so i will sing my song. maybe my voice will be heard. seeking justice for the victims of genocide starts november 21st on the w. w nears live, and from berlin, and the leaders of rush and germany speak to each other directly for the 1st time. in nearly 2 years, german chancellor all of shows and russian president vladimir putin, reportedly discussed the war in ukraine. but why now, after all this time, also coming up was president elect donald trump choose is robert f. kennedy junior, an environmental activist who had spread this information on vaccines to head. the us is top health agency. the i break off, it's good to have you. with this,

we begin with some breaking news. the german transfer or walk shoulds and russian president vladimir putin spoke on the phone today, their 1st direct contact in nearly 2 years. now this picture of the call was posted to the chancellor's account on the social media platform x. according to the german government, schultz told it bruton to in his war and withdrawal russian troops from ukraine. he also urged russia to be prepared to negotiate with ukraine, with the aim of achieving quote, a just and lasting peace. and he reiterated germany support for you. create schultz spoke with you creating a present of automated landscape. we understand before his call with blood them important. all right, let's go now to our political correspondence. i mean young, he's in berlin following this assignment. what more do we know about this friday? phone call between shows and food and a friend to at this was an out on coal between the 2 leaders and

o. life shows uh, used it to condemn a what's being described as rush is a war of aggression in ukraine. the jobs, let's say the russia had not achieved any of its more items and killed them putting to end the war and pull russian troops out of ukrainian territory in particular jobs. lou sholtes seems to have focused on the suffering of the civilian population in ukraine at talking about the attacks against civilian infrastructure that we've seen increasingly in recent months. is that a drug and the best all attacks carried out by the russians. so that was one focus . another thing that the chancellor apparently mentioned was the presence of north korean troops now at, on the ground in this conflict. fighting on behalf of the russians. and i've showed said that was a serious escalation and shelves went on to say, again, that germany has what he, what is just being described as unbreakable result,

to stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and support kids. now the 2 leaders agreed to remain in contact, but of course sholtes also saying that he will continue to talk with the president . so let's give you crime, but also with the all the allies in nato and the european union. you know, so i'm in fulton and shields, apparently had no reason to speak with each other for the past 2 years. what has changed? why is this call happening now as well? i think, uh, there are a couple of reasons. firstly, you know, were coming up to a 1000 days of this war and ukraine, and the geo political situation has significantly changed the gym, and government has a full and a pot and a laugh sholtes himself. they seem to be ex, sort of lame doc jobs. meanwhile,

we've got a new president elect in the united states. so there are questions about the west commitment to supporting ukraine going forward. and i suppose that schoultz sees that sort of possibility a wanted to make one last effort if you'd like to put forward the possibility of ending this war and bringing it to a solution. and secondly, i haven't gemini, we're entering an election campaign. and in fact, that the war and ukraine is an issue that plays with some voters in date is one of the reasons why the government has full and upon the, the cost of a supporting ukraine in that war as so schoultz wants to be associated with this message of peace, the idea that that could still be a diplomatic solution and that it goes united settlement, his conservative opponents, multiple whole case on ukraine. so that's why i think sholtes, he's

a pushing piece as well. yeah. so i mean, depending on who you ask, this phone call can make a leader, particularly a leader who is a candidate campaigning to be re elected. it looks very leader like if you will, what are we able to confirmed? we know who called boom today. that's what i don't think that's been specific they can said, but it's pretty clear that a lot schoultz and his team have been preparing this cool for some time. the a, the tell us it was talking about it and the delicate way of setting it up in an interview just a few days ago. he also spoke with president soleski in advance to discuss it. and incidentally, we've heard from t if that as a landscape course and tim, against doing it, saying that was that it would reduce the isolation of polluting. and there's also incidentally been reaction from moscow as well. the kremlin saying, yeah, you know, they were pleased that they said to this discussion to taking place a detailed discussion is by describe it. hold are they on the line to gain that

there are many differences on how to end the conflict between, between moscow and bullet, you'd have east political correspondence. i mean, even with the leaders tonight, you're in berlin on that phone call between fulton and schultz. so, i mean, thank you. all right, let's take a look now. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. north korean leader kim jong own has ordered his military to begin mass producing suicide. drones, that's according to state media. young yank has been wrapping up the development of new weaponry and recent years and increasing arms exports to russia. suicide drones carry explosives and crash into their targets. but they are better at a beating air. defense is better than missiles. and number of people have been injured after protest, her storm, the parliament in kazi, a break away region of georgia, which is backed by russia. unrest filmed here by russian state television erupted

over a proposed measured that would allow russians to buy property and of cause. the regions president has reportedly now script that plan these really military sensitive hit more than a $120.00 has bullet targets throughout level. and over the past day, they route has come under attack again in the southern and suburbs of da here. the few kilometers from the center entire day is real, gave evacuation mornings. early in the united states president elect donald trump. has it said that robert f. kennedy junior. his pick to head the us is top health agency will help to make america healthy again. trump spoke and said that an event last night that his more lago resort in florida is nomination of the vaccine skeptic to become held. secretary is just the latest in a string of controversial choices for government agencies. the legal team does the banquet hall full of he's going to supporters. donald trump took to the stage for

his 1st public speech since the election welcomed by actors, sylvester stallone, 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 is november 5th because the market 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 feeder for my independent presidential candidate, robert f. kennedy junior, whose top to be the next us health secretary. he dropped out of the race in august and endorse trump. realistic as country in the world, and this, this rage took us. we need to bring donald trump to washington,

a fake 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 contain the gays, his appointment, accusing him of a lack of competence with the fingers, 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 making 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 santa where republicans command a majority of our if a more now on drums, controversial cabinet picks. i'm joined by the w. special correspondent. i abraham

. she's in washington. i a president elect donald trump is wasting no time in putting his cabinets together. he's basically staying true to his campaign promises . so why are we seeing, you know, so much shock and surprise, especially among some republicans and i think it's because earlier this week there were reports that a r f k junior would actually not be considered for a cabinet position. this reportedly came from somewhere pretty high up within the trump transition team, reportedly this angered or if key junior, who has been and you know, in the president, the lex close proximity since a election day. so this definitely, i mean as you said, a lot of these nominations have been raising a lot of eyebrows, but this particular one, it seemed initially

a couple of days ago that it wasn't going to happen. but our ski junior did you know a step out of the presidential race he was running as an independent after having put after having wanting to run as a democratic, a candidate for president. and so having some sort of a function or position in the trump has been, administration was expected, but there were some hopes that it wouldn't be for this particular sort of very high profile position, given his own statements about vaccines. and you know, controversial opinions on the on health policy this the, you know, this nomination for secretary of health. he would be in charge of the food and drug administration who would be in charge of government funded health care. and so it's quite a big re met with a, with a lot of consequence in the us cities will need to confirm um probably can

a junior 1st, and i'm wondering how much opposition will kennedy phase in a republican controlled senate or even though this is a as you mentioned, a republican controlled senate r s k junior is not a republican party insider the way that some of the other nominees are she uh, you know, he wanted to run as president as a democrat. he then became an independent and she was more recently and migrated to the trump camp. so there she could face opposition within a republican controlled senate from a lifelong republicans who would still see him as an outside her. but that is a pretty, it's unclear what will happen at these confirmation hearings. and to what extent and you know, even the publicans in the senate who may be opposed to such

a nomination, will act sort of out of from pressure coming from. a certainly very emboldened president elect to not only one the electoral vote, but also one of the popular vote. so there might be some resistance to him as well as some of the other more controversial nominations like not gates. and there's new data out today that shows for the 1st time, half of all americans, half are either overweight or obese. trump his campaign, but as long as we can make america healthy again, what are kennedy's plans for doing that? what are you here? i mean, she has made all kinds of the architect, jr. kennedy has made all kinds of statements and promises about how he wants to reform the department of health, including slashing a lot of jobs at the food and drug administration. there about 18000 employees in the food and drug administration, who are, you know,

who do enjoy some employment protection given to them by lawmakers. so it's, it's still unclear how he acts as an outside or would be able to actually exert influence within such a massive administration. but that's just something that we're going to have to keep watching. and especially closer to the confirmation hearing and whether or not he's at he actually ends up getting a confirmed by the senate. no, of course there are huge chronic issues when it comes to health in the united states. but experts were simply skeptical about whether he would be the person to fix a given again, his unfounded theories about vaccines billing between vaccines and autism. for example, dw, special correspondents. are you bringing with the latest from washington tonight? i a thank you. are you watching the w news of next in interview with entertaining and active is on how western countries can support women in iraq. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more of old news. i hope to

see you then the i sorry. so one on 6 times to increase the current key, more people than ever on the move worldwide in such kind 13. i mean it's very hard to say very difficult to find out about time on student info. my grands, my still in is, is a prominent that internationally active critic of the rainy and regime, a journalist, an activist. she left the wrong in 2009 for the united states where she currently lives.