the school counseling, i'm afraid they'll never see him again. when, oh you lost under the stops december 18th on dw, the this is dw news life from the land. the german john sla makes a surprise visit to ukraine offshore its visits wounded, ukrainian soldiers and hospital, and announce to the new military aid package. for keith was hundreds of millions of years. also coming out from the program in syria re ignites as revels in the northwest continues to involve, as we speak to the next about textbooks, about what it means to them. at least what could happen then plus turbine is really killed for using his presidential powers support. and his son having promise

not to provide the spacing jail with guns and thousands of workers from japanese largest con manufacturer of the staging of nonsense strikes will tell you why. what state? many adults uninstalled the money making in welcome to the program. germany is trump slow. le phillips isn't keyed for his 2nd trip to ukraine, since the russian invasion of products has announced a new 650000000 euro arms package for ukraine and says, germany will remain its strongest suppor set in europe. came from the u. s keeps biggest military supply has been traded into doubts by donald trump. return to the white house in january, you know, to use my son to joins us now from the ukrainian capital. he was at

a press conference given by the gentleman and ukrainian leaders just a short while ago, maxwell said, so let's control. it's have to say that press conference of the right. so this was in fact the 1st by lateral visits of transnational it's to ukraine since the beginning of the full scale invasion and deluxe roles took the opportunity to emphasize again and again, how much germany has been doing, how much germany has been helping ukraine ever since. the start of the warrant, in fact, germany is the 2nd largest donor of military aid has provided and promised about 28000000000 euros ever since the beginning of the full scale invasion. and he came with a message with a message to jeremy still stands. and so what they already went to crane and will promise, and promised that germany would stand by ukraine in the future. and this is a remarkable comment. given that the german chancellor is uh, battling on guys dealing with

a government prices back home in germany. it's such and clear if you will be part of the next german government. so it's not clear that she can even in the position to make these kind of promises um the landscape presence of landscape. ukraine took the opportunity to talk about what the situation of the cities is here at the moment with the nightly deadly air attacks all across the country. thank germany for how much they have been doing and providing advanced air defense weapons such as the irish tea or depository. um, the patriots made by my, by the united states. she said they talked a little bit more about how to bolster air defense. if that is necessary, these days and you create as well. and he also emphasized that even though the western allies have been helping you create a lot, it's still a drop in the ocean in a sense that it is not enough to turn the tables to win the war. and much more has to be done. in fact, he use the words that peace can only be reached for weapons and diplomacy hinting

at calls for negotiations that ukraine will actually need a strong negotiating position in order to end this war and would need the help of its allies to do so. so is it, and he said is, is not enough. did he gets what he wants from for it? so what he was expecting, or was he making clear that he wants to move um, i don't think the ukrainians got what they wanted the ukrainians get a lot of assurances, but there were some partners, but rarely do they get proper guarantees. what's events? because when talking about the last couple of days, time and time again is that you create has to be part of the you, you pronounce a part of nato in order to live in a, in safety from russia, even after peace can be achieved. and that you create needs a strong negotiating position or to achieve that one particular item that was also talked about today was weapon system. the tar was cruise missile. we've talked

about the time and time again. this is something that the germans, the german chance of today against that she would not be willing to provide the ukrainians, are still watching the site. so lensky even today said that if we had had the system in the past, it would have made, it could have made a difference on the battlefield. the german chancellor shows us and talked about the 650000000. you're a package that has yet to be delivered and this december, this is nothing new though. this is part of the larger package that have already been announced back in october. so for the ukrainians there was not much to gain from this visit. and for shots potentially, this was one stop on his campaign trail. w as went from the reporting from keith max. thank you. now syria is allied. russia have conducted joint strikes on areas in knolls and syria, that under reval control over the weekend and surgeons led by

a jan. heidi group took over the 2nd biggest city last hope there also advancing in neighboring hum of provence. and while some syrians are welcoming the fights is thousands of people on now playing of the aftermath of government airstrikes on the city of gid 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 health, strong willed. 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 holler back, came here with her children. she's from a town just east of good lip higher salyers. we had

a hard life in the village because of the escalating attack. the real kick, the shelling and asteroids from the plains on one side. and the drones on the other side, like children were terrified. lucky and possible. even before this latest round of attacks encounter 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 does 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 bush. charlotte, sad aircraft, were following the bustling news in 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 in our box. nothing else matters. the 67 kilometers to the north,

the redwood van since allowed another group of exiled residents to return home. this line of vehicles is entering a level city. after decades of control by the charlotte such forces, opposition fighters have captured much of serious, largest city praise god. after 10 years of displacement from elect her we have returned, may god bring back every display suppressed and return our people. those did intend to that home the same. and just as we've enjoyed the live production of our city, the god's willing, they to the joyce and the liberation of the desk. the syrian military says it's sending reinforcements to push back the fighters and present the charlotte side is vowing to defeat what he calls the terrorist and their supporters. once in a while, i'm trying to hear in the studio buying at least x. but then you gala welcome done, you'll get to see you here. and we're hearing from the you and special on boy for syria that these recent developments rep uh, present

a threat and no need to the syrian a civilian population but also to regional and international security. can you tell us how you see this situation? i think the envoys roy is right. the, the situation has been that of april. if there's conflict on many years, and experts myself included have that i've, i've won the political decision makers for many years that if that conflict is not addressed properly by the international community is going to explode again in all faces. and that's what we see now. we see further disintegration, we see an interruption of violence. again, i don't think it's going to that this in this particular advance of the, of the insurgents is going to change the equation. but of course, other forces are getting involved. busy the radians though the bath and weekend getting involved. the rocky government has announced that they're going to central official paramilitary troops from iraq to syria to, to, to address the syrian regime. we get to see the russians getting both back in the

game. so yeah, this is going to need to for the violence. ok, but let's talk about how all of this works because of course, special alice swats. and i like russia, as he mentioned, is, is busy in ukraine. iran, as you mentioned, and its proxy is that been fighting with israel weakened is that if we talk about timing, is that why the rebels has moved on aleppo now and they seemingly being very successful. why is that? but that, that's, that's so the circumstances and of course that's been factored in in the calculation if this is the right time to move. but there's, there's 2 other factors of that i think have often overlooked that been constant challenges in the, in the west and countryside of a level from region for us. is that what, what callous about it, they just like vocationally kept the conflict on going shout villages under and such and controls or the pressure to do something. was there? on the other hand, juliani who's the leader of the infamous group i have to read are some

h t s called the liberation front for, for, for syria. and as long as group that was running, controlling the m a read was still controlling the internet. and ad lib felt that they might be thrown on the bus by rapprochement between turkey and c. yeah. so in order to make sure that they still have a ball in the game, they want it to be tracked if they wanted to show the military strength and ends and show that, then they haven't become irrelevant. and also of course, they wanted to show to his own fight as that they have still as a powerful military group. and if you, if you are a military group, you have to wait wage will every now and then every couple of years. and so they were quite, i think, impressed by their own success. now the question is, to what extent did the turkish government allow this to happen, or to what extent was it itself a bit surprised by the success of the a box? that's right, because of the ts group which you're talking about. it's the leading level faction that's now taking the left o is you said it is considered one of the most powerful militias in northwest and syria. and as he said,

it is supported by turkey. so can you go into more detail about what's that he wants out of this? i think what happened is that turkey was extremely discontent with the negotiations this they were going on with the charlotte, that's government. the regime was as usual, quite arrogant and you don't treat president of the one arrow country. the one was ready to normalize to a certain extent. of course there's a code is filed, there is the syrian different democratic forces in the northeast which are still controlling the area and other than wants to deal with that. he saw that with donald trump elected, he might get some more leg room for action in syria for a more robust response. he wanted to teach a lesson to prove, present the shot. i said and tell them you're not going to get my refresh mall for free. i can also harm you now the, i think the turkish government allowed the insurgents and they play. they live to move forward towards the level, but not inside the city. they said, okay, go, go ahead, deal with it, show your strength. we will bet you off to a certain extent. but i don't think that the tugs wanted them to advance into

a level to go into hama, which is difficult to control because you kind of just like say, we allow you to do this and know that if they're moving forward, the enthusiastic about it. but if you see the statement of the trucks joint statement with to cushion for the rain and for administer today, they said to me, i should not be a place for the full. if i to national terrorist a full service moves, some paraphrasing, and to what did they refer to that statement? did they, did they just mentioned the steve and democratic forces? the quote is group curtis groups in the northeast or did they also refer to these and such as ply, dunphy, okay. and in terms of took, he's in the game. what is tuck? he's goal. is it getting rid of us on? well, i don't think it can get rid of us at the moment. the question is, if they will, if they consider study a shot and the group that is controlling it live and that's been under tougher support and to, to live for a long time. if they are willing to sacrifice them for a proper normalization with syria, that's the big question because i think that's what delani was very much afraid of . that was one of the geo political context. why he acted the way he acted in order

to, let's say, destroyed that process as process of normalization. some people call it the 7th of october of syria of what, what, what they were trying to do the best i think and decided yet. i think i do on has a long term interest to mobilize with the syrian regime, but he wants to do that on his terms and not on us up terms in terms of what is happening now on the ground in syria. i mean, until recently the war in syria has had relatively stable front lines. hutton's, it's how do you see this conflict developing now what i think russia is going to reinvest iran to a limited extent because the radiance need to be aware of where wherever they move with their forces, israel will be striking them so they will expose themselves. now the rocky government is taking a bit of that burden and saying we are sending paramilitary groups in order to support this year and regime because our troops hopefully are not going to even bombarded by the users and certainly not by the americans. when we consider an

allies, so it's a very complicated situation. i think the regime of side is extremely weak and people in the regime areas are very discontented with the situation being forced to fight again to get back into the bathroom. so i think they will move forward, we are expecting a counter offensive, but it's going to be a very costly one on both sides and the outcome will be another unsolved, syria conflict. then you'll get a lot. thank you so much for you. and all of this stuff. nice thing. thank you for inviting. all right, let's take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. and romania is governing social democrats have taught the poles and paul them entry elections. now the vote follows the 1st round of presidential elections, which was one that by a full rights candidate around a 4 beheld next weekend. both sides could determine whether the you and nature member as use more. pro weston pro russian policies. prompts is all right. national raleigh policy says it will back in no confidence votes. expect to the

gains to the minority government prime minister and be sure to buy me is hoping to hoping to push a so full bill through parliament. the risk being toppled by rivals on the right on the left is x rays at the doctors in guineas, 2nd largest city, and erica re said, thousands of people have been killed in flashes that a football match. witnesses save on for accounts off for a contested decision by the referee. they say 10 times, they just the pitch, especially the police station on fire. ortiz in queensland, australia seized over 2 tons of cocaine when a smugglers boat broke down the whole how to sail value of almost half a 1000000000 us dollars. please say that is equivalent to almost 12000000 street to deal drugs. us president joe biden has been criticized depositing, his son breaking a promise that he would not do so i'm to buy the most facing

a jail to for tax evasion and firearms offensive bite. and job id previously said that he would not use his presidential palace, putting his son to commute to send a correspondent, janelle de lown joins us now from washington. d. c for boy on this. so janelle critics is saying this sets a bad precedent. what do you say to that of the? well, this certainly is the criticism on the table and it's not just because of presidents . president biden's, you turn on the matter. say that he would not pardon his son and then going ahead and doing it. but rather because of the terms of the pardon themselves, now this pardon is very wide in scope. now, according to the terms, a hunter bite and is immune from any prosecution offer any of the act so that he may or may not have committed in the period where he's being investigated. this is

a period of around 1111 months. so in terms of pardons, this is quite tough, sweeping and scope. presidential pardons tend to be narrower than that and as such, and this aspect of that is unprecedented as well. now joe biden has argued that his son has been unfairly targeted because of who he is and that the average american would never face this level of legal scrutiny or uh, potential for punishment. but you can also argue with the other way that because of who hunter biden is, and because of his access to power, that there is an extra duty to hold them accountable. and about ensuring faith thought public of faith in the system is in itself a higher good. so that's, that's been the criticism on the issue. does this potentially set the stage for donald trump to a problem himself? pub, in his allies of the he takes office again in january of the,

you know, trump calla, pardon himself, but it is unlikely that he will have to. we've also seen the last criminal case, so i'll put forward by special counsel, a jack smith being dismissed. we also know that earlier this year of the supreme court ruled that former presidents can't actually be prosecuted for our quotes. the official acts are conducted while in office. but yes, saw donald trump the in his criticism of jo biden's pardon also mentioned the january 6 writers, and whether they should be, pardon, pardon too. and this is something that he has been setting the stage for. we're talking about 1500. the people who were charged and over 600 who have been sentence, he has called them victims and hostages. he said just before that he might pardon them. and this is something that is a definite possibility and something that he has been telegraphing for

a while. now. just a quick last question, janelle, what is this going to do to biden's job items? like i say, i think it could just be one of the things that could potentially cast a shadow over jo biden's legacy. let's not forget, we are only just a few weeks after the election, where the democrats really did suffer a bruising loss. and there is a lot of discussion on how much of that too late joe biden speed, whether he should have stepped away from the res sooner. no. after the election, we have seen joe biden's approval ratings on depth somewhere around the mid thirties, so quite low for a sitting president. and this latest from this, this latest news about the pardon of his son. this could be the sort of thing that could tip those numbers further as he enters all his last weeks in office dw, janelle do malone in washington dc. thank you so much. i,

i was at fault, saw them have launched rolling strikes and an escalating dispute that one of germany's biggest employee is that union? you did, my tire has cold reaction in protest against find wage cuts and possible factory closures. the call make a says it's being hit by spiraling manufacturing costs and stiff competition from china, despite paying out billions of heroes and dividends. workers i focused on the factories across germany sized double cost, plus they have demand pay, increase job security and for factories to keep the adults open at the plant in hondo fi. a huge worry is that this facility isn't denture, right? and this is, for me, is the most of the muslim views about, you know, is the, what do you like? sure. but obviously it starts at 5. see come a lot of the 10 for the as the

as a one plus coast model p by the 50. the know it's a quite as all of that uses in plus 5. it's in to really in the impact of the strike. volkswagen said they are in emergency multiple choice short deliveries. but the unions here are pledging a fight into the winter. they're pledging to is going strikes on massive strikes, starting in january to pushing management towards better deals for workers because they want to avert plan closer. and keep wages at the level that they've had before . the german autistic tardy is also one of the country's biggest employees. almost 800000 people are employed in factories the cater to the auto industry. the market size of the industry is more than 300 feet in new york, so the impact on local jobs is huge. industrial,

ty confessed logging in and other big names like the amount of stuff authorized and sick to an are in trouble. dispos stuff, times a hit for european automakers. let's talk more about this. i'm joined now by my dw business colleague, cassandra son could seek sandra. so the problems of v w really seem to be escalating. yeah, and this is really the way to show of anger from these employees because prior to 3 months ago they had what i'm sure many of them thought was iron clad job security and that was really snatched away from them. and so today it was a 2 hour warning straight, and it's reported by the union that $66000.00 employees have walked off the job so far, not included overnight strikes. but the straight today includes the union id tall and then the biggest union in germany. they boast over 2000000 members and their mat. some of the science today saying things like you want more. we're ready. labor ups have said that the w wants to close at least 3 plants and asked tens of thousands of jobs and any employees that remain with for sure, see their salaries cuts. but from the w side of things,

they're pointing to manufacturing costs is $1.00 of their biggest expenditures, and that includes labor costs. okay, so this is a huge class chair, isn't that we feel angry workers and we've got a company saying, what else do you want us to do? so how does this, you know, how does this kerio and what happens next? the b w right there are talks scheduled for next week and the vw workers counsel leader then yellow caballo has said that those will likely set the course for either an understanding or further escalation. and her position is that they're ready for both. and, well, the strikes right now are limited. there's a potential for full scale strikes in the new year. but the next step down this path have really been clouded over by germany's economic situation. there the w's financial situation. what had a really big light shone on it in october when it had it's 23 filings. and there's just massive, plunging prophets at germany is a really export heavy economy. and these big german companies like the w, has the light on exports lot as well. and they're pointing to the you is too

declining sales in china. it's gotten to the point where last week dw announced it's closing its operations. and she's young. that's a bit controversial because they've been under pressure for years to close out because of human rights concerns around the weaker population there. but a sign of the times no less. but for b, w here in germany, they have said they want to cut 18000000000 euros from the budget. so as you can see, these 2 up positions are very far away as talks next week, and just some upfront cassandra, what all of this means. so to the gym and for the european car industry, right, because germany such an export heavy economy of these declining orders in the world's 2nd biggest economy, china really started to take their toll as not just b w. we're pointing to them today, but it's not just them in total, it's also bmw and mercedes benz as well. they've all downgraded their profit forecasts for the near future. and these companies that also supply these carmakers like bosh, they've already announced job cuts. and this comes as the you is moving to impose

terrace on chinese made electric vehicles. those are designed to push back against the you use as an unfair advantage to this use that are made in china. but they could trigger potentially counter terrace on european made vehicles. and then of course, there's the specter of the trump administration. and what is present at electronics favorite word. yes. and well, most peaceful. what in the dictionary. exactly. and while there are many german companies that have operations and facilities in the united states, this is just another bit of pressure out into the headache that these companies are facing. so with weak demand and a slow transition to electric vehicles here in germany, the bottom line here is that this crisis at volkswagen could really just be showing a broader crisis within the european car industry. cassandra sent some dw business fund to thank you so much for putting that into context for us to and that is all we have time for,

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