phones in a cruise, geo political country. when, oh, you lost the run. starts december 18th, on d. w. the . this is data with your news fly from the bank as it will. and the german chancellor makes a surprise visit to ukraine's capital on his 2nd trip to kingston. this done her brushes, full scale invasion, overlook schultz by just extra military support. as ukraine struggles to spend off, most of those offensive a full night of classes in georgia is fine works and 2 guys by police dispos protesters in philosophy and make arrests. opponents accused the building judge and free body of pursuing an officer, a terry and pro russian pon. plus rebel groups in serious celebrate their best and to a level that the surprise offensive displaces thousands of local residents.

the i've been visible and welcome germany's transfer all of sholtes has arrived in keith is 2nd trip to ukraine. since the start of the war, i thought arriving sholtes announced the new 650000000 euro as package for ukraine and stress the germany would remain the country strongest supporter in europe. i think you kind of struggling to kind of brush is grinding offensive and support from the west gauge largest military bank that has been thrown into doubts by donald trump's return to the white house. in january the w 's bucks tundra is following the chancellor's visit to the painting and capital. now this is the 2nd visit of german chance. it will show us since the beginning of the full scale invasion. and it comes with a very interest some time. the chance or himself is facing

a battle for re election back home. and the united states is preparing for a new administration, one with a very different view on military support for decree. now the german chancellor himself has come under a lot of criticism, how he has been dealing with state and military support for ukraine, back home in germany, from one side saying he's not doing enough. delaying aid ruling out simply ruling out weapon systems that the credit and say would be very helpful in fighting off the invasion from the other side, fearing rising costs and a direct concentration with moscow. now during his visit today to ukraine, during the start of it, at the train station cave, german, chancellor of souls made clear to his ukrainian counts a part to the premium president for letting his landscape that germany would continue to support your cream. he announced a $615000000.00 euro a package that will be issued this months this month. in addition to further

equipments. and this can be interpreted potentially as a sign that the germans and other european countries are willing to step up. their support for ukraine should have the windows somewhere else. you know, we use chief political editor. i miss you all the cook now is with me here in the studio for more me. she had a totally postables about the timing of this trip. the chances are in the 2nd trip to ukraine during this war. yes, but as we can tell from the other news you've given us that we were reading it as a political cross roads that will be a trump, to presidency in danbury, antone acosta. we just saw the, the new you council president was there yesterday to talk together with kaya call us, and the foreign policy representative of the european union. and it cleared the old i've sold since, felt the need to reassure. so to me is a lensky that johnny will continue by his side. he's backing up up with some 650000000. yours was of additional support that's quite in the announcement

actually at this moment in time. also predict he can assuming the fact that germany is so struggling to actually have a bunch of going into next year. and clearly some of this will be election campaigning, but it's also much needed as far as the field of mr. lensky, that the european union that europe's largest economy will continue to stand by his side. but although we'll have salt stresses, that's an ukraine has been fighting the spray fights as he put it for more than a 1000 days. his commitment is time and time again that germany will continue to stand by you claims side for as long as it takes whereas the ukrainians really want to hear from him and they know they want to guess it's whatever it takes. yeah. yeah. so could this eventually mark some sort of change in policy because that's both of your credit as a waiting for on day? no, that's the sort onset, no change of policy on the all i've sold. having said that,

he is unlikely to continue to remain constant if the current paulding has anything to go by following those elections on the 23rd of february. but that doesn't mean that there will be a title change in germany support because before then we will see donald trump come in. i'm clearly pushing for some kind of settlement, some kind of at least a standstill of the fighting. and that's creating what everybody's already preparing. for behind the scenes we've just heard from monday to the secretary general, so that's a bring into play of potentially ukraine accepting that some of its tertiary could remain russian occupied. i think that's a very interesting thing to hear from the full one day to the secretary general, which the current nation secretary dental, clearly con, say publicly. so everybody is working towards what they can offer and what they can put on the table. once donald trump comes in and who of course has vouch in this within 24 hours, but ending, i'm sure will be

a very flexible time. and no doubt people here, right? raising eyebrows about the timing of the chancellor's trip. he mentioned it yourself. sooner solely this has to be seen as some sort of election campaigning. and he is a very good campaign, a transfer. well, there's always an element of it. i mean, katie, this is something that has a great a magnitude, but let's just put it this way. he is in ukraine at the same time, the, his still ally from the green poxy, his co tanza is in kenya as a trade summit. the german foreign minister also from the greens who are now, you know, that then now come pending against each other in these elections is in china, clearly holding them fulton talks. but everybody who needs them knows that time is taking on this government. it's effectively elaine, the government and everything has an element of election nearing here is the same time, but all i've sold sponsor for train self is the tons the piece and told him is the

landscape overcame that? that doesn't mean he has to pay the price for it. basically, i looked at that thank you for the analysis. george's capital tbilisi has been hit by a full night of classes outside parliament protest as have been gathering there since the government suspended efforts to join the european union. on thursday. po, show a clear majority of georgians favor you membership. many fee of the ruling georgia dream thought he is trying to move closer to russia. george's prime minister as projected calls for you elections. the 10s of thousands of demonstrators surround the podium and didn't typically see most peaceful but as the police close in heavy sites. breakouts. just as the nights before, the, the process response by the parliament decision to suspend the totes and joining

the european union. the prime minister cobra hits the t nice, he's taking georgia of the past to you membership was the sponsors but of care. so we have not suspended anything related to the integration system, but that are the position leaders that are the media alters linked was the position or just the length of his people, but no, but the suspended, beautiful integration of georgia. you are very much committed to the use of gave me the cash you friends, the opposition forces accused the georgia dream policy of trying to tilt the country more towards russia. the position has been boy coaching parliament ever since. disputed elections in october. and that's been calling for any votes. so has george's president, president southern me. so obviously the supports the prototypes, and it's supposed to leave office by the end of the year. but she is refusing to do

so, unless there are new elections leading to stand between the states and the governments and on the streets. it's clear that mode in the months after the disputes of elections, which the 10s of georgia dream products to power in the country, is that another major cross roads, or how's that corresponded maria kind of monta if dennis strength is getting anywhere off the months of protests now this doesn't look to be the case of this point. it seems like it's, it's a game of exhaustion between the police and the government. and the pro tasks is the pro tasso slash to, to, to the streets until the government reconsider us. it's a decision, but we don't see any sign that the government is ready to do. so now we understand that several. there were several russ yesterday and some of the protesters were

bonding tv too. uh by the police. um, so we do have official information, but around estimates is 200 people have been already detained. the system and the rest saw to last week's early morning, one of the opposition leaders has been reported. lead detained. so definitely this tension saw a rising in the capital c t for says not only the pro house also break all in all the major towns, georgia and toms. and the big cities say, um, it seems like the choices are interested in clearing the streets, but they've done manage to retrieve the school. as of now, it's a big question for the governments indeed. and tell us more about this other stalemate. george's pro russian prime minister says the country's pro european president needs to step down once the time comes to an end later this month. the

president refuses yes of the press themselves that the elections will read. that's why she claims that the president that the georgia dream party has nominated already will be illegitimate because the parliament is illegitimate and the government is illegitimate and have you. um that's why she saw that she will stay in the office and to move on to new elections . the launch from the opposition and from the us, the president and from the protest, those here. so also it's interesting that iraq, you call by caesar the prime minister side. uh yes, today, got to, apparently, uh, you know, georgia is not uh, freezing the you bids dispatching, claiming order was just few days ago. so we are seeing the conflicts, things. so the 1st stations from the prime minister there, which seemingly it's aimed at using the tensions and uh, you know,

call me this sort of popular rage. and e, u officials have criticized the trojan government's handling based progress. how does the ruling party respond to that criticism? they're wanting pauses saw that uh some european politicians and bureaucrats offset bearing the responsibility of full visa pro tabs. now we understand that the us has to spend the long standing t talking of georgia has suspended uh, strategic partnerships. and the response from the learning policy was that were waiting for the trump administration. it's, it's, uh, they're definitely sort of a huge risk. now we are witnessing between the current government and the e u, which current government is also accusing of wanting to draft the georgia interval

with ross shock. and it seems like the prime minister and he's a sort of team or waiting for trump administration. they're hoping that um it's husband deluxe, and donald trump will change a sense of own georgia. that's there. what they're hoping for. now, maria, kind of mazda for us in typically see. thank you. a quick look now at other stories making news with almost old pallets counted, romania is governing social democrats looks at to win pile of entry elections. this poll follows the 1st round of presidential elections, one by 5 right candidates and the head of a plan. presidential run or next weekend, both codes could determine whether the un nathan member, let's use more pro western or pro russian on the 6 us presidential byte and has pot and his son sparing him a possible prison to hunt abide and was facing sentencing into criminal cases. related to tax of agents and illegally purchasing

a firearm. by them previously said he would not use his presidential powers, deposited him. of all commute incense without using any 2nd largest city, say at least 56 people were killed in classes at a football match. bivens broke out after a contest of decision by the referee. according to witnesses, is effective date of the page and set a police station on fine. serious military is rushing reinforcements to the northwest and launching as strikes against insurgents who sees the city of a level in a surprise offensive. the rebels laid by a g honey group and now advancing in neighbouring how my province while some welcome the fight has thousands of playing the region funding refuge in camps for this place. people the after massive government airstrikes on the city of id live in north western syria. volunteers with the syrian civil defense

known as the white helmets are helping the injured russian and syrian war planes are targeting. the rebel held strong gold after thousands of opposition fighters launched a surprise assault a few days ago. sweeping through several towns and villages, including a leveled to the north. thousands are fleeing the sudden escalation and fighting and many for ending up in camps for the displaced like this one in northern italy province. so i'm a heard about came here with her children. she's from a town, just east of it live to hey, i saw you guys know we had a hard life in the village because of the escalating attack. the real kids the shedding and as strikes from the plains on one side and the drones on the other side, like children, were terrified, had left the hospital even before this latest round of attacks and counter airstrikes. syria was grappling with one of the largest refugee crises in the world

. according to the un, more than 7000000 people remain internally displaced because of the civil war. us much more, he just from a village outside it live, like many in the camp. he hopes the coalition of rebel groups that launch the surprise attack will succeed in toppling president for charlotte, sad aircraft i were following the bustling news and gold william, the regime will full. we're counting the days until we can return because the kids are tired and stressed. we came here with only the codes on our box. nothing else matters. the 67 kilometers to the north, the redwood vans has allowed, another group of exiled residents to return home. this line of vehicles is entering a level city after decade of control by the charlotte suds forces, opposition fighters has captured much of serious, largest city the praise god. after 10 years of displacement from elect her we have returned. may god bring back every just place

to pass and return our pete po's. those did intend to that home the same it just as we with joyce liberation of our city, the god's willing. they to the joyce and the liberation of the as the searing and military says, it's sending reinforcements to push back the fighters and president. the charlotte side is boeing to defeat what he calls the terrorists and their supporters. for more on this, on joint industry, i by my colleague kind of a, oh, how does it grew up in a level tell me what the government is actually up against here. a ben, this is the biggest threat that the syrian government has faced in years. in fact, since 2016 defensive is being led by, hey, at the head of a sham there. and as long as militant group, they're designated as a terrorist organization by the us. and they're being aided with like, different rebel groups. many of them are backed by turkey. and there,

there's also different actors which i won't go into. it's a very complex situation in northern syria, but they are up against tens of thousands of fighters that are deployed. they've already taken control of multiple syrian cities. you've mentioned a lot though, that is the biggest city that they now control. it's a very tense situation and the regime has tried to get reinforcements from iran and iraq, but they had been bombed on their way by a us led coalition that was formed in order to fight terrorism actually. so it's been a tough spot at the moment. so this is a really tricky situation. just explain really briefly. should people be welcoming this offensive or, or not? um, like i said, it is a complex situation. and while some people have welcomed this offensive, it's mostly people who were expelled from the city of aleppo,

rebels who had to leave on buses. and they're saying we left the city on buses and we've returned on tags. so those people have embraced the offensive. but who was worried about it is actually minorities. aleppo is a city that is home to many minorities. the biggest of them is the kurds. there's half a 1000000 kurds in a level more or less that's an estimate and about $30000.00 christians. so they are extremely worried. kurdish fighters were deployed to a level now they're thinking of withdrawing, but there's a lot of miss trust as these rebel groups. you know, i did mention there's a lot of extra miss militants on the ground and especially minorities are worried. but there's no safe way to evacuated at the moment and that complex mix of a but behind this offensive it is, does that have something to do with the timing? why this is taking so long to actually take place right now?

yeah, so the conflict has been going on for more than 13 years now. and the reason that the rebels have been able to advance now is because iran proxy has bhalla is extremely weekend because of it's more from lab and on with israel. and so it was one of the major forces defending the syrian government. and now they're gone. and russia is preoccupied with his occupation invasion, sorry, of ukraine. so it is a kind of left alone at the moment, and it was the window of opportunity. and now they have a new trick up their sleeves, as some are saying, they have drones, they're called shy and drones. and it's the 1st time that the rebels are using an error fences against the syrian government. and it seems to be working really well . they have released video footage of these drones in action

and they were used in the level and taking control of the city. and the regime responded by withdrawing. we have not seen this before. this kind of fast withdrawal of resume forces of russian forces from the ground. that's why they've been able to advance really, really fast gusio and that's with the analysis. they thank you very much. the insights for you and step court has started historic hearings into what governments are legally required to do to fight climate change. over the next 2 weeks. the international court of justice in the hague will here admit the submissions, rather for more than 100 countries. and organizations activists hope the opinion handed down will have far reaching legal consequences that could change the way the world handles the kind of products. a rising sea levels due to climate change is a global problem. one that threatens the existence of small island states like those in the pacific. according to a world major, logical organization report,

sea levels and parts of the pacific ocean have risen nearly twice as fast as the global average, with increases of as much as 15 centimeters in the west and pacific since 1990. 3 climate change driven by the banning of coal, oil and gas is largely to blame. pacific communities say not enough is being done to protect the homes, and now they have taken legal action to change that campaign. this won't be international court of justice to decide what obligation state have to act on climate change. and the consequences for causing significant environmental home, of the cases being led to by son wants to which will be the 1st of $98.00 countries to present arguments to the ones highest quote. for several of us, this is a tiny, but it's taking us 5 years and we recognize this milestone outage a goal,

but rather as a check point, it check point because this is a nother step in the right direction in this fight for kind of just the hearings begin, and we come to the club. $29.00 climate conference that developed states agreed to up climate financing to developing nations to $300000000000.00 per year by 2035 to help them deal with the impacts of climate change. i think the developing nations called worsley and advocates campaign is hoping advisory opinion from the i c. j will help provide momentum to climate action. we want to move towards and kind of right spaced climate action so that, and people know they have a, a human rights or many human rights. and that their states have to take all necessary measures. the proceedings continue until december 15th, with the decision expected. sometime in 2025, while the quotes advisory opinion will not be legally binding. experts say it could provide a basis for future lawsuits and to encourage governments to strengthen the climate

policies. as demonstrations go down to way outside the court, our correspond, rosie budget, told me about the i c. j opinion handed down. and if it could have influence on international climate deals well by notes like this is a landmark case historic in terms of the scale. so many countries expected to speak here at the international court of justice, but also in terms of its scope. now this is the court which usually mediates disputes between states, states, the same court that ordered russia, for example, to hold its full scale invasion of ukraine. back in 2022. we see this court issue orders to israel in terms of bouncing up, monetary, not just a guy is a different kind of case today. the court is being asked to provide an advisory opinion on which obligations countries have under international law in terms of protecting your claimant. the earth 5, it more the consequences should be if it costs significant harm there to now i have

spoken to the lawyer who will be representing body walk through here today. he's saying that he hopes this will provide a legal blueprint for the future and also so that countries and especially those specific island states for whom this is such an a central bottle, can prove that there are also 4 outside. for example, the cop 29. and they, the complicated which we saw recently in terms of the limits, there is an incentive space decision making. so there are other ways for them to make their case, especially when it comes to big countries and big in the 2 states. and you're talking about blueprints opinions, not legal rulings in, in what ways can international law be used to enforce climate action among states. you're quite right to specify this. we're talking about an opinion here's may not see a court order like the kind of orders we've seen from this at court in the past, instead of an advisory opinion. but we have seen in general of big proliferation of legal cases, of activists. and indeed,

not countries 20 use the lol to try and move governments, the kinds of when it comes to big claimant homes that i've seen in the room when socially citizens student suits their state for fairly to slash emissions based on their own targets. we've seen a big cases, for example, your t for the human rights are doing the same type of time of change impacts. it's been human rights missing, policy change regarding the sites to weaken. cases here in the netherlands. however, what can definitely be said they, according to be the countries that have brought this case, and especially this is a case for your guy to fight students from pacific island state. they say that those legal challenges so far simply have no gun enough that they are still fighting. they essential, baffled little more needs to be done. urgently did all these what i think butchered in the hague of backdrop, of loud and noisy protests getting underway there. let's take a look or remind you of a top story rather at this hour, you know, dw, use german task level of schoultz has arrived in key for

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