and as your report was outlining, it's the concern that a more confident kim jong may be inclined to test the limits of security on the grandparents here. that's why we have seen president young come out very clearly. at the apex summit improves saying that this represents, and that's it by both pollution and kim john going to show shore up there a james, we've had this discussion by the side squared government about the possibility of expanding their assistance to ukraine. but there is no doubt that they see kim jong an as in bold and, and therefore they are genuinely concerned about the consequences of this. and the

medium to long term, i mean, can being involved in bolton is one thing. but how else does joe young benefit from this partnership with russia as well? the key issue is what might the russians be providing in return? and there's no doubt that kim would like to see some sort of quick pro quote for him. i think the critical issues of developing is missed all capabilities. and then we'll screen raising has promised to launch 2 more surveillance sidelines those satellites just like could be launched when enhanced the talks and capabilities of the north koreans allowing them to for the endangered, the security of south korea, japan. and perhaps also the united states. we saw a north, great launching icbm, one of its longest range missile is to date just some weeks ago. and there is real concern that the russians will be able to give them the sort of technology that allows them to make material advancements in terms of the range and accuracy of that missile capabilities. now the us south korea and japan have been running the

combined military exercises in waters, south of the korean peninsula. that's a demonstration of the defense pasto against young young at through that lens. what do you make of the timing of kim jones? the announcement that deal accelerate most production of these suicide drums. i think it's a very clear indication. um, probably based on that more confident, assertive positive that he has that he sees this as an opportunity. no, no need to strengthen is his cooperation with like my directions, but also to try and create mistress between south korea and of course the united states. they're all big question marks. most obviously insides, career about the nature of the incoming us administration. remembering the last trump administration side is korean public opinion, but also government officials and to be honest, politicians on both sides of the island sides. career worry that a more transaction with united states might be minded to reach some sort of deal

with the north korean leader, which would lead south korea strategically isolated and certainly move hon. mike, for example, an bowden president trump be willing to tolerate and accept a factor that little square is and you care about in return, for example, for some guarantee that those missiles would not be talked to the united states or that range would be restricted as a result of what we're seeing in south korea is a debate about how south korea can strengthen its conventional and perhaps even acquire a new capable that. um, i think what we're seeing at the moment is an effort to provide reassurance. the free match joint operations between american japanese and task reinforces, designed to do 2 things that designed, i think, to send a signal to no scripts, not to try and risk the publications on the contents either either at land or sea. but they're also designed to create more confidence on the positive side, screened public opinion that the united states is here to stay. so it's permit to

you at this point to prejudge what the comfort ministration might remind you to do . but this idea of a lion's resilience is perhaps one of the most important elements in the current crisis. johnny, as of right, thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us here on dw news, pleasure i a number of people have been in the dogs to protest a storm to parliament in a breakaway region of georgia. i've called the allies in the north west and corner of georgia, and is backed by russia fridays on rest, filmed by russian state television erupted over a proposed measure that would allow russians to buy property in no, cause the regions president has reportedly now scraps that plan we now joined by the w as maria, a couple months of more. maria, help us understand what exactly spock this outrage. what would this investment do?

you have included this this dale would have made it easier for russian companies to implement their projects in uh, cause the now it would allow russian companies to have fiscal holidays to own property and to own lines which is prohibited by um of kazi. uh. so that's why the position sort of is angry and is at all it's with the um, the agreements. now i understand that on the agreement would have been beneficial, not just for russian businesses, which want to build some apartments and solve those apartments for the also for the russian taurus of causes, a top destination for russian torres, and many ordinary russians would certainly love to have apartment of the black sea

coast, but as i sat, it is prohibited and crumbling, has been pushing this policy for a long time now. but it's, it's, it's a big problem i take at this point to fulfill that obligation. now russia recognizes up cause you as an independent country and also has a military presence there. but internationally, most countries still see it as part of georgia. all is this country currently being government. it was a country as governing the using it by the president. that of this and backed by a russia, russia was the 1st want to recognize of causes independence and the some countries also do that such as syria and as well. uh, but the international community um, sees it as a tool just territory. now, a policy is highly dependent, not just politically, but also economically on russia. russia has been

a sort of getting salaries to many public why? cuz in a up cause the on the but the for the, for the past sort of yeah, we've been seeing a rift between um, between up cost leaders and um, the russian politicians and as the crime and size that it is demanding to implement more for us and policy is bought to of cause and leaders. those seem to be ready to give up their political independence. now it's also interesting to observe the military presence that is, that, as you mentioned now, it's not just political and economic sort of dominance that's russia is projecting in the region. but also it has intending to, to build a naval base in order to receive a black c, c, t, which would actually increase not just rushes military in light, but also increase its unhealthy increase, its will efforts. and again,

to crate it up is very a cut down off of that. thank you very much, maria a us president elect. donald trump has said that robert f kennedy junior is big, so it had the united states top health agency will help make america healthy again . trump was speaking of and events and who is more like a result in florida is nomination of the vaccine skeptics who become health secretary is just the latest in a string of controversial choices for government agencies. the legal okey and done the banquet hall full of the staunchest supporters. donald trump took to the stage for his 1st public speech since the election to come from. welcome by actors, sylvester is to loan. the president elect. couldn't hide how much he's been enjoying. he's come back. you have to start my term from november 5th.

okay. or november 6th, if you want. november 5th. because the mark is going through the roof. enthusiasms doubled its doubled in the last short while. the florida gala comes. this trump continues to unveil his pigs for the next administration. the lineup now includes another controversial figure for my independent presidential candidate, robert f. kennedy junior, who is tapped to be the next us health secretary. he dropped out of the race in august and endorse trump realistic as country the world. and this, this rage took us. we need to bring donald trump to watch that make america how kennedy has become famous as an anti vaccination activist. for years he has insisted, there's a link between autism and vaccines. are something that has been disproved by multiple studies. the american public health association says it will campaign to

gauge his appointment, accusing theme of a lack of competence. segers trump has picked up so far. thank you everybody, so gestured views and loyalty of the things that matter most. and we're going to turn our country around, we're going to make it so great, so strong, so powerful. we're going to bring it all back. full of trumps cabinet nominations will still be subject to conformation by the senate where republicans command a majority of law and translate as choice. i'm not joined by my colleagues. he's busy for me while us selection teams even. um, kennedy uh, junior, has said a quote no vaccine. there is no vaccine that is safe and effective and trump wants to put them in charge of america's public health. why? i think that's part of the deal. first of all, as far as we know is that when our f k junior pledged his support to trump,

he ended his bid as an independent to become president. before that he was trying to become present on the us democratic ticket that didn't work out either. he saw where his chances were going. and so he said, i'm gonna throw it to trump, but i want to have some sort of influence. the question to this point has been, what role would he play? would he be some sort of outside of governments kind of advisor in the sense that what we've seen with a suggestion of he long boss, the role that he'll play or could he be potentially what he's now been nominated to be? i think this was for many people, the worst case scenario. we know that between these 2 men, there's a lot of overlap when it comes to this kind of conservative populace outlook about the deep state about the fact that they find expertise troubling when it's in large bureaucratic institution. so in that sense there's, there's not a whole lot of surprises there even though he comes from a family, political dynasty of democrats. his base really is if it's very nicely into trump space. now that he has made several of us the full statements. right?

yeah, he's, i think, as you mentioned, to begin with, he said that there is no safe, effective vaccine. that's not true. that's medically and proven. and as the report mentioned, he continues to make this link between vaccines and autism. this has been around, this idea has been around for decades. there's no proof to it at all. and in fact, vaccines have done there a cornerstone of modern public health. outside of that he said things like i ever met in this is a medicine, more common and veteran veterinary medicine use for horses. that is also a solution for coping 19 people trying everything during those years. but science has shown that there's no, there's no cause to believe that is true. he continues to push this. he's also said even wilder, things like over 19, was specifically targeted to spare certain groups of jews and chinese people. so some very erotic things. his family has distance them for themselves from him often times they've done this multiple times. but at the same time, he has an appeal to many people. uh yes,

think this. you just mentioned that what's that liked about him? well, in many ways, i mean 1st, well, here's a kennedy, right? so he brings a kind of trinity trait that many people do see this kind of boldness to the point of recklessness, maybe, but also also his ability to, to stick up for the common person. his father, former us attorney general, was very well known for cigna, for the poor, for sticking up for black americans during the time of civil rights. and so robert f. kennedy junior, his son also made his name in a similar fashion. he's stuck up for the environment. he was an environmental activist. he took a large corporations and couldn't do punts monsanto. and he won one big settlements from them. he's skeptical of corporations, like many americans are these days. so he speaks to something fundamental that a lot of people see, and he does a lot of things that make sense to a lot of people when it comes to the health problems that we see in america. when it comes to obesity and the consequences of obesity. when it comes to the food system and the fact that it's really hard to get away from additives from certain things that people don't really see, they don't understand what's in there or they see what his process food is

a big push against ultra process foods. right? now he's also part of that, and so there is a mainstream crossover. so now this ended up goes, we'll have to con, confirm a hint of a to get this job. will there be opposition? i mean, the republicans have the majority. we told no, we haven't heard a whole lot of senate voices so far on this announcement. this is still relatively fresh. it'll be interesting to hear what they say. the problem is that the surprises are coming one after the other after the other. and so you begin with pete headset, a fox news commentator who's now slated for defense, and you go to tulsa. gabbert was always a controversial figure. she's now supposed to go to intelligence director. and then you go to my mat gates. probably one of the biggest read alarms for a lot of people need go to kennedy. so individually these will cause concerns from a lot of senators moderate citizens taken together, it becomes a game, a strategy. where do you plant your flag, where what he'll do you dial and are you going to go against all of these? i think gates is going to have a real, real problem just from the voices that we've heard from the senate,

robert f. kennedy junior. i can imagine that will also be a lot of reservations but, but we'll see it in the system while your selection team. thank you very much. lives at risk of pollution stores in the cities across the nation. schools are closed, outdoor activities have been banned. small shrouded, vivid memories, capital, honda, roy and jakarta, indonesia, while aqua team park is down, 2nd largest city, la har. deteriorated to has of those levels. the cooler temperatures, autumn, and winter verse and the annual small trapping pollutants in the authorities in india as capital daily trying to tackle dangerous microscopic air pollutants that are now as more than 50 times the limits set by the world health organization. so in daily, just trying to go about the day to day life in the dense choking haze is difficult

to find. so i feel where it tasted in my eyes. i just came from my phone. my eyes are burning and i'll have to wash them. i'm also finding it difficult to breathe because unfortunately for the millions who cooled daily and the surrounding area home, this struggle simply to breathe freely is nothing new. each winter seats a city gasping for fresh air as cold temperatures and the low wind speeds leave it suffocated by small. basically, evolution of this is not causing a day or 2 because of our lifestyle, just the, the ramp construction, and all the traffic to the part of the country and the diesel cars window. we are the, the guy they all get daily is notoriously packed roads. assessing the effect of the farm is burning crops, double in neighboring regions, also to blame for the accurate haze. the practice is a false cheap way to clear the fields when you're planting. it's long been illegal, but authorities have done live on to prevent it. critics say politicians are scared

of angering. farm is a key vote to block media. officials and daily have announced measures to protect the vulnerable and clear the old primary schools have been ordered to close with young children, especially susceptible to air pollution trucks like this one are also roaming the streets spring war to try and keep down the small well known as central construction work that's being fanned, but experts say these are all just stop gap measure is one of india's most pressing problems. studies blame and pollution for more than one and a half 1000000 premature deaths each year. you're watching dw news is a reminder of our top story, john and trust that will of shows and russian president vladimir to didn't have spoken today on the phone. it's the 1st direct contact in nearly 2 years to a set to have discuss the board. you've trained with shultz demanding that fulton

with adult russian folks. and that's it from me and the news team for now. my colleagues, brent golf, we'll have a wells who is updated for you at the top of the god offers in berlin from me and the old news team here. thanks for the

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