of shane silence, we need to break out of a. i want to tell you something. how to tell the secret starts november 29th on dw, the this is dw news line from berlin and strong reactions in keys after the german and russian leaders speak for the 1st time in nearly 2 years. for a lot of me, as a lensky says, a phone call between chancellor sholtes and present, including will only help moscow. and it's my solution. also coming up, pakistan's, plunge of province declares a state of emergency, and extensive school closures as a battles. toxic spots the and greetings to you, viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. ukrainian president full ottomans

zalinski has condemned a phone call between german chancellor luff, sholtes and russia as president vladimir putin. during an hour long conversation there 1st and nearly 2 years schultz told, put in to end the war and stress german support for you. correct. but keeps as talked with couldn't never lead anywhere on the phone with boots in for the 1st time. in nearly 2 years, the german government said that shouts told his russian, count about to stop as warn you, crane, and stopped talks with keith. but according to moscow to stay with food and it was clear that any negotiations would have to reflect russia's gains and on the battlefield, despite the disagreements the crime. and welcome to cool, saying that any dialogue a tool was a positive development. in keith, however, schultz, his action was quickly condemned vinegar. oh, that's cool. in my opinion, opens 10 doors cox. now that maybe haven't conversations of the coals, just

a lot of words, and this is exactly what fruit and has long one said, he says something to 6th street, really important for him to reduce his isolation. obviously, rough as isolation, this is the let's see what i see the timing of the cold just days off the shelters coalition. government collapse has some saying was politically motivated. this is about a lot of shots still signaling to the gentleman public that he's still in charge. he's still charged even if he's a lame duck. and it seems that the main purpose was really to signal to the jam. and i'd like to read more germans have been questioning germany support for keep with the economy struggling and ukraine on the back foot on the battlefield. thousands turned out for this ballot and rally against weapons deliveries. last month until now jim and a to crane has been substantial. with only the wes providing more with snap elections now set for february. and schultz is social democrats headed to the

defeat the shot slipped, maybe hoping that is new winning this to, to, to putin will win back those as filters overture to boot and comes just days after us president elect donald trump called zelinski. i asked the w correspondent, rebecca rivers and keith, how hopeful ukrainian officials are that american support will continue with the incoming us administration. there seems to be 2 schools of sold and 2 series. of course, nobody knows exactly what the 2nd trump trump presidency is going to look like that may not be as of either ukraine. russia was over there is these two's, you know, schools of thought suddenly internationally, but also here in key even in ukraine. and of course, one of the peasant mistake is that they see that trump will force, basically ukrainian capitulation by withdrawing support and forcing you crying to the negotiating table with a very designed by this advantageous position. but there's a growing now the school of thought and that is one,

the president zalinski seems to be subscribing to whether that's because he really believes it, or it's just a pragmatic approach. now that trump is headed to the white house, and that is that in fact, it could benefit ukraine in some ways, the trump, who has promised to end the war within 24 hours, may in fact lead to a hastening of the end of the war. and that certainly what a lot of minutes and then he said in an interview last night saying he believes that the will will and sooner under a trump whitehouse, then it has with the binding whitehouse. you know, you cry and becoming increasingly frustrated. the fact that the button administration hasn't allowed them to, for example, use long range weapons in russian territory and, and all the things like that, holding them back, leaving them in a style night. so there is some hope growing but that at least see some change and that that change will be positive for you. crime, i'm positive for pace, of course nobody wanting pays more than the ukrainians. dw rebecca rivers, they're in keys. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. israel's

military has bombed buildings in the suburbs of big, rude, and in southern lebanon, striking what it said were, has ball a target. lebanese media reported is really ground forces had reached their father's point in lebanon south so far, and the conflict before being pushed back. it comes as lebanese government officials say they are considering a us truce proposal. super tight food money has made landfall in the philippines. it's the 6 major storm to hit the country in just a month. hundreds of thousands of people left their homes in preparation for what forecast or say could be a catastrophic event, with winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour. in pakistan's, punjab providence officials have declared a health emergency over toxic small schools have been closed for another 10 days across the province with a lockdown imposed on 2 of the regions biggest cities,

lahore and will ton, hospitals have reported a surgeon patients coming in with greeting issues linked to the small air pollution impact has done and northern india has risen to dangerous levels in recent weeks. let's get more on the story from environmental lawyer raphi alone, who joins us now from lahore. a rough, rough a described to us what it's like to live in a city with such dangerous pollution. well, thank you, michael for having me on the show. i understood personally trying to process the tragedy. that is the fact that my city is now on the live of uh, not just for myself, but for the millions of people who live, you know, just my city. but the drug for job trunk boxes done in throughout north india from cobb, who to go to go to there is unbelievable evolution. please give us

a sense of where this pollution is coming from and why at these levels. a great question. one of the things that leads of remedies to evolution in, in uh, india and box sizes and lack of data. we don't have sufficient air quality monitors running throughout the year that get us the intensity via pollution and what's causing it. but the scans data that we have has been crunched by, for example, the food and agriculture as a, as a agency of the u. n. of the world bank, our own institutions here in fox. and it does seem to suggest that about 45 percent of the year long and pollution is from the emissions from automobiles, from cause and motorcycles. and then another 35 to 40 percent comes from energy production and industrial emissions. so it was stuck in the cycle that unless it onto a pockets non improves its refineries, updates them most to renewable energies and could somehow bring industry under

control. things only going to get with me is it now imperative. the government imposed more regulation i the call just a few years ago with the locked on top of good goals it throughout the world, which was to prevent people from dying and not having access to medical care. i think of the areas from a copy because got to all of north india facing a similar situation and have to take measures of a similar intensity to prevent really of of, of and i don't even think about it is ruthie clarissa, a casualties as a result. of this air pollution, we're talking levels. you see the ecu equity index level used to max out of the 600 . it was 2400 in the job. last week will be on direct quotes. this is on the level, but you say it's unbelievable and we see the images, they frankly look to stop in what other concrete steps could be taken to lower the

smog level. because i imagine people are desperate for anything to happen. at this point. a d at bulk ellipse hasn't been an overnight phenomenon, it's been the years, decades in the company. and similarly, it would take years if not decades, to fix the region needs to improve its fuel quality. if you move to the energy, it needs to be able to capture industrial emissions. it needs to invest in public transport. it needs to stop this season. the crop funding that takes place, it needs to change the way it designs its city. so it's not sprawling. we have to stop the blending of, of, of, of, of the waste. all of these things have, have to happen at the same time over the course of the year before we see an improvement in their quality. i imagine until this is rectified. we will certainly see more of you. that's the environmental lawyer, raphi alone. many,

many thanks for your time and your perspective, sir. the united nations is warning about an imminent family and in the gaza strip. it comes as a report by nearly $38.00 groups, suggested the levels of aid reaching the territory, head fall into an all time low. fewer than 70 humanitarian trucks are set to be entering garza daily compared to $500.00 before the october 7 attacks on israel. of the guys, the cities yamaha stadium is barely recognizable as a sports ground. thousands of people in teens packs the former soccer pitch. the surrounding stands have been damaged by his railey attacks, the fighting and guns that his forced families to flee multiple times. and many arrived here without any belongings unless we fled with only a single piece of play to each. we came here and waited in the cold until 3 in the

morning when they gave us attend. we depend on donations when they distribute food, we eat. if they don't, we don't cheat. we have 5 families living in a single tenant, a food, a deliveries into the guns, a strip remain at extremely low levels. last month, the united states wound is rail, it had 30 days to improve the humanitarian situation, or risk us military funding being cuts the day before that deep line was due to expire. israel open one additional crossing to allow aid and to gaza. that humanitarian groups and the you in say it's not nearly enough with the blockade in place is riley attacks and northern gals that have made it even harder to get a to civilians. you insist the situation is dispersed on

all indicators who can possibly think off in the human. each response of all, all of them are going in the wrong direction. all right, access is at a low point a this chaos suffering despair. this destruction displacement is at a high point as temperature is dropping, gone so that suffering is city it with families, again, look stadium or among those cooling for age and health. without many fear, it will be hard to survive the coming winter. and we'd like to give you something shall we say lighter. the annual lantern festival has begun in thailand, revellers release thousands of lanterns into the night sky over the northern city of trying. my dw is asia pacific bureau chiefs, game of memphis, was there to see its own moon. the rainy season is over. it's

time to drive out the blue and welcome in the night. the titans he paying festival prisons, what thousands of tourists, the trunk by 4 guidelines for their release, for sick time and zones, and to be absolutely on the safe side flights that were scheduled for tomorrow. for 2 days after 7 pm have been rescheduled or cancel, the lanterns are made of royce paper. relatives couldn't bind them on site and released them on the banks of the ping river along with prayers and good wishes for the scene cha, for the centuries old practice, as we did in northern thailand's buddhist tradition, to this day, it attract visitors from all those other world amazing views

so beautiful people, so great place to be the same as the lanterns floats, helping to the night they said to take the misfortunes of the previous leaving a year with them allowing their own is to start to fresh in the new one. to

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